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NEW CASTLE NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1951 • 15 Pring Again / saw a redbird winging — / heard a bluebird call. I heard above the swinging the crash of bat and ball. I heard a duffer cursing out in the bunkered glen. Could I be getting goofy? Could it be spring again? l^p^ard old backbones creaking— zw a double play, •£d the same old alibis come ffiing down the way. a duffer kissing his wife %d bye — and then knew : I had the answer — // must be spring again! Where Pennant Strength Is Our recollection of the first great ball club we ever saw goes directly to the mid-infield. The team happened to be the Chi- eo Cubs and the two players ?re Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers. Here was the soul of the flag-winning Cubs 45 years ago. The next great ball club was Connie Mack's Athletics in 1910. Here again the main strength and spirit of this club were Ed die Collins and Jack Barry. The Giants of 1922, one of McGraw's greatest, had Frirch and Bancroft. Here you had another brilliant pair. It is around second base that many pennants are lost or won and this brings us to the impending pennant campaign of 1951 in the National League. In Florida there are two teams generally picked to set the pace in the older league. They are Leo Durocher's Giants and Chuck Dresden's Dodgers. It might be noted in this \golden land of booze and blooms, this happy land of lush and leisure,\ that both Giants and Dodgers have Gilbraltar- like strength around second base. The Giants have Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark. The Dodgers have Jack Robinoon and Pee Wee Reese. Johnny Evers, the Stanky of his day, was known as \The Human Splinter.\ Ed die Stanky might be called \The Human Flame.\ Mov ing into his 34th year, Eddie has been a professional ball player for sixteen seasons. Yet he still has more fire than most younger ball players and no field ever knew a harder fighter or a greater leader. Stanky is a fine infielder and a .300 hitter, but his team value belongs much more to the men- By JOE MAHONEY THE TENNIS STAR WHO ALWAYS CARRIES JN RUNNING BATTLES WITH BALL- SOYS, WAS IGNORED FOR DAVIS CUP PLAY AND SET OUT TO GET EVEN. ACCOUNTS WERE SQUARED WHEN HE COPPED THE l<?50 NATIONAL SINGLES AT FOREST HILLS BY COMING FROM 8EHIND TO DEFEAT HERB FLAM/6-3,4-6,4-6,6-4,6-3. MUFOKD WHITt OF ARIZONA STATE, WHO LED THE NATION IN RUSHING LAST SEASON WITH 7.5S YARDS PER TRY, IS AN AMA TEUR MAGICIAN, VENTRILOQUIST AND TOOTS ONE OP THE MEANEST HARMONICAS IN THE WEST. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE'S FOOTBALL MASCOT ts A mteftfoo I tal or psychological side than to the physical. In Aivin Dark, one of the star all-around athletes of both leagues, the Giants have the type needed to work with Eddie the Flame and give them one of the best infield combinations baseball has known. Dark has been a star at football, baseball and golf. He was the man Greasy Neale wanted for his Eagles some years ago. Stanky at .300 and Dark at .280 give the Giants a good break in infield power, but teaming together on defense they go well beyond this flag contribution. * * * The Dodger Case Against Stanky and Dark, with all they have to offer, Chuck Dressen gives you Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, ust as good possibly, and cer tainly no .better than Stanky and Dark. Robinson will outhit Stanky but Dark will outhit Reese, so when it comes to putting runs across the plate there is little o choose. Both Reese and Ro binson belong along the borders of stardom. Of the four I would say that last year Eddie Stanky contributed more to his team's strength than any of the others. He was probably the most valu able ballplayer in his league, although Stan Musial's place is always around the top. A second baseman is in a more vital spot and this spots helps make them. Look over the list;—Eddie Collins, Larry Lajoie, Frank Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, Johnny Evers, Joe Gordon, Bobby Doerr and many more. The defending Phillies have a good pair in Granny Hamner and Mike Goliat. But Goliat only hit .234 and Hamner, an improving player each season, hit .270. This pair doesn't rate with either Giants or Dodgers. The Cardinals have Marty Marion and Red Schoendienst with Marty and his rickety back always an element of doubt. 4i * * Power Builders An innocent bystander, or Add new beauty to your dining corner! Upholstered Breakfast Nooks 1 decorator designed * custom built Enjoy rich, deep seat ed comfort that makes your living complete. Individually created for you in colors of your selection. Get our FREE estimate. sideline observer, wants to know how Ted Williams and Ralph Kiner get all the hand and arm power they use in swinging a bat. It might be said they started with better than a fair share of this power—and then worked on. 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