The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949 Page: 2 of 11
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Hunting the High Spots
RS !6 MAJOR !eague c)ubs move
** off under fuH steam, there wi!!
be more than one or two high spots
to watch as the campaign rolls
along.
It is only natural that most of
these elevated notches will take in
the stars of 1948,
such as Stan
Musial, Lou Bou-
dreau, Ted Wit-
hams, Joe DiMag-
gio, Harry Bre-
chcen, Gene Bear-
den, the home-run
due! between Ralph
Kiner and Johnny
Mize, plus such od-
f!ranttand Rtce dittes as Larry
"Yogi" Berra's catching improve-
ment.
With Joe DiMaggio's wounded
heel in such a precarious state, the
three holdover leaders from 1948
will be Musial, Wiiliams and Bou-
dreau.
Boudreau is the mystery man.
His batting average for 10 seasons
is now .299. It was well below this
mark at this date last season. Yet
the Cleveland pilot lifted his batting
count to .355, a phenomenal up-
ward leap. Lou is now 32 years old.
The question is: Will the Cleveland
star keep in the general neighbor-
hood of .355 this season, or drop
back to his lifetime average, around
.299? Boudreau's 1949 career wiil
write an important chapter in the
new American league race.
What about the due) between
WiMiams and Musia!? Last
year Musial struck for .376,
WiMiams for .3(!9. Musia! hit
39 home runs, Wi!iams 25.
Musia! drove home 131 runs,
WiMiams 127.
The Cardinal slugger had a fair
edge in every department of hit-
ting, but it will be interesting to
see whether he can repeat this tri-
umph against one of the greatest
hitters of all time.
On the other side of the question,
it might be noted that Stan Musial
can also handle the o!d ash rather
deftly. His lifetime big league av-
erage is .348, Williams being .354.
These are the two top men today,
with no one else close.
What about the big teague
pitching due! between Harry
Hreechen and G-te Bearden?
Last year each won 20 and
dropped 7 for a mark of .741.
Breechen attowed 2.24 earned
runs per game. Bearden 2.43.
This is about as c!ose as the
count can be.
Johnny Sain, the Brave's able
star, won 24 games to lead both
leagues. Ha! Newhouser, possibly
the best pitcher in baseball today—
at least he is one of the best three
—is another contender who hopes
to lead both leagues in games won
even with on!y an average outfit
Newhouser wou!d ro!l home work
ing with the Red Sox or Indians.
Sain, Newhouser and Vic Rascht
should !ead the pitchers with Bre-
cheen, Bearden and Lemon close.
The Home-Run Picture
The section or sector allotted to
home-run hitters wii! be a highly-
interesting compartment this sea-
son.
First of all, it is high time the
Johnny Mize-Ralph Kiner deadlock
was broken. The two tied in 1947
and they remained tied in '48. They
each struck off 51 homers in 1947
and 40 last year, making a tota! of
91. This can't go on forever. It is
due to be snapped this new season.
Last season both Joe DiMaggio
and Stan Musial hit 39 home runs
each.
'Here's the odd part about
this count," Stan Musia! to!d
me this spring. "I actuaHy hit
41 homers. Two were credited
on!y as two-base-hits. Yet cer-
tain umpires stated they were
home runs. They real!y were."
"There's no question of a
doubt about this fact," manager
Eddie Dyer cut in. "Stan ac-
tuaHy had 41 homers !ast year,
which wou!d have given him the
trip!e crown."
Umpires make few mistakes.
But apparency two blew a pair of
four-baggers in the Musial case.
Musial rarely complains. The fact
that he was supported by Eddie
Dyer and a number of umpires is
proof enough that he was right.
No one can say yet whether Ted
Wiliiams wi!l go out for right
field swinging into the home-run
zones, or fight for the batting
teadership of his league. Williams
and Musia! are two aH-star hitters.
The condition of Joe DiMag-
gio's hec! may etiminate one of
the strong contenders. Mize,
Kiner, Musia! and WiMiams
shoutd provide most of the
four base artiMery. But there is
one more entry—Sid Gordon of
the Giants.
Gordon biasted 30 home runs !ast
season. He is far in front of the
pack this spring, with a March and
ear!y Apri! record that takes you
buck to the big years of Babe Ruth.
This home-run scrambie shouid
be one of the most interesting fea-
tures of the new seas""
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F. L. Weimar & Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949, newspaper, May 26, 1949; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215135/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.