"The Dodgers have been strengthened so much they can beat out the Reds if Reese holds up all year and Higbe pitches as he can," Frisch said. "The Pirates are much stronger than last year and are the dark horses."
Bill McKechnie of the Reds picked his club to repeat, but offered no comment except to say that the Cubs have a good chance to return to the first division, Jimmy Wilson, new Chicago pilot, picked his team to run third behind the Reds and Dodgers. Billy South-worth of the Cards rated his team no higher than third, behind the Reds and Dodgers.
The only first division berth accorded the Giants was voted by their pilot, Terry, who rated them fourth, Only Doc Prothro of the Phils gave his club a chance to get out of the cellar, He picked them to run seventh, with the Giants in the tels The American League managers A new Japanese distance record for carrier pigeons was established yesterday when 26 Army pigeons winged their way over a 800 kin. course from Fukaura, in Aomori Prefecture, to Kobe via Kyoto, with one bird recording a speed of 978 metres a minute. The former Japanese record was 700 km.—Domei.
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