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Those horrible little imps who badger bewildered ball players were after Stan Musial. They lock-stepped up & down his bat and chanted in his ear: "You're in a slump . . . you're in a slump...
...established batting stars ranged from medium hot to ice cold. Temperamental Ted Williams, helping the Red Sox off to another flying start, had trained himself to hit to left field against the opposition's Williams-shift to deep right. The Cardinals' great clutch hitter, Stan Musial, was having early-season trouble connecting with curves...
...wonder was that either team was even a pennant contender. The Dodgers did not have a single 20-game-winning pitcher; the Cards had one, Howie Pollet. The Dodgers had two regular .300 hitters (Dixie Walker, Augie Galan); the Cards had three, including League-Leader Stan Musial. But when it came to managers, the Dodgers had a big edge: at getting the most out of his mediocre material, the Cards' polite little Eddie Dyer was no match for flamboyant, volatile Leo the Lip Durocher...
...club that Eddie Dyer now has is no worldbeater. It has four .300 hitters Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst and Whitey Kurowski-but like Brooklyn, it is weak in catching and has no pitcher, except perhaps Howie Pollet, likely to win 20 games. The Cards got back in the running largely by Dodger default, but in their recent home-stand they had won 16, lost 6. Still, the aged Cubs, last year's winners and now in third place, might yet give both the Cards and Dodgers...
...National League, the St. Louis Cardinals (quoted at odds-on 4-to-5) should keep their class if they can keep 1-A Catcher Walker Cooper. Manager Billy Southworth, who must replace Stan Musial (the league's No. 2 hitter last year with a .347 average), Johnny Hopp (.336) and Danny Litwhiler (.264), still has the best pitching staff (Mort Cooper, Max Lanier, Ted Wilks, Harry Brecheen, Blix Donnelly) in either league, and Shortstop Marty ("Most Valuable Player") Marion. Apparently capable of giving the three-time league champs a run for their money are two western rivals...