European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To apr 10, 1948 the stars and stripes Page 15 e ii in 948 6do or die year9 for Cardinal veterans of by Leo h. Petersen this if the second in o series on the 1948 Prospect of National wet dubs St. Petersburg fla., april 9 up this is a do or die year the St. Louis cardinals runners up for the Pennant in 1947. If they Don t win the National league Pennant this coming season in a chances Are that it will be a Long time before they get Back into the wring of championship things. Earing a Tui they have Little new blood Tey a loaded for Bear with vet and some of them May be the end of the major Trail. But if the old timers _ come up with another Good Kjear they Promise to be a Little More than such clubs As the braves and giants could Tali two Tan la it a Zlott it gait the the Dee Duad thet Ball hot give Toseland Spund is of Cav Milingi of and put but just Iglitz ased tips on a Ireal o. 1 King Arit letter 1 return .444 .4m .48xlf a legs Iran. Lent Dyer sees Good years it turned out last year that they the Jackpot because of Merable Start a. Start which Al Cost Eddie Dyer his Job. He pulled them out of the in and wound up in second place Hopes and feels pretty confident that he will better that by be position this year. Phe does t agree with those who fee that the cardinals of today Are fun their last legs. He thinks that Guys like Stan Musial Enos coun Fly Slaughter Whitey Kurowski Howie Pollet and Harry the cat Breckeen and Marty Marion have More years of top flight baseball left in their systems. Right now he has two big prob lems who is going to play first Jase and will Marion be Able to Vijay shortstop after injuring his Knes in Spring training he wants to free Musial for out Field duly so his Garden will be made up of Musial Slaughter and a fitter Erv Dusak or Terry Moore. Dyer does t feel that Moore has Mother year in his aging system Al thought he is hoping he is wrong. Moore thinks he has but at the Jame time Dyer is grooming Dusak to Lake his place in Center shifting Slaughter to left and putting Musial Lack in right where he played until he was needed at first base. Kurowski at third players battling for the first Lase position Are two rookies hippy Jones who was found want sing As a fielder at second base late Jast season but who swings a mean fat and Glenn Nelson who hit ".371 for Portsmouth Ohio last air. Today it looks like Nelson win the Job. " it will be red schoendienst at cond Marion at Short and Kurowski at the hot Corner if Arion is of. Behind the plate Little Joe Garagiola the Little Dago to yer appears to be Back on the. He fell Short of the Mark year and Dyer used three tethers during the season Gar Del Rice and Del Wilber. Can t operate too Well with having a Catcher who Yon know is going out there every Day and do a Job for you Dyer sex Ife ined. A lot of people thought j gave up on the Little Dago last fear but i did t. I switched my catchers because it was to myth Best thing i could  Veteran Mounds men pitching staff should be helped Organ team Ieve to won 25 games with Houston two newcomers Clarence bears Lin Iund 179 Frau Ait year and Ai Papai a 21-game