CRIMSON baseball experts sat down yesterday and decided the outcome of the 1951 major league baseball season. They concluded to stage gruelng races in both leagues, but awarded the world series berths to the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sex. Brooklyn and New York will be the also-rans.

The Giants owned three of the four lowest earned run averages in the league last year; Jansen, Maglie, and Hearn made them the boat club in the league from July on. The defense is excellent except at first, and the hitting is steady though not powerful.

Brooklyn has a great offense and good defense, except perhaps at third and left field, but rookie manager Charlie Dreasen has no pitchers to back up Don Newcombe and the aged Preacher Roe.

Philadelphia won last year, but it took a lot of luck and a very fast start. Curt Simmons is gone, and Bob Miller and Bubba Church are question marks. Robin Roberts, Jim Konstanty, and Ken Heintzelmen give them a strong enough staff to make up for a weak-hitting infield.

The Braves are slow afield and on the base paths. Two good hitters, Bob Elliott and Sid Gordon, and three good pitchers, Warren Spahn, John Sain, and Vern Bickford should keep them in the first division.

The Thin Red Line of Heroes gets thinner every year. Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Al Schoendienst, and Joe Garagiela are the backbone of a fine club, but the rest is unconvincing.

Cincinnati has good pitching and a fine cleanup batter in Ted Kluszewski, but little else. Pittsburgh has Ralph Kiner and Chicago has spirit, but nothing else.

The Red Sox have the stuff to make everybody forget the 1927 Yankees, but they also have the ability to repeat their inadequate performances of the last four years Strong at every position but catcher, they are deep as well. The pitching should be better than last year with the purchase of Bill Wight, but Parnell and Scarborough are question marks and the rest is mediocre.

The Yankees have lost a good deal of pitching strength since last year's world series, but they still have Allie Reynolds, Joe Page, Ed Lopat, and rookie Tom Morgan. The first two are currently in poor health. Offensively and defensively, they have both strength and depth. Their catching is the best.

Al Lopez has an outside chance to win the pennant in his first year running the Cleveland Indians. The best pitching in the league and a good outfield and catching crews will need plenty of help from the infield if the Indians are going to best the Sox or Yanks. The corners are in the capable hands of Luke Easter and Al Rosen, but Bob Avila and Ray Boone are yet to be proven around the keystone.

Detroit has fine outfielding and hitting, a great third baseman and a fine shortstop. But first, second, and catcher are open to doubt, and the pitching is hard to find. Red Rolfe has a first division club, but not much more than that.

The second division is terrible. Chicago and Washington have some adequate players, but St. Louis and Philadelphia would have a tough time in the American Association.