Tigers One-Half Fans To See Detroit's Eddie Steel To Game From Favorite Stars In Person Baseball fans, whether they be youngster or oldster, First Division spectator or participant, or team in the Manage DETROIT - Mid-season finds Dearborn area, will have a wonderful chance to see ma- Tan Stars Team the only one-half jor league baseball players in action, close-up, come -(Special game out of the first division Saturday morning, July at when the touring CHICAGO. July —League, as the West’s manager aso has har* bean as the first 20th 0:20, Dismuk's. i found time to do scout- announced and only one other Tiger team Veeck 13 M ("Dizzy”) man-mo h.< 1 to withdraw because ing for the Chicago selectees for the East squad. Baseball Clinics under the direction of Bill will and Cubs and (in 1955)) as close, r of the famed Kansas City illness. the They are shertstop has been to! appear at Kotunda Field, directly behind the Ford Rot- in the Monte Bond. first place in the past seven K-o; «nhs who is in his 4Jth DismuK.es, who’ll be making big show. 17, of Niles, O. Celedonio unda. cball, years. year of ba eai been named on first All-Star appearance us Upi being Cuba, Cookie Lavagetto. Washing- Homer, n informed that he Conalienso of and out* The Bengal* league lead- a replacement f"r manager, is the winningest was Curry trail ton's manager has promised he’ll Curry, chosen to replace as fielder Dale Miller of Lancast- ing New York by 12H games, players'll be on hand f*»r this (••Goose”) of the M m-mnrager thus far this season the pilot said: er, Pa. be along with some of the West’? Dismukes as copared to ast year’s half-way there, one. hic Hod Sox. to pilot West n the Negro , top stars, including Clint r “Naturally it’s an honor. Screening of players for the record, when Detroit trailed by his squad in the i.it i an >uul Ne-.iis Monarehs riding roughshod However Courtney, Jim Lemon and Roy Special visual aids will be I’m sorry that Curry two squads continues daily in 17 games. g - o All-Star C ftissn on Sun-i.vnr the five other league mem- couldn’t carry out assign- the league presi- Sievers, as well as several mem- used at this clinic so that those 23, at the the ofrice of Manager ’s club c.ty a.' ernoon, July Comis-bers. sure Chicago. his coaching staff, Elis in attendance may better under- ’ ment. I’m that the West dent in has spilt its first 78 games of bers of k-y I'.- k here. Dizzy” has been at the helm can take this silver anniversary Tickets for the Classic, which Ceary and Bob Jurges. stand what the ball players are a long-time the 1957 season, while the Tigers ... also figure Curry, >f the M narchs the last two Classic.” will begin at 3 pm., can be Special guest el the clinic demonstrating. F'or example: a baseball, originally i owned a 34-42 record last year. | in was an- •asons. having replaced veteran Eddie Steele of the Detroit purchased by mail at the league will be one of the truly giant 6 foot hand with mov- Dr. J. B. More important, Detroit is i i-need by Martin,John (“Buck”) O’Neil. In ad- Stars is the East {.quad's man- office, 828 E. Drexel Square all-time great ball players, a able fingers and a 3 foot in pv th< within striking distance of third i ( hiei’go and osit lent of dition to his play and managerial ager. st., Chicago. great favorite with Detroit base- diameter baseball will be used and 100 E. Erie place Boston, two s x to: m Negro American 'titles in the NAL, Dismukes players priced and a half ball fans and one-time manager to demonstrate pitching finger Three Detroit Stars' Tickets are at S2 for games aw'ay. while last season Tigers, Mickey Cochrane. grips. Supplementing this will box scats and 51.50 for general the Bengals of the wishing were six and a half Tiger squad members blowups of famed Cleveland In- admission. Persons tic- game out of fourth place. Detroit kets are asked to address their who will appear at the clinic be 4 by 5 foot photographic AUltva Asm! Ihristino Too/ Off" Pitching mail to Dr. J. B. Martin. 828 has shown the most were not set at press time, dians pitcher ’s E. Drexel Square, Chicago. improvement in the past year. but previous clinics were attend- hands. showing “sliders”, just Please state the kind of tickets The Tiger staff has allowed ed by Ray Boone, Harvey Ku- "change-ups”, "fast-balls”, "cur- wanted, the number and also 3.68 earned runs a game, com- enn, J. W. Porter, Pat Mullin. ves” and so-lorth. There’ll even pared to the 4.20 average in enclose a self-addressed, stamped , Lou Sleater, be a pair of 5 foot simuated envelope, well check 1956. Asa result, the Tiger staff Steve Boros and A1 Aber, and feet, to show changes in stance l as as e has money order covering the won five additional vic- we’re sure that some of these lor batters and on var- ior tories. and has three less de- ; amount of the tickets. wonderful Detroit Tiger ball ious plays. feats. This year the Tiger hurlers have allowed 310 runs, a de- Tigers Sign crease cf 54 over the 1956 mid- season total 67 hits, a decrease of 27; 263 base cn balls, a de- crease of 41 and an average of New Players 337 per game; and have 378 , DETROIT-Donald Wert, an an increase of 11 Mjkimm from New Providence, more than last year. Pa., and pitcher Robert Abney, At the plate the Tigers have of Dade City Fla., have signed shown a drop in team average, Detroit Tiger minor league con- from .270 to .247. The pinch - tracts for the 1958. season. ters have also been less effective, Abney is a 6-foot-1 righthand- with a .169 average as to .289 er who bettered the national in 1956. high school tournament The tighter pitching has re- record ..held ..by ..Cleveland's sulted in much contests Herb Score and Toney Hopey. this season, as evidenced by the (Abney set the new record of number of one and two run HEATS ON!!—High temperatures put an added strain on star who slugged it out lot 20 strikeouts this spring, when games played, and the extra the Wimbeldon tennis championships. America's Althea Gibson, (left) who later became champ, he made a relief appearance in inning contests. Detroit has and Britain's Christine Truman cool off and dry off, under the watchful eyee of James Dean# the second inning of the Florida shown an improvement in all Jamaican, tourney. ■l (left), IS yoar old first Negro to serve as ball boy on the Wimbeldon court (Newe- Abney established the three departments. record and cress Photo). _ _ ... ever 9 13 innings, In one run games, Detroit niLj«pPr won the game which gave Dade has won 15 and 14, while last City the Slate A championship. year it took only four of 19 It was his second victory of the such games. Tighe’s team has tournament, the first being a no- split 16 two run games and hitter. holds an 8-5 advantage in ex- 1 tra \ i year high inning contests while the i ilffTl l 1956 records show Detroit 6-9 jmv Wayne Nationally career, Abney won 18. lost live irttoL^.JPQPSHIs^PBSiev- Gets two and hit more than .300 each in run games and 3-4 in inning year. The 18-year-old, 175 pound extra games. >^yj

' Abney was signed by Tiger Righthanders, last year the /i ii 'jjfJtMßSJyf'* v - *3tL scout George MacDonald. scourge of the Tigers, have drop- .ii Known Rowing * *Ftii)ttii3y Coach -y*Imf^Mlrng^^tv ped 34 games to Detroit this -. - .viV^ .>*, .-■*' '*-vSW,, -, ....Abney’s signing gave the Tig- season while winning 29 con- .;,UP «rfl^WWMw|»_*fef V •**■ Jiul Ross, nationally known rowing mentor, has been High Schools. ers both ends of the Dade City tents. Southpaws have been able selected to coach Wayne State University’s varsity row- Thompson and Ross indicated , as Oliver Valyn- to win 10 times as against five ing team, it was announced today. that the first job would be to I tine joined the Detroit minor Detroit setbacks. Last year the Ross, who cbached the Detroit Rowing Club get the equipment in shape for league system several wdeks form was almost reversed and training. ago. the Tigers 28 who/e gilt oT erjuiptftent made the sport possible at fall had won 22. lost begin egainst righthanded pitchers and Wayne, will assume his new duties when classes Wert is a 19-year-old third won 12 of 26 games egainst tlib tail. Wayne will make use of the Detroit Depart- ; baseman who butted .426 during lefthanders. i his final year of American Leg- A ment of Parkland Recreation facilities at Relic Isle. Ooby leaves White proven more ap- fd j ion competition. His Detroit has <( Mr sport to pealing this season, both at jit 'l.:c n.kkbon and fielding earned him the t!ii W re ptog».\:m brings to for inter- Sox Indefinitely alternate ’s posi- home and on the road. Average 1" sports Detroit is a natural 1 at Briggs number of varsity collegiate rowing. ‘‘The sport tion on the Pennsylvania Leg- attendance Stadium \ ..'mi. Rowing first for 40 games has been 16,522 is the is firmly established here,” he CHICAGO Centerfielder Lar- ion’s Eastern team. GOOD LOSER—Darlene Hard of California kisses Althea ! ( •! spo.t ; ( .< the Wayne: prn- this year as compared to the York, to .; id. “and we have one of the ry Doby will be lost to the Gibson of New after the Harlemite defeated hher 6-2. 6-3 Kii*’: ncv ba.Jtbuil was started A righthanded hitter and 13,399 average the first half Women's Tennis at finest rivers in the country at White Sox for an indefinite in the Singles Championship Wimbeldon. in la-11. Wayne also sponsors thrower, Wert was batting .450 of 1956. Gibson, first of her title,