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WKKtKm S' i , Dick Wakefield, tailed the Tiger s’ $51,000 recruit, Mayor Jeffries and Councilman Rogell, who were honor- Paul (Dizzy) Trout seems to lie impressing Frank Tommy Bridges takes off his jacket for the stroll to Tiger liecause of his bonus to sign, trikes over R ary batteries for oj>ennig day ceremonies, pose for photos (Stubby) Overnurc, rookie , with his talcs about mound chores. The veteran gave the fans at the dug- dug \t stat on tlie steps Gchringcrs No. 2 after disposing of tlieir duties in fine shape. The mayor’s those red gloves. It was chilly enough in the Tiger opener a thrill with his masterful hurling, even though uniform. Lets hope he hits ami fields like that pair. pitch was a strike and Rogeirs toss to second was swell. out and those parkas the Tigers got came in handy. he was forced to retire when St. Louis got 2 runs in Bth. SPORTS Tiger Hurlers Hold Foes to 6 Hits or Less FLAG RAISING HONORS 26 TIGERS Cramer Recalls His Barnstorming Eight Certain, MavlioiTI«> Mt It¦¦ Tlie fount St. Louis Is Trip Through Mexico in 1935 Isn’i tlio Saved by By LEO MACDONELL Pour Doubtful Victim; Detroit Rosrer (Poc> Cramer of the bam. so Hie waitress informed Doad Hall $2 Drug Timers uas particularly inter- Caster. Yeh. hut George knew 1 ested in President Roosevelt's different. By Intimation*! Nrw* A#rvli* LOUISVILLE. April 29 UNS> Opener \ Derby Wins isit to Monterrey, Mexico, re- “Some of the other players Starters If all goes as expected Saturday, If you are one of those people got that Kentucky ham," Caster a net Mrs. cently^ dancing will 52 investment will John “I placed ball there,” the vet- complained. LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 29 j who are said to he • $60,000. By LEO MACDONELL rage the intrusion into the Hertz about eran outfielder reealled. "It wa* »t'P) The showdown stage foi i over . of the 1942 hall j When Mrs. Hertz’ Count Fleet To date in the new season, th* hack In 19K5, on a *«rt of a Meatless Tuesday owners of Kentucky Derby candi- lamp w the or funning the generally miserable 'pulled up after inning Tigers have p!a>ed six games, and goodwill tour arranged hv F.nrl dates neared today as eligibles forr Woofl Memorial, trainer Don She said they hadn :,t. There $73,000 giv attendance on the 1943 dead ball Mack, who used to riahhle in ihe classic were en finalI Cameron was worried while they won only half of them, in I was a slight argument. The inspections to determine whether ,• you would do well to look into the not once has the barnstorming trips those da>s. ) Something had to he done and opposing team manager on field. I waitress knew different —it was it is to send them ! hii. and Joft-on-ba*c columns . ted mx btt* I was his the worthwhile ‘done quick ts the Count was to roller more than Frv*» "One nice thing about being meatless Tuesday. after the bag of gold Saturda.v. ; today. of ihie games were played with (aster thinking damaginp run in the 69th renewal of the manager—l could play tfie- "And now U j The decisions owners and train- Tlu.se columns 'tell a the Indians and one with the revenge,” tale, Kentucky Derby. 'Hie Count, the tlon wanted. So I pitched *ex- up way* for Hoffman ers make today as to the merits off not of a dead ball anei laek Browns 1 of winter hook favorite, suffered a games. reported. their candidates will decide the > stars to it, hut of shoddy All of w hich seems *to hear out team cut coronet bone. "mii Hoffman has had a varied xi?e the that line up > play. spring V-li. ||J||§ of field will veterinarian suggested early predictions that the I baseball career, began in the 69th renewal Whether dead or alive, that bal! A treat- Tigers '< u t "" which for of America's with miracle drug, would enjoy good pitching. Rapids, in 1915, . is being hit hard; major ment the sul- < > •¦! Cedfcr la., when premier racing classic. Twenty- and hit Yesterday at Rngg* Stadium, the St, coach started league hit average ol pha thia/.ole. ’ Louis out Tour in the . teams for an l on«-s hours advance of dcad- Tumrnjl and Johnny Cor- as catcher. caught j yesterday. 'lhcir i.ulure to pull So Cameron shelled out 52 for Bfldfff with a team a Later he lino for putting up the entiy fee sica together gave up a half dozen seven-years for ttre Yankees, s3fio, eight in concert resulted in a ru?t of only a bottle of tho drug and treat- r a *oT candidates were * bingles and Tigers r 't JWjR| ments were begun. Not wa< the defeated couple of years with the Red listed as certain to face the bar- - two runs for those hits. onl> the from there no infection, hut the wound Browns. 4 to 2. to start the Sox and in the minors for St. tier and four others were on Ihe In addition to this, the team? the 1 nlted ||||| Bb "/ ll to heal. home season auspiciously. Paul. San Francisco, Memphis "doubtful” seemed to fly off in several direc- began •satch- list. said ! A crowd of 17 943 shivering cus- and Columbus. tions at once when the money \va> Cameron despite the Count's HERE'S THE FIEI.I) 2:07 workout for the Derhv dis- tomers turned out to greet Steve He managed at San Francisco on the line, leaving an average ol O'Neill and his 1943 Tigers and Memphis, .job a eight tance, "there is but a slight trace "Pinky lllg- and quitting his at Count Fleet, the odds-nn fa- little more than potential generally were impressed as new Memphis Ilcrt/, per team! of the wound, and the Count is gins was on ihouk to become a scout for vorite of Mrs. John l>. runs on base and old players turned in credit. 1 the Cardinals. He joined the topped Ihe list of sure starters. fit.'* So Manush, ¦ ¦¦ able performances at our team. un« Helnle DODDERS WORSE ' ¦ p. I afield, bat and Ted L\«n*. [ Browns in 1938. Jle was born in Others Jn this bracket are \V. and on the mound. F.arl Whltehlll K. Boeing'* Slide the Some clubs were worse, some \\v drew crowds of as many as I St Louis. Rule: navy Farm’s Ocean Wave; better. The Brooklyn Dodgers were to PLEASED BY TURNOUT 1 ii.ooo and were Idols every Hoffman served in the Calumet Order Ostermueller in the first Blue Swords from the stable of worse. Brooklyn left the stagger- place we went. About lO.tMHI world war. Stadium officials expressed Including Ambassador A. T. Simmons; Charles T. Ush- ing total of 15 men stranded in themselves as pleased with the people. er's Dixiana Farm’s Amber heating the Philadelphia Phillies, To Take His Physical Josephus Davies, met us at the >i7e of the crowd considering the Light; No Wrinkles, owned by 4-3. barely edging out the Phila- at Mexico City. would ST. LOUIS April 29 CINSi- frigid weather and the one-day depot You \ era who left I Toronto in First I the >ll Iky Way Farm; Mr*. delphians. 12 aboard. Southpaw Pitcher Frit/ fiostponement. think we had Just xxon a war Bragg's Shower, and J. W. Chicago who Oster- something Hold Ij The White Sox. 'mueller of the St. Louis Brown* For seven innings R ridge* or for them. Rodgers’ Hove I’le. were trimmed by the Cleveland ordered his draft pitched hall, striking ojt " was today by shutout as are Indians, 11 men on - :m k Tabbed doubtful Town- 2-0. marooned - Fights In International Loop! Wr ¦ jhoard to take a phvsical tscreen- six batsmen and yielding five After Bull send Martins Bankrupt: Twoses, base. Chicago collected nine hits ing* examination at City Hospital scattered singles. Bridges twice “They used to hold off our Toronto Maple Leafs took over a stablematc of Slide Rule; Modest off Smith, failing to convert A 1 nHHP in Tuesday. whiffed Chet Laahe the former Sunday games until after the first place in the International Lad. owned by Mr*. H. L. Finch, even one into a run. 4 St. Louis iv | Ostermueller is rnarned. but Tiger who is now the St Louis bullfights and then the fans League today hv their 4-0 victory and Burnt Cork, the property of Next on the left-on-base lottery « j has no children. He had been club’s are Chet totaled from the hull to over the Newark Bears, who < Rochester,! the who rushed arena radio comedian Eddie are , classified -7 homers last vear to he runnerup ' 3-A. hall 1 wa* reading to fourth. '‘•tranded 10 in win- *Ar the park. Just dropped Anderson. on the sacks *o , king of sesterday that baseball in Montreal made n hits to whip The field shapes up as con- ning the Rod WEKKKM the from Boston Sox. Photo T mtt .S'af Phot ,;r*,>hfr league the smashing Sleylco again drawing large Jersey City. into siderably larger and formid- h> in circuit Is 9-4. and moved more 3-0. If it were not for the master- department a tie second place appeared With an honor guard of sailors. WAACs and WAVES, Pasha, crowds, 11 .OfHI to IS.OOO person*. for with Buf- able than likelv a week flll shutout pitched by Frnie Bon- Farmer Jones In the eighth. Bridges got laugh reading falo's Bi>ons whose game with ago. great three ham, ceremonies Rriggs Stadium. faltered.* “1 a that Count Fleet's the Yanks would have been the flag is raised in annual at lost control and umpires are paid than Syracuse was postponed Veteran and one-half-length victory in the pressed temporarily was™ the better to win. But this year 26 Tigers, most of any team in the big replaced by Corsica after the the plaxers—S“o a week plus Ira Hutchinson limited Baltimore Wood Memorial failed lo "scare , Oddly enough, the man who was Headlined al Arena i leagues, are in service, as the sign beside the scoreboard visitors had scored their two runs. fixing expense's compared with to six hits in out” as many eligibles as experts! Rochester's 4-0 All Pasha, bearded Turk who |s In the meantime the Tiger* a month. triumph over the Orioles. predicted it would. ’ (Continued on Page 28) indicates. player*’ S2OO unbeaten since his arrival here bunched to “Mexlro should be a fertile hits off Steve Sundra several weeks ago, will take on bag one run in the field for baseball and I hefiexe fourth and Ihe foot-punching Arkansas hill- three in the sixth, total day they will have strong Major League a that some billy. Farmer Jones, in the main \vas enough game. leagues will HAVE 17,943 AT to win the teams and and we LUCKY TO OPENER go a» Arena Gardens Monday. Nelson Potter rhurked two frame* have a with a real ! State Teams 4 for the Browns after international flavor.” Standings Sundra had Let's Have More boon w ithdrawn for a pinch hatter. But Cramer cnnfc««ed the AMERICAN LEAC.IE thing rno«? Impressionable to Trucks Hurls Today, Newhouser Friday Pet. *GB NT. LOUS RLOODWORTH HERO him in Mexico not baseball. W L To See Action New York 4 1 .ROO H O A E .Timmv Rloodworth batted borne Bv AR R F.OCiAR HAVES Cleveland 5 2 .711 ... two of the Tiger tallies and Pinky or two It is so slowed first look at his boys at the opener Gutteridge. 2b 1 1 0 3 2 0 Feat for Superman hnunee Washington .3 .571 0 Higgins and Doc Cramer one each. The are away to down that get it.” ton EAST LANSING, April 2M-- 4 1 Clift, 3b 3 0 1 2 4 girl riding you ran He was busy with war work * "It was n a bicycle a hctirr Mart than they worn in Michigan State’s DETROIT 3 .500 I>i Leahs, If 2 10 0 0 0 A single by Stephens accounted eggs to visit the Evansville training forces are 'y as 11lx a basket of atop her IHI W . the of World War I Pick Wakefield inherited Char- program St. Louis 2 2 .500 1 Chartak, if 1 0 0 2 0 0 for the St. Louis markers. head," t camp. hooked lor a hu*y sjioris the Cramer recall' d. “I can - 5 5 a start of game In the dol.lyed opener at Bribes lev (iciiringer No. J. lie got one starling tomorrow afternoon. Philadelphia .575 2' Stephens, >s 3 0 2 I 3 0 At the Rridge* get oxer tlmt. I saxx her stop Rost ‘ 2 4 .353 2'a o 2 0 0 was a little shaky, walking two 'Stadium, ttv* Tigers and St. Louis hit, beating out an infield roller To AVakefield went the distinc- The Spartan baseball team will on McQuinn. lb 4 10 at a corner, get off the hike and Browns drew 17. MW against an Chicago 1 4 .200 3 cf 4 0 1 4 0 0 Brownies with one out m the first g*t tion of making Die first run of open the home season amid the R>rnes. then hack on again without < (» behind leader. 0 0 0 inning The little veteran righted lojmning crowd of I't.tiOl in IMIS KOI.I I F \T< IIIN again*t Notre "Games Hayes, c 4 2 1 removing the eggs. the season at Briggs Stadium. jproper formalities U 1 I»M.h|» \VI HI >1 I T« 0 time basket of yesterday « « Sundra, p 2 0 0 3 0 himself in to erase the scoring The lurnout was rx- With the governor busy In He was hatted home by Higgins Dame. Governor Harry Kelly, a OFTR'' 'IT i S St t.nul* 2 Fven couldn't do that, < < considering R' dge» r,oreiie perience at a bull fight. hortstop now councilman. I ('•'••.fland .¦ a 1 Or ago o s fl A the plate. postponed a day and so many of meet weld- r “Some had arranged for With Mayor Jeffries they made With two hits, Bridges served the Notre Dame racket fn, n md !“>•’.»* nte a Petnch and T-e*h body rk » o a Totals 32 2 6 24 13 0 The next threat was provided :.c fan' are wor king on week day s mayor's notice that day comes ers at South Bend tomorrow and Nni v*¦ n n 3 Ron the toreador to throw hi* hat to n fine hatters. The pitch if the ever ham pickey; Dohaon Karl (Pi and hv Tigers in the team a and the second heat me he had killed a was a perfect strike. Rogrll that he is through as a pitcher he the golf will engage in Par’ee. DETROIT out, Higgins after hull.” « when, with one and Hollingsworth are • r. wif.H sin- Cramer explained. “I just kept Trucks ( caught it and heaved a fine peg may be a candidate for an outfield tn-annualar with Notre mow AR O A K gled for the hit the *>latpd In h* Ilie opposing pit* h- F* T./vila at OPTROIT. R H first of season the hat. The crowd was incensed to second. job Bridges' only regret is thaf Dame and Illinois at South Bend cie\eand a' Chicago. 10 0 « Cramer, cf 4 12 here and Bloodworth sacrificed. r* when the Tigers and Browns Benton i*nt Saturday. New York at Boat on and an interpreter had to get to heie to see him “slug Hams, 2 0 0 0 0 Hoover, the recruit, ” 1 Washington, 1 Joe on the take the field at Briggs Stadium that navy, Saturday's nl-n in- i'»...ada'ph a* rs his feet and explain that I meant While R e hand played the Star- old apple A 1 i* in the calendar Wakefield. If 4 2 110 0 spot on his first trip to the plate today in the second and last cludes a contest no harm—-1 was just a country Spangled Banm r" mans of the fans giving preflight school hoys physi- Spartan ha*ehall 4 0 0 13 1 0 in a regular league game at game of the NATION XL LEAC.IE York. 1b Rrigg* |w,\ from New .fc-rsex If »eem* series. turned toward the new service flag cal instructions at Norman, Okla. with University of Detroit here.) Higgins. 3b 3 0 2 2 0 0 (i engage W L Pet. *GB (Continued on Page 27) I was sup|»oM to put 10 buc ks painted op the scoreboard. The Track forces will in the Bloodworth, 2b 3 0 1 1 2 01 season, Brooklyn 1 .ROO ... In the hat and toss It bn< k to N I AA HOI«FR FRIII\V big meant mote than just a The hall may he dead for second dual meet of the 1 Hoover, ss 3 0 0 13 0 2 2 .500 I'a the hull fighter, \n\way. I had number It meant men like Birdie evtra base clouts, hut the Tigers against Marquette. Boston Richards, c .3 0 0 7 0 0 Manager Steve O’Neill sa.d Har- Pittsburgh 3 .3 .500 I’a a few terrifying moments.” Tebhetjs, Hank (Irecnbcrg. Charley have been doing all right in the Bridges, p 3 12 12 0 old New'r.ouser would '‘tatt tomor- St. Louis .3 .3 .500 I*a Wayne Loses in 12th ¦o" - Gchringcr. Krnld ir Hutchinson. department singles against Corsica, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 game against the Cleveland of .3 3 1 ' Johnny Upon and *mre mote of Cincinnati .500 a Caster's Burning Indians. i the opposition thus far this Central Marks 33d Chicago .3 .s*lo fine hall plovers now solving ihnr spring. AAith nine hits in six 3 l' a 4 9 27 10 0i Coach Fred Hoffman go* * 1 g "They have a hunch of (••ft- Totals 29 To Grosse lie, 9-8 in Now York 2 3 .100 2 ««> country. The Tiger-, this war games, Cramer is off a chuckle Tuesday .-•? »he For* handed hitters, u«>'|| *«••• how to run- Philadelphia 1 .3 250 2'i •Ratted for Sundra in seventh. | Wayne as in the la*t orn . lead the league ning start. Incidentally. University has it« first'*: thc\ go Doe Win; De La Salle a it» i * Shelby, where the Browns b'rj’d against a good southpaw Beat tuimm>ti si r<* i Batted for Potter in ninth. * in the of in went a R «'nn '* NVw York 7 1 laverv baseball defeat of the season to- •nd they - hurler." number men the far hark to make nlee 3. 1. KKim when are in I>< nit Kluttz, V*ii; Wittig and day. a 9-8 setback in 12 innings at sen ice. catch off ( hartak in the sixth. Catholic Central high school has St ITI and St. Louis f*oo 000 020 2 Manruao the hands of Grosse lie Naval < * * T today as Cirjrinnatl 3 Pittsburgh 000 103 OOx 4 at the .so r • ' *e etver, Ihe Tigers’ Of w There were two Brownies on its thirty-third victory d n 1 V n Detroit I ro rne e\ pr H Two real old-timers were Rrgy- fSi ird Rase at Northwestern Field. Rill A C base at the time. a result of yesterdays combi- R 'die Mer. Herbert in (Vorge Caster, the p.tcher. and 'fstoj and Jimmy Woodworth swapping yarns before the game. Brandt (ki Dial* i*> and I.oper Runs batted Higgins. Cra- Mach of Grosse lie struck out f{ nation hitting and pitching Chicago . n 7 18* •i couple of other Brownies w*r< For Bill I In/el, the band leader, and Richards also looked good (JO tnnng*) and Owen, ing “They’ll have a hard time hit- lowed five hit* as Central won. Mead AH*n\