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PAGE 22 DETROIT EVENING TIMES (PHOSE CHERRY 8800) Wednesday, May 5, 1943 Wakefield’s Ability to Hit Southpaws Pleases O’Neill Sports Major Teams A PENSIVE LOOK AND ERRANT BALL INDICATE RUNNER'S SAFE Trucks Credited Richards He'ped Bring Leonard Again Play in With No. 3as q Back to Majors Virtual Privacy Team Takes 3d By LEO MACDONELL / grin« which By LEO MACDONELL 7 relieved with - k * '• '; •* - b V ill ,;, r i 1 A- t», : - ST. LOUIS M 5.T nriinr Ir.guo magnates watched sAy r ’>2 r .v.vv.Vc ST. LOUIS. May s— Virgil , a Richard* thh new Tiger t atvhrr. 170 000 turhulently T** WKjK . .tbout pile ' -• ¦'' Trucks today had racked up his was especially interested in the through tin Sunday are *3 . r" i l of turnstiles third triumph in as many starts following statement Dutch now worried frowns. After Sun* Leonard, the >tar Washington lay - brief respite from sicken- and the Tigers were in third place pitchei inglv meager attendances, yester- in the league championship race. would not hr h»ol> *•1 proh*hl> day > figures for a full schedule in These achievements were the In thr hin lr«i;iif* Hfter Brook- both leagues showed another lyn *rnt mr to \tl«nl» it it shocking collapse. fruit of a victory for the Tigers hmln'l horn lor I’niil Richard**. Only watched the Detroit over the Browns, 4 to 3. here yes. managed 647 , who Tigers edge out a 1 to 3 victory terday in the first of a three-game o\rr the St. Louis Rrowns. series. Exactly 1,002 watched the Bos- All of which is pleasing to Steve ton Braves whip the New York O’Neill. But the events in the Giants, 5 to 3. The Giants are game that seemed to give the new M faM hut that los.ng fast, not only in the of- Tiger manager the most pleasure & box j I had i good fice. hut on the ball field. was the hitting of Dick Wakefield, bagged RIC KEY MAKING SURVEY a left-handed batter who ’"ljw gP “Trouhlr in one of his two hits off A 1 Hollings- Brooklyn wa*. (>ne of the biggest crowds of the worth. a southpaw’ pitcher. thr i at* hrr-» day, 3.500, watched the Philadel- Iwould seldom phia Phillies humble the Brooklyn PROVED ALREADY Dodgers. 4 to 1, in the season’s Wakefield's ac<*omplishmrnts at ' i¦ atL ¦»« II4KH- It was so hard first twilighter. and thereby hangs ; . wL->. mEtt m. hat justified O’Neill’s confidence to ratrh it made them look had. a tale. Dodgers prexy Branch in his prize rookie's ability to hit Richards inadr mr pitch thr Rickey is conducting a survey in left-handers, an item that should knuckle hall prat tit ally all the N' w York war plants to ascertain 1 prove of great value to the Tigers. t.nir; said hr didn't care how had the starting time preferable to the ¦;mm *jE In fact, it has proved of value al- it might make him look occa- majority. • ¦ ln,iv 7^ ready. It was Wakefield’s hit off sionally if I could get It over thr Although Jesse Flores of the Al Smith, a left-hander, that platr. With his help I Rot it Philadelphia Athletics has yielded ,'jP A scored Doc Cramer with the win- two season* hut three runs in 31 2-3 innings of ning run in the 15-inning game down pat and in \ $ \ .. \ „r *-” e* 'ks #c S' . ,1K {y t 1 • */*, *#¦**+ m EEEEBm EsBaSEEmEE* JS& •M&rz*^** won 28 Ramrs and wvnt up to work, he practically pitched in with the Indians at Briggs Sta- \\ ashiiißton.'* private yesterday when his three- dium recently Richards said: hit hurling led the A’s to a 3 to 3 When O’Neill rearranged his Thr modest " ‘•Oh. Dutch is Just beinß k'nd win over the Washington Seniors linenup for yesterday's game here, Incidentally. Richards in thr All of 1,234 saw Flores’ second save Wakefield, he stripped the game herr yesterday made a victory in three starts. hatting order of left-handed hit- ters sending Charley pair of pretty peps to second DAY FOR Metro to BIG WHITF.Y center and to right base that culminated in double - *>%* field Don Ross 3,908 WWmwh*b*$ ;> . ,'L • . plays And the veteran s catch- A gathering of saw the St. ¦ r Young Metro a recruit up Chicago .Beaumont, through a Louis Cardinals the " came ing far has been of hiph smash " ' thus ¦¦' * order. Roth Paul and Dixie Par- Cubs. 11 to 3. with 15 hits. Whitey "-*X -- |a ' somely. lacing two solid singles to = ¦¦ - EeEmze mm - sons have been doing a pood job Kurowski led the Cards in the hit- A ~ left. ting offensive with a home • run of receiving, which has been -• TROI'T STOPS BLAZE Steve O'Neill, and two singles. • 00dE*&% most pleasing to who was plainly worried about Vince DiMaggio whacked out a While he was credited with the to homer to lead the Pittsburgh Pi- victory. Trucks did not finish the catching ' the department prior -• •’•'•• /.<<•. •* * * - . • • ' -• # "wWjk. , ,v, •’. :\ x .;>•• -N^.\T’• ws*:4C-:$ y*. 7tc'V tffl*x wTc^” opening-of the season Birdie rates to an 8 to 3 win over the game He had to have help. Paul the Phot., by Timee gtaft Photographei Dizzy) being Tebbettf left quite a hole to fill. Cincinnati Reds before 1.685. i Trout rushed to his Less than 2.0f»0 watched Jim OF HUDSON GIRLS AT FIRST AS HER TEAM WON SOFTBALL OPENER rescue during a black moment In Bagby yield hut five hits to pitch BETTY HOURAX MOTOR IS SAFE the eighth inning, Trout proved a Couldn't Fool Babe ,’0 unhappy as pots bouncing j-1, . .. the Cleveland Indians into a 2 to . Morion Kraft of Local Rotnberettes apparently is very the ball away; Hudson von, at Mark Park valuable fireman and stamped out James Luther (Luke) Sewell, 1 decision over the Chicago White the blaze, his gift-edged relief the manager of the Browns, de- Sox. Manager Lou Boudreau won work protecting a lead the Tigers was a hotter clares Babe Ruth his own game by singling in Oris had given Truck*. than Ted Williams Close Games Feature hitter either Hockett with the deciding run. DABF Lightens Its Wayne Edges For six innings Trucks was In- or Joe DiMaggio. About 1,600 frosted Bostonians vincible Rut in the seventh the “Ruth didn't have a weak- watched the New York Yankees Tire halier weakened. Over A ness,” Sewell explained. “And nip the Boston Red Sox. 4 to 3. Softball Openers stretch of 7 2 n innings. Virgil don’t forget he was being walked Yankee Third Baseman Bill John- EligibilityRules yielded all of St. Louis seven hits time after time. Half the time son committed an error early that in and three runs. Titans 9th opener Detroit's 1943 softball season existed in the official men's he didn’t have a chance to hit. almost cost his club the game, but Two eligibilityrule changes are it applied to all players. The five On the other hand the Brow’ns When the Babe was hitting, no- now applies to three games Wayne University broke its los- was officially under way today between Bnggs Bombers, runner- tossed Ringers llioled out a single in the ninth in- in effect today in the Detroit rule no less than four body could get him out; w hen he ning. advanced to third on a single or more. ing streak of 12 straight games and from the brand of ball played up for the world crown last year, into the fray, starting with Hol- right Amateur Baseball Federation fol- minor yesterday hy defeating lingsvvorth, wasn’t he would nilss one bv Ken Sears: then, with two out. Those from Class B-C-D the Uni- in Mack Park, last night, fans and Teamsters Local 337. Briggs who was routed early. over the plate. But the trouble crossed the plate lowing the weekly meeting last leagues are now eligible for Class versity of Detroit, 2-1, at North- Hollingsworth was combed for dramatically on are in for some real treats this took a two-run lead in the first was you never knew when he Johnny Lindcll s short fly night at 538 Elmwood, R if they have hern out of profes- western Field. seven hits and thfc tallies Paul to ccn- year. inning, and safely ensconced be- wasn't hitting or when he would , ter. j Players who did not appear in sional basohall for five years as of A single by .Julius Mnlis decided Dean, making his first appearance hitting again. May move clears the way game the girls, the De- hind that, Lddie Figrlski went in game, vtart Williams more than two Class A games are 1. That the in the last half of Hudson Defense on an American League re- and DiMaggio were greaf hitters for Harold Bejin. among others, ninth inning It was Mohs' fir’d hi* troit Softball Association cham- to win. The Teamsters tallied placed Hollingsworth and held the no longer affected by the clause to he pions opt Tigers hut they could he pitched to.” Standings if he elects leave A. where of the season and Wayne’s first won their ner 2-1 from their run in the seventh. to one hit and no runs In which limits a club to five who is ineligible.