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Sports May 11 (UP)- a Add of Seven and Possibly in BALTIMORE TIMES 16-C THI DETROIT Thursday. May I!. 1944 7 or H lleadv KILLING DEFENSE Trout oil Fire Beating Yanks Bob Tales For Preiikness After 13 Years Play By LEO MAC’DONKLL Sports May 11 (UP)- A Add of seven and possibly in BALTIMORE. i i Majors, Dixie Walker eight appeared prohahie today for the Bleakness Stakes at Pimlico ’ NEW YORK, May 11—Paul (Dizzy) Trout, are Tiger pitcher, Pensive expected to draw Jk be to hits he proved it when w x H|th Kentucky Derby winner believes a pitcher should able make and May Top N. L. Batter* Despa’r Rqrls , .... when they ran r singles to important part at bat as well No s ton from Platter, on the sidelines illIT I tflß he collected three play an T. as on the mound the Tigers' triumph 4 to 2. ' in over the Yankees » By 808 MURPHY of Last-Place T gers; |MP***V ***' ' : ¦’ here yestefday. Platter. GKORGF TV WIDE- J' ‘‘HK' ¦- , ¦ vi"V' w f , of 6,762 paid customers Sport* Editor Won’t Stay L6-a NKRS stout chestnut colt which A crowd received many votes as the out- saw the game- played in perfect DISSA AND DATA: standing juvenile of 1943. ap- baseball weather. Flat bush is predicting that m i ro m \< noNvn.i. and only fresh He is p, ~rcd to lie the com- Trout battl'd in one run and Dixie Walker. ex-Tiger, going had not i'fcjyjM to Stan Musiai of tha YORK May 11 xt:tor xxhorn Pensive ¦¦ riilaiPA.: personally scored another. He succeed NEW ! he won the Blue Grass Cards as the National League do thr Tigers like it in ;¦< >t iced when yielded only seven bits. at Churchill Downs last hatting champion. ? ela'-sie Not only that, Trout proved place Dizzy! The Dodger got off Well, they haw no mfmoniv Saturdax. that pitchers at least one pitrher outfielder starters wrre to bludgeoning start, hitting " not Almo-i certain not too tired to run bases a cornplcx that thr> 11 stax Kentucky champion, —is thr' r he Calumet He raced around to third from St. Theresa High's star all- above .400 the first two weeks loti* Stir l ; p. Bob- although hope C. teen tree Stable's first on a roller in front of the around athlete. Jerry Burke, has and he cannot to iivt s Gay Bit, A. hatting Stable MRS. plate that went for a single. stay in that altitudie his ARKL'S Gramp’s Image. A. C. won places on All-Catholic foot- big 1 daring work “points to a season. Alorter, MRS ETHEL This piece of base Pin- ball and basketball teams, and is in his ERNSTS ning paved the way for the run Dixie now thirteenth JACOBS Stymie and the Widener would be a cinch for an all-star year in the major leagues. He's rrfi~ t¦. he scored. With none out, he ¦ It. n possible r-jphth *t ai ter Wj* a cloae student of batting and r T: able dispaii ¦ H scored on a double play. s was MRS D. H. PKTERS’ Bull a closer student of pitchers. He die rank smashing Tiger los- his Tigeo I )andy. Besides a a t e s corn- uses different weight bats and of W ing r * Platter had ruled as one of the * streak which had reached five.! he’s always on the lookout for , win of Kentucky Derby winter book fav- M Trout’s second the season sport. a fast ball and ready for it. O'Neill, a three losses) ended \ ' orites on the strength of victories (against a goes genii eman He well against experi- last fall in the Futurity and in Yankee sequence of six victories enced pitchers who know him. \ with a sons*? . t the Walden Stakes, but trainer in a row But he goes even better up al iimi>t of humor, WILBERT MDLHOLLAND did his baseball * SAD WELCOME there against newcomers which laughed when reminded of a not rush the colt this spring, de- mSwm hint cause is another reason that the popu- photo showing with bowed riding to give him more time to Tt was a sad welcome for Joe of Police may the Tigers were lar Bums’ outfielder have head while hit toj) form for later lucrative McCarthy, bark in uniform and greatest year. dropping a double-header to the Amer i c a n his There are races. at the helm of bis championship more new pitchers in the league White Sox in Detroit. white w-h- mg club after early «piLegion league So. XVnmve knock his absence since than ever before this season. •I xxa* spitting out the rent >ff the great('st purse in IVrby in April. 111, he spent a monlh at jerry nt KKF pitching against of niy chew,” O'Neill explained listory, Platter made his 1941 'is m his (arm home near Buffalo. Briggs yesterday, here is what Pay Through Nose Of the old school. O’Neill still dehut and finished second But he Big who bagged Jerry accomplished: during a game Ernie Rnnham. It’s no place for a newsboy, chaws tobacco took place honors in the /.ov games against eight losses last Struck out 22 men in an 8-in- “Seriously, though, we have 15 that Kentucky Derby. It costs Purse to the light weighted Rod- season, was the of Tiger ning game as Police won, 22-1, break*,” Neill victim 13 singles. you to get into the some tough O re ney Stone while he carried in a hits, one of them three-bagger Allowed two hits, both 56.15 club- “We’xe gotten go oit wvA ---JmFzSfczL'JM.WWm , a If you want a seat in called. more pounds and appeared to another Doc Drove in 'six runs with four house share of hit* 'and a two-bagger by the you pay 518.50. pitching a-nd our need more distance. Cramer. singles and a triple in seven times clubhouse i Tigers were fourth in club hit- up. The grandstand was only $1 65 ting in the latest league avei- Cramer also got a pair of in inning a reserved seat cost you rpr Police scored every hut nge*' hut the hit* didn't fall at singles and turned m most Hitch also bagging five aliout $5. BREVITIES: when he with Mike the right time. sensational achievement hits. Tbe take in gate receipt* Mike at the “We'll get along. I still main- Fori 4 u*ivr: doubled Milosevic!* In the Legion opener last Sun- isn't given out but is conserva- tain we will he fighting for a plate after snaring George Sttrn- day, Roose-Vanker to lively estimated as more than Opened its home baseball sea- weiss’ in Burke held first dixision berth. It is eari> fly centcrficld. win, 5300.000 which is just about trouncing Wayne International Sound Photo four hits to 6-2. yet," son yesterday, A perfect peg. the throw’ ear- After leading. 1-0, for six in- tops for a sports event. University, 9 to 1. It was Wayne's one Rosenthal forced at sec- Tigers’ shortstop To»» Hoover is shown show* ned from fairly deep in outfield nings. Beaudry finished strong to third loss in fix’r games. Never a Tailender in the midst of one of the three double ond, while Hoover’s relay from Di/. Trout territory all the way into Boh whip Vincent. 10-5. in the other Alsab the Gamester Swift’s mitt at the Cramer managed a plays he had a part in as Detroit beat the is on its way to Rudy Y ork, who doubled plare game yesterday. Alsah, the Cinderella horse, O’Neill has never I', of IF: got a hand for the feat. \ Metheny. Tigers twin great is coming back in a sprint at last place club and he ha* ankers in New York yesterday. This made four killings^ The play of in the majors Threw away a five-run lead Cramer-Swift double Belmont Saturday. Win or lose, piloted six them was one of four Tiger twin and minors, He managed at established in the first inning lo kill- 'liis game colt will he remem- Ungs. Joe Hoover -slarted three. of the great Toi onto. Cleveland. Buff a 1 o, go down in deteat to Romulus Air bered as one Toledo. Beaumont and Detroit. 8 to 7, in baseball game Troul Suggests Stilts, RALLY TO WIN Harder Joins legends of the turf. Coach Al Vincent recalled a yesterday at Tnkster. The Titans Royal 2d He hasn’t been out since he Oak to The Tigers had come from gruesome experience while he •i\. now won two and lost the went lame last year, but thu behind to win the first of a three- was at Beaumont. -a me. horse with the great heart al- last IX games.” StiililivMay Try ‘Km game series. First blood was 1 ready has made his record. You “We Inst our drawn hy 200- the when Win Yankees they Circle forget not declared, "and finished liriroil Trrh**: cant that he only Vincent Meet scored a run in the second inning heat Whirlaway iln Hears! in a in the rcllar one-half game out NEW YORK. May 11 Frank (Stubby) Overmire will pitch for R» tnllfd rrfM match Tennis team played to a 3-3 tie race, in two out three. of seventh place. We had IX the Tigers against the Yankees in (he second of the ihree-game With one out. Don Savage, new hut of xrsti rday with the University By GILLIES ! Harder, are of In straight games in which we of series today.
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