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. Stubby won one game and lost another to the DON third sacker. beat out a roller to Mel hnd dean 1941. as a he won Detroit This the here 5110.660, $234,565 totaled only ?X runs. How Is xxas return Yanks last vear. Hank Rorowy will chuck for the Yanks. Royal Oak recreation depart- Pinky Higgins for a single. John the Cleveland Indians' mound and in 1942. match, D. of I). won the first, 7-0. Lindell popped to Mayo, but In 50 races he won 25 and was that for a slump?” junior team staff, today had achieved what no (Dizzy) pro- Ovrrmire is still trying to get ment's rifle finished Trout walked jMilosevich. which out of nrr rrrrty THhe Paul Trout Randolph other active major league hurler he bmi never played Ifrlroil Fitrilin’ I lob: overtime pay for his last ses- second in Ihe William proved costly. occasions. claimed xvent hope year hi< he cost tram that finished in the sion with the Yankees. He Hearst trophy comj>etition with a The walk Savage up can for this 200th And onlv A 1 Sabath irntr a Will have as guest of honor at Tigers’ moved to major ”ne\er will. Loop 14 innings on the last second, league victory. S7OO. Hal the from he basement and in at UAW-CIO team score of for sixth where scored Alumni Club dinner Web- trip East in the 1943 schedule. Harder became the 19th major “The Tigers we got now can't night command. ! w hen “old man" Hemsley pushed below fifth and 1 won't l*e ster Hall Thursday four Jie recalls he walked Joe service a single into right leaguer in all history to reach Served on Platter finish largest field. they up In the members of the Purdue Unixer- Gordon and Bill Dickey followed The event, junior rifle the charmed 200 victories circle The word is out lhat PUtier surprised if are staff, The Tigers tied the count in before long. ty football coaching in- xx ith'a hit that scored the xx in- competition in the country, at- by beating tbe Boston Red Sox. will !h; the toughest horse to first division •luding Opens the sixth when, with one out, head coach ELMER Season ning Yankee teams from all parts yesterday, although run. tracted 458 5-4, he wasn’t lick "11l bet you. Mr. Modonnell, Mayo drove his three-bagger far in Saturday's race at Pim- the Tigers will win nine games BURNHAM. of the U. S. Ptasa junior rifle there at the end of the game, he lico. But the boys are going games out between Bud Metheny and 14 on the current Opening softball in the club of Alton. 111., wort the match joined such immortals a- Red along with Ben Jones and Pen- out of their 4'ororrrilo: NEEDED STILTS Lindell. Then Rudy York flew out road trip and that I vsill pitch I'hil UAW-CIO Iwilight league will bei with a score of 853. Ruffing and Ted Lyons of the sive to add the Preakness to his n you had hectf pitch lag, Firing the Royal Oak team to Lindell in deep renter, Mayo New three of those winners." Veteran first baseman of the played today. Briggs 742 will open lf on after the York Yankees and the Chi- Derby laureis and take h-s Dickey wouldn't hare got tin hit," were Rob Berry. Ar- scoring catch. cago place along-ide Chicago Culis, xvas named by renexxing T. Clawson. White Sox. respectively is of such horses as against Briggs 212. the /> Tigers a Manager GRIMM as thr font 7 inch ho nth paw told nold Wynn. Bemie Kimmel and The accounted for an- one of the better hurler* the War Admiral Omaha, Whir!- Off Like Flash CHARLEY the Tiger other seventh. team captain today in hopes of inter-plant traditional feud on Di: Trout in the clubhouse. Don Wilfong. The team was marker in the The junior circuit has produced away and Count Fleet, who d.d Trout made his boast in the sparking the Cubs back into the east side of town. "It won d bounder just orer rny coached by R. W. Waltz. score came with two out. After For Harder, a Nebraskan hy if before him. and smacking a to clubhouse before he pitched winning column. The 27-year-old The went side section of the head. You would hare caught it In third place was Coach Clay- double left. Swift birth and still hurling for the only Platter is prim* d to go hut helped to hat the Tigers to their Italian youth, who hit .291 and league promises a close race. Any and thrown Dickey out at first.” ton D. McNeil's Sons of Veterans scored when Trout came through major league club he ever was after watching Pensive move your stilts with a timely single. victory over the Yankees yester- hatted in 73 runs last season, suc- team is likely to upset last year’s "Why don't you wear junior rifle club of Wyandotte connected with, the triumph was out when the rest of the field day, so the are flinger is off to section winners, Ford Local 400 tomorrow (today)" suggested with a mark of 8-17. Team mem- his 38th over Boston and high- started to hack up last Satur- making good his oeds the retired STAN HACK TIED AGAIN a good start in Baseball gets under way tomor- Trout to his pal. bers were Jim Barnes, Edward lighted a major league career un- day • well. Platter, who was is Cub captain. Again score was deadlocked Claims. row. All teams will play at North-, McNeil, Richard Guertin. Donald the interrupted since 1930. kept out of the Derby with the 111 ball when in the home half “We had plaxerv .In#i V llonhorll: western Field and will continue to You should have seen that Guertin and David Trueman. of the The veteran right hander held Preakness in mind, will reed with a Inst place ball club at do so throughout the entire sea- sxxell throxv Cramer made from Both Royal Oak and the Wy- seventh Lindell tripled and scored the Bosox to four hits for seven more than « rest when the geo- Albany I. C 4-A secretary, announced on a single by Milosevich. once." Chuck Hostetler son renterfleld right into Sxxift's andotte team are entered in the innings. gees go for the hlack-e\ed gosh today colleges have that recalled. “That was th** that 30 nomi- TODAY'S so FTRAM M 111 111 IK hands as slick as a cucumber—- junior matches of the Hearst- But was the end of the susans club I e\cr saw, I nated 403 individual entries in the' i xvi -mr Yankee scoring. The Tigers, in the up darnedest v* Brtgn* Lo.lge a throw that the turning Times tournament at Olympia Or are getting too loud* intercollegiate A AAA Hi-ick* 742 212 No 1. 1 was eighth, to work Major League Leaders was home with a bad ankle part ti9th annual k p m Packard 190 v* C-mtincnlal 2&n, j point and probably saved the June 3-4. went with two They tell us Stir Up also is in of the time, so there were play- outdoor track championship. The I.orlg* N<», 2, b 30 p m.; Motor Product*! down. Three Tiger singles, York. nr I nttad l‘rf« v* pi4, Plngre* p. m.;! game for the Tigers. The crowd i that race. exen place May 203 Zenith No. I. k Higgins i.r.sniNu ustvmf.v ers on the team 1 never meet will take 20 on e.ar Wood 23<> v*. Chr\*l*r 7, Plngre* No.] over the peg, giving The Southeastern Michigan and Outlaw, put them ” went wild AMERICAN LEAGUE ft.'l w. Franklin Field. Philadelphia, and 3. k p m Hudson 1.34 v*. Plymouth ftl, Rifle and Pistol Association will ahead. old Doc a bigger hand than - 8t Ctali No. l 6 p. m. ¦ Murray 2 v* the When Playar an.l club G AH R H P T Diz It Our Boy! Coach Arthur Mills can't the largest teams xx ill come from B>mher» 212, postponed cam*, of stage a team tournament Sunday ! Savage hooted Chuck Etttn. York 14 4*l V 43* ” | they gave either the Yankee Naw *0 "figure it out the army and navy, with 49 and XXK.sT s|OK at the Greater Detroit range, Hostetler's grounder and the Tuckaj. Chlrajo a :n a n 1I« OETROIT SE 44 YORK 000 v* All Star* scores. »f 44 >n IS o® a 24 AMHOA ARHOA K'-rd 174 Clark No bases M. t, iiMnit 377 * “We not that 43, Firing were loaded it looked like Ormar cf ft 3 3 St me <• 4 are certainly respectively. 1 t» p m v*. PrSuto Hamilton and Cortland. HOSTETLKK. I **>troll 33 j 3H4 I 2 0 7 Kord 900 227 13 4 n 3 club,” said. No. 3, ftp m : 94*< begin more Tiger scoring. Bou>lrrau, H>ovar.» 3 Ranthl.rf 4 l ft n had a ball Mills Northwestern Chr>«ler will at 10 a. m. and entries However. Clevi-lan'l 13 47 tt 17 342 Mayo. 1 vs. I>te»e| 163. Northwestern No. 4 6 With n warm sun, the tempera- Swift a flv 2 5 2 2 Mthnjlf 4 010 “While it Is not anything new .1 mrriron AuMoriofion: 8 p. parked with Metheny j NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 4 I 10 o l*;*t*n 4 ft * 0 || Rawhide 6H4 V* are open until m. York ih m Chli Kel.«e\ ture m ihr 70 s. weather was per- < 4 0 0 Sa 13 for me, I don’t like Jt," Mkinxpn 2. 6 p. m.; and the fun was over. Playar aii
Sports May 11 (UP)- a Add of Seven and Possibly in BALTIMORE
