DETROIT TIMES, MAY 4,1942 PAGE 13 Tigers and Tribe Near Battle for Lead BILLINGr IN LEGION BASEBALL OPENING GLORY GETS TOP ' >. 4 OLD 1 l-v. V it.. V- * "'*• Split \ • ‘ ' • I \ \. tuggl SPORTSi 1 I „ 4 Twin Bill By LEO MACDONELL— With A s Cuts powe Goes 'Way Back Schoolboy Hit Hardest for Greatest Thrill; by Zeke Bonura and Bill Dickey Margin First Victory Yankees' * Indians' Tiger f . ' -*:,. * " ¦ 4 .'.. > • (V »’>/ , - t "V • • | PICKS ALL-STAR TEAM OF FOES | « ' 4 * Hard Luck Benton Loses 3-Hrtter After PHILADELPHIA, May 4.—Schoolboy Rowe’s greatest thrill York Wins Ist Game n a brilliant big league pitching career was not when he notched 16 straight victories to tie an American League record which he By LEO MACDQNELL •hares "With Walter Johnson, Joe Wood and Lefty Grove. PHILADELPHIA. May 4 M winning my first game in the big My biggest thrill was Thrfce astonishing Tigers today had leagues,” Rowe recalled in a last minute chat as a Tiger before' moved up a half game closer to -sje \ league-leading Indians by Dodgers. “It was a shutout i•• M the be left to join the Brooklyn dmxMiii. \i mfclfiik virtue of an even break in a Sab- against White Sox and I pitched against Sad Sam JonA.” bath Day double-header with the the Red Sox Dickey and Bonura Athletics here, while the The Schoolboy recalled that Bill Zcke defeated Lou Boudreau’s rampant were hitters who gave him the most trouble. crew in a one-game engagement “Yes, sir, I had trouble getting tlp>se hoys out,” Rowe up in Boston. Only two games now separate smiled. the Tigers and Indians as they And, of course, Dickey is the catcher on an all-star all-time near what looms as a roaring from American Leaguers against whom he battle for the top when they en- team picked by Rowe at and Here is School- gage each other Detroit itched in his nine-year career with the Tigers. Cleveland this week-end. assuming K>y’s nine: Dickey c, Gehrig lb, Gordon 2b, Lewis 3b, Cronin ss, that neither nine goes into a tail- William y, Joe DiMaggio cf, Fox rs. spin in the next few days. The Tigers and Athletics staged “Petey Fox was the best »ud field player In the league,” two widely different contests yes- Rowe declared. terday. the first of which, a hilari- affair, While Bucky Harris is Rowe’s all-around favorite as a man* ous was captured by 8-7, In a last-ditch rally, he have to Detroit, ,he said he thought that “on the record” would and the other by Philadelphia, 1-0, S;rce Joe McCarthy in charge of his all-star team. in a sensational pitchers’ duel be- FLAG RAISING SCENE AT BELLE ISLE YESTERDAY BEFORE INAUGURAL GAMES tween A 1 (Hard Luck) Benton and Phil Marchildon. Unser Interested in' Soybeans Major League GOOD CROWD, GOOD TIME A 1 Unser, third suing catcher writh the Tigers, who knows 226.71 f Sunday Fans A fine outpouring of 21,727 paid that the soy- Venetians Win Adonises Battle customers, who turned out despite was in the report i lot about fanping, interested Standings threatening weather at noon, got bean may become a substitute for rubber. New Season's Attendance Record as Red Sox their money's worth, judging by Young Unser waa interested because the Unsers were the AMERICAN LEAGUE their riotous outbursts. W L Pet. *GB On Heron's Goal End Indians' Winning Streak at 13 Games On Arena Mat As six pitchers paraded to the Cleveland 14 4 .778 ... mound in the first game, three 8 By GEORGE for each team, the two clubs rolled DETROIT 14 .636 2 Gilbert Heron, ace forward for KIRKBEY TONIGHTS CARD .632 2*« l «IM Prr*t atail CrretyoMfl up a total of 27 hits and 15 runs. New York 12 7 the Venetian soccer team, has a Jim Lon doe. greece v» Vic Christy. San Boston 11 7 .611 3 Antonio, heat two ot three fall*. 60 min- In the nightcap they totaled but knack of delivering the important NEW YORK, May 4—Those treated as roughly - since their ute* time limit. five and one run. Washington 9 12 .429 6’i games. hits goals in important Because unpredictable, lovable and mad-; little joust with the Yanks last Georg* Zahartaa. Pueblo vs. Roland The cannonading in the first In- St. Lbuis 9 13 .409 7 Klrchmeyer. Louts, B> of this knack Venetians are cham- dening Brooklyn Dodgers today tall as they were in St. Louis St. beat two of three cluded two home by Rudy Philadelphia 7 14 .333 a pions today Michigan falls. 45 minutes time limit. runs l of'the Ama- were skidding like a monkey on yesterday. Ziggy Sears gave York and one by Bob Johnson, Chicago 4 13 .211 10 * teur League. Wriadyslaw Talun Poland v» Bobby a greased pole and the hot-and- Durocher the thumb in the first Robert*. Grand Rapids, one fall, 30 min- whereas in the second Phil Mar- •Games behind leader. < * Heron s 20-yarder with 20 min- cold, the springtime; inning utes time limit. YUTCKOAI'I RESULTS I bloom in ! of the opener and he was childon, 24-year-old French Cana- lutes of the first half gone was the Cleveland Indians were no longefj gone for the day. Freddy Fitz- F.art McCre adjr, Winnipeg va. Jerry dian from Penetang, Ont., allowed DETROIT 6-13-1. Philadelphia I IM. at Monahan. Buffalo, one fall. 30 minutes (4). <7» and only score yesterday Solvay enjoying Lady Luck's fond em- simmons also was ousted. The time limit. Tigers was Whit* H*naha* Park, the hut two hits, which Tcbbctta. Paraona: Knott. -L. Harrta «7; and produced the third 1-0 braces. - Dodgers’1 bench tossed towels all but one less than those yielded by R#(kmtn <9> and Ha>*«. W«wr. Hrii victory Venetians have scored over (tmr After one of busiest Sun- . _- , . .Ml—. Jim Londos, for many years Benton. 0 2-0 Bavarians this season. This one the Philadelphia 1-3-1. DKTROIT days many a major league York’s homers, his sixth and Marchildon and Wanner, i Benton, N*w- gave Venetians a championship. in known as the Greek Adonis of bouaer <8) and TtßylU. Second game. i season. In which 226.744 fans Sunday** Figure* seventh of the season, came in Chicago The Venetians will play the wrestling, runs into ?>w York 0-11-1 4-11-2 stormed the eight major league another consecutive innings. Both were tßurftng. Murphy l*> and Rowir: ; Hungarians next Sunday in the NEW YORK. May 4 (UP).—At- . • Haynes Flrat * parks for largest attendance Adonis. California bred, at the driven into the upper deck of the Smith. t*» ana Turner. finals of the City Cup matches. the tendance at Sunday’s major league game of the jsea&on, the pace setting Arena Gardens tonight when he left field stands, one off Jack New York 3-0-2. Chicago 1-7-2 games follow’s: Dtckey; Treah. Dodgers and Indians definitely comes to grips Knott and the other off Luman Donald ana Dtrtrirti and AMERICAN LEAGUE with handsome Vic- They Second game * Harris. accounted for four were on the run. at N*w York A5.504 Chnsty, one of the best of the ' levaiand l-U-l B aton 0-10 0. Night Fights Okay Cbicafo runs, they . j and totaled four circuit tStnithT Gromak lit. Rmbree (7). Kra- Amid turbulent scenes in which *Bt Loom at W'ashln«ton 21.0b0 younger crop of grapplers. i I Cleveland at Boaton 32.123 'drives for Rudy in two consecutive kaueSaa <9» ana Deaauteta; Denning Wag- 1 two rival managers. Leo Durocher Detroit Philadelphia 21.727 j Christy, if he had the histrionic ntta,d Peacock at games. He bagged two in Satur- WjMhington of the Dodgers and Billy South- ability of Londos or George Za- t-U-A, St. Lout* 0-14-1. Lights Cut 140.654 day’s game Hoe»n Sundra (7). •Newsom (Si ana: If Are worth of Vhe Cardinals and four harias, might well have remained with the Yankees. Early,- Evan* Galebouae. Whiirhead <7i. May Johnson’s homer, which came In NEW YORK,, Broakip* players were ejected. St. *»*CRkforniiwiajfl , gather s Pyl* f6j. ’Tr»Ater (9) and Swift, Feraell. v hi Gorsica, ret lOutdoor fights at night will be way JOTfiP**" I* in ithe seventh off Johnny FI tarn* Louis slashed its to a twin Boaton at 2».«3n worlds goods Hollywood, but 5-0-1, Washington 10-0. 'permissable summer if the Plttaburith was exploded far to the roof of the *t Louie this triumph over the National League Philadelphia at Chtoaitn 1» sso Vic is not an actor, just a big, Hi.titrceworth and Ferrell: ’Zuber. Mar customers co-operate and do not New York at left field stands. There was no one (0), Carraequ*; |6t, Cathey champs, 14-10 and 4-2 <6 innings.' strong, good-looking young fellow teraoa <9/ aaa demand flood lights between on base at the time but the run Evans darkness). The Dodgers have now 84.060 who knows how' to wrestle. ’Loalb* rounds, . - idtcber Mayor F. H. LaGuardia broke a six-all tie aqd looked like W W- mu * 1 Winning pitcher. lost four in a row and their lead Total both league* 224.744 Londos and Christy top a card said yesterday before departing by one game. *Katimated attendance. All other* official of four the winning marker.