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Short effective but not Phillies JHnruutg Nj? bb iX for 4 Tigers ra victory Morning News, Wilmington, Dol Saturday, March S3, 1M9 43 si'iwtftapawMiW 1 MM ''7 and telecast the Pennsylvania State schoolboy basketball finals tonight Money and Larry Hisle, the rookie regulars, are in batting slumps. DETROIT PHILADELPHIA ab bl ab bl McAulifle lb 4 0 0 1 S'nne lh 3 110 Woods cf 0 0 Rons 26 4 0 1 0 Km. re rt 4 2 3 1 Allen If 4 0 0 0 Cash lb 0 1 0 John'n 3b 4 1 2 2 Camoeieil lb 0 0 0 0 CalMson rt 4 0 0 0 Norton If 4 111 H.s'e cf 3 I 0 Ma'chidi ss 3 1 0 0 Money ss 4 0 0 0 Wrt 3b 4 0 0 0 Rvan 3 0 0 0 Valie 4 0 10 Snort 10 0 0 Wi.son 1 0 0 0 Brixs ph 0 0 0 Brown pti 1 0 0 0 Farrell 100 0 Wva't 0 0 0 0 Pa mer 0 0 0 0 Redmond ph. 1 0 0 0 Lasher 0 0 0 0 Cermcti ph 0 0 0 1 Scnerman 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 4 Totals 31 2 2 By AL CARTWRIGHT News-Joonral Sports Editor CLEARWATER, Fla. -Any doubts about Boardwalk Chris Short's physical condition were blown out to sea yesterday.

Making his first pitching appearance since a sore knee grounded him two weeks ago, the Phillies' ace uncorked five dazzling and easy innings against the Detroit Tigers. SHORT, the first PhiUie to pitch that far, left with a 1-0 lead. The Red Hats built it to 2-0, but they blew the game 4-2 in the ninth inning on the wildness of rookie pitcher Lowell Palmer and a juicy error on shortstop by Don Money. The 31-year-old left-hander allowed the world champions only two hits. One was a line double ting of Johnson pleased Manager Bob Skinner.

The showing of Palmer was something else. Johnson drove in both runs. The Irrepressible Ron Stone, Cookie Rojas and the third baseman all singled off Earl Wilson for a first-inning lead. In the sixth, against John Wyatt, Johnson unloaded his second home run of the Grapefruit League season. That was the last of the Phils' five hits.

AL Kaline's homer off Dick Farrell in the seventh was the Tigers' first run. Otherwise, Farrell was effective in his three innings. The Tigers tied the score against Palmer in the ninth on two singles and a walk, and it would have ended there had not Money booted a ground ball with two out to load the bases on balls. by Al Kaline in the first inning that whizzed by Deron Johnson's upraised glove at third base. The other was a rolling single to right field by Norm Cash in the fourth.

Short had the big pro-Detroit crowd of 2,918 looking up in the air most of the time. He threw six infield pop-ups. He walked nobody, struck out two and had three 1-2-3 innings. AND this was the Short who had his right knee in a cast last week after straining ligaments in the second exhibition game. "I felt as if I could go nine," he said later.

"Those were easy innings. The knee tightened up a couple of times, but it didn't hurt. I threw about four pitches about as hard as I'm capable of." Short's pitching and the hit "Palmer can't pitch like that, wild and always behind in the count," said Skinner, frowning. "I'm a little worried about him. I've never seen him pitch well from the stretch position." The hard-throwing Californian is a possible fifth starter, or W3S.

AND DOT'S DOT-Eight players were shipped to the minor-league camp, reducing the complement to 30 Getting the bad news were pitchers Larry Colton, Pat Bayless, Luis Pera-za, Billy Champion and Al Raf-fo, catcher Dave Watkins, in-fielder Denny Doyle and out-filder Joe Lis The 30, five over the opening-day limit don't include pitcher Larry Keener, who has reported for five days of practive during spring vacation from college Bill White has permission to leave camp H7j Detroit 00 000 103-4 Philadelphia 100 001 000-3 E- Money. 2B-Kalnie. HR-D. John-LOB-Detroit 7, Phlladel- son, Kaline. phi a 5.

IP ER BB SO Wilson 5 112 3 Wyart 2 Lasher (W) 1 Scnerman 1 Short 5 Farrell 3 Palmer (L) .1 201. 123-114 in series opener Palmer in 6-man golf tie Hartford bombs Bombers HARTFORD Playing with The Bombers sorely missed the Hartford Capitols 123-1141 The Bombers have a chance I A loss would eliminate Wilming-here last night in the opening to even up the best-of-thrce set ton, first-place finisher in the game of the Eastern League's: tomorrow night at 7:30 in the Eastern Division, from the play- Lacefield, who didn't make the out the services of forward Reggie Lacefield, the Wilmington JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) trip because of illness. Hart (Del.) Blue Bombers bowed toiEastern Division final series. Salesianum School gymnasium, offs.

Rallying Arnold Palmer and the loquacious Lee Trevino ran in dramatic birdies on the final ford's 6-foot-7 forward Wayne Lawrence, whom Lacefield probably would have guarded, had a field day against his smaller opponent, Frank ol ImbJ "gMa flit 1. linn miiL ijmiL "'Wiigt 1 l'mi UPI Tdephoto hole Friday and joined a six-man logjam for the halfway lead In the $100,000 Greater Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament with six-under-par 138. Pretty fillies Lawrence kept the Capitols, Shoulder-to-shoulder with the who finished third in the East during the regular season, in the game with the majority of two popular headliners going into the final 36 holes are the first round pacesetter, Lionel his 30 points netted before tha Dark Mirage, the filly champion, gets together with Mrs. Tuesdee Testa, 27, latest of the women jockeys, who will make her Aqueduct riding debut today. Mrs.

Testa, former exercise girl from Greentree, N.J., has won one of her four starts, scoring at Santa Anita on March r. She is scheduled to ride in two races today, aboard Verbosity in the first, and Bargain Counter in the third. Hebert; 41-year-old Gardner Dickinson, still amazed at his position; Bobby Cole, the 20-year-old prodigy from South Af fourth quarter when rookie star Art Stephenson took over. A 6-5 strongman, Stephenson scored 14 points in the final period. The Bombers, leading by as many as seven points in tha rica, and Ken Still, the Tacoma, pro with the photograph first half, fell behind by six ic mind.

Exhibition baseball Birds get 11 in 5th A Jr 4 '1 1 Rives McBee, the dark horse from Midland, who fre quently comes out of the wood work to pull a startling stunt, UPI Talepnoto with 4 minutes left in the game. Applying full-court pressure, Wilmington closed to within two points with 2V minutes remaining, but Hartford then sewed up the victory on the foul line. Getting back into form after a serious ankle Injury, Waita Bellamy led the Blue Bomberj in scoring with 34 points. John Savage and Corace each netted MIAMI (AP) The Balti such as shooting a record-tying 64 In the U.S. Open at San Fran more Orioles capitalized on the Missing something? wildness of Washington's Bruce cisco in 1966, came to the final hole late In the day needing a birdie to tie for the crowded Howard and Dennis Higgins for 11 fifth inning runs Friday night lead.

and smothered the Senators 11-2 doesn't have the ball which has dropped to the ground. The Twins edged the Royals 3-2 in exhibition contest yesterday at Orlando, Fla. Frank Quilici, second baseman for the Minnesota Twins, makes a most emphatic tag of the sliding George Spriggs of Kansas City but unfortunately for Quilici, he here in exhibition play. 24, and Willie Davis bucketed 20. Stephenson finished with 27 But he had to settle for a par 4 and a 67 putting him a stroke back at 139, tied with five others Two walks, Don Buford's base hit bunt, a hit batsman and an points, while Capitol guard George Bruns fired in 19.

other base on balls netted file for second place. WILMINOTON o. r. first two Baltimore runs off They are Australia's Bruce Bucs buckle Nets 138-110 COMMACK, N.Y. AP HARTFORD T.

O. T. 24 Stffi'on 10 7 7 77 5 Sant 5 4 12 74 Law'nca 17 4 7 30 Howard. SavAoe Hall Cor Crampton, 69-70; big Ray Floyd Rader's bat powers Astros WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)-Doug Rader lashed a 70 Bruns a 34 19 Before Higgins could retire nt 68-71; Bob Smith, 68-71; Jack McGowan, 71-68, and Frank i nc cioud Bullets nail division title 1 Grillln I 00 2 laruve 2 3 4 DorrustJ the 16th Oriole batter of the New Orleans Buccaneers roiled iKeta National Lagu East Division Won Lost Pet.

OB St. LoulS 7 5 .583 New York 4 5 MS VV Philadelphia 6 7 .42 Pittsburgh 4 .455 1V Montreal 3 5 .375 2 Chicago 4 9 .301 ii West Division San Francisco 10 3 .79 xLos Angeles 6 i .500 3'A Cincinnati 7 7 .500 3V4 Atlanta 6 7 .462 4 Houston 4 7 .462 4 San Diego 4 7 .364 5 Lata game not Included. American League East Division Won Lost Pet. GB XBaltlmor 9 2 .818 xNew York 10 3 .769 Cleveland 9 5 .643 1V4 Boston 7 4 .636 2 Detroit 6 8 .429 4Vi xwashington 2 11 .154 8 West Division Minnesota 8 4 .667 California 7 i .538 1V4 Oakland 5 7 .417 3 Seattle 4 .400 3 Chicago 5 8 .385 3V Kansas City 4 8 .333 4 x-Lata game not included. Friday's Results Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3 Houston 5.

Montreal 2 St. Louis 5, New York. 1 Detroit 4, Philadelphia 2 Boston 4, Chicago, 3 Oakland 15, Chicago, 8 San Francisco 9, San Diego i Cleveland 3, California 0 Cleveland 10, Seattle 9 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 2 Los Angeles 9, New York (A) 0, night fialtknort 11, Washington 2, mght Sunday's Games Atlanta vs. Baltimore at West Palm Beard, 69-70. WWII 2 Kfrtki 3 1-1 3 Neman 2 22 4 34 Mundy 5 00 10 fifth, a wild pitch, a sacrifice fly, Dave Johnson's single, Paul two-run single and drove in an Bellamy Three of the game's main Biai'kni 7 17 3 Tetals 50 21 33 12 other run with a fielder choice Totals 44 37 17 114 celebrities Jack i 1 a to their seventh straight victory Friday night as they defeated the New York Nets 138-110 In an American Basketball Associa Blair's third spring homer, another pair of walks, two infield Wilmington grounder, leading the Houston 17 15 13 19-114 21 11 13 17-1U Gary Player and Bill Casper- Hertford Astros to a 5-2 exhibition base Allen.

hits, an error and Don Baylor were tied with a large group at 141. Nicklaus, his drives boom ball victory over the Montreal rin broke open what had been a CHICAGO (AP)-The Balti double intervened. Expos Friday. more Bullets last-place finishers tion game. New Orleans Washington 099 601 100 2 4 1 Baltimore 000 0110 Mx-1 lift New York Ferrari sounds warning note a year ago, completed a rags- Houston 202 001 000-5 Montreal 010 000 100-2 ing, couldn sink a birdie putt and settle for a 72.

Player rallied with a 69 and Casper, the 1968 pro golfer of the year, shot OPT 34 15 1-4 11 4 2-2 '0 Dierker, Coombs (4), Marentette (9) to-riches saga Friday night by beating the Chicago Bulls 115- and Edwards, Bryant (i); Billinqham, McGinn (4). Armbruster (7) and Brand. close contest for three quarters. With the score tie, 89-89, Monroe and Scott combined for 12 straight points. The Baltimore players opened three cases of champagne in their locker room and doused Coach Gene Shue.

6 4 4 14 Mhaftry 1 3 4 I ftowens 15-4 2 Hoover 9 4 4 22 Chubm 10 57 25 Somen! 5 2 7 11 Llovd 1 a 4 4 Lend 4 54 1 Frilier 00 12 W-Dierker. U-Billlngham. HR Mont 103 to win the National Basket a 70. Frinl Morelnd Robhlns 5 Jonm Joni Sutler Pmnd finvnn WiKnn Totals tru SEBR1NG, Fla. (AP) drivers of the Ferrari, io o-i io Lola-Chevrolet and I'orsehe real, M.

Jones. Batteries: Pascual, Howard 5. Hlqqlns Cox 6, Miller 8 and French, Camilli Hardin, Rlchert 7 and Etehebarren. Hardin. Howard.

HR Baltimore, Blair. Jones celebrates his own night The cutoff point for the final ball Association's Eastern Division championship. teams launched a mass assault I 00 3 II 11 11 11aTfU AM 11 it ,1 two rounds, Saturday and Sunday was 145. Those with that Baltimore wrapped up the Balllmor contest in the final period in! New Orleans .7 17 17 13 43-11 atrlnK COUTSC rCCOra XXV 1Zt' as the cars completed score or better qualified. Chlcaae I Sionn 18 Wmnrjln 9 HA'Jtmi 41 Boerwkl warm-ups for Saturday's 12-hour at Tampa, DENVER (AP) It was Beach, Fla.

Cincinnati vs. New York, Fla. Houston vs. Washington 4 Or 9 04 4 '1-1 20 1-3 5 5-4 Twins edge by Royals in 9th ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)-The Minnesota Twins squeeked past Kansas City 3-2 in exhibition baseball action Friday when George Mitterwald singled in Ron Clark in the ninth inning.

mree-poin? (joai, New Ofieani, Buner. Total fouls -New Orleans 23, New York J3. Fouler) out -Non. spectacular fashion with Earl Monroe and Ray Scott providing the impetus. Monroe wound up with 41 at Pompano Rookie homers to lead Sox OPT 9 5 5 2.1 5 1-7 11 1311? 3 1-1 7 10 3 3 21 1 00 3 04 4 3 11 7 2 1-1 5 44 13 21 101 15 Boozer Unield Scott Ellis Monroe Lughry Marin Barnhill Manning Totals Los Angeles Philadelphia at Clear.

at Clear- 5 10-12JO PeieMen "Larry Jones Night" Friday and the former Toledo star poured in 52 points to lead Denver to a 133-123 victory over water Fla. New York, vs. Boston at St. Peters- 1 0 3 7 Nwmerk 1 0 0 Love Weiss 49 17-24 115 Totals burg, Fla. Pittsburgh vs.

Minnesota at Orlando, Houston in an American Basket Baltimore 34 25 30 34-115 endurance race. Ferrari, storming buck Into world championship competition after a year's absence, sounded a warning note when Mario An-dretti and Chris Amon rocketed around the 5.2-milc course at 1 16 miles an hour. It was the fastest lap In two days of qualifying and more SARASOTA, Fla. A ninth-inning home run by rookie Sydney O'Brien broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 victory over the Chicago ball Association game Fla St. Louis vs.

Detroit at Lakeland, Fla. Chicago, vs. Seattle) at Scottsdale, San Diego vs. Cleveland at Yuma, Ariz. San Francisco vs.

California at Palm Kansas City ON 011 000-2 Minnesota 00( 200 001-3 Giants extend win streak YUMA, Ariz. Reliever Frank Linzy choked off a five-run rally in the ninth Inning Fri- Jones, who scored only three points in the first period, be Chicago 21-30 32 20-103 Dodger hurlers shackle Yanks White Sox Friday. Chicago, vs. Kansas City at Sarasota, Oakland vt, B-Cleveland at Tucson, Ariz. came the first ABA player to points.

He, Scott and Jack Ma- Kentucky rally trips Minnesota LOUISVILLE, Ky. W) Kentucky came from behind in the third period Friday night to out-score Minnesota 40-21 and go on to capture a 127-104 American Basketball Association victory. MINNESOTA KENTUCKY The White Sox lost the serv score more than 2,000 points in than five miles an hour better ices of Tom McCraw for an Hedlund, Warden (5), Jones (7) and Taylor, Campanis (5); Kaat, Bowell (4), Woodson (7), Grzenda (9) and Roseboro, Mitterwald (6). W-Grzenda. L-Jones.

HR-Minnesota, Manuel. Tribe thwarts California 3-0 PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) Sam McDowell and Jack it, thirrf evhihiti, vip-ithiin any laP ever in Compo- one season with 2,026. The 52 points tied a Denver club record set last season by Jones against undetermined period when he suffered a sprained knee liga tition here. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

Los Angeles snapped the Isaac snaps track record tory over San Diego's National ment sliding into third base in Oakland. HOUSTON the first inning. DENVER six-game winning streak of the! League expansion team, 96. New York Yankees Friday night Juan Marshal and Willie by blanking them 9 0 behind the i Mays each drove in two runs Gambee fires Pistons with 34 Boston OPT OP 002 010 001-4 201 000 000-1 Chicago, BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) Bobby Isaac of Catawba, N.C., put his bright orange 1969 Dodge Hevmsn 3 2-2 Smith 9 Hamilton combined on a four- OPT 19 13-17 52 7 3-4 17 3-4 25 3 2-2 3 2-4 I 9 3-4 2' combined four-hit pitching of! for the Giants and Marichal Culp, Land is (6) and Gibson, Fisk (6); Kramer Varga fihine Johnson Swagrty Jackson Bennett Bunce 9 7-ioj5 Don Drysdale, Art Darwin and, limited the Padres to one run in: FT 4 1-9 Jones 10 13-20 33 Wriqht 6 0-0 12 McOill 14 2-3 32 Hamond 6 0-0 12 Hiqhtwr 5 -9 17 Conqdon 1 0-2 2 Beck 1 0-1 2 Wilburn 7 0-0 4 Pkowski 4 22-14 123 Totals DKTROIT LB -Dave Gambee Horlen, Lazar (6), Priddy (I) and Herrmann.

W-Landis. L-Priddy. HR-Boston, O'Brien. Chareer on the pole for the hitter Friday as Celveland shut out California, 3-0, in a Cactus League exhibition game. Hawkins 9 23 Liqon Lewis 10 2-4 72 Moore Vcendik 1 S- 7 Carrier Vauqhn 5 4-4.

19 Oamoief Anderson 3 Pcoe Kelly 2 2-2 1 Chapmn Card 3 2-2 Drr)en 2 04) 4 i I'Jim Brewer. six innings, scattering six hits. 5 4-1014 turned in his season's high of 32 Southeastern 500 stock car race i rt.n 1 1 i 0 04 Los Anqelei Ill Ml 030 11 ian Francuca 001 00) 111-4 1 nnlnl 1. 1 Hh York. A OS 401 lnaa a I lie Rum tit to MS 4 11 in leading the Detroit 1 3-3 5 here bv breaking the track Becker Totals 31 30-44 133 000 002 001-3 ooo ooo ooo-o Cleveland California Wrioht 0 0-0 0 Mtintt Totals 34 24-35-104 Totals 41 29-37-127! BaHerlesr Orvvlal, Darwin fialteries: Mrlchal7 RoMrvjn 7, Oevl-! Pistons to a 11 0-1 01 victory over 25 35 31-123 McDowell, Hamilton (6) and Sims; Houston Denver 7 31 33 4l78'33 wottenart Fern'aMf Drvv knurtiet DukV, Vn "Came nuav mgnt in a nation.

8" hrs-los Armeies, Park-; warnai. i ponrei HR-Sin Basketball Association game. 'er, Darwin. Vys. ian Oieoo, Gallon.

Murphy, Clark () and Eqan. W-Hamil-ton. L-Clark. HR-Clevland, Sims. Minnesota Kentucky Three-point coalsJohnson 2, Jackson, Jones HB8S6p March 21 Error gives Cards win over Mets ST.

PETERSBURG. Fla. iffl -St. Louis took advantage of an error by New York third baseman Amos Otis to score three runs in the seventh inning and beat the Mets 5-3 in exhibition baseball Friday. record Friday.

Isaac qualified at a speed of 88.669 miles an hour, breaking the record of 88.582 m.p.h. set last spring by Richard Petty in a 1968 Plymouth. Isaac headed a field of 10 drivers who qualified for Sunday's 250-mile race at the half-mile. Bristol International Speedway. Fouled out-Houston, Rnme.

Total fouls-Houston Denver 22. 1st period surge powers Celtics Pinky Higgins dies at 59 CLEVELAND UP) John Hav- St. Louis tit 111 100-5 9 13 New York, 003.000.000-1. licek scored 14 points in the first Quarter as the Boston Celtics si va i ii IB I. Ft 'tj Huahei.

Nelson (4). Willis (7) and Mc Carver; McAndrtw, Rusteck (7) and Grote. L-Rusteck. HR St. Louis, Flood Mantle's high school grid coach retires raced to a 42-30 lead and went on to a 145-119 victory over the Cincinnati Royals in a National Basketball Association game LAWRENCE.

Kan. (AP) Al Miss Bixler advances to state squash final Top-seeded Agnes Bixler de Woolard, who once coached: Friday night. CINCINNATI OF TOP Before going to prison, Higgins had been employed by the Houston Astros as a scout. Tal Smith, director of player personnel for the Astros, said Higgins had been scheduled to resume his duties with the Astros. HIGGINS wa born at Red Oak, Texas near Dallas and started his ascent to baseball fame as a third baseman at the University of Texas.

He went to the majors in 1930 with the Philadelphia Athletics and later played for Detroit and BoMon. Higgins' lifetime batting average was 292. baseball superstar Mickey Man-B05T0N tie, announced Friday he is Wednesday after serving two months on a four year sentence. HIGGINS pleaded guilty to a charge that his automobile killed a highway worker in Louisiana February 19G8. Police said Higgins was driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Under Louisiana law, a first offender may be considered for parole at any time if his sentence is less than five years. Higgins' prison term was delayed until January of this year because of two heart attacks which occurred after sentencing. DALLAS, Tex. (AP) -Michael "Pinky" Higgins, 59, former Boston Red Sox manager, died of a heart attack at St. Paul's Hospital Friday, two days after being paroled from prison on a negligent homicide charge.

A hospital spokesman said Higgins, who piloted the Red Sox from 1955 to 1959, died at 2:10 p.m. CST, shortly after he was admitted to the emergency room at the hospital with a heart ailment. Higgins was released from prison at St. Francisville, La. feated Maxine Whitington 15-6, 15-7, 15-8 in their semifinal 4 4-4 1 4 4-4 12 3 2 2 -2 tiring after 35 years as a I IrmHjJtnrl match of the Delaware State Women's Squash Championships J-2 2 2 1-5 5 3 14 1 3-3 5 erking 4 2-3 Dwiddie 5 1-1 11 Foster 1.4-4 Frink 11 0-0 22 Hetjel I 55 21 Lucas -2 7 RoBrtsn 10 3-3 23 Smith 5 3-413 Tucker 1-2 7 Vardali 1-1 13 Wesley school football coach.

Havtc Woolard, 59, has coached at; Johnson Lawrence High School the past. Nelson in, nurranoa tPam Russell the Wilmington Racquets 7 3-3 IT at At 1A i 44 20 Club last night 13 jewj. his uanitm-v Miss Bixler meets second- Minn pH a fan astir 153-1Z-3 reC- eotrd M25-M-14I Totals 43 32-39-119 7 Pinky Higgins heart attack victim seeded Wendy Zaharko in the Fouled outoone. ord. in 35 years, nis teams were 256-37-14.

championship match today. Totl fouls-Boston 21, Cincinnati 29..