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THE BATTLE CREEK ENQUIRER AND NEWS Fridcy, June 17, 1960 16 icforious Tigers imore I onighl By Walt Ditzen FAN FARE Hastings Plans Tiger Notes Rested Frank Lary Hurls Tonight "Tn I like that cll slugger at the 500 nvu-k in career home runs. liams' 498th home run, hit at Briggs Stadium in Tuesday night's series opener. The slugger happily autographed it for return to the fan. Bengals Win Boston Series Boiling Stars In 6-5 Triumph DETROIT Wt The Detroit Tigers are fortunate that the first one-third of the American League season has produced no real "cream" in the eight-team crop. For despite the Tiger's ups and downs, and those likely to follow, the Detroit club finds itself in surprisingly good position after more than eight weeks of action.

Pitching Holds Up The pitching, overall, has been better than anticipated. Despite known bullpen weaknesses, the staff has a respectable earned run average and has managed to avoid much of the gopher ball trouble that doomed the 1959 team. The hitting wouldn't frighten church league pitching yet, as the Tigers pry open a four- 4-Phase Race Card Set af Galesburg A special "carnival of speed" will be presented for race fans at the Galesburg Speedway Saturday night when promoter Bill Olney will stage a four-phase program of racing. First on the schedule will be Indianapolis type race cars. Some of the drivers expected to compete are: Jim Murphy, midwest sprint car champion for the past 3 years; Harold Beck who won the "little 500" two years ago; Woody Huntington, CARA midget champion in 1959 who has now moved into the big cars; Leon Whiskie and others.

Next on the schedule will be a midget racing program. Entries have been received by Joe Barr of Fort Wayne who is listed as Ail-American Racing Club champ for 1958; Wayne Zuber of Indianapolis who has an Offenhauser 110 midget; Walter Pawler of Dayton, who is supposed to have the fastest Studebaker powered midget in the midwest; Webb Arthur of Canfield, Ohio, Tri-State Racing Assn. champ in 1957 and many others. Clem Labine. Pens Last Line LOS ANGELES WV- When the Los Angeles Dodgers filed into the dressing room after knocking off Philadelphia 10-6 last night, there was this note pinned to an empty locker: "For all my Dodger team mates "Perhaps the most difficult thing, in the world is putting into words what has been pure ly an emotion all my adult life.

'Bearing a Dodger uniform has become almost synonymous with my life. The wonderful association that I've had with all you fel lows is something that I'll al ways cherish. "Believe me. with all my heart, I wish you all success. for deep within I'm sure I'll always remain a Dodger.

"Goodbye, and again, good luck." It was signed: "Clem" Clem Labine. The note was pinned up dur ing the second inning of the ball game by veteran pitcher Clem Labine before he left for Detroit and a Tiger uniform. The Dodgers sold their 10- year veteran to Detroit yesterday. Four MSU Golfers Eye NCAA Laurels EAST LANSING W) The four top players on the Michi gan State golf squad which com piled a 9-1 dual meet record will represent MSU at the NCAA championship at Colora do Springs, June 19-25. Making the western trip with coach Ben Van Alsty.ne will be C.

A. Smith, Jackson junior; Ty, Caplin, Plymouth senior; Tim Baldwin, Birmingham sen ior; and Tad Schmidt, Garrett, junior. Northville Downs Opens Monday Night NORTHVILLE (JP) North- ville Downs opens its 39-night harness race meeting Monday night. This will be the 17th opening for the suburban track, and Northville Downs has a new look this year. A wider track, a new lighting system, new fireproof barns are some of the improvements.

Northville downs started a $2,000,000 expansion program last fall. BALLANCE'S Harley Davison Motorcycles fir Scooters 424 Capital, S.W. WO 2-6070 Only three players have done better. Mel Ott collected 511, Jimmy Foxx 534 and Babe Ruth 714. Despite his age, Williams is giving a good chance to occupy second place behind Ruth.

A young fan retrieved Wil- Spike Briggs Shows A Steady Gain BENNINGTON, Vt ttJPD Walter O. (Spike) Briggs, former owner of the Detroit Tigers, is "fairly comfortable and showing steady improvement," a spokesman at the Putnam Memorial Hospital said yesterday. Briggs suffered a cerebral hemmorhage two weeks ago while attending his son's graduation at Williams College. Minor League Results By the Associated Press PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Tacoma 9. Spokane 1 Portland 8.

Salt Lake City Sacramento 3, Seattle San Diepro 15. Vancouver 1 INTERNATIONAL I.EAGVE Columbus 2-4, Buffalo 0-5 Toronto 1-3, Havana 0-6 Montreal 12. Miami 0 Richmond 5. Rochester 0 AMERICAN ASSN. Houston 8, Charleston 5 1-ouisville 5, Minneapolis 1 St.

Paul 6. Indianapolis 0 Dallas-Fort Worth 9, Denver 3 SOUTHERN ASSN. Birmingham 5. Nashville 3 Mobile 9, Little Rock 6 Other games postponed TEXAS LEAGUE San Antonio 4. Amarillo 3 Victoria 6.

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The entry fee includes the 54 holes of tournament play plus a practice round on Friday, and a dinner-dance program on Saturday night. Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, Aug 10. The field is to be limited to 80 players. Last year's inaugural championship was won by Marty Kleva of Indian Lake, who shot three sub-par rounds and three over par for a 224 total. Harvey Slater of the Hastings club was second, two strokes back, Bob Meyers of Orchard Hills was third with 228 and John Steimle of Indian Lake was fourth with 231, Joe Bartolacci of Charlotte was fifth -ith 232 and Gordon Crothers of Hastings was sixth with 234.

Fran Bowles of Hastings won the first flight with a 248, Dr. Hal Bliss of Ionia was first in the second flight with 26, Ray Yaudes of Marshall won the third flight with 267 and Bob White of Grand Ledge won the fourth flight with a 265. Laetz to Succeed MSU's Frimodig EAST LANSING OR John Laetz has been approved as Athletics business manager at Michigan State University by the school board of trustees. The 39-year-old MSU alumnus will take over the post July 1 with the retirement of Lyman Frimodig, a member of the athletic staff for more than 40 years. Laetz came to MSU in 1949 as an assistant in the athletic business office.

The trustees also approved the appointment of Grady Pen-inger as assistant wrestling coach. Peninger, 33, a graduate of Oklahoma State University, has been a successful prep wrestling coach at Ponca City, High School. Week Wasted All civic recreation baseball and softball games were washed out again last night, completing a full week of rainouts. All games, Monday through last night, had to be postponed because of week-long rains. YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR HARDWARE SUPPLIES OPEN DAILY 9 to 9 SUNDAY 9 to 1 Main Hardware 149 MAIN WO 8-6901 Authorised Schwinn Dealer Van's Bike Shop NEW USED BICYCLES Parts, Accessories Service 433 CAPITAL, S.W.

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Tiger lefthanders Don Mossi and Pete Burnside are being treated at a Detroit hospital for arm trouble. They are but two of a host of sore-arm pitchers on the Delroit staff. Tom Morgan, Dave Sisler and Paul Foytack all are having some arm trouble, too. Colavito was 0-for-10 when he finally singled off Tom Borland in the sixth inning yesterday. Dykes gave Rocky a hit sign on a 3-and-0 pitch and Colavito lined it past third base.

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The Orioles, the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians, the defend ing champion Chicago White Sox and the Tigers are aDoui as closely knit as the league's pre-season ballyhoo insisted they would be. Because the early going has not produced a team that looks like the class of the league, the Tigers feel their chances are as good as the next team's. In a fit of merriment, president Bill DeWitt can be persuaded to say that his club if people like Al Kaline and Rocky Cola-vito had been hitting might stand head and shoulders above the others at this particular point. 10-Inning Battle Manager Jimmie Dykes is a normally cautious guy, because he's been around so long and had so many ups and downs- more than upsbut he permits himself an occasional thought like that, too. "I don't know where we'd be," said Dykes after the Tigers trimmed Boston 6-5 in ten in nings yesterday for an edge in the three-game series.

"It's an interesting thought, but not nec essarily a comforting one. The Tigers are not a solid club, rather a streaky one. The fact that they can look like world beaters for a stretch and like drum beaters for another causes the "experts to discount their chances in the actual scramble for the pennant. Victories Come Hard The Orioles, a team the Tigers beat four straight last week, have long been discounted also but somehow they're still up there and adding believers every day. The non-be lievers are waiting for Paul Richard's "kiddy korps" to wilt in the hot weather.

As for the Tigers, the victories come hard but up to now they have come with a little more regularity than in recent seasons. They went into extra innings for the 11th time yesterday. They have won six of the overtime struggles. There have been 19 one-run games, 11 of the Detroit triumphs. The Tigers have won five of nine two-run games.

Foytack Weakens Paul Foytack, who has finished only one of eight starts, and who has gone nearly eight weeks without a victory, frit tered away a three-run lead against the Red Sox. He lasted but three innings and left the contest in a 3-3 deadlock. The Tigers, who scored three times off starter Jerry Casale, added two more off Tom Sturdi-vant in the third and looked to Hank Aguirre to protect the 5-3 margin. The lean lefty yield ed a run in the eighth off two singles and a sacrifice fly. With one out in the ninth, Ted Williams tied it again at 5-5 with a booming home run into the upper deck in right.

It was the seventh of the season for the frisky 40-year-old and the 499th of his illustrious career. The two teams waited through The third section of the program will include a full pro gram of stock car racing and the final phase will be a go- kart event. Time trials will start at 7 p.m. with the first race slated to get under way at 8 o'clock. Oakmont Lands 1962 Open DENVER im The 1962 National Open golf tournament will be played at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, near Pittsburgh, June 14-16, the U.S.

Golf Assn. announced yes terday. It will be the fourth Open for Oakmont. The last time was in 1953, when Ben Hogan smashed the record by winning his fourth championship. Oak mont also was the Open site in 1927, won by Tommy Armour, and in 1935, when unknown Sam Parks Jr.

scored one of the classic's great upsets. Next year's Open earlier was awarded to Oakland Hills Country Club, Birmingham, Mich. Bubbling Over BIG RAPIDS LP) The 1959 60 athletic year was the finest Ferns Institute history. The football team was 4-3, the basketball team 15-6, the baseball team 11-3 and the track team 10-0. Only the tennis team had losing season, 1-7.

Big Daily Double DETROIT VP) A longshot combination paid the largest daily double of the Detroit Race Course season yesterday, Athleta and Ginny Lark returned $738.80 for $2. 5 -3 idol DETROIT Uh Frank Lary has an extra day of rest before his starting assignment tonight against the Baltimore Orioles. The veteran righthander has had to toil harder than most of the Detroit pitchers of late, and Manager Jimmie Dykes decided to give Lary the extra rest. He will be opposed by Jerry Walker as he seeks his seventh victory. Ted Williams has his sights on three home run hitting milestones.

One more roundtripper will put the 40-year-old Boston GR Prep Catcher Signs with Tigers DETROIT Wl The Detroit Tigers have signed a young Grand Rapids catcher to a 000 bonus contract. He is Larry Sterkenburg, a recent graduate of Grand Rap ids Godwin Heights High School. Sterkenburg, who stands 6-feet-4 and weighs 200 pounds, signed a 1961 contract with the Victoria Rosebuds of the Texas League, the Tigers' Class A farm club. He will report to Tigertown next spring for training. Sterkenburg, sought by sever al other major league clubs, worked out recently with the Detroit club.

He was signed by Bob Sullivan, the Tigers' west Michigan scout. Sterkenburg plays semi-pro ball for Sulli van team in Grand Rapids. Also signed to a 196X con tract yesterday for an estimated $12,000 was Mickey Stanley, 18, a graduate of Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills High School where he starred in baseball, basketball and football. In high school, Stanley played infield and pitched, "but was signed as an outfielder. He stands 6-1, weighs 180 pounds and hit .373 this season after leading City League batters with a .523 average last year.

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11 14 ill ''A MM' hJLf 2' I SI ft 1S lt 1 iiV4" r-i. Wrl at. a rn -1 Two 10-Round Features Set On Detroit Card DETROIT VP) Local fight fans are expecting a knockout when Ronnie Cohen meets Billy Flamio in one of the 10 round features at the International Freedom Festival boxing show. Cohen is a New Rochelle, N.Y., welterweight, who ran up 12 straight knockouts before he decisioned Steve Ward in New York Monday night. Both fighters are expected in Detroit next week to wrap up training for their June 28 bout under the lights at the University of Detroit Stadium.

Henry Hank, one of the world's top-ranking middle-weights, meets Victor Zalazar of Argentina in another 10-round match, and Wayne Bethea takes on George (King George) Moore in a 10-round heavyweight bout. Matchmaker Harry Baxter added a six-round heavyweight bout today as a supporting match. Tony Hughes of Cleveland will take on Jack Richards of Detroit in that one. Two four rounders are to be added later. Giants, Phillies Set Tryouts in Michigan DETROIT UP) Two major league baseball teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies, have an nounced they will hold tryout camps in Michigan later this month.

The Giants will conduct two camps the first one June 17-18 at Escanaba and the second June 24-25 at Frankfort. The Phillies will hold a camp June 20-21-22 in Dearborn. The Phils also will hold a camp June 17-18-19 at Chatham, Ont. a 33-minute rain delay before Frank Boiling won it in the ninth. Singles by pinch hitter Sandy Amoros and Eddie Yost preceded Boiling single to left Dave Sisler, working the last inning and a third, received credit for victory No.

4 against two losses. Dave Hillman, the fifth Boston pitcher, was the loser. Williams had five hits in 10 official at-bats in the series, smashing two home runs and driving in three runs. Pete Run nels, the league's leading hitter, suffered through a 2-for- 13 performance in the three games and struck out four times. BOSTON DETROIT ARRK ABRH Buddin.

en 5 11 Yost. 3b 4 0 2 Runnels, 2b 5 1 1 Boiling. 2b 6 0 3 Williams, if 3 1 2 Maxwell, if 2 0 0 Wertz, lb 2 0 0 Bilko. lb 4 0 1 Sadowski, 1 0 0 Colavito. rf 5 1 Malzone, 3b 4 0 1 Berberet, 5 2 2 Nixon, 2 0 0 Kaline, cf 4 10 b-Boone, lb 3 1 1 Fern'dez, as 3 1 0 Geisrer, rf 2 0 0 Fovtack.

111 c-Th'pson. rf 2 0 0 a-Chrisley 0 0 0 Tasby, cf 6 0 3 Aeulrre, 2 0 0 Casale, 0 0 0 Sisler, 0 0 0 Sturdiv't, pill f-Amoros 111 Borland, ZOO d-Repulskl 0 0 0 Fornitles, 0 0 e-Green 10 0 Hillman, 0 0 0 Totals 38 5 10 Totals 37 ft 11 a Walked for Foytack in 3rd; strucK out ror Nixon In 6th; walked for Geiger In- 6th; hit sacrifice fly for Borland In 8th; flied out for Fornieles In 10th; singled for Sisler in linn. Boston 013 000 Oil 0 5 Detroit 032 000 000 1 8 Williams, Kaline. PO-A Boston 28-3, Detroit 30-6. LOB Boston 11, Detroit 13.

One out when winning run scored In 10th. RBI Runnels, Williams 2. Malzone, Repulski, Yost, Boiling 2. Foytack 2. zh Bilko, Yost.

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