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i 411 mil 1 njm imnrri 13 Saturday, April 12, 1552 DETROIT FREE PRESS BENGALS GET ONE HIT AS REDS WIN, 5-0 Evers Breaks Thumb; Lost to Tigers for a Month no i lL23jy2 Mullin Gets 2nd-Inniii2 2-Bagger Oncinnati Jumps On Art for 4 Tallies BY HAL MIDDLESWORTII Frr Prtwa Staff Wrll COLUMBUS, O. A stinging one-hit shutout convinced the Tigers that they are back in the major leagues. Herman Wehmeier. Harry Per-kowski and Frank Smith of the the 31-year-old center fielder would return immediately to Detroit, where the Tigers will open their American League campaign against the St. Louis Browns Tuesday.

EVERS WAS hit on the hand BV HAL MIDDLESWORTII Frca I'm Staff Writer COLUMBUS, O. Tiger Outfielder Hoot Evers, plagued with injuries throughout his major league career, was hit again here Friday and will be out of action for at least one month. when he tried to duck a high inside pitch from the right-handed VVehmeier. Rolfe said that he would use an "alternating" system among the outfielders who will be called on to replace Evers. Johnny Groth, the center ture of the first phalanx on the right thumb." He said that he would not consider the injury a "serious fracture," but added that Evers would not be able to play for at least four weeks.

Manager Red Rolfe said that Luck Deserts Canadiens All Else in Their Favor Wings Get Breaks, Too CANT HANDLE FLAG MaaaBMBWBHMMMMSHMSVaWBMBMBMaBMHBBIlBMSaHB Giants Understaffed NEW YORK Anybody got an extra flagstaff they're not using? The New York Giants have a National League pennant, but no place to hang it. A hurricane in 1950 destroyed the flagpole in centerfield in the Polo Grounds. A new one was built, but it's only strong enough to hold Old Glory. So when the season opens Tuesday, the Giants will fly their pennant on the roof behind home plate where it will be almost out of sight. But, as one Dodger fan commented: "Nuts, they'll be using it only for this year, anyway." about the amount of time remaining when Irvin hauled Gerry McNeil off the ice.

Ted Lindsay lobbed a shot into the empty cage for a 3-1 lead with 16 seconds left. Then the clubs were given a full extra minute, apparently by mistake. I fielder last year, will share the job with Cliff Mapes. Groth has been playing left field this spring, the spot formerly occupied by Evers. Rolfe said that Groth would be used against left-handed pitchers and Mapes against right-handers.

In the left-field spot. Rolfe said, the Tigers will alternate Pat Mullin and Steve Souchock. Evers' injury his second fracture of the same thumt necessarily postpones one of the major league's most anticipated "comebacks." THE BLOND slugger, after a brilliant 1950 season, slumped tragically last year and batted only .224. His return to hitting form has been cited as a "must" for Tiger improvement this season. In exhibition games this-spring, however, Evers gave little indication of snapping out of his slump.

Until his injury, he had batted only .213 against major league teams. Evers' series of injuries began after his discharge from military service in 1946. During spring training at Lakeland, he suffered a fractured leg and thumb on a slide into second base. He missed two months of the season. THE FOLLOWING YEAR he collided with Second Baseman Eddie Mayo and suffered a fractured jaw.

Later in the 6eason he was "beaned" by Bob Mun-crief, of the St. Louis Browns. He also has had a shoulder injury, pulled tendons and sore arms making him perhaps the most injury-ridden player in the major leagues. L--v1 MP Tu SPEEDY MERMAIDS Record breakers all are (left to right): Barbara Stark, 200-yard breast stroke; Carolyn Green, 400-yard free style; Jackie La Vine, 100-yard free style, and Gail Peters, 200-yard breast stroke. They are making the assault on the record book in the National AAU Women's Senior swimming meet at Daytona Beach, Fla.

In addition, Miss La Vine paced the Chicago Town Club team as it smashed the nine-year-old World 400-yard free style relay mark. The team covered the distance in 4:05.3, cutting four-tenths of a second off the old standard. ea Evers fractured his right thumb when he fouled one of Herman Wehmeier's pitches off it in the fourth inning of the Detroit-Cincinnati game. Dr. Paul Miller, of Mt.

Car-niel Hospital, described the injury as a "compound frac Shortly after, Sawchuk was nicked by Tom Johnson in fluke fashion, and the inspired Canadiens came back at Terry with furious rushes. The windup was on a farcical note. There was great confusion among timekeepers Del Flanagan i Rallies to Beat King Both Warned Often for Illegal Tactics NEW YORK W) Del Flanagan came from behind Friday night to gain an upset 10-round decision over Arthur King, of Toronto, at St. Nicholas arena. King, a 13 to 5 favorite.

weighed 139 to Flanagan's 145. The crowd of 1,734 booed and stamped feet during the first half of the bout as Dancing Del backpedalled and side-stepped away from the aggressive Canadian. ALTHOUGH he fell behind through the first five rounds. Flanagan peppered away at King's right eye until it was half closed by the fifth round and tightly shut at the end of the eighth. The three officials all voted for Flanagan.

Their cards were: Referee Harry Kessler, 5-S-2; Judge Harold Barnes, 5-4-1, and Judge Bill Recht five rounds for each but seven points for Flanagan and five for King. The defeat snapped a five-fight victory streak for the game Canadian and was his eighth defeat against 51 victories. It was Flanagan's 54th victory against five losses. BOTH WERE guilty of many fouls. The referee warned Flanagan, who hails from St.

Paul, for holding and heeling his glove over King's swollen eye. King was warned for butting and low blows. DO.VT MISS IT Rajah Returns in Sunday's Free Press Colorful anc controversial! That's Rogers Hornsby, th new manager of the St. Louis Browns who face the Tigers, in the American League opener at Briggs Stadium Tuesday. Throughout his career as a player and manager things have happened whenever the fiery Hornsby stepped on the scene.

FREE PRESS SPORTS EDITOR LYALL SMITH has captured the dynamic spirit of the hard-bitten Hornsby in a sizzling series titled "1'HE RETURN OF THE RAJAH." It starts Sunday and is a must for every baseball fan. THE Bltf SUNDAY FREE PRESS also will contain TIGER FACTS, a special supplement in the GRAPHIC SECTION which contains seven pages crammed with baseball pictures, stories, facts and figures. There's no better 'ay to conclude your "spring training" and be ready for the championship opener than by these features in the SUNDAY FREE PRJSS. Konno Home HONOLULU (JP) Ford Konno. AAU triple swim champion, came ihome to Hawaii Friday to begin training for the Olympics, which he is a standout American title hope.

Turf Team LEXINGTON, Ky. (JP) Jockey Eddie Arcaro signed Friday to ride the Calumet Farm speedster, Hill Gail, in all races through the Kentucky Derby May 3. Road Work HAMILTON. Brown- ing Ross, of Philadelphia, ran 15 miles in one hour, 25 minutes and 41 seconds to win the annual Firestone War Veterans road race. I Dick Mayer, Skee Lead at Greensboro Each Cards a 67; Snead 3 Shots Back GREENSBORO, N.

Dick Mayer and Skee Riegel, each in his third year as a professional, tied for the first-round lead in the $10,000 Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament Friday with four-under par 67s. Ed (Porky) Oliver, Ryder Cup Veteran, was third. Neither Mayer nor Riegel has won a major open event since turning professional. RIEGEL, 37, who plays out of Tulsa, won the. National Amateur title five years ago and last year was Augusta Masters runner-up to Ben Hogan.

Last year he was No. 8 money-winner with more than $10,800 in official earnings. Mayer, 27 -year -old Connecticut native who plays out of St. Petersburg, tied for second in the 1950 Miami Open for his best showing to date. His $3,600 last year placed him 39th on the money list.

Most of the big names shared in the par-busting. Marty Furgol and F. G. Winninger were tied for fourth place with 69s. Sam Snead, recent Masters winner who has won this final stop on the winter tour four times since its inaugural, was grouped with 10 other top-flighters in fifth place, with a one-under-par 70.

Betsy Raids Posts 69 in Leg of Weathervane HOUSTON. Tex. (U.R) National Women's Open Champion Betsy Rawla ignored a misty drizzle and soggy greens Friday to fire a record-breaking 69 in the opening round of the Houston leg of the cross-country Weathervane golf tournament. The 69 was five under women's par for the Brae Burn Country Club course. Weathervane leader Mrs.

Mildred (Babe) Zaharias came In with a par-busting 70 to stretch her 54-hole lead in the cross-country affair to eight strokes at 215. Detroiter Shirley Spork carded a 76 for a Weathervane total of 240. I Radio Chain Seeks to Air 'Game' CHICAGO (JP) The Liberty Broadcasting System, which has sued major league baseball for 12 million dollars, began legal action Friday to permit it to carry on its "Game-of-the-Day" broadcasts this season. The network's attorney, Thomas C. McConnell, amended the original Federal District Court suit to include stipulation that broadcasts be permitted until the suit has been decided.

(Cincinnati Reds offered the one-i hitter here Friday and blanked the Tigers, 5 to 0, before 2,300 chilled fans. The Tigej-s' feeblest showing this spring resulted in their sixth shutout loss of the exhibition tour. Three have been adminstered by the Reds, who must be met again Saturday at Dayton and Sunday at Cincinnati. IN EARLIER games, the Tigers were held to two hits by the Philadelphia Phillies and three by the New York Yankees for other whitewashings. The sixth shutout was by the St.

Louis Cardinals. Since then, however, the Tigers have been frolicking through the' Southern Association, winning five" of six starts and averaging more than 10 hits a game. All that came to a sad end Friday. ONLY SAFE blow the Bengals were able to collect was a second-inning double which Outfielder Pat Mullin banged against the right-field wall with Wehmeier on the mound. Pat was left standing right there, however, as Cliff Mapes fanned.

Matt Batts flied out and Jerry Triddy forced Hoot Evers, who had walked. The Tigers failed to get a man past first base after that. Wehmeier, who twirled five innings, walked Johnny Lipon in the third but he was caught stealing. Steve Souchock got a pass off Perkowski in the seventh but was forced by Johnny Groth. George Kell received the only other walk, off Smith In the ninth.

He was still on first when Souchock flied out to end the game. That's how easy it was for the Reds, who have beaten the Tigers four straight times this spring. De- i tAjuuiuun returu ntauist ait majr league teams stands at nine victories and 13 losses. who joined the Tigers after the death of his infant daughter, was the victim of the Bengals' sickly stick work. This was Houtteman's tune-up for the Tigers' American League opener against the St.

Louis Browns in Detroit Tuesday. He yielded 10 of the 12 hits Cincinnati collected before turning over the job to Marlin Stuart in the seventh with the Reds ahead, 4 to 0. Cincinnati pushed across a run in the third with a pair of singles, a walk and a long fly. With one out, Wehmeier and Grady Hatton singled and Buster Adams drew a pass. Dick Sisler flied out but Wehmeier scored when Rightfielder Mapes had trouble getting the ball out of his glove.

Joe Adcock's pop fly left two Reds stranded. IT WENT to 4-0 the next Inning. Ted Kluszewski and Bob Bor-kowski opened tnc frame with singles. Andy Seminick got a triple when his long blow to deep left field caught Mullin playing short and Pat couldn't quite reach the ball after a long run. Kluszewski and Borkowski both scored.

Seminick came home when Roy McMillan singlec. The Reds got their other run off Stuart in the seventh. Sisler singled, went third on Ad-cock's double and scored during an attempted double play on Catcher's Joe Rossi's Infield grounder. Sisler. Kluszewski and McMillan, each collected two of Cincinnati's 12 hits.

VIC WERTZ did not play bcr cause of a twisted neck. Coach Ben Ch pman was la charge of the Reds because Man ager Luke Sewell was suffering from a virus inlection. Southpaw Jerdy Gray is Man ager Red Rolfe's choice against the Reds at Dayton Saturday but he probably won't try to go more than four innings. DETROIT (A OOO OOO OOO I "1 tlneinnatl (M 04)1 3tM) lux It WEHMFIER. Perkoki Smith' () and Seminick and (7); UOIT.

Htoart 7 and Ba(t. Neiv 49er MAKING A BIG HIT BY MARSHALL DANN t'rea Preaa Staff Writer MONTREAL As if being blessed with power wasn't enough, these Red Wings at playoff time also are touched by some sort of wonderful hockey magic. The Montreal Canadiens must be convinced of this by now. Certainly it makes their future no easier as they look toward Saturday's game at the Forum. All the pre-serie dope and it speaks even louder now said that leg-weary Montreal would need the breaks to handle the fresh Detroiters.

AND THOSE breaks would have to come early. Canadien chances hinged on getting the I jump on home ice. Now they must win Saturday for a split here, and then the series will come to Detroit, to reopen Sunday at Olympia. But all the breaks have gone the other way. Detroit i showing the fortunate gift of coming up as a winner In games it possibly should have lost.

Toronto found that out in the second game of the semifinal. Olympia fans saw that one. The club was flat, off in its timing and impotent in offense, but nevertheless was a 1-0 victor. Montreal got a taste of the same thing in Thursday's opener of the finals. IT FOLLOWED the same pattern except that the margin was wider, 3-1, giving the Wings the jump in the best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.

All the frustrating events have Montreal Coach Dick Irvin snarling. "If Detroit doesn't play any better Saturday, we're bound to win." That was Irvin's hope. "And Detroit can't play any better." That was more of a wish. While the breaks are always welcome the Wings can count on another asset: Power. Toronto learned that, and there are encouraging signs here.

Late in the opener the Red Wing forwards began to wake up. Tommy Ivan calls it an indication that his players are recovering the sharpness they owned at the end of the Toronto series. OBVIOUSLY the nine-day layoff hurt, at least temporarily. Detroit failed to capitalize on its freshness, but that still should become a big factor. All three forward lines have been outplayed so far, the "Production Line" as much as any.

Gordie Howe, goalless against Toronto, was completely muffled a raw rookie, Eddie Mazur. But while the forwards nagged. Terry Sawchuk and Bob Goldham's defensive crew have sparkled. They saved the first game while Tony Leswick, a golden opportunist, won it. Goldhami has taken over as the defensive leader in the absence of Leo Reise and the inability of Red Kelly to hit stride under the handicap of injuries.

Goldham is doing extra duty, for he is always on the ice when Rocket Richard appears, plus taking his regular turn. A DEFENSIVE specialist Leswick was the best all-around forward even discounting his two goals which brought a 2-0 lead in the first 50 minutes. Both tallies were luck-tinged. The first came from a goalmouth scramble set up by an awkward collision of Montreal players. He hit again on a 50-foot screen shot for the winning goal.

Keep OOH12 MONTE CARLO JF) Frank Fedgman, Australia's Davis Cup ace, gained the semifinals of the Monte Carlo tennir championships by downing B. Branovic, of Yugo-Blavia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. 'New' Wakefield Gives Victory Lift to Giants Fr Press VI Ire Service It could be stretching a point, but ex-Tiger Dick Wakefield has become the scourge of the National League. Revolvin' Richard, who has been in and out of several American League training camps since his departure from Detroit, continued to perform well in his last-ditch tryout with the HOOT EVERS It's a sad day for Hoot Stanley Cup Playoffs STANLEY CUP FINALS SERIES GF DETROIT 1 0 Montreal 0 11 GA 1 3 THURSDAY'S RESULT DETROIT 3, Montreal 1. FUTURE GAMES Saturday, April 12 at Montreal.

Sunday. April IS at DETROIT. Tuesday, April 15 at DETROIT. (IF NECESSARY) Thursday, April 17 at DETROIT. Saturday, April 19 at Montreal.

Tuesday, April 22 at DETROIT. '-1 XuA Tl Wolverines Beat GW, 10-4 WASHINGTON (Jp) Michigan's Marv Wisniewsky weathered a three-run first inning Friday and went on to beat George Washington's baseball team, 10 to 4. who gave up nine hits and five walks, tightened up after the first inning and allowed only one other run. He himself scored three of Michigan's runs. Mirhimn onn ooi not 10 11 iro.

Wabhlnctou 3H) XK) OOI 4 9 WUnlrwikr nd Leach: Buhtt, Mai-Tel and Korcheck. mr- FOURTH INNING OF GAME vi-tr' tv. i AND TIGER Pitcher Art Houtteman didn't have anything to cheer about either. Art, back with the club for the first time since his daughter was killed in an auto accident in Tennessee, ran into trouble at the hands of the Reds in his tuneup for Tuesday's opener with the St. Louis Browns.

Here he warms up under the watchful eyes of Manager Red Rolfe (left) and Catcher Matt Batts. TALK OF TOWN Ump Called Out on Coast LOS ANGELES 0J.R) Umpire John Young was suspended indefinitely Friday by League President Clarence Rowland for using profane language during a Pacific Coast League game at Sacramento April 3. Rowland said that Young would not be permitted to work pending an investigation of charges made against him by the Sacramento club that the umpire not only talked back to fans but used unwarranted profane language. Neiv Plant for Badgers MADISON. Wis.

(JP) The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved Friday immediate construction of a $1,250,000 athletic practice building. The building will resemble a dirigible hangar and will be 200 by 400 feet. It will provide practice facilities indoors for track, baseball, football, tennis and golf squads as well as class area for physical education courses. It also will house an eight-lap track. New York Giants.

Wakefield hit safely for the third straight game Friday as the Giants squeaked by the Cleveland Indians, 4 to 3, in 12 innings at Kansas City. It was his double in the fourth that started New York's scoring. He came home on two infield outs and a passed ball, and New York went on to win. Henry Thompson, subbing for Wakefield late in the game, slammed a two-run homer in the eighth that broke a 1-1 deadlock. Three Giant errors in the ninth permitted Cleveland to tie the score.

Hits by Botby Thomson and Chuck Diering produced the winning tally in the 12th. THE BROOKLYN Dodgers pasted the New York Yankees, 9 to 2, as the perennial pennant contenders opened their annual spring exhibition series. A trio of Yankee hurlers surrendered 14 hits while Ralph Branca and Billy Loes doled out six to the world champions. At Baltimore, the Philadelphia Phils ended the Baltimore Orioles' habit of winning from major league teams, 8 to 2. The Orioles had hatched victories at the expense of Brooklyn, the Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics earlier in the spring.

The Phils eight-hit attack was led by Eddie Waitkus three-run nomer in me iourtn irame. Brookbn 010 9 14 NfW York I A) XM OOO -j 6 A 1 BRANCA. I.or (7). nnd raninanrlla. naikrr 7: it it.Ft t.K.

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Kolo (6. PE-ICEK IO) and We.tr um. Noble CAfTT M- A 1 WASHINGTON (JP) Ben White, Southern Methodist end, Friday signed to play pro football! Uv ith the Washington I a V--l I 'J i r.v--?,UJ' i aa. SAN FRANCISCO (U.R) The San Francisco Forty-Niners have signed Lowell Wagner, one of the top defensive halfbacks in the National Football League last year. Winning Start CINCINNATI (P) Kalamazo; College's tennis team opened its-annual Southern tour here Friday taking a 5-4 decision over the University of Cincinnati.

j' 9 A4a-y. ki if Kroncs Broken COLUMBUS, O. () Scoring all their runs in the first two innings, Ohio State's baseballers Friday downed Western Michigan, 4 to 2. rtn "rPftr avatar; TED KLUSZEWSKI, CINCINNATI FIRST BASEJLN, SLIDES SAFELY INTO THIRD IN George KeTL Tiger third baseman, mores off the base to take the late throw fromsecond base.