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"mi 1 tii umiir" innrnu 75 See U-D Give Oklahoma Scare in wejeai -lsniNasj Yl DETROIT FREE PRESS Saturday, Sept. 27, 1947 End of the Trail for Grace Golf Title 9 Kirby Clash for Titans Fall, 24-20, in Grid Duel Sooners Stave Off Last-Quarter Rally Sooner Power Pays Off with First Quarter Score pi h- his 1: -j A 5 Kir A V- X- LOUISE SUGGS She concedes four-foot putt Illllll mmmm IIBllillll i Chadsey Surprises Central High, 26-7 But Other Grid Favorites, Denby and Hamtramck, Win with Ease BY GEORGE PUSCAS City League powerhouses can take a moment for relaxation now that their campaigns are well under way. After last week's opening games that found only three teams play according to form, the preseason favorites stepped put to I mtimtmH. mrnr tar rir'i -i-nirtr-iffii rrr-rn i-iriiMr-fiiiMwirwiii-riri imn iniim aniiiiniwimrftrr-Mrtniirirr -wfniiYi-nrMMi-rmm. itornmMmi ftrnimn Quarterback Jack Mitchell found a hole in the Titan line iree Frees Photo by Dousr Kennedy Wright (33), Guard Bob Greiner (12) and Center Bob Solner (61) of Detroit and Center John Kapacz (72) of Oklahoma.

The Sooners won, 24 to 20. midway through the first quarter to tally the opening touchdown from the two-yard stripe. Mitchell barely got across the goal line. Players in the action include: Halfback Joe justify their ratings Friday. With one exception, tney aia tneir outteman Wins He Conquers STATISTICS CD 8 2.38 41 1.1 4 1 30 TO Okla.

15 20 2 7 2 3 1 3'! 60 First dnwnt Tarda rushing Tartls passing Passes attempted asses completed Passes intercepted Odp. rambles reeoTered PuntinK average lards penalized BY MARSHALL DANN The University of Detroit massed a startling upset over heavily-favored Oklahoma when a last-period rally fell short. The Titans were forced to settle for a 24-20 defeat in a thrilling, if not satisfactory, finish before 24,375 fans at U. of D. Stadium.

It was the third largest home crowd in the Titans' gridiron history. AS IT WAS U. of D. matched the Sooners touchdown ortouchdown. The winning margin came on a second-quarter field goal and a point after touchdown.

I The Sooners seized their deciding edge in the second period, 'when the field goal and a touchdown broke a 7-7 tie. Each team scored once in the third quarter. Then came the Titans' battling finish. Checked on every previous attempt to stage a sustained drive, Detroit got rolling with seven minutest, to Starting from their 38 the Titans moved to the Sooner 34. yr s.

4 Wally ruber raced 28 yards on lateral, and two plays later Mike Kaysserian plunged into the end zone. THIS CLOSED the count to count to 24-20 and put Detroit within striking distance of victory. The punch wasn't quite there, however. On the final play Oklahoma intercepted a desperation pass on the 12. Detroit's two other scores came on breakaways.

Jack Kur- kowski went 56 yards in the first quarter and Len Rittof 41 yards in the third, The Titans depended heavily on rushing, gaining 238 yards on the ground and trying only 13 passes. Oklahoma's running game, which brought all three touch- downs, had a special twist. It featured unusually effective efforts by Jack Mitchell, running from the quarterback position in the formation. He was the team's leading ground-gainer and scored two touchdowns. THE- SOONERS quickly dem ojjstrated that they-had a power ful After Detroit hadr.failed to gam after the kick-off, -they started from their 27 and on 13 running plays rolled for a touchdown.

Mitchell went over from the two. Dave Wallace applied his accurate toe for the first of three conversions. The Titans got that one back in a hurry. Five plays after the next kickoff, Kurkowski broke through the line on his 56-yard scoring jaunt, and Jocko O'Leary converted. The Titans checked two simi-.

lar drives inside, the 20-yard line in he second quarter. Finally, after a touchdown had been called back on a penalty, the Sooners tried a field goal. Wallace's kick from 14 yards was perfect. JUST 35 SECONDS before the half ended, Mitchell took one of Joe Wright's punts on his own 40 I and scooted down the sidelines for his second touchdown and a 17-7 lead for Oklahoma. 7 After Archie Kelly recovered a Sooner fumble on the 41 to break up Oklahoma's first threat in the second half, Rittof broke through center and dodged his way through the Sooners on a 41-yard scoring sprint.

Oklahoma's final tally followed a partly-blocked punt. Starting on Detroit's ,29, Mitchell pulled his specialty, the quarterback sneak, for gains of 14 and 11 yards. Charley Sarratt finally smashed over. The Sooners never got out of their own territory thereafter. DETROIT (30) OKLAHOMA (34) ftnisture Tracer It.

Grelner X. Tyre 1j H. Pine LO Burrls RACE OF THE YEAR Armed Faces Assault in $100,000 Special NEW YORK (U.R) Calumet Farm's Armed and King Ranch's Assault, who have been matched thousands of times in heated discussions during the past year and a half, are ready to settle )laiwtj8StfiCfe-Vg'Ti iriiiafao'aweirtii3 Season 5-2 Tigers Sure of 3rd Snot 1 Art and Mayo Get Three Hits Each Special to the Free Press CLEVELAND Young Art Houtteman pitched and batted the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians here, a performance which assured Detroit of finishing no lower than third place for 1947. They now hold second, one game ahead of the Boston Red Sox. Houtteman allowed the Indians seven hits and also struck out seven.

He collected a double and two singles, drove in one run and scored another. Eddie Mayo also had three hits. Houtteman started shakily, giving the Indians a run in the first on successive doubles by Hal Peck and Hank Edwards. But he had no serious trouble thereafter until the fifth, which Joe Gordon opened with a triple. JIM HEGAN, however, looked at three strikes.

With the suicide squeeze play on, Pitcher Red Em-bree misssd his attempt to bunt and Gordon was an easy out at the plate. Embree pitched four innings of shutout ball, but walked Roy Cullenbine to start the fifth. Bob Swift flied out, but Houtteman singled Cullenbine to second. Eddie Lake forced Cullenbine at third, but Eddie Mayo's single scored Houtteman with the trying run. THE TIGERS Counted three times in the sixth.

Dick Wakefield walked and George Kell bunted him to second. Hoot Evers' single scored Wakefield. Cullenbine was purposely passed, after which Swift forced him, Houtteman then bounced a ground rule double into the left field stands for his third straight hit, scoring Evers. Ed Klieman replaced Embree. He, walked Lake.

Then Mayo singled, scoring Swift. The Indians retrieved one "run in their half of the sixth on singles by Dale Mitchell and Ed wards, plus a pass to Lou Bou-dreau and a long fly by Les Fleming. SINGLES by Lake and Mayo and a long fly by Vic Wertz produced the fifth Tiger run in the eighth. The victory was Houtteman's seventh against two defeats. DETROIT CLEVELAND AB A AB Lake.

4 4 Feeler 4 EdHTdj.lf 4 Bodrrau.s 3 FlemtaK.l 4 4 Gordon.2 4 Heran.e 3 Kmbree.D 3 Kliemn.D Doby 1 Black.p 1 1 May 3 3 6 0 0 13 Werta.r Wakefd.lf 4 Outlaw.lf 0 Kell.3 4 Evers, 3 Swift 5 4 9 2 0 4 Totals 38 11 SI 8 Totals 33 7 27 13 Grnnndrd to second for Klieman la wren ana was sate oa error. DETROIT 0 OO 1 3 1 0 5 Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 2 Lake, Wakefield. Everni Swift. Hoot-tertian. Mitchell, Peck.

Fleming, Mayo. RBI Edwards. Muse 3, Evers. Hontte. man, Fleming, Werts.

2B Peck. Edward. Houtteman. 3B Gordon. Kell.

DP Mayo, Lake and Cnllenblne. LB Detroit 12. Cleveland S. PB Houtteman 1, Embree 3, Klieman 3. SO Houtteman 6, Embree 1.

Embre 7 la 5. Klieman 1 in 1 Vi. Black 3 In 2. LP Embree. Attendance 907.

Lenczyk Downedby Louise, 4-2 Dorothy Eliminates Mrs. Page Easily, 4-3 BY W. W. EDGAR Two clubmates from Atlanta, Ga. Louise Suggs and Dorothy Kirby will battle it out Saturday for the Women's National Amateur golf championship at Franklin Hills.

Miss Suggs, the pretournament favorite, moved into the title round with a 4-and-2 triumph over Grace Lenczyk, of Newington, Conn. Miss Kirby conquered Mrs. Julius Page, the 1937 titleholder 4 and 3, in the other semifinal. It will be the third meeting between the Atlanta girls this season. MISS SUGGS has been the win ner on each previous occasion.

She beat Dorothy, 5 and 4, to gain the Southern championship early in the year and only a few months ago beat her for the second time, 4 and 3, in the Western Open. While Miss Suggs clearly demonstrated her superiority over the Connecticut girl, the climax on the 16th green left the gallery of close to 1,000 persons stunned. Coming to this hole three down, Miss Lenczyk overshot the green, while Miss Suggs was on the front edge. Miss Suggs putted first and was hole high about four feet wide. Miss Lenczyk then approached from the back and ran about seven feet past the hole.

She walked on the green, sized up the position of the two balls and then extended her hand to the Atlantan. THE CONCEDING of this four-footer and the match was almost unbelievable and left the gallery gasping. Miss Lenczyk, who conceded another four-footer on the 12th for a loss, answered queries by saying, "That's the way we play in Connecticut." Her explanation left the gallery even more puzzled. MISS SUGGS was in command all the way. After warming up for more than an hour, she jumped into an early lead by tak mg the first two holes in par figures.

Miss Lenczyk, very nervous and jittery, ran up a six on each hole She three-putted the first and missed the green on the second. From there on she was a beaten girl. She did rally here and there along the line, but never enough to cause the little Atlantan any great concern. Miss Lenczyk canned a 65-footer at the third and sank a great explosion from the trap at the 13th. But these shots only prolonged the inevitable.

MISS KIRBY, using her brassie off the tees, had too many guns for Mrs. Page, whose putter failed her from the start. Dot matched the card for the next six holes to take a our-up margin, and thereafter it never was a contest. The Atlantan turned with a one-over-par 39 and was three up as Mrs. Page got away her only good putt a curling 40-footer at the ninth.

She then won the 12th with a par four as Mrs. Page three-putted for a six. And after losing the 13th to Mrs. Page's par four, Miss Kirby dropped a 25-f ooter for a birdie deuce to clinch it. That left her four up, and she calmly halved the 15th to end the match.

THIS LEFT Miss Kirbv in oosi- tion to try again with' Miss Suggs, and their 36-hole struggle should be one of the best of the year. The morning round starts at 9:30 and the afternoon portion at 2. Football FRIDAY'S RESULTS COLLEGE Oklahoma 24 U. of D. 20 Kalamazoo 13 VTheaton 13 Xavier 19 West.

Mich. 0 Westchester S3 Drexel 13 Elon 14 Atlantic Chr. 6 Syracuse 14 Niagara 7 Hope 14 Gd. Rapids JC 7 Boston CoL 33 Clemson 22 Albright 13 Millersville 12 Heidelberg S3 Ashland 0 St. Vincent 7 Indiana Tchrs.

0 Rand-Macon 32 Newport News 0 Baylor ,18 Miami (Fla.) 7 Temple SZ NYU 7 0 0 0 0 Mississippi S. 19 Canisius 79 W. Liberty 13 Alma 12 Chattanooga Rider Marietta Mich. Normal St. Louis 61 Rolla Mines Mississippi S.

19. Auburn Benedict 32 J.C.Smith Hillsdale 26 Ferris Col'ado 23 Drake Western U. 26 Sioux Falls 0 13 13 0 19 6 HIGH SCHOOL Redford 9 Northwestern 7 Denby 21 Pershing 7 Chadsey 26 Central 7 Redf 'rd Union IS Plymouth 6 Ypsilanti 33 Fenton 7 Northeastern 7 Cass 0 Hamtramck 25 Miller 0 9 Lake Shore 7 Cooley 13 Western 0 Mackenzie 81 Wilbur Wright 0 Pellston 12 Harbor Sprgs. 7 East Jordan 6 Gaylord 0 Charlevoix 13 Mancelona 0 Free PrfM Photo by Andy Plofchaa GEACE LENCZYK on 16th green to lose 4 and 2 Braves Nail 3rd Place Spahn Clinches It with 21st Triumph BOSTON (JP) The Boston Braves clinched third place in the National League one notch higher than they finished last season-by blanking the fourth-place New York Giants, 2 to 0, behind the seven-hit hurling of Warren Spahn. The slim Boston southpaw hung up his 21st victory of the year against 10 defeats.

Last year he had an 8-5 secord. Ray Poat, who gave up six safeties in seven innings, was charged with his third defeat. He has won four. A walk, a single and a double by Connie Ryan netted Boston its first run in the fourth. Bob Elliott's double and Phil Masi's single produced the final tally in the sixth.

NEW YORK BOSTON AB II AB 3 Rhawn-I Holmes.r 4 1 Kerr.a 4 4 3 4 1 HopD.m RowelMf 5 Thmsn.m Miie.l Oooper.e Marsh ll.r Gordon, If 1 3 2 0 13 1 1 1 1 Torccsu.l Kyan.3 Culler.s Spahn.p Poat.o Westrom Trinkle.p Totals 29 7 SI 9 Totals 30 7 27 15 Filed out for Poat In eighth. Jf ew York 0 fl fl 0 1 Bolto, i i Elliott, Toriteson. RBI Ryan, Uitek, F.lliott It. Ryan. Rhawn.

OP Cruller, Kyan and Torseson. I.B 'ew York 5. Boston 7. BB Poat 2. Trin-kle 1, Spahn 2.

SO Poat I. Poat 6 In 7. Trinkle 1 in 1. LP Poat. Attend- Brazle Bats9 Hurls Cards to 5-3 Decision CHICAGO (IP) Encouraeed bv the hitting" and nitchins- of Al Brazle.

the St. Louis Cardinals stopped the Chicago Cubs, 5 to S. Brazle held the Cubs in check on 10 hits, including Andv PafWs 13th homer of the year. He got uiree or iiis club's ll hits in registering his 14th victory of the year. ex.

wiuis CHICAGO A i a 8rtindst.2 5 2 3 4 4 4 Itia.in. A. A 1. 1 1 a a a Sisler.l 1 12 Pafko.m 5 3 "ortheyj 5 0 2 0 AleCleh.e 4 1 5 1 2 0 5 0 Diiniik.lr darrola.e 3 3 14 0 dSelieffne 10 0 0 li 1 0 3 Mark.2 4 1 3 3 2 2 Madrid.8 4't 3 2 j. ruicnisn.r 4 Creiter.s Brazle, 4 3 0 6 Kricksn.n 10 0 1 aWUliams 1.0 00 l.ade.n 0 hJohnsou 1 0 Meers.n 0 0 0 0 Stureeon 1 0 1 ileyar.ii 0 0 Totals 38 11 27 19 Totals 38 T5 27 12 at.rounded out for Erlrkson In fifth btrrounded out for Lade in sixth.

Lined out for Meers in eiehlh. Lined ont for Nicholson in ninth. I mil. AjfA-ajhA Inleaao ,0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 i Aberson. Pafko, Nicholson.

Creter. endienst. Dierinc. dialer. Pafko.

Madrid, -fth fafko. Madrid. 3B HR Pafko. DP Madrid, Chicago 12. BB Braile 4.

ErUkson in 2, Sleyer fl 1 In 1. HP Erickson tOarn-siola). LP Erickson. Attendance 2,919. Cleveland Prens Beat Rouge, 32-14 snaw Jtiign, oi Cleveland, packed too many scoring guns for River Rouge High here Friday night and stormed to a 32-14 football triumph.

River Rouge made the round trip across the lake for this intersectional game by airplane. Utica High Ends Center Line String Center Line High School suf fered its first football defeat in 23 games, dropping a 26-6 decision to Utica. Dave Kring scored two touchdowns for Utica. 7th of Stops Indians Free Press Photo ART IIOUTTEMAN Hangs up seventh victory Lincoln Park Tops Dearborn in Upset, 9-0 Registering a safety, touchdown and conversion, Lincoln Park High scored a mild football upset by defeating Dearborn, 9 to 0, in a non- conference game Friday night. Jack Ehlers, of Dearborn, was tackled In his end zone in the first quarter after a bad pass from center.

The safety was the only scoring until the fourth quarter, when a blocked Dear-bora punt by Capt. Bill Bridges set up the Railsplitters' second tally. Bridges blocked the punt on the Dearborn 2 and the ball was recov ered on the six. Fullback Don Zweng bucked over tackle for the tally. BOB WEAVER shot a 10-yard pass to Ernie Tyler for a touch down, which featured Farmington's 1Z-7 victory over Birmingham.

Fordson withstood a last half rally by Monroe to win, 13 to 6. Jerry Allen, Plymouth's scat back, who raced 102 yards for a touchdown a week ago, scampered 8 yards Friday, but his team lost its second straight game, 13 to 6, to Bedford Union. Ex-Marine Gets Nod over Arnold NEW YORK UP) Lavern Roach, ex-Marine captain from Plainview, scored his 20th conquest in "21 fights when he pounded out a unanimous decision over Billy Arnold, Philadelphia in the mam event at St. Nichols Arena. Mil ir 4 jobs well.

The unsuspecting victim was Coach Don Fitch's Central 'Blazers, who took it on the chin for the second straight week. They bowed to a surprising Chadsey squad, 26 to 7. Throughout the remainder of the league, however, favorites played their roles masterfully. DENBY, defending East Side champion, sidestepped its-toughest opponent, Pershing, 21 to 7. Hamtramck, still in the East Side race despite reports to the contrary, walloped Miller, 25 to 0.

The Cosmos took the lead In the first period on Stan Malec's 61-yard sprint. -Three quick touchdowns after the intermission ended all Miller hopes. ON THE WEST SIDE, Redford was forced, to come from behind to edge Northwestern, 9 to 7. Hal Smith passed to Ted Kress for the Husky touchdown, after the Colts took the lead on a pass from Ted Kraft to Jim Johnson. The victory margin came in the third quarter when Hal Beardsley dropped Glen Harvey in the end zone for a Americo Palarchio, a powerful 10th grader, drove over for both touchdowns as Cooley's defending City champions whipped Western, 13 to 0.

DON BUNOSKI sorinted 37 yards in the fourth period to eive Northeastern a 7-0 victory over Cass Tech. Mackenzie routed Wright. 31 to 0. on touchdowns bv Lou Coooer. Roy Bergerson, Leo Brik, Bruce vyngnt and uasper Viola.

Alma Turns Back Normal ALMA. Mich. ZiPTTnlfVlar.lr Rex Roseman hit the fine for twb touchdowns as Alma. rniio-o opened its football season with a 12 to 0 victory over Michigan Normal. Roseman nlowed over from the eight in the third quarter and from me mree uie last period.

He set up the rifst one on a 25-yard pass to Roy Grey. Scores Roscommon 13 E. Gd. Rap. 25 Battle Creek 26 East Lansing 9 Grosse Pointe IS Buchanan 6 KaL St.

Aug. 26 Vicksburg S3 Grayling 7 Comstock Pk. 0 Jackson 0 Sturgis 0 Ferndale 0 Kal. State Jo Plainwell 6 Kellogg 0 Starr Comm. 0 White Pigeon 0 BH St.

Johns 0 Watervliet 0 Allegan IS St. Joseph 6 Galesburg 0 Walled Lake 0 Lake Iron 6 Northville 0 Wyoming Park 6 GR Union 7 Ann Arbor 7 Saginaw 6 Melvindale 13 BC Lakeview 18 Bay City 6 Brown City 0 Deckerville 0 Almont 0 Richmond 0 Hohy 7 Niles 7 River Rouge -14 Dearborn 0 Birmingham 7 Grand Haven 0 Flint Tech 7 Big Rapids 0 Center, Line 6 Montague 6 E. Jackson 0 Monroe 6 Martin Comstock Coloma Paw Paw Dowagiac Three Rivers 64 6 26 25 22 IS 13 13 7 6 12 Mattawan Madison Big Beaver Log Cabin Lowell MusKesron II. zo Sacr. Art.

Hill 42 Lansing Sex. 7 Van Dyke 19 20 18 Coldwater Port Huron Yale 60 North Branch 6 New Haven IS Algonao 19 Mllford S3 South Haven 13 Cleve. Shaw 32 Lincoln Park 9 Farmington 13 Ben. Harbor 26 Lapeer 27 Traverse City 7 Utica 26 Fremont 18 Mason 25 Fordson 13 as A's Divide with Nats Macks Beaten, 4-3, After 11-8 Victory WASHINGTON (U.R) A 'shivering crowd of 3,175, smallest of the season in Griffith Stadium, watched in 40-degree temperature as the Washington Senators bounced back to take the second game of a twi-night twin bill with Philadelphia, 4 to 3. after the Athletics won the opener, 11 to 8.

Four two-run homers were banged out in the opener, a pair of them by Stan Spence. Dick Fowler was bashed for 12 hits in turning in a winning pitching job for the Athletics in the first game. Ray Scarborough, going all the way for Washington in the second game, matched an eight-hit performance. A similar job was turned in by Bill McCahan. FIRST GAME PHILADELPHIA WASHINGTON AB A All McCt.kr.lf 5 4 3 0 Yost.3 4 0 0 Valo.r 3 1 1 Kobtsn.lf 5 2 A 4 A Chomn.m 5 3 3 Toan.r 5 2 2 1 Fain.l 4 3 11 2 Vernon, 1 4 16 Majekki.i 4 3 3 5 8oence.ni 4 3 1 Suder.3 5 10 1 Prlddy.3 5 0 1 Rntner.3 5 10 3 Sullivan.s 4 13 Gnerra.e 5 16 0 Kvans.e 5 3 4 lowler.o 4 0 0 3 Wynn.o 110 Kenedy.

3 Candini.p 0 0 Lewis 1 10 Totals 40 15 37 13 Totals 40 13 27 18 Singled for Kennedy In eighth. Philadelphia Washington 4 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 011 3 0 3 8 MrCosky t. Valo, Chapman 2, Pain 3, Majeskl. Slider. Guerra.

Fowler, Yost, Coan, Vernon, Spence 3, Sullivan. Suder Fain, 1'ost. Robertson. Sullivan, Fowier. RB Majeski 3.

Suder. Rutner, Spence fi, Valo 3, Robertson. MrCosky, Kvans. Fain 2. Chapman.

3B Maicskl, Kutner. 3B MrCosky. HK valo, Fain. Spence 1. 8 Valo.

DP Maiesk and Fain; Coan. Priddy and Sullivan; Sul livnn. Pridriv and vernon. Cvans and Mill! van. I.

1'hiladelpnla ft, vtaxntngton BB Wynn 2. Fowler 4, Kennedy 1. Wynn 3. Fowler 4. Kennedr 1.

vynn 6 in 3. Kennedy 8 in 6, Candini 1 In 1. PB Evans. LP Wynn. SECOND GAME PhiladelDhia OnO 030 010 3 4 Washington O30 000 llx 4 8 2 McCahan and Franks: Scarborough and Manenso.

Hornets Held to 13-13 Tie KALAMAZOO (JP) A 48-yard touchdown pass, Jack Mayhall to Harold Germann, enabled Wheaton (College to tie Kalamazoo College, 13 to 13. Kalamazoo led, 13 to 7, with three minutes to go, but the Crusaders took to the airways to escape defeat. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. GB 6' 10 MVS 26 S3 Brooklyn St. Louis Boston New York Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh 94 58 .618 88 64 .579 84 68 J5S3 80 71 J30 73 80 .477 68 84 .447 61 92 .399 60 91" .397 Philadelphia Games behind leader.

FRIDAYS RESULTS St. Louis 5, Chicago 3. Boston 2, New York 0. Only games scheduled, SATURDAY'S GAMES Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Philadelphia.

St. Louis at Chicago. Only games scheduled. all arguments at Belmont Park. Robert J.

Kleberg, King Ranch, gave" the word to start his horse despite a growth on the colt les- which asain threatened can cellation of the race. The New York Racing Commission, however, has ordered that there be no betting on the race because of Assault's doubtful condition. IN ADDITION to the $100,000 winner-take-all special, about 70,000 fans will see Mrs. Ethel Jacobs' Stymie try to add to his record earnings of in the $25,000 Manhattan Handicap. The undefeated Bewitch, another Calu met speedster, will attempt to keeD her record unblemished in the $25,000 Matron Stakes for juvenile fillies.

The match overshadows the two stakes. It first struck the public fancy after Assault won the Pimlico Special and Westchester Handicaps last fall on top of the Triple Crown he won in the spring. Armed wasn't in either stake He had been retired for the year after finishing third in the Nar-ragansett Special a tired horse after almost a full year of racing in which he won eight of his 11 starts and set four track records ASSAULT WAS chosen Horse of the Year in the closest balloting ever recorded in the poll, while Armed was selected the handicap champion. Admirers of each felt his horse should have won both honors and, thus, talk of a match gained momentum. This season public demand for the race reached new heights when Armed came back to the races in Florida and immediately began breaking records once again.

i When Assault opened his 1947 campaign as a four-year-old, he sped to five straight stakes vie tories before finishing third behind Stymie and Natchez in the Inter national Gold Cup. To date Armed, a six-year-old, has started 54 times. He has won S3 of his races, placed in 13 and showed in two. Only once this year has the gol den gelding been out of the money in the santa Anita His earnings to date are $642,900. THE MATCH RACE originally wa3 scheduled lor Washington Park in Chicago, hut Assault pulled up lame when a nail was driven too deeply into his hoof.

He recovered quickly, however, and the match was rescheduled for Belmont Park. Eddie Arcaro will be up on Assault in the big race, while Doug Dodson will ride Armed when they go to the post at 3:53 p. m. Both horses are at their best on a fast track, and the weatherman promised a cool but clear afternoon for the tar-studded Raparz i Siisaek KT Walker Goad OB Tlsrhe r-. XH Sarratt" Royal FB Greathousr in 7 31 7 6 20 Homer Himmons innid Kelly Ja)inowkI Wriiht Kurkowski" Massey Oklahoma JT i Detroit I Oklahoma scortng: Touchdowns Mlt-' eheH 3.

Sarratt. Points after touchdown Wallace 3 (placement), field goal Wl-i lace. Detroit gcorinrS Tonfndowns Knrkow-i ski. Rittof. Kaysserian.

Points after touch-I fiotrn O'Mailey 3 (placement). Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet. GB New York 96 5G .632 DETROIT 83; 69 .546 13 Boston 83 70 SS9 14 Oeveland 80 13 JS36 16 PhUadelphla 77 75 507 18U Chicago 68 83 .450 27 Washington 63 89 .414 8214 St. Louis 58 93 .884 Sift Games behind leader. FRIDAY'S RESULTS DETROIT 5, Cleveland 2.

Boston 3, New York 2. Philadelphia 11-3, Washington 8-4. SATURDAY'S GAMES DETROIT at Cleveland. Chicago at St. Louis (3).

Boston at at Washington. Philadelphia at New York..