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i i 4 4 -T a 4-C Sunday, Nov. 23, '58 DETROIT FREE PRESS i.i. i AS OF TODAY By Lyall Smith ig League War .4 Mel Ott: He Was the if s0-g? 'A A the platen He would've saved me a lot of steps. I sure could have used them later." Ott was the despair of the groundskeeper for beating such a continual path to the plate and also for his nervous habit of kicking away at the sod in his outfielding position. WHEN MEL DECIDED to call it quits as a player in 1947, the head of the ground crew came in to shake his hand.

"I figured he was going to say how sorry he was that I was hanging up my spikes," Mel remembered. "Instead, he told me how happy he was because he finally would be able to get the grass growing again out there where I used to play." Those were the stories about Mel Ott that Mel Ott liked to tell. Try to pin him down as a hero and he'd run for cover. Like the time I tried to get him to pick out the one home run of his record-setting 511 that he remembered the best. "You know what I mean," I prodded.

"One you belted that won a big game or put you in the World Series something like that." We 'were playing gin rummy at the time. He was shuffling the cards and he gave them a good whirl as he went back to the year he had a great run of luck against a Phillies' pitcher named Frank Watts. "I'd really been lucky against him," Mel recalled. "Every 4ime he pitched to us that season I managed to get a homer. It's the last game of the year in the Polo Grounds and he comes on in relief in the eighth I'm the first batter.

"He comes down off the mound and hollers at me that by golly, this time he's going to make me pop up just so he can say he got me out once that year. "He throws me one and I hit it pretty fair. But it was a big long fly. His outfielders got mixed up on it and it rolled all over the place and finally went under a bench in the bullpen. "By the time they dug it out I had crossed the plate with a homer.

Frank was so sore that he cussed every step I took, and you know what? "I didn't blame him. I was lucky. He should've got me out real easy," THAT WAS THE ONE home run he remembered over all the 511 he hit. There were others that covered him with glory. But he "forgot" those to pick.

out one that brought him no glory at all. That is why he leaves so many friends. Some men wear themselves thin by patting their own back. Not Mel Ott. He was big league all the wav.

MEL OTT WAS A LITTLE GUY in a game where the big men are supposed to hit the long ball. He stood only 5-9. He never weighed more than 170 pounds. Yet he hit more home runs than any baseball slugger except Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx, two men of gargantuan size whose muscles grew muscles. He was shy, modest and self-effacing in a sport where brashness, loud talk and- self applause is the rule rather than the exception.

He carved a living out of a rough 'n' tumble activity where nice guys are supposed tp be long-gone. He lasted 22 years as a player and a manager. It was the same when he came back to baseball as a sports announcer. No polished speaker was Mel in a medium where words must flow. He had a sort of herky-jerky style, but in just two short seasons he became a success.

TWO WORDS TELL the story. He was big league all the way. No man can hope for a finer epitaph. No man better deserves it than the one who came out of the Louisiana bayous at 16 to step straight into the big show. He was a kid catcher when he first reported to manager John McGraw, who promptly chased him to the outfield.

"Only once did I ever think McGraw made a mistake I i The Tiger broadcaster The 16-year-old rookie about that," he langhed last spring in training camp. "That was when I was playing right field and trying to manage the Giants at the same time. "We weren't doing too good that year. Fact is, in the first 90 games, I had to make something like 150 pitching changes-. and every time I had to run in from the outfield to do it.

"That's when I wished had kept me behind U-D DRUBS DAYTON, 27-7 Mel Ott Is Laid tttt Tigers Favor Yanks at Night Find Selves tans Faoro 1 ems a i JL To Rest DETROIT DAYTON 12 1S2 in 119 ts 13-21 1 2 5 4-46 -37 24 15 7 27 OOO 7 7 Slalc Champs 5 Times Under Arcs Here in "59 F'rf downi I ards ruhtnf ard passing Passes Passes Intercepted Fumble lost Ports 1 arda penalized DETROIT Payton Few Leaders Able To Attend Burial NEW ORLEANS (UFI) The sports world paid final tribute Saturday to Mel Ott, Hall of Fame baseball figure BY HAL MIDDLESWORTIl 4 The New. York Yankees will play five times under the PET Klfmeni 10 pass from Faoro iPasruni kick. TFT Faoro 9 run (kirk failed). PET Safety (Smolik after wild pasi from renter. PFT Maher 10 run flock failedi.

J1ET ChaDman 11 pasi from Faoro run faifed). PY T.atell 32 n5 from Kaifr (Raiff kick). 41 and National League home lights at Briggs Stadium next year, "it was disclosed Satur- run king. A- jday with the release of the Tigers' 1958 home schedule. 1 When the Bengals increased Funeral services for the 4 the Orioles, 3-0, in modern day hero, of the New their night-game schedule to 1 blanking York Giants were held at 3 zl games last year, tney 19o4.

at the McMahon Funeral DOOKea Lnree eacn Wlln lneir The home schedule: p.m. Home in New Orleans. Inter American League foes. 9 April 10, 11, 12 Chicago. ment was at Metairie Cemeterv.

I THEY HAVE held the line at April 21(n), 22, 2Z Cleveland. April 28 in). 29 Baltimore. Lutheran religious rites 21 night dates for next sum-; -Wash- April 30, May 1, 2- were held at the family home mer but have recognized the! ington. 1 i a New Orleans 7r 'my i in Aietaine.

suburb. 5' -s uxu.s May 3(dh) Xew York, by allotting them five of theiMay 5(n), 6 7 Boston, dates. Boston got four, fi(ni inKan, more and Washington three VnF. (IF frio Vincf risen-' May 31, June 1 Cleveland. BT MARSHALL DANN Capt.

Lou Faoro's farewell gesture as the University of Detroit quarterback was to promote a pleasant and prosperous ending to the 1958 reason. The only senior regular on th club, Faoro passed for two touchdowns and (scored another as the Titans closed with a 27-7 victory over undis-t'nffuishec? Dayton. Detroit never was in trouble after going: all the way the first time it had the ball. One touchdown was scored in each period and it was 27-0 before Dayton finally ended its long scoring famine. VICTORY PULLED U-D to .50 for the campaign on a showing of 4-4-1.

Now the question is whether this was good enough under the circumstances to save the head coaching job for Wally From-hart. A decision from university officials this week may end the waves of rumors in ball greats who expressed "7 v' X. 2(n), 3(nl. 4 New York, desire to pay their last respects land and tvvo cach- June 5(n). 6.

7-Washmgton. attended the simple services. I The Yankee games will be jJune 23(n), 24. 25 Boston. The immediacy of the funeral! played June 2-3, July 24 and jJune 26(nl.

27, 2S Baltimore, prevented others from attend-! Aug. 18-1S. jJune 29, 30(ji), July 1 Kansas ins- City. I In addition, the Yankees 2(n). 3 Chicago.

Th majority of baseball be here May 3 a Sunday 4 (dh), 5 Cleveland. players who knew and loved one of the three doubleheaders July 21 (n 22, 23 Washington, the former player and manager on the Tiger docket. jjufv 24 (n). 25, 26 New York, of the New York Giants during The other scheduled twin-jju)v 07, 28(n), 29, 30 Bal-22 years with the National bills are July 4 with the Cleve- timore. League team expressed their land Indians and Aug.

23 with juv 3i(n), Aug. 1. 2 Boston. the tanimore Orioles. Aug.

ll(n), 12, 13 Chicago. Free Press Photo by TOM VENALECK Davton's Joe Dillon holds on to pass at the seven, but U-D stopped drive there sympathy with telegrams and wired flowers. Banks of flowers linert the funeral home. Slightly over 100 persons attended the services. "Aug.

14 (n), 15. 16 Cleveland. THE FIRST of the 21 night 'Aug. 18 (ri), 19(n), 20 New games will be April 21 with York, the Indians, the final one with Aug. 21(n).

22 Boston, the Washington Sena-tors Aug. i-Aug. 23 (dh) Baltimore. 25. I Aug.

25(n), 26 Washington. All of the eight home games Sept. 4. 5, 6 Kansas City. more orthodox.

Taking advant-j with a total of 97,593 for the' virtual statistics Dando age of Brauer's fumble recovery six home games The record was next with four rushes finally, being forced out on i the 41. Seven plays, including three In another part of New Or on the 33, the Titans scored the here was 3-2-1. for yards. season first time they had the ball. navtnn di Rmil Km had: total was 576, best since 1917.

i 4a 1'tnn fnarn Knn.iK.prr nan scheduled for September will Sept. 22, 23 Kansas City. campus and alumni circles. The Titans held a slim edge Ann snappy runs by Maher, brought leans, over oi.uuu looLDa i lans iS'ept. 25, 26, 27 Chicago.

only 25 players in uniform Faoro completed 10 of his; gathered at the Sugar Bowl to in statistics, 14-12 in downs. 301 to 263 in first 'a hcule- total' f'aor. the deceptive slender ivoungster who quarterbacked He used is ot tnem f-na 15 passes for 92 yards and twosee the Louisiana State-Tulane I Latell played the entire 60 touchdowns. Two were in-jfootball game, paused for minutes Fromhart dressed; tercepted. Detroit had of silent tribute to the Maher raced six yards, Dando 17, and Maher the final 10.

Maher missed another score in the fourth quarter when he legged 37 yards to te five only to fumbl'e on the next play. But Kennedy covered a yardage. The difference was the deft Detroit all the way this year, iv.il- Rill nanIn nn 14-vard Eleven of the Bengals' night games will be on seven on Friday, two on Wednesday and one pn Thursday. With the American League Navy Drops Min Football 54 players and o9 of them got completions spread over eight! little man into game Only eight were receivers. Dando was the topi passing and astute play man-; and then gQt the agement by Faoro plus a solid; fc io-yard pitch to 100 yards in 17 rushing carries R(j Klemens.

by Bruce Maher. After Joe Pascuzzi delivered nnlv rnnvprsinn in the OTT, 49, died Friday after a ripsnerate attemnt bv doctors Pitting: off to its earliest open- seniors. target, matching four for 61 The surviving members of; yards, the undefeated 1928 team werej Dayton's best runner was honored at half time ceremonies naif with 49 yards in seven Dayton fumble on the 11 and Faoro's first play was a pitch to Tom. Chapman who caught Md. Ml ANNAPOLIS, to overcome a kidnev izg in history, the Tigers will i off their season atlAavT aaiuroay announcea a ALTHOUGH HK had hi' thi Tin had 7-0 4- 1 touch i a kh.

i in 1 Sri?) fonthall srhpHnlo vViirh it kneeling in the end zone. Dayton got its consolation biesest dav for and nuinr npui aciiiisi. jump after exactly three min- fractures and internal injune the festivities because Dayton of 38 yards. Raiff's two long Xov 14 in a headon affi( ffic the Chicago White Sox. i memoes two nrst-ume oppo- wav it almost scored in the was th onIy foe on the schedule 1 passes, covering 92 yards, ac- accident that critically injured Scored one of the touchdowns, Maher also was cast in a.

second role. Five times he yielded the utes. THERK lots of chances after that. But Maher first half-a lateral followed byiin 1928 atnd 1958 counted for more than half of j0tt.B wife Mildred. 30th oldtimers continued their the Flyers flight distance, reunion Saturday raght at the the shuffle was Tom fumbled once on the Dayton 17 Syracuse ana -Miami oi THE NATIONAL League Flonda-forced an earlier opening on; Syracuse replaces Michigan, the majors this season, with! Miami replaces Tulane and the- barrier going up on the Southern Methodist replaces Friday ahead of the usual Boston University on the 10-Tuesday.

game schedule. Cincinnati and Washington Holdover ormonents are Wil- rick-Fort Shelby Hotel. Raiff's long toss to' the speeding Latell. It covered 52 yards. TITAN TOriCS: The attendance was 12,850, leaving U-D Ott is survived by his wife, two daughters, his mother, "a brother and sister, and a grandson, all the New Orleans area.

Chapman's superb punting His four covered 47, 43, 47 and 45 yards. Maher's 100 yards and 17 carries dominated the indi- and only 5 minutes later left Detroit in a hole with another fumble on his own nine. His third fumble, while trying to field a punt, offered the His wife has not been told win 8et off the mark a day ijam and Mary, Pennsylvania, of her husband's death because ahead of that, in accordance Xotre Dame, Maryland, George WITH BROKEN HAND; TOO physicians fear the shock would with long-standing custom. ball to the Flyers on fumbles, undoubtedly a U-D record. These fumbles threw a burden on the defensive play of the regulars and they sparkled.

Twice Dayfon was stopped on the one-yard lin; oncei the score was 7-0 and again when it was 15-0. Those two great goalline stands cracked whatever drive Dayton could muster. Jarring tackles which promoted four Flyer fumbles did the rest. Four regular Titan linemen made the recoveries center be too much in her condition. Washington and Army.

Boston College has been added, making the 1959 season longer than this year's. She is listed as convalescing in a Gulfport (Miss.) hospital. Flyers their first opening. Dayton got third down on the two, smashed once for one yard and smashed again only to lose a yard. Faoro snapped back with another scoring drive.

The big gain was a 25-yard toss to Bill Bando, one-time regular halfback who returned as a starter Saturday only because it was 1 Avr The season will end no earlier, however, with the Tigers and White Sox dropping the curtain at Briggs Stadium Sept. 27. By opening on April 10, the American League is giving each team the same number of weekends at home. The Tigers will have 12 Saturdays and 13 Lorino Gives Auburn That Touch AUBURN, Ala. Ml Tommy Lorino, out of action for three weeks with a torn shoulder, ran through the Wake Forest line like water through a sieve Saturday and Auburn hammered its way to a 21-7 victory.

rrt i rr "aHn uuKe urav NOTnlNS OUTLASTS MERCURY OUTBOARD! Bowls Over Ernie Fritsch. tackle Denny Schroeder and guards Art Austin Rims Wild For Rutgers NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (UPI) Billy Austin, Rutgers' 168-pound All-America halfback candidate who was playing with a broken left hand, scored 34 points Saturday in a superb performance that sent Columbia down to one. of its worst football defeats in history, 61-0. Austin scored five touch-1 downs and two extra points'! one, two, one antf 64 yards WATER SPORTS HEADQUARTERS 9430 Woodward TR 5-9009 Brauer and Dick Kennedy his final game.

It also was Dando's best in two seasons. Twice on the drive Faoro was Sundays. Tar Heels THE FIRST HALF was a trapped on pass plays. The first THIS WILL be the first time in three years that the Tigers dizzy affair as it unfolded twojtime he ran 13 yards, the next Titan TDs, a safety, both big time ne went the final nine JDo-F u.u CHAPEL HILL, N. C.

mavpn ms nprinrm a nrf wn a HaitoacK wrav Carlton knitea have goalline stands and lour 01 yards to score rt 1 i i been allowed to open their home-town fans. un over for a tnird period touch-! before iuaners lost iumoies. down and then kicked the extra They started at Kansas City in ahead. "from scrimmage. He also in But it started with Mahpr starring as he raced 49 yards with the opening kickoff, DAYTON QUICKLY contributed ttie safety, smart thinking by quarterback Mel It was Auburn'.

23rf.trari and ChicaS in 1958' lme without defeat and its C2J I will be the White SoV game iui lil vai uiiiia aim uniuiivu nit r3 I Smolik probably saving worse first opening day at Briggs 21st consecutive winning 1 Tar Heels chances of a bowl AMERICA'S 7959 "FIRST tercepted a pass and zipped 5'Z yards to a touchdown. He ran twice for extra points. Rutgers, after being held scoreless in the first period, exploded for 32 points in the second quarter within minutes. invitation. A capacity crowd of 44,000 including Gator Bowl scouts, watched Duke roll 57 yards for a touchdown on the running of Stadium since 1950, when the Tiger posted a 4-1 victory on the three-run homer hy Vic Wertz and a solo smash by Johnny Groth.

The Bengals have won only pearance at home. The spectacular passing of Richard Wood, a 6-foot-5 junior quarterback, also the Tiger cause. Wood accounted for 70 yards on four completions on one touchdown drive. Carlton, who closed out a bril mrm 31 8 61 Rutgr score(j one Hoggs btadium opener liant career. Carlton damage.

Smolik was hack to punt when the center pass sailed over his head. He fielded it on the two and stepped into the end zone to concede the two points. With seconds left in the half. Dayton knocked again. A lateral pass followed by Jerry Raiff's deep pass to end Tony Latell carried to the one.

In the last 13 seconds, Dayton hurried through two line plunges, but U-D held. since then, with Steve uromeK (Ordfr of Srorinr) Kt'T Austin 1 run (Austin run) Anlinrn 7 0 6 Hake Forest. 7 L- end for 34 points to take over national individual scoring leadership with a total of 106 points. The enabled coach John Stiegman's men to achieve several objectives: They concluded their season with an 8-1 mark, equal-. ing Rutgers' best previous record, compiled in 1947..

Ironically, Columbia was the only team to defeat the Scarlet that year. They completed their first season in history without losing to a college. The Quantico Marines upset the Scarlet last week. They may have put themselves in the picture for a postseason bowl game. IN SHELLACKING the Lions for the first time here since 1S91, the Scarlet scored eight of the 11 time3 it had the ball.

AVB Dja 31 pass interception (Drat kirk). AT Nil 6 rnn (kirk failed). A I Lorino 33 run (Hilo pass from Nix). ltKK FORFT McLean 1 nil (Me- liD kirk). from the one-foot line.

He was injured in the closing seconds of play and was given a tremendous ovation as he was helped off the field. North Carolina, a six-point favorite, stopped Duke five times within the 20-yard line. Only 40 seconds remained in KIT Crmbr ft run with fumble (Webster run). KI Austin 1 rnn rnn). Rl'T Austin fit ps interrcDtlcn i Byrrt puss frem Austin).

RUT Austin SI run (Seaman kirk). Kt'T Austin 2 run (rnn failed). KIT Huntnn 3 pass from Wolff (Htin'nn run). KIT MrC.npT 41 run (Schmitt run). Foreign Car Exhibit Sat, Nov.

22 -30 It am -11 prt Daily Ticr-Cals Ride Roughshod, 54-11 THp; SECOND HALF wa3 the first period when North Carolina fullback Don Klochak HAMILTON, Ont. (UPI) scored from the one. Duke I THURSDAY NIGHT AT RED WINGS vs. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 3 NOV. 30 MONTREAL DEC.

18 NfW YORK yW DEC. BOSTON DEC. 25 TORONTO -rV DEC. 7 CHICAGO DEC. 28 IOSTON DEC.

MONTREAL DEC. 31 CHICAGO ---Nrft lot Office Osm Nooa to 8.09 p.m. i Detroit Victory. George Howard, of Detroit, The Hamilton Tiger-Cats coast-iguara MiKe jucuee diockco. ed to an easy 19-7 victory over lacKie i mi rsiazer kick, lur the extra point.

UNDER 12 45e DETROIT ARMORY SEE AVIS FORD AD Classified Secfon Page 14, Column 7 defeated John Kennedy, of Chi 7 nnv it cago, 692-633, in the weekly the Ottawa Rough Riders Saturday, winning their Big Four final hy a 54-14 count on the North Carolina ft n- 15000 W. 8 Mih Rooo televised bowling match, "BowU NC klnrhnk I run (kick failed), pi KF Carlton 1 foot run (Carlton kirk). Austin tallied on runs of I two-game round. ing Champs." ifi ft a i mi.