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1 HIT HE DIDN'T GET WINS FOR RUCS. 6-5 DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday. April 1, 15 31 Kuenn Saves Tigers Once It9s Not Enough 1 i Tigers on Gus Zernial put Lary will start one game and Pete Burnside the other. Eddie Yost became the Tigers' first "injured In action" case Tuesday. He was hit in the mouth by a bad-hop grounder during practice.

He finished the workout before going to a nearby clinic to have a stitch taken inside his mouth. Bo bo Osborne filled in at third and quite creditably during. the game. league player and received a trophy named for the late Wish Egan. Tiger board chairman John E.

Fetzer arrived Tuesday to join president Harvey R. Hansen Roy Harney, assistant general manager of the Yankees, was here for a huddle with general manager Rick Ferrell. The Athletics will make a two-day stand here Wednesday and Thursday Frank streak in the Grapefruit League, as they missed a chance to take over leadership of the mythical circuit. But they still stand 11-7 for the spring with six games to go before breaking camp. TAGGING THE TIGERS Jim Raugh, the young righthander getting a Tiger trial while still on the Charleston roster, was getting congratulations He was named the Bengals' most improved minor George Spencer, who succeeded Jim Bunning on the mound for the Tigers in the eighth, restored the Pirates' lead.

Pittsburgh then hung on to win a nail-biter as the two teams exchanged runs in the ninth. THE TIGERS missed a fine chance in the eighth when a single by Rocky Bridges who had three) and a pinch hit by his hits the last few days, broke the barrier with a three-run homer off Bob Friend in the seventh inning. IT WAS HARVEY'S third straight hit off the Bucs' 22-game winner of 2958, who dished out 15 to the Bengals as he staggered through a nine-inning effort. The blow gave the Tigers a 4-4 tie, but they soon lost it. Don Hoak's solo smash off BY HAL MIDDLESWORTH Free Pre.

Staff Writer LAKELAND Harvey Kuenn "saved" the Tigers once Tuesday but he couldn't do it the second time. So down they went, 6-5, in a slugging match with the Pittsburgh Pirates before 1,249 exhibition fans as two late-inning rallies died with runners at third. Kuenn, who has been reaching farther and farther with first and third. There were two out by the time they got there, however, and Kuenn stranded them by grounding out. The Pirates hopped on George Susce for a run as soon as he appeared in the ninth.

That turned out to be their winning tally when the Tigers came back for a final score during their last turn. There were two men out ALSO DEAL FOR DEES Installment 17 THE BABE AND i I when the Tigers started their final uprising. Chrisley, Frank Boiling and Rocky Bridges ripped off three straight singles for a run to make it 6-5. Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh then strolled out for a chat with Friend. The ace righthander stayed, however, and left runners at first and third when Lou Berberet flied out.

That made a total of 12 Tigers stranded on the bases, a performance they are likely to repeat many times in the American League season if they can't do something about their punch in the clutch. Spencer and Susce, a couple of borderline cases on the Tiger pitching staff, didn't help themseles much with manager Bill Norman. BUNNING put in seven innings on his fifth appearance this sprin- and had the Pirates on his hip in all but a couple of rounds, although yielding six hits and walking three. That makes a total of 21 hits and 16 runs in 25 innings off the lanky righthander in exhibition play. He was dented for three runs in the second inning and another in the fifth but otherwise didn't allow a runner past first and retired eight straight batters at the end of his effort.

a 1) Durocher Gets Job, Ruth Gets Gate Pistons Get Man They Want: Howell 1 5 sle in getting these collegiate hotshots in the pro fold. OWNER Fred Zollner picked Bailey Howell, everybody's All-America rfrom Mississippi State, as the club's No. 1 choice. The 6-foot-7, 215-pounder has indicated that he is in- BY BOB LATSHAW Free Press Staff Writer CINCINNATI The Detroit Pistons Tuesday obtained the right to negotiate with 12 top college basketball players without the danger of competition from other members of the NBA. But they still face a tus terested in playing pro basketball.

But the Pistons are going to get an argument from the AATJ and the National Industrial Basketball League for the services of Howell. The AAU will make a pitch for Howell to retain his amateur standing holding a projected trip to the Olympics as the reward. First Inning PITTSBURGH I0 Virdon went oat. Harris to Buiimnfr. Christophpr filed to Kuenn.

Skinner walked. Bun-ninsr threw out Nelson. DETROIT (1 Osliorne doubled. Hoak threw out Kuenn. Kaline grounded to Groat who threw to Honk to eet 0hirne coine to third.

Raline stole second. Harris dotihled. srorin Kaline. Mazeroski threw out Doby. Second Inning P'TTBrRGH ('! Hoak singled.

Mazerofki smiled Groat tripled, scoring- Hoak and Mazeroski. Kravitz walked. Friend took a third strike. Virdon singled, sr-orin? Groat. Christopher took a third strike.

BollinK threw out Skinner. PF.TKOIT 0 Groat threw out Boiling. Bridees slneled. I.au filed to Virdon. BunninK struck oat.

Third Inning PITTSBURGH (0 Nelson walked. Hoak fouled to Bolline. Mazeroski popped to Bridees Groat filed to Kaline. TiF.TROIT (0 Osborne rrounded to Nelson. Kuenn sinsled.

Kaline foreed Kuenn. Groat to Mazeroski. Harris xrounded to Nelson. Fourth Inning PITTSBURGH '01 Kravitz rrounded to Harris. Friend fouled to Osborne.

Bollin threw out Virdon. DETROIT (0 Tnby doubled. Bol-line was safe on Mazproski's fumble. Bridees popped to Groat, f.au lined Into a double play. Nelson unassisted.

Fifth Inning Kuenn and Bridges set the pace in the Tigers' 15-hit attack on Friend while Larry Doby and Gail Harris had two safeties each. THE LOSS snapped the Tigers' three game winning 11 i PITTSBIKGH DETROIT The widow of Babe Ruth sets down in her just-published memoirs, "1 he Babe and 1" what she considers the first true story of the Babe's unparalleled career, on the diamond and off it. BY MRS. BABE RUTH In 1938 the Brooklyn Dodgers finished seventh. In his 20 full seasons in the majors, Babe had been on 10 pennant winners and only one other club that finished seventh.

Nevertheless, the Babe felt 1938 had been a good year. The club drew out of all proportion to its standing because the fans wanted to see the Babe hit a few and coach. His work on the baselines had been satisfactory and he had shown himself remarkably adept at coaching the Dodger hitters. MacPhail treated us both well. We traveled first class and MacPhail met every promise he had made, as did the Babe.

AN UNHAPPY ASPFXTT of the season was Leo Durocher, a remarkably gitted shortstop who was finishing his active career. Leo had been a brash rookie with the Yankees when Babe was king. They had disliked one another then and nothing through the years had changed those feelings. It was Babe's feeling that deft shortstop play was the sum total of Leo's civilized conduct. During the season, Leo let word get out that Babe had missed an important signal that cost the Dodgers a game.

Assuming Babe did miss it just assuming Leo was still guilty of dirty pool. All ball players miss signals, and traditionally they confine their mutual recriminations to the privacy of the club house. BUT LOATHING DUROCHER was old hat to Babe, and when the season was The NIBL offers jobs as well as a career in basketball. At least, it will jack up the price the new Piston will cost Zollner. APPARENTLY Zollner is willing to go high in his bidding for Howell.

He said scouting reports indicate that Howell "could develop into another Pettit." As a collegian, Howell averaged 27.5 points a game. Both Zollner and coach Red Rocha were highly pleased with the men they picked up in the draft. They all have height and weight, and come highly recommended as pro prospects. As the result of a trade earlier in the day with the Cincinnati Royals that sent PITTSBURGH Christopher doubled Skinner singled sending Christopher to third. Christopher scored as Nelcrm grounded into a donhle- AH AB Vinlnn.rf 3 5 0 I 4 11 Kurnn.rf 5 1 a dinner.

If 4 0 1 Haiinr.rf A 1 VelMin.lb 3 0 0 Harris, lb 5 4 2 2 Dnbv.lf 4 0 2 1 1 I.C'risl.-T.ir 1 1 I I Kolline.2l 4 1 4 2 2 Hrtrices.s 5 3 3 0 1 l.nil.p 3 1 3 0 0 rral 0 0 0 Bprlirct.c I 0 0 Biwiniiie.n 2 0 0 nMnxwpll 1 1 1 Snpncer.p 0 0 0 rornial 10 1 1Wil! 0 0 0 Kuwe.n ooo nlav Bridges to Harris. Hoak Hied to Kuenn. DETROIT (0 Runnlne strnrk Don Goldstein Bailey Howell 1 out. Osliorne filed to hritopner Kuenn sincled. Kaline nonued to Hoak Sixth Inning I AS OF TODAY Totals 34 BIO Total 42 SIS aSinclp, for Kiinninr in 7th.

bRan for loly hi 7th. rSinelpd for Nnpnrpr in 8th. Ran for Zprnial in 8th. pRan for in 8th. nreh 0 3 0 010 01 1 6 Babe and Leo in uneasy proximity done he was hopeful.

He was hopeful in the light of his full knowledge of the cruel facts of baseball life. Burleigh Grimes, who managed the club that finished seventh, appeared doomed. The ax fell, as expected. Babe found out about it in the newspapers. And he also found who would succeed Grimes-j-Leo Durocher.

Babe was crushed. He had done everything they asked of him and it hadn't been enough. He sat in the kitchen, head in hands. Turn to Page 36, Column 3 DKTROIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 ft center Phil Jordon to the Royals for center Archie Dees, the Pis-tons were able to pick up two high Don't Look Now But That Man's Here Again BY LYALL SMITH PO rittslmreh 27-8. Dptroit 27-12.

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Riff lAI.I. Oaspoli (M.I, 2:15. A 1 .249. ly a rded players in the second round. ST PITTSBURGH 0 Mraeroski rrounded to Bollinr Groat flied to Vueen.

Karvitv lined to Harris. i DETROIT 0) Harris fanned. Inhv fooled to Hoak. Bullinc walked. Bridres popped to Groat.

Seventh Inning PITTSBURGH t0 Boiling threw out Friend. Osborne threw out Virdou. i Cbrir-tonher flied to Kaline. TIGERS (3) I.au walked. Mai-well batted for Bnnninc and slneled.

Osborne flied to Christopher. l-an tak-; inr third after the eaten. Kuenn hit a home run. tvine the seore. Kaline fouled to Kravitz.

Harris siniled. Dob singled sending Harris to third. Chrisley ran for Doby. Boiling fouled to Hoak. Eighth Inning PITTS BURG 1 Geonr Spencer pitchin? and fhrisle? in left for Detroit Skinner flier! to Kaline.

Boiling threw out Nelson Hoak hit a home run. Dirk Sehofield batted for Mazeroski and rrounded to Harris. DETROIT 0 Sehofield went to serond for Pittsburgh. Bridges heat out a hit to short. I.au foreed Bridges.

Sehofield to Groat. Gus Zerninl hatted for Spencer and singled. Wills ran for Zernial. Friend threw out Osborne. Hoak threw out Kuenn.

Ninth Inning PITTSBURdH Georffe Susce pitching and Lou Berheret catching for Detroit. Groat doubled Kravitz singled. i 1 The Pistons Dees got Tom Robitaille, of Rice, a 6 foot-9, 210-pounder, on the first pick of the second HUDSON'S DOWNTOWN OPEN EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 8:30 round as part payment in the Jordon deal. Robitaille, a pivotman who averaged 19.3 A SOUTH AMERICAN SENOR, with the odd-sounding name of Lirpa Loof, is the Buenos Aires version of Dunninger, Blackstone and Madame Penaud, the palmist. Although definitely a backward sort of prestidigitator he can foretell future events in startling style when he feels like it which is only once a year just about this time at the end of March.

In Ourtown for a quick visit, he agreed to take a peek at the sports scene with these results: The Tigers will win the American League pennant after a September duel with the Washington Senators while the Yankees will escape a basement finish on the scoring Groat. Friend sacrificed Susce to Bollinr. Virdon sineled sending Kravitz to third. Virdon was out on rundown between first and second. Kaline to Harris to Bridges to Harris.

Christopher walked. Skinner rrounded UNUSUAL SAVINGS to arris. DETROIT (11 Kaline flied to irdon Harris flied to hnstonlier Chrisley singled. Bollinr singled. Bridget singled, scoring Chrisley and sending Boiling to third.

Berheret flied to ekmner. points a game, was sought by at least six clubs. ON ITS own choice, immediately after the Robitaille pick, Detroit took Don Goldstein of Louisville, a 6-foot-5 forward also rated a good offensive player. The Jordon trade may be just the forerunner of other swaps which may shuffle the Pistons' 'veteran talent. A projected deal with the St.

Louis Hawks was termed dead, but Detroit has opened negotiations with the Syracuse Nationals and the New York Knickerbockers. The trade bait in each case apparently will be Walter Dukes, the gangling 7-foot pivot man, and Dick McGuire, the veteran guard who talked frequently of retiring during the recent season. The Pistons also picked up a pair of University of Mich- Tu.n to Page 31, Column 1 last day of the season. Willie Miranda will replace Ted Williams as 4he American League batting champ while Jim Hegan of the Phillies will dethrone Stan Musial in the National. Jim Bunning, Billy Hoeft, Frank Lary and Paul Foytack will pitch no-hitters against the Yankees on successive days.

Frank Lane of Cleveland, unable to trade Billy Martin back to the Tigers for Ray Narleski and Don Mossi, will swing the biggest deal in history. He will trade his entire team for Leafs Knot Series in Overtime at Hudson on famous name FISHING TACKLE Because we were lucky enough to buy out one of our distributor's entire stock of clearance items you can save a pretty penny on the gear you need and just in time for the fishing season! Just check your tackle then hurryinto Hudson's. TORONTO (UPI) Frank the Los Angeles Dodgers and then move the Dodgers Mahovlich's goal at 11:21 of sudden-death overtime gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 back to Brooklyn. I SAVE ON FISHING LURES NBA Draft Choices 88 win over the Boston Bruins Tuesday nigbt and tied their Stanley Cup ssmifinal at two games apiece. It was Mahovlich's first goal of the series and Toronto's second successive overtime triumph on home ice.

Mahovlich's winning goal came while Boston's Guy Gen-dron was serving a five-minute major penalty. FIRST PERIOD: 1 Toronto. Fhman (MahoTlieht Penalties Flaman 5:10. Horton Markell Horton Stasiuk Brewer SECOND PERIOD: No scoring. Penalties Gendron i 1 :51 Horton G.

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Tpnnpsspp AAI: Npw York: John Orppn. Slate: St. f.ouis: Boh Fprrr. St. I.

mils I nivprsltv: Boston: John Birhtpr. North Carolina State. sKroNn Rorxn Ctnrinnati: Chnipp tratlpfl to IVtroit: DK I Kill I Tom Robilallp. Rii Irhotrp nhlaitipri in tratlp with t'inriminti and 1 BOBBY LAYNE will replace Bert Bell as pro football boss and his first' official act will be to make coach Buddy Parker return to Detroit and finish the speech he started to make the night he quit his job at the Sheraton-Cadillac hotel. Bill Veeck will field an entire team of midgets at Comiskey Park Jack Adams will trade Gordie Howe to the Black Hawks for Ted Lindsay.

J. Norman Lewis, former attorney for the ballplayers, will succeed Ford Frick as baseball commissioner Tommy Devine, F-P sports writer, will become Fritz Crisler's hand-picked choice to succeed Crisler as athletic director at the University of Michigan. Casey Stengel will refuse to talk to newsmen on the report he has purchased Hawaii with plans to set up a third major league there. Tommy Bolt will win the award as gentleman-golfer of the year Hot dogs will be sold for a dime at Briggs Stadium Van Patrick and George Kell will sign contracts as player-announcers with the Tigers. With the Tigers leading the way, Detroit again will become the City of Champions as the Lions, Pistons and Red Wings all follow with titles with Joe Louis coming out of retirement to regain his crown.

All of these startling events were- forecast by Lirpa Loof who always pichs this particular day of the year for his prognostications. Like I said, he's a backward sort of fellow. Turn his name around and see why. THIRD PERIOD: Boston Torj- pazzini olrKcnney. Iomson).

Toronto Bnao Cullen (Duff) Hon fioliivfpin. l.ontswHPT Pniiadlnliia: 4op Rnklirk. Niiriiwpstprn Mimipa-j noils; Rndv I.aRilsso. D-irttnoiith lSrartisp: Torinnhlpn. Tpiiopsspp: 4 Boston Hnrvath (Buryk.

Stasiuk). Penalties Mahovlich. frio: Harris. llt'lT. OVERTIME PERIOD: 5 Toronto.

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PEN I TIES Evans Turner Lindsay Harvey St. Ijiurent Nesterenko Utzenherger McDonald SECOND PERIOD Scoring: None. Penalties Turner Haryej :10. Eyans (9:16,. THIRD PERIOD: 3 Chicago.

Ferguson (Balfour. St. Ijmrent) 4 Chicago. Skov (Balfour) 19:49. Penalties Bonin Pilots Paul Bpnps.

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