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THE DETROIT 19 Heyt Doesn't Anyone Care? 2 Homers Help Bridges Conquer Indians 5 to 4 FREE PRESS FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1842 Helen Perry's Title Defense at DAC Saturday Night May Be Her Last Ross' Clout in8tlilnniii Wins Game Bosox Blast with21Hils lty for high-class competition, around Cleveland, but Helen has been doing very well," was the only comment on the champion's Enters Air Force I BY FRANK AXGELO Husky Helen Perry, twenty-two-year-old queen of National 100-yard indoor backstroke competition, is on the scene, ready to turn back any and all challengers to her title. Miss Perry arrived Thursday with her coach, Mrs. Frank Burke, of Cleveland. They lost no time readiness for Saturday's race.

"She won the National Junior individual medley championship two York Also Connects as Tommy Opens 13th Season with Victory on 8-IIitter weeks ago in record time, so we Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio Pole Homers as Boston Sweeps the Scries Br th Auoclatrd Vtnt BOSTON, April 16 The Boston our star diver, swam the free style and generally was a one-woman team. One day out backstrokers failed to appear for a dual meet and I asked Helen to swim for us. She broke all our club records in that race and I decided that it was the event for her. She has concentrated on it ever since." Mrs. Burke also pointed out that Helen was a pretty fair all-around athlete, that Mary K.

Browne, tennis coach at Lake Erie College, wanted Helen to turn to the court. Miss Perry dismissed this quickly, however, saying: "I just wasn't Interested in specializing in anything else. My heart belongs to swimming." getting to the Detroit Athletic BV DALE STAFFORD Fret) Preu Sporti Editor With Rudy York and Don Ross Red Sox walloped the Philadelphia think she'll be ready for all challengers here." Mrs. Burke explained that an ad in a Cleveland newspaper in 1934 that served to help organize the Ohio Women's Association, first brought Helen under her tutelage. "It was strictly an accident that she became a great backstroker," explained Mrs.

Burke. "Helen was Athletics, 19 to 4, today to make Club, where the United States backstroke title race lending home -run assistance, Tommy Bridges opened his thir a clean sweep of their three-game series. Ted Williams and Dom Di- will be held as Maggio each belted homers in the 21-hit Boston attack on two Phila I a feature of an r1 teenth season as a Tiger by stifling the Cleveland Indians, 5 to 4, at Brlggs Stadium Thursday. The triumph enabled the Bengals to take their first series delphia pitchers elaborate program Saturday night. After a BOSTOS BOB WESTFALL Hell be a flying cadet AH 0 A KING brief workout ATHLKTK'S AS 4 knirk'r, 9 0 3 Blmr 4 0 1 4 of the year, two games to one, and depart for St Louis and Chicago in the American League's Helen returned to her room at the Wolverine 4 0 3 2GriddersJoin It MHiert.lt) 4 upper bracket il 1 llHyni.R 4 Ross delivered his game-deciding i a 4 Mirm.ir 4 roxi.lb 4 9 Ttihor.ab 0 liii.rr It 0 rt 4 Crniroy.o li 1 Wnfitrr.n 4 0 3 Hotel, settled back to a littlo Nuilrr.tt 4 ArmedForces llallBliiri.p 1 knitting and I ci ini 1 homer off Clint Brown in the eighth, the ball sailing into the lower left-field stands.

York's second circuit wallop in two days told of a M't rabb.p 1 Halo 1 Miss Perry Two more prominent football swimming career that Li likely to players, Bob Westfal), of Michigan, came in the fifth with Roger end with her race Saturday. Cramer on base. Al Milnar, Cleve- and Alex Schibanoff, of the Detroit Lions, enlisted in the armed forces 34 7 15 TnUli 44 il 27 8 Rstird for ralldnrl In flflli. tHattrd fur M('( ralili In ninth. Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Buntnn 'i 0 1 4 'lit Kunt Slphrrt, Hurt's, Klrharriton.

Sudrr lliNlHuKio 3, lVukj Hllllauia MICHIGAN'S LARGEST TAILORS IMPORTANT NOTICE OUR STORE IS PRIVILEGED TO CONTINUE TO TAILOR 2-PANTS SUITS WITH CUFFS These garments will be cut as to your desires with patch pockets, belted Backs, Single or Double-Breasted styling. Tailored under Government regulations for short time only. NOT CONTRADICTORY TO PATRIOTIC CO-OPERATION UNION TAILORS ON PREMISES Thursday. land starting hurler, was on the mound and the horsehlde landed in the lower center-field seats. "I've already received one offer of a Job as a teacher at a Texas school for girls," said Helen, "and if I sign a contract that will make me a professional and keep Westfall, captain and ATI-Amer ica fullback at Michigan last fall, 4, Foil 3, Tnttiir 9, 'x.

Jlfttwunr Only Two Earned Runs Bridges was in distress no enlisted as a cadet in the U.S. Army Air Force. Schibanoff, me out of AAU competition. tackle who played at Franklin and fewer than four times either because of temporary losses of have only a few more weeks to go to finish work on what amounts to a master's degree In physical Marshall College before turning lonruy, Matnrr 19. Krrnrn I ullitlllrl, Prakr.

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Both Westfall and Schiba noff are 22 years old. of the runs scored off him were While Helen, a co-ed at Lake earned. Erie College, spoke of the future Westfall's entry to the Air Corps Bridges was in trouble In the Mrs. Burke spoke of the past and again makes him a teammate of 539 Woodward, Cor. nut Br H'lllnlurl I.

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wt 131 wjj sal. Il Immediate present. Tom Harmon, with whom he won opening inning when the Tribe turned two of its eight hits into a "We don't have much opportun- grid fame. run. Roy weatneriy opened the game with a single to center and moved to third when Oris Hockett lined a hit to center.

Ken Keltner rolled out, but Jeff Heath lofted a long fly to right which scored Weatherly. Tigers Move In Front The Tigers gained the edge in the second by tallying twice on two hits. With one gone, Ross ree Pith i'huto by Waller sleiifer walked. Eric McNair flied out, On a hit-and-run play, Tebbetts I I I i i II i I -t" i I I I I I I I 1 1 doubled to right, scoring Ross Bridges then walked and Jimmy Bloodworth, a dangerous batsman with men on, singled, scoring Tebbetts. Roy VVeatherly, Cleveland outfielder, falls to the ground in I "Praise Allah" attitude after being- hit by one of Tommy Bridges' pitches in the fourth inning.

Tiger Catcher Birdie Tcbbetts and Umpire Ernie Stewart seem more interested in the surrounding icenery, however, Weathcrly continued in the game, 3 Tiger Rookies Slated toPitch Against Browns Cleveland knotted the count in the third and left three runners on base. With one gone, Weatherly These balls are given to Army camps by the Tigers and those turning them in get 50 cents worth or defense stamps from the De trolt Baseball Co. Leonard Simons, and Hockett again singled. Keltner grounded to third and when Mike Higgins let the ball go through, Weatherly scored. Bridges got Heath on an infield fly, but hit Fleming with a pitch to fill the sacks.

Bloodworth then threw out Lou Boudreau. Bridges had the bases full and one out in the fourth, but was saved from scoring when Hockett grounded into a double play. York's homer in the fifth broke the tie, but in the first of the sixth, Detroit presented Cleveland with a run due to an absence of traffic signals in the outfield. With one man out, Otto Denning doubled Turn to Page 21, Column 4 Detroit advertising man, mailed ball which was an opening-game souvenir to isnggs stadium, asK ing that it be sent to an Army H-zTl -J La 1 i -J camp. The Tiger Infield has made double play in every game played so lar.

D. S. The Tipors will pitch rookies In three of their four games at St. Louis. On Friday Virgil Trucks will work against Bob Harris, former Tiger.

Hal White will hurl Saturday while Veteran Alton Benton and Charley Fucha will toll Sunday. Big Al lost Detroit's opener to Cleveland. Lynwood Rowe will get his first starting assignment while the Tigers are in Chicago. Attendance at Thursday's encounter was 4,242. For the first three games at home the Tigers drew 47,425 customers, or 29,428 patrons under the three-game total at the start of the 1941 sea-ion.

However, Detroit opened on a Friday last year and had the benefit of a Saturday crowd of 15.251 and a Sunday turnout of 19,437. RoRcr (Doc) Cramer got bis first hit as a Tiger in the first inning. It was a ringing single to right. The new system of returning to the hall club baseballs knocked into the stands is proving popular. 1.

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