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1 hn tt on tt eirtN nil 9- ttdi TD) i iff era jlim. lit juowb on uie jrarai a msoiis bow 6-0 Victory DETROIT FREE PRESS TQ Tuesday, March 25. 1947 DETROIT RODE TO ONLY NFL TITLE ON DUTCH'S SCORING FEATS Lions' Great 1935 Victory over Bears Biggest Moment Cards Tag Bosox with 6-4 Defeat York's 2-Run Homer Wasted as Boo Bows ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. () Dave (Boo) Ferriss pitched an inning too many.

The St. Louis Cardinals, trailing, 4 to 2, after six innings, jumped on the Boston Red Sox ace for four runs on as many hits to win their fifth successive exhibition game, 6 to 4, before about 3,000 persons. Rudy York gave the American League champions an early lead with his two-run homer in the third but seventh inning singles by Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter, scoring two teammates each, spelled the loss. Boston A OO-! 101 Oofl 1 11 St. I.oui (N) H0 200 4H 8 1J FEKKIS.

Parnell 8 and Hayes. War-ner (8): JOHNSON. Papal (8) and Gr-aialo. Wilbur 6. second quarter.

Neither team had been able to score, but we moved the ball down to the 10-yard line. I had been doing most of the passing for the Lions that year, but this time we tried something different. IN THE HUDDLE I called a play which made me a pass receiver. Shephard, who had pulled the old flanker play out of the bag, and 'I scored again. I went out to the left as a flanker and Pollack, who was covering me on the play, also moved out.

Gutowsky lateraled the ball and I took off. Pollack missed his chance for a tackle and Bronco Nagurski also missed a shot at me. I went into the end zone after going 21 yards with Michigan's Big Bill Hewitt chasing me. That was the end of the scoring and we won, 13 to 0. We on to beat Brooklyn the following week and win the division title when the Bears defeated the Cardinals twice.

(This Is another in a series of stories relating the day "I'll Never Forget" of outstanding sports personalities of Detroit and vicinity. Thursday, Tiger Pitcher Paul (Dizzy) Trout describes his big day to Sports Editor Lyall Smith.) BY DUTCH CLARK as told to BOB LATSHAW Detroit was the city of champions back in 1935, and when it comes to thrills, I think that year saw the day I'll never forget in football. The Tigers had won their first World Series, and the Lions were in the midst of the battle for the National Football League championship. We had a pretty fair team with Utah Stuns Kentucky Five in U.S. Final, Ready to Tell His Story been ripping the Bear line, was having a great day.

The line and secondary were pulled in for him. Instead of bulling his way through the middle, however, he hit me in the end zone with the pass and we took a lead we never relinquished. A LITTLE LATER we Associated Press Wirephoto Uses Only 6 Players to Dethrone Titlists Utes Overcome Manpower Deficit to Lead Favored Cats All the Way Greenberg Sets 25 Homers as '47 Goal Hank Intends to Answer Critics by Playing Every Day with Pirates MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Hank Greenberg, the highest-priced player in the history of baseball, has set his sights on hitting at least 25 home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates and being an everyday player for Manager Billy Herman. Although mystery still sur- T- ni, vv ii i ii i aim HL fir fplF to Clark The Lions went on to take the NFL crown by walloping the New York Giants, 26 to 7.

The honor of being named All -League quarterback six times in seven years was quite a thrill, but those two touchdowns I scored against the Bears are what I'll always remember. I'LL NEVER FORGET the way the line charged that day, the way Randolph stopped the great Nagurski or the way Christensen punted, placing the ball out of bounds away from the Chicago, receivers all afternoon. Thanksgiving Day of 1935 was quite a day! HANK GREENBERG Expects to hit 25 homers in '47 Edgar Faces Tough Foe Brown Tests Jimmy at Arena Gardens THE PROGRAM Jimmy Edgar, Detroit, vs. Johnnr Brown, Baltimore. 10 rounds at 165 pounds.

B1H Stramler. Windsor, ts. Jlmmr Wil-on, Detroit. 6 rounds at 155 Bounds. S.

Johnson. Detroit. v. Al Powell. Detroit, vs.

Al Powell. Detroit, 6 rounds at 164 pounds. ls Flowett, Windsor. Jimmy Guey, Detroit, 4 rounds at 155 Harold Guss, St. Louis, vs.

Joe Smith, Detroit, 4 rounds, heavyweights. First boot at 8:30 p. m. Jimmy Edgar, Detroit middleweight who is on the comeback trail after a long layoff, faces Johnny (Deacon) Brown, of Baltimore, in a 10-round bout topping the Arena Garden's program Tuesday night. In facing Brown, the hard-hitting Edgar is taking on an experienced campaigner.

Although Prown will be making his first Detroit appearance he has been campaigning professionally since 1936. Edgar inaugurated his comeback with an impressive second round knockout over Jimmy Mulligan, of Lowell, Mass. Edgar floored Mulligan seven times before the fight was halted. The Arena program is devoted exclusively to middleweights with the exception of the opening bout, a heavyweight number. Eyes Big Season -vppllft Chalked Up by Trucks Mayo Finds Stride i with 4 Runs Batted In BY LYALL SMITH Free Press Sports Editor LAKELAND The Buffalo Bisons, farm club of the Tigers, obligingly let Detroit snap a four-game losing streak and do a bit of morale-building at their (expense.

Virgil Trucks threw a six-hit shutout and struck out seven batters to become the second Tiger pitcher to go the distance this year. The score was 6 to 0 on a warm, windy afternoon before only 241 fans, smallest crowd of the spring to see Detroit in action. TRUCKS HAD few worries, although a makeshift Tiger line-up provided him only 10 hits off a pair of youngsters, Al Evans and Andy Bush. Doc Cramer, the 42-year-old veteran; Second Baseman Eddie Mayo, and Rookie Johnny Mc-Ilale, supplied practically all the punch, with Mayo turning in his best performance of the training camp season. He poled out a pair of singles and then belted a long flyball to drive in four runs for his healthiest day at the plate.

Eddie had only one grounder hit his way, and had an easy time with that. McHALE, whose homer, double and single made him a big man Sunday, was just as powerful on washday. He drove in one run with a hard single and then bounced a triple off the left-center wall to continue his hitting spree. John was credited with only one putout at first base, as Trucks had the Bisons hitting into the air or striking out. Buffalo Manager Paul Richards, until this spring a Tiger catcher, worked the first five innings, but wasn't able to do much with Evans, a fidgety right-hander.

The Tigers picked up their first two runs in the second inning cn Cramer's single, a walk and two more hits by Mayo and Catcher Harvey Riebe. CRAMER SLICED a double into right field in the next frame and scored on McHale's single. Singles by Jimmy Outlaw and Mayo, plus a ball that plunked Cramer in the back, scored two more runs in the fifth inning. McHale's triple opened the eighth inning and was the only hit off Bush, who worked the last three frames. Johnny scored after a long fly by Mayo.

Trucks was nicked for a popfly double in the first inning and didn't give up his second hit until the fifth. BUFFALO DETROIT A AB II A 0 Webb.ss 3 110 3 Outlaw.3 4 13 0 1 (iroth.lf 4 0 8 0 3 Cramer.rf 3 2 3 0 3 3 2 10 0 4 2 11 1 Mnllin.rf 4 0 2 1 Riebe.e 4 18 1 0 Trnrki.o 4 10 0 it ft 0 ft Totals 33 To 27 2 AH I.erehen.ef 4 4 Attnnelii.3 4 Heller. lb 4 Ciinsbc.rf 4 Eners.lf 4 3 Flint.ss 2 Riehards.C 2 Tabark.e 2 Kvans.B ft Bush.n 0 Murdrskl 1 Totals 31 Sit Batted for Bush in ninth. Riiffnln ft ft ft ftOO Oft 0 ft IKTKOlT 0-1 II 2 0 0 1 tt (iruth. Cramer 3.

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Evans 9 in 5. Bush 1 in 3 HP Evans (Cramer). 658 Series Helps Gears Stay on Top Marie Shamlock linked games of 176, 219 and 263 for a 658 series at Wurm's to help the Gears by Enterprise Girls cling to their two-game margin at the top of the Bolerettes League. The Gears blanked 2919-2640, while their nearest rival, Lustre-Creme, routed R. G.

Dun, 2689-2448. Aside from Mrs. Sham-lock's 658, Hattie Wooster had counts of 212 and 223 in 601. Val Mikiel was high for the Cremes with 680. CLARA WILSON fired a 592 as Colonial Broach took a pair from Rainbow, 2824-2725, and Connie Powers added a 588 to remain at the top of the averages.

In other matches Parsons won a pair from Gray Hub, 2492-2470; Clayton's took two from Olympics, 2608-2510, and Dorothy Brichta had 586 as James the Florist won the odd game from Holiday House, 2572-2555. 'RUBBER' MATCH AT Tk, ilSfcini.i ir -'-ijSja' ii fii V1'!) -ff i Clare Randolph4 at center, Bill Shephard and Ace Gutowski as fullbacks and Frank Chris-tensen doing our punting. ERNIE CADDEL and Glenn Presnell were others on that team which Coach Potsy Clark piloted to Detroit's only NFL championship. To get down to my big thrill, however, we'll have to go back to Thanksgiving Day in U. of D.

Stadium. The traditional battle with the Chicago Bears was our second-last game of the season. We had to win to stay in the race. A crowd of about 20,000 was in the stands. I entered the game in the and unseeded grabbed the lead from the once-proud Southeastern Conference champions in the early minutes and never were behind thereafter.

THE WILDCATS, who lost only two games in 34 starts during the regular season, tried to wear down the spunky Westerners with superior manjower, but the Redskins of Coach Vadal Peterson simply refused to crack. Vern Gardner, Arnie Ferrin, Leon Watson and Wa. Misaka went the distance for the Utes and captured the crowd's fancy with their constant ball-hawking, accurate shooting' and expert defense, which had the Wildcats hanging on before the game was well under way. Fred Weidner, a guard, shared the other position with Lyman Clark, but left the game for the first time two minutes before the intermission. GARDNER, a six-foot-four-inch center from Afton, was named the most valuable player in the tournament by a special committee of disinterested coaches.

The Utes were on top, 13 to 11, after 10 minutes of play. They stretched their margin to 27 to 21 by the time the teams left the floor at halftime for a rest which the Wildcats appeared to need more than the boys from the Big Sevon. In the preliminary consolation game, North Carolina State overpowered West Virginia, 64 to 52, to take third place in the eight-team meet. KENTUCKY (45) CTAH (49) OFT Holland. Jnnes.f I.ine.f Oroza.e Tinele.f Rollins.

Beard. Jordan. Barker, i 1 Wat son. 7 13 2 2 5 15 3 15 4 8 Misaka. (S 111 Gardner.e Ferrin.K Weidner.r Clark.

5 3 12 2 4 Oil 1 2 0 13 4 10 2. TB4.Ti Total 15 19 49 Totals Score at the half: Ctah 27. Kentucky 21. Spitfires Win; Game Away from Crown The Windsor Spitfires, last-place club in the circuit a year ago, now are only one game away from the International Hockey League playoff crown. The Spitfires won their second straight from Brights In the best of five finals, 10 to 8, before 4,427 fans at Olympia.

The third game is booked for the Windsor Arena Wednesday. Again it was a one-man scoring show by Gordon Haidy, Spitfire left wing, who scored five goals. This makes 14 for Haidy in his last three games. He registered five in the Windsor Club's 10-3 victory in the opener of the final series. in Series jabber, whose edge in height gives him an added advantage over Home.

MATCHMAKER NICK Londes announced the complete card late Monday night after completing arrangements for the preliminary bouts. Danny Boy Williams, of Detroit, faces hard-hitting Willie Watkins, of Detroit, in the 8-round semiwindup. Vern Mitch-, ell, Detroit heavyweight who had a string of knockouts to his credit before going into the Army, starts a comeback in a six round engagement with Jackie Thompson, of Detroit. The remainder of the card Includes two four-rounders and a five-round middleweight scrap. Brooklyn Manager Leo Durocher (right) discusses phases of the baseball hearing at Sarasota, with Harold Parrott, Dodger before appearing before Commissioner A.

B. Chandler to tell his side of the story. As of TODAY K2? Michaels Hits 4-Bagger as Chisox Outslug Tribe PASADENA, Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians, 14 to 10, in a wild exhibition game. Home runs by Cass Michaels and Murrell Jones paced the Chisox. Rookie Gus Zernial homered for the losers.

Chicago took a long lead by smacking Ray Poat for five runs in the first inning and added five more off Eddie Klieman in the next two. Bob Lemon went the rest of the way for the Tribe. Cleveland (A) S10 00.1 103 10 17 1 Chieaco (A) 532 101 Oil 11 11 POAT, Klieman 2. Iemon 4 and Heitan, KJnaman (6) PAPISM. MalUber.

Cer (6) and fresh. Stephenson (6). Reds Hidess After 4th, but 7 Early Runs Win TAMPA, Fla. (JP) Cincinnati didn't get a hit after the fourth inning, but a seven-run outburst during the first two innings brought the Reds an 8-5 verdict over the New York Yankees. Ted Kluszewski, rookie first baseman for the Reds, poled a 350-foot homer with two mates on base in the first to send the victors out in front to stay.

New York (A Ofll 010 1 0 Cincinnati (N) H10 O00 Olx 8 I OIMPF.RT. Pace (5) and Rnhinton; BKGG8. Hehmeler 6) and Lakeman. Bloodicorth9s Homer in Ninth Saves Bucs MIAMI BEACH, Fla, (P) Jimmy Bloodworth's ninth-inning homer with the bases loaded and one out gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, of the International League. The Orioles were leading, 1 to 0, going into the ninth and seemed certain to capture their second triumph over the Pirates.

But an error, a single and a double steal produced the tying run and set the stage for Blood-worth's game-winning hit, a tremendous 375-foot wallop that cleared the left-field fence. Baltimore fl 001 OOO OOO 1 7 1 Pittsburgh OOO OOO 0055 8 1 Waldt. Hooks 4). Lowrej (7) and l.enn. Kettle 6: HaUett.

Bonham BAHB 7 and Klottz. (1). A's Edge Braves, 3-2, on Hundley's Triple WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (P) Gene Handley exploded a two-run triple against the right-field wall in the fifth inning and the Philadelphia Athletics went on to defeat the Boston Braves, 3 to 2. Handley's blast scored Eddie Joost, who opened the inning with a walk, and Hank Majeski, who had singled.

Handley then crossed on a squeeze play executed by Elmer Valo. Warren Spahn was the object of the A's outburst and the losing pitcher. Boston (X) OOO 001 OOO 4 Phila. (A) OOO 030 OOv 3 4 1 SPAHN. Lan Franeonl (flt and Padret.

Brady 6: DIETRICH. Savage 4). Me-Cahan (7) and Rosar. Matryn 6). Walker Sets Billiard Mark Leslie Walker defeated Bob Becker, 50 to 16, in a city championship three cushion billiard match.

He established a city record for tournament play when he needed only 40 innings to complete the rout. In another match, Otis Birdsall defeated Bob Lewis, 50 to 47, in 76 innings. THE STANDINGS HR JO 6 ti ft 8 ft Ankrom Ii Palmer I Davis ft Walker A Lewis 4 Beeker 4 Hirdsall Bercherm 1 Flek A 4 4 5 7 8 WEDNESDAY'S MATCH Ankrom vs. Walker, 8 p. m.

that novices rarely have In their arsenaL He dropped Sule twice, once in the first round and again in the third, but each time his foe bobbed up without a count. Late in the slugfest Sule rocked McCormick with a stiff right. The final bell found both boys slugging, toe to toe. Rdy Mendez scored the first victory of the tournament when he outpointed Robert Lawrence in a fast scrap. Mendez piled up points with a bruising body attack in the last two rounds.

TOURNAMENT eliminations will continue Tuesday night at the CYO Center, Mack and Maxwell. Steincr Looms as Tiger Choice at 2nd over Mayo BY LYALL SMITH LAKELAND. TILE NIGHT WHEN William Evans spent four hours in the parlor of the Steiner home in Washington, D. he didn't realize that he was signing the player who now looms as the regular Tiger second baseman for 1947. At that time, 1940, Evans was chief scout for the Boston Red Sox.

The 18-year-old Washington high school athlete who signed NEW YORK (AP) Utah's Cinderella kids won the National Invitation basketball tournament, outlasting the defending champion Kentucky Wildcats, 49 to 45, with a great exhibition of skill and stamina in the rip-roaring final before 18,467 fans at Madison Square Garden. Using only six players, four of whom went the entire 40 minutes, the underdog Redskins who came into the tournament unheralded No Decision by Chandler MacPhail-Dodger Hearing to Continue SARASOTA. Fla. OP) Baseball Commissioner A. B.

(Happy) Chandler said he would reserve decision on the defamation charges brought by President Larry MacPhail, of the New York Yankees, against top-rank Brooklyn Dodger officials until he had time to study the evidence presented at Monday's official hearing. The announcement came after Chandler had heard testimony from a long list of witnesses relative to MacPhail's accusations against President Branch Rickey and Manager Leo Durocher, of the Dodgers. The list was headed by two of the principals, MacPhail and Durocher. MAKING IT PLAIX that the hearing was not closed, Chandler said he would hold a private meeting with MacPhail and Rickey next Friday at St. Petersburg, to give the Dodger head an opportunity to state his case.

Rickey, regarded as the chief defendant, was unable to attend the hearing, having left Havana for Lucasville, O. Sunday to attend the funeral services of his brother-in-law, John Moulton. In addition to MacPhail and Durocher, Chandler interrogated Part Owner Dan Topping and Coaches Charley Dressen and John (Red) Corriden, of the Yankees; Harold Parrott, traveling secretary of the Dodgers; Augie Galan, outfielder of Cincinnati Reds, who formerly played with' the Dodgers, and Ted McGrew, ex-Dodger scout now with the Pittsburgh Pirates. None would divulge what had taken place during the four-and-a-half-hour hearing. Rangers Triumph The Edgewater Rangers chalked up their third straight victory in the Michigan Amateur Roller Hockey League, defeating River Rouge, 5 to 3.

Grandale defeated Arcadia, 6 to 3. OLYMPIA judges, but he won by a slim margin. Mead opened his fistic career in Grand Rapids. He is an aggressive THE COMPLETE CARD Sonny Horne, Niles, vs. Pete Mead, Grand Rapids, 10 rounds at 160 pounds.

Jackie Thompson, Detroit, vs. Vern Mitchell, Detroit, 6 rounds at 210 pounds. James Toney, Detroit, vs. Buddy Hotnett, Detroit, 5 rounds at 160 pounds. Eddie Hill, Detroit, vs.

Normie Butt, Detroit, 4 rounds at 160 pounds. Johnny Doddo, Detroit, vs. Denny Martin, Highland Park, 4 rounds at 140 pounds. rounds the exact figures on Hank's one-year Pirate contract, it defi nitely surpasses Babe Ruth's the previous all-time high. A good guess could be in the neighborhood of $100,000 and a take-home pay, after taxes have been deducted, of about $45,000.

"SO, I'M ALL washed up?" Hank asked with feeling. He obviously has been "burned up" by stories intimating he was with Pittsburgh merely to go through the motions on a part-time basis. "Look In the record books and see how many men played more games than I did last year," he said. "Only one player was in more games for Detroit. I played 142 games, hit 41 home runs and collected 316 total bases.

"Sure I was discouraged several times early last season, but get this straight. I never did talk about quitting during the season. "I thought for a time 1946 was going to be my last year, but I changed my mind or maybe you'd better say Mr. Galbraith (club treasurer) helped me change my mind. As far as this Pittsburgh thing is concerned, it's strictly a one-year deal.

"MY CONTRACT contains no bonus clause, no performance clause, and I have made no commitments for another season. We'll let that take care of itself. I do want to stay in baseball, but just where and how I don't know now. "No, I did not ask for any stock in the Pittsburgh club nor was any offered to me. In fact, I turned down a chance to put some money in the Pirates before Frank McKinney and his associates bought the franchise.

"I'd like to get another thing straight, too. I never went to the Detroit management in mid-season and asked them to tear up my old contract and insert that clause calling for $20,000 if I should be sold or released. "That was part of the original deal I made when I signed with George Trautman last spring." Speed's Thing on Arena Mat Flash Gordon needed only 11 seconds to defeat Joe Christy in the main wrestling match at Arena Gardens. Gordon used a dropkick to take the first fall in five seconds and repeated the kick to win the match six seconds later. Louis Klein and Bert Ruby downed Red Vagonne and Chick Garibaldi in the Australian tag team bout.

Hal Chaundy drew with Eddie Balbo in the other preliminary. DiMagtoQuit Hospital Soon BALTIMORE (JP) Joe Di-Maggio tried his weight on his injured left heel, and Johns Hopkins physicians said he probably will be discharged from the hospital Wednesday. The New York Yankee slugger has been recuperating from a skin graft performed by Dr. Edward M. Hanrahan, Hopkins plastic surgeon, to close a wound left by removal of a bone spur on the heel.

Hockey NATIONAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS GF GA Pts. Montreal 33 16 10 189 138 78 Toronto 31 19 10 209 173 72 Boston 26 23 11 190 175 63 DETROIT 23 27 11 190 193 65 New York 22 32 6 164 186 00 Chicago 19 37 4 193 274 42 a Bosox contract for $2,500 was Ben Steiner. The reason he looms as Tiger second baseman right now is that Eddie Mayo, No. 1 candidate for the job, appears to be unable to play the position. It isn't easy to say that Mayo is through, but it's an undeniable fact that the likeable clean-cut infielder is not the Eddie Mayo of 1945.

He stoutly insists that he has completely recovered from his spinal operation. Yet his efforts thus far this spring have been far below the standard required for an American League second baseman. When Evans acquired Steiner's contract from Atlanta for a 60-day tryout a month STEINER POTENTIAL CHAMPIONS Sluggers Steal Show in CYO Boxing Meet Mead, Home Seek Edge ago, he had in mind the fact that Ben would be a valuable "insurance" player because of his speed on the bases and the fact that he also plays third or short. Ben Has Championship Habit THE STORY OF STEINER is an odd one. Every season he has played professional baseball he has played with a championship team.

At least part of the season, that is. After he signed with Boston in '40 he was sent to Canton, of the Middle Atlantic League, at the end of June, 1941, and hit .323 to help that team win its flag. In '42 he went to Greensboro in the Piedmont League as a utility man and was a teammate of Dave (Boo) Ferriss on another pennant winner. The next summer he moved up to Scranton and was made a regular second baseman by Manager Nemo Liebold simply because, as Steiner bluntly puts it, "there were three other shortstops and they all were better than I was." After Scranton won its flag he moved on to Louisville in '44, hit .316 and went into the Little World Series with that team when it had won the American Association playoffs. Part-Time Performer icith Bosox IN 1945 THE RED SOX brought him up to the big time to replace Bobby Doerr, who had been called to service.

He teamed up with Eddie Lake, Johnny Fesky'a replacement as shortstop, to Turn to Page 11, Column 2 Sonny Home, of New York, and Pete Mead, formerly of Grand Rapids, will stage the "rubber" match of their boxing rivalry when they meet in Olympia's main attraction Friday night. Home, a stubby infighter, will attempt to strengthen his claim as a top contender for the middleweight championship. He took a split decision from Mead in their first encounter in New York's Madison Square Garden. HORXE IS aggressive and is at his best when trading punches from close-in. Mead reversed the first decision when he met Home at Olympia several weeks ago.

He gained a slight nod from the Mark down the name of Mike McCormick in your future book in the CYO boxing tournament. The youngster looked like a potential champion as he slugged out a decision over Charles Sule in a pier six brawl that brought a prolonged ovation from the crowd of approximately 800 in the CYO's opening tourney show at the CYO Community Center. McCORMICK, a Free Press carrier who arrived in this country from Glasgow, Scotland, less than four months ago, had to be good to beat Sule, a rugged fighter who never quit moving forward. What distinguished McCormick was a good left hook, a weapon.