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DETROIT FHEE rRESS Monday. A up. .19. 1W0 SO IT'S NO GOLD FOR U.S. warn Protest Reflected .1 M-r .0 Umpire: HRs You're Right, Doesn't Count Box Scores i Page 36 AMM itMf Pntt finals at the Olympics.

On top of the loss of the women's springboard diving title, this sent America off to a limping start in its battle with Russia for unofficial team honors. The federation flatly rejected an American protest over award of first place to John Devitt of Australia over Lance Larson of El Monte, in the 100-meter event. The ROME UD The International Swimming Federation Sunday slapped down the United States in a decision that cost a gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming Americans claimed that Larson won by inches. YANKEE athletes took this as a symptom of what they feel is an anti-American attitude at the games. "It was a bad deal I think I won," said Larson.

"It looks like we need to be in front by miles to get anywhere," said a high American Olympic official. American tempers matched the sizzling Roman heat as the thermometer rose above 90 degrees again and athletes took Sunday off. With six events completed, and the strong events of both Russia and the United States still to come, the unofficial point score stands at: Germany 34, Italy 30, United States 17, Russia 14, Netherlands 14, Great Britian 14, Australia 12. The awarding of the gold medal to Devitt instead of Larson touched off a furious controversy that resulted in the forma 1 Turn to Page 34, Column 1 Tigers Gain Split In Battle of EEs BROTHER-SISTER TALK John B. Kelly, United States Olympic rower chats with his famous sister, Princess Grace of Monaco, at the Olympic Village in Rome Sunday during day off from competition.

Kelly is wearing an overseas plug for the Philadelphia family's business brick and construction work. The Baltimore Orioles moved into sei ond place in the American League Sunday by CI icago, 3-1, as the White had a thref- run homer callc back. The Orioles, rylng to tris-ger a new lo the top, sr two games be) ind the New York Yankees. The White arc now three garnet off the pare. In other American League action, the Be ton Red Sox won a doul lehe ider from the Kansas Cit A' 2-1, 5-4, and the Cleveland Ir.dians clubbed the Washington Senators, 9-1.

Chicago nana rer Al Lopez announced the V-rhite Sox are protesting ti gj'ne as a result TRAINER 'PEPPED UP' DANE Cyclist Was Drugged 9 Homers Hit in Bill With Yanks Detroit Wins, 6-2, Then Tumbles, 8-5 of the eigMh-ir ning play in jwhich pinch-hittT Ted Klus-Izewskl slamined i Milt Pappa lation. It is called ronicol. I got the prescription from my doctor." A Danish pharmacist said that ronicol is used for elderly people with blood circulation difficulties. In Denmark it may ne obtained only as pills and on a doctor's prescription. Aktuelt said editorially that "as ronicol is given only to elderly people with blood circulation difficulties, it must be considered highly irresponsible that the trainer ordered this remedy under the given circumstances.

pitch into th! rig field bleachers with two abo THIRD BSP; umpire Ed Hurley erased thi play by an nouncing hn hs 1 called "no before the delivery. COPENHAGEN (UPI) The Danish newspaper Ak-tuelt Sunday quoted Oluf Jorgensen of the Danish Olympic cycling team as saying that Knud Jensen received a drug before his death Friday. Jorgensen was quoted by Aktuelt as saying that he had given ronicol to Jensen before the 100-kilometer cycling race in which Jensen collapsed. He described ronicol as a drug which intensifies blood circulation. Jensen toppled from his cycle during the race and died shortly afterward in a 1 'C Hurley said he slopped play to tell two Chicago players Earl Torgeson an 1 Floyd Robinson they were rot vi irming up in the proper area.

The White Soy. protested long and loud to no avail. Sec nd Venturi Pockets the baseman N'e'die ix was ejected between iniiingi for arguing with Hurley. Rome hospital. His death was Pappas Man I efttlng Early Wjnn In a piirhing battlw until the eighth.

He had given up only two hits and had retired 10 In a Iwfore Aparirlo ftingled with two out in the eighth. BY HAL. MIDDLESVVORTH FrM rrvss Staff Writer NEW YORK Home runs popped like Iowa corn in the August sun as the Tigers split a six hour, 25 minute double-h a de with the New York Yankees Sunday. Frank Boiling and Rocky Colavito coupled first-inning four-baggers to pave the way for a 6-2 Tiger triumph in the opener, with another sensational relief job by Hank Aguirre saving the decision for sore-armed Don Mossi. OZZIE VIRGIL.

Lou Berbe-ret and Steve Bilko slammed additional homers for the Tigers in the second game but Yankee power asserted itself, 8-5. with circuit wallops supplied by Dale Long, John Blanchard, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. Art Ditmar decisioned rookie Phil Regan in the nightcap, with late-i i help from Bobby Shantz in his 14th victory of the season and seventh In a row. This was the third straight doubleheader for the Yankees In a period of 50 hours and 20 minutes an ordeal which was supposed to shake Big Money MILWAUKEE (UPI) Ken Venturi, after holding first place or a piece of it for three rounds, turned in his fourth straight sub-par round Sunday to win the $30,000 Milwaukee Open with a nine-under-par 271. Venturi, 29.

of Palo Alto, shot a final-round one-under-par 69 to collect $4,300 first money. and Roy Singles by Fix J- y. 4. i I 1 T. attributed to heatstroke.

JORGENSEN returned to Copenhagen Sunday with other members of the cycling team. All denied taking pep pills or stimulants. Preben Z. Jensen, leader of the Danish Olympic cycling team, confirmed Jorgensen's statement in a report to the Danish Road Biking Union. Jensen told the union the trainer had given team members a stimulant prior to the race.

Two other Danish cyclists B. Horgensen and Vagn Bangsborg also collapsed in the fatal race. Horgensen still is hospitalized In Rome, but Bangsborg returned to Copenhagen Sunday. JORGENSEN said he had "only given the boys a remedy which intensified blood circu PHOTO FINISH stirs up Olympic ruckus Lance Larson (bottom) of the United States and Australia's John Devitt are shown as they finish the 100-meter men's freestyle final. Devitt was awarded the gold medal by the judges.

United States officials claimed electronic timers showed Larson the winner. The victory gave Venturi a total of $41,800 in winnings this year and put him in second place among top 1960 money winners beyond Arnold Palmer. Palmer picked up $1,850 for his third-place tie and raised his winnings to $75,400. Billy Turn to Ttge Id, Column 5 Indians Lose Bell for '60 WASHINGTON A shoulder ailmert has sidelined Gary Bell, 23-i'5ar-old Cleveland Indians' righthander, for the remaindsr of the season. Bell's injjry vas (Jiagnose.1 earlier by the tr physician as an inflamed terion.

He started tlv second game against the Yankees Saturday, but had to quit at the end of the first inning. BLISTERS HIS TEAM Casper picked up $3,000 for sec ond place. Barnuin Wins 3rd State Open 68 Finish Gives Him Stroke Victory Km Venturi Bill Coer Jr. Soto Goalby Arnold Pilmtr Fred Hawktnt Mason Rudolpn Jonn Pott John McMullix Td Krnll Art Walt Jr ---j --70-4 74 $-70-70 174 70-7t 17J 7-f-t-rt-I7S 71 174 70-47 71-574 7-t-7--J77 Indians 'Mad? At SelvesDykes NEW YORK After three weeks as manager of the Cleveland Indians, Jimmie Dykes has decided the Tigers Ken Venturi "steers" putt their hold on the American League lead. Instead, they wound up with five victories in six games to lead the second-place Baltimore Orioles by two games and third-place Chicago by three.

At the outset of the bulging weekend, they had a one-game margin. ALTHOUGH he failed to con 1 weren't so bad after all. In fact, the veteran skipper BY JACK BERRY who "traded" jobs with Joe John Barnum won his third nect for a home run, Al Kaline staged quite a show for the Gordon Aug. 3, would prefer It's Emerson And Fraser Michigan Open championship almost any team to the Indians 47,971 fans who turned out in whose antics are the talk of Sunday, coming back from a 85-degree weather. the American League.

The willowy Tiger collected two-over-par iz morning round with a two-under 68 in tnree hits in each game, one a three-bagger over Mantle's Few managers have ever blistered a team the way Dykes attacked his own players as they left here after losing four the afternoon for a one stroke victory. head, and raised his average from .246 to .256 in the course Barnum squeezed past Detroit Golf Club assistant 'pro Eldon Briggs and Washtenaw's in a row to the New York Tan kees. of the day. He failed to reach base only once on nine trips to the plate, walking once and reaching first on an error another time. Tom Talkington with a 70-67 -I'VE NEVER seen anything 72-68 277 string.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (UPI) Australians Neale Fraser and Roy Emerson won their second consecutive National Doubles tennis crown Sunday, whipping fellow countrymen Rod Laver and Bob Mark, 9-7, 6-2, 6-4. It marked the ninth time in 12 years the United States title has gone to Australia. Wimbledon doubles queen Darlene Hard and Maria Bueno gave the United States some solace by racing to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Ann Haydon and Deidre Catt of England, to capture the women's doubles like it in my life," the ex-Tiger They were the only three to break par for the tournament The big crowd gave Aguirre a roaring ovation for his dra IT HAS BEEN a big week for the big hitter from Grand matic rescue effort in the first game. Rapids' Blythefield Country Aguirre was summoned with Club.

the bases loaded and one out in Last Sunday Barnum teamed the eighth inning as the Yan kees threatened the Tigers' four-run lead. The southpaw, who has been nursing a stiff neck for a week. Detroit Just Couldn't Lose promptly fanned Roger Maris manager told Dick Young of the New York Daily News. "This isn't a team; it's a bunch of individuals. "I've never seen so many men who want to fight the umpires.

I tell them to let me handle the umps; but they won't listen. "Everybody on the team is mad mad at himself; mad at somebody else. Dykes said that would be bad enough if the Indians knew how to play baseball but they don't. "They make the same mistakes, same bad plays all the time," he said. "You can't tell them anything; I've tried and they won't listen." FRANK LANE, the Indians' Turn to Page 36, Column 1 and Gil McDougald, both in pinch-hitting roles.

LANSING Msgr. Hunt went with his club champion, Jim Taylor, to win the state Pro-Am at Midland. The two titles were worth $1,100 to Barnum. $750 for the Open and $350 for the Pro-Am. Barnum admittedly played poorly Sunday morning at Lakepointe and lost his lead with Talkington moving ahead of the field by a single stroke.

IX THE afternoon he was one up at the end of the ninth hole, thanks to birdies on seven through five games undefeated. AFTER RAPPING his first beating Cardinal Mercier, 3-1, hit of the season in the top of the ninth, he stuck around to in the all-Detroit finals of the Knights of Columbus state soft- retire the Yankees in order on ball tournament Sunday. their final turn fanning Bob Cerv and Mantle. Hank wasn't quite as success Ted Czak pitched the finale and two other tournament wins for Msgr. Hunt, and Cabanaw drove in two runs with a homer ful in the second game, when he Turn to Page 86, Column 7 A 1 Mi.iinli.illri mm ill rni III null Lmi Im mil 1 iii'iln 111 11 111, and single in the payoff game GANT OF NEW HAVEN most-preferred by men with an eye to tradition and to impeccable style and fabric and eight, but bogied the 11th.

He birdied the 16th with a five-footer, and needed only two pars to win. Big John nearly birdied the par-5 17th. His 18-footer hung on the lip of the cup. On the 18th, he landed his 8-iron approach 12 feet to the left of the flag, and tapped in his second putt. He won his first State Open There probably isn't a shlrtmalcer in America who understands traditional tastes as well as Gant.

And it's perfectly apparent in everything they tailor. May we call your attention to these, from a splendid selection, in sizes 1 4'2-' 'iv 32-35 sleeve. Lions Cripple Three Steelers PITTSBURGH Injuries may prevent three Pittsburgh Steeler starters from seeing action Friday night in an exhibition football game with the world champion Baltimore Colts at Miami. Fullback John Henry Johnson and linebacker Rudy Hayes sustained sprained ankles and guard Mike Sandusky hurt his kidney last Thursday as the Steelers lost, 13-7, to the Detroit Lions. in 1951 at Western and took his second two years ago at Atlas Valley.

THE NEW champion is a native of Edinburg, and (from top to bottom) Madras weave in candy ttripet of blus, gry and tan. Button-down collar Orford button-down in the new linen thada, a perfect complement to the oliva tones he is Texas-sized 6-feet-3ii 6s" 5s5 7" 595 and 225 pounds. 5 Barnum has been in Michigan brown, gold and grean. Gingham stripe oirford Button-down collar 4- a aozen years, an ai isiyine- blue and field. Before turning pro 13 years ago he was a golf equipment salesman.

Bamboo twill in stripes of Button-down collar C)r 1 rtd of court we'll monogram your Gnt thirf tr of chrq Harry Suffrln His Last Throw A Douhle Ringer! Henry Freeman hit for a double ringer on his last throw Sunday to capture the Michigan Amateur horseshoe pitching championship at Chandler Park. Freeman defeated Tom Ball, 54-44, to advance to the Midwestern championships next weekend at Dayton. Except for a nudge on the 12th green in the morning there would have been a sudden-death playoff between Barnum and Briggs. The 50-year-old Briggs was three under par for the round going to the 12th, a 207-yard par-3. He poked his tee shot Turn to Page 34, Column 3 ALL 9 STORES OPEN MONDAY NIGHT TO CASH IN ILND Tiger first baseman Norm Cash Is an easy out for Yankee catcher Elston Howard after being caught between third and home in Sunday's first game.

Cash overran third on Charlie Maxwell's double. SHELBY STATE EASTLAND CENTER LINCOLN PARK MACK i MOROSS WONDERLAND CENTER WOODWARD AT MONTCALM WESTB0RN CENTER NORTHLAND CENTER GRAND RIVER GREENFIELD.

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