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UNUSUAL SCOUTING CLAUSE BOOSTS SALARY rf i l- S- VI 1-1 1 1 i X-a Doak for $27,500 Sigms o- I. 11 Saturday, July 30, 1955 er's contractual negotiations is this: He will receive $20,000 for playing this season. He wanted $32,000. But in addition to 20 grand for his swan-song as a football star, he will be paid $2,500 a year through 1958 as a special Detroit scout in Texas. That means the 28-year-old Walker ACTUALLY will re-reive a $7,500 bonus, plus his $20,000, salary, to be paid over a three-vear period a total of $27,500.

Such a special bonus arrangement is nothing new for the colorful little halfback who The talented Texan agreed to terms Friday when he telephoned General Manager Nick Kerbawy from Dallas. He will fly here this weekend to sign one of the most unusual contracts in pro football history. THE IN SIDE story on Walk BY LYALL SMITH Free Prn Bxtrta I' it or Halfback Doak Walker will play his final season of football for the Lions this year. And then he will bo paid by the Detroit Football Co. in 1956.

1957 'and 1958 for NOT playing HIS HIT SNAPS Dropo Once More Paces Chisox, 5-2 Free Press Wire Services WASHINGTON Walt Dropo, one of the Chicago White Sox batting stars in their climb to first place, delivered a Nixon Cools Off Tigers -With Four-Hitter, 5 to 0 DOAK WALKER Lions' offer OK with Doak FORD CLOUTS Sifs-S;" y-AAf'yyyS'iy im -yytVl Mifi t'y i "yyyy- '''-rf yyyyy' yy-yyy Yanks Edge KC On Collins Hit, 3-2 NEW YORK (U.R) Joe Collins pinch single with two out in the eighth inning gave the New York Yankees a 3-2 victory over Kansas City Friday night and kept them within two percentage points of the first-place White Sox in the torrid American League pennant race. Collins' blow, struck off for- scored .438 points for the Lions since he joined them in 1950. While his current arrangement is not quite what he wanted, he lowered his demands for a salary and bonus amounting to $32,000 when the Lions refused to meet his figure. The final agreement actually amounted to a compromise by both parties. The Lions had offered him a flat salary, with no bonuses' of any $24,000.

He countered with a demand for a flat salary of $25,000, plus bonus agreements of an additional $7,000. HE SETTLED for the $20,000 figure, plus $7,500 to be paid him over a three-year period after he winds up the current season which he says "definitely is my last one Walker, one of the greatest collegiate tars of the century, signed with Detroit after completing a sensational career at Southern Methodist University. Fresh out of college with all kinds of football awards hanging over him he negotiated his original pro contract with an experienced hand. He was worth every cent he cost maybe more. In addition to first professional football salary, he asked for and received an additional sum amounting to around $7,000 a year for three years from the exhibition Same the Lions played in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas.

IT WAS WALKER who arranged that game. He opened the Southwest to touring pro teams and the Lions still are cashing in on that deal. When his original three-year Cotton Bowl pact expired in 1953, the Lions arranged another bonus setup for him to make up for the money he would not receive any more from the Cotton Bowl exhibition game. That bonus was based on the earnings ef the Detroit Football Co. It turned into a lucrative deal for the Doaker and the Lions.

Take last year: His contract called for around $17,000. He wound up making close to $24,000. When the Lions contacted him in Dallas last February to Turn to Page 13, Column 6 mer-Teammate iom uoiman Kansas City's ace reliefer, scored Mickey Mantle from third base with the run that snapped a 2-all tie. SOUTHPAW Whitey Ford pitched five-hit ball and appeared to be both the pitching and batting star of the contest when he walloped the first homer of his major league carter off Kansas City Starter Vic Raschi to put the Yankees ahead, 2 to 1, in the seventh. Enos (Country) Slaughter, another ex-Yankee, promptly tied the score again in the bottom of the eighth When he homered while batting for Raschi.

LITTLE GAL AND (JUY with big golf games Pete Sweeney, of the Department of Parks an.l Recreation, presents trophies to Judy Grimes, li, and Tommy Grace, 14, after they paced the annual Free Press Junior Golf School citywide tournament. KANSAS CITY NEW YORK AR AR Pnwer.lb tin Noren.rf.lf 4 Renna.rf 4 I 4 l.nrman.n Mantle.ef 3 1 Zrrnial.lf 4 0 1 Berra.e .1 rPalarski skowron.lb 4 1 4 On- Rauer.rf WiUon.ef II Orr.lf 3 Shantz.r ollin.lb 1 Lnpei.3b 4 I 4 lolcman.ss AKtroth.e 1 Ford.p 3 1 10 0 Ratehi.p 1 1 111 Totals 31 3 a Total SO 3 WITH RECORD Junior Champion Keeps Golf Title aStrork out for Atroth in eighth. bHomered for Kasehi in eiithth. eRan for Zernial in ninth. dSinisled for Cerv in eiKhth.

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Collins. Sknwron. Noren. 3B Renna. HR Slaughter.

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New York T. BB Rarhi 4. Ford 3. Sll Rasehi 3. man 1, Ford 7.

HO Rasehi 5 in 7: l.orman 3 in I. R-KR Raschi 3-3, l.orman 1-1. Ford 3-1. Ford (13-51. tiorman (5-3).

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Cardinals Set Area Try outs The St. Louis Cardinals will conduct a tryout camp for players 17 to 23 yeats old au Monroe, Cairn's Field Aug. 1-2. Tryouts also will take place at Port Huron's Memorial Stadium Aug. 4-5.

VVorkouts will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. BY MARSHALL DANX Tommy Grace used record-setting emphasis defending his City Junior golf title. TIE ninth-mning single Friday night to break up a tie and start a three-run rally which beat the seventh-place Washington Senator, 5 to 2. Husky Virgil (Fire) Trucks kept six hits well scattered in notching his 10th victory and safe-guarding first place which the White Sox took over from the Yankees Thursday. DROPO, a standout since the All-Star game, obtained tliree of Chicago's nine hits off Pedro Ramos and Camilo Pascual.

I He broke the 2-2 tie in the-I ninth when he singled across Nelson Fox, who had singled and moved to second when Jim Busby grounded out. Jim Rivera followed with his second double to chase the 20- year-old" Ramos. Pascual pur- posely passed Sherman Lol-lar to fill the bases, then fanned Pinch-Hitter Gil Coan, but Bobby Adams singled off First Baseman Mickey Vernon's glove to score two runs. With his three hits, Dropo lifted his season average to .300. He has batted .403 in 18 games since the All-Star game break, batting across 20 runs.

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ernon. Ilropo, Adams 3. Ora- Rivera 3. Valdivielso, Runnels. Minoso, Rivera.

SF Carrasquel. DP Vernon, aldivielso and Vernon. LB Chiraco 5, Uasliincton 5. BB Truck 1. Pascual t.

Ml Trucks 5, Pascual 3. HO Ramos 8 in Pascual I in R-KR Trucks 3-3. Ramos 5-4. PB Courtney, Trucks (10-6). Ramos (3-3).

Grieve. Stevens, Rice, N'app. 3:03. A 5.54 1. Roiity to Coach CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

(P) Paul Ronty, former National Hockey League center, Friday, was named assistant hockey coach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. AND SATURDAY featured in Hughes Hatcher's 90th -Semi-Annual Storewide Clearance 70 Friday in The lanky 14 -year-old U-D High sophomore shot a one-under-par 70 at Palmer Park in the tournament which climaxed the giant Free Press Junior Golf School. He won by five strokes in the field of 127 finalists, 31 of which won trophies. TOMMY WAS joined on the throne by Judy Grimes, 14, a ninth-grader at Southfield High. Judy took the Girls' title with a nine-hole score of 50.

In becoming the first boy to win the championship twice, Tommy broke two scoring records and tied another with his sparkling 32-38 70 on the par 35-36 71 layout. The 70 was 13 strokes under the record set by Dave Dawson in 1953; the three-under-par 32 established a tournament record on the front 'nine; and his 38 matched the back-nine record set by Conrad Kozlin-ski, 1952 champion. "I blew it on the back nine HOMER SKATING STAR Barbara Ann Scott is leaving the Hollywood Ice Revue to marry Tommy King. Show manager Ludols Kasebauni said they would make a formal anil cement of their wedding plans in Toronto Tuesday. King, director of publicity for the King Chicago Stadium Sports Enterprises, is the son of Dean Tom King, of Michigan State University, and played basketball for the University of Michigan in 1944.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY 4 ft v- I ja A i VI 4 1 uniting Rapped In Fifth Detroit Drops Behind 4th Place BY HAL MIDDLES WORTH I'm Press Staff Writer BOSTON The best Tiger tamer in the business did it again Friday 'night. Willard Nixon hurled a four-hitter and the rampant Boston Red Sox carried off a 5-0 decision before 32,631 as the teams opened a series which may settle the Tigers' first-division ambitions. FOR NIXON, who gained his 10th victory against five losses, it was eight out of the last nine over the Tigers and 12 out of 16 since he joined the Bosox in 1950. Bll Tuttle whacked out two the safeties off Nixon a double which glanced off the foot of Shortstop Billy Klaus In the seventh inning, and a single with two out in the ninth. The other blows were more tainted, a first-inning single by leadoff man Harvey Kuenn.

which caromed off Klaus' glove when he was caught out of position, and a bloop single by Harry Malmberg in the third. Nixon fanned only one batter, clumping Al Kaline, but didn't walk any as he became the sixth hurler to whitewash the Tigers this year. NIXON'S ULTRA performance, giving the Red Sox a 3Vj-game cushion in the battle for fourth place and dropping the Tigers 62 games out of first, overshadowed some promising but spotty pitching by Jim Bun-ning and Paul Foytack. They were touched for nine hits. Running taking his second defeat against one win, although fanning five in five innings.

Foytack added four more strikeouts in his three rounds of relief. The Red Sox used a little of everything, from Ted Williams' 17th home run to wild pitch by Bunning to score their five runs. WILLIAMS homered in the first inning for the only run the Red Sdx needed. Three more runners crossed the plate in a fifth-inning outburst which included three singles, a sacrifice, two walks, two errors and Bunning's wild pitch. Grady Hatton started it with a hit and Jimmy Piersall beat out a bunt for another single.

When Ray Boone's low throw nailed past first, Hatton raced to third. He scored on a single by Nixon. and when Bunning fell while fielding Billy Goodman's sacri- fio Vinnt the hassos werp loaded with none out. WHILE KLAUS was batting, Bunning wild-pitched Piersall i home and Nixon followed a little later when Jackie Jensen grounded out. Bunning finally wiggled out of the inning with the bases stil! loaded, but turned it over to Foytack in the sixth.

Foytack was nicked for the other run in the eighth when he issued a bases-loaded pass to Goodman, scoring Zauchin, who had singled for his first hit in 20 times at bat. As a result of his hitless night, Kaline's league-leading average ank to .352. He is hitting .261 the All-Star game. AB BITHN Knenn.ss 4 Tultle.rf I Kaline, rf 4 3 Ph ps.lb I Ronnc'Ib 3 Helsinc.lf 3 Hoiise.e 3 3 nunninic.n K. Phillips I Fovtack.p bMaxwell 1 Goodmn.3b 3 Klaus illlams.lf Jensen.

rf Zauchin, lb hite.e Hatton. 3b Piersail.cf Nixon, Totals 39 4 Total 31 5 9 Grounded out for Bunninr in sixth bflird out for rotack in ninth. TIKTROIT OOO OOO oo Boston 1 0 0 0 3 0 I 3 Boone. Bunnint. RBI Williams.

'ixon. Jensen, Goodman. 3B Goodman, Tuttle. HR Williams. Running.

Goodman. UP Klaus. Goodman and Zauchin: Kuenn and Torreson. LB lle-froit 3. Boston 9.

BB Bunninr 4. Foytack 3. SO Rumiine 5. Foytack 4. ivon 1.

HO Bunninr 5 in 5 inninrs: Foitack in 3. K-ER Bunninr 4-3. Fo.ttack 1-1. Nixon O-O. WP Bunninr.

Nixon (1(1-51. Bunninr (1-31. I Panarella. Honochick. I moot, Rommel.

A 33.631. One in Bag Mickey Katlin captured his first 30-lap hardtop feature race if the season Friday night at Flat Rock Speedway before 2,701. i I again," Tommy sadly reported as ne checked in at the score-: board. Garcia Keeps Tribe On Trail 7-1 Wertz, Evers Pace Route of Baltimore BALTIMORE (JP) Former Orioles Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers helped bat the Cleveland Indians to 7-1 victory over a 1 i Friday night as Mike Garcia scored his first nine inning pitching triumph since Jflne 24. In all.

Cleveland hammered 15 hit off fnrmpr Indian Hurlers Bill Wight and Ted Gray to hand the Orioles their 10th loss in their last 11 games. GARCIA, who had started 20 1 and finished only three prior to Friday night, was the first Cleveland hurler to go the route in the last 22 games. The four-hit victory was his seventh against 10 defeats. Evers, for whom the Orioles made a waiver exchange for Wight, the losing pitcher, doubled and singled and scored two runs. Al Smith was on base with a single when Wertz hit his homer in the seventh.

CLEVELAND BALTIMORE AH Mar.h. i 4 II I Dyrk 3 4 II II H. Sinilh.e 4 1-! Hierine-rf 0 aPope.ef .1 Miranda, II I II II I. rav.p II II II etlair 10 0 I II i I wrt.ib lhy.ef K.er.lf St'ekland, lleican.r Totals 37 7 15 Totals- 30 1 4 al. rounded out for Tlierinc in fifth.

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Hegan 3. WertK 3. Pope. 3B Kvers. Garcia.

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Miranda and TriandoV-. LB I'leveland 13. Baltimore 7. BTI (iarcia 4. Wieht 5.

Gray 3. SO Garcia Wieht 1. H(l Wirht 13 in 7: Gray 3 in 3. Wieht -5. Cray 1-1.

Garcia 1-1. PB Heean. Garcia (7-1(11. Wirht (0-3). 1 Summers.

Hurley. Soar, Runee. 3:36. A 11.899. Aussie Cup Team Leads MONTREAL (U.R) Australia's powerful Davis Cup team breezed to a 2-0 lead over Canada in the North American zone final Friday as Ken Rose-wall defeated Bob Bedard, 6-0, 6-1.

4-6, 6-2, and Rex Hartwig downed Lorne Main, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Saturday, Australia's doubles team of Lew Hoad and Hartwig will meet Canada's national champions, Bedard and Don Fon-tana, in what figures to be the deciding match of the best-of-five series. Waivers Asked On Majeski BALTIMORE, Md. (U.R) The Baltimore Orioles Friday asked for waivers on Infielder Hank Majeski. a veteran of 13 major league campaigns, in order to give him his unconditional i save many dollars on magnificent pure-silk and imported mohair suits by famous Major League Standings AMERICAN" LEAGUE Pet.

GB Chicago fiO fil 60 58 54 41 34 29 38 39 40 .612 .610 .600 .580 .545 .410 .343 .296 New York Cleveland Boston DETROIT 1 3 6'i 20 262 31 42 45 59 65 60 Kansas City Washington Baltimore FRIDAY'S RESULTS Boston 5, DETROIT 0. Sew York 3, Kansas City 2. Cleveland 7, Baltimore 1. Chicago 5, Washington 2- SATURDAY'S GAMES DETROIT at Boston Birrer (2-1) vs. Susce (5-4).

Chicago at Washington Pierc (1-6) or Harshman (6-6) vs. Stone (5-11). Cleveland at Baltimore- (9-9) vs. Wilson (7-11). Kansas City at New York Portocarrero (3-5) vs.

Kucks (7-4). NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. GB Brooklyn Milwaukee New York 69 56 53 32 44 49 52 55 53 56 64 .683 .560 .520 .500 .466 .464 .434 .372 134 16! i 18 "i Philadelphia nicagO 'St Ionis iCincinnatl ilf nitSOUrgn 48 45 43 38 22 25 FRIDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia 6, Chicago 4. Brooklj-n 5, St. Louis 4.

Cincinnati 16, Pittsburgh 5. Milwaukee 5, New York 2. SATURDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Friend (7-5) vs. Collum (8-5). New York at Milwaukee Hearn (10-10) vs.

Nichols (6-5). Philadelphia at Chicago Simmons (7-5) vs. Davis (5-5). Brooklyn at St. Louis (N) Newcombe (17-1) vs, Poholsky (4-5).

Gal Medalists Meet in Finals CHICAGO (U.R) Co-Medalist Carol Diringer, of Tiffin, apd 21-year-old Pat Lesser, of Seat tle, advanced to the finals of the 55th annual Women's Western Amateur golf tournament Fri day. Miss Diringer took a 4-and-3 triumph over Mary Patten Jans- sen, of Charlottesville, Va. Miss Lesser eliminated 17-year-old Anne Quast, Everett, 5 and 4. Score 1 I The reference was to his score last year when he shot 41-45 86 but slipped in a stroke ahead of two other rivals. This time he had six pars on three birdies on the East nine but mixed in a double-bogie and two bogies with his two birdies on the West "WITH, FIVE birdies I should have done about 67 or 68," Tommy moaned.

Member of a well- known Detroit golf, family (brother Joe, a Notre Dame freshman, is former District Junior champ). Tommy shot 74 two weeks' ago in the qualifying round of the men's Michigan Amateur meet. Tommy wasn't the only one in a record scoring mood. Tommy Law, 11. of Redford, shot a 37 for the best nine-hole total ever Even if there weren't many months of hot weather ahead you'd be smart to get one of these superb Wall St.

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charge for alterations into left. sale priced at MONTCALM NORTHLAND $89 posted in the Juvenile (age 9-11) class. The huge Junior Golf School, which offered free lessons to 1,313 students this summer, has had such an impact on scoring that four players broke Dawson's former 18-hole records. Gene Lesko. 14, a Country Club caddie from Cass Tech, shot 75 to take the Junior Open class and become runnerup to Grace.

Don Ciganek, 14, had 79; Bob Schulti, 14, an 80, and Chuck Farf, 14, an 81. There also were seven youngsters who broke 50 in the nine-hole classes. JUDY HELD a three-stroke edge over her nearest rivals in the Girls' divisions. Shirley Turner, 13, and Anita Smith, 14, tied in the Junior class (age 12-14) with 53s while 11-year-old Carol: Turn to Page 12, Column 2 WOODWARD AT NORTHLAND OPEN UNTIL 9 PM, 4sA ii.