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JACKIE SCORES ANOTHER BASEBALL FIRST DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday. Jan. 24, '62 Feller. Robinson in Mall of Fame BOSTON Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson, two of the most exciting players in baseball history, were voted into the Hall of Fame Tuesday. Feller, the former fireballer of the Cleveland Indians, won the honor by a landslide vote.

He was mentioned on 150 of the 160 ballots cast by 10-year members of the Baseball Writer's Association of America. Robinson, who broke the color line in baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, became the first Negro to be elected into the Hall of Fame when he pulled 124 votes. He pitched three no-hitters, one of them against the Tigers, to share the major league record with Cy Young and Lawrence J. Corcoran, an old-old timer who pitched for the Chicago National League club in the 1880's. Feller pitched his first no-hitter on opening day of the 1940 season against the Chicago White Sox.

It is the only opening-day no-hitter in the books. His second no-hitter came against the Yankees on April 30, 1946 and was, he said, the most satisfying of all his 266 victories. A vote of 120 was required for admittance. Seventy-seven players received mention with Sam Rice, the old Washington outfielder, finishing third in the balloting. He got 77 votes.

Feller and Robinson became the -first players to be elected to a in the Cooperstown Shrine since 1956, when Hank Greenberg, the great Detroit slugger, and Joe Cronin were accorded the laurel. Feller's nomination is the climax to a fabulous career which saw the Iowa farm boy establish some of the most sensational pitching records in the game's history. It was the game which proved that he was as brilliant as ever despite spending three years in the service during World War II. His record-tying no-hitter against the Tigers came on July 1, 1951. He beat the Detroiters by a 2-1 score, walking three and fanning five.

Feller pitched a dozen one-hitters, two of them against the Tigers. He set the major league mark for strikeouts when he fanned 18 Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader Who Can Eat? Jackie Robinson Family That Excited on Oct. 2, 193S, a record that has been since tied by Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Feller's greatest season was 1946. That was the year he struck out 348 batters to break Rube Waddell's old strikeout mark of 343 and again he set the mark against the Tigers, fanning five batters in the final contest of the season in Briggs Stadium.

Feller won 20 games on six occasions. His top year was 19-10 when he captured 27 games. He won 26 in 1946. Many veterans place him with such legendary pitchers as Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Young. Ted Williams, named by Feller as the greatest hitter he ever faced, batted only .270 against Rapid Robert.

Feller's final year was 1956 and he left the game with one great frustration: Despite his great record, he never won a World Series game. He got two tries in the 1948 series with the Boston Braves and was beaten both times. In 1954, he never made a pitch as the Indians lost four in a row to the New York Giants. STAMFORD, LT "It's hard to describe my feelings fully at this time. I am pleased and honored.

My family is so excited, no one wants to eat." This was Jackie Robinson, the first Negro to be elected to the Hall of Fame, speaking Tuesday after he got the news that he had been elected to the baseball shrine. "BASEBALL has afforded me a lot of wonder- i 1 4 JLyall Smith I II I ful things," Robinson said. "It offered me a chance to get a fine position in the business world for one thing. And now this a once in a lifetime thrill." The graying Robinson didn't know about his election to the Hall of Fame until he arrived home from his office. His wife, Rachel, and two of his children were at the door waiting to break the news when he stepped in the door.

Robinson said that the news came as a surprise to him. "Honestly it did," he chuckled. "I was out of town on a business trip and I just got back this afternoon. I guess I got my datefe mixed up because I didn't think the voting was until tomorrow." sr si i -On MSU to Miss Us 'Sports Gourmet' i ti THEY BADE FAREWELL to baseball in 1956, now Bob Feller (left) and Jackie Robinson are "back" for good as members of the Hall of Fame. The door to the fabled Hall opened Tuesday as the former Cleveland and Brooklyn heroes became the first players elected to the Cooperstown (N.Y.) shrine since 1956.

MSU's SPORTS PIONEER Ralph Young Dies ROBINSON" SPENT his en-, tire career with the Brooklyn Dodgers 10 seasons. He was the National League batting champion in 1949 with a mark of .342. In six straight seasons, he batted well over .300. He was chosen rookie of the year In 1947 and In his greatest achievment was named the XL's most valuable player in 1949. He was picked on six all-star teams.

OUTSPOKEN in his convictions, he created enemies among the opposition but won universal respect for his great desire, determination and ability. Leo Durochcr made the statement that summed up Robinson's career: "he could beat you more ways than any other player I ever saw." Robinson is an executive in a New York restaurant chain. the passing of the former MSU athletic director "a real loss to the Legislature and the people of Michigan." sponsible for the construction of all but one of the buildings in the vast Spartan athletic plant. i Ilia rta Vntkf fi tA nnw.nn The loss will be recognized The booming voice, the ponderous form have been stilled. Ralph Young is dead.

The man who built Michigan State University from an obscure college to a national sports power died at his home in East Lansing Tuesday, the victim of a heart attack. He was 72. tmtvi vu bile vaiiiuua more readily on the Michigan anned the tft State campus, where one of the gan fetate from a school of 1,700 in 1923, to one of the nation's finest sports plants and a thriving athletic program stand as monuments to the portly, friendly Young. In 32 years as athletic director at -Michigan State, Ynunjp inspired and was re- For the last five 'That Winds It Up' Fre Press Wir Services CLEVELAND "This winds up my baseball career," quipped Bob Feller when told he had been elected to the Hall of Fame. "Naturally, I'm happy about it.

But now it's almost as if I had nothing to look forward to. Except going to Cooperstown this summer." The Cleveland Indians hero reflected on his spectacular career. Two of his biggest days involved the Detroit Tigers 1 His first game upon return from the service. That day he beat Detroit, 4-2. 2 His performance against the Tigers in 1938, when he struck out 18.

nation's largest colleges and a leading member fo the Big Ten. He retired in 1954, following Michigan State's victory in the Turn to I'ase 26, Column 4 Young had served as a member of the State Legislate re. Gov. John B. Swainson called Ralph Young RIGHT, COACH? HUDSON'S STORE It's Great To Be a Winner THERE IS A STATUE of a legendary Spartan warrior overlooking the impressive athletic plant on the rolling campus of Michigan State University.

It towers lean, muscular and imposing as a symbol of State's athletic prowess. But there are those who feel it should be short, wear a wide grin, have a napkin tucked under its chin and carry a capacious pot So it would resemble Ralph Young. Ralph died Tuesday. Like no other man, he personified MSU and its sports program. He was athletic director for of his 72 years starting in 1923.

He coached everything. He planned, he built and he administered. He made countless friends for the once-little state college as it grew and prospered en route to its present status as one of the great universities. A big man physically was Ralph. Still in grade school at 13, he was so big then that he played with the high school football team down in Crown Point, Ind.

He played collegiate ball under Stagg at Chicago one year. Then there was a three-year football stint at Washington Jefferson as a fullback who twice led the East in scoring. Little known is the fact that he once played for Fielding II. Yost at the University of Michigan when he was all of 28 years old and three years graduated. One of his favorite stories, it went this way: It was 1918.

Ralph was in the Army signal corps training at U-M. "We had our own signal corps football team," he recalled one day a while back after stowing away one of his "little snacks" like a couple of slabs of prime beef with trimmings. Suiitlav Was a 25-Uiivk Ilav "YOST DROPPED BY one day and asked our commander if he could spare a couple of 200-pounders to help out his Wolverines. There was nothing wrong with it in those war days. Eligibility standards were pretty loose.

"I went over to old Ferry Field and Yost made me a tackle. I played against Syracuse, "Chicago and Michigan State. We won all of 'em. But I missed the last game, never did get my Michigan letter and here's why. There was a pro team in Detroit in those days, the Heralds, and after playing for Michigan on Saturday, Ralph would pick up 25 bucks on Sunday for playing pro ball unknown to Yost.

The week before the final game on the Michigan schedule, Ralph was standing on an Ann Arbor street corner waiting for the now-extinct inter-urban trolley which once connected the two cities. He carried a duffel-bag filled with his football uniform, helmet and pads included. Suddenly'Yost appeared en route to the corner drugstore to replenish his stock of cigars. "Where you going, Ralph Yost asked. "Visiting some friends in Detroit," Young stammered weakly.

"Like maybe the Detroit Heralds who are playing Youngstown this afternoon at Navin Field," Yost offered with a glance at the football gear. 'Jlimii OK. Start HE DIDN'T WAIT for an answer. The next week, he practiced Ralph hard real hard every day. But when the last game arrived on Saturday, Young never was called off the bench.

And when the list of letter-winners was called off, Ralph's name wasn't on it. "We laughed about it many times later," Ralph remembered. "But it taught me a lesson. Never try to play trick on your football coach. He's the one who thinks up trick plays not the player A master trencherman, round Ralph was a familiarly-welcome figure at Antoines, Arnauds, Bookbinders, Omar Khayams, Fisherman's Wharf, Millers, Ruby Foos all places in the land where food was fine and bountiful.

He was the kind of gourmet who would accept a menu, glance at it and hand it back to the waiter with the usual comment: "I see nothing objectionable start serving." Food was his one weakness. But even he paled the night they honored him at MSU when he retired as athletic director a few years back. At the close of an impressive testimonial to his MSU services, he was presented with a gigantic sandwich made of slices of bread 10 feet long and filled with 30 pounds of ham and cheese. Stunned for a second, Ralph recovered quickly. "Wonderful," he enthused.

"I was hoping to have a little midnight snack. This ll do fine as an appetizer." He left 'em laughing then. But it wasn't that way Tuesday. Wonderful' Rickey PITTSBURGH (UPI) Branch Rickey, who broke the color line when he brought Jackie Robinson into major league baseball, hailed as "wonderful" Tuesday night the choice of the former Brooklyn Dodger star to the Hall of Fame. "Wonderful," said the jubilant Rickey.

"The baseball writers of America should be congratulated for their choice. I don't think any of the boys leaned backward or forward. They didn't choose Jackie in spite of his color or because bf it they chose him on merit." Joe Likes Company BOSTON (UPI) American League president Joe Cronin, the last "modern" player elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, was "thrilled" Tuesday night to learn tht Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson would join him in the shrine. Manufacturer's Clearance You'll recognize the label on these shirts as the maker famous for Ban-Lons 6,97 BY HAL SCHKAM Alan Parness takes a logical approach to high school coaching. The Harper Woods High mentor thinks the business "is fun when you're winning." And Parness and his Pioneers are having gobs of fun this basketball season.

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