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Detroit JfcttVtCdS Inside This Section Joe Falls Page 2 The Inside of Sports Page 6 Racing Results Page 8 Want Ads Pages 9-19 SECTION i Want Ads SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1967- 1 wing, Bosox Lose Sport Tigers Race at a Glance To BY GEORGE CANTOR Fret Press Sports Writer BALTIMORE It's nice to know who your friends are. And as far as the Tigers are concerned, they don't come any truer or bluer than the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles, a season-long chum of Detroit, handed the Tigers second place Saturday night by outslugging Boston, 7-5, in Memorial Stadium. Brooks Robinson won himself the friendship ring by smashing a two-run homer in the eighth off John Wyatt to pull the Birds in. It was the 10th time Boston has lost to the Orioles this year and this is the club the Tigers whipped 15 times in 18 tries.

Baltimore had cuffed the Red Sox five times in the last week to keep the race tighter than ever. The loss moved the Tigers one percentage point ahead of Boston. Both teams trail the Twins by half a game. The Orioles almost proved to be fair weather friends, though. They blew a 4-0 lead because of sloppy infield play and a two-run shot by Carl Yastrzemski.

But they rallied to tie the game off Gary Waslewski in the seventh. Then Wyatt took over and the Birds took off. FRANK ROBINSON slashed his third hit of the game, a line single to center with one out in the eighth. Brooks drilled his 22nd homer into the leftfield seats and that was that. The blast atoned for a rare error by the third baseman which opened the way for a four-run Boston uprising in the fifth.

Trailing, 4-1, the Red Sox put a man on with one out. Joe Foy then sent a nubber past the mound. Robinson, charging hard, fielded the ball but fired it wide of first into short rightfield. Jose Tartabull, the man on first, raced in to score and Foy went to third. Mike Andrews then sent a soft tap to first baseman John With no chance at all for a play at the plate, Powell tried for a play at the plate.

He didn't have a chance and Pet. GB Play Minnesota 89 67 .571 6 TIGERS 88 67 .568 y2 7 Boston 89 68 .567 Vz 5 Chicago 88 68 .564 1 6 Games Remaining Foy scored easily. Yastrzemski then whacked his 42nd homer to the opposite field off Baltimore starter Gene Brabender to put the Bosox ahead. THE ORIOLES routed Lee Strange in three innings. Curt Blefary homered in the first.

Then a misplayed fly ball by Ken Harrelson in the S7-7 DETROIT 1 MINNESOTA CHICAGO BOSTON Sept. 24 at Wash. New York at Cleveland at Baltimore Sept. 25 at N. York (N) California Open Open Sept.

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The fly ball went for a double by Blefary. Paul Blair followed with a single and Frank Robinson smashed his 30th homer to rightfield. Harrelson crashed into the wall trying for the ball and had to leave the game in the next inning. Waslewski, stymied the Orioles for three innings. But he walked Dave Johnson in the seventh and pinch-hitter Dave May bounced a single past the right side.

Luis Aparicio sent a sacrifice fly to deep left to tie the game and then the Robinsons took over in the eighth. Stu Miller, who fired his slow ball at the Red Sox for the last two innings, raised his record to a staggering 3-10 with the victory. BOSTON BALTIMORE ab bl ab bi Fov 3b 4 110 ADaricio ss 3 0 0 1 Andrews 2b 5 1 0 1 Blefary If 4 2 2 1 Ystrmski If 3 2 2 1 Blair cf 4 111 Yankees to a 6-2 victory over Minnesota Saturday Colavito's Bat Lifts Chisox, 8-0 Scott lb 4 0 2 0 FRobinsn rf 4 2 3 2 RSmith cf 4 0 0 0 BRobinsn 3b 4 1 1 2 Harrelson rf 1 0 0 1 Powell lb 3 0 0 0 Waslwski 1 0 0 0 Johnson 2b 2 10 0 DJones ph 1 0 0 0 Hanev 4 0 0 0 Wyatt 0 0 0 0 Brabendr 10 0 0 WLandis 0 0 0 0 Snvder Dh 10 10 Petroclli ss 3 0 0 0 Dr a bosky 0 0 0 0 Gibson 4 0 10 May ph 10 10 Stange 1 0 0 0 Miller 10 0 0 CLEVELAND UFi Rocky Colavito drove in four runs with a single and a bases-loaded double Saturday, leading the pennant contending Chicago White Sox to an 8-0 romp over the Cleveland Indians. Tartabull rf 3 2 0 morning. Joe Pepitone cracked his 12th homer in the eighth off Al Worthington after Mickey Mantle drew a walk.

Fritz Peterson allowed the Twins two hits in the first inning, then retired 10 men in a row until Rod Carew bounced a single to center leading off the fifth. Ted Uhlaender sacrificed Carew to second before pinch hitter Frank Kastro struck out. CARROLL HARDY, former major leager called up three weeks ago from Denver of the Pacific Coast League, then hit a pinch homer to break the scoring ice for Minnesota. Peterson, who got the victory for an 8-14 record, ran into trouble in the sixth when Shopay dropped a fly and a Yankee throw on an attempted fielder's choice was late. Then the Yankee hurler had to leave the game with a twisted left ankle; Dooley Womack relieved him and walked Carew to load the bases, but ended the threat by getting Uhlaender to fly out.

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2:34. against his former teammates, fattened the White Sox's lead Yeoman 's Cougars Deal Duffy Worst Loss to 8-0. The White Sox got an unearned run in the second on an error, a passed ball and Tom-mie Agee's single. They added two more in the third, with Ward's double and Colavito's kee pitchers. NEW YORK single producing the runs.

CHICAGO CLEVELAND MINNESOTA ab bi ab bi 1 1 0 Versalles ss 4 0 0 0 Clarke 2b Kenney ss ab bi ab bi 3 0 10 Tovar 3b 4 0 0 0 3 10 0 Killebrew lb 4 0 1 low cf 5 0 11 Davalillo rf 401 0 Mantis lb Pfinitnno rf ill? Diiva rf 5 3 3 0 Schnbli-n rf 4 0 0 0 4 i Buford 3b 4 0 0 0 ward If White rf 4 12 1 Allison If 0 0 0 Moschmo rf 0 0 0 0 Carew 20 i i Bradford rf 3 0 10 Rnvpr lh 4 10 0 Uhlaendr cf Gibbs Shooav If CSmitti 3b By the time Houston finished raining points, the Spartans felt like they'd been caught in the eye of Hurricane Beulah. Munn and Daugherty scheduled the game as a favor to Yeoman, a former Daugherty assistant for eight years, when Yeoman got the head job at Houston. They didn't know what they were getting into. They found out Saturday, though, as Houston won its second straight in impressive fashion and there can be no doubt that McVea is legitimate All-American material. And the Cougars have a couple other boys who aren't bad, either.

Like split end Ken Hebert, leading scorer in the nation last year, and flanker Don Bean. Oh, MSU turned off Texas tornado Warren McVea, dumping him six times for losses ranging from one to four yards. Trouble was, the San Antonio senior running back also turned in runs of 50, 48, 33, 17 and 14 yards and even though he sat out most of the fourth quarter, finished with 155 yards in 14 carries. That didn't hurt his varsity average of gaining better than 10 yards every time he's touched the ball. Houston was quick, fast and didn't waste its opportunities.

State was slower, plodders by comparison, and squandered its chances terribly. BY JACK BERRY Free Press Sports Writer EAST LANSING Duffy Daughtery says a team makes its greatest improvement between its first and second games. Well, the Michigan State coach will have a whale of a lot to improve on before the Spartans meet Southern California next Saturday. The University of Houston, coached by ex-old friend Bill Yeoman, stunned and crushed the Spartans, 37-7, Saturday before 75,833 shocked fans. It was the worst defeat in Daugherty's 14 years as head coach and no Spartan team has been beaten worse since Michigan crushed State, 55-0, in Biggie Munn's debut 21 years ago.

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BEAN SCORED on a 76-yard 10-7 Duke pass play and McVea went 50 Against for the first Houston touchdown. The Cougars don't waste time with that grind 'em out style they hit long and quick, Houston didn't break the game open until the start of the fourth quarter. Titas kicked a line-drive field goal from the 17-yard line with 11 seconds left to give the Wolverines a 10-7 victory over stubborn Duke. Thriller? They took this one riht out of the Book of Thrillers. THE WOLVERIJVES tied the BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR Such persistence just had to be rewarded.

After being ignored all Saturday afternoon by the Great Distributor of Football Justice, the University of Michigan got the break it needed. Sophomore fullback Frank Trailing, 17-7, State drove to the Cougar 13 for a first down. then linebacker Greg Brezina dumped quarterback Jimmy JgW iff il Rave for a three-yard los. Still State got to the eight and had third-and-five. But a hold ing penalty tosed them back to the 23 where it was third and 20.

game, 7-7, in the third quarter when halfback Ernie Tharpe zipped seven yards over the right side, but twice they drove deep into Duke territory in futile fourth-period advances. Finally, with 44 seconds remaining, the Wolverines picked up the ball on a third-down punt by the Blue Devils. Quarterback Dick Vidmer knew what to with the 50 yards between him and the Duke goal. He stayed cool. Vidmer passed once to Sharpe for 16 yards, then wasted one to stop the clock.

He came back and hit his other halfback Ron Johnson for another 23 yards to the Duke 10. Then, without a huddle, he fired another one out of bounds halting the clock with 11 seconds left and giving Titas his chance for the winning kick. After scouting duke last week, the Wolverine coaches END PHIL Wood ring blasted through and nailed Raye again, Irish Roar Past Loivly Cal, 41-8 BY JOE FALLS Free Press Sports Editor SOUTH BEND If it's any consolation to poor old this time on the Houston 35 and State wound up punting, its comeback chances dead. Tigers Get Flag Range BY GEORGE CANTOR Free Press Sports Writer WASHINGTON The Great Race continued Saturday, but the Tigers took a brief pause before making their last mad dash toward the American League pennant. While their three rivals were playing, the Tigers had a rare Saturday off, giving manager Mayo Smith time to mull his pitching line-up for the final week.

The pitching rotation is off just enough to keep Joe Sparma, a latterday Frank Lary in the art of Yankee-killing, from opposing New York again. SPARMA, a 15-game winner, will face the Senators Sunday in the windup of the series here. Denny McLain's injured foot has cramped Smith's maneuverability with his staff, so he is considering bringing Earl Wilson back with only two days' rest to hurl the opener of the Yankee series in New York Monday night. Mickey Lolich did the trick here Friday night with a shutout. The Tiger manager has little choice but to go with his best with seven games left in this greatest American League race.

Lolich will be ready for the windup of the two-game set in New York Tuesday night. Then the Tigers have their final day off Wednesday. The California Angels will be at Tiger Stadium for the last four games starting Thursday. Dick Berlinski punted out of bounds on the Houston 11 and McVea, 5-foot-10, 185-pounder, Duffy, he might like to know that at least Notre Dame is streaked 14 yeards on the first play. Then quarterback Dick still Notre Dame.

whose biggest mistake was show Turn to Page 4C, Column 2 Awesome. ing up. The Irish opened their season Led by quarterback Terry Saturday and demolished Call' Hanratty who has recovered East Lansing, Mich. Statistics of the Houston-Michigan state football aame. fornia, 41-8, and if there is any value to comparative scores, HOUSTON MSU 15 13 Column 3 Turn to Page 4C, that makes Notre Dame 63 points better than Michigan 200 214 120 5-12-1 7-44 174 133 227 10-24-3 0-34 0 47 State.

First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Houston Michigan State Imagine this year's "Game of the Ceriturv" beine a breather 25 7 7 7 1037 0-7 for the Irish. That's the way nicely from that shoulder sepa ration he got in East Lansing last fall, thank you the Irish rolled up 423 yards from scrimmage and could have had a couple of hundred more if Jim Seymour and the other receivers had held the ball better. But no matter. Notre Dame broke out to a 210 lead at halftime, made it 31-0 by the end of the third Turn to Page 4C, Column 7 it looked on this golden after Houston-FG Hebert 44. MSU Thomas 44 run (Pruiett kick).

Houston McVea 50 run (Hebert kick) Duke MICH. 15 20 133 12 84 174 111 102 4-16-1 513-27-2 1 3 30 7 0 0 0-7 7 3-10 run (Riesenfeld kick). noon under the Golden Dome. First dows Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumble lost Yards penalized Duke Michigan DUKE Ryan Houston Hebert 77 pass from Woodall (Hebert kick). Free Press Photo by VINCE WITEK DIPSY DOING through Duke is Ron Johnson, Michigan's junior halfback from Detroit's Northwestern High.

Johnson threaded his way for 82 yards on the Blue Devil defenses, U-M's leading ground-gainer in the 10-7 victory. Houston Bean 74 pass from Woodall THE IRISH made the usual opening-game mistakes but they (Hebert kick). Houston Bailey 3 run (Hebert kick). Houston Simpson 59 yards pass interception (kick blocked). Attendance 75,833.

run (Titas kick). Titas 20. were still far too mucn for tne visitors from the West Coast, Attendance.