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2-II Saturday, Aug. 31, '68 DETROIT FREE PRESS i ijjjmp Lions Trade 'Slam-Bang Guy9 Maker MIS That Comedian Marichal, Can He Throw a Baseball! BY JACK SAILOR Trades, not wedding bells, are breaking up that old gang of Lions. Moving to bolster depth at the running back and linebacker positions, the Lions Friday sent eight-year veteran Bruce Maher to the New York Giants. In return for the combative little defensive back, plus a pair of 1969 draft choices, the downs were waved back because of boo-boos. LEM BARNEY'S 48-yard return of an interception was nullified by a clip, while hold ing scratched a brilliant 39-yard TD pass from Munson to Earl McCullouch.

Munson rallied somewhat from a slow start to complete 16 of 37 aerials for 180 yards, including a picture 59-yard scoring play with McCullouch. But the Skins prevailed on their 16-point second quarter, getting a safety on the blocked punt, a one-yard plunge by Gerry Allen and Jim Ninow-ski's 25-yard pass to Jerry Smith. The Lions emerged without serious injury, although No-watzke will be slowed with his sprained ankle and offensive linemen Bob Kowalkow-ski and Ed Flanagan sustained severe bruises to knee and arm, respectively. The Lions have considerable polishing to do and only one more exhibition before the Sept. 15 opener at Dallas to get it done.

They meet Joe Namath and the New York Jets at Cleveland next needed an experienced running back to go with the four we have." With Nick Eddy lost until midseason due to knee surgery, the Lions had only Mel Farr, Dave Kopay, Tom No-watzke and Bobby Felts at the position. The shortage was particularly acute in Thursday night's 16-10 exhibition loss at Washington, in which Detroit gained only 60 yards on the ground. Farr's service was limited by a muscle spasm in his leg and Nowatzke was forced out early with a sprained ankle. Triplett, a product of Miami (O.) University, was obtained by the Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals last year and has a career total of 1,477 yards and 13 touchdowns.

He missed the 1964 season with tuberculosis. Swain has been the Giants' regular outside linebacker since being obtained from the Minnesota Vikings in 1965. He also can play middle linebacker so he becomes the No. 1 back-up for the Lions' regular trio of Mike Lucci, Wayne Walker and Paul Naumoff. THE OTHER linebackers in camp are holdover Ron Goo-vert and rookies George Chat-los and Ed Mooney.

Only one of the trio is likely to be retained. Either Mike Weger, a second-year man, or three-year vet Wayne Rasmussen will be installed at Maher's safety position. The revisions will be made as the Lions, who have broken camp at Cranbrook, transfer their practice sessions to U-D. Schmidt is disturbed by the Lions' slow progress in their 2-2 pre-season exercises. There was, in fact, considerable regression in the setback at D.C.

Stadium. The Lions committed nearly every infraction in the rule book, offensively and defensively, as they hamstrung themselves with 12 penalties for 119 yards to go with a blocked punt and two untimely interceptions of quarterback Bill Munson. Both Redskin touchdown drives were aided by holding penalties on the Detroit de-f while two Lion touch Lions received running back Bill Triplett and linebacker Bill Swain. Both of the new Lions are veterans. THE 28-YEAR-OLD Triplett is a 210-pounder starting his sixth NFL season.

Swain, who is 27, also has played five seasons, but the 6-2, 236-pounder missed the 1966 campaign with a knee injury. The Lions did not deal away the 30-year-old Maher without some remorse. One of the fiercest competitors the Lions ever had, the 5-11, 185-pound Maher is a violent tackier who has always played the game with reckless abandon. One of the best recalled moments was the Thanksgiving Day Green Bay game in 1960 in which Maher barreled through to block a punt, resulting in a Lion score, then exhibited the cleat marks of the Packer punter on his stomach. Drafted by the Lions in '59 after a standout career a the University of Detroit, Maher enjoyed his finest season in 1965 when he was named most valuable player by his teammates.

"YOU ALWAYS hate to see a veteran leave the club," said coach Joe Schmidt, his defensive teammate for five years on the Lions. "Bruce has been a real great com IMS, Los Angeles Times Did you ever notice how easy it is to laugh when you're not supposed to? Like in church, or at a funeral, or when your boss slips on a cake of soap, or when your wife tries on a new hat and asks you how you like it. "That's the main trouble with Juan An- tonio Marichal Sanchez. When he sees something funny, he cannot control his laughter. Now, some guys might hold out for Laurel and Hardy.

Others might like Shelley Ber-man, Jerry Lewis, Joey Bishop. Peter Sellers is some guys' idea of a bowl of smiles. To Juan Antonio Marichal, the funniest sight in all the world is some 200-pound lug with a bat on his shoulder watching an 0-and-2 pitch go by for a strike, or lunging at a change-up and popping it high into the air to the catcher. IT'S NOT JUAN'S curveball the league resents, it's his sense of humor. "He looks like he's smothering a laugh when you even come to the plate.

He's enjoying himself hugely," Tommy Davis once protested. Pitchers are supposed to cry a little in tight games. Complain to the umpire, frown, bite their lips, kick the ground, mutter to themselves, look worried. Marichal just grins at you. It's obscene," Bobby Bragan once observed.

"Like a guy giggling when he turns on the electric chair." Juan Marichal can hardly be blamed for thinking the hitter is funny. They couldn't amuse him more if they came up to he plate in funny hats and made faces. Juan Marichal may be as good as there ever it tastes i3 expensive was. The nrsi Dig-ieague game ne nci Juan: Giant Pixie more graphically: "He can throw a ball through a carwash and not get it wet." He has better control than the iron batting machine. If Juan Marichal ever hits a batter, a fight will break out because every player in the league knows he can hit a gum wrapper at 60 feet.

Once, when the manager told him to hit a batter on the fist, Marichal countered, "Which one?" He has five shutouts this year which is extraordinary because he only pitches the shutout if his team gets him less than two runs. He went the route in a 16-hit game this year. And won. When he gets a big lead, he throttles' the arm back to about two-thirds of capacity, and just tries to keep awake. He considers one pitch to a batter sufficient.

Bob Gibson can throw a baseball through a battleship. Juan Marichal would prefer to find the porthole. Juan sat in his cubicle at Dodger Stadium the other night while I questioned him about his pixie-ish attitude on the mound. He began to grin. "Oh," be said, his eyes beginning to crinkle, "I have plenty of respect for the batter (pronounced 'butter')." Then, his shoulders started to shake, his mouth started to open and he started to laugh.

Pretty soon he was weak with helpless laughter, his shoulders leaning on the cage and tears coursing down his cheeks. If you happen to see him pitch sometime, he'll be the one with the baseball who looks as if he's watching the Colgate Comedy Hour from a front-row seat. I mean, they all look so funny standing there waving that useless stick, right? petitor for us, but we definitely New Pilots Get Scout Director SEATTLE (UPI) The Seattle Pilots Friday named Ray Swallow to be director of scouting for the American League expansion baseball team. Swallow, 42, recently resigned a similar post with the Oakland Athletics. Prior to working in the Athletics organization, Swallow served as general manager at Pocatello, Ida.

and Visalia, Cal. 0 00 00 V2-0 pitched was a one-hitter. He followed that act with several others plus a no-hitter. I He has an assortment of pitches almost no modern pitcher has. He gets the ball I to the plate so many different ways, at so many different speeds that Al Ferrara notes, "You don't want to know what's coming, just where it's coming from.

You almost feel as if you're being struck out'by some guy in the seats, the ball comes from so many different angles." MOST PITCHERS are lucky to have two effective pitches curveball and fastball. "Juan Marichal has 18, maybe 20," Orlando Cepeda. who has swung at all of them, told me one day. "He throws a fastball from here (gesturing overhand), here (gesturing sidearm), here (underhand). He throws the curveball from here (overhand), here (sidearm) and here (underhand).

He has eight different speeds on his fastball. He can throw his -curve so it will take a week. He can throw a screwball so it will do a tango if he wants." How fast is he? "He is as fast as he wants to be," Tom Haller, who caught him for seven years, says. Tom Lasorda puts it 1 is. Made from an original old style sour mash recipe by Samuels, fourth generation Kentucky Distiller.

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Mike Mercer kicked a 23-yard i field goal and at 2:20 of the sec-j ond quarter then booted a 42-yarder at 11 :05 to cut the Browns halftime lead to 7-6. Rookie fullback Ben Gregory rushed through off left guard at 6:35 of the third quarter for a TD and freshman halfback Max Anderson ran for the extra point as Buffalo took a brief 12-7 lead. The Browns closed the gap to 12-10 at 9 :07 of the same period on a 40-yard field goal by Don Cockroft. Buffalo 0 i Cleveland 7 13 012 II 22 CLEV. -Kelly run (Ryan run).

23 Mercer. BUFF. FG 42 Mercer. BUFF. Gregory 1 run (run failed).

42 Cockroft. CLEV. Harraway 1 run (pass failed). CLEV. Warfield I pass from Ryan (pass failed).

Attendance 45,448. Rick Barry Freed to Join Oaks From AP and UPI FRANCISCO Superstar Barry can play basketball for the Oakland Oaks Sept. 30, the Superior ruled Friday. It held out the possibility, however, that he might later have to pay up to $356,000 damages to the rival San Francisco Warriors. The complicated litigation had been in progress ever since Barry quit the National Basketball Association at the end of the 1967 season and signed with the Oaks in the American Basketball Association.

The court forced him to sit out last season. "It sounds like we won the battle and lost the war," Warriors' owner Franklin Mieuli said ruefully. Mieuli explained that it was too late for an appeal to prevent Barry playing for the Oaks in the upcoming season. Mieuli indicated he did intend to appeal, however, and the decision by Superior Judge Walter Carpeneti virtually invited an appeal. BARRY SAT out last season after another Superior Court judge had enjoined him from playing for anyone except the Warriors.

In June, 1967, Barry signed a 3-year contract with the Oakland Oaks of the rival American Basketball Association. It called for $75,000 a year, fringe benefits and the right to buy 15 percent of the Oaks' stock. 5 Detroit Boxers Big Hits at Fair Five Detroit fighters warmed up for next week's Olympic trials by winning three-round decisions in exhibition matches at the Michigan State Fair. All of the boxers involved will begin trial matches at Maumee, next Wednesday with hopes of earning a trip to the Olym pics in Mexico City. 140-lb.

Sr. Novice Jot Romero, Detroit, defeated Rocky Johnson, Highland Park. 125-lb. Ooen Raymond Gray of Detroit defeated Doug Brya of St. Johns.

US-lb. Open Alfred Jones of Detroit defeated Pat Dohl of St. Johns. 145-lb. Jr.

Novice Sterling Hamilton of Detroit defeated Merlin Tacket of Wyan dotte. 132-lb. Open A Hughes of Detroit de feated Sherman Eaton of Highland Park. Chargers Play The Midwest Professional Football League will be in action Saturday night at Hamtramck's Keyworth Stadium as the Ham tramck Chargers play the Lackawanna Lancers. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

IK Continued from First Sports Phoebus 'did it in the onil inning to make it 23 for the Detroit 1 catcher, tying Minnie Minoso's 13-year old league mark. Wilson struck out nine men ajong the way to make it three 'straight complete games for fhe Tigers. The pitchers have given up two runs in that span '--both on homers and struck -out 32 men. Wilson's homer, his fifth of year, set the pace of the evening. TWIN DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE if PERFECTA Saturday Monday Post Parade 2 P.M.

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Wilson then drilled a 2-2 pitch deep into the stands and made the circuit of the bases in a leisurely 21 seconds coming within a second of his own record for the home run trot set earlier in the year when he had a bad leg. lineup this time, too, with Jim Northrup ripping three hits and Don Wert stinging the ball well and contributing a two-run single. "I feel good up there now," Northrup noted. "I've been swinging good and now I'm hitting the ball hard. I think I'm all right now." Wert wanted to say the same thing, but was a bit apprehensive.

"I hit it good tonight," smiled Wert, whose average had dipped to .191 before the game. "I think I'll be all right, but every time I say that something happens. Let's say I hope I've got it back." DICK McAULIFFE was still having troubles at the plate, however. He managed an infield single and fanned twice, leaving him only 2-for-10 since his five-day suspension expired. "My timing is definitely off," Mac said.

"I don't even like having one day off and those five days really hurt. You just can't get batting practice like in a game." Despite his own problems, however, the peppery second baseman was getting caught up in the bloom of the Tiger victory. "If we win one more in this series we'll be in good shape," McAuliffe said. "If we beat their good pitcher (MeNally) Saturday, well It was awfully hard to convince 53,575 roaring fans the Tigers already weren't in good shape. And it was tough convincing the Orioles, too.

Earl Is a man who takes pleasure in his homers. The third inning was even rougher. Northrup started it by poking a hit to left which he ran into a double. Willie Horton walked and Norm Cash found the left center alley for a double, scoring Northrup. Gene Brabender, who pitched so well on Baltimore's last trip to town, came in to try and hold the game together.

FREEHAN ENDED such notions by drilling the third double of the inning off the screen in center. Cash, who was tagging up, had to hold at third. The O's walked Matchick, but Wert slashed a two-run single to right. Wilson then concluded the scoring with a single to left. Wilson, the pitcher, was doing almost as well.

He retired the first 11 men he faced before Frank Robinson beat out a hit behind second. This upset him so much he struck out the side in the fourth. Buford finally tagged him in the sixth for his 14th homer and Flint's Merv Rettenmund got a pinch-hit double in the eighth. But those were the only bright spots in a discouraging evening for Baltimore manager Earl Weaver. THE ORIOLES, who had clambered to within four games of the Tigers only Tuesday evening, have lost three straight to fall all the way back to seven now.

Even if they rally and win the next two the margin would still be a formidable five games with 25 to play. And if it should go the other way Wonder how the St. Louis Cardinals would react to pressure? BALTIMORE DETROIT ah hi "uford.cf 4 111 3 110 lefary. If 4 0 0 0 Stanley, ef 4 0 0 0 F.Robi'n, If 4 0 20 0 5 13 1 Powell, lb 4 0 0 0 W.Horton, If 3 1 10 B.Robi'n,3b 4 0 0 0 Cash, lb 3111 Hendricks, 2 0 0 0 Freehan, 3 2 11 D.John'n, 2b 3 0 0 0 3 2 10 Belanoer, ss 2 0 0 0 ovler, si 0 0 0 0 D. May, ef 1 0 0 Wert, 3 4 0 12 Brabender, 0 0 0 0 Wilson, 412 Phoebus, lOOO Valenf ph 10 0 0 Morris, 0 0 0 0 Ret'm'd, ph 10 10 Leonha'd, 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 32 11 9 Baltimore 000 001 0001 DETROIT 035 GOO Olx E-None.

DP-Baltimore LOB Baltimore 4, Detroit 7. 23 Rettenmund, Northrup, Cash, Freehan. HR-Buford (14), Wilson (5). S-Stanley. IP ER BB SO (L, 13-13) 2'i 6 2 2 irabender 24 4 2 2 3 1 Morris 2 0 0 0 1 4 Leonhartf 2 110 0 Wilson (W, 12-11) 4 1110 HBP By Phoebus (Freehan).

(oniinued from First Sports, Nobody loves to hit any bet-ter than Wilson, whose fifth homer of the season was the 31st of his career, but he in-sisted he enjoyed his pitching performance more. "They pay me more for my pitching than they do my hitting," he said as he immersed his elbow in ice water. He fanned nine and had the Birds off balance most of the night with an assortment of stuff. "It was mostly high fast -alls, curves, and sliders," he jsaid. "It gives you a lot of "satisfaction to beat this team they've got a good lineup "jtfith power all the way -through." -THE POWER was back all XJhe way through the Tiger Looking Ahead AUGUST DETROIT BALTIMORE af Bait.

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