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1 i i iff 5 Of lei 1 0 iff Puff iltl If' I "I'd like to think I've got my timing back, but I'm not necessarily in the groove I look terrible on some pitches. LOLICH, too, has some appre "I always get off So a fast start a I or 6 2 record," he then the horse-feathers hit the fan." The solution is simple, Mick. Just get a few of those mid- BV JACK SAYLOR George Custer should have had Mickey Lolich's luck against the Indians. But. then, maybe he didn't have The Miok's pipeline to the weatherman.

And Custer ft don't pick It up out of the pitcher's hand either batting or catching. "Maybe it's just my imagination." he added, "but I didn play that much in Florid because of my broken nose and I'm still struggling. cide whose point it should have "We'd pla it over and nine times out of 10, I'd win it," Mickey laughed, "So Tuesday I told Denny I had called up God and ordered cold weather for my game today." hension despite his first performance. farnPi It: Unseld Cunningham Siy Hit I JACK Two Bullets Named NBA i All-Stars: Pistons Blanked v. at NICKLAUS 3) didn't have Bill Freehan going for him, either.

Freehan didn't even bother waiting for good pitches Thurs day to swat a pair of home runs. one a grand slammer that left the Tribe flatter than the spe cialty of a pizza parlor. "Neither one of them was a strike," smiled Freehan in the Tiger clubhouse after the 12-3 rout. "The one off Sam Me-DoNwell was up here (face high) and the other (off Jack Hamilton) was outside." Lolich, meanwhile, reveled in the weather as he ran his career record against the Indians to 14 4. "It was made to order for me," said Lolich, who isn't happy unless everyone in the ball park is suffering from frost bite.

LOLICH HAS Denny McLaln, for one, convinced he may have intercession, from a greater power. "Denny and I would play squash in Lakeland" Lolich related with a rapid-fire giggle," and If the ball would be close to the line I'd say 'let's play the point over and we'll let God de- SPECIAL Midi mm I I 'II Baylor from 3 Woods, 8 Irons FREE GOLF BAG $125.00 Value NEW YORK (IJTII Westley Unseld and Earl Monroe of the Eastern Division champion Baltimore Bullets head the 1968-1969 National Basketball Association all-star team announced Thursday. Joining Unseld and Monroe on the first team are Billy Cunningham of Philadelphia, the top vote-getter, 03car Robertson of Cincinnati and Elgin Baylor of Los Angeles. Robertson made the first team for the 10th straight year while Baylor was named for the 10th time in 11 years. Willis Reed and Dave DeBusschere of New York were chosen for the second team along with John Hav-licek of Boston, Hal Greer of Philadelphia and Jerry West of Los Angeles.

Veterans Wilt Chamberlain of Los Angeles, Bill Russell of Boston and Jerry Lucas of Cincinnati failed to make eithpr the first or second team for the first time in their NBA careers. Each of the 12 NBA cities was accorded one full vote to equalize the balloting. No one attained a perfect score of 14.000 but Cunningham led the voting with a 13.045 index. Baylor was second with 12.657 while Monroe placed third with 11.695. Players chosen on the first team receive $500 while each second team member receives $250.

109 Hot Tiger Bats Whip Indians, 12-3 Monroe Freehan "He said something about us throwing at him because he steals bases. The umpire (John Rice) told him the weather was cold and the bail could slip away from the pitcher." Could Lolich have been throwing at Cardenal? Lolich "My control isn't that good. I can't waste a pitch by throwing at anybody." First baseman Norm Cash got two hits in the season opener hut didn't play at all Thursday. Anything wrong? Cash "I've got a real bad eye infection. A sty is all it is.

It bothers my vision a little." i i mW Nil VJfciV. summer games shifted to Noma or Anchorage. tfMlUILilfc' LANSING Larry Cushion Sporting Goodi MIDLAND Gane'i All Sporh SAGINAW Morley Brotheri for sleeping. How's the following MacGregor Dealers Getting Over Jitters Available from DETROIT Griswold Sporting Goodl ADRIAN Th Mauma Company BATTLE CREEK Jack Pearl'i Sport Cntr COLDWATER Otto Soni, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS Holworda Snoap Sptg.

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Does Horton feel McDowell is less effective now? Horton "Not against me he isn't. He's always reaching back for me. I tea.se him all the time. I told him yester-1 day if he pitched to everybody like he pitched to me he'd 'win 25 games." In the fifth Inning, with Dick McAuliffe on first base Mickey Stanley hit a ground ball hack to the pitcher. heat the force at sec Presto, Thursday it comes up more fit for ice fishing than baseball and McLain told Lo lich: "You know, you may have something going for you.

What he had, mostly, was good stuff and 13-hit support, "MICKEY was tired from the seventh inning on, but he had good stuff," Freehan said. "His ball was sinking real good." "The strike- zone and lower mound are giving me some trouble," Lolich said. "I missed some strikes that ordinarily would he mine. You pitch one way for years and vears and It's tough to adjust." Freehan, who added a double to his two home runs, also has been doing some adjusting. HE AUTOGRAPHED i grand-slam homer ball for Dale Wiltse, a Murphy Junior High School student who retrieved it in the lower left field stands, then explained.

"I haven't felt good at the plate," Freehan said. "I'm not seeing the hall good. I back toward the mound. McDowell fielded it, whirled and threw to second too late to nip McAuliffe. McDowell struck out Kaline but walked Horton.

Then Freehan put a high fly ball into the leftfield seats to make it 7-2 for Detroit. Two walks and a McAuliffe single in the sixth, his third hit of the game, routed second pitcher Hnracio Pina before he could retire a man. Then the long bombers took over to produce the final four scores. Cleveland got its final run when Lolich sandwiched a walk between singles by Chuck Hinton and Zoilo Ver-salles in the seventh. Vern Fuller brought it home on a fly to center.

WAGON See the Renault 10 and the I V- SEDAN i FOR ANY DAY THOROUGHBRED Canadiens Take Overtime Victory Continued from First Sports the game with a double to the leftfield corner that bounced past Horton for an error, allowing Cardenal to reach third. "I waited for the carom in the corner and it got past me," Willie explained. "I guess I should have charged it but I don't think I deserve the error. I'm not gonna field 1.000 anyway." Rich Scheinhlum brought In the run on fly to Al Kaline, whose throw to the plate waa a little wide. But Kaline made up for that oversight immediately.

He smashed a double in the Detroit first scoring Stanley from first and then came in himself on a single by Horton. Lolich walked in the second and McAuliffe unloaded a triple up the right center gap to chase him in for a third run. "I'd have had a homer but Mickey was in the way," grinned Mac in the clubhouse. THEN' IN THE fifth McAuliffe started the winning rally with a ground single to right. Mac took off on a run-and-hit and Stanley sent a slow roller Now thru April 12 POST TIME P.M.

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Mickey didn't have to swing at the pitch. I was running to steal the base." McAuliffe, who hiu had trouble hitting lefthanders In the past, walked, tripled and singled off McDowell. How did he do it against Sudden Sam? McAuliffe "I've had pretty good luck against McDowell a few times before. He doesn't have the velocity now that he had when he came into the league." Did Bill Freehan know that Cleveland manager Al Dark had picked the Red Sox to win the American League pennant? Freehan "I had read something about that. Talk's cheap.

We'll just have to beat them." Why was Jose Cardenal angry after falling away from an inside pitch by Lolich In the third Inning? napping as he sneaked along the boards and went around Canadien defenseman J. C. Tremblay before lifting a soft shot Into the Montreal net. The game was less than two minutes old when two separate fights broke out. Dirk Duff tangled with Sanderson while Yvon Cournoyer fought with Glen Sat her.

Referee Bruce Hood handed out majors to the four players. Cournoyer received a bloody nose in the tussle and the speedy forward who led the Montreal regular season scoring with 43 goals was forced to retire to the dressing room after serving his sentence. He returned to action in the second period. with Birr 8xl2-Ft. Save $210! Hardtop The Renault 16 Sedan-Wagon can go to bat for you as a sedan or a station wagon.

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