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DETROIT FREE PRESS Mondav, August 26. '63 1 -f) INJURED KNEE MARS 22-17 VICTORY i i Week Lions Ml i or Nor will the newly acquired Oliie Matson. who joined the Lions Friday with a pulled muscle. "Nuts to that," said Wilson. "We just can't afford to take any chances with anybody." MATSON AND PLUM are tentatively set to return in the Lions' final exhibition game against Dallas Sept.

7 in New Orleans. fullback, might prove to be a lifeaver for the Lions in the event that Studstill is sidelined for a prolonged period. Matson is plenty fast, a sure-handed receiver and has much experience at flanker back. "We can moan about all our luck on the injuries." said Wilson. "But I guess we have to fisrure ourselves fortunate to have made the Matson trade when we did.

It could 4 son, acknowledging the seriousness of the Lions" predicament, said that Barr would make his return here Friday night, when the Lions meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tiger Stadium. "We have no choice." Wilson said. "I had intended to try Barr against the Cardinals, and against the Giants a week ago, but we needed him at quarterback in case something happened to Earl Morrall." staggering blow. In the Lions' offensive scheme, the flanker back is the one most vital man in the passing attack, and the Lions already were dangerously shy there. TERRY BARR, whom Studstill replaced in mid-1962 after Barr's left knee was torn, has not played a minute this summer.

There is a question still on whether Barr's knee is sound. Head coarh George Wil KNF.E INJURIES have seemed almost contagious with the Lions this summer. Milt Plum, the first string quarterback, has been idled since Aug. 12 with a severed knep muscle strain. With the season opener closing in, Wilson indicated he would take no rsks with the injured.

Hp had planned to have rium ready for tb Steeler game, but rium will play little or not at all this week. BY GEORGE ITSCAS Another crippling: blow has hit the Lions; this one threatening: the rluh's prospects for a fast start in the upcoming- pro football championship race. Pat Studstill. the flying flanker back, suffered possible, torn ligaments in his left knee Saturday niht and could be idled indefinitely. Dr.

R. A. Thompson, the team physician, said that it would be several davs before the full extent of damage could be known. IT ATPEAKED certain, however, that tudstill will be unavailable for at least three weeks, thus missing the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams Sept. 14.

Studstill, smothered under a pileup, was carried off the field in the fourth period at Omaha a the Lion defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 22-17. Studstill's injury was a 1 Maton, the 33-year-old Turn to Tage SO. Column 1 A's 8 men Ml ween igh I Tat Studstill PALMER 4 SHOTS RACK Tag KC For 11-5. 4-3 Wins Only 1 Point Out of Sixth Pott Captures Classic by ment record set last year Palmer.

I 1 i i I BY JOF, FALLS The salary drive an an- AKRON (TTP Johnny Tott hit the biggest golfing jackpot of his career Sunday whpn he won the $9,000 first place money in the American Golf Classic, beating out Arnold Palmer, the defending champion, by four strokes. Pott, who either was tied or held the lead from the start, won his first tournament of the year, and the fourth in his seven-year pro career, by shooting an even-par 70 for a total of 276. That tied the tourna PALMER, who started out Sunday one shot bark of first place, caught Tott on the first hole of the final round when Pott bogeyed. But that turned out to be the end of Palmer's threat over the 7.1 65-yard Firestone Country Club course with its par of 35-3570. However.

Palmer's final round 37-36 73 for 280 and second place was worth nual occurance in these parts reached a shattering crescendo Sunday as the Tigers took a doubleheader from the Kansas City A's, 11-5 and 4-3. Johnny Tott That made it a sweep of tlf five-ramo sprips and sent our ooys soaring mm unnwra "IlALiO 1 UiMlCJViiLIj 1 ILrVl heights one percentage point i I i v. I 'I 4 i vi p. ix 1 i I -v I 4 A l- i 'i i i 1 7 Mi out of sixth place. i It was almost as if thy were i playing for this year's pennant; Tenuis Double-Take $4,600, making him the first golfer Sn history ever to win more than S100.000 in official prize money in one year.

His 1963 earnings now total $101,555. Pott's brought his official money-winnings for the year to He also picked up $2,333 in bonus money by tying for the first-rmind lead and leading the. field at the end of the second and third rounds. U.S. OTEN champion Ju- lius Boros.

with a one-over-par 71, finished third with a total of 2S1. The $3,000 he made for that finish put his 1963 earnings to $73,956. behind only Palmer and Jack. Nickiaus. Nicklaus finished in a tie for fifth place with a total of 2S3.

winning $2,200 and boosting his earnings to Fott's lat tournament victory came in May of 196 when he won the Waco Turner Open." Before that he had won at Dallas and est Palm Beach. The 27-year-old Pott refused to fold under pressure after his bogey on the first hole. He shot three birdies on the next seven holes and then faltered on the ninth where he wound up with his Turn to Tase 3D, Column 4 instead of next year's salary. winners were four-time champions Gardnar Mulloy and Bill Talbert whose title spree ended in 194S. McKinley, 22, of San Antonio, Texas, and Ralston, 21, THE BIG GENS Al Kahne Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash hit home runs.

So did Dick McAuliffe. Hank Aguirre lost, his temper and was bounce from the first game. And Chuck Dressen, the old Brooklyn boss, changed his pitchers like the New York Giants were crawling up his back. It was a pretty impressive right especially if you were out of the country in April, May, June and July. But August that's the month we're talking about.

That's the month the salary-drive begins. TheTigers have been sensational In They have won 18 game and of Bakersiefld. regained the crown they first won in 1961 but dropped last year to Osuna and Palafox. Ralston Is having a big year. He won the national indoor singles as well as sharing the doubles victory in last weekend's Davis Cup decision over Osuna and Talafox.

But he started the day unsuccessfully. He and his 47-year-old father. Robert Ralston, tumbled in the father and son final, beaten by Frank Froehling. and 21 -year-old Frank," III. 6-4.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. TPD Denny Ralston and Chuck McKinley Sunday became Uncle Sam's first two-time national doubles champion in 15 years when they toppled the defending Mexican titlists Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox, 9-7, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 11-9. Australians Margaret Smith and Robyn Ebbem. who upset five-time champion Dar-lene Hard and Brazilian Maria Bueno in women's title, play, 4-6, 10-8, 6-3. THE LAST home grown Ralston McKinlev AP Photo lost only seven for a sizz.ling .720 pace.

The spurt has lifted them to within five games of the .500 1 mark and has set Alex Callam to thinking. Alex Callam, he's the business manager, the man i who approves the checks. What-! THE SNARLING TIGER putting up a bombastic protest is pitcher Hank Aguirre (left). Doins; the restraining is manager Charlie Dressen (9). Aguirre first objected to umpire Sam Carrigan's call on a pitch to Bobby Del Greco, who walked, then had to do his grumbling in the showers when Carrigan tossed him out of Sunday's first game against the Kansas City Athletics Catcher is Tiger Bill Freehan.

ever he's thinking, it must be pretty good. Callam saw the. Tigers roll up 19 hits in Sunday's twin bill. I Brown Rins CHisox gain split To 2 TDs; Everybody, except Aguirre. joined in the fun.

Hank probably figured he had enough hits for the year. AS IT TURNED out, the Timers didn't need High Henry's Peters Halls N.Y. For 10th in Row 19ersFaIl bat. The A's also contributed; SAN FRANCISCO Cleveland's Jim Brown smash-j NEW YORK -nary Peters won his 10th straight 17 walks and three errors and generally behaved like a tribe of wayward zombies. They awoke near the end.

but only momentarily. They knocked out Jim Bunning in the ninth inning of the nightcap and put the tying run on base with two out. Rut then they lapsed back into their trance and submitted meekly ed for two touchdowns and game, a 2-1 victory ovpr the New lork ankees in 12 sprang a surprise when he innings Sunday, after Yankee rookie Al Downing had set threw a pass on an 80-yard jthe Chicago White Sox down with two hits, 4-0, on a no-football scoring play Sunday. bid th of doubleheaden whipping San Francisco, Thp spm rt' Yanke now it's Dacron-and-cotton for fall in trim new slacks for students, tailored by H-I-S when "Bear" Fred Gladding plodder! in from the bullpen. The two victories lifted Dresden's personal record to 37-30, but there was no dancing in his dressing room.

Nobody even peeled an onion in celebration. You see, before the A's could be held over for another doubleheader Monday, they had showered. Turn to Tage 4D, Column 5 The National Football American League Ipad to 11 2 League prp-season victory waslgames over Minnesota, the first for the Browns "under Peters, a lanky 26-ypar-oM new coach Blanton Collier, lefthanded rookie who fjnallv who succeeded Paul Brown, made the Sox this season after after last season. six tries, won his second straight over the Yankees. His one was a shutout, and he BROWN plunged 1'2 yards should have had another for a second-quarter Cleveland Sunday, score.

On the first play of the; third quarter. Frank Ryartj- THE A got their lateralled to the big fullback. oniy run in the seventh when who whipped a pass to Ray Jim Landis lost Hector Lopez's Rer.fro on the 49ers' 30, far fH. ban in lh Mm frr a rnpjo. behind the nearest defender.

ip'hil Un7 looped a single to Brown ran nine vards around I s-or left end for his final TD. Dav trhn" doubled tv.J Turn to Page 6D. Column 3 1" Title Won There's easy car in fall wear when it's b'ended of crisp, crease-retaining Dacrort polyester (65) a-d harc'y cotton (35) in a smooth, leg-wearing, wash'n'wear gaba'dme. I tailors it in their skin-slim Trimsfer model, with horizontal front pockets, extension waistband, ad 14" bottoms. G'eat in b'ack, blue olive, cr bro-n.

Wa st sizes 26 fo .14, inseam lengths 27 to 31. On 21sl Hole VJI t'i't Ml. r-l ft ti KllT conversions plus a 45-yard field goal. Dr. Walter Fromach of Loch Roval Oak Pilot Hoi at Drasrwav 7 14 32 0 77 Gary Peters moor and Cal Cooke of Grosse lie added the Lochmoor Invita- tional title to their list of golf! victories Sunday.

Promach and Cooke defeated Fred Bens and Pete Greene. 1: up in 21 holes, to add the title' CLE Brown 2 Blunoe (Grout kick). CLE Benfro pass from Brown (Groza kck). CLE Brown run (Groi kick). CLE FG Gror 5.

i 1 i Royal Oak's Jim in a lPfi.l Dodge, won Sunday's portion of the national-entry ill V1' if II Payne Goes meet at Detroit; SP Csev tD Pi from Wtrr (Dsvii super-Stock Dragway with a speed of1 Tnm HAREWOOD. Ont. likings iip Giants 117.49 miles an quarter mile. hur for the.payne of Arm Arbor, driving a Ford-powered AC Cobra. to their Lakepointe Invitational championship captured a year ago.

The victors won out or. the third extra hole with a par after earh team had posted a hestball of 72 for 15 holes. MINNEAPOLIS Minne-: Top eliminator Saturday took first in the production sota's Vikings stormed 71 yards-night was Hayden Proffit of car class and finished second Garden Grove. in a 196" overau to a i-nuis iy in a sports in the final 2'2 minutes to set rt vr-iont Vi at 1 1 7 mnh. car field of 40 here Saturday.

up a game -winning IS -yard is a Rj. 'It djPjrt'j ft-t' field goal by Fred Cox in a stunning 17-16 upset of the de- w- rrri ill? 1 1 ff Ify fending Eastern Conference I5(J tl tL lOOtLj 1 champion New York Giants III ff it 1 1 Li ennel Hit of Meet Sunday. Little-used quarterback John; McCormick's 33-yard pass to Gordie Smith was the big gainer in the drive to the field goal that won it with 12 seconds left. lit 11 RHS STORES OPEN MONDAY TO 3 P.M. BUFFALO TPP It was all John Pennel Sunday at the 29fh annual Buffalo Fire-Fighters track and field meet.

The 23-year-old Northeast Louisiana college graduate failed to top the unofficial w-orld record pole vault of 17 feet, inches he set Saturday in Miami, but he kept a crowd of 2.500 persons at all-high stadium on its feet with three near misses at 17 feet, lli inches. Pennel did set a local record of 16 feet 3 inches, best ing former champion John Uels.es. Uelses, first man to cros3 the bar at 16 feet, faltered at 16-3 after turning a clean performance at 15 feet. Uelsea. an ex -M arms from Philadelphia, set the old local mark of 15-2, a year ago.

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