.. x SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1951 Figers Purchase Bearden [o Strengthen Relef Staff Truckmen Travel Squad of 13 Represents'M In Des Mioines:Meet Today1 4 - -- -~--- IO rake Rela.vs DETROIT -- (A')-- Handsome Gene Bearden, whose story-book exploits won a pennant for the Cleveland Indians, will now try his hand at helping the Detroit Tigers. The big left-handed knuckleball pitcher, who was bought yester- :ay by Detroit from the Washing- ton Senators for an undisclosed price, will join the Tigers imme- diately. BEARDEN, 30, unimpressive this spring in exhibition and league games, will become the Ti- gers' fourth left-hander. "I plan to use him as a relief pitcher and a starter at certain spots," said Manager Red Rolfe. Rolfe's left-handed corps al- ready includes starters Hal New- houser and Ted Gray and relief- er Earl Johnson. "I don't know exactly what Bearden's trouble has been," said Rolfe. "But I think he'll be able to help us." IF BEARDEN ever attained his 1948 form he definitely would help the Tigers, who won only two of their first six games this season. Last year they finished second in the American League. In 1948 with the Cleveland Indians Bearden was the rookie sensation of the American League. He won 20 games and lost only 7. Bearden, whose earned run av- erage of 2.43 was the league's best that season, had been wounded in World War II, Service doctors had told him he would never be able to play baseball again, THE COMEBACK kid really be- came Cleveland's idol when he hurled the Indians to an 8-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in a post- season playoff game after the clubs tied for first place. But the next season he was plagued by wildness and won only eight and lost eight. After winning one and losing three for Cleveland early last season, Bearden was sent to Washing- ton on waivers. With the Senators he won three and lost five and compiled aft earned run average of 4.17. * * * . THIS YEAR he was hit hard in exhibitions. The New York Yan- kees tagged him for six hits and two walks in his first league ap- pearance this season. He lasted only two -and two-thirds innings. It was reported in Washing- ton that Bearden has been bothered by a sore 'arm. Bearden is expected to be on hand when the Tigers, who have been idlb since beating St. Louis Monday, resume action tomorrow against the Chicago -White Sox here in Briggs Stadium. Rolfe said he planned to start Gray tomorrow and Newhouser Sunday in the second game of the Chicago series. ners Clear Last Obstacle To Prompt Chandler Ouster By BYRLE ABBIN Still suffering from lack .of con- ditioning due to complete adverse weather conditions, a thirteen man Maize and Blue track squad will represent the Wolverines in one of the biggest outdoor relay meets of the season, the Drake Relays, this afternoon and tomorrow. Three, possibly four, relay teams and four individual competitors wil carry Michigan's hopes at the Des Moines classic. A SERIOUS pulled muscle in the lower calf of Al Rankin, top Wol- verine quarter-miler, has put a big crimp in the relay operations. Ran- kin suffered the mishap just after the midway mark in the 440 yard dash at the Southern Cal, Illinois, Michigan Triangular last Satur- day. Rankin will be definitely lost to the squad for at least three weeks, possibly four. Coach Don Canham has expressed deep con- cern over Rankin, who was an important cog in the mile relay and also the distance medley re- lay. The Canadian dashman got off Franklin Field Site of Famed Penn Relays PHILADELPHIA -VP) - Some 3,000 athletes from 500 colleges and schools will romp over Frank- lin Field tomorrow and Saturday in the Penn Relays' 89 events but the focal race will be an interna- tional assault on the carnival's mile mark. The race for the Benjamin Franklin Challenge Cup will bring together Oxford medical student Roger Bannister, heralded as the British Empire's best miler since Jack Lovelock; National AAU in- door champion Fred Wilt; four- time National Collegiate AAU champion Don Gehrmann and the fast starting Lt. Stew Ray,. The quartet of speedsters will be out to better Glenn Cunning- ham's relay mark of 4:11.8 made in 1934. The mile will take place during the streamlined phase of the Sat- urday program. In the space of three hours, all events will be either American championship re- lays or finals of invitation fea- tures. his crutches the last few days and has been taking walking exercises trying to mend his leg back into condition in time for the outdoor conierence meet to be held May 25, 26. * * * THIS AFTERNOON two events are being entered by Michigan, the four mile relay and the broad jump. Del Hyde, Dan Hickman, Doug Parks, and Don McEwen wil make up the team composed of four milers. Ron Soble, who came through in great style with a leap of 26' 63" in last week's triangular will represent Michi- gan in the broad jump. Tomorrow -the distance medley relay foursome, which set the world's record indoors this year, will try for outdoor laurels but will have its, membership quite differently composed this time. Joe LaRue is taking Rankin's place in the 440 yard leg, and George Jacobi will probably run the half mile. JACOBI is taking Chuck Whit- eaker's place. Whiteaker also has been botherd with pulled muscle trouble. Aaron Gordon and Mc- Ewen will run their usual three- quarter mile and mile legs respec- tively. Captain Don Hoover, Wally Atchison, Jim Mitchell, and Van Bruner will compose the shuttle hurdle/ relay team. Hoover and Mitchell also will enter the High Hurdles competition. Freshman John Ross, who has established himself as a top dis- tance runner in indoor competition this year, is entering the Invita- tional Mile. His top competition will be a Purdue frosh, Dennis Jo- hansen, whose home originally was in Finland. * * * THE OTHER possible Michigan entrant will be the two mile Re- lay quarter, with, personnel; the same as the four mile relay team. Main competition in the relay events is expected from Michi- gan State College, Kansas, Okla- homa, Oklahoma A & M, and the University of Arkansas. One of the feature events of the meet will be the pole vault compe- tition between Don Laz of Illinois and Don Cooper of Nebraska. NEW YORK - () Baseball's executive council yesterday clear-i ed the path for the immediate resignation of Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler by yielding to his demand' that the secretary- treasurer of baseball, Walter Mul- bry, go out at the same time. The decision .was reached after a lengthy meeting between Chan- dler and John Galbreath, presi- dent of the Pittsburgh club and an emissary of the council, it was learned from a highly authorita- tive source. The two talked for more than five hours last Satur- day in Cincinnati. GALBREATH, whose mission was to "get Chandler to resign immediately," returned with the following Chandler ultimatum: SAFE AT FIRST-Gerry Priddy, Detroit Tigers' second baseman, slides safely back to first base as St. Louis Browns' First Baseman Joe Lutz tries to make the putout in the first inning of game played in Briggs Stadium earlier this week. Tigers won, 7-4. MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP: Boston Rallies To Top Yankees, 13m7 WE'D LIKE TO TAKE ALL INDIANS GpT ,SMART YU R PI CTUR E-- LONG TIME AGO---T H ROW CHIEF WILD HORSE-- AWAY BUCKSKIN YU 60'PUT 4N BUCKSKI PA NTS -- A LL WEAR R EIITCH ES. LVIS LIKE CH IEF WLD HORSE.- rJ " r f, ~~ __ - ~- .r-We carry a complete. - line of LEVI S for t. men and women ANN ARBOR CUT RATE 113 South Main By The Associated Press BOSTON-The Boston Red Sox outlasted the New York Yankees yesterday, winning a 13-7 contest which required three hours and 30 minutes. The 19,120 shivering spectators saw a total of 20 bases on balls and 22 hits splashed around Fenway Park. The victory was Boston's first over New York in three games and cracked a Yankee winning string of four. Billy Goodman, league bat- ting champion in 1950, led the sox slugging with four hits and three runs batted in. The game, though ragged, was very close until the home half of the eighth when the sox, who led by an 8-7 count to that point, broke loose for five additional runs. Ellis Kinder, veteran reliever, received "ie credit for the vic- tory. He was the only hurler who pitched well. The right hander entered the action in the fifth inning and shut off a Yan- kee rally. He allowed only two singles from there to the finish. Casey Stengel, leading the champion again after a day in the hospital with a kidney ailment, called on four pitchers and none; delivered for him. Tommy Byrne,I the starter, left after the second inning by which time he had walked four men. Allie Reynolds came on and lasted until the sixth, when the home side scored four. runs through two walks and three hits and took the 8-7 edge. Harry Taylor, Boston starter, was nailed for a three-run homer by Byrne in the second and was knocked out in the following inn- ing when New York gained three more runs. SENATORS 2, A's 1 WASHINGTON - Washington moved into a first place with Cleveland tonight by defeating Philadelphia 2-1, on the one-hit pitching of Connie Marrero, and home runs by Mickey Vernon and Gil Coan. The only hit off Marrero was Barney McCosky's fourth inning home after Marrero had retired the first 10 A's in order. Vernon blasted Joe Coleman for a homer in the second inn- ing, but McCosky tied it up and that situation existed until Coan smashed his homer with two out in the seventh. The triumph was Marrero's sec- ond in as many starts. PHILLIES 2, BUCS 0 PHILADELPHIA - The Phila- delphia Phillies made only three hits last night, one off Cris Van Cuyk in seven innings and two off Clem Labine in one, but they whip- ped the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 be- hind the fine eight-hit pitching of Robin Roberts. The victory was the fifth straight for the Phillies and left the defending national league champions tied for the lead with the idle St. Louis Cardinals. Eddie Sawyer's men used one of their three hits to score their first run in the third and the other two for the second tally in the eighth. BRAVES 3, GIANTS 0 NEW YORK-Two home runs in the eighth inning gave the Bos- ton Braves. a 3-0° win over the lew York Giants as Roy Hart- field and Sam Jethroe cracked round trippers to give the Bean- towners the win. The loss was the ninth straight for the Giants, who were a pre- season favorite for the National League pennant. Johnny Sain won his 100th ma- jor league game by scattering six Giant hits, ruining Sal Maglie's 34th birthday party. Hartsfield's homer sailed over the head of center fielder Bobby Thomson who apparently mis- judged the long drive that land- ed on the cinder path in deep center. Sain, awarded first on. interference by catcher Wes Westrum, scored ahead of Harts- field on the homer. Jethroe followed with a line drive homer into the lower right field stands, his fifth of the sea- son. KELL READY DETROIT-George Kell, hard- hitting Detroit Tiger third base- man, took the splint off his in- jured finger today and said he was ready to play again. After Kell, whose finger was broken in March, took part in batting practice Manager Red Rolfe said he would decide to- day when Kell would return to the lineup. "I think he's still favoring the hand a bit," said Rolfe, who may hold him out of the Saturday and Sunday series with Chicago and start him Tuesday against Phila- delphia. The Tigers won only two of six games this season without the ser- vices of Kell, second leading hit- ting in the American League last year. "I'll go only if Mulbry goes." Neither Chandler- nor any member of the four-man execu- tive council would discuss the reported decision. Once close friends, Chandler and Mulbry became bitter enem- ies in the course of the uproar dur- ing the winter in which the 16 major league club owners voted not to renew Chandler's contract. Since then, the owners have been trying, without success, to buy up Happy's $65,000-a-year pact which does not expire until April 30, 1912, CHANDLER, who accused Mul- bry of being instrumental in his ouster last December and again the following March, had laid a charge of "disloyalty" on his for- mer side-kick. After learning of his fate following the 'Miami Beach meeting of the owners on March 12, the former Kentucky Governor and Senator made this plea: "Give me the satisfaction of firing Mulbry before I leave of- fice." Under the major league agree- ment, the commissioner appoints the $30,000-a-year secretary, who continues in office at the pleasure of the executive council. This means that Chandler, who got Mulbry the job soon 'after he named commissioner in April, 1945, could not fire him. * * * WHEN INFORMED of Chand- ler's request, Mulbry immediately offered his resignation to the ex- ecutive council. It was refused. Mulbry then disclosed he had tried to resign as far back as December, before the first Chandler repudia- tion, but was asked to stay. Reached in Cincinnati, Mulbry said today he had stayed in his job at the specific request of the ex- ecutive council. Major League Standings 4 . . I AMERICAN LEAGUE The link is strong The telephone forms an important link In our program of defense. It speeds the urgent, vital calls Of government, industry, The armed forces and civil defense. And the link it forms is strong. 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