The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1957-09-07
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BY DON RAPHAEL

SllncQ do H>N -
pl sburgh Stce.crs, th~re wer
n lew .hings mentioned bcior
IN confluence that l ON no,
fee 10 say.
Even prior to his star lin
rcslgna l,n. phone calls ha'
taken place ween Parke
and owner Rooney. Walt Klesl
inc and Buddy are very goo,
friends but Kissing is quite
sick man and therefore is un
able to coach the team.
Ar Rooney. the big mar
that he is. retained him a.
an assistant.
So Ilr rs Parker was con.
ceined Leon Hart was through
as a Lion.
Whst happened in The fina
analysis you know as well a,
7. that Buddy was complete. y
bY.psssed. Then came the nigh
Of the Meet The Lions" af,
fair.
The players left the Train
ing Camp" to come to the
banquet, but "some others
mot the players) had different
ideas, it was L preseason show
off for some of their favorites
in private party way.
Parker walked by. You can
imagine how he felt. It's a
pretty rough deal keeping the
guards and tackles feeling as
important as backs who re-
cleve almost all the press raves
p.us the tact that it gives the
rockies md ordinary hard rain
ing players sort of an odd slant.
Nnen you" lay down the
law tiraining) TO ihe team ss
{ whole and p few are excused
your head.
II is readily understood why
you feel you no longer can
control your men. Just "thinkin
out loud" there was a beef last
y, about more than a one
yeal contract and the manage
m,nt saied is was against it's
policy to grant such, but they
gave in. Will the management
now give in and allow the
coaches TO handle. the players
IN the mannefthey see fit? Or
will they NEEDLE and then blame
Inc coaches if something goes
wrong?
JIM Picrsauli Grew lot of
laI.- 40 lie nintn inning when
he was at bat. first he kidded
the bengal bench, then the UNI
PR ana when Stump walked
nm jim kept up his antics.
AfIcr reaching third via a
W; TX am. : fly ball the fued con.
iinued. Ms zone then singled
through The middle Piersall
promp. Y Bronx cheered the
Hg;i dugouf and hollered sore
losers" ,'ien adding insult TO
injury in The bottom of the
ninth he msde ? terrific running
catch to haul in Johnny Croih's
orive in left center field.
jim Proctor is having trouble
with left handed batters his
delivery to them is too high.
Unfortunately last week he
walked in the winning run.
The Tigers momentarily have
switched their enthusiasm TO
Jake Wood a hard hitting short
stop. His batting average 1903.
Bubba Morton is the leading
inter on the Durham Bulls $40.
jess Queens 1892 makes him the
top man on Idaho Falls. At pre-
sent In the Tiger Farm system
mere are seven Negroes. Idaho
rails has three. Queen. an out
fielder Antoine, a catcher hit
ing .285 and pitcher Dick Jones
u games ll3 innings pitched
won 8 and lost z.
Good news;-Wili Robinson
10 coach basketball ct Cass Tech,
When Miller reverted to a Ju-
MGR High. I wondered what use
they would make of his talent
And isn't il ironical that he
eventually got the job at the
school where one of the for
mer coaches tried to have his
team (then Miller Hill dis
Qualified that coach was re-
leased because of his many
clashes with the officials.
The reason those dcvofees oi
me Robinson style coached
,eems can have that forward
look.
can have that forward look,
Enos Slaughter was saying
mat his roommate Whitley Ford
mas sore arm and that general
manager Weiss was quite con-
cerned over the pitching plight
Oh the Yankees.
Weiss's concern prompted him
70 come to Detroit. The players
'fankee) don't like their method
OF travel. They say that the
'rain is too slow.
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