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Show Will Tigers Dolt This Year? Bi Pete Frilchie Willie Hnrtim. the Detroit Tiers' deiit;n:iled pmrh tim.-r. thinks the Timers miBhl ft H all together" this e.ir. After cormns in last in the Aim-man Lean1 easI '"r ' y.-.irs. H.irton savs the club Kill 1". up in the standings this year "t PI.AYKD a lot ot kids, most ol the team al limes as cumpiistJ iH ni(K-s last year. Th--v tried They never quit. Tries didn't d' it And durme that losing streak of nineteen games, tuurteen of those games were close With effective effec-tive relief pitihing we could haw wm any of them "The guvs learned a lot last year and we've had some traite that will help If we gel good pmhing we'll move up out of the cellar I think these guys can put it all together this year " THAT'S THE spirit al Tigertown. in the last year of Manager Ralph Houk's three-vear three-vear contract But if the Tigers don'l put il together, changes will have to be made. IlsI year the Tigers had the worst record in ba'ball They lost nineteen straight at one stretch Thevctnildn't manage to win a dozen paint's after July 31' That was one of the record nosedives of Major League history |