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Show By EDWARD H. SIMS In one of the last training games before the season Spened, Ralph Houk, somewhat embattled manager of the Detroit Tigers, analyzed his team s prospects quietly and unemotionally. unemo-tionally. HOUK has piloted great Yankee teams which won world championships but since he came to Detroit five years ago his teams have never broken even. He is sometimes booed in Tiger Stadium and there are many who believe if this year's Bengal team doesn't make good, he'll have to leave. Yet there is no lack of confidence con-fidence in Houk in the Tiger front office. General Manager Jim Campbell and Tiger owner John Fetzer are behind all. They think Houk has done a fine job of building-though ve starting fey k was sayin. P'.fne". ' Hi good hi.to J?. score some run year. 10r us t "J'm Slaton has , good and so h '51 "'Ingham (frmh" H ' and Cincinnau via and wuh Mark F 1 rookie sensai yt starters. . "THEN we have m,i. cox who was such a surprise last year anap t:i before he lost. , . Morns, who is ,k, ,: condition a, Evan ! good. In fact, Morn ia ' nad the best las, team. ' "1 remember a against Texas, when w" consistently ahead Blyleyen with the spj He throws real hard V arm is sound-and ,i good now-he'll help us J "SO we have the pitching we've ever had si , Ive been at Detroit and l'd hitting. Everybody i,J what Ron LeFloreca, t Jason Thompson look. ;IU . superstar. Charlie Sofe hit the homerun. Sieve (.' and Tim Corcoran area'1 aggressive hitlers and iw ? Rusty Staub our iw,, catchers, who can also 'i Milt May and Lance Par:i! "But what a lol oly.,' ovenook is thai wei-' much better delensnp Looking over lo Jinum -ford, sitting on theben((( him, Houk asked Cranio! verify his claim. 'THAT'S right," Cra. -said. "Our infield rhis,ta getting balls ihai ,j through the infield lo: last year." Houk has : second-short combinaiE:,)! plans to use this season natively-Alan Tramme Lou Whitaker and Dillardand Mark Wa;- i says either can rear five feet further out. I; right, lhan last yea- fielders. |