Show Tigers Phil Phillies lies Lose Ace Players By LAWTON TON CARVER International News Sports Editor NEW YORK Feb 27 Base 27 Baseballs Baseball's Base Base- balls ball's two extremes the champion champion champion cham cham- pion Detroit Tigers of the American league and the cellar cellar- dwelling Philadelphia Phillies of th the National met on common ground in the defense program today tOday each each club about to lose its brightest star to the draft The Tigers' Tigers Hank Greenberg home run champion and most valuable player in his league last season and the Phils' Phils Hugh Mulcahy rated as a pitcher In trade negotiations seem definitely headed for the switch from their baseball monkey monkey monkey mon mon- key suits to the army's khaki and from a leisurely noon arising to that early mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing bugle blast Neither will be granted a deferment deferment deferment de de- de- de ferment according to latest reports re reports reports re- re ports and will march away when their num numbers ers go up barring barring barring bar bar- ring the unforeseen Mulcahy has been ordered by his Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge Cam Cam- bridge Mass draft board to appear on March 8 while Greenberg a New Yorker probably probably probably ably will be called in mer He registered in Detroit If U all goes according to the script Mulcahy will lose only one season of baseball through his year of service but Greenberg Greenberg Greenberg Green- Green berg will miss a big part of this season and all next Mulcahy probably figures his plight pretty sorry but being a Phillie he Isn't in the upper brackets financially whereas Greenberg figures to blow upward upward upward up up- ward of t when and if he heis heis heu is u collared by his Uncle Sam He hasn't signed his contract for the coming season yet but when he does he will be nudgIng nudging nudging ing toward the mark What the loss to him will be will depend upon bow now much of this season he can get in before being being being be be- ing called away In bad temper with the press Greenberg arrived here last night by plane from his vacation vacation vacation vaca vaca- tion in Honolulu via several stops en route and after an announcing announcing announcing an- an sharply that he would report to the Tigers at Lakeland Lakeland Lakeland Lake Lake- land Fla FIn next week declined just as sharply to discuss his his his' request for deferment I dont don't know anything about the draft draft he said sarcasm and ire dripping from every syl syl- lable Talk to the draft board They're having something to say every day Jay |