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Show 4Boy Wonder' lSenfBackto ToledoFarm DETROIT, May 4 (UP) Freddie Hutchinson, Ui "boy wonder" from SatU, wbl rod into th majors with much fan-1 fare and a $100,-j 000 price tag, returned re-turned to th minor for mora seasoning today. Th ls-year-old right-hander, who cost the Detroit Tigers MO ,000 and three players, was optioned te the Tiger farm club at Toledo yetr-day yetr-day by Owner Welter O. Brigga. Manager Del Baker rilrlnt know ; i i i i L i about the move ""-""' until newspaper man Informed him. Freddie, who woa 36 gamea for Seattle in hia first full professional season last year, waa released te the . American association club on 24 hours' recall. In hi only major league appearance Tuesday acainst the New York Yankeea be gave five walks, five hits end eight runs la two-thirds ef en Inning. Hutchinson took his demotion philosophically. '1 guess It's for the best,' he said. "Spike" Brigga, eon of the club owner and vice president of the Tigers, explained the move aa both beneficial te Hutchinson and Toledo. , "Th Mudhens need him, and he lieeda te work rea-ularly,1 tha junior jun-ior Briggs said. "Hs hsa been wild and regular work ought to atralnht-sn atralnht-sn him out If hs comes around and the Tigers nsed him, we caa get him back on a day's notice." Although Hutchinson reported te the Detroit training camp at Lakeland, Lake-land, Fla, aa "tha pitching find of the year." he never lived up to expectations. |