| Show Sports Comments Comments' I By PETE FRIT JIE Two of oC the surprises in the major leagues thus far Car are the I Philadelphia and the Cleveland Indians The Phillies Phil Phil- lies are actually not as much of oC a Surprise as are the In In- TILL TilE AMERICAN Leagues League's Indians who played around In first place in the early weeks were not supposed d to be rough this year ear Its It's true the Tribe started fast in 1963 too and then faded Th That t may happen again this rear rear Nevertheless s the team was not supposed to offer much hope of excitement in 1964 but the youngsters on the club have exhibited spirit so important important im im- in this game and the Indians weren't easy to to beat beatin in the first weeks pf of Ute the sea sea- I son TilE in the Na were suspect They looked better and better beUer in 1963 Many writers gave them thema a chance to be In the pennant fight this year CarIn Car In this connection Jim Dunning Dun Bun ping ning lately of Detroit seems to have profited by the trade Bunning seldom was tent at Detroit could not beat the Yankees or win clutch games that had to be won liE ALWAYS looked good inthe in inthe the Star All Alt Star games and undoubtedly un un- had good stuff Perhaps Per haps he can win clutch games for the Phillies Philles later in the season but meanwhile he has been going great as has catcher catch catch- er Gus Triandos leading i Phillie fans to believe the deal dealin dealin in which they got Gus and JIm for Don Demeter was a great trade Ironically Detroit's pitching also seems fetter too this year and the Ti Tigers rs are obviously ob- ob obviously improved The added strength comes mostly from Dav Wickersham lately of the As A's who has been hot for Detroit l was one of oC three who bought Rocky Cola vito for Kansas City Ed h Rakow Ra- Ra a- a kow and Jerry Lumpe Lampe who is also doIng nicely for Detroit were the other two That trade helped the Tigers Meanwhile Colavito and Jim Gentile lately of the Os O's are arc hitting the ball for the Ath who may not have done badly themselves in winter trades |
