Well, the fans settled back and the happiest people in Detroit right now, the 15, 18,000 youngsters that were afraid for a long time, but they wouldn't see a ball game this afternoon.

It is just a little bit brighter now than it was before. The rain has stopped. The clouds appear to be just a little bit higher than they were. The lights are on here at Tiger Stadium.

The Yankees playing this game under the leadership of Frank Crosetti,

Jim Turner, Whitey Ford, and Jim Higgan.

Right now as Cressetti came out around home plate, John Stevens stopped him.

They had a bit of a conversation, and now Stevens is calling something down to first base

umpire Kinnaman.

Bill Monbucet continues to throw out on the Yankee bullpen.

Some remarks directed toward Monbuket, he turned around.

Whether he will be allowed to continue warming up and I don't see why he should not be as the Yankees come to

bat but we will see manager Ralph out back east today attended the

graduation of his 18-year-old son, from prep school in falling New York.

And the first time in Ralph Halk's managerial career that he has missed a ballgame.

And for quite a while it appeared that he would not miss one because we certainly thought

that this one would be rained out.

But they held off until the last minute, and now the rain has stopped.

This series continues, weather permitting, with a double-hatter tomorrow afternoon.

The Yankees will go with a pair of left-handers.

Fritch Peterson in one game, and Steve Barber will be first nineteen sixty eight start for the yankees in the other

the detroit dragons will go with denny mclean who was one eight and lost only one

this year and probably john hiller will make his first start after eight relief

appearances tigers in a bit of a bind for starting pitchers right now due to

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