European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tum Day september 12, 1967 1he stars and stripes Page 17 Horlen no hitter tops Chison sweep of tigers Chicago a Joe Horle punctuated the torrid Amer ican league Pennant race by firing a no hitter sunday hurling the Chicago White us past the Detroit tigers 6-0 in the opener of a  White sox completed a sweep by taking the Nightcap 4-0behind the five hit pitching of Rookie Francisco Carlos an relievers Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob locker. The two shutout Victo Ries moved the sox into a ird place tie with the tigers just in games behind the league leading Minnesota twins. Horlen at 30 the Dean of the White sox Brilliant starting pitching corps overpowered the normally hard hitting tigers who went into the twin Bill in first place tie with Minnesota. The 6-foot, 175-Pound right hander permitted Only two balls to be hit out of the infield an allowed the tigers just two base runners on a hit batsman and error in rolling to his 16th Vic tory and recording the fourth no hitter in the majors this sea  retiring the first six de Joe Horlen. Only 2 base runners troit hitters in order Horlen hit Bill Freehan with a pitch to open the third. Freehan move around to third on the two in yield outs but was stranded when Dick Mcauliffe flied to  baseman Ken Boyer booted de Mathews Ladof grounder in the fifth but Jim Northrup bounced into a double play and Horlen set Down the last 13 tigers in succession tonal the first no hitter for a White sox Pitcher in 10  baseman Wayne Caus by raced behind the bag to Glove Jerry Lumpe s Lead off grounder in the ninth and threw him Outon a close play the tigers Bench disputing the  Heath then grounded to third baseman Don Buford who grabbed the Ball on the Short hop and nailed Heath for the second out. Dick Mcauliffe was the last Man Between Hor Lenand the no hitter but the de troit shortstop was an easy Outon a roller to shortstop Ron , a lean texan struck out four and needed one other extra Effort from his defense when Causey made a leaping grab of Al Kaline s liner in the fourth. The tigers hit 18 ground balls to the Chicago infield. The White sox who had blown three run Lead in the ninth inning saturday in bowing to Detroit 7-3, drove right hander the stars and stripes Minnesota recaptures Lone Lead with 4-2 Victory Over Baltimore Baltimore up Dave Boswell pitched a five hitter and streaking Tony Oliva banged out three hits and drove in a pair of runs sunday As the Minnesota twins regained sole Possession of the american league Lead with a 4-2 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles. Boswell a native of Balti More struck out four while registering his 13th Victor against 10 losses. The Victory gave the twins a a game Lead Over Boston in the league s tight race with Detroit dropping v/2games Back by losing two to Chicago. The White sox Are also game and a half off the Pace. Oliva who collected 15 hits in21 at bats during the five game series tripled Home Harmo Killebrew with the tying run in the sixth inning and the twin pushed across the deciding run in the seventh on a double by Zoilo Versalles a hit batsman a fielder s Choice and an error by third baseman Brooks Robinson. A single by Bob Allison an error by shortstop Luis Aparicio and Areese insurance run in the eighth. The twins opened the scoring in the first against starter Jim Palmer who was making his Joe knew he had big game going thought of Victory Chicago a thinking about it i Walsall right laughed Joe Horlen the chicag White sox right hander who fired a no hitter sunday to Lea the sox to a 6-0 Triumph Over  knew the importance of this game. If we lose this one we re really Down mentally. Especially after yesterday. We were the Dearest i be seen us All year Horlen  tigers scored seven runs in the ninth inning saturday for come fron behind Victory against the sox and their vaunted pitching staff. The Victory was Horlen s 16thof the year and his first no hit Ter since a Pony league classic in 1952. That was a Long Way Back the 30-year-old Veteran laughed. A Long  the blon texan said he tired in the late innings and he was worried about losing the no hitter in the same manner As he lost one i Washington in 1963. I went 8va innings in that one and Chuck Hinton singled up the Middle. One out later Don lock beat me with a Home run 2-1."Horlen threw fast balls and sinkers almost exclusively i facing 28 Detroit batters one Over the minimum. Bill Freeha was hit by a pitched Ball in the third inning and Eddie Mathew was Safe on Ken Boyer s error in the fifth. Mathews was erase Don a double play. I was t getting curves Over so Iball concentrate which was on the fast sinking. I changed speeds on it a lot he said. Horlen who tossed his Glove into the air after Detroit s final Batter Dick Mcauliffe grounded out said he heard nothing Dur ing the ninth inning was feeling rubbery "1 was feeling real rubbery out  i was hoping they would Tsend Lennie Green in because he always hits me real Good. So does Gates Brown  Brown Pinch hitting in the eighth worked Horlen to a 3-2 count before striking  faced three left handed batters in the ninth and came close to losing his no hitter when Jerry Lumpe lashed aground Ball through the Box. Wayne Causey made the play and his throw just beat Lumpe but the loudly. Tiger Bench argued i did t see the play Hor Len said. I just hoped Wayne s throw would be there. I knew Wayne was there for the bal because Lumpe always hits up the , who was playing in his first no hit game said just knew i had to get Lumpe s Ball. I thought after that maybe should have straightened be fore throwing off balance. Thought the Ball got there just As his foot was going Down on the  Horlen said no one in the so dugout talked to him during the late  was real quiet even the fans were quiet. Anyway Idin t hear a thing he said. I was t real nervous before the game. 1 warmed up As Usu came in the dressing room turned on the Jukebox and after that i went at  first appearance since june 8. Palmer walked Ted Uhlaender and Cesar Tovar to open the game and the runners moved upon a wild pitch. Oliva s infield grounder scored Uhlaender. The orioles scored both their runs in the fourth on a single by Russ Snyder a walk by Paul Blair and successive singles by Frank and Brooks Robinson. 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Ninowski hospitalized might miss nil opener Washington a Jim Ninowski Washington redskins quarterback is being kept under observation in doctors hos Pital Here after sustaining a concussion saturday in the exhibition game with the Pittsburgh Steeles at Norfolk a. Ninowski is to be kept under observation for 24 to 36 hours he is not expected to play in the redskins opening regular Soa son game next sunday with the Philadelphia eagles. Joe Sparma from the Mound Ina five run first inning burst and breezed the rest of the  s two run triple was the big blow and Horlen capped the rally with a run scoring sin  no hitter was the third in the american league this year and the second against the tigers. Last april 30 they Bea Baltimore 2-1 on a pair of unearned runs in the ninth inning although held witless by Steve Barber and Stu  twins Dean Chance pitched a no hitter against the Cleveland indians aug. 25. Chance also hurled five perfect innings in a 2-0 rain curtailed Victory Over Boston on july 6.rookie Don Wilson of Houston pitched the National league Sonly no hitter in foiling Atlanta 2-0 at the Astrodome on june 18.the last no hitter for the White sox was pitched by Bob Keegan against Washington on aug. 20, 1957. Earlier two hitter Horlen whose Best previous year in six major league sea sons was 1964 when he posted a13-9 record and a 1.88 earned run average went into sunday same with a 15-6 Mark and a 2.31 Era. He pitched a two hit Ter against Washington in his second Start of the  Agee led off the White sox first with a single Mocenter stole second and scored the Only run Horlen needed Onan error by Sparma. Singles by Boyer and Pete Ward delivered another run before Causey Tri pled to left Center chasing the tigers starter. Horlen knocked in the fifth run of the inning with a single continued on Page 2t Toledo knocks Richmond fro Mil playoffs 5-1 Richmond a. Up Jim Rooker pitched a six hitter and struck out nine sunday As the Toledo mud hens eliminated the Richmond braves from the International league playoffs with a 5-1 , after losing the first two games in the Best of five series bounced Back for the final three  now meets Columbus which beat Rochester in playoff series in the final round for the governor s cup. Starter Kod the mud hens chased Rich mond s starter with two runs on four hits in the second  and outfielder Wayne Comer knocked in the runs witha pair of singles before Julio Navarro came on for the braves. Richmond s Only serious threat came in the fifth inning when the braves scored their Lone run. Comer prevented further scoring when lie made leaping catch of Bobby Cox s Fly to the Wall with two out an runners on first and third. Rooker went the distance for Toledo. Weld triumphs in Branson classic Terre haute ind. A Greg Weld Kansas City grabbed the Lead on the 32nd Lapland went on to win the 50-Lap Don Branson classic . Auto club sprint car race  averaged 62.884 Miles per hour Over the one half mile Vigo county Fairgrounds dirt track. Wib Spaulding. Granite City,111., suffered minor Burns when his car caught fire and spun info the pits on the 15tl Lap. Veteran Driver Ralph Liguori Tampa fla., was hospitalized for observation after his vehicle flipped when he hooked the in Side guard rail in the first turn during . J. Foyt Houston had led for 21 laps but was forced fro the race with engine trouble. Bobby u n s e a Albuquerque n.m., was second Hal my Yard Rollie Havvard calif., third Beale Toledo Ohio fourth and Sam Sessia Nash Ville mich., fifth