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Wakefield Takes Workouts With Tribe; May Land Job CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 3 UP.— Dick ick Wakefield, the former Detroit Tigers ore 0,000 bonus bust, got a new lease on his hls baseball life today. General manager Hank Greenberg of the tle Cleveland Indians, said: "Im going to Work out with him for a while and help elp , him get back in shape. Then maybe we we can find a job for him somewhere." Wakefield was recently released without °,ut any strings from his contract by Oakland ak- of the Pacific Coast League. Greenberg en- and he were friends in 1946 when the the Tribe general manager was playing his his fading years at first for Detroit and the the latter patrolled the outfield. The 29-year-old Wakefield began working rk- out yesterday with Greenberg, but he he wont be dressing for any games. A tribe ribe spokesman said "something might work out out for him in the farm system."
