Anderson in Hospital for Heart Tests

Former manager Sparky Anderson, who guided the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers to World Series titles, entered a Detroit hospital Tuesday for a battery of heart tests and may require heart surgery, according to his spokesman.

Anderson, 65, is not in any immediate danger, said spokesman, Dan Ewald, who added that doctors may determine Anderson’s ailments can be treated medicinally or may opt for heart bypass surgery.

Anderson was taken to Henry Ford Hospital on Monday night after becoming ill before a golf tournament, Ewald said. The manager had not been feeling right for more than a week, the spokesman added.

The hospital on Tuesday referred all questions on Anderson to Ewald. Anderson, who lives in Thousand Oaks, was in town for a golf tournament.

The Reds had planned to induct Anderson into the team’s hall of fame on Friday. The team said the event will be rescheduled when Anderson can attend.

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Hong-Chih Kuo, a Taiwanese left-hander who turns 18 on July 23, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers. Kuo, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder, recently played for the Chinese Taipei National Team in the Harbor Invitational tournament in the Netherlands.

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Henry Kimbro, a Negro League outfielder known as the “black Ty Cobb,” has died at age 88.

Kimbro, who died Sunday in Nashville, batted .320 over 18 seasons. He played from 1934 to 1951 for the Nashville Elite Giants, the Washington Elite Giants, the New York Black Yankees, the Baltimore Elite Giants and the Birmingham Black Barons. He hit .393 for Baltimore in 1946.

Larry Walker, who operates the Old Negro League Baseball Shop in Nashville, said Kimbro played with Roy Campanella and against Negro League legends Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Satchel Paige.