Manager Sparky Anderson of the Detroit Tigers,...

Manager Sparky Anderson of the Detroit Tigers, who was sent home to Thousand Oaks May 19 because of exhaustion, could return to the team within a week. “Sparky has made remarkable progress in the past week,” said Dr. Clarence Livingood. “ . . . His return now seems to be on a day-to-day basis.”

Anderson’s wife, Carol, has screened her husbands’ call, even refusing greetings from longtime broadcaster Vin Scully and Manager Roger Craig of the San Francisco Giants, a former Tiger pitching coach.