European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 sports the stars and stripes t steel tycoons defend sports As work Aid ten Man representing 30 steel appealed to War mobilization director James Byrnes yesterday that major sports events such As foot Ball and boxing should be allowed to continue not Only As an Aid but As a great stimulus to War product the whose companies employ More than War sent the letter to Byrnes asking for an appointment to plead its Case and that of wartime the committee believes the curtail ment of sports would Force War workers to seek less desirable re thereby causing an in crease in absenteeism and consequently a drop in Reardon reduced a vols the letter stated the committee was formed at the suggestion of 30 who represent the largest fabricators and producers of steel in this Section of the coun try their action in suggesting this was prompted after they were appraised of the great results obtained by a sporting who had just returned from a tour of Battle fronts in the Southwest and who talked to workers on production lines of four plants the celebrity was John Beans National league after Reardon had worked in and out of plants for two absenteeism was reduced 80 the committee would like also to go on record As a body which highly endorses the continuation of sports for the duration As one of the major sources of recreation for our the letter was signed by Howard chairman of the ten Man committee and general Man Ager of the Industrial Metal a and asked for an appointment with Byrnes so that i May convey to you on behalf of this committee its ideas in re Ference to the preservation of it is our aim to be helpful and we seek your cooperation to that end so we shall be Able to produce faster the essentials of Kos highlight Paris fights five knockouts in eight three of them first round provided the highlights of the weekly red Cross special service boxing card at the palais de last three other fights ended in the Windup affair saw Jim my Light heavyweight from Kayo Johnny of in of the opening other first round knockouts were scored by Wilton temp Over Frank Bullock and Cpl Charles mediary Over George second round Kayos were credited to Arlee Chandler Over pfc John Thompson and pfc Jose Rivera Over Ivan Harvey Matthews avenged an earlier defeat when he Deci signed Tommy the results Charles knocked out George first round Arlee Ler at knocked out John new York second Wilton knocked out prank Long first round Harvey decision Ned Tommy Canada pfc Jose new York knocked out Ivan second pfc Earl decision Ned Jimmy Yern san decision Ned John los it want so peaceful in sunday nights game the action above shows the new York rangers Ana Boston Bruins in two weeks they met again sunday night with slam bang res f s Psi is an Norm new new York chapter of the once Over oughtly by Gene graft to View the flying reached London in route to the states just about the same time Little Jimmy ral Lerty was chugging to the tape in the Wanamaker mile at Madison Square perhaps the two items Arent but with Parson Gil Dodds on the retired Rafferty performance is during Haggs colourful domination of the seven events he participated in on his last visit to the United Dodds was considered the 1 Miler to defend americas he failed to even approach the sizzling swedes Speed and track addicts quickly seriously received was the presents decided Haegg was in a class by in Haegg was ridiculed j Tion of plaques to Dixie once for turning around in the Middle of a race to see where his Brooklyn dodgers As scribes cavort rangers Trade punches with Boston Bruins Bruins and new York rangers played a 33 tie Here last night n one of the roughest National hockey league games of the a crowd of enjoyed the fisticuffs More than the hockey in the third period when Grant Ranger swapped punches with Tony Tozzino and Roy of the after being chased to the penalty the rough Ranger fought witha Spectator and Drew a bloody nose for his efforts before police broke up the seven penalties called Bill Cupolo scored in the first period for Boston and Kilby to Donald tied it a few minutes later on a 40foot the Bruins led again in the same Frame when Herb Cam in the Ken Smith took a neat from Cupolo for a 25footer and Boston 31 the game suddenly became with four penalties meted out to the rangers and three to the both teams two men in the penalty Box when Warwidk scored the second new York goal Fred thurier drive into the net with four minutes remaining dead locked the Montreal keeps rolling Mon Treal canadians scored a goal in new each period to defeat the Detroit York chapter 01 the baseball Wrt red 31 Here last night ten association held its annual it eating and oratorical contest at 19 games against Detroit since the hotel Astor last night with its Detroit kept Pace with the usual lampooning of everybody Conj readers in the first period Only nested with Liscombe scored the Avi Cha Ling trauers were it was interpreted As a cocky gesture of by winning the millrose games feature race by 20 Yards saturday Rafferty becomes the obvious challenger of but the 29yearold new York athletic club Colo bearer hardly can be considered a formidable threat to the barnstorming Rafferty successful Romp was his second in As Many the last time he donned running shoes was m the metropolitan aau which he navigated a 4 Haegg can surpass that Mark without evening bothering to unzip his unless the aau unveils a sensational newcomer before Haegg reach the the flying swede wont even be required to shift into High to show his heels to the Home front who in 1928 was tossed into Rogers o Hornsby shoes As the new York giants just returned from two years with an army Engineer outfit m North Africa and Italy he has an honorable discharge and is seeking a baseball Job again to combat International league officials voted not to disclose the starting pitchers in Advance of games the new yorker hotel officials apparently dont believe baseball has the Green Light for when the National leagues haunt finished the preliminary gab est at 3 pm the hotels banquet manager asked prexy Ford Frick to move his men into another their place was taken Over by an Amateur football association its still a Good bet Frick will be elected to the commissioners seat within a the Only Parton the program equalizer after Elmer Lach put seriously received was the present Montreal Maurice Richard Tion of plaques to Dixie scored his 39th goal of the season Brooklyn dodgers As m the second period and it Feln m Otto Wal that Tunc Brooklyn cagers Appeal decision new five Brooklyn College players who were expelled from school for accepting of the bribe to throw the game with Akron at announced they will Appeal to the municipal Board of education for Bob team Stanley Jerry Larry Pearl Stein and buddy each will make individual appeals in writing to Harry College who will submit the cases to the City it Learned that promoters and others connected with sports will be called by the grand jury next the grand jury was Given an Extension in order to investigate gambling in professional and Amateur a so Coop birthday prize Corpus Toledo professional and biggest Money Winner in the Golf realm during celebrated his 33rd birthday yesterday by annexing the Corpus Christ his 72hole total was 264 and he shot a five underpay 64 on the final round to finish four stroke ahead of Jug l Mcspaden blew a Chance for the first prize by Over Par on the final he Drew for second place while by Lafoon and Sam who tied for each received Nelson lost by one stroke to Sammy Byrd 10 Days ago the san Antonio blowing a three stroke Lead on the final j8 the week before in the Tucson he was on the final by Bay of los k Laguardia blasts basketball bettors new fio rello Laguardia charged that the practice of throwing College Basket Ball games is he said it just happened that Brooklyn College was the school that was but Brooklyn College is not the Only Laguardia spoke for 21 minutes overtime on the devoting practically All the excess time to Gam he charged newspapers were partly responsible for giving encouragement to gamblers and rapped churches which hold Bingo games and places Gam bling on Benton returns to tigers Oklahoma years in the Navy Hast handicapped Al be tons effective Ness As a Pitcher and he is pre pared to leave for Detroit and his first season with the tigers since the big right hander was discharged from the last no vember because of a sinus player of the and to Bui Cincinnati reds who got the Bill Slocum memorial for having done the most for baseball Over a period of fun was poked at Vince i m a g g i who created a furore in Pittsburgh last summer when he turned in a Bill for one meal totalling ten a writer depicted dimag Gio devouring a huge boars stuffed with roast Turkey and a play on the 4f situation was received with two induction Center accompanied by an looked Over some spa ined ballplayers and finally drafted Connie de Barrow and Bob whose combined Ages go Over the 200 us staf waca win the us staf was Defeated the was in Joanna of was High scorer for us staf 14 while pfc Alice Kenney scored eight for the Byron Nelson  cagers in quarantine the University of Richmond basketball team is confined to the Campus because of an out break of which has afflicted three varsity civilian and v12 trainees have been and two games this week were can games with North William and Mary and West Virginia May also be called Ken Mosdell stowed the game away with a deft shot in the final a crowd of saw the Leafs nip Black Hawks Ken Ted scored three goals As toe Toronto Maple Leafs Defeated the Chicago Black final goal breaking a 33 tie in the is Dick Metz registered the other Leaf goal in the first Johnny Bill Smith and Bil Mosienko scored for the Hawk the first pair in the opening period and the latter in the to Confer with canadians con Nie of the Toronto Maple revealed last night that n his suggestion the National hockey league would appoint a committee to Confer with Canadian officiate in an Effort to clarify for of gift future what players Are eligible National league hockey standings National league t Montreal 5 3 Detroit 22 Toronto m m s Boston m 21 new j Chicago the question Box were born in Hur neither nicknamed Cpl b and Minnesota played a scoreless la Michigan lost yearly to Minnesota until 1943 when the wolves never won the Verlna trophy tar the Best National hockey league Goa tend ing Are playing currently with the Iowa basketball team alter leading Utah to the National they axe Clayton they it Leo there was a perfect throw or relay to the and no error a runner starting from second base could never get lately Home on a Fly to the been but always there some circumstance that favored the cant Teu you fastest Speed of Bob but fastest pitched Bau on record is Atley of new York clocked at 139 feet per or Miles an theres no official record of the longest baseball but Bob of the Yankees Early 20s was accepted As the player with the strongest Arm in baseball at that Harry scores re Quested army Columbia 31 Iowa Michigan 27 Rhode Island Josephe 63 West Virginia Penn state no result available on Temple quonset pfc George Tunney won the heavyweight title from Jack Demp sey won again in a re turn on july 1928 Tunney fought his last fight to defense of his knocking Heeney in the Lith and after that Joe loud american he is called the brow because his skin is Brown he rocks his opponents like a la not part Tennis profession a usually play on a percentage b tournament draws theft u and vice we no Access to records showing Ami annual income from the John King Jack Dempsey met in a four round Hibi Tion bout in but never fought an official May be thinking of battling different who was knocked six rounds by pfc Mank and Joe was knocked out in 12 rounds by Schmeling in their first it not a technical pics Gordon Cooper and Williams hit in Baw bed sox finished in fourth place Tea the White sox in 1940 second we and seventh in 1943 and Bobby doers name was co for the most valuable player in Jim Tobin figured in no hitters pitched during the 1944 he tossed two of dodgers and and was of Clyde of Ait he had no previous during his major league Bill started playing with the in in 1928 Tycobb ended his major career with the Philadelphia