European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                For whey 21 1945 the stars and strikes cubs beat cards Lead by three games Feller gives tigers one nil wins 2o wadding hits Homer pitches signal nine into Tousa finals theres 500 dollars waiting by Charles s Locum correspondent leghorn sept 30 Stanley wadding of the 3141st signal Seri vice group baseball team went one up on Dick Merriwell before a Small j crowd at the Yankee stadium yesterday when he not Only pitched j his second nine inning Victory in two Days but banged a Homer into the right fiem stands in the last half of the eighth that beat the 2nd heavy bomb group 76 the blow put the signals into the theater finals against the 92nd division starting Friday in Waddings performance there was one Factor never dreamed erf even by the immortal Merriwell wadding turned Down a Chance to go Home two weeks ago with 84 Points to see his team through this tournament tie on errors two Home run balls and a balk put the Dayton Iron Man on the wrong end or a 52 score by the fourth inning a walk to Harry Antel and a Homer into the right Field seats by Rule Parsons in the first put the bombers two runs ahead but the signals tied it in their half with two hits and four bomber errors and that official for there was a scorer there for the first time in the series another walk in the third inning followed by the first of Danny per mutters two homers put the bombers two runs ahead again in the next inning wadding stopped dead in the Middle of his motion with a Man on third and another run came Home on a balk the signals went ahead with Lour runs in the sixth on a a double by Al Stoponowice a single by Jake Yentis and an inside the Park Homer by Milburn Ponder the drive hit a hard spot in Loftfield bounced Over the fielders head and kept going Perlmutter the bombers first baseman and manager started the seventh inning with his second Cir Cuit clout of the Day a solid shot Between the left and Cente fielders that would be a Home run any place the blow tied the Ball game and set the stage for Waddings Gam winning nit the Ball came Over the outside Corner and wad Ding a right handed hitter pushed it just beyond the right fielders reach Parsons loses Parsons was called in from Centerfield to pitch for the bombers after Ponder hit his Homer and was charged with the loss since per mutters second Home no in the next inning tied the score for him Jim France started for the bombers and gave up seven of the signals ten hits wadding allowed seven Bingles and the bombers made six errors to the signals three wadding a Short husky Blond Doest run the signals team he merely pitches All their games when he was asked after the game who would pitch Friday against the buffaloes he said i dont it will be he will probably draw As his opponent Friday Bob the 92nds left handed Star who beat the 62nd gliders in the first game of the finals if another game is played saturday r s Pritchett will probably pitch for the 92nd against wadding Idle senators Trail Detroit by one came cards lose to Borowy in 10th 41 St Louis sept 20 Chicago cubs were breath ing easier today but the Detroit were Lucky to be breathing the cubs took advantage of shoddy defensive play on the part of the St Louis cardinals to win 41 in 10 innings and increase their National league Lead to three games with nine games to play but Over in the american league the pen Nant race was tightened when Bobby Feller at his very Best set the tigers Down with one hit As Cleveland won 20 and shaved the tigers Lead to a single game Over the Idle Washington senators elsewhere in the major leagues the St Louis Browns strength ened their hold on third place in the american by taking a pair baseball standings american league w 85 85 18 74 Detroit Washington St mus new York Cleveland Chicago Boston Philadelphia wednesdays Kes alts Cleveland 2 Detroit St Louis 64 new York both games it innings Boston 113 Philadelphia others not scheduled 71 51 l 62 64 8 7t 71 75 79 94 s r ten inning games from the new York Yankees and 43 the Boston red sox Defeated the Toila 514 496 486 352 12 13 33 National league w l part going into the final week of the season Only five Points separate Phil Cavarretta left of the Chicago cubs and Tommy Holmes of the Boston braves in their scrap for the National league batting Crown As of yesterday the cub first baseman was hitting 354 and Holmes who led the Loop most of the season was batting 349 Acme Chicago St Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh new York Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia 91 88 80 80 76 63 60 44 54 57 64 67 69 83 85 103 628 607 556 544 524 432 414 299 3 10 12 15 31 48 v s pro leads British pea 8 events added to fall card wednesdays results Chicago 4 St Louis 1 10 innings Brooklyn 5 new York 4 Boston 4 Philadelphia 0 others not scheduled american pros play for record sum on 1945 tour Norton Smith trails with 81 in rain Ward has 73 Tulsa sept 20 the fall Southern schedule for professional golfers was announced yesterday by pea tournament manager Freddie Corcoran the schedule and War Bonds at stake nov 24 Richmond dollars nov 68 Pinehurst n dollars nov 911 Dur Ham n dollars nov 1618 Mobile dollars nov 23 25 Montgomery dollars nov 2sdec 2 Orlando dollars dec 69 Miami dollars dec 1416 fort Worth Texas dollars Only the North South and Miami tournaments Are holdovers from last year and the additional open tournaments will make the 1945 schedule the richest in pea history two players Byron Nelson and j Harold Mcspaden have already broken the prewar record for Money winnings and Sammy Snead will probably make a third before the tour is Over the Southern events will replace a tour of the Pacific Northwest tentatively announced by Corcoran several weeks ago minor league playoff results International league w l pet Newark 2nd 4 2 Toronto 3rd 2 4 333 Newark 6 Toronto 5 Toronto Climi Delphia athletics twice 1110 and 30 the Brooklyn dodgers also strengthened their hold on third place in the National league by trimming the new York giants 54 the Boston braves blanked the Phillies 40 tremendous Homer Feller was magnificent but he was forced to share honors with his big teammate outfielder Jeff Heath who clouded a Home run off Les Mueller in the third inning that cleared the Cleveland Wall at the 400foot Mark Mickey Rocco who walked was on base at the time the indians got Only two other hits a double by Pat Seerey and single by dutch Meyer George Caster and Tommy Bridges succeeded Mueller Jimmy outlaws fifth inning sin Gle was the Only hit off Feller he wilp Given Good support walked four and struck out seven and climaxed his performance by fanning Pinch hitters Chuck Hosteller Bob Maier and Jimmy Mchale in the eighth inning the cubs rammed three runs across in the tenth inning to spoil the evening for fans who sat in on a nine inning pitching Duel Between Hank Borowy and George Dockins Tommy Livingston opened the tenth for the cubs by drawing walk and Dockins fumbled Bill Schustern attempted sacrifice then eagles snap bears Jinx in exhibition 38 to 21 St Andrews Scotland sept 20 ans an american in the Royal air Force Cpl Charles Ward of Birmingham took the Lead in the first round of the British pea championship Here yesterday with a 73 the Only player in the Field of 160 to match Regula Tion figures Bill Branch Leicester professional was second after negotiating the Well trapped Yard course in 74 the first u s army player to Post a score among the leaders was it Matt Kowal of Phila Delphia who tied for third with a 75 Cpl Lloyd Mangrum of los Angeles one of americas top ten playing pros before the War splashed through a typical scottish downpour Over the last nine holes but carded a 3740 77 capt Horton Smith of Joplin two time Money Winner on pro golfs Cash circuit played with a borrowed set of clubs after his were stolen and finished with an 81 the Only other member of the american delegation to break 80 was Cpl Charley Wipperman of Harrisburg with a 78 Cpl de Nowak of los Angeles tied Smith and sgt Rod Mun Clay of Santa Rosa trailed with 83 Henry Cotton dropped out of the tournament because of illness w l Baltimore 4th 3 2 Montreal 1st 2 3 Baltimore Montreal 4 american association w l pet 601 400 pet 667 333 St Paul 4th 4 2 Indianapolis 2nd 2 4 St Paul 5 Indianapolis 6 Indiana eliminated w 4 2 l 2 4 Louisville 3rd Milwaukee 1st Milwaukee eliminated Eastern league w l pet 667 333 Albany 3rd Utica 1st pet 667 033 threw late to third on another bunt by Borowy Ken Burkhardt relieved Dockins and Bill Nicholson slashed a single to right scoring two runs Burkhardt then threw wild to third trying to nip Borowy and the cube1 hurler scored Borowy retired the cards in order in the tenth Home runs by Mike Sandlock and Goody Rosen helped the dodgers win before maj Gen Claire Chen Nault and a group of War prisoners from the Pacific Sand locks Homer came after hits by de Stevens and frenchy Bordagaray and Kafoed starter Harry Feldman the giants the Lead with four runs in the Albany 7 Utica 4 Utica w l pet Wilkes Barre 3 2 i Hartford 2 3 333 wok Escarre 5 Hartford 3 Southern association Mobile and new Orleans won first round playoffs Pacific coast league tuesdays results san Francisco 4 los Angeles i san Diego 4 Seattle 3 Oakland 11 Hollywood 3 Portland 2 Sacramento 1 Bethlehem sept 20 ans Kavanaugh like Van Burn a for pro footballs oldest Jinx was Mer Louisiana state product shattered Here last night in an exhibition game As the Philadelphia packers win 3812 eagles rolled Over the chicago1 Hershey sept the bears 3821 before fans it Green Bay packers scored five times was the first time since 1933 that via an Aerial attack and humbled the eagles Defeated the bears the Pittsburgh Steeles 3812 be quarterback Al Sherman bossed lore fans Here last night in the eagles attack and scored another National football league sent Steve Van Buren across three exhibition times and Sonny Jarmofsky Roy Mckay and Irv comp took Roy Zimmerman added the extra turns in leading the packers pass Points and booted a 40yard Field ing attack with Fleet Clyde Good goal Lor the eagles in the closing night on the receiving end of most minutes of the plays the Steeles scored the bears Sid Luck can threw twice on a 45yard no and 8fyard three touchdown passes to k in Advance seventh but the dodgers hopped on Ace Adams for the winning runs in the seventh and eight by Buker won and Adams lost error hurts the Yankees were on their Way to a split with the Browns but Nick Etten muffed an easy throw that would have retired the Side in the ninth inning of the second game and the tying run scored on the play the Browns won in the tenth when Gene Moore singled scoring Don Gutteridge Vern Stephens hit his 24th Home run in the seventh inning Johnny Miller was the win Ner and Floyd sevens the loser the Browns won the opener in the tenth when Stephens singled stole second and scored on prank Man cuss single Sam Zoldak who relieved Nelson Potter was the win Ner and Charley ruffing the loser Yankee Home runs for the Day we e Aaron Robinson Oscar Grimes and the 194546 schedule Lor Sti Weiss while George my tonal hockey league was an Quinn also homered for the Browns bounced yesterday with each of the i the red sofas first game in National hockey league has 150game schedule Montreal sept 20 ans Hugh Mccullough reports to Boston pro Grinders Norman sept 20 ans Mccullough Lormer Pitts Burgh Steeler and Chicago Cardinal Backfield Star with 42 months of Navy duty will be discharged to Day he plans to join the Boston yanks immediately a former University of okla who go to Detroit or the opener j the homa Orange bowl Star Mccullough has held the rank of chief specialist he served with a Navy unit at Franklin and Marshall col lege Lancaster As athletic coach six teams drawing 25 Home games eluded 29 hits off six pitchers with for a 150game card sox winning in the eighth when the season opens on wednesday i Urey teed of on Dick i no hit oct 24 the earliest opening Date i Fowler red Barrett was the win on record and ends March 17 the Ner the Nightcap was a pitching Chicago Black Hawks open at bos1 Duel Between Otis Clark and Char ton oct 24 and play the Champion i Ley Gassaway but the sox bunched Montreal canadians at Montreal their hits to win for Clark oct 27 Toronto opens oct 27 the Moniker that Hung on Hugh against the visiting Boston Bruins Mulcahy in prewar Days is Tomow there oct 28 Chicago s Home As it was losing Pitcher Mulcahy opener is with the new York j again last night As the braves rangers oct 31 new York Doest i tagged him for three runs in the get into action at Home until nov first inning and another to Ajajj 8 because of previous commitments eighth Johnny yielded in Madison Square Garden nine to Muff phys seven