European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By John Ebinger the lifted eyebrows which used to Greet predictions of a postwar sports Boom have begun to and the unfurling didst take any longer to begin than it took president Truman to Start an unofficial today Holiday with his announcement of baseball and horse of have been loading the Field in crowd attract in the major Detroit topped the list of Vajday Gates with a customer count of Over the double several other clubs showed Sharp increases and the Only cities which fell below the Mark were Philadelphia and both of them deep in the second division of the National at Philadelphia dropped be Low Only on the first Day of the and threatening weather could have been just As much to blame As the Phillies stranglehold on the evidence that Vij want a flashing Shepan As far As attendance eager citizens crowded into the Polo grounds the sunday be fore labor Day to Chalk up the seasons record in paid admissions at that and shortly before ebbets Field had officially announced that the Millionth ticket buyer of 1945 had put Cash on the line for his right to boo or cheer the the signs of Victory in baseball not con fined to ticket window Bob Feller is having shucked his coast guard uniform to Don the More familiar regalia of the he whiffed 12 in his first Start against and in his second pitching against Chicago White he ran up another 128 to prove conclusively that the majors Are once More hitting their Charlie a Catcher Foi the tangled with Umpire Joe Rue curing a Shibe Park doubleheader with the also on labor Day sunday the us wifi got a Cut Eye and the Yankees won both games George and to keep up out played to the biggest Shibe Park Croud of thu season raving has been doing Allua and it shows every sign of doing even better inn wartime travel bans a five million Oil at Day a the Mutual windows is Alrea tix being predicted by the More vocal time within the memory of the lowest Point when a  Day was something to rave but that was passed Long the first  Mutual handle blossomed out of the Vij Holiday when passed through the machines at the Belmont Park Saratoga this was the second Day of president Truman a Mere was bet at the same track tin Day labor Day ran to High Racetrack Over characters interested in the improvement of blooded Equine Stock crowded the Small Aqueduct course on the they plunked Down on the animals which reminded them of their Lucky were named by the dope or figured out costly according to the customers assorted the crowd was the second largest in new York racing eclipsed Only by the record at Jamaica last memorial the wars brought out to the Park by the end of Gas rationing made the surrounding lots look like an invasion staging a i a in Case anyone wonders about the results of All this Post Day we shall record that Belmont Park on paid off the largest daily double in new York racing it a Juicy each to 24 race goers who had had the foresight to Purchase two Dollar paste boards on Buddie Bones and Junction both other sports followed the baseball and racing leads which managed to survive most War time those Wear hours of Hunt ing for a precious Ball a player would have Given up in a minute three years Quick to show the effects of galleries increased at the major matches and pro Divot doffing their uncomfortable began to push into the winning Money the latest exponent of pasture Pool to get Back into the ranks is Hen he lost Little time in joining other pros m chasing Byron Nelson Down the in the All american Hogan tied for second incl third with Nelson coming out on top this was Good gang for a Guy who Han incr Laid Oil Lor some army and Hogan pro keep up the Pace by pushing Nelson again m the Knoxville Nelson won this but the exch Averail was in there for thud just below Sam by onetime baseball player from one extra swing of hogans gave Byrd the hogans next try was the Nashville open and he didst waste time fooling he led off with a seven underpay 64 in the first round the Best Nelson could do was a Nelson came Back in later but Hogan Hung onto his Lead Hogan s final and winning count was four under the 269 that enabled Nelson to Divide Sec ond and third Coin with Johnny Bulla of Atlanta Tennis had its service representative in sgt Frankie showing Little harm from his i retained his National championship title at the Forest Hill matches As a preview of what Tennis fans can expect when demobilization becomes More two other both were Bob Falkenburg and Gardnar going Down the sports its hard to find a game that Hast either benefited by Vij or at the very expect to foot which managed to live Only by the exhibitions of Power inflated service teams in the past two is already beginning to perk up and take a Little this season comes too quickly on the heels of Vij to give much Hope for anything but a slightly More robust version of some of the interpretive dancing done in the various last the seeds discharged gis taking College courses and fresh Man ranks no longer so completely draft combed pro of can Hope for an immediate and the new Al America conference is girding its Moleskin for a Knock ragout tussle with the older National football the Competition should give pro customers More than their usual moneys especially when some Veteran players get Back boxing remains a question professional pugs As Well As amateurs Are being discharged from the and managers and trainers Are Busy lining them up As prospective White whatever they one school says that service veterans will dominate the squared Circle for years to another says that the boys who trained on creations and obstacle courses will never be Able to hold their own in the big whatever the million Dollar Gate will probably especially when and if Mike Jacobs stages another Lou Sconn no new threat to the Louis Crown has been developed by the basketball gets the same shot therm As with not quite so much delayed action on the conference abandoned be cause of travel difficulties and player should return this if anyone still has doubts about the Cage games being a major let him remember the National hell raised by Winters Brooklyn College soccer and the whole sports alphabet can look Forward to a new even in Fields less a a yeast is working our department of unusual headed by and consisting of Justus was strolling Down Broadway Only the other eve covering the pinball Arenas in search of straws in the a Little Man approached Billadello and tugged lightly at his Hershey Bai encrusted Yuh the writer a yank wid the unusual athletics he asked in a whisky pfc Billadello allowed As How he i got sornepin1 to show said the Little Man and he reached into his he Drew out a its a he a Mea for the he went a Tren mine Sennit from the Loo kit How much bigger it in these Ordinary Loo kit How big the How red the eyes trains on and whisky Gonna revolutionize the Hea coitus Oney thing that whisky fleas gotta get it from the blood i gotta drink it to teed the Flea Yuh Wood in want a Measley Quarter to stand Inna Way the improvement of the Breed would Billadello donated his Quarter to the Post Back and All Abou it he says the Flea will probably to used in the rna riot race everything is booming next pm Erie Page i 23