European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1946, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August Grid grist it Back i quits Boston to turn pro 6 Captain elect Pete Lamana of the Boston University football team has changed his allegiance to the Chicago rockets of the Al America conference and will not return to it was an an official said Lamana has signed a contract to play with the Chicago club during the 1946 who was varsity fullback on the 1941 was recently discharged from the while in Lamana was Captain and fullback of the 78th after a dismal gathered momentum and wound up in third place in the 7th army football he was rated As one of the finest plunging and defensive backs in the it and received the loops most valuable player ram bal carriers prep for Al stars 6 several Backfield combinations were lined up for signal drills As coach Adam Walsh put the los Angeles rams through open Field passing and sprints yester Day in preparation for their Chicago Allstar among his Backfield Walsh tried out his Best quartet composed of Bob Pat Fred Gehrke and Jim and another foursome composed of Tom Jim Jack Wilson and Steve the rams were up to full strength with the arrival of Bob former University of Southern California and regular left tackle Eberle Steeles inaugurate training program Pav 6 rigid reveille totals training Prog ram was started yesterday by the Pittsburgh Steeles under their new John Jock Suther former Pitt University Sutherland ruled player loafing out said the daily training schedule will open with reveille at and close with taps at 10 Chalk talks and practices Are held each morning and after the National football league entry will train at Hershey until its Loop opener against the Chicago cards at Pittsburgh if housing arrangements cannot be made in the Steeles will make their training Center their Home base for the Suther land 52 giants to open practice season new 6 fifty two members of the new York giants of the National food Bau league will officially open their 1946 training season next thursday at state teachers col under the guidance of head coach Steve starting Bis 16th year with the will have four former a americans in Camp Dewitt Tex Coulter of army Jim White of notre Dame George Franck of Minnesota and Chet glad Chuck of Boston several other players will report to the giants after participating in the Chicago Al Star game my Mimi lil Abner baseballs hottest rooter Only socks and this three Earold baseball fan arrived at Forbes All set to Spur the pirates to ticket seller John Mccartney rewarded the re hot who preferred to remain with an infielders player owners reach contract agreement new 6 Larry Macphail of the new York chairman of tha big leagues owners policy committee said that Mutual agreement had been reached with the two leagues player committee on All matters of contract stepping out of his office after a five hour Macphail said that the players had exhibited a very fair naturally i cant reveal the details because i cant yanks nip giants in exhibition 32 Mize hurts hand sume responsibility for the other dub Macphail How i can say that the club owners present and the player representatives Are in Accord on every Point the Yankee president added that the committees had discussed player insurance and that the Threeman player committees from the Amer ican and National leagues appeared a Little bit hazy about the Macphail is spokesman Macphail serving As spokesman for i the six Man policy committee said that they had agreed on what to do on All Points and Only have to find out How to do the two major leagues will hold a joint meeting at subject to commissioner Chandlers following that meeting at which the policy committee will report to All of the the policy com Mittee Hopes to meet with the player groups Macphail admitted that they had agreed upon a mini mum pay but refused to reveal the new 6 an exhibition game at new the Yankees Defeated the at Yankee stadium to win the mayor William Odwyer offered to the team winning the first two games in a three game the Yankees Defeated the in the first Gam of the series Early last Virgil 31 year old giant held the Yankees witless until George Stirn Weiss singled in the sixth and the first two runs he yielded were in the Yankees pushed Over the win Ning run in the ninth on a by Connie niarhos with the bases sending in Joe giant first baseman Johnny Mize suffered a fractured right hand when he was hit by a pitched Ball in the first inning and will be out of action Ali jul Jalc Xuoc Rcv Xia at details or the amount he said Bela he is the teams leading fore they could discuss insurance further the players would have to additional from an insurance Tennis racquets received for it players and stripes Bureau second shipment of Tennis Pur chased from has been received and will be allocated to the major commands upon Requist theater special7 services announced of the racquets this shipment represents a total delivery of 30 per cent the remainder Are expected in the near Batter with a average and leads the National league in homers with a total of new Yolk n new York a a re 2b 4 0 0 2b 4f 0 1 so of in in 400 3b 11 411 of 4 0 1 000 of 210 if 211 401 c 3 0 2 in 4 0 0 if 4 0 1 c 2 0 0 400 c 100 3 0 1 is 2 1 0 401 l 0 o p 000 Blundell 100 p 000 32 2 7 totals 30 3 4 batted for Page 6 batted for Queen 8 new York n 7 s new York a 4 2 Page winning Marshall losing Abernathy of is totals dodger homers whip braves 74 new 6 Brooklyn beating the Boston braves for the 12th time in 15 starts this in creased their firs place margin Over the cardinals to games tonight with a 74 the generally impotent in the Home run depart gained the margin of Victory in the fifth inning when 3peewee Reese and Dixie Walker hit homers to produce five the Boston Morton whose principal failing As a Pitcher is that he occasionally serves up a Home run had retired two batters in the fifth be Schreiber tops Bowman lbs net singles special to the stars and stripes bad singles Champion Bernard Schreiber and Burt Bowman and David doubles winners of the lbs Tennis will represent their commands in the it championships Here Schreiber easily outclassed Bow Man in the singles since the age of he has been garnering net including the Maryland and new York state singles he will entering the it tourney As the probable the doubles Bowman and had Little trouble with their Everett North and Burell beating them Webster beats Blumenfeld in Usset Tennis tourney the stars and stripes Bureau Samford Webster Defeated col Charles in the finals of the Headquarters com Tennis tournament yesterday at the Frankfurt athletic top thrill of the Day was the two hour doubles featuring the sizzling forehand of Jack Wren and the steady Jeri twinning game of Blumenfeld gaining an extended match from Gary Black and Olev Tex Shirley fined for blowing 6 Luke Sewell of the St Louis Browns announced that he had fined Pitcher Tex Shirley for his disgraceful exhibition during the second game of sundays when Sewell waved Shirley off Mound in the fourth inning after the first three men to face him reached the Pitcher turned and fired the Ball toward the flagpole in deep it dropped into the bleachers at about the 375foot although he declined to reveal the amount of the Sewell that was one of the most disgrace Ful exhibitions of temper i have seen on a Ball fore Reese stepped up to connect with a three run before the inning had Walker connected with a two run the braves had taken an Early Lead in the second on a Homer by Danny they added two More in the third on a a hit a fielders Choice and singles by and Tommy two errors by Herman a a sacrifice and two Suc errors by Billy Herman gave the dodgers their run in the they tallied their final run in the seventh inning on two walks and a double by Augie two doubles by Holmes and Nanny Fernandez accounted for the braves final Marker in the an overflow crowd of largest to see the braves play in Boston since attended the the crowd also pushed the braves attendance total past the number the red sox of the Amer ican league have attracted in Home games at Boston this the big crowd took Over a Section of the Outfield grass and was roped three Joe Hank Behrman and Ralph appeared on the Mound for Branca who pitched the last five innings was Given credit for his firstag Victory of the Cooper was the walkers Homer was his Only hit in four times at dropping his average to but he gained on who went witless in four tries to make his percentage Boston Arr Brooklyn Abr 2b 410 3 4 is 511 2b 2 1 0 of 421 in 480 411 if 431 411 c 4 a 0 of of if c in 411 of 3b 201 3b p 000 p 000 p p 100 p Ahermo 100 p Sanders Padgett Rowell totals 33 7 8 totals batted for Behrman 5 batted for Barrett 6i chatted for Posedel 8 batted for Culler 9 Brooklyn ooloso1007 Boston 2 winning losing 401 413 200 402 200 000 000 000 101 too 100 93 4 8 26th meets key Esmen today in 3rd army baseball playoffs 26th Blue winners of the 1st tangle with the 3rd army who topped the army troops league and were Vic tors in 43 of 45 in the opener special to the stars and stripes by Courtesy of United features by Al Capp misfortune Fortune own a few months miss Puritan a Boston Debutante was known As americas Luckiest is a forlorn wreck of her former her debut ended in a disgraceful riot her dinner once famous for the excellence of the have All lately ended in attacks of the last three Ronen Fie was in sefred have All met unpleasant once the darting of Boston Fortune is now shunned As no has been the Daus of on the she was known As Luckiest on the As she is horrible theres Good news for tonight Vic Admiral the entire Atlantic Fleet pulled into Boston i be a nudity unusual bosto1 who Doest have More escort e can handle Tonich d the Vic Admiral i Jollu twinkle in his sked for directions to at hundreds dropped hankies even whistled at a class but not one miser Able excuse for a Man Home Yasme Tauc of the 3rd army baseball playoffs at soldiers Field the spiders will Send Southpaw Merrill with a record of against Blackie Busco of who has chalked or nine wins without Bosco will be on the facing a team which boats six hitters in the starting Bob mor a 20yearold shortstop from Oklahoma leads the 26th sluggers with a third baseman Rex Carrol is number two batting at a third army is pinning its Hopes on Superior hurling despite the loss of major leaguer George Bill Kennedy is the most dependable his average loom ing close to the Catcher Gene left fielder Bill a Pes and Cente fielder Stan Baron provide the Heidelberg team with additional Power at the the 60th go winners of 28 out of 31 games and Holder of the 9th league will make their first appearance in the playoffs