European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1947, Tokyo, Japan                              Page 16 far East stars and stripes weekly review sunday june 8 1947 by Dick Harn sports editor every decade or so the new York Yankees come up with a Power House baseball club they Haye had aggregation so Long that none of us Ever remember when they didst have at least one player who waste talk of the league it was the great George Herman who originally made Yankee history legendary it was babe Ruth head and shoulders above his teammates on that most famous of All new York teams who in 1927 established a record which still stands 60shome runs in a single season that team was powerful from the pitching Mound right on Down to the Bat boy their pitching staff was com posed of dutch Ruether Myles Thomas Joe Giard Urban shocker George Pipgras Waite Hoyt Herb Pennock Bob Shawkey and Wiley Moore the outer pasture gardens were protected by babe Ruth Earle Combs Bob Meusel Ben Paschal and Cedric Durst the first string infield was a managers dream Lou Gehrig 1st base Tony Lazzeri 2nd Mark Koenig Short and jumping Joe Dugan third in Case of injury they had capable Reserve Iri fielders in the persons of Mike Gazella Ray Morehart and Jules Wera behind the plate were such Stal warts As John Grabowski Benny Bengough and Pat Collins of yes we nearly forgot that his name Eddie Bennett Little Miller Huggins was the fiery manager with plenty of that old stuff called brains he didst live Long after managing his great est team the Man with the scythe called time on him sept 25 1929 quite a few of the hug men Are now with Little that hefty Spitaller Urban shocker preceded him in death passing to the great beyond a Little More than a year before on september 9 1928 then there was Tony Lazzeri who died at the age of 41 Evi Dently of a heart attack we say evidently because his wife return ing from a trip found his body new York june 8 baseballs Rookie sensations of 1947 had Little today on the Flowers which Bloom in the Spring Only six of the freshmen won Ders Are living up to their train ing Camp buildups and already almost three times that number of the heralded starlets have fal Len by the major league Way Side practically every club had great expectations for at least one first year Man As they went through their paces in the South but of the boys who received the rave notices Only Earl Togeson of the braves Clint Hartung of the giants Sam Mele of the botox Frank Shea and Yogi Berra of the yanks and Ferris Fain of the As have been outstanding 3rmany wilted under the heat of the big top the dodgers entertained High Hopes for John Van Cusk 18game Winner at fort Worth and de Chandler strike slumped Over the front Hall ban Nister in their Home All of us remember Reading of the tragic death of Grabowski from Burns in a hotel fire he left this on May 23 1946 v baseball fans suffered their greatest loss and most severe Shock when the papers throughout the world announced on the morn ing of june 2 1941 that old Iron horse Lou Gehrig had passed on the pages of Yankee baseball history turn instead of Ruth Gehrig Meusel Lazzeri it Al we read of such names As Joe Dimaggio Charley Keller George Mcquinn Frank Shea and so on those Are the players on the cur rent edition of the Yankees who Are making the sport Page head lines Joe Dimaggio is leading All other hitters in the american league with a Lusty 368 average just As Lou Gehrig led All the hitters in that torrid season 1927 when the yanks ran roughshod Over All opposition Gehrig finished the Campaign with a 373 Mark George Mcquinn of the present Day new York club is second in the averages with 352 on the other team Earle Combs and babe Ruth each finished second with hefty 356s Keller is now leading the Ameri can league circuit sluggers with 13 Boundary clouts will he continue his smacking for the Money and go Down that finish line endeavouring to tie or even break the mighty ruths record Dimaggio and Tommy Henrich Are no slouches either when it comes to hitting for the distance Frank Shea and Spud Chandler Are the present Day pitchers whose current records compare favourably with old Urban shocker Wiley Moore George Pipgras and Waite Hoyt to those doing the Mound chores now we can add Don John son Allie Reynolds and Floyd be Vins anyone of Whon might in later years Long be remembered As another Yankee great that the Way it goes the Young constantly replace the old we wonder if this years Yankee team will replace the Yankee team of old whom All of us remember As the greatest of new York teams will this new team win the pen Gehrig Ruth Philadelphia june 8 up Mack vice president of the Philadelphia athletics said there was nothing to recent reports that the club would be sold by his father 84yearold Connie Mack the report attributed to a radio commentator in a nationally broadcast program said that a Syndicate sought to Purchase the team Honolulu june 8 Kim sports writer for the Honolulu advertiser to Day was named Secretary of the territorial boxing commission replacing Tommy Miles resigned Nant and reach the Heights of Downing the National league win Ner in the worlds series in four straight games such As that other team downed the pirates of Pitts Burgh in the 27 classic Only time will Tell Atlanta june 8 Charley Trippi University of Georgia Al american football Star last season injured his Shoul Der last week while attempting to catch a Fly in the Atlanta crackers baseball game against birding Ham and had to leave the Field the extent of trip Pis injury was not at once determined trip i who has proved almost As much a sensation in baseball As he did in football at Georgia is hitting 364 for the crackers in his first professional season out King of the Texas league Van Cusk is in Montreal now and Chandler is Riding the Bench the cubs had a cant miss hurler in Cliff re turned him to Pacific coast Lea gue the reds were up in the air Over Ted Kluszewski former in Diana Star but Hes Down at Memphis now the giants praised without restraint pitchers Earl Mcgowan and Bill Ayers who won 22 and 21 games respectively at Atlanta Mcgowan is Back minors and Ayers is picking up giant splinters the phils grabbed headlines with shortstop Ralph Lapointe and infielder Willie pudding head Jones Lapointe went Down to Baltimore and Jones to Wilming ton Pittsburgh drafted Steve Nagy from Montreal and won has him optioned to Indianapolis the cards had Tom Glaviano As a successor to Marty Marion is still at Short Glaviano at Houston Frank Shofner was supposed to solve the bosons third base Riddle Hes Back in Louisville Cleve lands Pride Dale Mitchell went Back to the Bushes and Detroit George As Hank Green bergs Back on the coast Speedball artist Don Johnson is Only Soso with the yanks while Headliner Bobby Brown came close to being a bust the Browns have heralded Jerry Witte on the Bench and Washington prize Scott Gary is used Only in Relief meanwhile unrecognized Talent which was brushed off in the Spring has often proved More Hardy than the prize plants Ralph Houck of the Yankees was an overlooked eighth Stringer i the Spring but Hes right up there How Pitcher Harry Dorish of the botox is doing Well As is Cleveland Les wills a mediocre performer at the As Joe Coleman is Only 12 but Connie Mack admits now that he is a perseverance with outfielder Paul Lehner is paying off for the Browns and the dodger Dandy is Harry Taylor Winner Over the giants and cards in his last two starts a cub Surprise was Stocky Doyle Lade who could do no bet Ter than split even at Shreveport but is 31 now and the reds were town by husky Frank Baumholtz now a regular out fielder the giants thought Little in the Spring of Bobby Thompson and Joe Lafata but there regulars now while Pittsburgh got an unexpected regular outfielder in Wally Westlake As for the cards their Jim Hearn was a loser at Hes a starter now so some of the Flowers Bloom and others dont the Job is sort ing out the Hardy