European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1947, Tokyo, Japan                              By Bick Harn sports editor a letter from Lee Durbar sports department of the Oakland Tribune in California tells an interesting incident which happened s46 baseba11 Park on the night of thursday june 20th that particular night the Oaks were battling san Diego in the game of a three game series incidentally Oakland won All three games to keep them in first place by a slender margin Del Ballinger san Diego Catcher Pinch hitting for Earl Chappie came to Bat in the eighth inning the first pitch was called a strike by Umpire Gordon Ford right Here is where the action started Ballinger called a Cap pistol front his pocket aimed it directly at Fords head and pulled the trigger poor old Ford evidently thought it was a real pistol and went through All the motions of a Man trying to diminish in size to shrivel up to make himself As Small As possible then he realized that a joke had been pulled on him everyone fans and players alike thought it was very funny needless to say the Umpire didst with a motion which made you think he had really been shot he immediately ordered Ballinger out of the game the result Ballinger went v remember the time last year maybe this happened in your Home town that three homers were hit on three pitches on one occasion in a Southern association game at Sulphur Dell Nashville on 8th it was the fifth inning Bob Raney was pitching for Little Rock three Nashville batters Pete Thomassie by Block and Bill Manning smashed successive pitches Over the Fence what happened to Raney then you guess then too maybe youre from up around St Cloud arid remember that one August 23rd 1948 in a Northern league game at St Cloud that Stan Kmet was pitching for eau Claire Hal Schadt de Gittens and Tony jars cracked successive pitches Over the left Field Fence for homers you know what the next hitter brute Welsch did he smacked a single Bobby Locke tourney favorite fires 67 Large Field entered As tie the athletics moved into a three Way third place tie in the american league by Topping the White sox at Chicago 52 on Jesse Flores three hit pitching the As bunched seven hits off Edgar Smith and Pete Gebrian Jyz Spud Chandlers three hit pitching and an 11hit attack bad by Tommy Henrichs two hornets gave the Yankees a 70 Victory at Detroit and put them within a game of the league leaders it was Chandlers fourth Triumph and he let Only one Tiger get As far As second the senators topped the indians at Cleveland 3 to 0 on Early Wynns six hit pitching and Home runs by Sherry Robertson and Al Evans the third came in on a double by Stan Spence and Robertsons single manager Lou Cleveland june 7 part of the recently installed Home run Fence at Cleveland stadium will be moved Back president Bill Veeck of the indians decided today after count ing up the number of round trip clouts the tribes opponents have been collecting Veeck made up his mind at to Days contest with the washing ton club after Sherry Robertson and Al Evans of the nats each drove homers Over the Fence to beat the indians 3 to 0 since the Fence was erected opposing teams have hit 14 Home fun to six for the indians it looks like Well have to move it out farther in the left and right Veek said the Fence now extends to the foul lines 32 feet from Home plate in both Fields Winnie take for assault armed Atlantic City june 7 Winne Takeall purge was offered today by the at lactic City racing association for a mile and one Quarter race be tween assault and armed prob ably the greatest stake racers in the nation John b Elly association presi Dent said the  would be run at the Atlantic City race on aug 2 if r j Kle Berg and Warren Wright respective owners of the horses accepted his invitation Landover june 7 up Snead Jimmy Thom son and e j dutch Harrison were hot enough to shrivel the grass today in the first re and of the National capital open each shooting a record tying 66 Over the Yard Prince George course to tie for the first round Lead Only a stroke behind at 67 was Bobby Locke of South Africa the tournament favorite who was tied at that level with de Porky Oliver of Wilmington Wil Liam Griffin of and George pay ton of Hampton a tournament Surprise a big Field of pros and amateurs most of them tuning up for next weeks National open tournament at St Louis was entered in the 72hole medal play meet colourful Henry Cotton shoots Brilliant St Andrews Scotland june 7 Cotton Dean of great Britain golfers shot a Brilliant 69 Over the Tough St Andrews old course today to take a three stroke Lead in the Spalding professional tournament the colourful Veteran turning up for the quest of his third British open championship later1 this month three putted two greens but still went out in 34 and Home in 35 for a card just two strokes off the course record his aggregate score for 36 holes was 143 Chicago june 1 up baseball fans throughout the nation will begin voting Tomor Row to select the 1947 american and National league All Star teams which will meet in Wrig Ley Field july 8 in the 14th re Newal of the dream classic which was first played Here in 1933 supervised by the Chicago Tribune 182 newspapers radio stations and magazines will tabulate ballots turned in by the fans and the final tabulation will be made by the Tribune St Louis june 7 Sam Boudreau went out of the lineup with a strained Side after getting a hit his first time at Bat Louis and Boston had an open Date in the american Breadon St Louis Cardinal presi Dent who has been reported ready to sell his team denied today that he has lost Faith in the players because of their slow Start in this seasons Pennant race weve been lots farther behind and later in the season in other years and come on to Breadon said i think weve got a great while refusing direct comment on the Sale rumours the White haired president made it definite that his decision in the matter would not be affected by financial considerations weve drawn More fans at Home thus far than we had in the same time last year and weve outdraw last years Road attendance figures remember last year was the Best we Ever he said Rumor said that Breadon was asking for his 78 per cent interest in the cards and that he has already had one offer stars and Striss Page the the cat still Louis hurler Harry the cat Brecheen picked up right where he left off last season in winning three games for the St Louis cardinals in the worlds series his Victory Friday was his no 6 for the season one third of the total games won by his team during the current Campaign press association photo Chicago june 7 Neth l Wilson commissioner of the Western conference tonight refused comment o a charge by fused comment on a charge by Clarence Munn Michigan state football coach that the big nine gave under the table scholar id want to go Over the whole Story pretty carefully before say ing Wilson said so far i Haven even seen Wilson said that at the Confer ence summer meeting last week at which Michigan states application for membership was rejected conference officials went All Over the scholarship matter in a meeting with Michigan state officials he refused to amplify on that statement san Diego june 7 heavyweight boxing Champion Joe Louis said today that yes it is so when questioned about a mess age from Mexico City saying that mrs Joe Louis a Given birth to a boy whom she named Joe Louis or Louis disclosed that he and Marva Trotter Louis the Mother of the boy had remarried a year ago in a Small Indiana town near Chicago they had been divorced in 1945 and have another child Jacqueline aged four Louis said no Effort had been made on his part to keep the marriage a secret and acted surprised that others had not heard of it asked if he expected his son to become a Champion Louis replied with his famous ghost smile i Hope so if Hes As Lucky As i am he will he said he would meet mrs Louis in Chicago As soon As she is Able to Fly there from Mexico City american league w l pct go 17 18 17 21 21 Detroit 25 new York 24 Cleveland 17 Philadelphia 21 Boston 21 Washington 18 Chicago 20 St Louis 16 20 15 23 595 571 500 500 500 45 444 410 i 4 4 4 fridays results Washington 010 100 100 3 7 0 Cleveland 000 000 0 6 0 winning Pitcher Wynn Home runs Evans Philadelphia 100 020 020 s 7 0 Chicago 000 200 2 3 1 winning Pitcher Flores new York 311 001 7 11 1 Detroit 000 000 0 32 Home 2 Only games scheduled National league w Brooklyn 25 Chicago 24 new York 24 Boston 23 Cincinnati 20 Pittsburgh 18 Philadelphia 19 St Louis 18 l 18 18 18 20 25 23 25 24 pct go 581 571 is 535 2 444 6 439 6 432 6 429 6y3 fridays results games called off the triple header softball games scheduled for tonight at Doolittle Field have been postponed due to wet grounds they will be played tuesday night Tony Janiro opens middleweight inst of about improvement of practices of the military establishment has a place in imy Par 3d we Cir 103 6 apr All letters must be signed if is not be disclosed Only questions of general interest will bet answered and no tev Sonal replies can be made letters containing language considered offensive not be used discuss one topic in a letter keep letters under 200 words include address and Date additional signatures will be acknowledged when written i Sill address comment and query editor Pacific stars and stripes Apo 500 us army up with matl Din fifty Miles from Camp arid approached the clerk at a fairly Nice hotel to secure a room for three Days the clerk said he had but one room and charged us ten dollars apiece we paid for the room and went to it with our Luggage we had just about finished unpacking when the clerk came in i beg your Pardon gentlemen but the opa will not let us charge Over for this and handed us five dollars Back we each took a Dollar and gave the Bellboy two dollars that should take care of but lets count it up we paid a piece and got Back a Dollar a piece so each one of us Only paid nine dollars that makes but we gave the Bellboy two dollars making the total Only now what i would like to know is what happened to the other Dollar please answer Charles m Henson Apo 712 the room rent after considering the opa was in addition to ibis you gave the Bellboy two More dollars making the total spent the clerk then gave you three dollars Back you each paid nine dollars making a total to and received a Dollar a piece Back accounting for the original june 3 lest Morris Bureloff cracks about Bill Mauldin cartoons go unanswered let me say that Mauldin have been the Only worthwhile ones to appear in stars and stripes since i arrived in this theater last october for some reason or other the army has been unable to produce a cartoonist capable of accurately portraying occupation life stars and stripes seems to have realized this failing and has substituted stateside humor Mauldin is the Only american cartoonist with Cou rage enough to Lampoon the unsavoury Side of american life those who wish to close their eyes to the bitter yet humorous truth of Mauldin cartoons Are people for whom the artist intended his work Cpl Wiljam v Kennedy Apo 181 Kami me my Abacus May 21 i have a problem that i have been trying to figure out for Over a year and As yet i have found no solution two buddies and i went on a three Day pass new York june 7 baby faced Tony Janiro the Youngstown kid who became a great welterweight attraction will make his debut As a middleweight tomorrow night opposed to one of the toughest men in the 160pound Lamotta of the Bronx because this is Aniros first Ven Ture into the rings busiest class Lamotta whose Normal fighting weight is about 161 pounds agreed to scale 155 or less tomorrow noon or forfeit Young Tony expected to weigh about 151 despite the weight agreement Lamotta was a 21 favorite in heavy betting because of his ruggedness stamina and persistent at tack during the past two years Jake was beaten Only by Ray sugar Robinson world welterweight Champion 1st game Cincinnati 500 000 000 580 Philadelphia 000000000 0 64 winning Pitcher Blackwell 2nd game 100 002 6 12 1 Philadelphia 020 010 000 362 winning Pitcher Gumbert 1st game 002 200 5 11 0 new York 000 100 000 1 31 winning Pitcher Ericks Cuci Home 2nd game 030 000 000 3 91 new York 008 001 Fox s 12 0 winning Pitcher Home St 100010003 591 Boston 000 120 000 3 2 winning Pitcher Brec Lieen Home Pittsburgh 000 000 000 0 2 1 000 111 Fox 3 10 0 winning Pitcher Taylor Home run Syracuse n up Syracuse baseball fans were treated to a no rare sight last mighty babe Ruth batting out fit balls the babe appearing in Ameri can legion night ceremonies be fore the Rochester Syracuse International league game stepped up1 to the plate and hit a few Lazy flies that lacked the old time ruthian Power he4 a tremendous ovation then left the Field with an american legion Honor guard and returned to his hotel room Glasgow Scotland june 7 Milligan former european middleweight Champion today picked hawaiian Dado Marino to win the worlds flyweight championship from Jackie Pater son next wednesday if the fight goes More than four Milligan who weighs 224 pounds was pressed into service As a sparring partner for Marino be cause of a shortage of local Tal ent Good enough to give Dado a workout the two fought Only one round but the former euro Pean titlist saw enough to con Vince him i think a lot of marinos Cour age in boxing a Large Bloke like Milligan said if the big fight goes More than four rounds i fancy Marino will beat Pater son Paterson can Knock out any flyweight in the world with that right hand Wallop of his but if he Doest land Early then Dados great skill and strength will enable him to Marino who has been Nick named the shirt by scottish fans is training in sem secret and at whatever time he feels like it several times he has startled townspeople by doing his Road work through Glasgow streets at about Midnight in his spare time the hawaiian challenger goes boating on Loch Lomond but he is careful to let somebody else do the rowing in order to avoid muscle Strain Philadelphia june 7 National football league com missioner Bert Bell said yesterday that notre quarterback George Ratterman Buffalo was not eligible for play in the Cir Cuit because his College class had not been graduated As a result Bell said he told league teams not to sign Ratterman declaring he was not eligible until 1948 several National league clubs had asked me about Bell said particularly when it was rumoured through the Spring that he would sign with the Buffalo Eam of the Al America Confer ence the National league has its Cole of not signing a College player until four years after his class entered College or unless he received a diploma in an accelerated he said Yokohama june All Japan Tennis team five Strong left Nagoya by plane Friday morning for Korea and defense of their 1946 inter command net Crown members making the trip were maj Thomas w Bonner fifth air Force and 1947 Al Japan singles Champion Andrew l Moses 24th division capt Elsone stau Gaard fifth air Force maj James e Gerard and Wil Liam b Millikan hokkaido my District major Bonner won the 1946 singles Crown of the United states army air forces while stationed at Maxwell Field Ala the inter command play is slated to get underway june 9th and will wind up june 15th with teams from Martio Phil com Korea and Hawaii attempting to dethrone Japan Marb will be represented by five men in the coming intercom Mand Tennis tournament the team members flew to Korea monday june 2d the following Are the representatives of the Marbo command capt William h Graves 20th of capt Robert l Livingston 20th of capt Robert b Mcbride he Marbo it John c Tobin 1315th eng construction Fer Nando Refe Saipan new june Brooklyn dodgers moved into first place in the National league but Rookie Harry Taylor was mad Taylor was peeved at Pittsburgh Wally Westlake for spoiling a no hit game As the dodgers scored a 30 Victory Over the Pittsburgh pirates Taylor yielded the triple to Westlake in the second inning and the single in the there after the pirates didst get any thing resembling a hit As they went Down to their fourth straight de feat before the dodgers third Victory it was the third straight Victory and the third straight Complete game for Taylor the Pride Glenn who struck five batters and walked six lefty Fritz Ostermueller 40 year old exd Odger who usually takes a special Delight in beating Brooklyn gave up 10 hits including a Homer by Jackie Robinson Peewee Reese singling behind a walk and a single by Bruce Edwards drove in another run while Johnny Jorgensen drove in Edwards with a Long Fly for the final tally after Edwards tripled Marty Marion smashed a three run Homer in the ninth to take personal care of Victory for Harry the cat Brecheen in a 53 Cardi Nal decision other the braves at Boston if was Brecheen sixth Victory and his third this year Over Boston both he and loser Johnny Sain were effective Brev Cheen struck out seven and didst walk a Batter while Sain whiffed nine and walked Only one split pair the cubs and giants divided a double header at new York knocking each other out of first place Chicago won today 51 behind the three hit pitching of Paul Erickson Bobby Thomson Honier kept him from a shutout Marv Rickert and Eddie Waitkus each drove in two runs to Pace the cubs the giants put on their biggest one inning rally of the eight runs in the third to Breeze to a 93 Triumph in the second game Walker Coopers two run triple was the big blow of the inning in which 13 men batted and buddy Kerr and Pitcher Montia Kennedy made two hits each Billy Rigney got the other giant run in the sixth hitting his seventh Homer Kennedy redeemed himself for getting batted out by the cubs yesterday coasting to his fifth Victory the Cincinnati reds started to Square accounts with the Phillies by drubbing them twice at Phila Delphia 50 and 63 moving Back into fifth place and dropping the losers to seventh prior to today Philadelphia had won six out of seven starts with Cincinnati Ewell Blackwell was the first game Winner scattering six hits score his seventh decision and his fifth in a Row Relief Pitcher Harry Gumbert was credited with the second game decision in which the reds made 12 hits Grady Hatton led the Way with two sin Gles and two doubles Heino sets worlds record Helsinki Finland june 7 distance runner Viljo Heino set a new worlds rec Ord of 18 minutes seconds for the Fourmile run tonight at Helsinki smashing his own previous Mark of 18 min utes 57 seconds set last sept 8 new York june 7 Pete Reiser Brooklyn dodger Center fielder who crashed into the Wall while catching a Flynall last night was recovering to night a severe head laceration and probably will be Back in the lineup in a week doctors said let sugar Robinson welterweight Champion and George Abrams prepare to Start jabbing after respective right and left Roundhouse miss the Mark Robinson gained an unpopular 10 round split decision Over the rugged Abrams in a no title bout at Madison Square Garden International news photo the states we went Toa town about sum of i slipped around tote front and looked in Bro Macj taking the there he Hes got in a sack miwute5 later Call the stoppers Hes going that into Chicken Chicken House Squealer have methods we going to follow other