European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From like interest in the Small arms tournament to be held in Japan late in the summer has reached a new Peak in the Marbo command with the announcement of Paul spanglers appointment As coach of the a leading contender at Rifle matches in the National tourney in Camp Ohio for the major is Well qualified to act As official listening to advice from the old expert Are left to right pfc Mitra i and Joseph from signal corps photo sports editor x first and second year men often establish themselves in the minors and though they remain Good minor league seem to have that extra oomph which produces major league remember in 1945 when Arden Cotton playing his second year at first base for Bristol appalachian league headed All other minor league hitters with a respectable average this won for him the Louisville a full sized Sterling Silver baseball Bat which is presented annually to the Batter who leads All minor league Lew Milwaukee had won the same trophy the year it was in that Al an outfielder for the Newark of the Ohio state led All other firs year clubbers with an average of for this feat he was awarded the spa aiding discontinued during the Spaulding annually give this cup to the first year Man in the minors who show their dust to All other prior to the War Jimmy playing with the Petersburg nine in the Virginia won the trophy in there Are three when hitting As they did at the respective times gave warning to major league magnates that they might be Fine but where Are those three men today and these Are just a few of Many once heralded youngsters who Haven made the big there is still time for the three we have june Ruth hit two his numbers 19 and he hit them against of while playing in the 52nd game of the it was played at Yankee on june 12 this season Johnny Mize cracked out his 16th Homer the 46th game of the current this gives him six games in which to hit four More Boundary clouts to catch up with ruths memory As hero new june 13 after a few years out of the people forget even the Good fight but the fighter never kid Broad once he had been a top Good enough to beat Abe Attell and Young but he took his and faded from the stubbornly he Clung to his for never did he identify himself As other than kid a name which once meant a lot to sports nor did he Ever leave new scene of his he said he was born in in but he never tried to go he lived in a cheap hotel in lower and finally adjusted his life in a dream pattern in which kid Young was the each Day he went to the curb Exchange and enthroned himself on loading Finger ing his scraggly Gray he told All who would listen of the great Days of of kid Over a Hundred fights and Only knocked out hed Tell his that kid ring records show he was truth Only the mexican Orelio Kafoed his audience want always impressed and the remember ing suddenly that he want a title contender but just an old would nobody cares about kid Broad wish i was he would the kid didst show up at the Exchange but after a while a patrolman came they found the kids body on the Street Down by Washington he it was a still was carrying a picture i flask in Green was a lightweight june 13 babe Didrikson Zaha Rias of Golf Doms super had a genuine scare from a comely English lass yesterday but eventually blazed into the finals of the British women championship with a pair of victories that made her a favorite to sweep the last major Crown from Brit Ains trophy in tomorrows 36hole the former Texas olympic hurdles and javelin Star will meet miss Jac Queline Gordon of Victor in two hard fought the babes unforeseen scare came in the quarterfinals against 22yearold Frances Bunny Ste daughter of an English pro who Clung grimly until her putting touch dissolved under the severe pressure at the 12th Zaharias then ran out a 3 and 2 Victory and went on to trounce Scotland Champion and chief British miss Jean 7 and 7th de reds dodgers new june the cubs regained third place in the natio Nal league by winning a pair at 40 and Rookie Doyle Lades two hit fireball pitching gave him the opening Victory in a Duel with Bostons Warren who was for his tenth but suffered his second defeat Bob Chip Man out pitched Morton Cooper to win his fifth game in the Little Dom Dallesandro paced the Chicago hitters with six singles for the the Phillies handed lefty Howie last years Cardinal his seventh defeat against 3 piling on five runs in the first inning to top 54 at Louis went the front at the Start on Joe med Wicks three run but the phils came right Back and scored All their runs on three Madwiek Stan musicals and singles by Lee Handley and Emil the pirates salvaged the finale of a three game set with the giants at new 87 by staving off a late rally in which Willard mar shall hit his second Homer of the game in the Johnny Mize got a three run Homer for the giants the first inning while Marshall hit his earlier Homer in the Frankie Gustine led Pittsburgh 14hit assault with two singles and a the reds made it three out of four at winning 54 with Pinch hitter Ray muellers three run double the deciding blow in the sixth Jackie Robinson had a perfect Day for hitting double and two Elmer who retired from baseball with a sore won his first Victory attempting a comeback although he pitched Only five innings before getting june 13 of the nations top fighters at the turn of the 84yearold Bert Bir legs was on his honeymoon the negro who was forced to end his Fristic career at an Early age and who now is totally married his 67yearold Lizzie Collins biggest fight was he met Joe then the Light weight in the de fended his Crown successfully and ended the fight in the sixth round by a technical Collins also battled Joe Peter Jackson and other notables in the ring world in the first 20 years of the there was another twist to the wedding the Boxer and his Bride were married at the sanctified Church of and were Given permission by the minister who married to reside in the june 13 a title aspirations of 19 year old Johnny hone boy brat on was Given a setback by Gene durable new York slug Burton pounded out a decisive decision Over generally considered the 1 con Ender for Ike National boxing association version of world lightweight comets defeat june 13 second major port comets won a hotly contested baseball game by a two one score Over a hard fight ing Yokosuka Navy nine last a full weekend schedule of baseball in the american league of Japan is on the menu for Diamond fans this saturday and an excellent contest is assured at Lou Gehrig stadium in Yokohama As the fiery rep pie dapple nine meets the sur prising 8th army the big Green from Kokura will invade stateside Park in Tokyo for a two game series with the ghz while Down at Kobe the basemen play Host to a driving airborne a titanic struggle Between the 5th flyers and the 1st is expected at Camp Drake while i corps plays fear at Kyoto and the 25th division 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58 58 58 Pacific stars and stripes Page last minute like a goalie Yaakov Chodorek of the famous Hamoel soccer team from sails through the air in a last minute decision to Stop a goal kicked by Ivor Thompson 6 of the new York the Palestine on National Goodwill tour of the United went on to defeat the new York pro a Grega the visiting soccer team placed the american soccer league Al stars to a scoreless deadlock in their latest International International news photo by Joe staff writer june yesterday emerged the most Likely Prospect to win the doubles championship in the Al Pacific Tennis tournament being held in of the four doubles matches played so far in the the boys from Japan have giving them close behind in the Days a perfect record of two wins and no losses doubles play Are Phil com and of whom vanquished their respective opponents Marbo and however on the basis of yester Days play Japan seems to have the slight Edge on the other con with Phil com still a very definite the pair to keep an Eye on Are Andrew Moses and William b Millikan of their All around play left Little to be desired arid their net game highly important Factor in was in the match again Marcos William Graves and John Tobin worked together in perfect har Mony inflicting a 62 defeat on their win the other Japan Victory saw Thomas Bonner and capt Elson staugaard literally smash George Miller and Ansel valiant Marbo to in fact these smashing when they got out of hand in the second almost got their masters into but the japanese twosome did manage to keep things Well in hand and came up with a Korea halts Hawaii in Many ways the most thrilling Battle of the was the Korea and Hawaii in the beginning Waldo Bowers and John Barren to have everything under control As they walked away with an easy 62 win in the first set Over Eugene Davis and Dell Hymes of but in the second set Davis and Hymes play improved considerably and they took the set now things were evened up and it was anyone guess As to who would come out on the Korea partners were the final but once again Hawaii winning three straight when the chips Down and Korea led the boys from the proved their Merit and halted taking the next two games to win Phil coms Durward Breadfield and Melvin Rogers registered a 62 Vic tory Over Marcos Robert Livingston and Robert june 13 Harry peanuts Chi Cago cubs third baseman sustained an ankle injury when hit by a batted bail in practice Here tonight shortly before the scheduled arc Light game the Boston no report from Eddie and see you zip Ive got to deliver these five minuted for who was that we Hes Tiv into kill he comes John r Hodges recent radio Gram to the olympic committee request ing that Aid be Given to koreans bid for participation in the 1948 olympics has been recognized by Avery Brundages that general Hodges endorsement will be brought to the attention of the International olympic it was Learned Here Brundages letter to the com manding general of the army forces in Korea stated As i have informed various Amateur sport authorities in i per favor the recognition of Korea so that its Amateur athletes May participate in the olympic there Are some problems presented because of the fact that presently Korea has no National the matter will be discussed at the meeting of the International olympic committee in i am glad to learn that you approve and i shall bring your endorsement to the attention of the Zamoita whips Tony Janiro new june 13 Jake ranked As worlds third Best went on a slugging spree after a slow Start to whip welterweight Tony Janiro of in a 10 Rounder at the Madison Square Garden new 13 Mickey Harris of the red who had nine victories at this time last scored his first of the 1947 Campaign a 30 shutout Over which explains As Well As anything else Why Boston is not running away with the Pei ant race v j it also serves to emphasize big Mickey Back in that the red sox therefore Sharid be More dangerous from Jereloa Laid up first with a prolonged attack of influenza and later with Harris Hadst even been Able out until the team went West on its Rosel he had to have Relief l4elp after seven but was Bill of ant until holding to four Boston made its runs off Bobby who in As a Relief Pitcher in eighth and yielded three hits in two one a bases loaded single by Roy sox trip new York 1 the White sox snapped th6 seven game winning Streak of Yankee Pitcher Frank win Ning 32 in 11 innings when Kolloway tripled and George skeets Dickey singled to break up the Shea fell victim to the same malady that has afflicted other Yankee he walked eight men and hit Joe Haynes went All the Way to win his fourth the athletics made it three out of four victories in their series with the first place tigers at det Roit by splitting winning the second on the seven hit Beartown pitching of Rookie Carl Al Ben ton won the opener for 7 backing up his seven hit pitch ing with three singles in four times at George Kell and Pat mul Lin each got a triple and to to singles in the 13hit Tiger the senators won a 42 ofic pfc Sion from the Browns at dropping the losers Back eighth Early Wynn his seventh Victory and up by driving Home the marginal run on a Long Walt Judnick hit a Homer for King claims Griffith behind club Transfer june 13 Cecil today that president Clark Griffith of the Washington senators assured him he would support a proposal to Transfer a major baseball franchise to los King said he and Leonard member of the supervisors of los Angeles met twice with he Griffith told he not Tody would be willing to vote for such a Transfer but would help present the Case for it when major league club owners meet in Chicago Ken Shaw decisions London june 13 scottish heavyweight won a 12 round Over former British heavyweight Champion Jack Lon Don tonight in a bout regarded As the final elimination for y crack at Bruce woodcocks British heavy weight Well informed and temperate expression of opinion about improvement of practices of the military establishment has a place in army Par 3d Cir 103 6 apr All letters must be if the writers name not e Only questions of general interest will be and no f n made contains language considered offensive not be used discuss one topic in a keep letters under 200 words include address and additional will acknowledged when written to in address comment and query Pacific stars and Apo Moj one last thank you june 10 this is a note of appreciation to the personnel of the 118th station and the 28th general i wish in elude also the special service and red Ross units attached to these having been a patient for four have seen Many Fellows like myself brought Back to the nurses and Ward boys rehabilitating the boys physically and the special service and red Cross units tending to the morale end they do a great Job and i know that there Are Many of my friends who feel As i in going sack to the states but id like to leave behind a Good portion of my to three thank William Mote Apo 660 babble routers june 6 May i ask one question was the life in a russian labor Camp y meant to incite hatred Between the americans and russians Many japanese Are trying to Breed hat Between the americans and rus i think the stars and stripes is doing a wonderful Job in helping the japanese accomplish their by print no the articles by has Mutsu Ever heard of the treatment the americans received in the Philippines fuck ii the three repatriates had wooden boards to step on instead of the ver mine infested floors where so Many americans died and suffered due to the brutalities of the along with Many other wish to Exi Erid my deepest sympathy to the thousands of repatriates left in the horrible rus Sian labor i Hope the stars stripes will print so that the readers will know How we feel about this japanese Al and pfc George Izzo Apo 201 the United As you tries to present the news impartially at 411 times on All while it is True that our Story was based on these japanese had to say about cow i Mons in a russian labor it is also True that if the russian govern ment or russian officials in de to deny the allegations of these for Mer prisoners the United press be glad to carry the russian in other we Are willing to pre sent both sides of any question without comment or our we leave to the newspapers which take our service to make editorial comment if they muts us function in this Story was that of i assigned him to interview the former japanese prisoners of i was Well aware of what happened in the Philippines during the War because i was in the Southwest Pacific command from Australia to up manager for