European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes february seven bouts top dec fives Ilo appear s in Berlin Case tourney i Safe Northern ring a novices Rei a right that landed by Ray staff correspondent 24 major commands and the 1st Matwich and Heidelberg will Send their strongest squads to the Neucom invitation basketball which opens thursday morning and continues through saturday the berlin26th boxing show thursday night will not with the Cage the four first round Cage contests will be staged thursday morning and and the ring show at i appearing in the Cage tourney will be such dec powerhouses As f i no Camp Lindsey of Safe 1st con of excl Lesl Stab s1 Navy of and de it fending Champion 3rd 16th Brown named to drive car at seed test 24 Wall who drove his first 500 at the Indianapolis motor Speedway last year at the age of was named As Pilot Lor a new car being built for this years whose Home is at Massapequa was nominated As Driver for who is having a car built at the Kurtic Kraft factory in los Ange Walsh Baa informed the Speedway the car will be powered by a four no supercharged and the body will be of tubular steel Brown finished seventh in years race despite repeated mechanical troubles with Milt marions Alfa he has been a familiar figure on Eastern dirt tracks since the Walsh entry brings to a total of eight the cars entered for the race to run May pirate of the other four representatives Are the 7702nd and of Neucom 33rd a of 1st 81st depot of Heidelberg and flak Kaseane of Camp Safe Northern division has captured 20 out of 21 engagements this the upset coming from the hands of the 7702nd in a no league game Early in be Champion for the last two also has an enviable season record of heavy opposition can be expected from the 1st Western division first half Winner and currently tied for the top spot in the second although the Green hornets of Berlin have rolled Over All Loop opposition to they have not engaged in As Many con tests As other teams in the heading berlins ring contingent Are dec and inter Allied lightweight Champ Ernie Ortez and Light heavy weight Calvin whose per i Mormance this season has established him As a leading dec con 26th sluggers were crowned champs in the recent 1st they include Fly weight Wilson Bantam weight Gordon Middle weight Lupi Ortez and lightweight Paul i basketball by the United press Ohio state Indiana 45 a Salle Francis m Michigan Purdue 35 Virginia state North Carolina Texas state Wiley to Marshall Kentucky Princeton v x aur Burc Concordia s3 Scranton rps Bradley Oklahoma City Wisconsin Northwest emm Richmond Washington it eau with a special Brace on his once broken gets caught with a right from Terry Young in their bout in Madison Square Garden last Young took the Blank Check offer made by Mac dons to Crisler los 24 los Angeles dons of the All America conference want Michigan Fritz Crisler to coach the 1948 team and general manager Harry Thayer says Crisler can write his own a spokesman indicated Crisler would get More than a year if he signed a Don Thayer declined to discuss the maximum he would if Crisler is willing to enter the pro ranks he cant afford to turn Down what we Are ready to offer Thayer told the dons tried and failed to get Carl Snavely of North Carolina As coach for Dudley now at West coached the dons late in the w47 shavely rejects Doii offer for North Carolina Security Chapel 24 Carl years a head coach of College turned Down an offer to guide the los Angeles dons of the Al America the Job reportedly carries annual i the Pennsylvania i has two years remaining on his five year coaching contract at of North his salary Here is to be about a Rackley Ink Brooklyn contracts 12 la racing Man offers citation los 24 a los Angeles Rac in of Man whose horse of Trust won a Quarter million dollars in purses last said he had telegraphed an offer of to Warren Wright of Calumet farms for the three Earold Stice said he would like to buy the Celt and bring it by air to Santa Anita for the Derby March Liscombe retains scoring margin nears Ahl Mark new 24 Liscombe of the Providence reds moved within striking distance of the american hockey leagues individual scoring record More Points to his 4irstrplace Totel past in Wiesbach c6mpeiiti by Jack Ellis sports editor 24 s was Novice night at the Eagle in Wiesbaden As 800 fans themselves hoarse at the wild swinging of 12 beginners opening round of the the Northern division Safe Pion ships boxing j Zeppelin Heim and Rhine fighting together a five the seven opening Wiesbaden and also Edas a took the Otherl Only one open class bout for fighters who have five or More first round of Mil weight Sam Edwards of Wie weighing the maximum Oil knocked out Morris of at second round after Down for a nine count Earlic the same fails to come out the first round was with Edwards scor several hard lefts and Lewis i ing him up with a jarring the Edwards first Knockdown punch in Thel ing minute of the second and never eased up until the in the opening bantams Jesse Davies of Zeppelin Nheim de a three round decision Aretino Aninion of Rhines comparatively Little aggressive Tion was offered in this Novic a lightweight bout follows which John Button of Zeppelin out pointed Manuel Figueroa Figueroa came his Corner with a frees Ingin tack and never slowed but ton landed the More effective 1 Clouden shows Good welterweight Francisco que of Wiesbaden connected with adj right to the jaw to drop Fujinaka of Rhine main for count in the second Roundel went on to a clearcut 8ecisti the Best Novice an effective left Jab James Clouden of Zeppelin he an decision Over Vernon Brook of Camp Taylor in welterweight Charles of be Heim Tod Vernon Rhine main when the Latte no Ianswer the 2ndround to 24 Best Way to break into major league baseball some Day is to be born in but Spring rosters of 16 clubs revealed today a lad born in Italy or Czecho Slovakia can make the Hoodoo slates of 48 Are Rhode Island and North they will not be represented among More than 600 candidates romping around the training Camps on March As led the nation with 76 Well behind were Pennsylvania with Illinois Jynith and new York with Ohio is sending Forth 33 and 30 is Ortli no great Popula Tion Center but always a prolific provider to the major league Thompson scottish born eight Canad Anborn i headed by outfielder Jeff Heath of the braves and Pitcher Phil mar Chillon of the on the infielder Henry Bias sati of the athletics and Pitcher Vilarino pier Etti of the senators were born in outfielder Elmar Valo of the j As was born in Ribnik czechor and outfielder Bobby Thomson of the giants is a native i of like most other major league the Worl Champion Yankees prefer those Sun kissed with a total of seven headed by Joe the yanks also picked up five from Pennsylvania and three from new York but spread the rest Over 17 other the despite their huge farm concentrated on prospects from California new York and Pennsylvania 5 in putting together their 1948 but the cardinals could not dig much baseball Gold out of the red Birds have Only but picked up six in Pennsylvania Hoa clod by Stan the mid Michigan and the favorite Hunting grounds of Cardinal next to red sox forage widely Detroit shows More partiality to its Home state than any other major league the apparently with a tag on most of Michigan Best have nine michigander on the the Boston red have not found a Homegrown preferring California and j and plus one new York and the Boston braves will give Ray Martin of Norwood another trial this american leagues do not much of georgias two on the leagues National stamping or of Gargia Johnny Mize of has seven from that none of is Knofl baseball capital of but Massachusetts is j world starting in can represented in the american league j crack the american but i by two each at Cleveland i three in the