European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes March 1943 dec regional Cage championships open today Camp Linidsey top favorite in Northern by William Lee staff correspondent March 8 Bleb Navy quintet and the 7704th Sci of Heidelberg my will open the Yucom Northern regional Cage championship tomorrow eight teams Are entered in this six Day double elimination which will decide the Northern representative in the dec following the opening which begins at the 1st of cons tabs Western division collides with the 7717th pm school of Darmstadt tomorrow night the 7702nd and of Neucom meets the Camp Lindsey com Manders of u safes Northern division at 7 and the 3rd 16th Green hornets of Berlin take on the 772nd Neucom of Champion of Wetzlar with the exception of the finals sunday four games will be played each two in the after noon and two at the tourney is slated for bees troop staging area although teams have not been seeded by local Camp Lindsey appears to be the 1 having Defeated the Best of Euc oms basketball the commanders enter the tourney with a Fine 241 and will have the Opportunity to avenge their upset Losa the 7702nd of Frank Furt other powerhouses in the tournament include the Green who lost in the finals to Camp Lindsey in the Berlin invitation and 1st Rangy cagers have loomed As an dec title threat Allig rated by Many to stage a the hornets probably will meet Camp Lindsey again at least once in the with such stalwarts As Frank Perdue and Jack and Center Gene the hornets May provide suffer opposition than in the Berlin 6th captures Eastern Cage title March 8 special the 6th Dukes Defeated the 2nd in the third and final game of the Eastern division championship and will rep resent the Eastern Loop in the Southern regional starting Row at the sharpshooters held the Dukes to an 88 tie As the first stanza but fell behind shortly after the second Quarter opened As the Dukes began to find their the 6th which copped the first series tilt but dropped the second by four was led by Bob who pox ired 18 Points through the team mate Nick Polivchak and Tommy Walsh of the 2nd 15 22m it annexes Khrt Hern Crown March 8 special the 22nd it captured the Safe Northern division squad Ron level basketball championship by defeating the b Rockies of in the the it quintet jumped into a 2013 Lead in the first period and Upp Cal its Lead to 3122 at half judge Jackson and Dick Ford Buck eted 17 14 respect for the it Jim Curtis hit 15 markers for i indians crush Cia its in 10th9138 March 8 in a Long winded exhibition the Cleveland indians put on a five run storm in the 10th inning to defeat the new York the giants used 22 men and the Indiana 18 in the each club four Walker Walker Cooper gets first giants Homer of season Cooper hit the giants first Home run of the with a Man on base in the third March 8 Eddie released from the Hospital Friday after be ing hit on the head by a line drive last witnessed the second Louis Cardinal Intra squad game from the a right handed High school pitching Marvel from pitched three scoreless innings in leading a team captained by Terry Moore to a 20 Victory Over a team led by Enos los March 8 two Home runs gave the Chicago cubs a 31 Victory Over the Chicago White their second Victory Over their Crosstown rivals in two to Ocie Earl York homered in the second inning and Clarence Mati outfielder recalled from the West coast also pushed one out of the Park in the March 8 up Veteran Catcher George Dickey was released outright by the White sox to Hollywood of the Pacific coast Dickey batted last year in 83 Ciudad March 8 the Boston braves newly acquired Sec Ond is recovering from an attack of Lobar the Hospital Here Stanky was stricken saturday Only a few hours after learning he had been traded to the braves by the Brooklyn March 8 Ben Chapman off the Phillies offered to Trade one of his shortstops to the Chicago cubs for outfielder Bill i Haie six shortstops who better than any one the Cults have and they can have any one of Lesnevich Mills bout hits  March 8 for a Gus Lesnevich versus Freddie Mills fight in London for the world cruiserweight championship Are Britain number one fight Jack has been on the transatlantic Telephone to Joe manager of in an Effort to get Gus Here for a title bout during the coming Solomons said at first Vella in speaker raps or loops new March 8 continued exclusion of negroes from most of organized baseball was attacked by Dan Dod executive director of the com Mittee on Unity in new he declared that to say the Branch Rickey has been charitable toward his colleagues in indicating that the color line was gone and that discrimination does not now exist in one has Only to look across the Island to the new York giants and Yankee organizations to see that such is not the the committee which he Heads was appointed four years ago by the mayor Fiorello Laguardia to promote interracial a subcommittee on baseball was named about three years Dodson said this was prompted by a request from the the club told mayor an end Jim Crow in baseball committee1 had threatened to demonstrate at the Polo the baseball committee asked the Crow group not to and it did Dagrosa named assistant to temples Morrison March 8 up John of former head football coach at holy has been appointed first assistant to head coach Ray Morrison Temple it has been announced Dagrosa replaces Josh now supervisor of freshman athletics and head basketball timoted they would prefer in overweight but i am not i would not be a party to an overweight match because it would not be fair to Mills or the Public and would prove i learn that Lesnevich has hid difficulty in making the i think a title fight would give iils a very Good Opportunity of winning the the promoter stressed the fact that he is definitely not interested in an overweight he dded that he received Assurance from Vella that should Lesnevich come to Britain in defense of his world it would be under Solomons Solomons said he expects to learn More from Vella very Hoppe retains Cue title March 8 the old retained his world three Cushion billiards title by beating Ezequiel Youthful Argentine 50 in the 33inning final match of the Challenge mine except Eddie Miller or Gran Ville Hammer Chapman they need a shortstop and 1 need an outfielder so in hoping we can get together on the March 8 the Boston red sons biggest in Johnny Pesky of red sox shifted to third base Field problem solved with the announcement by manager Joe Mccarthy that Johnny Pesky would be the regular third Mccarthy statement squelched rumours of a Pesky Trade now that the sox had Vernon formerly of the at san March 8 Ham mered Foar pitchers for 17 defeating the Louis Browns in a a Home run by Les Moss with the bases full put the Browns Back in the game after the pirates had opened with four amazing rally wins tourney bad March 8 one of the most amazing rallies of the season carried the Isit to a 5035 Triumph Over the 33rd a in the championship game of the battalion level nation basketball the 1st cagers will compete the Neucom Southern regional at March the 33rd a had come through the losers end of uhe tournament and Defeated the 1st which was triumphant in the winners necessitating an and Efti Mikil playoff in the deciding the 33rd a jumped away to an 110 Lead and held an 115 margin at the first they led at the the 1st quintet got hot in the third period to tally 18 Points while holding their opponents to five for a 3427 John Wilh and legs with paced the winners while James Gen and Dave Barker each netted 14 for the 33rd i 1st to open meet at Stuttgart by Bill Zalenski staff correspondent March 8 quintets representing six battalion level loops will take part in the Neucom Southern regional which open at de Gerloch gym the Winner of the double Elimina Tion tourney will earn the right to compete against the Northern Reg ional finalist at March for the Neucom battalion level pairings drawn this afternoon pit u s a f e Southern division against the 1st 1st in the opening game of the tour Ney at 7 and flak Kaseane of Munich against the Ufa rep the 4th the other two teams in the tour Herzo of Nurnberg and the 6th Winner of the con Stab Eastern Drew wednesday nights with the first game beginning at 7 will pair the Winner of the furst Enfeld Bruck is 1st game against and the flak Kaseane is 4th Victor against the 6th Furstenfeld Brucks eagles and the tigers of flak Kaseane loom As the eagles have drop Ped but three games this two to Camp Lindsey powerful the a Classy bal handling have com piled a Fine record in dec and both teams were standouts in win filing their league the 6th gained the tourney berth after taking a close two out of three playoff from the 2nd the 4th and Herzo fives Are of unknown the airmen grabbed the Nurnberg diadem by a close margin the 701st the outfit pulled a Surprise by conquering the 796th my last Ufa to gain a spot in the Lesnevich pondered  new York March 8 boxing newest slugging is going to await the outcome of the Joe Louis Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight championship Light in june before Mak ing any further this was made Plain by Joe Lesnevich manager and Lile time after he conferred with sol acting director of the 20th Century sporting Vella said the Light heavyweight champions next fight would be held outdoors in new York this this could either be the reigning heavyweight King or against Ezzard the 175contender from a big Money heavyweight shot seems More the record Book lists Lesnevich As 33 years although Vella says the Champ is Only Vella also indicated Friday night after Lesnevich flattened Billy Fox that this will be Gus last year in the whether Louis wins or loses against a fight Between Lesnevich and Walcott would be a if Louis wins and the two could Battle for the vacant meanwhile who has knocked out four of his last prepared for a two weeks vacation in Florida with his the Champion had plenty of spending Money to take Vella collected a Check for representing Gus share of the Fox Cut amounted to Vella said Lesnevich probably would keep in shape on his return with a number of 42nd Ber Satiu wins heavy title via Rich 8 20yearold Novice from the 42nd Tony scored his Sec Ond to in his second ring appearance Over Jose 66th in of the second round with a tremendous right Hook to Annex the heavyweight Crown in the feature attraction of the 2nd boxing championships before an overflow crowd of spectators in Patch Torres drove Persaini All Over the ring in the first but Tony made an amazing taking the offensive from the Bell in the second in the cards other leading Light heavy Herb with a series of lefts and rights to the stomach and a solid Kod Sam 66th at of the second