European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 948 the stars and stripes Page 13 Alexander holds Lead in Golf play March 13 place in the Jacksonville invitational Golf tournament was in the bands of skip Alexander to Southern r he was Able to better Par by Only shooting 71 for a 36hole score of Alexander was four off 67 Pace he set in ithe opening round Over the d Brentwood Muni of the others was Able to closest at the Halfway at was Steve Savel of Scheneck who took Over second ice at Ysavel missed a Chance to catch of Alexander when he went one Over Paron the 402yard 18th Best found of the Day was fired Locke of South who had a four under i Fred of new Orleans his starting the Sec and round just one stroke behind Haas shot a he lost chances of getting Back in the when he was qualified by pea tournament chairman George hit his Ball in a water re on the 448yard fifth played it As a parallel Hazard Laid out to the Schneiter it was a regular Hazard and he Ball should have been played behind the Jchick Harberton Detroit had 69 moved up to third spot at r Furgol of Brooklyn carded putting him in a tie with for fourth at r players were bunched at they were Lew Worsham of Mont Chandler Harper of Johnny Palmer Badin and Jim Milward Kirk to meet Riley ladies Golf final o March 13 Kirk and Polly Riley of fort will meet today in the finals Tif the Florida East coast women Golf miss Kirk won Over Mary Agnes of and miss Riley eliminated Patricia Devany of Grosse r Georgia state league becomes 58th minor Loop March 13 up class d Georgia state league was accepted As the 58th minor Loop in the the newly formed league is com posed of Bax Sparta and in it has adopted a 15playe limit and a per month payroll limit per botox Jolt 149 i jibs to ones March 13 Boston red sox opened their Grapefruit league Campaign with a 149 Victory Over the Louis the red Hose spotted the cards one run and then started a 16hil assault on three their big inning was the five run fifth when Johnny Grodzicki was the victim of a Bas Clearing double by Ted Wil Bob Reiser trains As 1st seeker san March 13 up the Brooklyn dodgers showed just How seriously they Are considering converting Pete Reiser into a first when manager Leo Durocher ordered the Chunky out pistol Pete Reiser a Mitt for Glove for fielder to Vero Beach tutoring under George Reiser will remain at Vero Beach learning first baseman trick until March when the dodgers regulars arrive from latin Amer Ica to begin their swing the dodgers have three first b e m e n in Durocher seems determined to shift Jackie Robinson to second re placing the traded Eddie Ray Sanders is still a question Mark and Preston Ward is a Taf elder Bill Cox completing the Brooklyn Grid dodger sign negro March 13 Morrison Dit hard Harg ing negro fullback of the Arizona state College at Tempe he has signed a oneyear con tact with the Brooklyn dodger professional team of the All America Borotra upset by Goldstein in National indoor net play new March 13 Nathan former new Jersey state scored the biggest upset of the first round in the National indoor Tennis when he eliminated Jean Frances bounding 49yearold internationalist who had won the tourney four was seeded second among foreign an almost equally startling up set was turned in by Billy 17yearold High school student from new who Defeated vim Fourl seeded foreigner  Romanias Davis cup 63i Marcel the French Cham Pion who is to seeded among for Eigners experienced Only slight Dif in beating Albert of a leading new England Armando brazilian Champion seeded also won beating Al Hollander of the University of Fourthia fixed Frank of new the nations top player 15 beat left handed Bob Dixon of the University of Michi seventh seeded Chauncey Steele of Cambridge Defeated John Lohstoeter of ithe University of i i in Doerr had a double and four singles in five card first Sacker Dick Sisler had four for including a Stan Musial had three for sox Dobson gave up the first card run but looked striking out the Side in the March 13 Pittsburgh pirates accumulated six runs off Rookie Bob Mocq kill in the first two innings to beat the Chicago the cubs totalled four hits off Elmer Riddle in the first three one of the blows being a three run Homer by Cliff san Bern March advantage of the wildness of two Relief the Louis Browns Defeated a stubborn Urcla while bespectacled Young Del Goodyear was the College team was a Good match for the american Goodyear also drove in four j March 13 Johnny Sain worked out for 10 minutes of batting prac Tice in his first appearance for the Boston and showed better control than most of the hurlers who have been working out since the Start of the training March 13 Rookie pitchers stilled the bats of the Boston braves As a Louis Cardinal Reserve club trimmed the right Bander Jack up from allowed two hits in the first five frames and fanned Earl Bob Elliott and Jeff Heath in the braves de was Only Bright spot for facing but nine men in the first three innings and allowing one March 13 up the new Fork giants Defeated the Chicago White As Whitey Lockman played Center for the firs time since he was injured last Whitey got one hit in three trips to drive in one f March 13 new York Yankees amazing pitching staff ran its string of scoreless innings to 28 As the bombers blanked the Detroit Tig Floyd pitched perfect Ball in the Middle three in grained the also toiling for York were Allie who and Joe the Threeman combination allowed five Rookie first baseman Steve Souch Ock of the Yankees suffered a broken right hand when he was hit by a pitched Ball in the fifth in West Palm March 13 Fumble by Rookie Short Stop Joe Clack in the 10th inning gave the Philadelphia athletics a 54 Over the Washington Senar tors in a training Camp Cerdan impressive cos Roach in 8th in Garden slug est new March 13 serdans experience and rugged punching Power proved too much f or Mearold Lavern Roach As the Frenchman stopped the Plainview Texas lad in of eighth round at Madison Square Cerdan weighed Roach the european Champion dropped Roach seven times before referee Arthur Donovan stopped the con test with the texan in a helpless he had been Down three times in the last Cerdan almost knocked out his game foe in the second round when Roach was on the floor for about 15 while the referee and official Knockdown timekeeper had a difference of Donovan thought it was a Knockdown Jack who did the insisted the texan had slipped to the after seven or eight Donovan looked anxiously toward Watson and finally started counting Roach got up at most ring siders agreed that it was not a clean the two battlers had tangled like a pair of wrestlers just before Inci went Down but Cerdan scrambled up in a second or two and hurried to a still groggy from an earlier nine count was in no hurry to get Roach went to the floor for the third time in the second round and took a com of he managed Avert further disaster until the final a right to the head sent him spin Ning for and he ran into a flurry of Cerdan punches As got this time he stayed Down for nine and got up Only to run into More Howai out on his took a two count and then fell on his half oat of the ring under the Bottom As they stopped the Marcel Cerdan looked impressive beating Lavern Roach Indiana lists ring reforms March 13 up the Indiana athletic commission has unanimously adopted a 10point program suggested by chairman Archie for the betterment of effective in will give the state a tighter control Over the Hind Man the program Calls for barring fighters who suffer concussions for six 30day rest periods for boxers who Are knocked com Mission investigation of a Boxer who i orcs six and requires a doctor at the ringside to be the first person to touch an unconscious the program bans six ounce now used in All weight Divi from Fly to welter eight ounce gloves will and heavier weights will use 10 ounce Robinson offers Crown to fight middleweight new March 13 Ray Robinson Pete press that he Wai willing to give up his welterweight title to meet Mercer Cerdan if 1he new York commis Sion would vacate the middleweight the middleweight in Abey Ance in new York is hew by Rocky Graziano in most states because he knocked out Champion Tony Zale in Chicago last Graziano new York License was revoked last year when hot failed to alleged Wiesbaden club to meet March 13 special the Wiesbaden Rod and Gnu Tab will meet at the Schuetze Nheim Lodge on March election of members will take commission to weigh Graziano status March 13 Edward chairman of the new York boxing commis disclosed that the status of Rocky world middleweight championship is held in abeyance in will be considered soon at a full meeting of the Eagan made this disclosure when questioned by sol acting at Madison Square Gar Strauss know when the take some regarding the middleweight at the middleweight championship is held in in new York although Grazar Idaho is recognized As the Champion everywhere Thi situation exists in new York be cause Graziano License had been revoked York state Befort he won the title from Tony at Chicago last Strauss told Eagan that he would like to have the middleweight Champion situation explained that if the commission would not recognize he would like to it recognize at least a middleweight Champion of new York