European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March player magnate Hank Greunberg buys part of but says he May play if the club needs him the stars and stripes Page 9 in Cage favourites win Baylor enter semis new York March 21 Kentucky Rupp using Neutral Madison Square Garden to score a stinging 9157 Victory Over their Home state rivals froth the University of advanced to the olympic basketball Semi along with the Phillips oilers and Denver the wily coached by Adolph and generally considered to be the Best College team in the meet the team they dubbed 5842 inthe Mcaa on monday Baylor advanced earlier with a 5957 Victory Over new York in the other semifinals the National aau Champion Phillips oilers from tackle the Denver the team they Defeated in the finals of their tournament at Phillips moved up with a sadistic 7432 Victory Over the Prospect Park National Myca champs from while Denver withstood a late drive by the bitters in Kentucky was led to Victory by its incomparably nifty rifling Ralph who was Shoemaker and scrap maker in the feud against of Beard accounted for 22 Kentucky final total was the Wallace Jones betting Odds favor red cardinals March 28 commissioner James i Carroll offering his first line on the 1948 Pennant installed the world Champion new York Yankees and Boston red sox As co favourites in the american league and the Louis cardinals As top team in the Carroll made both the Yankees and the red sox Oddson at 5 to indicating the general f outlaws aim for tour Greenberg purchases interest in indians i so by Tiv los March 28 hammering Hank who has hit More Home runs than any other Man still actively in he Ane Vic president Ani second test stockholder of the Cleveland fulfilling a Lon sought wish a major league that he might become the Dia ends first playing executive Ned a distinct possibility since Man slated for the regular first base Eddie has come a lame and the Elble Fletcher from has not been hitting or Elding up for will stay in condition Greenberg also was announced the clubs second largest Stock Ider Cleveland High Bill will remain in condition to said who now is five pounds heavier than Irmal at 220 but i Hope Tat wont be i will play Only if injuries to our other first baseman some other circumstances who played with the Pittsburgh pirates in the National league has been work ing out with the indians this he has been testing a sore Arm which plagued him the majority of the last most valuable in 1935 he was released by the bucs at the end of the season after a Dis appointing year with a disappoint ing although he hit 25 his batting average dropped to despite the two lean he still has a lifetime Mark of and has a total of 331 in when he hit 36 homers and had a batting Mark of at he was voted the leagues most valuable following up that showing by winning the award again in in both years Detroit won not Only the Pennant but the world in the 1940 season he had 41 homers and hit feeling that these clubs will make a two team race in the in the he made last years thoroughly reshuffled Brook Lyn dodgers the third Choice at 3 to putting the cardinals on top at 8 to 5 and the braves next at 2 to that the heavy american league Money was on Only two clubs was brought out clearly by the fact that Carrolls thir Choice the Detroit was quoted at 8 to the Cleveland regarded by Many As a Good Surprise bet to win the Are 20 to in the National the third Choice the were Only 3 to whereas the ranked were 5 to 1 and Pittsburgh who shared the cellar with the were next at 15 to ranking of the pirates at such a comparatively Short Price reflected the healthy respect a number of seasoned baseball observers have in Michigan tank men cop title Verdeur sets world Mark Ann 28 of Michigan a balanced wolverines swept to their 13th Mcaa swimming without winning single first place in the three Day Tsatok piling up Points All through the show with seconds and Michigan amassed 47 Points for a  margin Over Ohio which had won the meet for three years it was Michi Gans first Mcaa championship in seven Lasalle colleges sensational Joe 22year old lowered his orld record in the 200 Yard breast stroke to More than a full second under his Best previous time of set earlier this reason but still awaiting Verdeur climaxed a Brilliant season by cracking 1 the worlds breast stroke record of he Stab Joe Verdeur Lishco last Michigan Bob Sohl was Verdeur a watch symbolic of his selection by the As swimmer of r for the thorough rebuilding Job that has been done on the club by Gen eral manager Roy Chison 1001 shots 35so significant was the revised attitude toward the Philadelphia no longer regarded As perennial the who were years Best bet to finish Rose up to a respectable fifth place finish and in Carrolls Book they Are 25 to 1 to do it the Book also pointed up the decline of baseball fortunes in Chi where both clubs were listed the White sox at 100 to 1 along with the Louis and the cubs at 20 to notch above the Philadelphia Phil lies at40 to Cincinnati at 20 to 1 in the National and Washington at 40 to 1 in the american Given Little Chance although both clubs have a wealth of Good entries listed for Wightman cup new March 28 Lawn Tennis association announced that the nations four top ranking women headed by National singles Champion Louise Brough of Beverly will represent the Wyghtman cup matches against England at 11 and the three other players named were Margaret Osborne Dupont of Boris Hart of and Todd of la who follow miss Brough in March 28 group of baseball players outlawed by the game in the and no longer eager to play in Jorge Pasquelo mexican league May form barn storming head quarters it was Max for Mer Louis car Dinal reportedly is negotiating with Spring Field for use of equip ment which has Max Lanier been stored since Springfield quit operating a team in organized Xavier said hand the other players had refused to play in the mexican league again this besides the group includes pitchers Fred Hoot Gibson and Harry Feldman in fielders Danny Lou George Hausmann and Murray Franklin outfielders Bob Ortiz and Louis Olmo arid catchers Myron red Hayworth and Jimmy highest amassed in the Garden this year in collegiate and tourney next to Beard in the Basket Mak ing department was Wallace Wah wan who scored 19 for the losing who won the National intercollegiate meet at Kansas the top scorers were the Combs Glenn and and Jack each of whom made 10 Brooklyn y outclassed like the Kentucky the Phillips Triumph Over the Brooklyn y was a murderous mismatch that should have been brought to court instead of placed on the big bruisers from where the basketball players can not make the Tea unless they Are shoulder High to the Oil played a straight simple but it was too straight and too simple Flatbush five to led by seven foot Bot Foothills kept the score at double or better in front of Brooklyn in the first half and at times trebled it in the final former Oklahoma scored 12 Points on five baskets and two free throws while guard Pitts from Arkansas hit 12 Points on six Field Boryla paces Denver led by big Vince Brylas 21 piled up a 15point Lead in the first half and then staved off Oakland last half the sparked by Don their talented negro twice closed the Gap to a single Point during the second half 4645 and at but a hander by Ron Livingstone and Hook shot by Boryla in the next seconds pulled the nuggets Ward with 13 played a vital part in the nuggets who made 14 was Oakland High Baylor trains 2nd round Baylor aggressive run Nerup in the Mcaa gained the second round on a Bas Ket by Jim Owen with Only 45 seconds left to play in a played rough House Battle with the Lead changed viands nine times in the first half and the score was tied four times before a free throw by Jackie Robinson gave a Baylor a 2726 halftime after live More Lead changes and seven ties the first nine minutes of the final the violets pulled away to a 4741 bulge at the 11 minute Mark Tor the widest Lead enjoyed by either the bears scrapped Back to the score again at 47all and then the teams grappled at close quarters right to the end when Owen Cut Loose with his push shot from 15 feet out to Settle the Owen paced Baylor with 21 Points on fiend goals and five free by Bill with Ray Lumpp was Nyette top Point Man with 14 Center Adolph tossed in 1l Stan talks things Over with the Boss that order in the National