European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 03, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 3, 1948 the stars and stripes a  re Ranger s goalie stops a shot from a red Wing lir i i Iii  a  a ii u nun 11 i Iii 11 i  Minimi in Iii Iii i i Iii ii Page 15 Plank big addition to tribe brain Trust new York april 2 up Bill Veeck of the Cleveland indians & fun try be regarded today As baseball s newest master of confusion. Move t a brother Rickey the boy has got you beat. Veeck s Deal with Hank Greenberg Selling him Stock and making John a vice president was the clincher. Did Branch Rickey Ever have a vice president no Coula step in and play first base Veeck already had More Square inches of baseball brains in his employ than any other executive in the business and How they could get together either in the front of fice or on the Field is a mystery. Surrounding the Young manager Lou Boudreau who is starting his seventh season As Pilot is a brain Trust to end them All. The Cleveland roster lists As coaches Deacon Bill Mckechnie vet eran manager who won National league pennants in three different cities and Herold Muddy Ruel one time assistant to the commissioner and 1947 manager of the St. Louis Browns. There Are other special Assis Tants such As Tris speaker to help the outfielders Oscar Mellilo to & Bill Veeck surrounds by info eiders and George Susce himself tooth Talent such As. To coach catchers. Veeck himself . Augusta ga., april 2 a of Toyd Mangrum s performance one Winter Golf tour Stamps him As .,8ie favorite in the 12th annual Golf tour Namett on april. 33-year-old sex i is the year s Lea Ding Money Winner. He won three of the 12 Tournai Rin eats on the Winter circuit. Also rated among the favored con traders for this $10,000 tourney aver the 6,700-Yard National coun try club course Ware Bobby Locke j to South Africa and Jimmy de Maret the defending Champion among the overseas entries is hairy Cotton of Britain tour rounds of practice starting april 4 will be followed by four founds of formal shooting. About is players Are  u. Grinder presented award Boston april 2 up the Gridiron club of Boston announced the selection of Everett a. Dorr Boston University Junior As re i tipi ent of the second annual Nils i v. Swede Nelson award for the i most outstanding performance on i the football Field in the 1947 season. Dorr whose left leg still is loaded with japanese shrapnel suffered in fighting with the marines on two Lfona is by s place kicking special act unable to play otherwise Dorres All of his team s place kicking. Last year the trophy was pre enter to Perry Moss quarterback of Illinois for halting play and ailing the attention of officials to Broggy opposing lineman. Chock Rayner new York Hanger goalie deflects the pock near his right hand after Sid Abe r Detroit red wings tried to shove through a goal daring the second game of the Stanley cup playoffs. Other players Are Gordon Howe wings and Neil Colville Cente rangers. -. Acme. Big Hank Greenberg who May be a player owner has front office Aid from Harry Grabiner former general manager of the Chicago White sox and among the stockholders is a gent named Bob Hope. Into this Hodge podge picture Steps Greenberg no is held in High esteem in this Corner both As an athlete and a Square shooter. Concerning Greenberg a Young Feller once said we need More muscle not brains. We be got enough brains  that was Bob Feller the Ace Pitcher. He was speaking solely As a Pitcher thinking of the base hits in Green Berg s Bat and no disrespect was intended toward the advisory staff around Boudreau. What appears to an outsider to be a vast amount of confusion May be perfectly Clear to those on the inner Circle. There is method in most of i Rickey s madness and Veeck May have the magic touch too. After All his dad was a baseball executive and Bill grew up in the business office. Schultz sues la Grill rams los Angeles april 2 up Eberle Schultz tackle for the professional los Angeles rams filed suit for �5,000 on grounds the rams fell Down on a. Promise to find him a new Job if he would  los Angeles. Schultz suit said he signed aug. 7, 1946, to play for the rams in 1946 and 1947 for $10,000 a year and in a supplementary agreement promised to give up a $450 a month Job in Oregon City ore., and move to los Angeles. A in return he said the rams prom ised to find him a comparable Job by March 1,1948, or pay him $5,000. The suit named ram owners Jan Beeves Edwin Pauley Harold Pauley and Frederick Ley or. Reeves said he and Schultz have not yet discussed a 1948 contract Schultz 29, was a football Star at Oregon state College. Princeton to compete with Stanford s boys Baton Rouge la., april 2 a Stanford Duke Tulane Harvard and Princeton Are now playing in a league All their own. At least they will be As soon As  a Little older. He was Bora Only last week. They Are All the children of Stanford Bardwell sr., who says that the idea of naming his children after universities is a natural. His wife s name is Loyola. A Zale awaits Chance to Square accounts with his conqueror Gaby ind., april 2 a Tony Zale expressed concern Over the possibility he would not get a return match with Rocky Graziano world middleweight Champion. Zale with three Warmup bouts under his Belt said i have All the Confidence in the world that 1 can win it  i Hope i am not deprived of that Chance. I think it is coming to me i realize that championships Are won and lost in the ring and that s toe Way i want  Zale who served four years in i the Navy Scales 162 pounds within two or three pounds of his fight ing weight. Sex big leagues headed by Lanier to barnstorm u. S. St. Petersburg fla., april 2 a Max Lanier former St. Louis Cardinal Pitcher who jumped to the mexican league in 1946, is planning to barnstorm the country this sum Mer with a team of mexican league stars from the u. S. Lanier said he believed his project will be a severe blow to Jorge Pasquel operator of the mexican league we be got All Bis u. S. Stars. He won t have any of them this season the Southpaw Ace declared. The team lie has lined up to engage Semi pro Competition wherever be can find it includes Lou Klein Luis Olmo Danny Gardella Fred Martin and Myron Hayworth. Lesnevich to fight Mills in London London april 2 a Freddie Mills British Light heavyweight Champion will fight Gus Lesnevich july 26 at White City stadium in London Mill s manager Ted Broad rib announced. Broadric made the announcement during an appearance As a guest artist in a radio show. Rink men held in cafe Brawl new Haven april 2 a an Early morning restaurant Brawl in which one Man was injured seriously resulted in the arrest of five members of the Buffalo bosons 6fthe american hockey league. Presented in court on a charge of breach of the peace and releases in Bonds of $2,500 each for trial april 21 were Joseph Bell 24 Thomas m. Cooper 30 Michael Mcmahon 32 Leslie Douglas 29, and Leslie Hickey 27. Bond was furnished by Maurice Podoloff of new Haven president of the league. The players were arrested a few hours after their team had Defeated the new Haven Ramblers 6-2, to reach the finals for the Calder cup. The players were charged with assaulting Wallace Holland 23, of new Haven during an argument shortly before 4 . In the restaurant. Holland an off duty Counterman at the restaurant was taken to the Hospital of St. Raphael. A Hospital spokesman said Holland had received a critical injury to his left Eye Joe pushes Star buttons on Sarasota fla., april 2 up Jimmy Dykes the Cigar smoking or of the scathing remark is gone from the major leagues but it is very evident that the Fine Havana Aroma lingers  As the major league clubs go through their paces in the Spring training Camps it is not too difficult to ascertain that Marse Joe Mccarthy of the Boston red sox us rates the Dykes delivered title of push Button  Mccarthy on the Ball Field is a Kwh unto himself. He makes no sex plan Atohi which he does not feel necessary. Proof thereof is the tones Spence Case. Currently. Mare Joe. Once one of the prides of the Yankees is working Stan Spence at first base. And meanwhile the forgotten Manof the Boston Camp is a fellow named Murrell Jake Jones who held Down the initial Post Well enough last season. Consider then that Spence is an outstanding out fielder. The answer is that Marse Joe goes for the established name stars the Fellows who make it certainly More easy to tack the Bunting to the flagpole. When they whistled Mac out of his Buffalo retirement they apparently gave him a free hand. Mccarthy was not settling for the club which folded up on Joe Cronin. He did not have enough buttons to , a Short solid citizen does not make too big a target at first. But he has the reputation. So Jones sits it out in Spring training even though he hit 19 homers last season compared with 16 for Spence and knocked in 86 runs compared with 73 for the former  left Field hitter Jones is a dangerous Batter in the red sox Home Park. And while he May not impress Mccarthy he received a tidy tribute from Cronin last Winter when Mccarthy was on his shopping  about that Lime Joe Dimaggio bumped into Cronin and kidding by asked the red sox general manager when Cronin was going to Purchase him from the Yankees. Cronin said the red sox might Trade Jones for Joltin Joe which struck dimag and a lot of others something like swapping a Rem Brandt for a comic Book but Cronin pointed out that Dimaggio Only hit one More Home run last season than Jones and Only knocked in one More run which is a fair Means of measuring a player s value. Still Jones gets the deep freeze without Benefit of explanation As Marse Joe oils the buttons labelled with. Stars. Monaghan offered $12,500 Marino go Honolulu april 2 api fight promoter Leo Leavitt said he will offer Rinty Monaghan of Belfast Ireland $12,500 to defend his world flyweight title against Dado Marino Here this Spring. Leavitt said his offer for the bout also includes three round trip air tickets to Honolulu Mon aghan Defeated Marino last year in London after then Champion Jackie Paterson twice postponed and finally failed to appear for title bout with Marino. Marino and his manager sad Sam Ichinose will leave by All today for three California bouts. Season permits ready at Frankfurt course Frankfurt april 2. Is season permits for use of the Frankfurt Golf course Are now available at the course it has been announced. The permits Cost 2ft persons holding lockers who do not contemplate renewing their per mits must vacate their lockers be fore sunday april 4, officials said fee for each Day of play on the links for non permit holders is 50 cents. Oshkosh signs Mills Oshkosh wis., april 2 up de Mills six foot six Inch univer sity of Wisconsin Center has signed with the Oshkosh Alt stars