European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1948 the stars and stripes Page 11 dodgers rated Strong s threats to retain pennants ocher puts Faith int Lassy youngsters the first of a series on the prospects of National league by h Petersen 0cdad april 8 up an old saying that there is a Dull Day with the Dod of land from the looks of things int going to be a Dull year tar Lippy Leo Back s be game he loves after sitting a years int one forecast events to the air with which he goes about of getting his club ready National league Pennant Cleaves no doubt he thinks he w the Crew to they have lost two of key the idler Guy of the and old Dixie a real pro it the Whitman improved in one of their Young he dodgers feel they have found j fee new Dixie j his name is Dick Whitman and is is going to take Over walkers tight Field the 1947 year he lid with Montreal worked won t6t he hit with lie royals and International league finals claim he cant but despite his Hes Tofy one for a Job on dodgers there Are 46 others and Only two of Atcher Bruce Edwards and Short iop Peewee among the 9j7 sure of holding in Centerfield it looks like Carl who murders Southpaw etching but has had Little Success against right will draw i full time Bankhead tries Outfield Geoe who came along fast Jet the Tail end of last us Ray the negro Atcher with Montreal next As the leading candidates for the Idt Field other Outfield candidates Are ban the negro Pitcher Tho was converted into a Gardner i cause of his batting Power and feed afoot Little Al made the spectacular catch Dimaggio bid for a Home in the sixth game of the world series Don a Rookie Tith lots of Power Marvin rack a hitter with Mobile last Jive players Are fighting for the base Billy acquired the pirates in the Walker is Given the inside track Over or held Down Post last cookie lava and Arky who Are taming to the end of their major league careers and Young Tommy Are the other catching staff Strong of is a fixture at but second and first base fill not be settled until a couple of experiments have been Conlu one has Pete Reiser trying to ome a first baseman and if he through Jackie Robinson Sill shift to his Normal but if Ray san who came from the braves ii the Stanky or Rookie pres Ward fail to the Grade Robinson again will play t swards will do most of the with Bobby a and Gil Hodges for his looks like preacher Joe Ralph Rex bar Phil Haugstad and Harry will be the starting dryly Hugh Casey and the vet de Heusser will be the Relief lists with John de Peewee Reese gives the dodgers shortstop strength Ralph Branca is top Manon the pitching staff Joltin Joe Dimaggio covers for the yanks firemen Joe Page is the als 1 reliever James John Van Ervin Paul and Cly deking fighting it but for the other cardinals Harris says team greatly improve the first in a series on the 194s prospects of american league april 8 could be another Yankee the 1947 world champions Are going about the business of preparing to defend their title with Confidence that they will be from Bat boy to Bucky there int anyone in the Yankee Camp who does not feel very strongly that another Amer ican league Pennant is in the were the champions until some one comes along and knocks us off and i can Tell you that nothing like that is going to happen this the Yankee Pilot sure the red sox have been but weve plugged some weak spots right id say we Are going to the Barrier a Good 25 per cent stronger than we were last Veteran Outfield with the exception of first Harris has his club All some Outfield changes May be necessary but Bucky int concerned about he would like to know whether Joe Dimaggio Arm is going to be All lets not fool ourselves we All know we need the big Guy in the in the Best of Harris flanking Dimaggio in the Garden will be Tommy Henrich in right and either Charley Keller or Johnny Lindell in out of the game since last june with a Back appears to be coming along but there still is some question whether he will be Able to take a full swing atthe plate and whether his running will right now it looks As if George who will be 37 in will open at first base although Young Bobby the world series Pinch hit is giving him a Battle for the Berra 1 Catcher it will be Snuffy Stirnweiss at Phil Rizzuto at Short and Billy Johnson a with Frank Crosetti and Lonnie Frey the in Field reserves along with Cliff Mapes seems asure bet to win a Reserve Garden he hit with Kansas City last year and has been hitting the Ball he is an accomplished despite the liberties which the dodgers took on him in the Yogi Berra will Start the season As the 1 de obtained from the White and red secured from figure to strengthen the pitching a won 16 games for Chicago last year v while Embree won eight for the both will be starters with Allie the Yankees big Winner last year with 19 Floyd sevens and Frank the Rookie sensation of last 10 on Mound staff Joe Page will be the 1 Bull pen Man and if there is a better Relief Pitcher Harris has not seen the other spots of the staff of 10 which Harris will carry Are Frank a 15game Winner with Kansas City last who looks like a Good bet to stay and Tommy Karl Randy Gumpert and Vic some club May come up with better hitting or better pitching than the but on paper today they look like the Best balance club in the they seem to have what it takes to win titles red by Johnny Neumeyer editors note a few words of to Johnny the author of the Hunting and column that will appear on the stars and stripes sports Page every Friday Johnny born and raised in some 37 years ago with the exception of five years spent in the Pasadena Community he has spent most of his tune in Wisconsin pursuing has favorite and he has the distinction of first introducing into the state of wis Consin the Chufar Johnny bought the eggs from Frank Buck and hatched them on his 100acre game along with the Partridge went Silver Fox and Karakul Neumyer estimated he released Trout each Spring and fall the hatchery on his game Johnny was called into the army in 1943 and came overseas the next saw action with the 88th 8th and is the solder of the Bronze the close of hostilities Johnny switched to photography and writing and ended up with the 3rd army in it was at Heidelberg he first wrote his column for the Post paper and he was transferred into the co Stab he took his column right with him for the lighting we first saw it there and liked it so much Attiat we asked Johnny if we could borrow his column for the stars and his answer will appear every the Lark now leaves his shakes his dewy and to implore your Light he awake awake the morn will never Rise till she can dress her Beauty at your William Lavenant 1630 controlled Hunting and fishing in Europe since the Day of Robin Hood has encouraged the continuous and natural propagation of the ancient Mountain cock and the historic red Marvel at the virtually unlimited amount of game inhabiting these Woodlands it perhaps strikes you that indiscriminate removal by shooting or otherwise would Long ago have invited huntsmen were a proud clan in the prewar a Jaeger preserve caretaker didst reach the Eagle scout stage until he sported Tufts of his trophies the band of his his buttons were carved from the sliced Racks of the he wore a shoulder Feather of the Chi whiskers of the and the cur Leyhew from the Perky posterior Mallard his Headpiece bristled with Silver mounted brushes of the boar his Leathern lapels were enhanced by the Bloom of an a crag bound Flower reached Only by the from the Flats of Hesse to the peaks of Bavaria the Green Clad Jaeger was festooned with a colourful garble of Alpine an on a Day set aside by the owner of a game preserve the Needles would drip with the thrills of Small the music of hounds on and the Silvery note of the Hunting oiled crushed and the wafts of powder smoke added scents to of wild foaming Beer and water everybody the German game propagation system was precise and penalties for infractions of the rules were there was plenty of everything for there still but a faint murmur of dissension is rising from the Mist of the each game census shows the system is this column invites comments which it passes on to As a what have you to say from name on request comes some painstakingly gathered information which boils Down to this that some land Kreis my officials May hamper the tried and True planning of the German foresters to the extent that they cant carry out their a Schuss this plan determines the game the crop and the number of undo sizeable like of any military government gets the picture from the Jaegers and who Are responsible through germans channels for the condition of the Hunting it military government Grants additional authority land Kreis my officers to determine crop damage and eliminate what Hap pens to the deductions of the Jaeger meisters it allows them to escape the responsibility of a program that is improperly there Buckin result Herr Schultz loses All his Karloff cos because he lives to6 far off the while his Cousin who operates a Small brewery and a Wurst machine gets All the gun toting the a Schuss plan which would normally balance the game count in All areas takes a the a member of the grouse May be legally stalked with the fowling piece from now till the Middle of during the mating the Auerhahn performs a spectacular ritual which entices the Hen and blinds himself with his own he is a powerful rarely seen except at this but May be More easily approached when his desires exceed his Stream Side notes is still and spinner time for the Trout in the but watch for an Early Hatch of mayflies and Cadda flies hard shelled nymphs on a 12 offset Hook Mill often bring better results during the Hatch than a perfect imitation of the insect in the adult especially when fishing for the Brown Trout is a notorious dryly while the insect is splitting its nymphal shuck and spreading its wings for the first look Jot Browns sucking from the surface in the someone who knows cays the Salmon in the Danube just below Ulra run As big As 40 it Calls for a Little Ream to Settle the matter