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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, April 17, 1948

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes saturday. April 17, upsets Mark openers in dec ring championships orioles rap Cleveland s 2 transfers Hernandez covers up threaten to seek Chandler s Aid on agreement Baltimore. Md., april 16 a the working agreement Between the Baltimore orioles and the Cleve land indians does not seem to Bow orking and manager Tommy Thom As threatens to take it up with commissioner Happy Chandler. The Oriole Pilot was steamed up Over Cleveland s option of infielder. Rosen to Kansas City. We have counted on Rosen from the beginning Thomas said. Transfer contrary to agreement the action of option ing the in fielder without even consulting Usis  Thomas said the agreement be tween the International league club and the american league team states clearly that Baltimore has first claim on any and All players to be optioned by the indians. The Baltimore manager said therose Transfer was the second Transfer contrary to the agreement. This follows the option ing of Pitcher de Garcia to Oklahoma City another player we figured on about which we knew nothing until the Deal had been completed he said. Wensloff Deal bounced Rosen who hit .349 for Oklahoma City last year was named the mos valuable player in the Texas league. He was sent to Kansas City a new York Yankee farm to Complete a Deal for Pitcher Charle Wensloff. The indians bought Wensloff monday after he was returned to the new yorkers by the Philadel phia Phillies. Robertson Andrews Vergo Tate defeat by Jack Ellis. Sports editor. Wiesbaden april 16 is upsets marked % j opening two night dec boxing championships As a standing i room Only crowd jammed Wiesbaden s Eagle club to Watcke i the 15-bout  Only two Kos and two Kos were registered As Joe Hernandez of Trust covers up to protect himself from the hammering blows of Wilson Yazzi of 1st div. In the opening Bont in the dec boxing finals at Wiesbaden tonight. Hernandez won an a first round to when Yazzi suffered a broken hand. Is ites fell by the Wayside in the closest championship bouts in erring history. A crowd of 2,000 plus jammed the eagles club to the rafters Long be fore the card was scheduled to open. S p e c i a 11 a constructed j bleachers extended to the Rotunda ceiling to give the Wiesbaden club All the appearances of a miniature Madison Square Garden. In the opening bout of the even ing Joe Hernandez of gained a to Over Wilson  of 1st div. When Yazzi suffered a broken hand at 2 45 of the first 24 games set Over weekend in co Stab baseball leagues Vaihinger april 16 special Twenty six teams in co Stab leagues separated into Western and Eastern divisions will open the1948 baseball Campaign with 24 games this weekend. Except for the 66th so. In the Western and the 27th so. In the astern loops which Drew first round byes All teams Are booked for two game sunday. Western division schedule14tregt. Regt. Louis pitches on Michigan farm to begin training new aau league May be formed for Cage teams Denver april 16 a the Rocky Mountain news said that formation of an aau Industrial basketball league stretching from Denver to Pittsburgh will be Dis cussed at a meeting in Chicago april 24-25. It said there was a possibility that the Bartlesville okla., oilers aau and u. S. Olympic champions would withdraw from the american basketball league to join the Loop. Other teams which the news said would be included in the Loop Are Cate Pular diesel p e o r i a. 111.general electric fort Wayne ind. National Cash Register Dayton Ohio Goodyear rubber Akron Ohio Allen Bradley Milwaukee wis. Chevrolet dealers Denver Bloomindale mich., april 16 a european traveler Joe Louis returned to Michigan and pitched Camp at the quiet farm of a de j would be an expansion of the mid troit Friend. Here on the farm of Irving Roane some 20 Miles West of i Kalamazoo the world heavyweight Lillywhite signs Champion will begin training for _ � a his june 23 bout with Jersey Joe contract with 49ers and Westinghouse electric Pitts Burgh the paper said the new league West Industrial basketball con Ference which operated last season. Series saturday an Walcott. Ils just rest and Road work for Joe while he s Here his handlers declared. They said Louis was tired from his travels in Europe and that he would not Start sparring until after moving to Compton lakes a. J., May 18. Louis has said he Hopes to Workoff 10 pounds before the fight. San Francisco april 16 a Verl Lillywhite halfback from the University of Southern California was signed to play professional football for the san Francisco 49ers of the All America , 185-Pound Power run Ner is the 22nd new player to be signed by the local club in efforts to develop a championship squad. Is 1st so. At Fritzlar 6tfvs 14th so. At Schweinfurt 6th so. Is 15th so. At Coburg 53nsq. Is 97th Sig. So. At Schwabach 22nd so. Is 28th so. At hersfeld1st Brig is 10th so. At Wiesbaden Eastern division schedule2nc regt. Is 51st so. At Augsburg 68thsq. Is 2nd Brig at Augsburg Lith regt. Is 94th so. At straying 91ssq. Is 25th so. At Weiden i5th regt is 42 and so. At fussed. In the Eastern division the 51ssq. Mustangs the 2nd Brig. He gremlins and the up. Tips. Ramblers Are rated As the pre season favourites. The Mustangs Are proud of. Pair of hard hitting outfielders Jack Nugent and Dick picket they also have a highly regarded Pitcher in Ray Smokey Silveria Catcher Tommy Walsh All con Stab basketball Star is expected to figure strongly in the gremlins attack along with shorts top Johnny Murphy and the Veteran Bill Pil Lopson at second base. James Wright and Clyde lefty Watson Are the ranking pitchers. Seven returning regulars support the High Hopes of the Ramblers. They Are Catcher Hank Williamson who hit at a .457 Pace last year outfielders Cecil Reed and Randy Randolph who batted .370 and .295, respectively and pitchers Rutledge Jones and Henry Reichelt. The latter also plays third base when not on the Mound. Possible dark horse teams Are the94th so. From Wieden and the 15th regt. Hurricanes from fussed. 7704th was Lead volleyball play by William Lee staff correspondent Bremerhaven april 16 is it was the same old Story in the Neucom wac volleyball tournament As the 7704th was from Frankfurt whipped the co Stab sch., 44-30, to preserve their unbeaten record. The tournament could possibly be thrown into a tie if Frankfurt he. Should lose to Wiesbaden to night and be should win Over the co slab school. That would give Frankfurt and be a record of four victories and one loss. Inthe event of a tie there will be no playoff but the team having the most Points scored in its winning games will be declared the Winner. In four games Frankfurt has scored 194 Points. Be in three spinning games has 144 Points an could possibly win of the basis of Points in View of the fact that the have scored More than 60 Points in each of their last two  he other games be smothered he co Stab sen., 62-18, to gain undisputed Possession of second place and Frankfurt signal came from behind in the last two minutes to score four markers and win Over Wiesbaden 49-45. The Fine play of Anna Robi Sonand Marion  of be marked them As potential candidates for the All tournament team scheduled to be selected by team coaches. The standings  co Stab  Signa Wiesbaden Constas he. W 4 3 2 2 1 to round. Yazzi had Hernandez bleed ing from the nose and Mouth and seemingly was on his Way into the flyweight finals in which he was runner up last year. A decision that could have gone either Way but which was extremely popular with the partisan crowd was. The flyweight tussle in which Marcello Laborte of an will broadcast finals of dec boxing Frankfurt april 16 Spe Cial an officials have announced that Art Gleason and Blair Hattersley an sports casters will give a blow by blow description of the dec Box ing finals being held in wies Baden s Eagle Cine tomorrow night. The broadcast will Start at 9 15 . Wild when they sensed As upset Early in the second round j Reyes took All Vergo could handout and at the close of the Ina Canto it was Reyes who was carrying the fight to the co Stab entrant. Dane ing Ernie Ortiz of Berjian last year s dec lightweight Cham Pion jabbed his Way to an in popular decision Over Ufa s Rug ged George Laytham. Ortiz seem t t singly puzzled by Laytham s two listed opening round attack Caa Back in the. Final two frames to beat his heavier opponent to the punch time after time. Austin gentleman Jim Jones of Munich had too much of every thing As he completely outclassed Pete Perez of Trust who was substituting for Otha Robinson oif Berlin in the initial middleweight out. Jones using his Long left hand,.tabbed and cuffed Perez almost at will to take a unanimous verdict Perez was willing but never stood a Chance against his faster an rangier foe. Nurnberg s Bob Jarrett had too Many guns for Don Saenz of be in the final middleweight contest. Although Jarrett scored with every thing but the ring posts he could not put Saez on the  a shuffling 19-year-old replica of Joe Louis Jarrett never left the Issue in doubt from the first. A bal a he caught the be sludge  Safe was Given the nod Over j opening round Tough Joe Franco of co Stab. La. Balzar Gunnar Lowe Steirt Borte will meet Hernandez for the � d Veteran from Trust Al title tomorrow night. Wim Holmes of Safe for a no Classy lightning punching Arnold count at the close of fhe first round Mckee of co Stab garnered a second round to Over game Phil Mckinnon of Safe in the first bantamweight clash. Mckee com pletely., outclassed his opponent who was not Able to answer the Bell for the third round. Stocky left hooking Joe Namme wearing the Blue and Gold of Safe punched his Way to an easy decision Over Tony Thomas of Stuttgart to enter the finals of the bantamweight  s Garfield Brock pulled the biggest Surprise of the evening when he decision Ned highly favored Jackie Andrews of Munich m the opening featherweight bout. Brockhard too much Speed for Andrews and combined with an educated left he kept the wild swinging Munich featherweight in trouble  Thomas made it an All Safe featherweight finale whence Visioned Ufa s Elmer Sturgis. Thomas was the aggressor All the Way but the game Ufa lighter made it a fight for three  the first lightweight contest co Stab s Danny Eum was awarded he decision Over Glover Sapp of Frankfurt. Eum landed More punches but it was a slow bout Vith More Shadow boxing than real lighting. Francisco Baracao Safe s great lightweight took 2 02 of the first found to to Jim Parham of  s to was the first of the evening and he did it with a har Dight Hook to the midsection. Oscar Reyes a Light Boxer with a left handler abundance of lameness upset toss Vergo of co Stab in a welter and than needed but 1 46 of the next Frama to enter the finals of the Light heavyweight , scoring with left Hooks to the body caught Holmes in a Corner with a left and then put Over the clincher with a hard right to the  s John s t e a a r to Larf year s Runn erupt in the Light heavy weight division won his. Semifinal Bou t on default when de Carvalho of Berlin was unable to Appeal because of an injured  Gary an overgrown Vigw heavyweight from Safe spotted big ponderous Naipo Robertson 11pounds, but gave the co Stab entrant a sound boxing lesson to upset the Eastern regional  never it Southpaw Robert son get set and beat a veritable Tattoo with his left on his bigger opponent s face. In the other heavyweight match and the final bout of the evening John Bochnicka of Heidelberg Over powered his lighter opponent Tony Flanagan of co Stab. For the fool two rounds and then was awarded the fight when the referee disqualified Flanagan for using a passive defense. Bochnicka outweighed Flanagan by 19 pounds and used it to to utmost to take the verdict and i into the finals of the heavyweight division. 4 weight contest that had the crowd Ping Pong tourney slated Heidelberg april Iff special the Heidelberg my table Tennis Trust i championships will be held april and an 20-21, with the winners qualifying for the Neucom tourney. A matches Are scheduled at Patton Hall in the afternoons and night  
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