European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes april 1941 yanks top dodgers to end skein at 25 new april 17 new York taking up where they left off lust belted three Brooklyn dodger pitchers for 13 hits and scored an 8fi ending the Flatbush clubs Spring winning Streak at 25 Back Home in Yankee stadium where they won the world series final from the the Yankees Brooklyn led Spring season on 292 Mark new april 17 Brooklyn dodgers were Kings o the Grapefruit although cashed in on two booming Home runs by Tommy Henrich and Char Ley Keller for their margin of there were Many who claimed them to be nothing More than pretenders to the including All Spring exhibition games played up to Brooklyn boasted the incomparable record 29 victories and two defeats for a the dodger record was not half As impressive As it might have been because o tra fact that All but one of the games were played against minor league1 Only blotches on the dodger Spring slate were a Victory by Char Leston of the South Atlantic league Over the Brooklyn and a loss to the new York Yankees runner up to Leo Durochers Crew were the Yankees with 25 victories 11 defeats and a percentage record was compiled chiefly at the expense of major league with a late finished third with 22 triumphs and 13 setbacks for a Mark of the Cleveland who battled the new York giants through most of the were fourth with 19 victories and 12 features of the Spring training season the Norun game turned in by Murry Dickson of the cardinals against the Yan and the 13homerun slug est enjoyed by the indians and giants in a single game of Oklahoma association w l Atlanta 1 q 1 000 Memphis 10 Chattanooga 1 o 1000 new Orleans 1 o Birmingham 0 i Little Rock q i too Nashville 0 l too Mobile 0 l fridays results new Orleans Mobile 6 Memphis Little Rock 10 Birmingham 5 Chattanooga Nashville 14 Texas league w l fort Worth 2 0 Pallas 2 1 is67 Beaumont 2 i Shreveport 1 i 500 a Lahoma City l j ten Antonio l i 500 Houston 1 2 Tulsa 0 3 fridays results san Antonio Shreveport 5 Beaumont Houston o Oklahoma City Dallas 7 fort Worth Tulsa 2 american association w l Paul 2 0 Milwaukee 2 o Minneapolis 1 i 500 Indianapolis i i 500 Louis vile 1 i Kansas City i i Toledo 02 Columbus 0 2 fridays results Kansas City Indianapolis 6 Paul 6 leu Seville Minneapolis 2 a Waukee Columbus 3 Pacific coast league w l san Francisco 8 5 los Angeles u 7 san Diego 10 7 Oakland 9 g Portland Hollywood 67 Sacramento 5 3 Seattle 4 11 fridays results los the blast by Keller in the seventh inning was especially Sig for it indicated that the mighty left handed slugger was Back in shape again after a spinal operation that threatened to end his after the manager Bucky Harris of the yanks announced that Allie Reynolds would pitch the opening game of the season at Washington on he said de Lopat would hurl tuesday and probably Randy Gumpert on april it Williams 1948 Boston a terrific 400foot drive with two on sent the red sox rolling along to a 196 Victory Over Len braves in the third game of their City series before a crowd at National league the sockets blasted four tribal Pitcher for 24 hits that accounted for 35 and they More than clinched their second Intra City Triumph with a six run rally in the second when Williams belted Over the Center Field Wall against lefty Clyde shoun with Dom Dimaggio and Johnny Pesky april 17 Chicago White sox capitalized on Hank Borows first inning wild Ness for a 41 Triumph Over the Chicago cubs at Wrigley Field be fore shivering expected to hurl the cubs National league opener against Pittsburgh yielded four walks in the opening Hanks plus a bad throw dec fighters in action during the championship bouts Angeles Sacramento 5 ii kind Seattle 0 san Diego at san Francisco Post rain to rain by second Sacker Henry gave the sox three april 17 Jake Earlys three run Homer in the seventh and a three run rally in the eighth enabled the washing ton senators to come from behind to defeat the before a sellout crowd of in addition to Sherry Robertson homered for Ennis and Dick Sisler hit for the circuit for the april 17 up the Cincinnati reds picked on their Syracuse chief farmhands Fot 16th Victory in their last 18 before a crowd of Johnny maintained clubs Homer game average in games when he hit Over the right Field Fence for Cincinnatus first two Ken Raffensberge and de Erautt held the chiefs to free april 17 a the Philadelphia athletics pounded it 18 including Home runs by fete Eddie Joost and Rudy to defeat the Baltimore in their final game before returning to Shibe Joe Coleman blanked the orioles until the eighth inning when they got to him for six hits and two walks for seven april 17 a the new York giants bashed five Home runs to flatten the Cleveland their Victory gave the giants an 87 Edge in the exhibition one of the circuit blows was a grand slam shot by Sid Gordon in the fourth standing room Only crowd to witness leg ring finals by a staff correspondent april 17 estimated fight were expected to Jam Wiesbaden Eagle club tonight to witness the finals i of the dec boxing with the richest Amateur ring prize at Chance for boxing boxers will go in an Effort to cop their respective in the semifinals such highly regarded favourites As Wilson Ross Jackie Andrews Ani Naipo Robertson were toppled from olympic for who might Well be awarded the Tough Luck it was bitter the Tough 1st knocked out in the dec finals last seemed on his Way to the Crown this time but in the opening round of the semifinals Yazzie suffered a possible fractured wrist As he was pummelling Joe Hernandez of Trust All around the strangely enough All four of the above were champions in the Eastern division tournament and All were Defeated by Western the Western led by Safe with six placed 11 men in the finals to the easts the featherweight final wih be an All Safe affair with John Thomas and Garfield Brock battling for the the fight fans in Wiesbaden Eagle club saw an upset in the making when Oscar Reyes top photo decision cd Ross verge of con Stab in the semifinals of the lightweight division for the Champion the Trust fighter scores with his left while slipping verges in the Middle Light heavyweight gunner of Trust gets in a lethal left Hook to to sfas Willie Holmes mid Section and then went on to score a to in the second the Bottom picture shows Why Ernie Ortiz of Berlin is favored to win the welterweight Crown As he gets in his left to George Laytham Ortiz gained a close photos by Compton a finals Tod Joe at of the second me decision Ned Joe in Safe Tho out pointed Garland Safe a out pointed Danay co Stab decision Ned Ernie orbit Berlin out pointed Bob Nurnberg Light nor signed John Munich bomb won Over Harold Lisafe Gary forced to retire at of first round because of a shoulder april 11 University of set a new world 16pound shot put record when he tossed the Ball 58 Inch in preliminaries at Kansas