European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Ift the stars and stripes april yanks tally seven in 1st to Wallop 12 i t 1 twin killing that backfired Reynolds hit homers in inaugural i fan Dick Whitman of the dodgers is Safe at second As Phil Rizzuto of the in his haste to throw for a double forgot to touch second the yanks majors expect record attendance tight Pennant race looms in in minor Loop begins Locke grabs 65th year thursday i t Carolina Lead new april 20 International league begins its consecutive season and in the opinion of league presi Dent Frank Shaughnessy the triple a circuit will have another close All teams appear evenly matched for the 1948 Shaugh Nessy of All of the clubs could use some additional help in a num Ber of spots with the emphasis on it probably will be at East a few More weeks before All of the will definitely be Bright Rookie Prospect help from major league clubs expected by All of the teams before another month Shaughnessy is especially High on this seasons Rookie every club has at least four rookies who appear to be there Are More High class prospects in the circuit at the moment than there have been in about the last 10 he at the the Buffalo by sons appear to have the Best of Feree with Chet Norm Jae Anse Moore and Coaker trip let supplying the lie Rochester red wings appear to have the Best pitching staff with holdovers Max John Bill Glen Gardner and newcomer de the Back Bone of the Mound Southern april 20 Locke of South Africa ripped into the first round of the Carolinas open Golf tournament with an eight underpay 64 Totake the Lead by five it was the competitive course playing at the scene of his first american Locke was three strokes under the old record for the mid Pines Locke seared the course with a nine Birdie but lost one of those on the Par three 13th to end up eight under regulation Fig ures and five strokes ahead of second Placer Johnny Bulla of two other players broke Par in third place with 70 were Johnny Palmer of who played with Locke and Glenn former now playing out of they were two strokes ahead of skip Alexander of the Host whose Par 72 gave him fifth Stranahan takes Lead on 64 in is tourney april 20 a Frank Stranahan led the 64 Quali Fiers in the 48th annual North and South Amateur championship by firing a one underpay the who won this affair in topped 127 Sim Pures who trudged Over the Yards of the 2 Shields Advance in River Oaks net tourney april 20 up Frankle to seeded player in the 14th annual River Oaks ten Nis moved into the next bracket with an 61 Victory Over Jason the Only former River Oaks titlist entered in this years won the event 15 years ago when he was Only 17 years old m boy wonder of the Parker meets Tom Nance of the University of Texas in the second in another firs Day fran Cis Shields of new York won handily Over Charlie Sloan of Shields is seeded sixth in the Sam match of san a former Rice Institute Defeated Henry Holden of today opening May draw new april 20 baseball started playing for keeps with a today opening program calculated to attract a record total of the 10game schedule that included a patriots Day doubleheader at Boston appeared certain to top the old Mark of set in prospects of a four club race in the National with Louis and new York in Conten Pepper up fan six of the clubs already have started and the rest of the teams open Brooklyn defending National league champs face the Home run hitting new York giants in the Polo manager Mel Ott has his Larry primed to face Rex the Surprise Choice of Leo Durocher Johnny one of Billy South Worth two 20game will go for the Boston braves against the Phillies dutch Leonard at Shibe Pittsburgh expects to Wel come new manager Billy who will Send the pirates against the Chicago Meyer indicated he would Start rip the old Blooper Ball Tosser who had been in sem retirement As a Russ Meyer was pitch for the who present a strange Kneup mix Ture of tiring vets and untried the Louis cardinals Start at Home against the Cincinnati who had their Crosley Field opener against Eddie Dyer sex to use red Munger against Howie the Rookie Flash from Bobby Feller gets the Call for Cleveland against the visiting Louis now managed by Zack they expect at municipal stadium to watch the 1948 now partly owned by Hank Hal Newhouser will oppose Joe Haynes As the Pitcher Rich Detroit tigers invade Comiskey Park to play the Chicago White april 20 a seven run first including homers by Tom Henrich and Pitcher Allie the new York Yankees went on to beat the daylights out of the Washington sen in the opening game of the american league season Here hardly had the fans sealed themselves after president Trutnau got off a Nice Gam opening when the Yankees promptly went to work on Washington Pitcher Early George Stirnweiss walked and came Home when Hen Rich hit into the temporary 380 feet away in left Joe Dimaggio and George me Quinn singled and scored on one baggers by Bill Johnson and Rookie Catcher Gus with two on Reynolds slammed another Home run into those temporary built for the football season and left up for today All this added up to seven and a a Reynolds tightens the senators came Back in Theli half of the first to score three doubles by Eddie Yost and at opener april 20 a playful president tru Man had a Gay time at the open ing of the baseball season in like any other he ate peanuts and a hot dog and drank pop from a paper he had crossing up the photographers with an orthodox Southpaw opening he had been telling them for Days that although a left would throw the throw was to brag about in the Way of a was caught Bare handed by Sid Hudson of the Washington sits on Washington Side the president was no too far off in his pregame guess As the the new York Yankees beat the Washington Truman had at an opening Day baseball luncheon on Capitol that the Yankees would win by after the the presi Dent drove Back to the White House to pick up Truman and Margaret for the drive to the Ball there they occupied a Box Back of the first base just behind the Washington wears his Campaign hat a secret service Man and uni formed member of the Washington the latter equipped with a baseball sat in front of the president to Ward off any possible foul drives in his the wearing his Buff coloured Campaign seemed to be having the time of his so did a leather lunged Marine who sat several Yards behind the presidential Box and let out blood curdling yells at frequent inter the president turned around once to see where the earsplitting Yoo Hoos were coming Truman left after the first half of the sixth inning to keep an engagement but the president and his daughter sat through to the Gil singles by Al Kozar Leon Culberson and a Long Fly by Mickey Vernon fetched in Reynolds tightened after that and the senators got Only one run the rest of the Culberson singled to score Vernon in the the yanks meantime picked u five More runs off to Hung around for eight and one third innings and 16 new York two of these runs came in with Charley Keller double being the biggest Nat errors Aid yanks the other three came in Tiu aided considerably by in Washington errors and a double by new York Washington a r h abre 2b 4 1 0 3b 3 of 5 2 2 if 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 3b 5 is 5 c s p 5 2b if 5 1 Vernon in 4 1 it 5 8 of set p0 t totals 12 18 totals 37 4 u new York 700 200 15t Washington 300 010 4 it f Johnson Reynolds i Culberson two base hits Home losing umpires course april 20 special a today Post baseball umpires course has been the course was Given by Charles fancy meeting you Here Dimmock left and my land appear to be amazed that other is there in their London lightweight wrestling match for s on the British olympic St p India i tit Louis Colun Tot i f India kans san los san port Quakli Holli seat hopi Bea Dalic okla she san hoj Luis san Oil Dall Tea Mot met alls Cha has Litt Nev bin so or Bike do to id it the with for it Fri it s t a u b i 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