European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May m4t the stars and stripes Page 13 74th running of Kentucky Derby today sport the fans who attended Frankfurt outdoor boxing show Between the belgian army team and the Neucom olympic squad got their Twentyfive cents Worth All in one fight if you like a laugh now and the bout Between gunner Lowenstein of Neucom and Robert Corthal of the belgian team was As funny As Corthal was not that Corthal tried to Clown out there in the but the fact that he knew Little about boxing and absolutely nothing about the English language provoked laughter from the crowd and consternation from referee Dan who tried to give him some boxing instructions during the failing to make himself understood in resorted to a Sorl of pidgin English German dialect which puzzled Young Corthal even Corthal starts to wrestle the look of utter amazement on the belgians face was almost ludicrous when Nicht meaning in the and whereupon the belgian stood there and Lowenstein immediately belted him a couple of sound blows on the that settled it for from then on he didst fight a he took it wrestling and after three warnings for fouling and a solid right hand to the body by the Corthal was disqualified and was led away a thoroughly bewildered Young four three for the belgians and one for the were soundly booed by the crowd which was not As partisan As one might there was a smattering of belgian fans in the particularly one Young woman who kept pleading i got this through my interpreter for her countryman to hit him on one Side and then the Garfield Brocks decision Over Gene of Drew catcalls and Everaert was Given a bigger hand than the Winner when he left the the other decisions that the majority of the crowd saw the other Way were the Cleo cart Rroger la Basic major James chief coach of the dec squad was heard to scream robbery on that Oscar Keye Josse Vissers and Austin Jonespaul Acha the fight was stopped at the right time when Vissers was declared the Winner Over the dec welter weight i took the crowd some time to really comprehend that Vissers had been awarded the it we Learned a split decision and at least one of the judges was with the we figured referee Monti stopped the John Stewar Pierre Van Oppen fight at just the right a murderous puncher when he gets a shot at his had Van Oppen helpless on the ropes and continuing the bout would Only have meant useless punishment for the game belgian the belgian like the did not see Eye to Eye with Monti on the decision to Stop the fight and even when Monti waved Van Oppen out of the ring Bis seconds were pushing him Back in and telling him to get in there and he cant Hurt random Arnold Classy co Stab Bantam still rates this Corners vote for being the Best fighting Man in the dec Mckee gave Leon Van Kerkhoven a sound beating in every department of the game and what held the belgian up is More than we can the belgians were the Best conditioned squad theft Ever competed in dec rings and the Way they took punish ment and kept swinging All the time proved that Good condition is 50 per cent of Amateur John Heidelberg heavy threw the hardest punch weve seen in the dec since the Days of Robert Hughes and Russell Burly John lifted Rene ver eau Iren completely off the floor with a right Cross to the jaw to score the Only to of the night and Vercautren bounced so High off the Canvas that James who was refereeing the caught him before he struck the floor Boudreau Sparks indians to 52 defeat of Browns april 30 Boudreau pounded out four straight hits including a double and a Home run to spark Cleveland to a 52 verdict Over the Louis Browns for the undefeated indians sixth consecutive Triumph the shortstop manager drove in three runs and also made a Brilliant play in the Field before a Dis appointed crowd of in the opener of a two game he made a spectacular Stop of Bob Dillinger grounder in fifth and threw him Boudreaus circuit clout to the top of the right Field Pavilion in the fifth inning was his first of the season and put Cleveland in front for the second time in the hey get off my Back Cleveland a r of 5 2 of 5 5 2b 4 in 5 if 4 3b 2 c 4 p 4 h 1 1 Louis a r h Dillinger so 4 0 in 4 0 4 0 1 1 4 2b 401 1 if 411 2 of 4 0 1 0 of 4 0 1 1 c 1 is 2 d Schultz a 412 200 100 200 100 p 0 0 0 Dente e 100 totals 38 5 13 totals 35 2 8 Cleveland 100 013 13 1 Louis 000 100 8 2 e r r o r Rob two base Prid Home losing shortstop Mark Christman of the Washington senators gets a free piggyback ride from new York Yankee second baseman Snuffy Stirn Weiss when he completed a double the nats dodgers snap giants Streak with smashing 177 Victory april 30 old ebbets Field Jinx and 20 Dod Ger hits smacked the league leading new York giants right the eyes As Brooklyn fashioned a 177 three times the Brooks batted All the Way nine men faced the giant pitchers in the nine More in the second and a big 10 in Cincy edges cards in 14th april 30 Hank Sauer and Johnny Wyrostek joined forces to break up a 14 inning Ball the longest this season in the National and give the Cincinnati reds a 54 Vic tory Over the Louis Wyrostek doubled in the 14th and was chased Home with the winning run by Sauers both had homered earlier in the Sauers fifth circuit blow of the year coming in the eighth and deadlocking the Wyrostek hit his second Homer of the season in the third Louis a r h of 500 1 1 of 513 3b 501 if 5 0 0 in 600 is 6 1 1 c 511 p 4 0 0 p 0 0 0 d 100 Cincinnati a r h of 7 of 4 3b 5 if 7 in 4 c 4 Galan b 0 c 1 2b 6 is 6 Rickert a 1 p 2 Poland c 1 p 0 totals 48 Louis Cincinnati 4 7 totals 50 0 15 000 220 000 000 7 0 201 000 010 000 15 0 Sauer two base hits Adams Home win Ning losing pitch 7801st Sci wins Wetzlar Volley title april 30 the 7801st Sci captured the Wetz Lar volleyball championship by defeating the 388th of in the losers bracket final of the double elimination tournament Giessen had eliminated the 7715th of the sixth when they exploded six Preston the Rookie first baseman who was supposed to be Back in the minors Long hammered a grand slam Homer in the second off Thornton a single in the fourth and a double in the Catcher Bruce Edwards joined the fun with four three singles and a Pete Reiser drove in five three on a Homer in the sixth which he hit As a right handed earlier Pete hit a two run triple batting left All in All it was a sad Day for the who came to ebbets Field for the first time this year with a shiny six game Victory they have won Only five games of 33 in Brooklyn in the last three before the game the Brooks received a Dox table they Learned that Pitcher Harry Taylor was to undergo an appendicitis operation later in the third base Man Billy Cox also was among the but his absence was accounted for when it was Learned he had gone to see his sister in who underwent a major Boa score on Page 15 officials hire record staff to police race april 30 a seven three Jearolds were entered for the 74th running of the Ken Tucky smallest Field since 1914 for americas Premier racing no suspicions have been attached to this 74th annual running of the s added but the circumstances were such that Matt Derby has asked the thoroughbred racing protective Bureau to assign the largest staff it Ever has had at the Downs to police the it was emphasized that nothing like a doping or other skullduggery was in the but that the action was taken purely As a precautionary May be Only six starters the prospects of the smallest Field in 41 the hottest betting favorite in Derby history and the possibility that there May be place betting As Wall As straight wagering added up to the circumstances that led Winn to ask the Tryb for As Many agents As it could there was a that Only six might face the Barrier at the pos time the doubtful entry was owned by Charles Oneil of whose Tommy indicated the Colt would go Only if the track is the forecast Calls for consider Able warmer and pos Sibly scattered All the whose entry had been assured for with the to heavy favorite Calumet farm pair of citation and Coaltown heading the smallest Field since 1907 the Calumet were not the first As Mcllvain Billings became the initial entry shortly after the Box was opened at the Churchill Downs Secretary citation Coaltown followed then came William Branns Ben Whitakers my request and John Payson Adams in if Only six Start in the s added event at a mile and one it will be the smallest Field since Pink Star won Over five others in the Winner if six Start the collect if seven it will be owners must pay to Start in the five of the seven Are Kentucky bred but Esca Dru is a May and grandpere a Jcj fornia yanks nip nats in As Page Shine new 30 Joe Dimaggio Joe Page Combina Tion won a 54 ban game for the new York Yankees in 10 innings Over it was the fourth straight Victory for the world Dimaggio Brown with drove Home Bobby the tie breaking run with a Long Fly to Center after the bombers loaded the bases on Rookie Forrest Thompson with none Brown opened with an in Field single off Mickey Vernon first baseman Tommy Henrich gained life Whon second baseman Al Kozar dropped a throw on an attempted Force and Charley Keller despite homers by George my Quinn in the Keller in the fourth and Yogi Berra in the Frank Shea could not go the manager Bucky Harris summoned lefty Page from the bullpen for the third straight game in the he pitched four witless innings for his first Sid sidearm washing ton was lifted far a Pinch hitter in the seventh and Tom Ferrick stopped new York for two draftee from worked just Long enough to Box score on