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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 5, 1948

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1948 the stars and stripes Page 9 Koslo shackles 50 tie old College try its a shame that Arnold cons tabs great dropped what is slated to be his last fight in the when Roger Behm of Luxembourg took a split decision Over Mckee in the Garmisch last week it somewhat tarnished an almost spotless record for the Pitts Burgh Golden gloves previous to the Behm had Tost Only one bout in the Leon Van of whom he Defeated in Frankfurt last week was the Only one to turn the who will go Back with the dec olympic boxing is scheduled to be discharged in the states if he is eliminated in any of the stateside any of the dec boxers who Are eligible for discharge before septem Ber will be discharged in the while the remainder will return to the dec if they Are eliminated in the Sheridan the entire squad will witness the finals at Sheridan even though 1hey Are eliminated in the the Only other Boxer on the dec so two who will be discharged in the Stales is Ross also of Sheridan tourney sponsored by the of to do away with some of the confusion concerning just who is sponsoring and who is fighting in the Sheridan tournament we relay the following from major Conte of Euc oms athletic the Sheridan tournament is sponsored by the air Force but will include All army ground Force As to overseas commands we quote a letter from the 5th army the five listed overseas commands will include in Competition army As Well As af1 this does not mean that the overseas commands will Send two army and one the team will be com posed of army and of personnel regardless of the eliminations at Sheridan will be held in the Northwest and will be from june the finals will be Heid in the Chicago june any winning member the dec squad will then be sent to West Point for further training until the olympic tryout finals in july i besides the Afaf squad in the olympic tryouts there will be championship squads from the aau Amateur club Golden intercollegiate and a Nav Marine a souped up Volkswagen come saturday and sunday out at Bockenheim near Heidelberg German cyclists and Auto racers will hold their biggest postwar last year Over spectators watched the races and this wih a record entry even More Are expected to watch some of Germany top racers in one race that will interest us is the Home built special event which will see a pack of souped up Volkswagen that something wed like to souped up colonel Calvin co of the Landsberg seems to be one Man who can do As i Peeler is one of the posts Topnotch Tennis players and does alright for himself in Badminton and table Tennis besides being the 1947 Safe on meter diving season opens May 15 in Hesse according to information received from the office of fish and game in that does not mean Rehbock can be taken legally in All parts of the office each Kreis in Hesse controls the killing of game and while some Kreics have a of others have no surpluses and shooting Rehbock in that particular Kreis is it is necessary to Check with the fish and game Section of the my in the particular Kreis you wish to go Hunting so As to ascertain whether or not Rehbock can be legally Coaltown entry in Preakness hinges on citations condition 4 the question of whether both citation and Coaltown would to entered in the Preakness May 15 has not yet been Ben Jones has Trainer of c a 1 met farms one two finishers in Satur Days Kentucky said Cita Tion would be shipped to the Pamlico track in Coal town will not be shipped but May be sent later in the or some time next Jones said he did not want to Send Coaltown to the he would rather race him in Coaltown will be sent to Baltimore if citation Doest shape or in the Derby Winner Doest appear in top Jones travelling with citation will be Calumet farms fervent who will team with faultless next saturday in the Dixie Handicap at faultless finished third in the 1947 Kentucky Gamecock Mounds Man turns in no hitter May 4 Pitcher Frank Sherer of the University of South Carolina baseball team turned in a no hitter against presbyterian winning by Sherer faced Only 30 he issued one and two men were Sale on Bruce Edwards climbs Over the drinking Fountain in an attempt to snare a foul Fly near the giant dugout in a game Between the Brooklyn dodgers and the sugar to risk title in june May 4 Ray Robinson will risk his welter weight championship Here june 4 against Bernard Docusen of new beaten Only in four and ranked the Best of Robinsons the 15round championship which May be either indoors or was approved conditionally by the Illinois athletic commis it demanded a Robin son appearance promoter Irving Kovin of Chi Cagos new Windy City sporting club submitted signed contracts of both if an outdoor switch is Neces said first Choice would be Cumiskey Lomrardo fails to set record for Speed boats desert May 4 Leader Guy Lombardo took three cracks at the american Speed boat record on the Salton sea and failed to break on his first Lombardo averaged Miles an hour Over the measured mile in Choppy falling Short of the american rec Ord of set by Gar Wood in his miss America x in Lombardos top Speed of the Day was this was registered on the third trial run by his the Tempo after hitting a top Speed of in his first he shifted to another propellor for the second some three hours but could hit Only just before Lombardo put his trim boat into a third he made the top Speed of on the up Lap but dropped to on the return for a cards option Nelson May 4 infielder Glen Nelson has been optioned on 24hour recall basis by the Louis cardinals to Rochester of the International cards Hearn defeats cubs May 4 Louis cardinals climbed into third place Over the Idle dodgers by Downing the Chicago behind the effective pitching of Jim the game Drew a scant Given Stellar support Hearn limited the cubs to seven scattered hits in the rubber contest of a three game series for his first Victory of the successive singles Fey Del Hearn and red schoendienst and an error by Nicholson were Good for two Redbird runs in the hard hitting Stan Musial dr6ve in schoendienst in the third inning with the first Chicago finally managed to push across a run in the a two Bagger by Pinch Batter Cliff Aber son scored Clyde who Drew a base on giant Flinger shatters Jinx with 4hitter May 4 Paw Dave Koslo of the new York giants licked one of his hoodoos by pitching a four single 50 Victory Over the Cincinnati a team he could not lick last prior to game Kos los All time record against the reds was one Victory against five three of which came last Johnny Vander Meer held the giants until the fifth when Jack Lohrke Bill Rigney and Whitey Lockman and Bobby Thomson followed with sin Gles for three buddy Johnny Mccarthy and Lohrke hit Vander Meer for successive singles with one out in the sixth for an other run and the with two out in the Thom son and Walker Cooper hit Ken Raffensberge for successive singles and Willard Marshall followed with his second double of the game to Send in Thomson with the final new York Cincinnati a r h a r h 2b 412 of 4 0 0 if 4 1 1 cf4 0 1 of 4 1 2 300 c 501 if 301 of 5 0 2 c 3 0 is 4 1 1 in 3 0 0 in 5 0 1 2w3 0 2 3b 4 13 is 3 0 0 p 400 in p 1 0 0 o p 100 Vollmer a 1 0 0 0 0 Chicago a r h 2b 3 0 1 sch info b 1 0 0 2b of 4 if 4 of 4 3b 2 c is Walker a is p Aberson b 1 0 Louis a r h 311 of 402 if 4 4 3b of in is c p totals j9 f 13 totals 29 04 out for Fox 8 new York 000 031 13 0 Cincinnati 000 000 4 0 two base losing another amputation 3 8 totals 30 1 7 totals 32 out for Smalley 8 for Schmitz 8 out for Schenz 8 Chicago 000 000 7 1 Louis 001 000 8 0 i c h o 1 s o two base hits losing Lii ii Veeck to undergo third operation May 4 Cleveland Indian president Bill Veeck has entered Cleveland clinic for a third operation his right doctors will amputate another Inch of the leg originally injured when the Young tribe head was with the marines in the last he is expected to be confined to the Hospital about six Jock Coaltown Arcaro never wants to race him again May 4 Arcaro says he never wants to race against Coaltown the fou time Derby winning who brought citation in on top was honoured guest at sportsman where he was a Novice rider in and that Coaltown gave me the time i of my life saturday and in still wondering what would have happened if that track had been said i was on a great horse and hell win the but if citation haunt been in the have won by a Good five lengths and maybe i Ever wait to ride anything against that Coaltown  
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