European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May 1lr indians win 2 from red sox in Homer dec boxers enplaned Euc oms army boxing team boards plane confident of returning for olympics see German races by Werner prym staff correspondent May 10 a record crowd of fans watched the first German Auto races of the season at the Hocken Heim course near Heidelberg which featured 300 racing cars and souped up Post against a Field of Alf Romeos War German Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen won Marks and two packs of Cigar ets on his self designed a second Balcken Hausen four Cylinder four earbud Retro Auto by Emil captured another race just ahead of a streamlined Volks top Speed achieved by of the George Day was Schorsch by Clarence staff correspondent May 10 Long hop along the Trail t participation in the 1948 olympic games at London started for the Neucom army team As 15 a head coach James Conte and assistant coach William Cooper boarded an at c54 at 7 Enro Ute to the dec fighters who boarded the plane were heavyweights John Bochnicka and Naipo Robertson Light heavy weights John Stewart and Balzar Middi weights Austin Jones and Robert Jarrett welter weights Oscar Reyes and Ross Virgo lightweights Francisco Baracao and Marvin featherweight John Thomas ant Garfield Brock bantamweight Arnold Mckee and flyweight Marcello Laborte and Vincent Sydney Feather Champ in from the 14th is the scheduled to arrive in new York late the team will go to Westover Field before proceeding to fort where three weeks of training will begin on the army air Force semifinals will be staged the Northwest armory in Chicago june with teams participating from six army areas and from Over seas commands in the Southwest Hawaii Panama and the on june the finalist and run Nerup in each weight division o the june 24 Competition will Mee in the Chicago additional training will follow at military Academy at West Cooper optimistic in response to a Yoou the teams dance of winning the army air Force team maj Conte i dont like to go of on a limb with any rash prediction but i believe we have a very Strong it would not Surprise me to Whitbe title and have one or two of our men go on to the it Cooper was More optimistic he i think we will win v Armya we have a very Fine i honestly believe Sev eral of our Arnol Francisco John Thomas and perhaps one or to an excellent Chance of making the olympic All of were in High spirits about the Opportunity the army has provided and the training they have had to training it tide has encouraged sey eral of then to consider professional ring Bob Jarrett the hard hitting Nurnberg Middle phrased a sentiment com inon to most them when he said its finest thing tha Ever happened to me so who turned in a Mark of 169 Mph forthe course on a supercharged Bow special among the prizes awarded to winning Drivers were american paid holidays and 100 Swiss francs it  have said meet director Ernst Christ of we Only Hope to compete with other nations in and but of Germany in the near 7782nd up Psi Pace Berlin baseball Loop May t782nd Are pacing the Ber Lin baseball league with four victories in As Many Loop starts tied for second with 30 records Are Thev 3rd 16th Tempelhof the deadlocked for if tax Are Mcnair and r Berlin civilians while seventh held by Andrews 7 Lindsey loser the 3rd to lodgers of a 13fl Victory Overcamp Lindsey instead of Wiesbaden Wao reported in yesterdays i Haas May be released from Louis Hospital May it Johns Hospital official said that third Haas of the Philadelphia was track on the head by a batted Ball last May be released from the Hospital Haas was injured in Fielding practice before the phils played the Louis he suffered a painful concussion the right Haas Woi not be permitted to play Ball for eral after he leaves the pirates split with dodgers Kiner hits 2 May 10 Ralph liners twosome runs and Stout Relief pitching by Truett rip gave the Pittsburgh pirates a 108 Victory Over the Brooklyn dodgers in the second game of a doubleheader after the dodgers won the the National leagues Homer co Champion in twice brought his mates from behind with his fourth and fifth circuit clouts of the current Campaign and drove in a total of five first smash came in the fifth int Ning with one Man on and the Sec Ond in the sixth with two Sewell gave up Only one run and three hits in the last three innings to gain his third straight verdict of the for the who had six pitchers among the 19 players they Rookie Willard Ramsdell was the the first game was a tight pitch ing Duel for seven innings Between Brooklyn Ralph Branca and Pitts Burghs Elmer the dodgers went into the eighth inning with a 31 Lead and then blew the game apart with five runs in the eighth an six in the ninth Peewee Reeves Homer with the bases loaded highlighted the eighth inning Boa scores on Page 11 Stuttgart leagues Start this week May 10 Stuttgart athletic officials announced that a 10team base Ball league and a 10team soft Ball league s will commence Plaj this v baseball league will play wednesdays and with Thi season winding up on the lid lifters May 15 will pit the 7824th opposing Esslinger a Esslinger while the 371st in meets the 387th on Thi letters bad Mergentheim dependent the fifth team in the Drew a Bye for the first f the operating tuesday and thursday of each will play a full schedule o five games each night until Thi close of the season on Keltner connects for 3 t a tribe May 10 Home runs the or Derby Keltner smashed Lead the indians a sweep Over the Boston red 10lnnit and in the Cleveland into first place in the americ league by eight percentage Foey Rafi the Phila Delphia As Ahal game in toe he remained the major Homer Ith Ted that depart hit two for total of two of Kelt aers circuit Wallops came in the first in the fifth inning tie the score at 11 out the Lead Williams had Given the  blast in the Keltnerr second Homer started a three run rally in the 10th inning that decided the Bullet Bob Feller got credit for she tribe although he needed loth inning Relief from Russ while Joe Dob son went All the Way to los for the trying for a opened the second gamely Knock ing out Cleveland starter Don Black with three runs in the first Keltner hit his third Homer of the Day in the fourth inning with de Robinson on base to narrow Rifae sox margin to but Boston scored once in the fourth and once the latter on Wil Liams second Cleveland tied score at 55 in the seventh wit3i a three run topped by Larr Dobys two run the indians won the game with a four run splurge in the Joe Tipton connecting for Homer with two Cleveland Boston a r h a r h of of is in 5 2b 3b if c p 1 0 0 3 0 0 of 1 3b if 1 in 0 0 2 3 2b 1 1 of 0 0 e 0 p 03 a o 0 0 0 Moses a 9 0 2 0 0 totals 37 9 totals 86 1 8 out for Dobson 10 Cleveland 000 010 000 9 Boston 000 100 000 8 two base Home winning second game Cleveland Boston a r u a re of of 5 is 4 in 3 2b 3 3b 4 4 c 4 c 0 p i l 0 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Gries Heim Over in the the a Stavheim its thirst straight by the to stay atop the j else wherein the ebs four run first inning proved the of Victory Over the 556th and the 97th staved off a desperate Las innings rally to defeat the 24th to race Driver injured Dayton May 10 Charles Van Acker of South be one of the nations top was Hij ured critically a three spectators suffered minor in juries during the big car races by my be to Biba he by m by by m i n Misc it top tigers for 8th in May 10 the Philadelphia athletics swept both ends of a doubleheader the Detroit winning 105 the opener and 53 in the second before fans at a Hibic i the As string of consecutive victories to eight and made them possessors the longest Streak in the majors this the As exploded with six runs in the first inning of the opening two of the runs were off dizzy Trout on three Val Sand singles by Mccosky and san Chapman smashed a one triple off Rookie Soutsi paid Ted too relieved Trout with the bases and scored on Mike Guerras la the second As pounced on Young Art Houtteman in the eighth inning for three runs on a singles by Joost Hank and doubles by Mccosky and buddy who was kicked on walk and Joost two singles in game marked game in which safely a boxscores1 on Page Bisi