European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1948 the stars and stripes Page 9 he wept Frances Marcel Cerdan v european v Cerdan weeps after defeat from press dispatches May Tommy Little of England awarded a 15round decision and the european middleweight title to Syrille Delanoit of Belgium As Marcel Cerdan fell to the Canvas and wept Over the verdict Over spectators attended the open air bout held in the heysel mope air stadium and cheered wildly As the virtually unknown belgian scored of the bring upsets of the year in defeat ing the French who is ranked alone of the worlds leading Wien Cerdan was lying on the floor of the ring he wept tears of i he Lay weeping apr several seconds was helped to his feet by those in his he was still weeping when he was led away by his Delanoit had put up a remark ably game fight but it appeared from the ringside that serdans More scientific defense and Lively attack should have earned him the de one of the promoters of the fight told the associated press a return j bout for the european middleweight title Between Cerdan and de Lanoit had already been arranged to take place in the Date has not yet been 2hd 26th scores Victory Over 14th co Stab May 24 special continuing on its amazing winning the 2nd 26th Cap tured its sixth consecutive Triumph they romped Over the 14th con to set the Pace in the the spiders smashed out 16 base knocks homers by Andrewson and Andy Pevarnick were Good for five vat Hick hit 4 for 4 driving in live dimag belts 3 As yanks split with tribe i j cards slam 31hits to rout phils twice jones9 hitting scores 6 runs May 24 the Louis cardinals rained base hits All Over Shibe Park and dubbed the Philadelphia 183 the rampaging cardinals set a season High in the scoring in every inning but one and four Phil pitchers for 17 fore a sellout crowd of the Cardinal sluggers continued their hitting spree into the second pounding out 14 More safeties to bring their total for the after noon to Only two went out of the Nippy Jones clouded a Home the opener and Mart Marion in the Jones was the heaviest connecting safely times and driving in six of the 18 Ted who relieved George hunger in the received credit for the Victory Over in the Jim Hearn set the phils Down with five helped by some i piping gems pulled by Marion at and Enos in the scores on page11 Estes hurls 2hitter As 97th Gen takes Frankfurt 80 May 24 special a Frankfurt National league game at Victory the 97th shut out the 556th behind the two hit pitching of Vernon the entire game Estes was in Complete giving up no walks the losers touched him for two infield one in the third and the other in the Hanna limited the yes civilians to five hits while his mates were putting together 20 safeties for a 241 Victory in an other National league two Home runs highlighted the attack for the one by Dick tee Han in the first and the other by Hanna in the the american league the 709th maps bested 26th and the 24th Apo pounded out an 84 Victory Over the 7772nd Erding Wallops 53rd pm May 24 Erding walloped the 53rd pm depot in an exhibition George Mclean and de Haber poled four baggers for erd Erding 014 030 2 53rd pm 000 110 Dodson 6 Vand Fergusoh Fierson and giants in Mize Kiner Homer Duel new May 24 runs by last years twin Kings of the Johnny Mize and Ralph provided All the offensive fireworks at the Polo but makes blow was More productive because it came with a Man on base and gave the giants a 21 Triumph Over aside from the pitchers had full control and Larry Jansen Dol ing out four scored his fifth Victory against two for the three pitchers did the and gave up but four the pirates took Over the Lead tin the fifth when Kiner hit Bis 10th of the in the e sixth Thomson singled and Mize lofted the Ball into the upper stands for his sixth Pittsburgh a r h is 400 3b 4 of 2 if 4 it 4 la 3 3 3 p p 1 p d new York a r h o i 0 o 0 0 1 q 10 0 0 2b 0 4 0 of 2 4 of 3 3b 3 c 3 is 3 p 3 0 totals 30 1 4 totals 4 out for Singleton 8 Pittsburgh too 010 4 0 new York 000 002 4 1 Mize two base Home losing sport last week while we were engage Din conversation with co Stab athletic we remember Bill telling that no team has Ever won a major athletic championship twice we reminded him of the 6th to dec champions and a team that looked like they could repeat the portly who once played football for Cornell and who has bad a Handin every important athletic event in the dec since be answered that May be True but remember it never has c it r i t somethings missing this n c i i is 5 i v 3 we Are wondering if the Jinx will catch up with the team that last year Joist  we recall watching them come from behind a nine run deficit inthe last winning in one game going on to win in the extra they had Power in capital letters and the fans from Mannheim would flaunt that stuff allover the stadium and get no pc but this year things already the tornadoes have lost four in a Row to the 793rd my from and although manager Bola Johnson of the tornadoes says cant win them the Goldboss Man is getting a Little if the games with the Henry Kaseane tigers of Munich an the 27tftt yellow jackets corns off this weekend Vic tories for the tornadoes would Many of the wrinkles Johnsons fore Iead and give the multitude of Mannheim fans same thing to cheer j Geronimo whiffs twice on Homer the 793rd now holds two verdicts Over the tornadoes and the Veteran Mounds Man deserved both possesses a Fine curve and a change of has that one Little item most dec pitchers dont that twice with two runners Sprinkle struck oat Geronimo my the Allec Center fielder for the both times he whiffed the speedy Lead off Man on letter High pitches around the a push  get a piece of the inside Sprinkle also got to big Al the Tornado slugger who hits in the third for three Haynes showed a marked in ability to hit a curve Ball and Sprinkle made the mistake of once grooving a fast Ball and the hard hitting right fielder smashed the Ball in the Hole Between third and third baseman Russell got a portion of his Glove on the Ball but it went a base  May 24 braves moved into a tie for third place in the National league by twice drubbing the Chicago 85 and before paid Clyde Veteran left pitched six innings of witless Ball i Relief As he twirled the last Trothi Rosof the Only one Batter reached a Rookie Vernon Bickford pitched his second major league Start in the the braves batting clubbed an assortment of Chicago pitching for 11 hits in the opener and Iri the second sparked by Catcher Phil Masi who banged out a total of six hits and drove in As Many the cubs sped into a Quick Lead Over the wigwam in the opener at the expense of starter Bill who was seeking his fifth after and a half innings the cubs had a 51 but the braves batted around for three scores in the third and added four More in the fourth when they sent eight men to Bat the cubs also led 10 after the first inning of the but the braves scored eight times in the third inning As 13of them paraded to the during the two games Chicago pitchers gave up 20 bases on Rookie Al Rube Chicago starting his first major league suffered a concussion when he was struck on the head by a pitched Ball in first Walker was carried off the Field on a Box Page Pace Wetzlar Loop May 24 marburg and Verdun a Kaseane retained their grip first place in the Wetzlar win Ning weekend marburg walloped and Verdun Kas Ernt trounced Esch in other Loop tilts dec pm depot downed and Wetzlar swamped Artil Lery the standings marburg Verdun Kaseane Eschwege Wetzlar artillery Kaseane rot Westen v Fritzlar Ecim depot 6 6 3 3 3 2 l 0 0 3 3 4 Al r Feller beaten May 24 explosion of Homes fun by jolting Joe Dimaggio gave the new York Yankees Ian opening Victory Over the Cleveland but the league leaders for a 51 Victory in the before an Al time Cleveland stadium record of rain soaked Don ended by Russ Chris toppers Able the world champions in the Nightcap for his first j948 Victory Ken keltnerfs13th Home in the first inning of the opener hiked the indians Early margin but Dimaggio then found Yankee Clipper blasted one of Fellers pitchers into the left Field Tommy in  to cum he Lead to Joes blast Over the Fence off Feller with Henrich and Charle Keller on base in the sixth then gave new York a 54 and Dimaggio rapped Bob Muncrief for his third of the tilt arid the Wirin ipg fun in the the Algain Safive Auie Reynolds was credited with has Page if castles defeat maps in Mannheim Loop May 24 Coffman boosted his batting average for the season to uneven by batting in six runs with two doubles and a single As the castles chalked up their fourth straight Triumph in the Hei Delberg baseball by drubbing the Mannheim Guy Coffman the maps to an infield scratch if and a double As he struck out 13 he also contributed to his Triumph with two hits in four including a the castles slammed four doubles and a triple in their 12hit homers three Joe Dimaggio smashes three circuits against tribe t Joe Difaggio ran his Homer output to 10 for this season when he smashed three circuit drives in the opening game of the doubleheader Between the new York Yankees and the Cleveland two of the drives came against Bob