European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes t quits Al cellar steals Home to highlight 4r2 Victory May 28 e Reese stole Home with what moved to be the winning run As f Brooklyn dodgers shaded the Cago to vacate the league the dodgers walked to open the fifth in he moved to second on a be and advanced to third on when Russ tiny Chicago Long Reese lit out ithe plate stole it cleanly Ralph big Ori Klyn right tamed the Buston six hits to Post his third in eight gave up Bot Chicago runs the six Tii inning Pinch utter Phil Cavarretta tripled off right Center Field screen with on and two we have just Laid Down the babe Ruth Story by babe Ruth As told to Bob nationally known sports All in it is an and informative Book that sometimes rambles through its 242pages in telling the life of the greatest slugger 1n baseball 4 the babe starts off with his Early when Bis unable to control their Young placed him in marys Industrial school in the babe pulls no he admits the school was not an but a training school for delinquents and boys whose Homes had been by the babe was listed As an i of his family he remembered they As 20 hours a Day in the Saloon they owned i Baltimore and had Little time teach Young Herman the niceties of As a matter of the babe picked up his worse habits from associating with the Saloon and wafer front Chicago a r h 2b 301 in 4 1 of 4 0 3b Brooklyn a r h As 11 3b 1 1 3 1 it 0 1 uder Nof 411 c 400 of 200 Lund it 4 of 4 1 0 1 Sta 1 200 Hodges c o 0 o i 0 0 1 2 301 100 00 1 1 4 7 i tals 33 2 28 Bucago too 002 Shook in Oil 010 7 2 Cavarretta Robin fun three base los 26th remains unbeaten nipping rattlers May 28 special 2nd 26th baseball added another Marker to an broken string of seven biting Loose with a 14hit attack defeat the 547th in a no league tussle at leading hitter in National led the assault five for the most of the lost their stage in the eighth when the rattlers tied it up As Pitcher Bob Ells Pickoff throw went scoring two an led off in the Bottom eighth with his fifth straight and advanced to seconds Tor followed pop ask Ewe liner scored Andrewson with at to be the winning Leer and Lou Ordoyne s grounder it 97 As Naylor 100 of e 4 26th int 121 102 4 Lewis 3 and Terry Wal Andrewson Marcel and torn elected prexy 100mph May 28 a most exclusive Auto racing or action has elected Ted As its president am succeeded Rex Glen As head Man of the apion 100mileanhour the jiving men who have driven the 300mile Indianapolis average Ive other who qualified dub Are Bill Walt t brother Matthias provided incentive it was at marys where Ruth met and Learned to Jove what tie As the Ive Ever his name teas the Xaveriane perhaps one reason Young had so much respect for brother Matthias was the fact the latter stood six feet six and weighed 250 pounds and no whatever twas that Drew the babe to brother also Drew the Xaveriane Monk to he took a special interest in the babe an nurtured him through roughest part of his school life and started him on the Road to Fame and Fortune in Ruth he was born a hitter the first he saw Matthias hit a base the brother used Ball Over 350 which in the Days of the dead Ball was quite1 a it also brother Matthias Alto put Ruth on the Trail of being the babe started out As a handed Catcher and in one game when marys was having a rough time and every Pitcher was getting his head knocked Young babe started to Langh and also added a few uncomplimentary brother Matthias stopped Gam and asked babe what he was laughing at when the babe replied he was laughing at his own brother Matthias told Young George Herman to go there and pitch and so from the pitchers Mound on marys a George Herman Ruth started a career that would last 22 years in major league baseball and set 54 records before he was fired by the Boston from St Ruth tells How be signed with the Baltimore orioles at the then magnificent sum of a year and How astounded babe was when he Learned would pay him to baseball the Day Ruth signed his first contract for Jeven topped the years when he signed for a contract calling for with the new York it was with the orioles that Ruth was first called Bambino confesses to his misdeeds from the Ruth went to the Boston red sox Ond from be Soto the the sox had already converted him into an outfielder in order to get full use of his Ruth Doest spare himself in taking his share of the blame for the wild escapades and fits of temperament that figured so prominently in ills he also puts in a reminder that no one could have possibly Carousel As much As writers would have him and still be Able to produce so magnificently on the playing if there is one bitter note in ruths Saga h is in the closing chapters when the Babel with his playing Days behind wanted so much o become the of new York Yankees and was turned Down by late Jake Ruppert and then general the which lists All the records made by the will go on Sale herein the econ the stars and stripes Newsstands by for those who enjoy baseball it will be Well Worth their while to read the personal account of the one and Only babe Man who completely changed the style of play in modern baseball and whose name is sync Ioinous with the regain first place 28 f athletics moved into first place the american league inthe midst explosive outburst by in recent As 73 Victory Over senators of Beer other Debria thrown re Jones Over a play at Home Philadelphia Phil restricted Washington to five hits in capturing his fifth Victory and the As fifth the As clustered four runs in the third inning when Walter master son walked Eddie Barney Mccosky and Elmer Ferris Fain singled across two More runs and Valo scored when Chapman forced thank who was hurls 5rhitter Phil Marchildon captures his fifth Triumph of season cards9 ninth inning rally r pins 96 setback on giants hew May 28 Shoen Dienstl base loaded single sparked a  rally that enabled the front running Louis Cardinal to Edge the Sec on place new York Ken who relieved Hartung after loaded the bases was the victim of Shoen Dienstl on the Terry Moore reached third whence he scored the third run on Erv Duskas Fly Trokle walked Stan but the strategy Back fired when Enos Slaughter drilled single to Center to score Schoen Dienst with the fourth were the Only j was lifted in favor Abers who came out of the 4 who Louis a re to Steve York a r h 1 2 2b of 421 411 2 of 412 4 Al 0 323 in 502 or Jones in 5 is Rice c Norgbey Lapointe 0 c n Kurwski p Moore p of 4 0 2 311 3b 512 1 1 301 Layton l 0 0 0 1 is 200 0 0 p 100 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 i Mcthay 101 1 1 Rhawn 000 000 p 600 1 0 p m 80 0 000 0 Simmons halts 21 May 28 Philadelphia Phil lies Bonus pitched a three hit 21 Victory Over the Pittsburgh pirates As the Bucur Clyde let one of Kirby Higbee pitches him to score the deciding Xun in the fifth with the score deadlocked in the Kluttz was charged with a passed Ball on a third strike to Del ends with two allowing Ralphia Fallero to score from in gaining his second Victory of the Simmons out three and walked the same Higbe also gave ii three walks but fanned six Pittsburgh a r h 3b of in 3 Bockman a l 2b 3 cd c 1 p 3 Philadelphia a re 201 of 4 0 400 3b 4 i 400 if 4 0 300 in 3 4 1 1 of 4 00 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 c 4 0 3 0 3 0ji 1 p 3j 0 i 0 0 0 0 totals 30 1 3 totals 32 for West Pittsburgh 010 000 z 9 3 0 Philadelphia 010 010 9 3 two base j walked by Relief Pitcher Milo scored twice More in the fifth inning when Fain walked and Herman Franks and Pete Suder Philadelphia Washington a p h ass 1 3b 4 if i 1 0 2b if it 4 of 5 c 3 2b 5 0 411 4 t i 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 if 311 of 3 2 2 in 4 0 it 0 1 c 4 is 3 p 0 p l p l l o o 0 o o o o o 0 o o o totals 36 7 9 totals 32 3 5 out Jor Candoni Philadelphia 004 9 0 Washington 000 102 5 3 or r o r s Chap Man three base losing Parker to oppose Drobny in finals May 28 Par 1 american moved into the finals of the mens singles of the French International Tennis championships by defeating South Parker Eric 62 will meet the Reading 812 Louis new York 101 101 1014 12 Jones Mize Kurow Sld Marshall Home winning i r t remt l european Jaroslav Drobny of the finals Drobny won the Semi finals match from ff3r miss Shirley Rollins fifth ranking scored a Surprise semifinal Victory Over Doris who miss Fry will meet the Winner of the delayed semifinal match Between Tricia Todd Nelly Landry of sulky drive Dies Buffalo May 28 Herb Roth one the nations leading harness facing Suc fractured Skull suffered wednesday night in a spill at in a spill at i the Buffalo marburg retains unspoiled record at rain stops tilt May 28 Warburgh unbroken succession of baseball triumphs was in jeopardy until rain halted a featured contest with the 3rd to when the score was knotted at 2all in the seventh marburg is setting the Pace in the Wetzlar league with six straight the Wetzlar Eschwege game was called on account of rain at the end of the inning with Wetzlar this tilt and the marburg3rd deadlock be replayed on july 14 As doubleheaders along with regularly scheduled in Otherl Sague contests Fritzlar Defeated and Ecim depot out slugged artillery league standings w l marburg s Verdun Kaseane t 0 Eschwege s 3 Wetzlar s s rot Westen 4 Ecim depot 4 5 Fritzlar 2 5 artillery Kaseane 0 js7 j f r Mcguffey paces 6thlregt Golf May 28 special James 6th posted an 84 to take the at endow the first 18 of play in the 6tli regt Tournat ment at the bad other leaders at the first half ref the 36 holes of medal play were George 6th one stroke Mcguffey Wotli an 85 Clil Ford Daws of 28th v an and John Vij following conclusion of j play there be Fok in 6th will be