European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                5 loses net title tin four sets june 21 Kramer of los Angeles established himself firmly As the greatest Tennis player toy Bobby Riggs As National the Young convert to mercenary who made a sweep of major Amateur honors last turned the title a folder from Riggs made a grim defense of fins pro title at the West Side ten Knis Hub but kramers Power and net play proved too much i for champions backboard like in the first carried 26 of june 1948 the stars and stripes Page 9 attendance record Falls As indians sweep v series braves win two Kramer takes title pro Chan to seeded Riggs took a 5 and held two set j Tut 2in the out of it to take both that t and the Cramer teamed with Francisco Ancho Segura of Ecuador to de it defending Champion Riggs and in Budge of 57 for the doubles 4 former Brownie Dies june 21 a former Pitcher Tor the Louis in he was Jack Kramer annexes pro Tennis championship giants Divide 2 with cards new june 21 consecutive Home run by Johnny Willard Marshall and Sid Gordon in the eighth inning the new Yorks giants a 64 second game after the Louis cardinals won the victim of the uprising was Little Murry rubber armed right who had won the opening game for the and who continued on Page 10 sport the medics have thumped and gouged Joe Louis and Jersey the principals in the gathering tomorrow night in Yankee and pronounced them the be test of the Vincent who does the probing for the new York state boxing com has issued a statement1 to the effect that both pugilist Are in Jiruch better condition than the last tune out when Louis walked out the ring tight to heavyweight Crown that had All but off his w As for the they have trained Long and hard and have issued repeated press statements that each will score a decisive Victory Over the both ooze Confidence in themselves and each have taken potshots at the others fighting and running All j that remains for them now is to although Louis has not looked according to in his that to itself is nothing Joe never looked like the Cham if Lon he is in somehow it seems the worse he looks in attaining the better he is the night of the we recall the preflight that preceded the last Louis Billy Conn the Pitts h was supposed to dance around Louis and Cut him to with assorted left jabs and right if we remember Cor the Only dancing Billy did was when Louis hit he did t of his dancing up and As we like the Champion and we figure we several Good a great Nany fans and experts claimed Wal Cott the last but officially he and thatus inhere it then fans and experts alike say that Louis will still have trouble trying to solve Walcott a hit and run method of i Champ Joe was at his worst h we recall that Fellows like Bob Arturo Godoy and Max of Schmeling gave Joe lots trouble in their first engagements but look happened in the return we think Louis will solve Wal but r then Walcott caught Louis at his mentally and just Back from a luxury tour of most of the Golf courses in the mentally complacent Champ Joe was Ripe for an but if who admittedly at his very  beat Louis at his what will happen when he gets in the ring with a Louis who is eager and ready to avenge what he figures was a moral defeat even though lie got the Champ Joe Doest like that talk about his being Lucky to defeat a fighter like because Louia looked bad one time against by any indicate he is All washed plenty of champions have booted two to the of their careers and dug right Back in to go to even greater f Star in Field to trip reds b q s t o june 21 Boston braves strengthened their slim grip on the National leagues first place by twice defeating the Cincinnati and their fifth and sixth victories in Succes before a paid audience of the tribesmen assured their first game Triumph by throttling a red rally in the ninth after two runs had been Vern Bickford had a shutout in the Nightcap until the reds pushed across one in the Earl who stole his 13th and 14th bases in As Many attempts in the second his fourth Homer of the season in the opener to assist red Barrett to his fourth the red Herd needed assistance in the ninth after the reds had scored the two runs which brought them within one of a Chunky Bob Hogue came in and put out the fire to save the decision assisted by an amazing bit of Field ing by de until the eighth inning of the second game Bickford had allowed but two cheap a great catch by Center fielder Jim Russell in that inning saved the game c4 o 1 of 200 31 c 111 is p 2 0 0 p 300 0 0 0 p 000 1 11 p 0 0 0 p 060 Galan c 1 11 totals 39 4 13 totals 32 5 9 for Raffensberge 7 for Zientara 9 for Cress 9 the Cincinnati a r h Boston a r h 501 2b 411 402 of 5 2 4 3b 4 0 2 in 4 1 1 if 501 3b 301 in 5 0 2 if 301 is 4 0 0 h 1 0 0 300 411 Cincinnati 000 101 010 13 1 020 9 0 Boston ii of Torgeson two base Home winning losing second game Cincinnati Boston a r h of 4 0 of 3 0 3b 4 02 in 3 0 2 2b of Abr 1 1 0 1 1 if 0 0 so 21 0 in 200 if 4 01 is 4 0 0 of 4 0 1 2b 3 0 0 e 310 Hitler c 100 is 302 c 2 0 0 p 4 0 1 111 c 1 0 0 p 1 0 0 p 100 Galan b 100 p totals 32 15 totals 28 for Williams 8 Lor Cress 8 on error for Zientara 4 8 9 Victory titlist Cincinnati 000 000 51 000 030 8 2 Elliott Mccormick two base losing Frankfurt was Blank Wiesbaden on 1hitter june 21 the 7704th wac det i Frankfurt whitewashed Safe of to gain Possession of first place in the Neucom wac softball Helen Davis singled in the first inning for safes Only hit off Margaret noon aril Mary Jenkins paced the winners with three for Bobby lockes 266 wins Victory open Locke takes Victory open Chic 21 one of golfs greatest Oneman methodical Bobby Locke hammered a final round 66 for a 72hole total of under Midlothian Par and a winning margin of 16 strokes Over Ellsworth in the Chicago Victory open Golf Tournai the Victory margin which brought the putting master a first prize was the greatest three years of pm sponsored major tour Ben Hogan shot a 261 to win the open in 1945 with a 17stroke margin Over second place Byron hogans 23underpiar tally in the Portland tourney stands of the greatest Windup in Al though Nelson in the same year won the Seattle open with both Are not regarded by Veteran tournament campaigners anywhere near the test of Midlo thins Par who registers out of Chi fashioned a 66 to vault into second place with Par by Only two he collected second skip Alexander of finished with a 70 for 283 and third Green Bay signs line Green june 21 a two More Veteran linemen were under contract to the Green Bay coach curly Lam Beau has announced the signing of tackle Dick Wildung arid guarded Neal for their third and fourth Feller Breaks losing Streak june 21 fore the largest crowd in major league an on Thefield gathering of paying Cus the Cleveland indians swept a doubleheader from the Phila Delphia and the old record was established in a game by the Yankees and red sox at Yankee stadium in Bob Feller broke his personal losing Streak of five and won his sixth of the season in and Bob Lemon pitched a Brilliant four hit shutout for his 10th Vic tory in the the indians took the first game by rallying Feor four runs in the against Joe Hal Peck Pinch singled with the bases filled to drive in two the tying Marker resulting when Eddie Joost fumbled the relay from the Larry Dobys single then drove Peck across with the winning the second game was a with the indians clubbing Phil Marchil Don for seven runs inthe first three Lemon pitched what was probably his finest striking out 10 men and walking Only Philadelphia a r h is 311 i i of 3 1 1 is 4 01 in 4 3b 4 if c Cleveland a r h Mitchel if 4 01 cd 402 1 of 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 00 0 2b 2 1 1 30 0 3b 210 0 1 in 3 00 2b 30 0 c 200 0 0 1 1 000 300 Franks a p3 0 c p 000 p totals 32 37 totals 29 4 7 Philadelphia 101 010 000 r3 Cleveland 000 000 4 7 0 error Peck Home runs losing second game Philadelphia Cleveland a r h i a r h is 1 0 0 of 411 is 200 if 42 2 0 2 is 211 of 4 0 0 is 1 1 1 in in 3b 4 if 4 w c 0 2b 2 0 0 0 0 of 2 1 2 0 0 of 3 02 1 2b 5 0 3b 4 1 in 4 c 4 of i 1 1 0 0 p 3 2 2 p 2 0 0 totals 30 04 totals 36 10 15 Philadelphia 000 000 000 0 40 Cleveland 214 000 15 0 Gor Don Berardino Mit Chell two base Home four Dwoinen Wimbledon Tennis favourites june greatest the Wimble opens with a multitude of mens singles the first three seeded stars in the mens i Jack brom wich and All passed their 30th none of is a great ten player inthe tradition of and who was not thought Good enough to play on the last two american Davis cup should win the mens most important the five of at the clean living vet eran of nearly two decades of tournament play is probably better than he Ever parkers biggest hurdle during the next Hwo weeks might prove to the left handed who recently beat him at on they Likely will clash in one Bromwich Drew the easier where he appears to be threatened Only by Tom Brown of san he is almost certain to reach the the Only thing apparently certain about the women division is that one of four american women will win just which of the Lour there is no for the Contention tween them is getting closer All the Margaret Osborne Dupont is the defending Cham Louise Brough american Doris miss Brough the other Day at the Queens Canning Todd won the first set from Dupont in the same the British have ahead holds the Hart beat seeded mrs Todd