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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1950 the stabs and stripes Page 9 Robinson meets Fusari in title bout sit Down strike a temperamental 2ycarold named suiters Mill decided he didst want to run the other Day in a race at Detroit Hazel a vary of watching the race from the Best scat on the the horse finally rot away and wound do eighth in a Field of Musial move up in major Bat races new 8 Jackie Robinsons slump has Cost him the National league batting while the Brooklyn second baseman dropped 10 joints to 14 Stan of edged front with a Robinson collected Only five hits 7 in 23 a during m the past Musial banged out to fat 11 hits in 30 at about Par for Stan the All averages in of Jujj elude sundays Enos musicals car Dinal maintained his ii Teady Pace to hold third with weathered pets Burghs string of shutouts to come of with a Good for fourth despite the new York giants Whiley Lockman slipped a dropping to fifth at then Andy of at Pafko helped himself with three homers off the giants Sal Palker of pulled of himself into the top 10 with a Carl of f and Eddie Stanky of on Page 10j Tchell eyes pact favorite Flag 8 Bell lamed negro pitch be interested Only in signing a major league team that has Chance of getting into the dont figure any other club pay me said the 40 year old he pointed e was doing right Well Finan As a member of the Phila of the negro Majneri said he had been a by several 8 Detroit thirty and Larry Cleveland each gained two Points last week in their race for the american league batting Kell remains in front with 144 hits in 408 times at Bat for Doby has on 116 hits in 331 times at other leaders in the batting averages through sundays games in clude Bill Wah Hoot Al Johnny Yogi new Phil new and Johnny both Dropo leads in the important runs Attelin with teammate Vern Stephens leads in with 90a Kell has the most hits at 144 and the most Bobby continued on Page 10 Salas cops upset Over Williams 8 lightweight Champion Ike Williams nursed his bruised face and Pride today and pondered the Wisdom of fighting Charley of a 147pounder who looks More like a Windmill than a gave Wil Liams a 10round beating last Salas was unmarked at the but the Champion came out of his second straight Over the weight no title bout defeat with a Gash around his right Eye and a bloody who ranks with Ray Robinson As one of the Best Pound for Pound boxers in the ring also took a 10round beating from welterweight George sugar Cost Coji timed on Page 10 giants Down 93 8 Yorks re hot giants clicked off their seventh straight win by ing from behind to Post a 93 Victory Over the second place Boston braves last the giants banged 14 hits while gaining their 16th Triumph in their last 17 including Wes West runts 18th Homer of the but it was Jack the Amer ican league castoffs from the Boston red who was the real Kramer blanked the tribesmen with five hits Over the last eight and on third he relieved Southpaw Montia Kennedy after the latter yielded three runs on Roy Hart Fields fourth Homer of the a double by Walker a single by Bob Elliott and two bases on Bickford relieved the giants chalked up their first run against Vern Bickford in the first and went in front in the fourth on a base on single and who had been hit on the Elbow while taking pregame batting was by Bob Hall in the seventh while the braves were we strums Homer was lashed in the eighth with Hank Thompson and the who were greatly aided by 10 bases on passed Over two More runs in the Box score unavailable Furgol takes 2stroke Edge in Tarn Shanter tourney 8 fur Lam armed professional from Royal took a two stroke Lead yesterday after three rounds in 000 Al american Golf with Oil for 54 he scored a t h i r around 69 Over the Tarn s h a n t e r par72 course Doug Las and skip Alexander tied for second with Fred was and then came Bobby Skee Riegel and Lloyd with Locke also had a third round the Days Best round was posted by Norman von of who had a a poor put Himin a 10th place tie at Jim the transplanted and aussie of were in a tie with four others for sixth place at trekking on Down East 8 coach Biggie of Michigan will travel More than Miles this summer conducting foot Ball Champ faces pref ight struggle with might have a weakening effect upon the he but when Robinson told me his weight on the Telephone from his Camp i realized there was no although Nardiello is famous As a physician of the new York slate boxing he is working with Robinson for the new of Trey fight in the private capacity of per Sonal Champ takes a Bath Ive been working fighters for 47 he but this is the first time i had to Send a Champion to a turkish sugar Ray took the Baths once last As Robinson and Blond of finished their preparations at their respective Camps Nardiello said he doubted that the slender Champion Ever would attempt another defense of the 147pound he Robinson is 29 Hes a year older than in july when he had difficulty paring Down for his last defense against kid Gavilan at that year he has added solid meat that almost impossible to take off without leaving him Hes nearly 6 feet tall Hes Well proportioned he has Small hips and a Wasp Waistline at 155 Hes a Sharp taking eight pounds off a Man like that is As senseless As its Dif Ive advised him never to try it the glory of being a Cham Pion is not Worth the risk of contracting Joe g a n s Learned that too the 24yearold challenger who is training at Greenwood is a natural he will scale Between 146 and 147 with out despite Fusaris youth and natural the challenger remained a 51 underdog Kay Robinson that old Devil weight i by Jack Cuddy s new 8 dissatisfied with the weigh making of welterweight Champion yesterday ordered two More trips Bath before sugar title defense against Charley Fusari tomorrow 1 scaled 155 pounds for his last important will lose his title if he exceeds the welter limit of 147 pounds for the 15round fight at Roosevelt Jersey Nardiello explained unexpectedly Cool weather at Robinsons Camp in Compton has prevented the gradual weigh reduction we had Best known saw Bones in the Bea busting emphasized that he was ordering the turkish Baths Only As a last resort because such artificial reducing Gard Gas Toff turns tables Lethander of the Philadelphia acquired irom Louis cardinals Early Tiki last night 3 hurled a masters Ful two hit 90 1 shutout Over Nisi Exma Tes for his fourth v i c tto r y against no the phils combo eds your c a d j pitchers for 11 including Willie 23d Home run of who has been on list for nearly two held the redbirds to two and struck out Harry the cat who started for the cards and left for Alpha Brazle when the phils three times in the was charged with the has in 14 Deci Jones bashed his or in the fifth with one the phils tallied one in the first and five More in the Box score unavailable Mound weak flock recalls Erskine from Montreal new 8 Carl the 23yearold right hander who pitched Montreal into the thick of the International league Pennant was recalled yesterday by the Parent Brooklyn sent to Montreal by the dodgers just before the May 15 posted a record 10 victories six defeats with the winning his last seven to make room for Brooklyn optioned Pitcher Joe Lan drum to Landrum was brought up from fort of the Texas a month rival batters claimed recently developed into the out standing Pitcher in the inter National he 18 games for the starting 17 and completing in he yielded 99 issued 59 walks and struck out among his 10 triumphs were four Branca rejected by army medics new 8 Ralph Brooklyn dodger was rejected for military service yesterday because of his history of the dodger right hander took a pre induction mental and physical examination at the army recruit ing office was deferred from service in world War while result of examinations normally Are not announced imme an army spokesman said an was being made be cause of Public interest in  
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