European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                October 1950 the stars and stripes 9 by Phil Taylor sports editor 9 the Economy sized York Yankee scout who a the West coast for top was fanning with a few reporters in press Headquarters tier the yanks had blown the Down in Lour one of the scribes what did you see in Cole Jan be meant Gerry of the yank second baseman signed by Devine off the san fran disco and generally agreed by observers As the most under rated player on the new York it not in baseball the Jovial Ivory Hunter Gerry Colemom All the hands he had the Best pair of hands i had Ever i remember him a Skinny Little kid of 15 who want supposed to be big enough to play proves Lional he told me he had been advised to Duck baseball because they we rent looking for Singer midgets in the majors and nobody considered him much of a menace at the but i liked that Houdini Busi continued on Page 11 and defeat puts spotlight on army Leahy offers 6no alibis for upset South 9 notre Dame has no alibis for its upset loss to Purdue and the Only thing certain about the future of the Irish is that they will show up for the game with Tulane next coach Frank Leahy said j it was but the sadness j and tears which broke out in the Irish dressing room minutes after the walked off the Field with a 2814 decision was still present in Leaphys those boys came up to beat he and they it was simply that a team that was better than notre Dame ads worst defeat the team that is More Alert Doest get the he they make the there is absolutely no and i can be quoted on i it was the worst defeat for Leahy since he became a head coach in previously his worst defeat was Michigan 1942 Triumph Over notre Leahy would not even predict that next week notre Dame would Start a new Streak to replace the string of 39 games without defeat which fell apart on the soggy turf of the Irish stadium just As he Well take them one at a notre Dames loss was its first in continued on Page 11 one that cot away b boilermaker s suffer  after Surprise win 3 Purdue students had a emotional hangover today after spending most of the night whooping about their teams 2814 football Victory Over notre sniffles and bags under the eyes were High style in the residence Halls and fraternity the win Happy Young folks ignored a rainstorm to sing and ionize the squad when it returned from South Bend at Midnight the team not Only had won but had ended notre Dames string of 39 games without a defeat the fraternities had prepared continued on Page 11 Jimmy of he Philadelphia looks hopelessly on As the Ball trickles to within a couple of feet of second base after be had stopped Phil big autos hard drive in the ninth inning of the third world series before blood Worth could recover he Ball All hands were and the next Gerry immediately singled Home the winning run Lor the Detroit sextet tops Al stars 9 Ted Lindsay and Rookie Terry Sawchuck combined their last night to give the Detroit red wings a lopsided 71 decision Over the National hockey leagues a Star Lindsay poured in three goals As the Detroi ters completed the first grand slam in the history of professional the nil the Stanley cup playoffs and the Allstar his sparkling offensive play was backed up by a nifty goal ending by the 21yearold who was making his debut As Detroit regular Sawchuck was the forgotten Man of the As he was the Only starting player who didst get a vote when the ballot was taken last year for the leagues Allstar but he took the Allstar Label As he won Thun Derous applause from the sur continued on Page 10 Andy Phi Hie is All smiles As the crowd applauds him for making a Fine catch of a foal yanks combined ability for Victory by Joe Reichley s face new York Yankees a Lucky or a team in beating the Phila Delphia Phillies four straight in the 1850 world series the answer probably lies some where Between the the yanks bad their share of Luck in the series they have had for two straight on the other they showed greatness in the sense that they had superlative Fielding and opportune Bitting from april 18 right Down to the final series the 3950 club was a far cry from those splendid Yankee machines welded together in the it lacked the color and the Power of 1he murderers Row and the Bronx bombers of the Miller Huggine and Joe Mccarthy it made up for it in 1 Good Many other never was there 3 Yankee team Artith More drive and never was there Yankee Bunch who were greater the current champions never they never removed tie pressure from their never for one moment did they indicate they could be no matter How slim their Lead was at any it was a team that took advantage of every lapse by it Rose to every it hardly Ever beat Only in the final game did the Yankees at any time own a Lead of yielded seven bases on balls and hit one Philadelphia none until Wood Lings no Whiz kid gained from a Yankee either of omission or com on the other six of the Yankees 11 runs in foe series were Kix Zoto Berra Hamner Watkns More than one yet the feeling remained thai the Yankees could not be nearly every mistake the Phinies made proved except for Gene Wood Lings Muff of a Fly in tie ninth inning of the final Yankee lapses always were followed by Yankee brilliance that stopped the phils in Timeir for Yankee pitchers the result of bases on a wild pitch and a hit even in Finai won 52 by the All but one of the win ners runs were an error by Mike Goliat of Wood Lings dribbler past the Mound in the first inning started the Yankees Woodling moved to second on Phil Rizzuto out and scored on a single by Yogi Berra advanced to third on Rookie Bob Millers wild pitch from where he counted on a double by Joe Philadelphia manager Eddie saw yer Best explained the yanks three run uprising against reliever Jim Konstanty in the sixth the Only honest run we handed the Yankees was Beiras Home run in the Saver Eddie Waitkus should have had an easy double play on Jonnny mizes but he missed the ground Ball and Bobby Brown followed in game the yanks they scored on a sliced hit by Good let a and successive flies by and Gerry Vic has Chi allowed Only two singles in winning a Mound Duel from in game won by the Yan Coleman Pitcher Allie Reynolds singled and Cole Man scored when Woodling beat out an infield hit that could have been turned into in out with better third Basing by Willie Joe Dimaggio Homer in the 10th off Bobin Roberts broke that one in game a 32 win for new continued on Page 10 cadets to meet wolverines saturday new 9 emerging As one of the nations Best football gets its real test this weekend in facing As College football out on uncharted the notre Dame landmark swept so shocking was Purdue 2814 upset of the after 39 consecutive games without that Many fans found it hard to believe football would be the same but ranked fourth in the a poll last week and anxious to seize the top spot vacated by notre marshalled its hosts at West Point to prove that if football wont be the at least it will be sex the cadets tuned up for Michigan by trouncing Perm while knocked Down capacity crowd expected Yankee in new where the world series ended is completely sold out for the big some Luster wag taken off by Michigan 147 loss to Michigan state the previous but Michigan still is Tough enough to provide an answer for the question of How Good army has a formidable rival for the 1 spot in Southern the highs or ing Smyj which bested mis meets undefeated okla continued on Page 11 Browns beat 3017 9 Cleveland highly oiled offensive clicked just often enough and Long enough yesterday to place them Back in the win column with a 3017 Victory Over a stubborn Pittsburgh a crowd of packed Forbes Field for the National football league the Steeles effectively shackled Otto grahams Aerial attack in All but the second but then the former Northwestern Star took to the ground and tallied a pair of six pointers from in All Graham completed 10 passes in 17 Joe the triple threat Backfield stole the show from the As he ran and punted Cleveland dizzy when Pittsburgh was on the but eight fumbles by the Steeles gave the Browns the they needed to get their attack going goal Williams to fight Carter oct 9 local boxing has matched lightweight Champion Ike Williams and Jimmy of new for a 10round Over weight bout Here Pacific coast league final w l go Oakland san Diego Hollywood Portland ban Francisco Seattle los Angeles Sacramento 118 9i As so s6 96 so to in 570 Jos 4w 4 w n sundays results Seattle los angles 31 san Francisco Portland 23 san Diego Hollywood 54 Oakland Sacramento 2z