European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse October 1950 the stars and stripes Page 9 by Pat Robinson new 28 year produces a Good crop of boners in All and this year is no a unique feature boneheaded plays is that they Are so often pulled by smart no one is surprised if a dumb Cluck pulls a but everybody seems shocked a Brilliant Bird pulls there Are any number of causes for the i forgetfulness or sometimes just Plain we have had boners in baseball since the the first Over enthusiastic player tried to steal second with e bases and no later than this last world series we saw 5bill third baseman of the world Champion Johnson pull a prize Skull when he trapped a bunt that he could have caught with Bill apparently thought there was a Man on but thai base was on that same Andy the Phillie bunted the Ball and then just stood at the plate watching when he might continued on Page 10 poll selects Eddie Sawyer As most valuable no Pilot gamecocks trip As fists Fly 23 Steve South Carolinas Brilliant ran 95 dazzling Yards for a touchdown last night to Lead his learn to a 3420 Southern conference football Victory Over George it was a wild game that wound up in a fist fight Between the two As the game Charley of George was trying to throw a and Tommy of South was there to break it the final gun so did fists and the South Carolina and George Wash continued on Page 10 yank bears clash gets top Billing on today pro slate new 28 the second week in a the National football league spotlight turns on new York when the new York yanks and Chicago bears meet in a Battle for top ors in the circuits National con a crowd of around is expected to sit in at Yankee stadium for the which for the first time finds the bears invading the House that Ruth the yanks have won five losing Only to los while the bears have four victories and one at the hands of Green a week the leagues Mam dish was the Polo grounds scrap Between the new York giants and the Cleveland with the giants winning to Knock Cleveland out of the american division giants meet cards the tied with the Phila Delphia eagles for the american division meet the cardinals As Philadelphia plays the redskins in the giants and eagles each have won four while losing in other sunday wingless Baltimore meets the 49ers at san the Detroit Lions play the rams at los and the Pittsburgh Steeles invade Cleve land for a game with the Green Bay has an open upset by Green the bears have downed the cardinals and evened the score with the packers in their last iwo the yank bears clash will feature a Duel Between Johhny of Chicago and George of new a teammate of Lujack at notre leads the league in touchdown passes with who topped the league with 23 to passes in has yet to hit a receiver for a touchdown but is near the top in scoring with s5 Macphail becomes a father at 60 28 tempestuous b a s e b a 1 Leader turned gentleman became a father for the fourth time thursday at the age of 60 Macpha its second the former Joan gave birth to a girl weighing pounds a women Hospital the Mother Mac hails Secretary when he was running the Brooklyn still Rickey appointment new 28 spite a flock of Only the technicalities of baseball Law appeared to be holding up the announcement that Branch Rickey has agreed to become general manager of the Pittsburgh succeed ing Roy who is shifting to the new York general manager George of the and Thomas Secretary treasurer of the All denied the even in the denials there were hints that Rickey will up with Pitts careful language Weiss denial was couched in careful language which led Many Veteran baseball observers to be Lieve that something definitely is a the asked to comment on a report that Hamey would become Field director of the Weiss said As of this it is not no one can Tell what the future May at Johnson said that Hamey positively will not leave the Pittsburgh but head fitted it was possible that Rickey would become connected with the at new Hamey said the report was nobody talked to me Ive talked to Hamey in still general manager of the Pittsburgh As far As i Hamey conceded that Branch Rickey still we in the air Rickey might wind up with the that probably Why there trying to find a new place for in All these reports being Cir Hamey but i haven1 talked to anyone in the majors about a in Rickey said his family wanted him to retire because he is 69 years but he said he would not leave Ive been in baseball too Long for he i cannot discuss my future plans for obvious but i do Hope to have an announce continued on Page 11 Graziano decisions Janiro Rocky Graziano close but to animus from press dispatches new 28 Graziano won a close but unanimous 10round decision from Tony Janiro at Madison Square Garden last night to Edge still further along the comeback trial that ends in a crack at Jake la Motta and the middleweight Nice the Rock had de csar cd before he but in going to Knock him the Battle was so that two officials had to resort to the Point system to find the one judge and the referee had it 55 in but the judge put Graziano ahead on and the referee gave Rocky the other judge made it Graziano lost the fifth because of a Low this was the Busy exch amps third fight of the his last time out was when he gave Pete Mead a third round Kayo at the free swinging who weighed in at missed More often than he but his aggressive attack had his Youngs opponent Well on the skids by the final Janiro tipped the Scales at although Graziano finished he had some hard times in the earlier and the Seesaw fight went Over big with the patrons who forked Over to see the autumn season opener at the japs to enter team 28 is expected to Send a team of 100 ath letes to the asian games at new Delhi in March japans Hying fish of Hir Noshin would Lead surgeon claims trick pitches wreak havoc on hurlers9 arms 28 the knuckle Ford balls and can be murder on 3 pitchers Arm Robert Hyland warned the unnatural motions in throw ing these pitches can permanently injure the the Louis an expert on baseball players told the Ameri can College of the trick pitching is striking a growing number of pitchers right out of their he Ball players can Plav longer if they listen to advice How Topnotch medical to use and Hyland a Pirher can and 5 h i d be Jaughn to d e v e 1 u p and use Only those types of delivery con form As far As possible to the Normal movements of his shoulder and Elbow sliders and knuckle balls can twist the Arm so much that bits of membranes and tissues Are rubbed these bits Lodge in tendons and ligaments and cause raft of injuries Ball especially Are liable to a raft of different in they come from the rub Bing of Bone against Dis location of biceps separa Tion of Bones in the and Oiher arthritic deposits forming in Bone junctures have ended the careers of several overhand Hyland this trouble ended the playing Days of both dizzy Dean and Paul a Pitcher with this ailment can still curve a but loses his Power to throw a every Ball Hyland should be taught the importance of immediate reporting of an Accident or of a to the sur he must be told that what he or others consider a minor in jury can become so aggravated As to end the players career prematurely and Hyland said his own Ednaf season checkups of Louis Cardi nals and Browns had led to the discovery of defects which were this kind of prevention i prolonged the career of Many baseball Casey Stengel wins by single vote in Junior Loop by Carl lundqu1st new 28 one of the few persons alive who believed his kid Phillies could win the was an overwhelming Choice today As National league manager of the but it was a different Story in the american league where Casey of the won by Only one vote in the selections by the United Sawyer was named on 20 of 24 ballots by Veteran baseball writers from each of the eight National league while who won his second straight Pennant and world barely beat out red of the Detroit 10 votes to in the National the Only other manager to receive consideration was Leo whose new York giants surged at mid season after a miserable Start and wound up playing the Best Ball in the Durocher received the other four the american league votes were divided among Rolfe and Bucky of Wash who pulled the senators up from last to fifth despite the fact they had been popularly con signed to the cellar again at the Start of the Harris received five Success Story Sawyers was a two year Success Story which had its culmination in the winning of the first Flag for the Phillies in 35 last taking charge of his Crew of Young sters and building their he landed them in third a feat which won him general acclaim As the 1 manager for in the National this few replace he cashed in on his teams added sent them flying ahead of the Field at mid season with just enough momentum to win out on the final Day Over despite the loss of Ace Lethander gun Simmons to the National and kid jitters belatedly overtook his without telling the soft speaking former College professor made a notation on a slip of paper at the Start of the season and stuck it into a desk it stated simply that we can win the pen one answer but to those who approached him in Spring training and As the team started breezing along during the he had but one Well be Lucky to finish As High As we did a year Sawyers technique differed entirely from who developed an almost magic touch in shifting players at positions where he needed strengthening whereas Sawyer picked a Start ing lineup and stuck to it except when injuries forced Stengel cockeyed first basemen and third basemen about in a mystifying Tommy Henrich faltered because of a bad knee at first he brought in Joe and Collins kept go ing until Johnny Mize made a great comeback and slugged the team into the Lead with a Home run there were Only four players in the lineup wire we rent to shifts Catcher Yogi shortstop Phil second baseman Gerry and outfielder Joe Youngstown beats Niagara 28 College Defeated Niagara 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