European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                November 1950 the stabs and stripes 775 Rickey signs 5year contract with pirates army edges Ohio tops Grid ranking poll Todd of bats Down a pass intended for Don of the Lions made up for the failure of this play by upsetting the big sooner rated 3d sum drops to 7th new 7 nosed out Ohio state in a photo finish to recapture the 1 spot in the associated press weekly College football Southern Leader the last two weeks tumbled to seventh place with Only two firs place votes among Ohio states High scoring machine actually received More firs place i ballots than but the i cadets rolled up enough Points for j second and third to eke out a j Points in this nationwide Pom of football writers and radio sports casters Are figured on the basis of 10 for nine for and so on Down to one for 10th Oklahoma was a dose with 48 firsts and despite its rugged 2718 game with Kentucky charged into fourth with 35 firsts and on its 406 rout of which knocked sum out on Page 10 Herb Johnson left of reaches out for a Penn Fumble As the Tivo lines pile up behind its 26th straight game without de mahal 111 a ends rumours on new baseball role r 7 Rickey today became the vice president and general manager of the Pittsburgh former general manager and president of the Brooklyn confirmed at a news conference the longstanding rumours that he is to be associated with the floundering Las place Rickey said he has signed a five year contract for a salary he declined to his pact with 5v the pirates will allow him to extend the contract for an additional five Rickey proved his organizational Genius with the dodgers and the Louis he joined the faltering cards As general manager in 1920 and in the next 23 years brought Home six league the irresistible urge to build winners sent Rickey to there he developed teams which finished on top twice and in third place or better six other Pittsburgh dismal showing last season started the Chain reaction which culminated in the appoint ment of the new general for the cellar dwelling it was the first time since 1917 that the club had hit the has a High regard for Pittsburgh Pilot Billy Meyers Field the soft spoken who was not present at the had signed a three year contract which still has a year to Rickey said he had a Blank mind continued on Page 10 Illin Iii loses Hackeit for Mest of Campaign 7 de of starts to sweep right and finds a six Man reception committee from Yale waiting for Dartmouth created a minor upset by cupping a 70 decision from the the University of passing will not be Able to play football again this head coach Andy Gustafson i announced last Gustafson said the from would be operated on today for a severe shoulder separation suffered in the game with Georgetown Friday Miami the operation at doctors hos Pila will be made to pull the col Lar Bone Back into Gustafson with Hackett lost for the gust a f son said he planned to work Jack Del of in 1he quarterback position for the Louisville game this Friday Chandler lists eligible for 16 player draft 7 Ball commissioner Chanc Fier yesterday gave major league clubs a 76page list of minor league players who will be subject to Bas Bahs annual moguls of the 16 major league clubs will meet with Chandler Here Cony coach suggests unique Grid equalizer new 7 football coach re Mondschein ease up with a unique suggestion today to prevent lop sided football be wants the rules changed so that every Lime one team scores a the other team sets to add player on the give of one touch and you get to use 12 give two and Yon get to use and so coach Mondschein is of City College new which has lost All six of its games this 16 to take their turns at select ing players they want from the minors at the draft under the the Pitts Burgh Las place finishers in the National will get the first the second Choice will be made by the Philadelphia ath who finished last in the american from the order of Selec Tion will proceed upward in the standings until the world Champion new York yanks get the final the procedure then will be repeated until All clubs either have passed or have used up their rights of the clubs also have 24 hours after the draw to draft additional Only one player May be drafted from each minor league club in classes a and a except for players listed by those clubs As subject to unrestricted the majors will pay for each player drafted from a class aaa s for class a a for class a for class b for class c and for class Missouri loses two defensive players 7 a coach Don Faurot has two vacancies to fill in the defensive lineup of the Missouri football squad As he result of injuries suffered in the Nebraska linebacker Diek Ortmann is out for the season with a dislocated Bob a suffered a broken which was placed in a East navys Don Fisher undergoes operation 7 a the football season is Over far Don navys 170pound defensive the Sophomore performer underwent a n appendectomy saturday and was taken off the varsity football list coach Eddie Erdelatz also received Daci ors report that Larry offensive May not play against Tulane to Baltimore tread Well suffered a leg injury last week in navys loss to notre Bud Wilkinson weeps familiar Dirge Oklahoma 7 a Oklahoma football team is phys mentally and emotionally coach Bud Wilkinson said speaking to the monday Quarter Back club he said his team took the toughest j beating of the sea son physically in Downing last Sarsur with Cason the Victory was Oklahoma 27th straight and established a new modern record for consecutive the sooner go to Lawrence saturday for a big seven game with and Wilkinson pointed out most of the squad was bruised and san 7 coach Lynn Pappy of undefeated California today termed his defensive unit a team within a team and gave it a major portion of the credit for the clubs remarkable Success this sea this defensive unit jelled and reached maturity in the washing ton said in that husky tilt ill played a magnificent i Waldorf was amazed at its High morale and its ability to cover the mistakes of individual you might term our defensive unit a learn within a on that California defensive unit Are some of the finest football players in the most of them Are Guys who get More fun out of making a tackle than they carrying the it Abler excels included in the group Are such Well known youngsters As Les the great linebacker ends Roy Ward and Bob Minahen guard Ray Solan Center Dick grower and backs Carl Van one of the St safeties in the Don Robinson and Dick Waldorf partially explained the Ligh morale of the unit when he pointed out lha the defensive team continued on Page 10 Bruins option two recall two others 7 who can Point to Only one Victory in 10 National hockey league yesterday optioned two players and recalled two from their farm in the american the Exchange was announced a few hours after be is had lost their sixth a 42 defeat sunday in the bostonian have played three recalled from Hershey were Zellio 20yearold right and Ross 21yearold defense sent Down to the farm were Eddie left Winger and seb Rookie defens Eman who was purchased from Cleveland after the 194950 american league tribe seen certain9 to retain Boudreau 7 Boudreaus retention As the Cleve land indians manager is believed the Cleveland news said president Ellis Ryan and general manager Hank Greenberg held a Long conference first since Green bergs return from a two week after Ryan said we will talk to Lou in the next two or three we have made up our minds of what we want to do for the next Ryan and Greenberg said they had not yet covered All the angles on the managerial selection Aad so were delaying any announcement but when asked about the baseball clubs plans for the 16 major league draft meeting in Ryan said Well talk to Lou be fore we go into the Hes our Boudreau was signed As a player manager for last season at a salary believed to be about he finished the Campaign managing from the with Ray Boone As regular Lou probably will take a salary Cut if retained by the some baseball observers Here feel the indians owners would not have wailed to announce it if they intended to let him