European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1953 world title huns in woman Hobs to Start today by Vince staff correspondent a 1 650meter Groove of lightning fast ice which crowds a total of 16 vicious curves into an average of a minuteman Dahal run s the Center of attraction at Garmisch recreation area the scene is the olympic bobsled run where the worlds Best sled Ders Are poised at the ready to compete world ship sometime around this this opening Days activities vill Mark the trial runs in the Man sled with the finals lated for tomorrow morning at if pretrial tests Are any Indica Ion of what Type of Competition s these Champion hips should prove to be the fastest f not the greatest of teams from More than 10 coun Ries have been rocketing Down he breathtaking route in record opening slalom race won by Fischer by Don Doane 23 olympic won the opening ski race of Garmisch ninth internal four nations in the women surrounded the of the giant which eight Guy de was first announced unofficially As the then it was discovered the electric timer was and times taken by hand watches were sub Moomaw cant play in pro Grid game for three seasons los 23 Donn All America line Backer of said yesterday he is not interested in being drafted for pro since he will be unavailable for at least three Moomaw explained that he must remain in school through february in order to obtain his degree and qualify for a co Moomaw Mission in after that he faces two years of Active Moomaw made his announcement on the eve of the National league draft selections at where he was drafted by Phila Delphia and traded to los the air Force Roth office con firmed Moomaw explanation of his Scholastic these results made Wal Ter the at Gebhard aus Peppi Ger Sepp fourth and Maurice France de Huertas was pushed Down to Lith French officials protested these leaving the official ruling up to a special meeting of the race the first american entry to finish was Emory Sun Val who came in 29th with a time of pfc Reiner 7707 Usa eur he finished 32d at and Joe 322d Sig was 34th with Putzi was Sec Erika Evi fourth and Hannelore fifth in the women Marianne ranked third in unofficial times but was Dis qualified for missing Phoenix open a Stepfield 23 Golf Doms elite converges Here Day for the launching of the Aanal Phoenix open tournament with most eyes focused on Lloyd Man defending Champion ant leading m o n e Winner thus far this although Bon h o g a Julius Boros and Byron Nelson wont be on hand for the event Mangumn there will o quite a Galaxy of Talent assembled the National open Cham Pion of is suffering from an continued on Page 11 photos Pride Jack president of the new York press photographers presents the groups annual sports awards to left to Peewee Brooklyn dodgers Sal new York and Phil photo during past several Days of training and the Ger Man entries seem to have the Edge on this particular form of racing the Theo Kitt and Lorenz Germany 2 yesterday whizzed to record times of and Ostler second with times of and Germany 1 driven by the current olympic and world Anderl with Franz Kemser As swept into second place for the Swiss teams placed third and fourth and a third German pair posted fifth Best americas entries could do no better than with Lloyd Johnson and sgt Pat of running in that Posi Tion with times of and the two other sleds were further Down the in 13th and 14th of capt Dick Severino and Dick Stearns Rode into 13th followed by former world Champ Stan Benham and sgt Hank team announced after yesterdays run the Crews for the two sleds which will compete Veteran Ben continued on Page 11 Dukes tops nations scorers Conlin leads Rebo unders Troy favored Over Jones in Middle go new 23 dle weights Willie of and Bobby of Oak who Are clamouring admittance to the 160pound title meet tonight a television 10rounder at Nich Olas unbeaten Troy was favored at 135 to Register his 18th Conse clevis professional Victory Over who was making his new York More experience has had thrice the Civ Prience of 20yearold but the latter negro was favored Causa of his persistent boxing punching he has knocked out Troy has been called a big Henry co managers Al Weill and George Winn claim Troy should be fitted to the eliminations for the vacant middleweight Crown because one of the Norman refused flatly to fight weighs 153 Troy is a 6footer who Scales about 155 his Best victories were Over Al Richie and err Randy Sandy and Billy Kil packing about 152 pounds on a 5foot 7inch was Good enough in 1951 to lose Only a split decision to Carl Bobo of now the 2 contender for the Crown recently Given up by sugar Ray Jones won five of seven bouts last his Best wins were Over Arto Soto and Charley his close losses were to Soto and Ramon new 23 a big Walt Dukes of unbeaten Seton Hall is the individual scoring Leader among the nations Maior colleges having taken Over the top spot from Pennsylvania Ernie 6 11 inches has scored 501 Points in 18 an average of per game Accord ing to statistics released by the Mcaa service Seton the Only remaining unbeaten team among the major is ranked 1 by the associated Beck has tallied 304 Points in 11 games for a average and Little Johnny has com piled 402 Points in 15 games for per game so far this Dukes is also second in rebound with an average of a behind de Ford who has in 13 at their heels is Dick with Neil furans 6 Inch turned in the top scor ing performance of last even though it didst put him among the season he tallied 52 Points against exceed ing the previous single game High for this season of set by Washington Bob Houbregs the week Gordon warmed up for that with 19 against the Citadel and 31 against a three game total of 8th army boxers will meet in Seoul 23 Sec Ond 8th army boxing Champion ships have been scheduled for the Seoul City theater Here 8th army special services has an winners of 8th army crowns will fight against the Korea com z to determine an Al Korea this outfit will be sent to Tokyo to compete in the Mecom March last Over 115 boxers participated in the the first major sports of any kind in Korea since the War yanks sign to 1952 contract Var ttys to continued from Page 9 up his contract but took it Home for a longer John 40yearold batting hero of the Yankees 1952 world series Over is is town but a virus infection bedded him in his hotel before he could get to the Yankee other clubs Are having less trouble getting agreements and in of them announced additional the Louis cardinals signed shortstop Solly hemus the Chicago White sox signed Pitcher Billy Pierce Brooklyn signed Pitcher Jim infielder Rocky Bridges and outfielder Walt Moryn the new York giants signed in fielder Daryl Catcher Sal Yvars and Pitcher Al Corwin and the Chicago cubs signed Catcher Clyde infielder Bob Pitcher Vern fear and outfielder Paul former 8th 4th div 23 up Chicago cubs yesterday reported the signing of Cente fielder Hal Jeffcoat and shortstop Roy Smalley for 1953 to bring the number of men under contract to hampered by injuries for the past two played in Only 87 games last year and batted he drove in 30 runs and hit five Home his Best year was in 1950 when he had a 85 runs batted in and 21 Home the Best defensive out fielder in the National league last year with a played in 102 hit and drove la 30 23 Chicago White sox boosted their total of signed players to 28 when Catcher Darrell Johnson and Pitcher Harold Hector Brown came the 23 Forrest 30yearold righthand Pitcher for the Pittsburgh signed his 1953 contract Hes the first of the pirate regulars in the