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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, March 15, 1953

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and St types Mcmillan rated i  Short & March 14 joke _ _ n  has Pennou toned Ion and tie mation boxing Assoc a j a in is Carter a t my Collins Wei fit Champion ship. The fight would be held in Bosto sometime in april he said he had received a letter a. Barton president stressing that the Apte two organizations upon the Deposit fix each fighter. This would  the Winner will60 Days against to Providence  tis announce Board of review rep Mew York commis ithe Aba. He made it promoter Jim nor to Etc Hunt Carter s than erred. A lie is expected to be ted of leads Roux play Victorias a Motoc March 14 Epe-73d med up chateau it two in a Itow. In  Invin icy Here Downing Mou 57-43, j Ehmed theg. Oswald pc night the medics Atai Lebleau a 74-63 defeat.4esa bounced Ujj a cd last eliminate Ylan ,52-45.r Sank 1? for the winners a Meyers netted 16 for of the eve to Wood topped i sabres 6356, with marking up Job for the abre Star Bob Rock Ards or the game with 22. Games played the first Awood Beati Aoh 56-48,came out on the Long cl-42 score in a Battle to glance and Moulin to. / went to the Camp and so impressed file scouts that he was signed 1m mediately a ittle Mac swept through four minor leagues earn ing us i Etc Naines As and a he  .154 games r last year Mcmillan played in All 154 games with hatreds thrilling  has Superb eld ing. Eddie Sta by manager of the a. I Juis cardinals tabbed Fey the best.,Glove Jan in the ifs other  e baj1 expert Praise also came from the  Logan the Bosto braves shortstop who nosed out Mcmillan by one Point As the cleanest Field ing shortstop in the league stated this Spring Roy s simply great and there s no telling just How marvelous he will be with  Rogers Hornsby hard bitten red leg manager is one of Roy s strongest boosters Rajah s beat Mcmillan Hornsby declare emphatically is not Only the greatest Fielding shortstop in the major leagues today but due of the greatest i have Ever  r the Rajah admitted that Nedion t see Honus Wagner in his prime Cut he said of All the shortstops i have seen in More than 30 years Jot one could go in to the Hole toward third base and make the play As easily As  the reds general manager gab Epaul simply raves about Mcmillan. He said that Roy received the big Gest salary raise Given any Cincin Nati player this year arid he added before he finishes his career Well be paying him a lot More because 1 consider him one of the greatest players to come along in Long  " Satchel this is tins last san Bernardino calif., March 14 up Satchel Paige said this is absolutely positively his Las season in baseball. It will be a Good one he said but he could have won 45 games in a single season if they had allowed him to pitch in the majors during his prime " "1 ". Maybe it sounds like i m bragging he half apologized but deep Down in my heart i believe it what s the record for the nost games in by a Pitcher Batch inquired. -4 % Jack Chesbro who pitched for i the Yankees won 41 games in1904." someone told the St. Louis Browns fabulous hurler. I would beat the record Hegard softly. I woul Daf bust the record by three or four  Many people know it but i i was never knocked put of a Ball game before i came into the american league. Just at bats "1 pitched against Fellows like the Waner boy Scharlie Geh ringer and Lou Gehrig. They were just times at Bat As for As i was concerned. Just Plain Ordinary times at  Paige who insists he 13. Only 45,admits he is beginning to feel his years. Makes me Bast out laughing to hear  to 55 years old he said shaking his head. People like that know nut thin about the human body. I Don t think there s a Man alive who could pitch in the majors at 50 or 55."i a 45 and it s Tough for me to pitch. Fifty five shucks Wotta they think 3 am a Superman?.some people i baseball thought it would be Good publicity to boost my age up. That s their business. I blood gets thin. Lotta people know my right age though. They know i m Only 45. You can t go on until 55. The Sun thins your blood too  Paige says he still can get of the Mound in Pursuit of bunts As fast As any Pitcher around but that s because he always takes care of his legs. He also credits his mobility to an Impromptu game he plays on the sidelines in which a teammate throws him  Calls the game  to Tett you the truth he said i would quit this year but the Man Bill Veeck said he needed j me and i Wanna do everything to help him out because he helped me a lot.". Fir Ownie Relief Ace Satchel Paige. ". Absolu orfely  last baseball season pro Grid antitrust trial Over dismissal refused Philadelphia March 14 up the National football league anti Trust trial was completed Leif Ter Day after five weeks of Testi Mony. The us. District court trial ended after judge Allan k. Grim denied a defence motion for Dis 67th maps tankers cop Liuz Cage tilts Linz March 14 special Walt Buck fired in 21 Points Dur ing the second round of the Linz us Post company level hoop tourney but it want. R i grim who heard the trial Illi out a jury indicated no desist Atwould be forthcoming for several months. He said it would take at least until next fail to determine whether or not the league was guilty. Paabo members sought Worms March 14 special m sgt Churik Foster he. 315th is construction in Apo 48, wishes to Contact members of the National association of approved basketball officials to create a charter organization in the zone fester s phone is Worms Mil 275 Syra May Cuse franchise be shifted Syracuse , March 14 up the Syracuse nationals of the National basketball Assn. May Besold to interests in a larger City. It was Learned that the club s Board of directors will Nice pc next week 1 to discuss the sate Leo Ferris executive Vee president of the nats admitted that an offer of $150,000 has been made for the club. If the offer is accepted the nats will be moved to a larger City he isaid. He did not say who had made. The Oifer or where the team might \ be shifted. Ferris said attendance had been " Good this year despite a 20 per Cen drop from last year s Peak. He added that costs for operation of the club were High and that the offer must be considered seriously. Sammy Shead has that after 25 years this is the year he win the a open the desire. Hell have when they Battle it and he has just proved that he Nas the r t a � f i -. His second Start to Heason Sam virtual retirement Tor game Lori the by Ity copping t open. When theft Flag i was 13 shots under Par not Iceon and Tiree strokes better than his closest rival. This at a time when his game was t even tournament Sharp of course winning at Baton Rouge is a lot different than beat ing Par and pressure in the open. And the psychological Load Willwe go heavily on the hillbilly belter when the Divot digging clan Gath ers at Oakmont for the open injure. F " vapor Sam three times has finished scorched second in the big tournament and once again he kicked it Dean away when he had it in his pocket. The Long striding virginian is Touchy about that open after is years out in cold a  F. .-.--. Blowup his famous final Hole eight at Spring Mill in 1939. But that in t the one which hurts. It s the1 first one in which he competed Back in 1937 Snead sat in the clubhouse witha new record posted. His 283 looked Good until in the afternoon shadows Ralph Guldahl chalked up a 281 which left Sam in second place. If i d won that first one might have won three or four he confesses. \ that probably accounted for his Stout Effort in 1339 when he needed a last Bole Par five to win Anda bogey six to tie. The eight he took will never be forgotten twice after that Sarn finished second. To 1947 he tied Lew Wor Sham with 287. In the playoff san blew a 30 a Inch p u 11 on. The final Hole to lose. It was t an Eufoldo though and neither was his second Platie finish to. Cary Middle coff in 1919. Hiddle ofe staggered Home with a 75 in that one and Sam s closing 70 was the Best score the final round As he just failed to catch the Memphis  despite the fact that Hewiue be 39sorae say 41-Rcome May this May be it for the Slammer. Because Oakmont where the open will be played is Sam s personal Oyster. It was there that Sam won the pea in 1351 and  rest of the Field moaned about Oakmont length and baffling greens Snead played it Asif he was using  took him 184 holes to wrap that one up and when it was Orr he was 18 strokes under Par. Twice be equated the course record of 68, set in 1kb by Bobby Jones and he played the frontline As it he owned it and from the Way he started Back at Baton Rouge the stammer still has the touch. One thing apparently is certain. For Snead it a this tune of never  
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