European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse My team the stars and stripes Page f3 Jerry Coleman former Sank second baseman. Slugging Keda on the Marine flyer of team by coi Oak the first Marine air Wing in Korea March 17yankees Are still my team and my Choice for the Pennant at so much As my interest lies in baseball my Job this year i another team whose season is open every winning team but the Pennant seems far away but of thai to sure. My spot on this team in t too bad. I Fly a., ". ,. Corsair attack bomber with the " death rattlers Squadron. I sort of a Pinch Lor studies Iyo Iff Dales March 18 a Clarence Campbell of the hockey league has said Ary inquiry into play the Stanley cup series the first two dates will 24 and 26, \ and subsequent dates will to approval when the t places of All four Catcher a Mpa Neua and third baseman of the dodgers were the leagues in Fielding for respective positions in 19&2. Jv15 in Solly Walker St Duquesne is Don my during kit St John s won 64-55. Up photo Job is to help the troops across the front when they need a Little More Power to blast tar gels that the ground artillery players cannot reach. I be got More than 20 missions now20 games and More than 70to go. Sounds like a Jong season. Well it is. My position on Tris team can t be beat i be got a warm bunk and., Good food. S i May be selfish but i like it this Way. No Advance Only i have to think of the other Fellows on this team. The ones that Are living in caves and bunkers and trenches. The ones who eat cold food and walk knee deep in mud. The Guys who have a High batting average but like the rest of us Haven t been Able Roget beyond second base. But we be got the spirit we know we re going to win and we Are playing to win.1 that s the Story. Of this game Here. It s the toughest game 1 i Ever play. It s one 111 always remember. And this will always be my , tip also interested in that series of games soon to Start Back Home. 1 wish ,1 was t h e r e because it s the greatest experience any Man can have. The Competition is keen and it s Friendly. It s everything american everything that the team out Here stands for. ". Yankees Pennant naturally i m going to pick my old team to win. The Yankees will take the american league Pennant and the world series Pennant next october. It May Bea Tough season but they la be playing to win and they la be cheering from Over Here. I expect Cleveland to come in second and Chicago third in the american league. Take your pick where the other five clubs will picking my own team he not Only doing it through loyalty but because they have All the ingredients of a championship club a team bases its potential on the strength Down. The the Yankees have it Flag Hopes depend on sch Jinx new York. March 18 up last year s Rookie stars have better than an even Chance of whipping baseball s Sophomore Jinx but there la be moaning Low around the National league if they Dort. The Pennant May ride on what happens to key second year men like Joe Black and Billy Loes. Dodgers Hoyt Wilhelm giants vinegar Bend Mizell and Eddie Yuhas cardinals. They re All pitch ers with either a Sharp Rookie record or Brilliant Promise for the future. A ,.-. The traditional Jinx lost a lot of us sting last year when 10 of the top 15 sophomores came through with Marks As Good or better than i their Rookie seasons in ,1951 a St notable failures were Minnie Minoso White sox and Gil Mcdougald Yankees. Mcdougald de spite his slump from .306 As Rookie to .283 last year was t exactly a total Flop Casey Stengel obviously was disappointed with Gil but was Quick to Point out that Only 10 other players in the entire league knocked in More runs than Mcdougald s 78 Bis. Black s problems of the current sophomores Black is the most conscious of the Jinx facing him this season. Joe is a psychology student who likes to figure things out for himself. Last season in 56 games he won15 and lost Only four As a Relief specialist winding up the season As Brooklyn s big Pitcher. This Spring he 3s trying to develop a new pitch to insure continued Suc Cess and is following the identical training routine that got him. In shape a year the Jinx strikes both Black and Loes the bums Are in trouble. Billy added 13 victories compare to eight defeats and Chuck Dressen Hopes for More not less. Wilhelm Ivl a a 15-3 also is a reliever and another Good year from him is a must to the Pennant Hopes of the giants. In 78 games the had a league leading earned run. Average of 2.43.eddie Stanky cardinals is count ing heavily on his Young pitching which includes Mizell 10-s and Yuhas 12-2both second year men. Other showdowns other National leagues Ripe fora showdown with the hex include Toby Atwell cubs .290de Mathews braves 25 Home Sand Davey Williams Peppery Little Sec Ond baseman of the giants. In the american league there Are big Clint Courtney Browns 586sammy White red sox j281. And Bob Nieman tigers .289 the second time around is considered the toughest hut last year s sophomores fared better than the usual run. Mickey Mantle Yankees jumped from his Rookie .267 to .311, Smokey Burgess Phillies went from .251 to .296 and proved a Valu Able addition to the club while Harry suitcase Simpson indians made rapid strides toward the Star Dom predicted for him. Two of every three men licked the Jinx a year ago. It s the third who failed that today s sophomores Are worrying about. Losing jockey Ted Atkinson who was aboard Ballin Clea when the five year old dropped dead in the sixth at go Stream gets a Check from the track physician. He was unhurt. Up photo Chan Lea scratched from Derby list san Bruno Calit March 18 up Chan Lea and Merryman who finished 2 in the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby yesterday were declared out of the famed Kentucky , owned by the Calumet farms was shipped Here along with 27 head of thoroughbreds by Trainer h. A. Jimmy Jones who said that All of the Western division of the Calumet stable would top shooter Curtis Given pistol used in winning Crown Campaign at tanforan. Chan Lea underwent a Hoof opera Tion recently. Although the opera Tion was minor Jones said that the horse would not be in shape for the Derby. However he Hopes to run the son of Bull Lea in the $25,000 Sequoia stakes Here on May 2the same afternoon that the derby1 is being run in Louisville. Merryman who was beaten by a nose by Chan Lea in the Santa an Tarace pulled up lame after a work out sunday at Santa Anita and Trainer Ray Priddy said he would be withheld from the Derby. Both Chan Lea and Merryman were rated at 20-1 Odds to win the Derby. Only native dancer 21 Royal Ray Gem 1and the filly bub Bley 12-1were rated ahead of them in the Odds department. New yorker receives spartan map award East Lansing mich., March 18cup Ai Ferrari a Sophomore from new York City has been ejected the most valuable Basket Ball player at Michigan state col lege. Ferrari is the first Sophomore Towin the Honor during the season just ended he set a new school individual scoring record with 351 Points. His 123 free throws also were an All time High in the Charity department. Or tends Al priest Hole Mesa ariz., March 18, a general manager Frank Lane Chi Cago White sox has branded the new Rule prohibiting players from protesting on Ball and strike Deci Sions As. Ridiculous and a move that cheats the agree Lully with american league president win Harridge s Nan against protests by the Man Ager and coaches said Lane Outwith the player it s something else suppose Billy Pierce is beating the Yankees i and 30,000 fans Are in Comiskey along about the seventh or eighth inning he takes a couple of Steps off the rub Ber to holler at the Umpire. Under the Rule he must be banished. Now that s worse ridiculous than that it is cheating the Lane fan. The fan puts his hard earned Money on the line to see the Best possible Competition the two teams can give. It s carrying Protection of the thin skinned umpires too far and it in t allowing Lor human nature. No one can Tell me that a sudden momentary flare up by a player hurts the game. It is a natural reaction that should be penalized Only if in unnecessarily delays Progress of the Heidelberg March 18 Spe Cial capt Ben c. Curtis Winner of the 1352 National trophy individual pistol match has been presented with the .45-Cal. Army Issue pistol he used to win. It Gen Manton s. Eddy usar eur commander in chief presented Curtis with the pistol Curtis now an instructor at the Usa eur Engineer school Mur Nau amassed a score of 283 out Ofa possible 300only two Points under the world s record in the match held last August the pistol was Given him at the special request of Gen John r. Hodge chief of army Field forces. Curtis is the first army Man Ever to win the match. Despirito to receive b Nai b Rith award Boston March 18 up jockey Tony Despirito Lawrence,mass., Winner last year of the All tone Victory record will be Hon ored april 12 at the first annual awards dinner of the Boston sports Lodge of b Nal b Rith. The Lodge also has singled out for awards Frank Leahy notre Dame football coach the entire Boston College sugar bowl championship team of 1940 Milt Schmidt the Boston Bruins Bob Cousy the Boston celtics Sid Gordon the Boston braves and Tom Dimaggio the Boston fed averages 30jl v1llanova,Hennessey, who a. Up Larry missed the first half of Villanova s 1952-53 Basket Ball season averaged 30.1 Points in his first eight games after re joining the team
