European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes april 2, 1953 dust Cloud Fadre out fielder Benny left Blanc slides into Indian George Strickland Ina Spring sumo at san Diego. United press photo Page 13 British ski team s rally Ops Ufa in meet Salzburg april 1 special British skiers eked out a narrow Over the Ufa ski team in the first inter Allied ski meet held sagas teen winning by a 4? margin. Konstanty writing 3 Philadelphia says o Neill do fla., april 1 can Urie your own Odds trailing by 69 Points at the conclusion of the giant and special am events the britons put on an amazing comeback to win. The British captured All but one of the places in the Cross country event to pick up most of their Points. Douglas Beakes to & Section Ufa tac come sparked the american team placing first inthe giant slalom the Alpine combined and the three Way combined and second in the special slalom and Cross country  team from Usa eur and an austrian club participated in the guest class races Ufa ski team invited to French meet Salzburg april 1 special the Ufa ski team will participate in the French invitation Desolera cup meet at ours t French zone of Austria tomorrow. The Ufa team will be one of six clubs invited. Other representatives will come from an aus Trian team British forces in Austria and Italy. This one but manager Steve ill of the Phillies believes the Back Story of 1953 is being by Jim Konstanty. Airy surely you Haven to Getten rubber armed re pitching Star of 1950. Most Val la player in the National sue. Hero in a losing cause ofm5g world series. Perhaps a Ater Relief Pitcher than hug Joe Page or Johnny Murphy. A few Haye fallen farther the Heights than did Kon in 1951 and 1952 but today bespectacled former schools beating Bis Way Back to i the top with one of the fines of any big league Pitcher Grapefruit league rightly ticketed to step into the Russ Meyer s Slot As the fourth starting Pitcher. Sra Tont Over dry Holtig a shutout Oxer Detroit 36-year-old right hander Hasa total of 24 innings this and yielded Only four runs earned run aver to previous outings be per a athletics one run in the dodgers " one in lae tigers none in one and two to five. Who started Konstant the close of last sea Phich Joni had a 5-3 a record to go out on the limb Lect that the 100-1 shot will through. A o Jnette says i be watched and i believe hell do Weetman picked Canada cup Golf Jontreal april i Locke British and of much Golf Champion and Harry British masters Charn represent great Britain can dab jew a a a  Loco petition will be Thomson and pick so afford Jen n Ings named top minor league hitters  Ohio april 1thv National association of professional baseball leagues announced yesterday the two. Minor league batting champions for the1952  l. Stafford first base Man with the Salisbury team in the North Carolina state league was the official baiting Champion with a -408 average. Howard Jennings outfielder with Batavia of the Pony league received the Rookie batting championship after posting an average of .373 with Clancy Tampa fi8., april 1vicious line drives whistled deep into and out of the confines of Plant Field and sideline athletes paused to watch the hitter Power pitch after pitch the eyes Whereon Ted Kluszewski the Cincin Nati reds Star first Sacker theman general manager g a b Paul says can to miss being the a  league s starting first base Man in the All Star game at Cincinnati on july 14. Ill never be Able to under stand Gabe said How the fan overlooked Ted last year. Here s a fellow who in five years in the major leagues has hit Over .300 three times last Yea he compiled .320 average third Best in the league and i feel sure hell improve on it this  manager Rogers Hornsby the greatest right handed National league hitter of All time is justas enthusiastic. 1 Ted can win the league batting Crown the Rajah declared in he in continue to. Lay. Off bad pitch Sand make those hurlers come in with something Good. Good hit ters say the some thing. I read that Stan Musial has said he expects Kloo to give him a race for the title. Kluszewski the easy going Good natured brute also is confident this year will be even better. Said Ted my average went up last year because i reduced the strike zone by laying off Many bad pitches. Joe guaranteed Quarter million for Rocky bout Pleasantville n. J., april 1 up As Jersey Joe Walcott finished his Eastern training manager Felix Bocchicchio disclosed that Joe will get & fabulous guarantee of More than $270,000 far has title fight with Champion Rocky a Retano at Chicago april 10. Bocchicchio would  the exact sum but he said. From the Gate and television alone Joe will get a Flat guarantee of More than twice As much As his largest1 previous purse from any Gate and  largest previous purse froth Gate and to was approximately $136,000 for his second title Light with Joe Louis. In addition to his big / Flat Walcott will receive 30 per cent of the profits from movies of the fight those profits May equal or better his guarantee. The manager explained that Jpe already has a Nice nest egg which is being invested in a $400,-000 Gas station Motel and Auto laundry at it. Ephraim . Wal Cott has already put in $300,000 in Cash and Bocchicchio is putting inthe other half for the $400,000 project. _ in his last workout Here at miss Laoma Byrd s Camp the former Champion sparred four rounds wit two mates middleweight Tommy s1 o a n a Washington and Light heavyweight Oakland Billy Smith. Walcott surprised the capacity crowd with his Speed and fire. During this month of training atthe Byrd Camp Walcott sparred a total of 84 rounds. He scaled Les than 200 today and will fight at about 197. 7617th Quint bests italian team 82-72, on Germain s 19 leghorn april 1 special Frank Germain and Dave West Lund teamed to carry the 7617thusfa Post basketball team to an 82-72 win Over a Sharp shooting quintet from Carrara Italy on the italian team s floor Germain netted 19 on Long shot while Westlund was contributing 18 from in close in a game that saw the americans Lead class c league champions of the Way. Stan of the italian fast break and High scorer for the tilt was Carrara s Ace Forward Doninique  who hit for 30 Points. The leghorn Lions never allowed the italians to come closer than eight Points As they added another to their Victory string., Board s Power restored Albany n.y., april 1 api gov Dewey today signed a Bill specifically restoring the state ath Letic commission s jurisdiction Over All boxing and wrestling matches inthe state. The provision inadvertently was left out of the Law when it was overhauled last year.  Fok tur Piffl Humez bout for title new York april 1 up chairman Robert Christenberry of the new Yor state athletic commission t said yesterday that new York will not recognize  Randy Turpin Charles h us e Victor As world middleweight Champion and added that it sinews to me when Chris Stenberry promoters Are establishing  i thought that the British Box ing Board of control and the european boxing Union were i charge of boxing in Europe he said. When Onslow Fane Bra official and Ebu president was Here a few weeks ago we talk Dover the situation and we came to a definite understanding tha tall of boxing s governing Boi ies would act in agreement on this problem. No formal agreement we made no formal agreements but these were planned for a meet ing in Paris in june if the european bodies now decide to recognize this bout As for the world championship i see no reason forme even to go to that Paris meet ing. But if it 1.1 just a claim on the part of Jack Solomons it is new to me when promoters Are establishing  commenting on the Story fro London that Turnm demanded 60 per cent of the purse and humes50 per cent and that Solomons agreed to pay the extra Money Christenberry said it is the first time i Ever have heard of Solomons As a Phil Anthro  Kentucky Man named As Ascot Park Steward Akron Ohio april i up a Veteran Kentucky racing official has been named Steward for the44-Day Ascot Park meeting which opens april 17. Ascot Park officials said sum Nuckols Versailles ky., will join e. W. Ted Stribling and to Sanford in the judges stand. A cup of wine o tool of bread and wow stratospheric Wiesner reaching for 7-foot leap Chicago april a up High jumping s Mystic 7-foot leap is mighty close observers of Ken Wiesner a world indoor record jump of 6 feet 10s inches believed , a former Marquette University jumper who Laid off Fornix years to study dentistry sur prised the 16,762 Chicago daily news relay fans saturday night with his second record setting leaping two weeks. On March 14 he had elevated the indoor Mark to s feet,9% inches in the Milwaukee Jour Nal  meet official of Alto stood on the ground an watched his record setting performance saturday believed thai had the bar been at seven feet instead of an Inch and a Quarter Shorter a Hon Wiesne set the  would have cleared the height  went Over the bar with a Good two inches or More to spare one attendant said _  when he failed three times to Clear 6-feet, 11% inches on on jump he missed that height which would have been a new world Mark under any conditions Buji just the thickness of his Jersey. The highest leap in history is.6 feet -11 inches by Les s t e e ,Oregon More than a decade ago. Even the olympic Champion Walt Davis houstontex., yielded to Wiesner Satur no practice before n meet because might take the Spring out t my  he eats Normal meals taking n Glass of wine usually Burgundy with his dinner and he plays basketball and handball to keep in shape. Tvs got nothing to learn about jump Hig he said. I Learned that at Marquette. But Yogi be got. To have that Spring when you  i do is try to be sure i have  won the Mcaa High jump in 1946 with a leap of 6 feet,8% inches and then stayed  Competition until 1952, but so Chis return at the age of 27 he has made the olympic team and has been the Star of the Winter shows. He jumps easily taking a Short run at a Lope with no Effort for Speed and simply swings his Long legs Over the bar. " his saturday performance won him the vote of officials easily a the outstanding performer