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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Down and out referee Jack Sharkey upper left above photo Waves Archie Moore to a Neutral Corner As he starts count ing Over Yvon Durelle to their Montreal Light heavyweight championship fight. Sharkey tolls on As Durelle Rolls Over then yells "10"in his ear before signifying the end at 2 52 of the third round. At right the Champ chats with the beaten challenger while his wife stands by. Associated press photo Madrid Little league champs boast 21 straight win Streak Madrid special the unbeaten tigers boasting a 21-game winning Streak have been named Spain babe Ruth league and coun try champions according to Loo president Ken Voss. The tigers won 19 games including a pair Over a Spanish All Star club during the regular sea son and then scored two triumphs in the  team s Star Pitcher 13-year old buddy Heflin teamed with Mike Keller to pitch a two hitter As the tigers whipped the cubs 22-1, in the playoff finals. Each gave up one hit with Heflin get publicity directors select president Chicago a Wilbur Evans of the University of Texas has been elected president of the col lege sports information directors of America. Vice presidents named Are Marty Reisch air Force Academy fran Soltys University of Arizona and Larry Karl Tulane University. John Cox naval Academy was elected Secretary treasurer. Cox received the Arch Ward memorial award for outstanding contributions to College  Amalfitano sidelined Toronto up second base Man Joey Amalfo Italio of the Toron to Maple Leafs has suffered a torn foot ligament and will be out of action for at least three weeks and possibly the balance of the it wag announced. Ting the win to run his record to 10-0 for the year. Keller had a 4-0record. Seven of the Tiger players were picked to join the Spain league All Star team to compete in the european tournament at Ramstein Germany next week. Madrid special the Spain babe Ruth league All stars will Fly to Ramstein Germany next week to take part in the first european championships schedule wednesday through saturday. Members of the 15-player squad Are John Kientz Roger Lakin Larry Hanson Mike Keller War Ren Whitby Mike Dodson Paul Holifield James Parker Ronald Butler Allen Pichon John Huckle Berry William Troha buddy he Lin Edward Debiec and Dennis Lemon. Merlo gains win in Lebanon Tennis Beirut a Italy s Giuseppe Merlo Defeated Joe jabber Leba non 6-3, 6-2, in the first round of the lebanese International Tennis tournament in Broom Jana. In other men s singles matches Jan Evik Lundquist Sweden Defeated Youssef Zeidan Lebanon 6-1, 6-0 Ulf Schmidt Sweden beat Lebanon s Edward Edde 6-2, 6-1 and Robert Howe Australia beat Raymond Anid Lebanon 6-1, 6-0. In the men s doubles Lundquist and Schmidt Defeated Lebanon s Elie Sawaya and Youssef Zeidan,6-3, 6, 47 in English Channel swim London a forty men and seven women including Amer ican Greta Andersen thursday were named for the biggest splash in swimming the annual mass race across the English Channel. Miss Andersen the danish born american housewife from Long Beach calif., will be seeking her third straight title. In the last two years she has outclassed All men As Well As the women in the big race organized by millionaire British hotel oper Ator Billy Butlin. The race was tentatively set for thursday aug. 27 depending on the weather. The swim is from White sox sign hurler new York a the Chicago White sox have signed Mike , an 18-year-old Pitcher for their Lincoln neb three i league club next year. France to Britain. This year s rec Ord number of entries is More than twice As High As any other Marathon swimming race in the world. Navy Goat Mascot Dies of old age Annapolis my. A Billy Xiv Navy s Goat Mascot since 1947, died wednesday of old age. The durable Billy admitted toeing at least 15 years old. He was a Veteran of 12 football seasons at least four kidnappings and Sev eral fumigation efforts. A Young understudy is ready to take his place but has not yet been officially designated Billy Xiv. He is a Frisky 7-year-old Angora Goa acquired from Texas several years ago when Navy began two platoon ing against Goat nappers. Sports Lor All a. Itji. A is director s aim by Georgl Ridge staff. Writer Nurnberg Germany is a the new chief of Usa eur athletics genial it col Dwight r. Whitaker is a staunch supported of mass participation in  Whitaker is Quick to Point out that there will always be place in the Usa eur program for regimental level sports Cater ing toward the above average ath Lete such As last week s track Anco Field championships where 5,000 fans watched the final Day festivities. There has been no Effort on our part to de emphasize regimental and Battle group sports affirms Whitaker who was a High school coach before entering the  and took the Helm of the 29th inf Grid team in 1950 while on Okinawa. However we Are most certainly making an Effort to push athletic son company level and below. We feel that a balanced pro Gram is the primary purpose o army sports planning.".125,000 participants Whitaker estimates that there Are 125,000 athletes engaged it various parts of the Usa eur program. His office however Only supervises the planning of usar eur sports and leaves the operational end to the various units. Whitaker is pleased with reports that fans Are taking interest inthe company level program Al though it is basically set up forthe participating individual., Usa eur currently has regi mental level football baseball Box ing Golf and Tennis to name the majority. Basketball dropped from regi mental participation last year May make a return in 1960. The possibility is being explored comments Whitaker. In addition to the Overall us a eur athletic program Whitaker s office administers the area comes conference. Crowded Calendar the big sports Calendar in Whit Aker s office is filled with various Green yellow and red lines Indi Cating a coming Conseil International do sport Militare cism Usa eur or lesser event. We Are Here to establish an ath Letic program for everybody sums up the bespectacled athletic chief a track performer himself at the University of Nebraska. Why should there be a continuous round of athletic spectacles for the few. We Hope to emphasize the  in. Dakota appoints new hockey coach grand Forks . A Barry t. Thorndycraft assistant North Dakota hockey coach for three years has been moved up to head coach succeeding Bob May who resigned last month. Thorndycraft a native of Winnipeg played two seasons of professional hockey with Cincinnati of the International hockey league and Montreal of the Quebec hockey league before coming Here. May quit to become coach of the new professional Denver team. Stamps ask waivers on Center Furey Calgary Alberta a the Calgary stampedes have placed on waivers Jim Furey All Star Cen Ter in the Western  Union last year and have recalled Center Bob Griffin who was Cut last week. Furey came to the Stamps last year from the University of Kan Sas. Griffin was formerly with the los Angeles rams of the National football league but was released because of a knee injury  
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