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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, April 7, 1962

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes ill experts pick Yankees dodgers to we pen till be thei la the world Juat m for of the 1962 up experts which is Miter and Broad seen major training this the South or West incidentally the win the world f an. Ovar to win the a nerf Faut no fewer first place league and 1 Point Edge Over Only 21s-2tl ten Cor a first place vote nine for a second eight for a third and so on Down to one Point for a Lgth place vote. The new York mets one of the two new . Teams was picked to finish eighth in the expanded10-team circuit the Philadelphia Phillies were picked for ninth place and the Houston Colts theother new team were picked for last the reds who surprised the baseball world by winning the 1961n.l. Pennant received Only one first place vote and were consigned to fifth place by the up experts. The defending . Champions go tone second place vote and five for third place but were rated from fourth to sixth in the league by the it other experts. The Yankees received 22 first place votes and two second place ballots for 23$ Points. The tigers who got the other two first place votes had 15 for second six for third and one for fourth for 210 Points. Following in order were the orioles with 182 Points the Whiteson with 169, the indians with 149, the red sox with 117, the twin with 94. The Angels with 73, the athletics with 52 and the senators with 36. The dodgers received a total of 218 Points to rank As the composite no. 1 Choice in the . Despite the fact that the giants received10 first place Voles to six for los Angeles. The dodgers however got 14 second place votes to five fender u3 of 6tj stakes await Victor Downes. Vender bout a Champion Terry Downes an paid fender match right hands and for High stakes in their middleweight at Boston Garden saturday night. 25-year-old Brash bullish briton and hit opponent were undergoing the tensions i watchful waiting period Between the end of and actual combat thursday.15-round bout will be televised and will be broadcast by the British company Back to England this if the mod rubber match the onetime irm a from Brookline an 8-5 favorite locally. 7-5 in new York la Downes London Twok making shops and his competitors stronger than Ever and hat youth i according to his followers. His immediate is retaining the Crown he lifted from  fender s isolated training grounds say d More dedicated and his 110c rounds is a personal High. Admit to a double aim regain the Crown the unjust Label of quitter he says he is Jive Wiki since he reused after nine round London meeting. There is a matter of at least a Quarter of a million dollars awaiting the Winner in title Clearing bouts with middleweight Champ Gene  a boxing artist fender has leaned heavily on his left Jab and Hook. But now he has honed his right Cross with the same care he has devoted to i left Downes has a history of catching left hands but fender can give him More trouble with Light Ning combinations. Bight hand faster reports indicate Downes has Learned to land his right faster and with More authority than Ever. Fender previously prided himself on an ability Topick off the Downes rights. Paul still does t think his opponent is a bit Dif Ferent than in the two earlier encounters. If Downes can Surprise Pender it will be in the manner of employing his right. Both men Are Cut often Downes to the extent he known As a bleeder. A 34-Stiteh Cut on his nose stopped the first fight in their series. Pender still sports a Gash across his nose sustained Early in his current training program. Sam Burns Downes manager has obtained per Mission fret the Massachusetts boxing commission to Nave his own doctor to help in deciding the question of serious cuts. For the giants and were rated no worse than third by any expert while five experts ranked the giants fourth or fifth. The braves ranked third with183 Points the cardinals were fourth with 165 Points and the reds were fifth with 16l the consensus was the the reds will col-lapse14 experts More than half the 24-Man poll rated them fifth or sixth. The pirates with 131 Points the cubs with 98, the mets with 61, the Phillies with 55 and the Colt with 37 rounded out the second division. Sixteen of the 24 experts picked the Yankees to win the world series four picked the dodgers two chose the tigers and one each selected the Cardinal Ana the Complete Bottog of Orimo what la twin Amytta Gawlt a new font cute i of a at if i. � i 41 4. 2 i i. I 7 t 4.jc it i v r my. -. .,.�, National be Agven 1 t 3 c 14 4 i s 4 4 i. -2 a i. I. 4 i � i i i i i � an a. I. It ii i 4 u1 t 11 Cut 4 2 ill in. Ilo i Hiis i yanks Edge phils la. Scalps tribe fort Lauderdale up the new York Yankees continue their Pace atop the Grapefruit league standings thursday by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 1, behind the pitching of Bui Stafford the Yankees record is now 17-8, Stafford became the first Yankee Pitcher to go the foil nine inning route in holding the phils to 11 singles. Stafford also became the most Advance Pitcher on the Yankee staff. The tall right Handerhan worked a total of 41 innings and allowed Only seven earned runs. His earned run average is 1.54. The Yankees made seven hits off two Philadelphia pitchers Jim Owens and Jack Hamilton Owens gave up a run in the fifth and Hamilton yielded one in the sixth. Both runs scored while Yankee were hitting into double  Ariz. Up the los Angetee dodger mltte4 for three runs in the eight inning to beat the Cleveland Indian 4-2 her thursday a. Pedro Ramos making his debut in a Indian uniform in the six thinning was the victim of the uprising. He gave up four bits three runs walked Throe and hit a Batter. Willie Kirkland broke 1-1 deadlock in the fourth inning with a Home run. Ron Taylor who smarted for the indians nursed the one run Lead until the sixth when Ramos took Over. Maury wills led off with a walk in the top of the eighth. Jim Gilliam singled and Wally Moon walked. Two runs scored on Suc cent Tyve sacrifice Lues by Duke Snider and John Home Boob. Tommy Davis singled to bring in the third run. Stan William started or the dodgers and went until the seventh allowing two runs. He was the Winner. /. Savannah of. Cape Ai Smith smashed a grand Tlam Homer and Harley Smith homered with the bases empty thursday As the Chicago White sox Defeated the Cincinnati reds 5-0. Juan Pizarro who will be Chicago s opening Day Pitcher worked out first seven innings and gave up five hits. He had nine strikeouts it Ting Wally Post three time Jim q Toole who is expected to open for Cincinnati had a one hitter prior to the fifth when the sox exploded for four Ryna. Singles by Lui Aparicio and Nelson Fox and a walk to Joe Cunningham preceded at Smith s grand Lam his second of the Spring. To hurl the nine inning distance yielding eight safeties. An eighth inning double by Whitey Herzog a walk and single by Jim Gentile and Dick Williams spoiled Lee s bid for the twins third straight shutout Victory. The four Bagger by Versalles came with two aboard and capped four run Minnesota fourth. It was sufficient to gain Minnesota Lith Grapefruit league Triumph against 12 , beaten in four of it last five starts stands 13-11. Miami Fra. The Minnesota twins battered the Baltimore orioles Chuck Estrada for nine blows including Home runs by rookies Bernie Allen and Dick Rollins and another by Otlo ver Salies to defeat the Birds 6-2,  Green and Don Mincher also drilled two baggers off Estrada before Hoyt Wilhelm came on in the eighth to yield another double to Versalles. Meanwhile right hander Don Lee became the first Minnesota Pitcher Phoenix up with Rookie Gaylord Perry pitching weightless innings and Willie hic Covey unloading a 420-Foofc Home run the san Francisco giant won their third consecutive Spring exhibition thursday by defeating the Milwaukee heave 8-2.although knocked out of the Box in the ninth by a Honter Andenis r menace and a triple by Phil roof Perry received creditor the Victory his first in. The major  Shaw who was battered for seven runs and 1ft hits including six consecutive singles in a five run fourth inning was charged with the  " " " " " the giants now ims Over All to Mil Wankee set on that the lean inst which they Wilt open the National i league season in Candle Stock Park san Francisco next tuesday 13-1.Don Lai sen finished up for Perry loaded the bases and yielded nut. But he was saved additional damage when ago Raftop Erni Bowman who drove in three runs made a spectacular leaping catch of a Bull off the Bat of Mike Krsna lab. ,.vR Lakeland Fla the St. Louis cardinals Pat across threw runs in the eighth two of them unearned As a result of St a 3oros error and Defeated the Detroit tigers 6-5 thursday. The Victory boosted the cardinals exhibition record to its Whf the loss wa3 the eighth straight for the Tiger and left  a ,., a  " ,., 4, it Larry Jackson the cardinals opening Day hurler Jug Teleg Toft rat Tui "3  in.,  
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