European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 14, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 21 International league set to launch 80th season with brighter Outlook Aerial View of Mot new stadium under construction. Tiow move off project shaping up the Polo grounds which has had More fare Well seasons than Sarah Bernhardt or even Stan Musial is finally going to be torn Down maybe. When they do get around to the Job there will be much nostalgia dripped about the place. Thai i fitting and proper since great and stirring things occurred there. Bur if the truth be known the joint should have been ripped Down Yean a. A few disadvantage a a baseball Park. It is Hope less for watching fiendish for working and dreadful for playing and has been for new York mets opened up in the hallowed old ground again this year for what is billed an the positively lost time As wan the last opening. A Ripin Konx new Nta drum for the mets has been in the building a few Miles Nway. For what seems about two years longer than it took to construct the Pyramid. Toul team 1st in pin tourney . France Spe Cial Ken Gartner from phut Bourg and Bill smart of a Leno chalked up individual honors and Toul look team Laureta in the Safe Francc dam Rich h Bowling championships in which 14 ten i and 84 kellers competed her carried off the All events title with n 3.429 total to win handily Over eve Crux Ron trl Noleat 3328. Chau moist a Ulmer Taylor was one pin farther Back Laon i Joe Rudolph another six and Phal Bourg a Louis Salk just two More behind in fifth was also Sharp As he grabbed the singles Crown with1,200 pins. He was followed in or Der by Fred Hayes. Wheelus. 1.146 Salk 1.139 met Romlne. Toui 1.138, and girl her 1.137.toul 5,501 total pin full was enough to grub the team title Over Unnerud Chaumont which re corded 5.415.sounding out the team standing in order were eve Crux 5.386 non 5,367 Tenin 5.t38 Gloyn. 5,287phalsbours, 5.286 wheelus 5,274 Valano 5.248 chosen Roux. 5.21g Charnley 5.192 Yucom. 5154 4,978, and St. My hell 4,790. It was supposed to be ready his season and then in my data Home run Ball ton. And now it absolutely is going is still a ready for 1964. Although it i null rely that the Meu will then the old Polo grounds will finally be knocked Down and replaced with a housing devel ment a parking lot or pastrami Aland. In the shape it s in it never will be missed. There will be the stories about Christy Mathewson and John me irow Carl Hubbell and Mel Ott and Bill Terry Leo Durocher Andi virile Mays and Bobby Thomson a Home run. Just As there were Allie other times that the Polo grounds was doomed. But what the stories won t Sayi that the Polo grounds is a dim. Dunk barn on a Good Day and cold Drifty. Clammy one on a bad one. The parking lot holds seven Volkswagen and the team bus. Traffic rets so bin people have been known to abandon taxis n mile Newny and walk. Small in Transch once there you can spend three innings fighting your Way through two tiny Entrance rates and an i other three innings finding your Cut through the Maze of Hap Hazard Concrete romps that Dipond swirl nil toil off into dead ends. Robinson Crusoe would have starved in there. Stanley would never have found Livingstone. I the plumbing has t Beon fixed j Ince Mathewson n three shutouts in the aught Floc series. The prom Box in the worst of a Flung count $197,354.76 Worth of sport writers suits have been oppt a on exposed nulls in the in Drande alone. And they were Cheu suits. The press Box roof u often Nway with rust. Writer haters nit in Park behind it and beat on the roof at regular intervals sending a Fine Shower of runt Down on everything within. You have to comb your Hilr with a Magnet after n gome. J the Pigeon in the upper decks comprise a somewhat Kim blur has Ard to the paying folks. These Bird act at times As if they were auditioning for that now Hitchcock movie. The dry song room Are in dead cent erf held at least half n Mil away Van the Concrete labyrinth. They Are Alto hovels. The Hole Ralph Branca kicked in the Wall after he threw the Hom to Thomson in 1951 to get to the dressing rooms the players have to jog All the Way through a milling mob of Friendly souls Bent on snatching their Caps gloves shoe or any thing else they can detach. It takes so Long the Shower water is usually cold by the Lime the players reach their dishevelled havens. One thing should be admitted. Because of the impossible shape of the place it is a Short Chip shutdown the foul lines and a Polaris missile shot to dead Centerfield it a great place for football. So in a burst of logic the foot Ball Grants moved out about seven new York Topi All dolled up in in Jar league style with 10 Lulis. The newly expanded inter not Funni Lett fun thu rhex it 80th of Patton tuesday following a Stormy Winter that nearly wrecked the circuit. Our league is now in perfect and Tolan std Loop president Thomas re Chardson. And i m con Vinced Well give our fans a stronger and faster Brand of base Bill this Indianapolis and Little Rock have Ihm a added 10 the league whirl operated As an eight club circuit lust year and fought bit Terly ii Gunst expansion this Post Winter until the majors provided the necessary economic help to offset increased trawl costs her night on by Hie Midi Ion of two new coulis. We Drew fan in of Sou son and with some of the Rood look Lar new we1 hive this year. I look for our Tola at Tendance a Iru re risk to Ihnut two mild who Al filed every training Camp in the if Guf this Spring with the exception of Tii son. Ariz., where Jack Sonville worked out. No kit opener All of tuesday s openers will replayed at night. Columbus is at Richmond Toronto at Jacksonville Buffalo at Indianapolis Rochester at Utt Lerock and Syracuse at Atlanta. In the secondary openers on thursday Richmond is at Buffalo Rochester at Jacksonville Indi an polls at Columbus Syracuse at Little Rock and Toronto at at Lanta. Only three of the 10 managers in the circuit will be holdovers fro last year. They arc Ben Geraghty. Who led Jacksonville to a Pennant ast season Kerby Farrell at Buffalo and lorry Shepard at Colum new managers Are Harry Winlker at Atlanta succeeding Joe Schultz who led the crackers to a playoff Victory in 1962 Parrel Johnson Al Rochester Boh Swift j it Syracuse do Kiln or tit Toronto t Reston gome til Richmond Roff he Nealry tit and Frnnk lurches at Little Rock. Richardson feels one of the Lentrup x finest features will be a m w working uhf in ment Between the Detroit Taler and synic use which had partial working agree ments with the new York Meta and Washington Semi tors taut year. This Rives Syracuse a solid foundation and i m confident the fan in thai Ralty will pc a tremendously improved club this year Silil the l a nil Hlll Lirow out the form Hall on it lit lie Roik. A Southern Asso Littlon member in 19g2. Init Hume 81at4ft each team will Piny 152 Domett in a league that lost numbered 10teams Back in 1887. The league will be divided into two divisions with Buffalo. Rich mond. Rochester Syracuse and to Ronto composing the Northern group and Atlanta Columbus. Indianapolis Jacksonville and Littlerock making up the Southern Sec Tor. The Northern and Southern Divi Sion winners will play a Betti of seven series for the league Rhani prom lip it the end of the a Juon while the two second place Luba will meet to do Civ the Winner of the governors cup. Then the league Champion wll meet the governors cup Winner to determine which club will per to Clonte in the Junior world series. Plans Are in Progress to Institute a Junior world series with the Pacific coast league previous years the inter National league Winner met the american as5orlatlon Winner hut the american association was Dos handed Tolx past Winter the null Star game is set for aug. 19 with the Ira Ruc s All mar team scheduled to Piny the world Cham Pion new York Yankees. His Iidro Yrael Caniato Halo right. 11. La ukat in admiringly in hid Hern by Zieball Hull of Famer Jim Mimi Iglo. Ism a out the air tit Ball at the new York Yankee Home ii Mner against the Salt Linture Oriole. I
