European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page in the stars and stripes far from the sidewalks of Flatbush and even farther fro the wilds of Chavez Ravine lives an ardent super fan of the los Angeles chips Chipperfield a native londoner has never seen a major league team in the flesh or even a minor Loop club. He never set foot in Brooklyn los Angeles or anywhere in the states. Yet he s afflicted with a disease common among . Baseball fans All out Devotion to a certain team. A conversation with Chipperfield is sure to involve baseball particularly the As the tall quiet one around the British automobile association head office where he spends his working Day hours chips traces his interest in baseball and his allegiance to the dodgers to an Accident with his radio dial. I was fooling with the dial on my Short wave radio when happened on an an broadcast of a major league game recalled Chipperfield. It sounded inter Esting so i stayed tuned. After two broadcasts i was sold on the game of that first exposure to baseball was a Broad cast from ebbetts Field. Two Days later he found another Brooklyn game on the radio and it was love at second hearing. The first american baseball player chips Ever heard of was Jackie Robinson. Imagine a baseball fan in his 40s who heard of baseball s first negro major leaguer. Before he d heard of babe Ruth but it was the name of pee wee Reese former dodger Short Stop great which really turned on Chipperfield. Somehow Themo Nicker of Peewee fascinated chips who was used to such Standard British nicknames Ashook Nobby Polly or Dusty. Ron chips Chipperfield Peewee Jackie and their. ,. Brooklyn mates made their first shortwave impression on chips in september 1953. Since then there s been a Cross country change of scenes and Complete turnover in dodger personnel even manager Walt Alston was t at the Helm in 53. And despite the club s fall from con tender ship in recent seasons or. Chips allegiance has t wavered. Except in 67 when Chipperfield admitted almost apologetically that he got caught up by the red we first met Chipperfield in november 1966. It was not base Ball s time of the year but his addiction to the dodgers became Diamond Clear that sunday morning when chips showed up at breakfast carrying a copy of the London daily Mirror and wearing pained expression. No l dodger fan had just discovered a three line at the Bottom of a Mirror sports Page announcing that Sand Koufax had retired. it " reflected chips Over a year and a half that Day the dodgers Haven t been the same irked by dodger trades 4uchjlpiierfield is particularly irked by recent . Trades in which the dodgers have acquired such veterans As mudcat Grant Zoilo Versalles Ken Boyer and Rocky colavito. What the hell do the Hope to accomplish by getting All these old men. That s what be back6 " moaned next thing you know Don Newcombe will acknowledging that Reese Robinson and Koufax Are the dodger who among the current la players is in Hise h6 replied without hesitation but with a twinkle Chipperfield keeps abreast of stateside baseball through the sporting news in addition to an on Short wave and stars & stripes which he obtains through an american Friend at work chips does t subscribe to sporting news. It is sent to him regularly by a Benefactor in Sydney . Back when he first was converted to baseball Chipperfield wrote to the Brooklyn Eagle stating his interest and seeking a subscription. But about that time the Eagle folded so the paper sent chips letter on to the sporting news which printed it. Chipperfield s new York friends were among the 14 replies he got through publication of that letter he has saved every . Issue since 53 and in addition his attic or basement is filled with dodger Memorabilia such As Caps pictures and year books including an autographed one from Are Babysitter for Reese. Rabid Ron even had a dodger Warmup jacket made for him some years ago by a London tailor. Chips is indebted to his dodger fan pen pals for much of his collection of baseball literature and souvenirs. Another source has been . Servicemen who have returned to the states. Discovered Safe baseball Chipperfield discovered Long ago that his Best source of live baseball in England was the Safe . Conference. When he first was weaned to baseball chips found to his Surprise that his Uncle was also a fan of the sport. The Uncle took him to see the Hornsey red sox a now defunct English team and others such Ashe Middlesex a s and Stratford saints. But chips soon became disenchanted with the British Brand of baseball scores of 42-15 were not uncommon. Then he turned continued on pure streaking cards rip Brav on Cepeda Mccarver r St. Louis a Orland Cepeda and Tim Mccarver drove in three runs apiece an the streaking St. Louis cardinals whipped Atlanta 6-1 for their seventh straight Victory saturday both Cepeda and Mccarver tagged Home runs and right hander Ray Washburn coasted to the Victory on a seven hitter. Indian spank tigers 2-o9 on 4-Man shutout Cleveland Steve Hargan and three Relief pitchers combined for a five hitter Satur Day As the Cleveland indians stung the Detroit tigers 2-0 on Max Alvis two run Homer. 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A11,433. 71 1 7 1-3 4 62223 000 003 2-3000001-310000 2-300001 hrs push California past o s Anaheim a Jim fre Gosi and Tom Satriano Cloute Home runs saturday night pro Pelling the California Angels Toa 5-2 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles. Fregosi s bases empty smash started a three run rally in the first inning against loser Jim Marclin 8-3. Satriano hit a two run Homer off Hardin in the fourth inning. Minnie Rojas pitched two shut out innings of Relief to save the Victory for starter Jim Mcglothlin 6-4, who allowed Only four hits in seven innings. The. Orioles scored twice inthe second inning the first run coming on Curt Blefary s sixth Homer of the year. Dave John tripled and scored on Paul Blair s infield out. After Fregosi s Homer Roger Repoz singled and scored on a double by Don Mincher. Ric Reichardt singled Home the last of the three first inning was aboard on an error when Satriano homered inthe fourth. Box score on Page 32 until the eighth when Pinch hit Ter Lennie Green singled and Dick Mcauliffe Drew a Wal with one out. Rookie Hal Kurtz replaced Hargan and Mickey Stanley hit into an inning ending double play on the reliever s first pitch. Left hander Bill Rohr Cameon in the ninth and got the first out before yielding a double to Norm Cash. Stan Williams then took Over and preserved the shutout fanning Willie Horton and retiring Bill Freehan. Chiefs Boot Cleveland 3-1 Atlanta a Kaiser boy boy Mot Aung a Rangy South african replacing Atlanta s leading scorer kicked Home two goals and the chiefs Bea Cleveland 3-1 saturday night in a North american soccer league match. The cards got three the seventh. After singled and Lou by walk filled the Irver singled one re runs. P6da singled hoi the braves scored athe fourth inning on Siw Jackson and Joe Torre error by Mike Shannon f Boyer s grounder. 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