London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Ftp 191945 sports the stars and stripes sports Page 3 once Over i by Gene base lint hesitate a second aboard the bandwagon president Roosevelt second Green be emits who Are wearing Broad by for the first time since the res Flint was Are float on a magic carpet which plummeting Down any the National pastime Nln tined from making any she ferments until Washington the first nobody in spouted off about Home front and baseball ers refused to game was their Joy is unlimited ski fatty that for didst order baseball Idlbek its doors As some Obser ought he but the state baseball can continue As Long As it with the War Effort is Kubot inthe Arm even in the most tic 1s a vast difference Between an being ticketed essential and rec receiving a similar con in other the stadium bases and the Rule books Are Felixtt the athletes can play Only if j needed that like a f ii Yar Bird a three Day pass Ohe morning and restricting the same inline a hypothetical Case i umpires and  could have served in the last been physically disqualified according to the presidents it they would be permitted to in Basenau info Stu still takes nine sound bodies to ring and that where i Long As healthy athletes dont get draft Board asking for exemption base time future remains in whats with the Hue for additional manpower in War Eyen the oldsters and filled the Gap adequately the seasons no doubt will hesitate playing Ball this report was hardly a tight from the gallery where the conclusion is still leagues will  find nine men to fill the and that was the sad Story As a couple of weeks pfc 3fe 4 Sonja on opened the 18th nuance of her no at Madison last night after appear Didi Anapolis and charmer again brings pretty lavish costumes and talented to me the Best act la 1i adagio dance with partner Gene i Max famed base a decade has been president of the Al America is professional softball the i Rcpt has franchises in Kenosha and figures Are crossing their faces and eyes hoping that the draft of Wolfe previously discharged from int the Start of a widespread Etic Nuree to induct big name 4f Louis will retire after one fight against Conney Tony Cordaro Stan and stripes staff writer Joe the unschooled american negro who Rode a comets Tail to will defend his tide against Billy Conn and then Louis confided to the writer last summer on his Eto tour that he planned to fight twice before but that was on the condition that he meet Conn this since it is now generally agreed that the earliest the two can possibly meet again is in the bomber will Bow to father time hang pm up after the return engagement with Billy the Joe admits that he has slowed up afoot just a but his punch is still hard and he has respect for both As a fighter and courageous since Joe is an observing he Calls attention to the fact that who relies so much will not Benefit by his Long Joe himself depended More on a lightning he shuffling about the ring More than bouncing or and his legs wont go As fast As those of a More Active fighter of Conns or Jack Demp Seys Hes certain he can keep on shuffling for a year or so without losing the Power in his the Champion has reached a definite decision to steer Clear of the promotion Field when his boxing Days Are owner of several Large Bowling alleys in Detroit and and an apartment House or As Well As a Slock he believes hell devote his time to protect ing those but the bomber hinted during Eto at the possibilities of becoming an agent in Hollywood for negro visual izing a development of the trend toward negro stars among dance bands on the stage and one member of Crew said he  be surprised if Joe were seen directing a band after his Joe says but theres Boogie Oogie in his As testified by the phonograph he carries with him and the records of negro swing bands he members of his Eto entourage were California Jackie Wilson Bob corpulent Detroit heavyweight George Dean of heavyweight sparring partners and Long a member of the Louis stable Jimmy seventh ranking welterweight Fred former san Antonio sports and Jack also of canucks whip Hawk 42 league leading Montreal canadians performed the expected Here last night and topped the my chopped Chicago Black in contrast to their usual proce hockey league standings Montreal Detroit Toronto w l 22 5 18 7 14 13 t p 2 46 Boston 440 new York 2 30 Chicago w l t p 10 17 1 21 6 14 7 19 4 18 4 12 the canucks spread the scoring Ever so thinly and nobody got More than one Ken buddy Elmer Lach and Ray Getliffe rammed Home goals in that order for the while Bill harms and Pete Horeck squeezed in the Chicago Lachs goal gave him the league scoring for the audience we heave a groan of commiseration had to happen Benny local wrestling announced today that six professional grapplers from Here Are leaving immediately Europe to strut stuff before Grunt and groaners who will make the trip Are Georgie Jerry Harold Jack Ray Young and Pete it will be the first show of its kind booked for the boys said Hal chairman of Uso Camp shows and we Are proud that Chicago wrestlers Are setting the sleepy Jim Crowley shifted to Washington James sleepy Jim athletic officer and football coach at Sampson naval training has been detached for duty in former notre Dame football Star and later coach at Michigan state and completed a tour of duty in the South Pacific where he was under Admiral William before being assigned Here six months before going to the Crowley coached at North Carolina spy return from Italy major a manager and sports from Africa and Italy to Eri pertaining servicemen on a and Leo dodgers Joe giant first and to resume Indian coach Dartmouth football coach will return to Tutor the next it has Tuss enlisted in the i two years ago and hell be Dis  just about the Finis coaching Earl enters the Navy lug ii coached Brown University  15 Yiirs before trans Hito Dartmouth after the 40 Bijj this next years Dartmouth team 1 a rough and Tough nine game which includes a game with at South help wanted la for Given your question or problem to help the stars and upper Asta or Apo base g Apos wanted Reau Efting an Apo full f and Home town any part of these Tilyou May have As Well As your own of resent an requests we receive and it a reply is both parties others Texas pfc Arnold Jerrald by Pix Joe Sill Texas Howard it Al Toti Randy Foxboro aah Norman be Idun Tifilca Mac Elitc belonging to Lang Tom new York pm sports agreed that the principal questions asked by the soldiers were is there a cigarette shortage in the states who will succeed judge Landis As baseballs High commissioner who is the better Joe Gordon or Bobby Doerr Meany served As of the which gave away autographed base showed world series movies to groups ranging from to Mere hand often standing knee deep in mud when they performed near the Golf cancels four links tournament new govern ments ban on racing and renewed in Terest in 4f athletes Jias caused the states Golf association to aban Don resumption of its four major Tournai president Morton Bogue has i believe Best interest of our country and of Golf will be Best served by confining our activities to recreational Golf and competitions in local Bogue big ten scoring leaders player Morris Geahan risen Anderson Lund Rucke Kirk Wilkinson Schadler Lehrman team Northwestern Michigan Ohio state Purdue Michigan Minnesota Illinois Iowa Northwestern Minnesota Fig 22 19 17 12 12 14 12 10 13 12 it of 12 9 12 8 8 11 5 4 5 6 10 american hockey league Buffalo Indianapolis 1 Hershey Cleveland 1 Eastern division w l t p w l t p 20 13 5 45 Providence 13 19 3 29 17 13 6 40 r Western division w l t t w l 17 11 10 44 Pittsburgh 15 j7 16 9 7 39 Louis Buffalo Hershey Indi Polis Cleveland t p 5 35 4 18 Fritzie puts his Best Glove Forward Fritzie former welterweight Champ shoots a straight hard left to Billy Arnolds face in the third round of their bout at Madison Square Zivic won the contest on majors9 operation dependent on proposed service Latu magnates whose Confidence Rose after president Roosevelt Green Light to the game tuesday adopted a watchful waiting policy As Congress pondered the presidents urgent recommendation for a work or fight the proposed which would take All nonmilitary men Between 18 and 45 into essential if Cut deeply into baseballs available while the presidents words to his press which he told baseball could continue if it did not keep healthy Young men from essential were heartening to the games they found Small Comfort in his to which included such things As legislation will be effective in using the four million men now classified 4f in whatever capacity is Best for the War Effort and while this Bill is not a Complete National service Law it will go far to secure effective employment in the War Effort of All registrants Between the Ages of is and Sam sport minded demo crat from while refusing to predict whether the Bill will pass or predicted that if it does pass the minor leagues will have to fold up and the majors May have to curtail their activities it will put the majors close to the Border Weiss told the United but i think they will be Able to survive somehow and scrape up enough players to carry Donelli inducted into Navy Buff 38yearold father of two children who recently signed a three year contract to coach the Cleveland rams in the National football has been accepted by the Navy at the induction station he formerly coached Duquesne and the Brooklyn team of the National football league when they were known As the Doerr topped Al sluggers Uncle Sam put the fing ii on him before the season Bobby Brilliant second baseman of the Boston red sox was around Long enough to grab Ameri can league slugging honors from team mate outfielder Bob Johnson by one ten thousandth of a according to official figures re leased whose average was an exact duplicate of the figure com piled by Rudy York in grabbing t h e honors in slugged for to Johnsons the slugging per based on total bases divided showed Duerr with 46f trips to the plate for 247 bases on 152 his batting average was almost enough for the league championship won by Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Johnny Lindell of the Yankees was behind Johnson with an even slugging average followed by Washington Stan Spence with Bobby Doerr by times at hoosiers Stop 5150 Purdue late scoring Rush fell just one Point Short Here last night and the boiler makers were by an Indiana University quintet which had gone Iino the second half with a 13point the Lead changed hands frequently in the Early stages of the but the hoosiers put on the pressure to take a margin at intermission and came Back to increase it to when the boilermakers started hitting and made it Gene Paris and Ray Brandenberg scored for Indiana and then the locals started stalling As Purdue moved Jim Copeland paced the winners with 16 cadets run up 4831 Victory Over Columbia West basketball team scored its 19th straight Victory Over a three year Span Here last defeating with almost every Man on the Cadet squad taking a hand in the the soldiers Speed and defensive skill were too much for the Lions As John Nance led the army scorers with 16 Points and Dale Hall was next with Gil Dodds to make last Effort saturday some thing unforeseen happens it looks As though the races Between Gil the flying divinity l and Gunder the flying will remain a Holder of the worlds indoor mile announced today that he will toe the Mark for the last time in a two mile race at the Boston Myca games next after that he said he would join a los Angeles gospel i have a Chance to join the gospel group and that what in planning to said the bespectacled its my lifes work and Ive got to get started at you can say in retiring because its too hard to keep in shape and do the kind of work in planning to sprang to prominence three years ago when he discontinued the longer races and Defeated the then mile Leslie army Columbia 31 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