Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Saturday june 26, 1943 fhe stars and stripes weekly i the commissioners say should or should not a general be invited to Umpire i baseball games we were presented with this staggering problem the other Day when Brig. Gen. Carl s. Gray. Jr., railed them during a joust Between the military railway service All stars and a railway grand division nine. With one Star gleaming in the Sunshine the general looked them Over and did what we thought was a first class Job. But that is not the Point. It has always been our theory that the Umpire is fair games that one of the very principles of democracy is the right to shout a a robber a and then go into detail. A baseball player wearing an enforced muzzle is definitely under wraps. He needs to blow off steam in time honoured fashion when he thinks the ump has booted one. But what can you do when a general is making the official decisions can you imagine Cpl. Joe Blotz taking the third one with the club on his shoulder then Whir vie on the one Star Umpire and shouting a you Blind bum Quot no. You can to and you can bet All the brass in Africa Cpl. Blotz did no such thing. He gulped shut his trap and walked to tile sidelines. A mess sergeant named Cook a Pitcher came within a thin whisker of telling the general Pfaffl ? a a it a inc pm a 7 s Aliet uhe pc att Creight orms Hom hot oko Conn set Mips his Crown on Juni in to join the new Sif off. Called out w Hen he thought he had Only two strikes he favored Gen. Gray with one of the dirtiest looks possible. But he said not a word. He Wasny to mad enough for that. Gen. Gray did t hesitate to Call that third one when tile occasion arose. To the contrary he even tossed i a word of explanation when Cook met the Fate worse than death the general said a that s the third strike. You fouled the second  awed though irate. Cook retired not even the spectators and there were several Hundred i s present dared criticize the great Man now we claim that in t a natural attitude. If he knew a game had been played without a single harsh word being directed toward the Umpire. Abner Doubleday probably would whirl in his grave. And. When you boys get Back to the states Don t try to Tell Lipov Leo Durocher the facts of the Cace. He d laugh you to scorn. So what s the solution to our Way of thinking the perfect Umpire is the top kick. Here a a Man who is Ripe for a overbid bombardment. His rank is impressive admittedly but it  carry too much weight in a Ball game. We can just see the lowly Downtrodden do face turning Union a top kick Umpire with howls of glee. Of course it might be necessary to provide a special of guard for the top kick. But first sergeants Are notoriously fearless and might refuse armed Protection. And the general Well he can always take his place in the lineup and let a non com Call strikes on him one of them did just that recently. He struck out with the bases full As we recall it. But otherwise did a hangup Job in the infield. That terrible Garden Experiment the Correct selection of officials has plagued sportsmen since time immemorial. Seji scially in boxing where one mans opinion can make or break a Champion is the naming of judges of Paramount importance. We recall one hilarious Experiment Many ears ago at Madison Square Garden in new York City. The sports writers were squawking so loudly about the odor of fight decisions that Tex Rickard tilt promoter decided to risk All. He persuaded the boxing commission just to prove that i was More than a Panov Dan is Toon All that Haro punching Sal Bartolo had to offal Amo Thi rate it the Helmin mks Willi will enter r the main 0 against Thim Axis bums ending a sensational Ricord of or Winans lost his Only pro bout to Sammy Angott. Grabko the Ouk. The experts will Tell vow that the name pc belongs with Mcgovern Attel Kilbane Andale the other greats. Dodgers defeat Arch rivals 7-4 to whittle Lead Yankee margin also is whittled Down Victory Salvo pitch Rookie Hagg Rice feud of As . Ace departs the general in action s r q / k 7qtzt= j 0to appoint two prominent business men As judges for a big Garden tout. One of them was Bernard Gimbel. Tile department store tycoon this procedure Rickard Felt assured would satisfy everybody. So what happened the prominent business men rendered a decision that will stand among the worst in ring history. The Meriest alb could have told tilt other Guy won by the distance from Casablanca to new York. A the fans jut up a howl that nearly lifted the l kit. That. Of course was the end of business men judges in  boxing. This does not imply that tile general Doest know his stuff he May possess the kit nest Eye in umpiring for All we know. But that i Vlf Star puts two strikes on a Guy before he Steps to the plate. Of yeah before we sign off we might mention that the All stars won that Railroad game by 5-2 that made Pitcher Cook feel a lit11 int better even if lie did no to have tile nerve to put the general in his place. New York the greatly publicized rivalry Between Guilder Hagg and Greg Rice apparently has ended As quickly As it started after one meeting at 5,000 meters in which the great swedish Star galloped to the tape 40 Yards ahead of the american Middle distance Champion Rice a ordered to take a Long Sia duty voyage in his capacity As chief specialist in the u. S. Maritime service. Before packing his duffle bag. Rice told reporters Quot i Don t want to meet Hagg again unless i m in the Best of condition. I was t in our first clash and you saw tile result. He a a Beautiful runner and i doubt if i could Ever beat him at 5.000 meters. But i might be Able to give him a better race at two  two Miles is the distance at which Rice is predominant in America in fact until he rail afoul of Hagg he was unbeaten in 65 straight races. Hagg plans to attempt the breaking of at least three of his seven world records during his american tour. He Hopes to shatter the mile Mark either at Chicago july 2. At los Angeles july to or at Boston Jill 24. He also will attack the 3.000 meter figures at san Francisco Jill 17 and the 2.0oo meters at Cleveland july 13. Hagg probably will oppose Cill Dodds bespectacled Boston divinity student and 1.500 meter standout Tor the first time in a mile race aug. 14 at Washington. He plans to i in Back to Sweden aug. 23. In Case you missed the account of the Hagg Rue race the swede handled the Job with the greatest of ease. He took Ila Lead after the first Lap and at one time was to Yards Iii front. Greg a famous finishing spurt lopped off 40 o those Yards but it still was a Walkaway for the invader. Some 16,000 fans saw the race at Randalls Island which featured the National aau championships. Hagg s time was t too startling he was clocked in 14.46 5 far Oil his own record. Whirly prove Flop in his season debut Chicago a Birla Way Hie greatest Money Winner in the history of the turf. Added a measly 250 dollars to his earnings in his �?T43 debut finishing third in a mile race a Hinckl his stablemate. Mar Kell and Louis la. Mayer a Kings Abbey. By i Ria Way went to the Post a 2 to i favorite in the race for four year Olds and up hut it was the Brilliant Mare. Mar Kell which copped the 1,650 dollars first place Money. Whirl away boosted his total earnings to 501,-101 dollars. Senator Meade wants sports to continue the desperate dodgers called on a Pinch hitter and a prayer to sustain a wild emergency rally and gain a 7-4 Triumph Over tile giants at ebbets Field thereby slicing the cardinals Lead to two games there were two out in the last of the sixth and the bums were trailing 2-1, when Leo Dunn her s strategy sent in Ducky med Wick As a Pinch hitter. Medwick produced a two run single off Rube Fischer. Arks Vaughan doubled two More Home and Paul Wailer climaxed the coup by scoring the fifth run with a single off Fischer a successor. Harry Feldman. Boston staged a Carbon copy of tile dodger rally Wiki a five run second inning at Beant of n plus Phil Masius two run Homer in the sixth to bring them a 7-6 Over Hie Phillies. Manuel scored his second straight ing win Over the phils Southpaw Jack klans. Lien Merullo a single after Johnny Wyrostok had made a wild heave to first on Harry Lowrey s smash gave tile cubs a 1-0 win Over tile pirates in a morning game at Chicago. Paul Derringer Veteran right hander of tile cubs gained a seven hit Triumph. The game was highlighted by Bob Elliott a neat trick of getting an assist while lying unconscious near third base.  hit a one hop drive towards Elliott which bounced off his head Kayying him. And was picked up Vav Pitcher Johnny Podgainy who threw Lowery out at first by a step. Senators win to the Junior circuit the senators edged out a 3-2 Victory Over the Yankees cutting tile yanks Lead to two games. Jimmy Vernon batted in two runs and scored the third in leading Washington a attack on Hank born we. Boston advanced into a tie wit ii the third place indians by achieving a 7-1 Triumph Over the athletics at so be Park Tex Hughson. Tile red sox Ace. Hurl d his eighth Victory As lie held the As to five hits while his mates gathered la including a two run circuit clout by Eddie Lake Iii second. The White sox loosed a attack on Bob m Mccrief Fritz Ostermueller to win 5-3, from St. Louis in a game under the arc lights play in the last half of saved the game for p iries who was credited wit ii ins fifth pitching Victory. Tile 12-hit and 5-3. Played a Doi Ible the Moth Johnny hum dodgers acquire new Wichita shortstop new York a i the fifth that Tho had this year Wal of bets Field in the Basil Back Chicago league president William Harridge announced that tile Veteran american league urn Pire. Steve Basil had rejoined tile staff Basil had been inactive since last december when lie was severely burned in a motor explosion Brooks by to los Angeles Jimmy Brooks los Angeles welterweight knocked out Salvador Mendoza of Mexico i City in the eighth round Washington senator James m. Meade Democrat from new York Lias backed the continuation of s it Orts As part of the american Way of Lite unless they Al Lect the Wai Effort adversely. Both Rofes clonal baseball and football furnish relaxation and recreation Loc thousands of War workers service men and women. Quot from a Spectator and a com i editor standpoint they arc an integral part of the War Effort besides morale building sport event of All kinds Are stimulating the sales of War Bonds and Arf i Nisi be funds for the army and Navy Relief societies and the red Cross new shortstop. Dodder have be unveiled at next few lavs his name is John Barkley and Hells a Wichita. Kansas Semi pro player. Barkey should not be confused with Boyd Bartley whom the dodgers snatched from fhe University of Illinois Campo arid hipped off to Mont re-1 afr had demon4trated a Lark App flip of Vns Rienche i a or. Hinton the we formed be mid lineman is current in Boldine Down the Short ton edition. Me Vuc Ecru such futures As arks a Quot Quot Han Loo muncher and  but will Onn cur Quot a to in an Effort a plug the the bums infield. Lie big Segura wins Berkley Hole in new weight off to to Aven. Charnna on leading hitters Evanston. Ill tuna ecuadorian Miami University. Driver of Texas Francisco Bellows attending Defeated Walter 6-3. 6-2, in the c in flt at her Willie Pep who punched his was into Rin Ltd but try with 62 consecutive triumphs departed for Barie Trainin at the Sampson n y naval station Pep third round of the Mcaa tonne was placed in charge of a group minor league standings american association International league w. F u. Pct Vav l. Pct Indianapolis 27 14 .659 Toronto 36 27 .571 Milwaukee 29 19 604 Nev Ark 32 25 .561 Columbus 24 23 .511 Montreal 31 28 .525 Minneapolis 24 25 .490 Syracuse 26 27 .491 St Paul 23 26 469 re Hester 26 29 .473 Toledo 22 25 468 Baltimore 29 33 .468 Kansas City is 25 432 Buffalo 25 29 .463 Louisville 18 29 383 Jersey City 21 38 .356 american Stephens. St. L. Hockett Cleve. Wakefield. Dot. Higgins. Dot. League a. R 151 54 194 66 218 69 185 58 championships. Pct seeded. Segura is top of 28 other inductees on night trip the Over Ujj major league standings 314cramer Dot. 171 52 304 americ an league National Leac Ile National i bag a e w l. Pct w. L. Pet a r. Pct i new York 31 21 596 St. Ii Ouis 34 19 642 Dahlgren Phila. 198 71 �?�359 Washington 31 25 554 Brooklyn 35 24 593 Herman. B Al it a. 216 72 .333 Cleveland 27 27 .500 Pittsburgh 28 25 528 Frey cum. 217 72 .332 Boston 29 29 .500 Philadelphia 28 26 519 Mccormick Cinn 222 73 329 Detroit 24 26 480 Cincinnati 27 26 509 Musial St l. 218 70 -321 Philadelphia 27 31 466 Boston 23 28 451 Walker St l. 193 62 .321 i Chicago 23 27 .460 new York 21 34 382 oust me put. 162 52 .321 St. Louis 22 28 440 Chicago 20 34 370