Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Saturday july 3, 1943 he stars and stripes weekly the commissioners say i by the Public prints we notice Mort Cooper of the cards a o is a or Ane �?Tii1 r,sr.r., a of 1 pirate Ltd cd Niter ? d. Candirus Yankee castoffs picked up by the senators Heads to get pitching statistics of the american league with seven triumphs and not one setback we but looking Back through the year we cannot help but compare them to the indelible Marks etched by that Bon vivant of the Mound Grover Cleveland Alexander. 5fe a mans Man a who took his fun where he found it and still stood them on their respective ears when he grabbed pm Prpa r ri1f in with a c aforethought. The boys Calili Turner a Glade a drinking Man who could stack up the empties like he i in Pav All would t kill it w about that. But we do know the a ver amp Stu critic it ague records records that still stand to dazzle just Lex k at a few of them As a freshman with the Phillies he won 28 games a record for a first year Pitcher. He twirled them to a Pennant in 1915 winning Ini Lud no four a hitters mat was another record in >916 he won 33 games and also beat the 30-Mark the following year Only one other Pitcher Christy Mathewson topped the 30 figure three years in succession during the twentieth Century. Christy achieved this astonishing feat during the 1903-05 Era. It a Alix toiled in More zanies 096. And won More. 373 than any other National league Pitcher he dropped 208. By it a six years he led the i1 nun a of Complete games a major circuit record shared Only Dot Walter Johnson. His earned run average of i 22 in 1915 is the National league record for pitchers working in 250 innings or More. Remember tii4t strikeout in 1926? Alex holds the National league record for number of years leading the Loop in earned run average five and in games won six his the Only National league Pitcher who Ever headed the circuit in both won and lost it percentage and Era in two different years pitched 90 shutouts the lifetime National league record. High 16 hut outs in 1916 created the present major league record for one year in his first year he pitched four successive shutouts sharing this Frosh Mark with de Reulbach. In world War i he also did some t1 of k place ill Fiance when Alex served with the /42nd Field artillery. But his mightiest feat to our minds was accomplished in 1926 during the Yankee Enrri world series. Supposedly an old Man. Athletically speaking. Alex staggered to the Mound and struck out Tony i Zazzeri on four pitched balls with the bases full to give the cards the seventh and deciding game. That chums really was something there Are Many stories about that Day. Some imaginative sports writers practically had him blowing alcoholic bubbles As he took his time Corning in from deep right Field that Chilly sunday afternoon in Yankee stadium. If wa.1 stated Rogers Hornsby had Given him per i Mission to celebrate following his Victory the Day before it Ako a i said that a teammate had to awaken Alex from a Nap when Hornsby i signalled him to a Relief role in the seventh inning. Alex gives Lowdown on strikeout Alex heatedly denied everything. He said Quot i was t any More drunk than the Fellows who wrote these stories. Hornsby told me to be of Ady the night before that he might have to use me. I did t see and reason Why i should run in from the Bull pen suspected that Lazzeri was just As anxious As i was. And on the 1 Way to the Mound i was thinking How to pitch to him he must Hae been anxious for he hit at pretty bad balls. Is on it it threw him was a curve and was called a Ball then i gave him a High fast one inside and he hit a Long foul Down the left Field line. That was the Only fast one he saw. I then struck rim out with two Ryese so that was that. That was the beginning of the end for old Alex and a glorious career that began in 1911 just after cd Young int the skids. In cd a a final game when he pitched for the Boston nationals he was beaten 1-0. By a freckle faced Sand haired youngster named Grover Cleveland Alexander. The kid had a sidearm curve fast Ball and amazing control. He was Cool non talkative and made it look easy. He had a rubber Arm no training code and 19 years of matchless Aci Clement. With or without support he produced yes. It is Nice to read of the 1943 hurling Cron and dicer with them in their triumphs. But thinking Back to old Alex we can t help out wonder How head have done under the present setup it s our honest opinion head have set so Many records they a have had to establish a Brand new method of bookkeeping. A go 7 bums cards in hot race Jacuta. Clovd amp Rud Molock of Mose National league re Cobos than and Pitcher in the history or the league. Tit toe a a i olo Pete s outstanding feat was the famous strike out of Tony Lazzeri on pour Patch to balls with the gases loan to to win the final game of the 426 Worlo series giving the Stlouis Caros the Worlo s championship. It amp Quot a ii o 1 dodgers two to almost even win draw yanks in Widen Lead Al race fencing King in air Force former Crid aces i now throwing Lead Sunda bi9 Hoodoo to Cincinnati an advanced air based a when a certain b-26 marauder comes rolling Down the runway Cincinnati one fault hold after a Mission three former Grid n p the reds Back is their Nabil stars waste no time in stepping try to play Good bal on sundays out and throwing tile old pigskin a example. June 20. Against around. Pittsburgh they blew a four run it s a far cry from Spring prac Jan the first game and a two a me As the twin a far cry Tice for this Trio. They throw lend run pad instead of footballs and tackle they lost Messerschmidt and Focke Willis i Bill. Instead of opposing backs but they do it with the same finesse and enthusiasm that made them Gridiron standouts Back Home. From left to right they read As follows cant die j. Cordill Star Back for Rice University and the Chicago cardinals Ca of. Ted m. Norman former fullback for the Washington huskies and handed s Harmon Stalwart Center for the University of Tulsa. In the second both ends of it. Dean v. Petrulo of Newark n. J., former National intercollegiate fencing Champion serving with the Northwest african air service command recently captured 15 italian soldiers and five germans. I talking w Ith some of his prisoners afterwards. Cetrulo discovered that one of the italians also j had been a fencer before the  conversation drifted around i to fencing Cetrulo disclosing that he had held several titles. A of  the italian prisoner insisted you  have been a Champion. If you had been you would not be away from your Home. In Italy Mussolini permits i no Champion to leave the country. I they Are retained to  but even though the italian May have doubted his record Cetrulo j was intercollegiate Champ in 1940 and 1941, Eastern intercollegiate toil and epee titleholder in 1938, and in 1939, he captured the Eastern intercollegiate foil and Sabre Crown As Well As the National a. A. U. Diadem he also captained the National Champion Seton Hall College fencing team which went undefeated for four years. The Climax Al his fencing career came when he was selected for the 1940 olympic team which did t go to Helsinki because of the War. Son of or. And mrs. Gerardo Cetrulo it 234 it. Prospect Avenue in Newark. It. Cetrulo is from a fencing family. Capt. Gerald i. Cetrulo now with the medical corps and attached to the air Force held the National foil and Sabre titles Back in 1932. Don Cetrulo another brother and an army air Force lieutenant was Southern intercollegiate titleholder at one time As was Guido Cetrulo now an american red or less director. Dean Bias just received a commendation from the commanding officer of the 12th air Force service command for the part he played in Hie tunisian Campaign. Sewed sets Down batters with Floater pit sol Rig a rip sewed the pirates pitching Are with ten victories and two defeats is far ahead of last years performance when he led the club w Ith 17 wins and 15 losses. Sewell Hasni to much stuff. Opposing batters say that he has two main pitches a a slow bad and a slower  some pitchers Pride themselves on their High hard one hut rips nothing Ball forces the hatters to Supply their own Power. Sometimes Sewell throws the Ball in an arc 12 to 15 feet High. Rip has the main asset of a Good hurler calmness in the clutch. Yanks British draw at soccer in what was probably the first american British soccer match held in North Africa an american team held the englishmen to a 3-3 score. The game was played on a Field near a French Garrison thereby placing an International note on tin contest. During the first half the americans composed of soldiers in the army of various nationalities had the advantage of Sun and wind they immediately took the offensive. Fifteen minutes after the opening whistle the yanks scored their first goal due to the Solo work of Yoannou Center from new York by Way of Yugoslavia. This was the Only score in the first half. Ann roves shift new York the new York Racine commission has approved the shift of the Saratoga summer race meeting to Belmont Park from july 26 to August 28. Cincinnati is lost 14 out of 18 i sunday games including six Don Bie headers. And have lost sunday bargain Bills to every club in the league except the giants arid the Philst because Thev Haven t played any sunday doubleheaders with those clubs. Leaving shortly St. Louis the c a r d i n als Learned that Pitcher Howard poll to had applied to his draft Board for voluntary induction into the army air corns As an aviation Cadet the Lethander has rejoined the cards and will remain with a he club until called for Active duty. Minor league standings International league american association Toronto w l. Pct. W. L. Pct 43 36 .589 Indianapolis 33 19 635 Newark 37 31 .543 Milwaukee 35 23 .693 Baltimore 33 30 .524 Columbus 29 28 .509 Montreal 36 33 .522 Minneapolis 29 29 500 Rochester 33 35 .485 St. Paul 28 31 .475 Syracuse 32 34 .485 Toledo 27 31 464 Buffalo 31 36 .463 Kansas City 22 31 .415 Jersey City 27 43 .3 Louisville 23 34 .404 Nice for Shkor Baltimore a Johnny Shkor. Navy machinist mate is Busy castling bets As a result of his 12-round. Upset Victory Over big boy Brown Detroit heavyweight. Shkor. Entering the ring a 4 to i underdog. Rocked Brown with hard right crosses throughout the fight and won every round. Hockett leads league the leading hitter in the american league at the moment is Oris Hockett tile Cleveland indians outfielder. Hockett. Who hit .250 in 148 games in 42. Has apparently found his batting Eye and has ousted vein Stephens St. Louis shortstop from the Lead which Stephens has held since the opening woks of the season. Rice shoves off new York chief specialist j Gregory eke uses has gone to after the teams changed sides. The British started the second half off with a new line up. Freeman. A Forward Center from Lancashire worked the bail up the Field with his Forward line and tied the score. Ten minutes later. Hellen. Playing outside right for the yanks tried a difficult Angle shot and scored. The americans toy was Short lived however for the lilith scored again As Williams of Caernarvonshire produced the second tally for the British. Shortly after wearing paving full Back for the bluish lads broke through the yank defense and unescorted notched one Between the uprights. Back came Ioannou again scoring the i Mal tally As he received passes from Cochran Hellen and Greenfield. Nearly All the boys on the yank team Are natives of Europe although citizens of the United states. The St. Louis cardinals split a doubleheader with the giants but retained their first place Lead Over the Brooklyn dodgers who boat the Cincinnati reds twice. Brooklyn now holds a half game Lea it i in games won and lost but the cards have five one thousandths of a Point bulge Iii the percentage. A two run outburst in the ninth inning of the first game brought the red Birds even with the giants at 3-3, but the cardinals faltered in the tenth inning. Sid Gordon singled took third on a wild pitch and scored the giants fourth and winning run on Buster Maynard a Long Fly. Enie Lombardi hit his fourth Home run of the season in the eighth inning with none on. The winning Pitcher was Ace Adams the loser Mort Cooper both coining in to relieve in the ninth. Sixth for Pollet lefty Howie Pollet Hung up his sixth Victory As he shut out new York in the second game 5-0, on six hits. St. Ii Ouis scored four runs on homers. Lou Klein hit no. 5 in the first inning and no. 6 in the seventh Frame. Danny lit Whiler connected for his fifth circuit clout of the year in the ninth and Stan Musial contributed his fourth of the Campaign in the fourth inning. Brooklyn took its twin Bill from the reds before a crowd of 27.000 in ebbets Field. Curt Davis pitched a four hit shutout As Hie bums scored a Triumph in the first game 5-0 the dodgers unloaded three runs on four hits in the eighth inning off Johnny Vandermeer to put the game on ice Brooklyn came Back to leap on the reds w it ii a Tive run outburst in the fifth inning of the Nightcap then went on to pile up 16 hits and an 11-5 Triumph. De Henefer lost the decision to Bobone whom who chalked up his eighth win of the season. Paul Wimer amt Dixie Walker hit Home runs for Brooklyn nine thousand fans contributed Over nine grand to the War fund As the cubs took two from the Boston braves in Beantown. Chicago is wed up the fir to game with a three run rally Iii the first inning Cha. Inc Nate Andrews and got three More in the fourth to take the game 6-2. Tile cubs repeated in the second game 5-4 As Bill Nicholson broke a 4-4 tie in the ninth with a four Bagger after two were out. Pirates in tie Pittsburgh and the Phillips played an la inning 3-3, tie at shite Park. The pirate scored two runs in the first inning and another in the fourth but the phils rallied with three run. In the sixth to tie up the a me. It took the yanks la innings to Down the Indian. 3-1, in a next game at Cleveland s municipal stadium. Johnny Murphy relieved Hank Borowy in the eighth and when the yanks pushed two runs across in the nth received Eie Dit for or seventh Victory All scored in Relief roles the Washington senators dropped to two and a half games behind the league leading Yankees As the Chicago White sox swamped them 7-1. Johnny niggling the St. Louis Browne a knuckle bal artist achieved his fifth Triumph by beating the Philadelphia athletics 3-1, in a night. Game. Detroit and the Boston red sox battled to a 12-inning. 3-3, tie in a Twilight game in Detroit. Major league standings sea and Hagg at a  save that Tummy will not race Gunder san Francisco july 17, to uses officers. Rice he Wal not run Acain this National Lea 4 the american league w. L pct. W l. Pct. St. Louis 38 23 .623 new York 34 24 600 Brooklyn 42 26 .618 Washington 34 29 548 Pittsburgh 32 28 .533 Boston 32 31 508 Cincinnati 30 31 .492 Cleveland 30 32 .484 Philadelphia 30 31 .492 Chicago 28 30 .483 Boston 28 32 467 Detroit 27 30 .474 Chicago 23 38 .397 St. Louin 27 31 466 new York 24 40 .375j Philadel 31 35 .463