Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Saturday july 24, 1943the stars and stripes weekly Page 15 in the commissioners say just Plain Yankee ingenuity plus an inherent desire for play has accounted for the sudden rash of sports events All Over North Africa. It must seem incredible to the people of Algeria and Morocco that after an american Soldier finishes his army duties he rushes off to an open area or runs to the local boxing pal Adlum to witness a Fristic show. Nothing will Stop these men from playing baseball. When they first came Here there was hardly an athletic Field which was Laid out with Pitcher Mound Bas Epatha and Backstop. True there was usually one municipal stadium in town which was football stadium and soccer stadium combined but these were All run Down. This what the boys did for the Backstop they used a camouflage net for the infield they used Quot build Osers and Engineer Crews to Lay out the Fields for the Pitcher Mound Well they made one out of Quot materials on hand. To say How Many men Are playing Ball in North Africa would be Censo Rable. Take any outfit of say 200 men and you la find a Dosen teams playing organised baseball in some kind of league. The others just play a pick up a games. In Oran there a one fellow who rules the baseball world with a diplomatic hand. He a Zeke Bonura tonner banana King of Louisiana and first baseman with the new York giants. In his own Way he runs about 160 teams and six organized baseball leagues. The teams were organized in the same manner the dig league clubs and even have the same names. There san International league american league National league. American association and when they ran out of league names they named the fifth and sixth leagues american cd National again. In Algiers there Are More than 30 teams playing organized baseball and the Story of that league almost the Story of the Campaign. Its called the do face which of course the name Given to a Soldier by some of his Fellows in arms. But the names of the teams in the do face association Are really african sized. Wine the favorite if Only drink in most places and to commemorate this substitute for water there a one team called the Vino nine. There Are also howitzers mounties do does a bus Little yanks has beens and linemen. Two strictly african team titles Are the streetwalker and Gold bricks. Casablanca seems to be a betting town. There the baseball teams have hot and ready supporters who Are willing to bet their last franc if their team involved. Recently 3,000 fans turned out to see the of macs trim the texans with a Little matter of 2,000 dollars involved. This sum did not include the Side bets. In Casablanca there a a thursday night league and a wednesday night league both playing softball and both having some unique members. There Are steers Gas houses playboys and stevedores. A a a rough guess would put the figure of men playing organized baseball in North Africa at somewhere around 4,000. And then there Are pick up games where generals and privates sometimes form double play combinations. Next to baseball the most popular Spectator sport la boxing. There Ore shows held in every town that can scrape together a ring. This a Little easier done than getting baseball paraphernalia because Long before the americans came the arabs and French were boxing fans. In fact these Arab fighters Are surprisingly fast and Well trained. They be been considerable help to local boxing promoters when a fight card looked though it might have to be cancelled. In Algiers the first fight card was scheduled to have american soldiers and sailors but at the last minute the units unexpectedly left for parts unknown. A local fight promoter was contacted and arabs were substituted. They a Tole the show. There Are inter town rivalries too. Oran and Casablanca both boast of heavyweights who could whip anyone in North Africa. In Oran chaplain Mccarthy backs sgt. De Tipton and there a a 100,-000 franc standing bet for anyone who la try. Casablanca fight fans say that they know just the Man to set the �?�100.000 franc Beauty on his ear. He a sgt. Paul favors a fellow who packs punch in his voice Well his fists. He was part of a negro quartet which Sang before the Roosevelt Churchill Casablanca conference. In fact the Challenge Bas already been accepted and the fight May soon take place. In the company areas theres horse shoe pitching chess Tennis , football and soccer. One outfit boasts having had a Donkey race with an algerian version of Al Bab running or rather being coaxed a to the finish tin Yankees cardinals maintain leads Pittsburgh climbing a Beau Jack wins by tk0 from Philly scrapper sex Boot Lack stops Johnny Hutchinson in sixth round he out Mem sports Roundup Philadelphia a Beau Jack scored the second straight knockout in his comeback Campaign for the lightweight title with a a a round Tho Over Johnny Hutchinson of Philadelphia. Referee Irving hurdler stopped the bout after two minutes of the sixth with Hutchinson a note Mouth and left Eye bleeds in profusely. Jack weighing 134, one Pound less than Hutchinson took the first two rounds easily. Johnny took the third out fighting the sex Boot Lack in close and making the Beau miss repeatedly. The fourth heat was even but in the f if til Jack started to connect with looping uppercuts which did the slim Pluy negro no Good. Beau again scored heavily in the sixth and the referee stepped in despite Hutchinson a willingness to continue. Jose Bah Era 165, of puerto Rico scored a Tho Over Al Franklin 156, of Washington in the second round of a scheduled ten round Semi final. Franklin a. N sub for the Cocoa kid now Haven Conn. Middleweight who failed to show up. Terry Young 138, of new York took a ten round decision from Joey Peralta 134, of Tamaqua be. Ike Williams 130, of Trenton n. J. Stopped Jimmy Hatcher 134, of Lake City 8. C. In the final round of a six round bout. Sixteen thousand fans paid 60.067 dollars to watch the Georgia negro stage his first fight in the City of brotherly love. Lapaz Bolivia Arturo Godoy 183, of Chile knocked out Ysidoro Gastanaga 138, of Spain in tile fifth round before 18,000 fans. The boys both of whom Are familiar to american fight fans fought four slow rounds the crowd booing considerably. In the t if til both battlers fell from the ring and Godoy who managed to return was awarded a knockout. Harry walk Elk of the cardinals slides Fui Ilc by toward second after being forced by Bill Jorges giants 1 shortstop in a recent game. Senators Cain came whipping Detroit behind Haefner done to look now but that faint rumbling that you hear May be the giants stirring in tile National cellar. The drab Otter men have been tearing along better than usual and Are holding their own. Moreover with a a wild Goose Kendall Chase throwing shutouts around there a no limit to what the Polo grounders May do. They might even break into sixth place. The big Battle of the Bobo which was pitched on the Banks of the Gowan has finally been settled a. Newsom now with the St. Louis Browns. Its not a guess to say thai the dodgers fans Are up in arms. Still Leo the lip main Ger. Bobo commented to got the dirtiest Deal a player Ever got. I was tile Goat a i the way.�?�. Fritz Etc Mueiler and Archie Mcbain who were acquired in the Deal Are really bums. In fact they dont even want to report to the dodgers. On Brooklyn it looks Rood. The whole business of Navy trainees playing with the College they re training at has aroused Coirini entry even in Washington. It seems that the boys from the. Novy can and the army cannot. So right now there a a Campaign on to permit the do faces to play for Alma Mammy. College cheerleaders next fall will have to stir up a razzmatazz for Navy trainees. For instance nine Minnesota Ridders and six from Nebraska Are among Northwestern a Navy and Marine groups. Dartmouth May be loaded with sex Ford Hartes. Southwestern of Texas has inherited a Good chunk of the Texas Tou and sum teams and a couple of Southern methodists. Capt. Billy Hale of Texas tech has turned up at thu. College of the Pacific and southwestern of la. Are a couple of others turning up with stars from big time schools. Who knows maybe Slippery Rock will Rake Down notre Dame and Brooklyn College will by at Stanford if you Are Between 18 and 24 and can run a too in la seconds Broad jump 20 feet in a mile in five minutes throw a 12 Pound weight 43 feet and a baseball. 240 fret you can qualify for the aau physical fitness test. Also the commandos rangers Chicago bears fourth team and a class ii Superman. Tin re Are no reports this week about the Beer barrel that walks Uke a Man. Note in a Little one about him being pelted with tomatoes or engaging in brawls with policemen about a Nickel parking fee. Maybe Tony Gal info hrs act an Fly come across a shortage of a a bums to Charlie paddock olympic Star Dies Washington d. Cd a july 21-Marine capt. Charlie pack lock famous splinter and olympic Champion was killed in an air plane Accident near Sitka. Alaska the War department announced. Maj. Gen. William p. Upshur Marine commander of the Pacific department and four others died in the at cd Lent. Aba releases fight ratings tops list Conn Mek it Bettina and Jim Bivins Joe big riyals Pateh son a. National boxing association has released its latest ratings of boxers. The Aba ratings differ from those of the new York boxing commission. In any Case Here show the Aba thinks the boxers stand today heavyweight Champion a Joe . Contenders i. Billy Conn. 2. Melio Bettina. S. Jimmy Bivins. Light heavyweight champions Gus Lesnevich. Contender a i. Freddie Mills England. Middleweight Champion a Tony Zale. Contenders i. George Abrams. 2. Jake Lamotta. 3. Tony Martha 4 Ernie Vigil. 5. Coley Welch. Welterweight champions Freddie red Cochrane. Contenders i. Ray Robinson. 2. Henry Armstrong lightweight championship vacant. Contenders i. Sammy Angott. 2. Bob Montgomery. 3. Slugger White. I featherweight champions Jackie i Callum. I contenders i. Willie Pep. 2. Chalky Wright. Bantamweight champions Manuel Ortiz. Contenders i. Kui Kong Young Hawaii. 2. Rush i it Alma Philip i it Ines. Flyweight champions Little Dado Philippines. Contender a Jackie Patterson England. 189 colleges quit Crid for duration new York a the associated i press disclosed that i by Colley have qui it football for the duration on account of the manpower1 shortage and transportation difficulties. Most of ult schools to abandon the Spca Are Small by several of the bulwarks of the College sport included on the list arc Harvard Mississippi Georgetown Tennessee Kentucky Auburn Bailor and Mississippi Ite. Luke be Well denies discrediting umps fish almost jump into frying pans coast to Coarts Porlier Salt water anglers and fresh water Fisherman can fat their hearts out this year. Bonitos Are usually caught from two to 2 mile., Oft the Ccu St but this year they re being taken from n tis Iii be pier at Long Branch n j. The daytime Suri Ca Ter arc getting quantities of Kingfish wet i and some striped Bass a. Aion the Eastern coast. In in Quot far West reports Are that fish Rig iia. Moved closer to to a co. F a Etc a it a of Tho sub menace. In fact the to a trend toward A Oil Felling for the n a a with a Hook Ana bait a la Eye one bad toss in the tenth inning robbed Rookie Charlie Wens Loff of the Best game he has pitched All year and the St. Louis Browns nosed out the Yankees 1-0. Wena Lotf himself made the bad toss spoiling a five hit performance which saw him allow Only one Brownie to reach second base in uie regulation nine innings. Mem Stephens opened the tenth for the Browns with a double along the left Field foul line. Mike Char Tak Bim Ted Westoff toking the Ball tried to get Stephens at third but threw Over Bill Johnson a head into left Field Stephens scoring the Only run of tile game. Steve Sundra went the route for the Browns and allowed nine scattered hits the score his eighth Victory. Wens Toff suffered his sixth Dei eat. Classy two hit hurling by Veteran Al Smith gave Cleveland a 7-0 win Over the Aux tics Smith faced 29 batters Iii scoring his ninth Triumph the Only hits off him being Dick sieberts double and a single by Pete suitor in the seventh. Smith aided hts own cause by banging out a triple double and a single in four trips to the plate. Jesse Flores the Young mexican right hander who set the league afire in the Early stages of the unison suffered his eighth loss of Tho Campaign. Botox cd Jisoo split Boston and the White sox spilt a twin Bill the red sox taking the opener 3-2. And the Chison annexing the Nightcap 8-6. Manager j be Cronin Pinch hitting spark d a three run rally in the eighth inning of the first game to give Tex Hughson his tenth Triumph. Chicago bounced Back in the Nightcap scoring All eight runs off Oscar Judd in the first four frames. Orval Grove chalked up his ninth straight Victory without a loss and has earned the Best pitching record in the league. Bobby Doerr Bostons second baseman handled eight chances during the Day to extend his record Streak without an error to 335. Washington gained a full game on the Yankees by defeating Detroit 6-5. Milton Haefner who relieved Milo Candia in the fourth inning was credited with the Victory. Lefty Hal Newhouser was Chargi i with his eighth defeat. Ards take two the cardinals took both ends of a double Cader from the giants 2-1 and 12-3. George Munger who allowed the new yorkers nine hits in the opener was the winning Pitcher. Billy Southworth boys enjoyed their biggest inning of Hie season when they sent 13 men up to the plate in the fifth inning of Tho second Gamo and tallied nine engr to Shin Musial enjoyed a perfect Day at Bat with five for five. Cincinnati and Brooklyn divided b bargain Bill the reds taking the first game 11-1, and the dodgers copping the second contest 9-7. Timer Riddle notched Victory no. 12 for the red legs in the opener and Rube Melton Hung up his fifth Triumph in tile Nightcap for the bums. Hiram by Thorn the Chicago cubs puerto rican Pitcher notched his Lith Victory of the season the Bruins Defeated the braves 4-1, for Chicago a ninth win of the season Over Boston in nine games. The Pittsburgh pirates poured it on the Phillies for a 10-2 Victory. Pittsburgh made 14 hits while Boh Klinger was holding the phils to seven. Dak Conger started on tile Mound for Philadelphia but was relieved by Ilioyd Dietz former Hue hurler in the seventh inning. St. Louis los ualies Bombshell fizzled when Luke be Well tin Browns Man Ager thre w water on Las previous w r.?.s about umpires a there never bae been and question in my mind about tile j honesty and or Gruy of ame Rte in i new York league Umpire j washing Ion t never Wanton of dlr it urn d troll pm res or anyone t. C in to in ague Sun Lea a said Sewell Luk had previously St Lou said Toath. Am mean Lea a in. Cd Eland umpires v Ert afraid to Call them Boston against the Yankees. _ pm had Ithia league standings la ague National league w. L. Pct. By. Ii. Pct. S 31 .603 St l a l ily by 28 .648 45 33 .646 in Al a 50 30 .531 40 33 to 73 Pitts arg 44 36 .550 39 3j too Doc ii. Natl 4j 41 to Al 39 39 Todo Chica u 37 44 .457 31 41 .481 Tek a ton 33 43 .434 3 44 ,4.17 Phi i melt Hia 30 4/ .434 34 43 .410lnew Yoak 33 jul .388
