Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Wednesday August 15, 1943 the stars and stripes daily Page 3 tank destroyers file their tigers claws sports news of h fifth my North Africa the tank destroyer tigers their insignia is a huge Bengal Tiger chewing an Axis tank to bits have sharpened their fangs since the close of the tunisian Campaign and they Are eager to go into Battle on a Large scale again to prove that they Are a potent Force both defensively and offensively. Before the end of the Campaign Iii i in Isla where tank destroyers had Sull ered losses in the Southern sector t he fifth Amel lean army set up a tank destroyer training Center with a two fold Mission i to teach the lessons Learned by tank destroyer battalions on the tunisian i rout Ana it 2� to act As an Erjie mental Laboratory in which new fighting techniques could be tested and perfected. It. Col John Casey of Chicago was placed in it i arge of the school. Col Casey a former St. Louis advertising Man and Wilson sporting hods advisor had been one of tile orig into cadre that founded the Only of Lei us. Ai my tank destroyer school at Camp Hood. Near Temple Texas tank destroyer slogans col. Casey arrived in Africa to find Wise crackers saying that the tank destroyers should change their slogan from seek pursue and destroy a to hide and  the tank destroyer out ins. As a matter of tact. Had not done Bill ban try in their first real combat engagements. After observation and interviews with tank destroyer officers and men. Col. Casey conceded that the to s might Well follow a policy of hide. Then  the tank destroyers had been trying to Duel it out with German tanks which outraged them and which were More heavily Armor plated. They weren t designed to carry out this strategy. Quot there seemed to be the idea that tank destroyers were men from Mars who could fight tanks with impunity a col. Casey explained. Such was not the Case by Jack beak Wood special to the stars and stripes american a and the lessons were Learned bitterly. The tank destroyers Are a supporting not a separate Loice. They Are part of a team and successful anti tank defense is built around All arms. We Are now stressing that tank destroyers Are not an individual Means but just a cog in a big machine preferably a division machine. Virtually All tank destroyer battalions in Africa have now gone through the fifth army training Center. They Are being taught to go into action from prepared positions hide then hit. During the closing phase of the tunisian Campaign tank destroyers did this and they were death on Axis tanks. Well dug in cleverly concealed they caught Axis tanks in traps. Filing on them from the flanks and they knocked hell out of them. Since then. The to outfits have been learning other new tricks such As indirect lire shooting at targets that can be seen by the gun Crews but whose lire is directed by an observer Chi higher terrain. The tank destroyers particularly with their newest weapon details of which Are not yet releasable have become a powerful Field artillery piece. They Are itching Foi a Chance to show their stuff making the tank destroyers into outfits with a punch is merely a matter of their proper employment Quot col Casey said Quot this pro it or employment plus the new weapon is going to make them a Factor feared by the enemy. There s no question now that the tank destroyers properly used will be death on in Erna tanks Lumberjacks top braves in do face Pill rollers trip linemen As Smith hits circuit clout although Wright and  of the braves hit homers Oil Pitcher Bobby Battle of the lumber jacks Bobby chalked up another Victory 8-6 alter the second inning Battle was the master setting the with four hits. A was nipped Iii the i umbel Jac k Catcher arum shortstop Cpl. A neat double play out. Jones and another Island Falls in North Washington aug. 24�?american and Canadian forces recaptured another Aleutian Island when they made an unopposed Landing on tiny Segula Island about 25 Miles East of newly captured Kiska. The Navy revealed last night no japs were found on the Island which is a Rocky five mile Square outpost usually shrouded with fog. In the Southwest Pacific. American and australian troops meanwhile made further Progress in their Jungle Advance toward the Jap new Guinea base at Salamata the Allied panic Headquarters communique said. The important in Field there already is under artillery fire and All approaches to the Field Are commanded by Allied forces. An Allied naval Force it the same time shelled the Jap fms Chafen base on new Guinea the communique said. Weapon instruction the fifth army tank destroyer training Center has been instructing All tank destroyer battalions in the proper employment in Mew of tunisian experiences of their weapons. The Center has also been sending teams out to train other units including battalion antitank companies and Cannon companies. Now they have begun to train French outfits which Are receiving american tank destroyer equipment. American units Are also receiving the newest to weapon and they Are being schooled in its use. Col. Casey and other tank destroyer specialists Are urging that tank destroyers be made an organic part of each division. The Way things stand now. The tank destroyer outfit is merely attached to the division. Casey believes the change will result in greater cooperation and team play. Col. Casey Doest believe that any tank attack can be developed which can crack the combined efforts of artillery and tank destroyers. Braves Down braves rally Bud when the by t lung staff Cross pulled with nobody Driscoll occupying first and third but  signalled Hor a pitch oui on the next Batter Fjor Bak it worked Jones Bloke Lur second Ana was out by ten feet. Driscoll who 11 at to Sun on the play was also out on Chi. Cross s Rood throw to the plate Ballone and Mcclusky y Weir the losing Bat tory. A pm. Arni Tuster to nit c it respondent f Pill rollers to linemen 7 out hitting the opposition the Bill in Llars debated the linemen. 10-7. In spite of the score the game was Replete with Belding tin ills. Pitchers Glo be and  accounting for ten putouts both hurlers Aiso hit solely three times in Lour trips to the plate. Catcher All land leading Batter of the Day. Bad three tor three. While Zinith. The linemen s Star a Lugger clouded one out of the Park. But. Close was the winning Pitcher while Paquin was charged w1111 the defeat. A Cpl. Cohen it unit Corves Pond Cut Cis May see big leagues play Here Chicago a regarding reports that two All Star bams a Al major leagues will go abroad to entertain troops shortly after the world series judge Ken saw Mountain hindi baseball s High commissioner said the details Aren t such that i it an make an announcement today but i expect to do so some time next w  i Aud is revealed that he and his associates had worked on the plan for the past two weeks. Meanwhile from new it Ork. I i in ports a radio broadcast which said that Branch Rickey was favourably received in Washington whence Gen. Dwight la. Eisenhower was cabled regarding the proposal. Gen. Eisenhower reported reply was i not Only want those learns but i insist that they St a Over Here for 30 a  Grid classic on tonight redskins meet College All stars guardsmen 20 b bus 6 the guardsmen Defeated the ii b a 20-6. In a game played at municipal stadium with every Man in the winners line up hitting safely. It. O Connor the winning Pitcher coasted to an easy Victory alter the guardsmen gave him an eight run Lead Iii the i list inning. A pvt. In fishelman unit correspondent British tars present revue . Restores 53 Coal mines Washington. Aug. 24�?the government has restored to private control 53 Coal mines it was announced yesterday by Harold l. Ickes Secretary of the Interior and us custodian of mines. The mines went Merit management series of strikes by pay and working seriously unpaired the vitally needed turned the mines under govern May i after a miners against conditions had production of fuel. Ickes Roto their owners after Federal operating managers reported that there had been no stoppage of work since the government took them Over.  airmen co to new posts Lusty and Salty As the Roval Navy itself Quot shot to ribbons Quot is a fast moving presentation of skits songs and comedy by officers and men of the Royal Navy Barracks in Algiers. It is scheduled to play at the r. N. Canteen saturday night and after that will be open to engagements with american army units which desire to have the show at their bivouac. Produced written and directed by la. J. Of s. Gilbert with a minimum of scenery the show features officers and men of the Royal Navy and three Wren singers. Marjorie Moreland. Betty mouser and Barbara Hancock. Under his prewar professional name of David Shenstone it. Gilbert Sang for the first time a song written by his wife Quot each night at nine Quot which should become popular with All troops overseas. Donald join son and Sydney Ede Lead the comedy which is distinctly not the drawing room Type. . Army special services officers desiring to invite Quot shot to ribbons Quot to play to their outfits should Contact of. Gilbert at the r n. Barracks or through stars and stripes. A Cpl. Al Kohn lumber a is 9 has beens 3 sgt. G Foth of the Lumberjacks came Back As a Pitcher and held the hard hitting has beens to eight Well scattered hits and three runs. Each Lumberjack hit safely As they collected 13 ilits for nine runs. The has beens used pitchers Berkfield and Pugo before Capera i entered the game. But. Langstaff was behind Hie plate for the Lumberjacks and Schultz for the has beens. A Cpl. Armbruster i unit Cor res to n d ent roadrunners 13 hermits 3 in their initial encounter in the shewing us league the roadrunners tripped the hermits 13-3 at Kouba Field. Every roadrunner hit safely at least once garnering 16 hits off of two Southpaw hurlers. But Mceneny Catcher and but. Sammons Pitcher each got two of the hermits eight hits. Pie. Orsat and pie Rios collected four baggers for the roadrunners. Is sgt. Amdahl i unit Corr Espo ride it it a crowd of 50.000 i exx cled to watch As football launches its second War time stand tonight when the Washington Redskin meet tin College a1 Blais under the lights in Northwestern s Dyche stadium Al Evanston 111. The Hopes of the redskins to avenge a humiliating Deleat at the hands of the All stars in a Long to be i Etc Btu cd game at Chicago five years ago re Civ cd a shot in the Arm yesterday. The ionic Lur the pros came in the Sud <1411 spright Liness Devenio a by their passing Ace. Slinging Sammy Baugh who had been bothered by a lame Back. Haugh is throwing the Ball around in his Best whip like fashion for the first time in weeks and injected an Aura of Joy into the Redskin Tepee. Coach dutch Bergman averred that if the passing and kicking wizards Back holds out. The possibilities Are not Remote that the National league champions can atone for that previous defeat which still rankles the pros. That defeat the last suffered by the league champions came at the hands of a to Macmillin coached team who a spark plug was Cecil Isbell who graduated into the professional ranks and went on to make history with the Green Bay backers. The offensive pattern of the game is again expected to be wound around Forward passing just As it has in Many preceding games. Against Baugh head coach Harry Stith Dreher can throw onto the Field three passers any one of whom is capable of attaining the Heights in air line operation. O to Graham of Northwestern Heads the list along with Bob is Liber of Missouri and Roy Mckay of Texas. The All stars Are also expect d to have one of the i Illust lines in the history of the event headed by co captains Al we i t of Michigan and Dick willing of Minnesota both tackles. Tigers take two games from yanks season s largest crowd watches Detroit Triumph Detroit took advantage of ten Yankee errors and captured let oth ends of a doubleheader from the yanks 12 0 and 8-3, before the biggest major league crowd of the Tea son 58.404 fans which filled the tigers Ball Park to capacity. The twin Victory moved the bengals into second place in the american i Cague. Dizzy Trout blanked new Yolk in the opener allowing the Yankees nine hits for his 15th Mound Triumph of the season meanwhile the tigers bombarded Charlie Wensloff and  Brener for 18 hits including homers by Dick Wakefield Pinky Higgins and Jimmy bloodworm. In the second game Tommy Bridges held the yanks to seven safeties and was never in danger after Rudy York slammed no. 26 but of Hie Orchard wit ii two Ati Oaid in the third the bombers made seven errors in the first game in it hiding three by closet to and two by Joe Gordon. The White Box annexed a bargain Bill from the athletics 5-2 and 32. To extend the a s losing Streak to 17 straight. Edgar Smith it Philadelphia Down with six hits in the out ener while Johnny Humphries aided by Cuccinello s ninth inning Homer registered a Victory in the Nightcap. Senators split by. Lotus and Washington split the Browns took the first game 8-5, and the senators the second affair 4-2. In ten innings. Although touched for la hits including homers by Early Wynn and Stan silence Bob Muncrief went Hie route for the brownies in the opener. The indians grabbed both games from the red sox taking the opener 6-0, and squeezing through the second game 7-6. Jack Salve son turned in a fancy two hit Job in the first fray while old Mike Ryba was getting his lumps from the tribe. In the National Natl set a season beating the Phillies second game after Washington airmen returning to the United states from overseas will go to stations at Atlantic City and Miami Beach for reassignment according to present War department plans. Purpose of the stations which will not open until mid september is to evaluate and assign All returning enlisted men and officers except those sent to this country for hospitalization or a specific assignment. A Crosby ship Portland. Ore. A a Liberty ship will be named for copt. Nathaniel Crosby great Grandfather of Bing Crosby. In 1847 a ship skippered by Cash Crosby carried from Maine the Spruce used to build the first Frame House in Portland. A piece of that Spruce now in an historical collection will be sent to Bing. Faurot new coach Iowa City. Iowa a it Don Faurot former Missouri coach has been named head Coal h at the Iowa naval pre flight school. Faurot who ted Missouri to the big six championships in 39 and 41. Succeeds it. Col. Bernie Barman who is on act Ive duly wit tithe Marine corps. Segura wins again Southampton n. Y Francisco s cilia the Little ecuadorian who has swept every tourney he has participated in this season added the Southampton. L. I. Open to his string when he upset it. Joe Hunt 6 3. 7-5. And 9-7 league Cincin scoring record 20-6, in the winning the Oji ener 4 3. Six Philadelphia twirlers gave up 22 hits. The reds enjoyed three fat innings scoring six Iii the second seven in the i if i h and five in the seventh Frame. Bums take pair Brooklyn took a doubleheader from the pirates 6-1 and 8-6. De head allowed five hits in the opener while the bums pounded Hank Gornicki Xavier Rescigno and Bill Brandt for la including Home runs by Bobby Bragan a Gie gala n and Howard Schultz. The cardinals refused to give up any ground and hammered the braves twice 6-1 and 5-1. It was the cards 13th Victory in 15 games with Boston this year. Lefty Al  recently recalled from Sacramento. Hung up another Victory to help manager Billy Southworth forget the loss of Howie Pellet. St. Louis took the second game in a hurry scoring single runs in the first and second innings and chasing red Barrett the loser wit to three More in the eighth. Chicago belted the giants twice 6-2 and 4-3. Claude Pas eau was the winning hurler in the first game arid Hank Wyse notched a Vin in the Nightcap. Van Mungo went the route for new York and gave up ten hits. Major league standings americ an league National league Byrd captures open Chicago a golfer s a in in v Byrd former major league baseball player won the Chicago Victory National open with a score of 277 for 72 holes. Byrd covered the Tricky Well trapped Beverly course in seven under Par new York i Jet i Cit w Ashington Cleveland Chicago Boston St Louis Philadelphia w. L. Pct. W. L. Pct. 70 44 .614 St Louis 74 39 655 60 52 .536 Cincinnati 64 52 552 63 55 534 Pittsburgh 63 55 .534 59 53 .527 Brooklyn 60 57 .513 59 56 51 .474 Chicago 55 60 478 55 61 Boston 51 61 .455 51 61 455 Philadelphia 54 65 454 40 75 .348 i new Yolk 42 74 .362