Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Weekly Roundup cardinals Yankees increase league leads during week gis May see two teams of major league stars play Ball on the unbaked diamonds of North Africa. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis baseball a High commissioner has revealed that he and his associates have worked on a plan to Send two All Star teams Over Here immediately after the world series. Up reports a radio broadcast which said that Branch Rickey was favourably received in Washington whence Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower was cabled regarding the proposal. Gen. Eisenhower a reported reply was �?�1 not Only want those teams but i insist that they stay Over Here for 30  a a current batting averages of big league batsmen who used to cannonade rival Mounds men off the Hill with booming drives indicate that these same players Wield anaemic Willows this season. According to the latest official averages of the National league the following Well known sluggers Are Quot cousins to opposing pitchers. Lou Novikoff .278, Vince Dimaggio .251, Mel of .238. These potent american leagues Are having a Tough time at the plate. Jim Tabor .244, Joe Gordon .233, George Mcquinn .229 and Joe Kuehsel .212. A a Peter w. Foley the worlds old St Marathon runner who threatened to outdistanced father time died at the age of 87. Five years ago he ran in the 26-mile Boston Marathon As an unofficial entrant. Having been barred from Competition because of his age. Foley ran his Best race bears. The reports also say in 1906 when he finished 12th in Nagurski will be shifted from the the annual event. At 50 he Backfield to tackle when he re showed his heels to 51 other Start i ports for training. Or. Danny ers in a Field of too distance run i Fortmann for seven years one of the toughest guards in pro football is Aho returning from retirement to play again this season for the bears. A a pvt. Joe Dimaggio made four hits including two homers to help an sex major league All Star team defeat a combined los Angeles and Hollywood club 8-2, at los Angeles. 22,000 fans jammed the Angels Ball Yard. The proceeds went for sports equipment to be sent to american soldiers in the South Pacific. The american red Cross received 35,000 dollars from the Ryder cup Golf matches held Early this month in Detroit. J. Russell Gnau the meet director revealed that 6.000 dollars had been donated by the Plum hollow Golf and country cub. 25,000 dollars was Given from the receipts the Money according to Gnau is earmarked to buy sports equipment for servicemen and women overseas. Confident his infusion of Young blood is what the dodgers need. 3 a Prince Quillo who used to run in claiming races captured the 20,000 Dollar Saratoga Handicap. Bolingbroke was second and the favorite shut out was a badly beaten third in the three horse Field. It was the poorest Field in years for the famous feature. E. R. Bradley a by Jimmy finished first in the grand Union hotel stakes for two year Olds. Smolensk a 20 to i shot lost by a neck. After the race the Veteran Bradley sold his crack Colt to a. P. Parker of Locust Valley l. I., for an undisclosed sum. A a fight news was scarce this week. In the Only Brawl of National importance Bob Montgomery the Aba lightweight Champion pounded out a ten round decision Over the aging Frixie Zivic. The Quot bobcats beat the cagy Zivic at his own infighting game. Montgomery showing himself to be one of the rings hardest body punchers was the first Man to Ever slow Fritzie up to such an extent at infighting. A few Days later Zivic announced that he was going to retire from the ring at the end of the year. A a two old football greats so rumours say Are going to return to the professional Gridiron this fall. The one and Only Bronko Nagurski the mighty Man of pro football which he gave up five years ago to become a wrestler is going to return to the Chicago nifty Netter i i r c i a i is. J a a $ Jet a j 9 \ Liers thing  been happening to the Brooklyn dodgers who used to be famous As everybody a Ball club. In the last five weeks president Branch Rickey has practically remade the team with 22 players involved in his furious deals. Among the departed Are such familiar Flatbush figures As Joe med Wick Bobo Newsom Freddy Fitzsimmons Dolph Camilli Johnny Allen Max Macon. Such lesser lights As Dee Moore Rube Melton Johnny Barkley and Joe Orengo. New faces Are pitchers Bill Lohrman Fritz Ostermueller Bill Sayles Harold Gregg and Rex Barney. Outfielders Luis Olmo and Gene Hermanski third baseman Bill Hart and first Sacker Howard Schultz. The immediate result has been the plunge of the bums to the .500 Mark for the first time in years. Bot Rickey remains re Pele Sords Philadelphia athletic lose 20 straight tie Al Mark a by Cpl. Al Kohn stars and stripes staff writer a tile last Hopes of the also rans faded during the last full week of August As the major league baseball clubs played their heaviest seven Day schedule of the season. The 16 clubs in the National and american leagues tangled in 23 doubleheaders with the Junior circuit credited with 13. The Yankees indians and White sox As Well As the giants in the National league had to stretch their pitching staffs to Complete four doubleheaders each. The Bottom fell out of the Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Hope Chest during the week As they dropped deeper into second and third place behind the rollicking cardinals. Frankie Frisch a boys wilted under the knowledge that they were Only 12 games from the leaders and promptly sagged to a More respect abbe and More usual for the pirates 15 games Down. Sam Breaden ordered a couple of thousand More bleacher seats for the world Sei its in sportsman s Park As his St. Louis hired help knocked off seven wins in nine games including live from the impotent braves. Cincinnati retained its second position but dropped another game behind the Pennant bound redbirds and must now make up 12 1-2 games to gain a tie in the rapidly waning championship race. Their leading hitters National league dims is a Sabre Tennis classic a. H. P a Musial St. L. 481 169 .3 Herman by Klyn 458 152 .3 Wityk n. Y. 461 145 .3 Vaughn by Klyn 471 148 1 Elliott Bitt. 461 142 .30 american league a h. Of Appling Chi. 453 150 .33 Wake kid det. 496 162 .327 Cartwright. Chi 353 106 .300 Johnson n. Y. 454 134 .295 Fox Boston 451 133 .295 formal name of Francisco the Hopes of a Nickel world series Long Little ecuadorean has been clean a since blasted Brooklyn fails sighed ing up All the Silver plate in sight for the Days of Yore As they read tile same polite crowd will applaud Tho decisions of the same Veteran umpires but the perform a a or. A ,. ,. Ers at the National Lawn Tennis on the Eastern a a society circuit and the standings which showed the College All stars defeat Washington redskins 27-7 Evanston by. A the College All stars Defeated the National professional football league champions the Washington redskins 27-7, before 40,000 fans in the tenth renewal of the Gridiron Stop pre season game wednesday night. The All stars scored in every period. A 50-Yard open Field sprint by Bob Steuber of Missouri after catching a punt by Leroy Zimmerman gave the All stars their first touchdown Midway through the first period. Pat harder of Wisconsin converted. Each team utilized a passing attack to score in the second Quarter. The redskins tied up the game 7-7, Early in the period when As the Climax of a 71-Yard March Sammy Baugh passed five Yards to Joe Aguirre behind the goal line for a touchdown. Mas Terson converted. Late in the period Glen Dobbs of Tulsa University started an Aerial show that puzzled the pros. His payoff pass was tossed from the Washington 36-Yard line to harder who took the Ball on the 30-Yard line and ran across for the score. Harder then kicked the extra Point to make the score read All stars 14 redskins 7. In the second half the Colleg the series. Ions pruned their margin when Early in the third period Otto Graham intercepted a pass by Baugh on his own four Yard line and behind Beautiful interference the former Northwestern University Star raced 96 Yards for a touchdown. Harder a placement for the extra Point failed to split the uprights. Both teams  score for the remainder of the Quarter and at the end of the third period the All stars led 20-7. Harder caught the Washington defense asleep on a weak Side play shortly after the final Quarter began and broke through the left Side of the redskins line to step 32 Yards Down the sideline for the All stars fourth touchdown. This time Graham booted Over the extra Point. Washington broke Loose with a wild passing attack during the late stages of the game but to no Avail. The Victory was the first for an All Star squad since 1938 and the third win for the College boys in the ten year history of the series. Coached by Harry Stuhldreher of the University of Wisconsin the All stars handed Washington the most decisive setback a professional Champion Ever suffered in championships starting sept. I at Forest Hills will be foreigners military men 4-fs, or ancient Racquet wielders who Are Over 45. Like every Sciort Lawn Tennis has Felt the effects of War and the Star amateurs who graced the Forest Hills courts in other years Are looking through camouflage nets and tossing hand grenades into the air on the several Battlefront. Ted Schroeder has received permission from the Navy to return to the scenes of his greatest Triumph and defend the title he won last year but being a sea dog has been a full time Job. And Schroeder a Tennis has lost the keenness that comes with Competition. With Ted rated As no better than second top Billing goes to Pancho Segura the South american bouncing boy. Enrolled at the University of Miami under the More should be Able to Bounce Rig it past dodgers 17 1-2 games Down and mediocre opposition next week. Holding tightly on to the Bottom rung of the first division. Unless some dark horse comes Engarde May Echo on i sport Fields out of the Bright Sunshine of California the Only Trio that can stand on the baselines and Trade shots with Pancho is composed of Seymour Greenberg Clay courts Champion who inflicted Segura s Lone defeat of the season it. Joe Hunt whose tournament play comes second to his Navy chores and aging Sidney b. Wood jr., now far beyond the Peak that won him the reputation As a Brilliant court tactician and a place on the Davis cup team. Tireless and aggressive Segura came up from South America two years ago and entered the univer the two a Day showings in the american league brought the Cash customers out in record numbers but played havoc with the teams. Chicago and Cleveland chalked up the Best records for the week seven won and four lost but the Yankees held their ground with six wins and one less loss. Going into the Home stretch Joe Mccarthy a men have a Rosy Lead of to 1-2 games Over the Washington senators with Chicago Cleveland and Detroit bunched within another game and a half Back. Boston took the reverse honors for the week by losing eight sity of Miami so he could play one More thai the ath Tennis throughout the year. 1 Letica were at it in toss his colourful two handed drives and continual line of chatter in Spanish of course will add spice but Only because the a a did no to play As Many games. Connie Mack must have thought of lefty Grove and Jimmy Foxx in their 1929 to the nationals As Well As amuse a 1930 heyday As he watched his ment for the crowds audiences american league rec perhaps would be a better word a Raj Ylo a 20 straight games. For the Swanky Tennis enthusiasts .1 american Barracks throughout Tunisia May soon Echo to the cry of Quot in Garden which signals the beginning of a fencing bout. In France dueling has Long been a traditional sport and Back in the Days of snuff boxes and per wigs every French Dandy was As i ally conversant with the a code Duello the dueling code As the Model i who knows every a in the Book. In Tunis the fully equipped Salon of m. Pietri fencing Maestro is available free of charge to yanks desiring to learn the sport or improve their skill Al Pietro will give personal instructions. If enough interest in the sport is developed a series of tournaments and exhibitions in that area May be scheduled. If he were still an Amateur big Bill Tilden nearing 50, would be j i0tk�irolrheil i new York present Indica National title. But toe master ii tons Are that the Best football army Grid material a pro and the Golden age of Tennis a with its memories of Henri Cochet Reno Lacoste Fred Perry Ellsworth vines and Don budget has Given Way to an age of War. For Lack of a Tennis great put your Money on Francisco Pancho Segura. Team in America next season will be from Camp Farragut Idaho. It. Ray Flaherty former Washington of Redskin coach will have i Aldrich de Justice dim Barber and Bill Young from the redskins and Urban Odson and Bob Sweiger from Minnesota. Major league standings american league National league new York w. 74 l. 45 pct. .622 St. Louis w. 77 l. 39 pct. .664 Washington Cleveland 65 57 <533 Cincinnati 65 52 .556 62 55 .530 Pittsburgh 64 56 .533 Chicago 63 57 .525 Brooklyn 61 53 .513 Detroit 61 56 .521 Chicago 56 61 .479 Boston 57 64 .471 Philadelphia 54 66 .450 St. Louis 53 63 .457 Boston is 64 .443 Philadelphia 41 79 .342 new York 43 75 .364