Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                5 out of blighty these Days int doing the reputation Freddie Mills the most publicized fight Erin eng a of the latest re port written by to one of the pagers Back Honie after the fearless Isas sour a hunk of egyptian head Here is what he7 says Mills is nothing but a third rate bum Matching him wit Louis would be the biggest farce in Fred die  hold his own against Lloyd Marshall or even Les his Sivvie is amateurish and he leads with his his bes punch is an inaccurate left even match for Mills than Joe Louis would Ray to you May toe thinking in but in Ray could probably hold his own against on the other Jackie Patter the is one of the greatest Little men Ive seen re minding me of Jimmy i Hope we see him in America after the it a of a Marine corps dispatch from new Britain recently told of How an army scientist waged a Bare knuckle fight against a 10foot Crocodile and suffering from Shock and with both arms Phillin Dar Lington of managed to make his Way through the Jungle to a Field Hospital after the terrifying As entomologist of an army re search unit working with the a Darlington was prowling through the Hunting insect came to a stagnant Pool and worked his Way to the Middle on a submerged As he reached for a test tube of he saw the Darlington lost his footing and fell As he Rose to the the Crocodile closed on his it spun him Over and tossing he 190pound Captain As though he were a then it carried him to the i Darlington and it was like trying Etc in a sea of he must have struck a sensitive spot for the Crocodile opened his then the captains am to Odds and two promising Soldier leather Ushers r nut Host Pacific area Are i a artist in one Rel f and Ray mor Mich from he with the 22nd Fred pan former Eastern District basketball save he account fifth and Poss ulv it doping racing Grey a Soldier William Spicer was sentenced to Jjo Nuis imprisonment recently at old Bailey re 41 i r r me indicates with pensive cops Derby candidly nearly racing fans watched farms pensive1 put on a tremendous stretch drive re k m the Toth annual and the richest of All Der by Broadcloth j n up the Sun came out on Derby Day to dry up the track which had been turned into a sea of mud by 34 hours of continuous the with Conn Mccreary worked Forward to sixth place at the Milepost then As the leaders swung onto the last moved to the rail and roared Down the stretch to Broad cloth set the Pace from the three Quarter mile stick but count hold off pensive who won by four and a half lengths stir in urn shut up were in a photo finish for show with the race favorite stir up getting the nod by a sixteen horses went to the Post after Comanche peace Bells and autocrat were the Victory was the Thirl Deriv win for Trainer Ben Jones mis Souri who had Lawrin in and whirl away in 1941 ene Broadcloth stir up 34 Bartola does it again Sal Bartolo slugged out round decision Over Phil Terranova in Boston in a featherweight title Bartolo lifted the Belt from Terranova several weeks ago and it his first of the Charlie Grimm takes Over Helm of Chicago cubs Chicago familiar old figure returned to the Chicago cubs Bench this week following the announcement by the bruins1 front office that Charley Grimm had been signed As manager to succeed Jimmy Wilson who resigned Grimm formerly directed the cubs Al sex he to july he Lead the cubs to National league pennants in 1932 and Wilson has been signed to coach the Cincinnati a Job he relinquished four years ago to Boss the Casey Stengle has taken Over grimms Post As manager of the Milwaukee club in the american Lou Cleveland Mana has been rejected for military service because of a weak ankle he fractured it years ago playing sandlot Ball and re fractured it four years ago in the Indian training Gene Louis Browns and Johnny Hopp car Dinal outer were both rejected for military service at Jefferson Rookie Gene Mauch and veto Rons Al Zachary and Dick Weaver live sent up the River to Montreal by the Brooklyn Dod baseball standings includes games of May 7 National league Louis 12 5 Philadelphia 9 5 u Cincinnati 9 6 2 Pittsburgh 7 6 3 Brooklyn 8 7 3 new York 8 9 4 Boston 7 11 54 Chicago i 12 9 american league Louis 13 5 new York 9 4 Washington 8 7 Chicago 8 8 4 Cleveland 8 9 44 Boston 6 9 54 Philadelphia 6 9 Detroit 5 12 74 leading batters american league batting det4u Home runs a phi1 ce2ira sunday fast stepping gear grind i1s port softball team will take on the Cairo maps in a feature Ganio this May l at at 3 shrieked sex at the plate Headquarters softball National league 11 i 0 1 1 i 21 3 american league o wolves 1 regulars 1 j Kame 3 Protea 4 International Baltimore Jersey City Rochester Montreal Toronto Syracuse Buffalo Newark ow1 wasps women air Force service i jims Are now flying approximately Nve million Miles a month Perryma Trio United towing targets and m fighting spirit Washington Law american anxious to into the Are each Jay for Transfer into the in Fantry and overseas a noun recently announced by the the said the War is enabling the army to take full advantage of the youth and fighting spirit of i Hest in addition to satisfying their re quest to join overseas forces for Eluse Jarter font aet with the ene the infantry bound Soldier Given any additional Trai Nimitr necessary after approval of his trans Fer and is then to the onetime Ameri or court Charlie origin manager of the Chicago this week just in time to me the battered brains become major league club m 24 Yeaw to lose 12 straight games in the first three weeks of the in the Louis Hal the rare pleasure of seeing1 botox of their teams at the top of their respective each by i though the cards were Able to win but three of their six they actually added a full game to heir the pirate series losing two out of Mori Copper was again knocked out of the the third Timo in after losing the series opener with v the the cards took a double header 51 and on Thein uitto Fin Max Arta the Philadelphia Phillies from fourth to second place by Coppag three out they downed the giants twice and split with one of the victories was a is Effort by Rookie Pitcher Charlie schantes who won his own game out breaking even in four games was enough for the Cincinnati reds to hold onto third the reds their single game with the Uriba besides the card series Pittsburgh finished the week with three wins out of four As did the dodgers dumped Boston twice in addition to w Philly the bums the no hit shutout that Jim Tobin Hung on them last week by Knock ing the Brave Veteran out of the Box t0 beat him the new York giants Hod i Sastros losing six out of seven and plummeting from second to sixth Ewald Pyle san Ped the giant losing Streak at six games by edging Boxton Boston braves lost three and won two of the victories were by Ira Hutchinson who set Tae giants Down then relieved the next Day to beat them again this Chicago cubs blew 8ix brownies set Pace the Louis Browns had their Lead whittled Down when they split six they won two out of three from Detroit but could Only it one out of three against Cleve Jack Rookie Brownie won his fourth and fifth sweeping All four games enabled the new York Yankees to go All the from fifth to second place Iney dumped both the athletics and the sox the Washington senators copped four out of six to land in third they divided two with bos then three out of four from White sox on drive the Best Ball of the the Chicago White sox Rode out of the cellar to fourth m the strength of a five game winning they slapped Cle Veland twice and Detroit three Bill Dietrich hurled two of the 3j against Cleveland and 41 Over the Rieveland indians split six one of the 9wi Over sex was Mel harders Lyoth Victory of his major league 6 Ami winning one shot Boston red Gox from third sixth i the Philadelphia athletics blew their losing five of to skid from to Detroit tigers took cd Jayr virtue of dropping five out of e up buy More 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