Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Assault with intent to thrill stars and by Dene Tyshch one of those things r la Combe right in the night n 2 Gulf seea9 tilt the vociferous go his stable 2f from Tjie Gulf to Teheran to meet a team of local in la Combes stable was heavyweight Ralph his Pride and whom be has touting As a opponent for Joe Louis come wars not whipped everything in his class around the pc but is also remembered for his Cairo performance last a dive Wuhen h the Middle East heavy laurels toy trouncing Man Mountain Bill Wright Pound negro Ivans repeated v february 6th when h6 she lacked a South african the Teheran outfit didst have a heavyweight to oppose Ivans but Hin on card la Combe threw in another of his f negro who answers to James though there were few Ivans climbed into the ring a 5tol Ivans reputation and the Are Vaing Odds didst disturb Grant one Whit As he came out to carry the fight to Ivans and pile us such a Tead the first two rounds that he was awarded a unanimous decision in spite of a lastround1 rally by if things run True to form the sport pages Back Home will now be filled with the news of a Brand new heavyweight find who is a cinch to take Over the Brown bombers the stories of course will All have the signature of Al la i boxing impresario the Way the scatter Arm boys Are kicking and heaving the Ball around during the current major wartime baseball season has caused the retelling of the terrible tale of Mike Wilile playing third base for the giants m committed four Inis Eues on a batted banged a grounder to Mike fumbled the Nill allowing the Batter to reach first then picked it up and heaved it Over the first baseman allowing the runner to scamper on the first baseman recovered the Hall and rifled it to Grade to head off the runner at the sphere beat the runner to the but Grady fumbled the Ball rolled the runner dashed for Grady recovered to time for a play at the then tossed the Hall Over the catch ers one no hits four errors w 5jf Ruddy who used sting the Hall for the Washington has been cited and decorated for his exploits As a trans port Pilot in the Burma Eddie onetime Yale and ref boxing Ace is also serv ing in the years ago babe Hack Wally Chuck Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx were hit Ting homers today Ott is still hit look what wrestling has i descended to in its called team and Here you see Angello the Guy in the off ins Ike scores on one punch Lee Oma decisions Nova Ting romps Home free Fornall took the Arlington running 6 furlongs in Don Amechee sir Bim was second and spartan Noble was the flood was Nelso Mcspaden team Minneapolis Bvron Nelson and Jug Mcspaden teamed up to win the Golden Valley Best Ball Marathon with a score of 12g holes in 47k winners split Ike sensational Phila Delphia scored one of the fastest knockouts on record in stopping Joey Pirrone of Cleveland and Pirrone who had won 17 of his last u fights by knockouts lasted but 41 seconds against the two battlers charged to the Center of the ring at the Bell and Pirrone went Down under a Long a Erhand right from the Rof counted Pirrone out and Wil Liams had won on Only one Lee Oma extended his comeback string to 19 straight beating Lou Nova in 10 rounds at a used a speedy left Hook arid left Jab to build no a comfortable margin Over Nova who had won i straight Oma How nearly ran out of Gas in the late rounds and Nova moved in with a blistering Orna ral lied to hold Nova even in the ninth and closed with a fast tenth to take the Oma weighed Only 185 to Novas Armstrong White draw Hainan Erin Hank Armstrong and Luther slugger White fought a 10round draw in the Hollywood legion Armstrong tag show to go licit director on the nub of Ringling Bro Barnum and Bailey circus has announced that the show will return to for re pairs and then resume its Road no circus performers or Ani Mals were injured in the holocaust which stunned the who Dun it new York blushing Gotham policemen Are carefully avoiding a certain subject this week and no wonder a Clever thief entered police Headquarters and App Roria led in Cash plus Worth of War Bonds from a Safe in a detectives the Brazen thief left no ged the elusive White with the harder blows of the evening hut White stole armstrongs usual Thunder by throwing a constant barrage of rights and lefts and led the fight to Tami Mauriello returned to the ring after a Long Layoff and scored an eight round to Over Vince Pimpinella in Mauriello hammered his outclassed opponent All Over the ring for the first hitting Pimpinella at Vince was unable to answer the eighth round Bell and the nod was Given to Al Forbes Melio Bettina scored a ten round win Over heavyweight Curtis Hatchet Man Bettina won seven of the ten heavyweight Gunnar Barlund stopped Johnny Benson of India Napolis in the fifth round at Gal Tiger Chi a buy More War Bonds Hank who used to provide american league pitchers with a lot of Chews off a big of hot stove gossip with 3 Cirinese labourer at an american b29 super fortress base in the former Detroit Power House hitter is in special press old Curt Davis went out to the Mound last and out that had Meta Jim defeats dodgers the warhorse elbowed an Victory Boston braves to give the Brooks their first Victory in Nef Tilv three the 15 House dollars that the bums had piled Titi established a new Al time record for the Flatbush follies who Are now Tife two games out of the the sunday after an abbreviated week by cause of the ail Star marked the Halfway Post of the season and found the two Louis National league includes Garnet of july 2 l cd 54 23 Loti Fimburgh Cincinnati new York poll Ahaphia Chicago Brooklyn Boston 41 33554 114 44 36 1h 39 41 34 43 20 32 42 204 34 45 21 32 47 23 american league Louis new York Boston Washington Cleveland Detroit Chicago Philadelphia 48 37 43 36 2 43 40 4 4m 500 54 40 44 74 40 44 74 36 41 8 37 45 94 draft Board puts Crosetti in 2b and yank infield the new York Yankees Hopes for a Pennant got a tremendous boost this week when wort was received from Frankie Crosetti that he had been classified 2b and would return to the Yankees from his Job in a California 13year Veteran of the Jankee sparked the club to the championship last year he was suspended for the first month of last season and returned to find the Yankees floundering Nar the second Frankie took Over at Short and the yanks immediately pulled up to first place and were never fans Hope that Crosetti can re for the bombers again this year us his return will find them Only 2 games from the league Lead and have adequate pitching arid fair Fielding at Short and third has been the biggest weak Ness so far this season with Oscar and Mike Milosevic fail ing to show major league Munger Hurfey army win the Washington senators lost ajl but one cuban Ball player from 15 that started the season As the draft Board served notice that they must Register or return Homo out fielder Roberto third base Ryan a Torres and Catcher Ferrin i immediately packed their bags and headed leaving Only infielder Pedro Gomes who elected to take his chances with the draft George cards Eart Hier 44 Pitcher with record of 11 wins and one pitched the Jef Ferson Barracks team to a 42 Vic tory Over the Lambert Field naval Conn Tours blighty Billy Conn has hit exhibition Trail in blighty and will make a three week swing around army Camps during which lie will give 18 shows of three rounds Conns sparring partner for the trip is Harold Chica go Amateur Joe Louis is reported to he per forming before Soldier audiences in Northern army passes up Sinkwich local draft Hoard has rejected fireball Frankie Sinkwich for army ser Sinkwich already held medical discharges from the marines and merchant clubs still Riding in front of respective the a comfortable Lead of Gafie but the Yankees Are bad chewing at the heels of the Siisi 2 games off in addition to completing the Condo triple play of cards took three out of Theiu Ivd the pirates and Are on a Din Dong tattle for second tha bucs ahead Rcv four slim percentage Points a qty teams had two victories out of five for the one of Tia of Chick wins was Bucky Walters 15th Vic tory of the season his third shut out Over the the league champs have got run in 40 innings off t the giants garnered three out of five and1 the phils two out of three wins against two losses was enough to Send the cubs into sixth the highest position they have occupied since the Start of the against the dodgers Lone win Thev had three one of the braves two wins out of five games was Jim Tobins 10th win of the 84 Over Over in the american the Browns won three out of five needed every Victory As the yank yes took Over the spot on the strength of four straight the red sox slipped to third when they could win but one in the senators Hung in the first division by taking three out of the indians jumped Peg by dividing six games while the it Gerg were having a great winning four out of one of them was dizzy trouts 12th 73 Over the White losing four White winning two bounced the White sox from fifth to seventh in the the athletics were still win Niiva two while losing Eastern Anderson clips off blazing mile latest reports from the smorgasbord cinder paths is that ame the 25yearold swedish again showed his heels to Gunder Haegg at Malmoe Anderson was clocked in the remarkably fast time of for the Haegg was right behind him in whether the time will be recognized officially is yet to lie this is the closest approach to the mythical four minute mile Eiver War production below Par censuring a pics plans for limited resumption of of Robert Patterson Annex Mph my that the output of army plies this year has fallen behind schedule by per Tiit asserting that the manpower situation is no Yew More serious than assailed statements saying army Neete Are being fully