Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1944, Cairo, Egypt F r if from by Dean Broome some Brooklyn Joes in England got a Shock recently when the Lon Don daily printed a head line Reading Goebbels is after the the Story went on to say that Herr doktor was real mad about some Heinie ducking service of the fatherland by Means of faked doctors and that i they didst get the hell in War work by 15 they would be outside the common purely in the interest of history of copy of Frank Menke s new of sports will be preserved for posterity in the crypt of at Oglethorpe University in geor the crypt will be sealed sometime soon and is to remain inviolate until the year 8112 who used to be a sports but now makes much More Money As a press agent for the Kentucky Derby among other has produced a 628page Tome which is a Medley of sports facts and legend dating Back to neanderthal cat says originated in while chess is traced to where Terra cotia chessmen were unearthed in 1938 on the 14th level of the site of the ancient Tepe in Northern which belongs to the Elob eid at least go centuries on the other is said to to Only years the legend that Aimer Dou Bleday was the originator of base Ball is Doubleday was thus credited in after his by a committee of baseball including one who was re lated to Menke says baseball evolved out of Cricket and rounders and was played in the in the it did not really catch on until 1845 when Alexander cart Wright of York Drew up a baseball Square and promoted the first real game played on june in other Odd Menke findings the oldest sport is is third prob is the fastest Man Ever travelled is 780 Niph Cass houghs Power dive in a p38 lightning in England last the fastest animal is the who can make 62 equipoise world record saw him travelling 37 Gene bit a Golf Hall 120 Mph Tildon knocked a Tennis Ball at 118 Dempsey fist was once timed at 135 Miles per Odds and Enol is Joltin Joe the erstwhile new Vork now a sergeant play ing Centerfield for the 7th leads the Hawaii league in Bat with baseball scientists claim the bes lighted major league Ball Park offers no More than i per cent of the intensity of Daylight on a Clear afternoon boxing is flourishing in with sunday afternoon shows hawing to Lony Galento wild go overseas for the us Gunnar swedish whose ship has been torpedoed fou times under is now living in Brooklyn Between voyages but an injured hand will prevent him from fight ing George Levine and Phil if two old Brooklyn Bat Are playing extra bits for artists and Are hair in the recently on Broad Art Foster and Ted tour West coast Are featured As egyptian wrestlers in he technicolor Queen of he softball is the top recreation among yank fliers interned in German prison Camp stalag Luft wrote Dernar senior american prisoner september 1944stars and Middle East a pair of aces win sheepskins is new net Champ new Frankie Parker won the mens National Tennis championship for the first time after 13 years of Competition by defeating Billy Talbert of India Napolis 63 and 63 at Forrest Long Parker is stationed at maroc sailors outclass indians great naval training station continued its supremacy Over major league the Cleveland indians 174 As Virgil a Detroit hurled an East Frisco phenom Bill former new York Yankee Catcher left and bid former new York University track look pleased1 Over their diplomas after they were graduated from the naval v indoctrination school at fort last press association gis win semipro Diamond Crown the Sherman Field flyers from fort came through undefeated in seven games to take the Semi Rofes baseball title from Theenie i airy of the the flyers the Enid airs 54 in the final with Herman former Philadelphia Athle tossing the scoring the winning run and fanning 13 the flyers were underdogs in every game Ann 18yearold swimming Star from san has added two More championships to her win Ning the 100meter and free style events in the women National meet at Kansas International bears eke out 2421 win Over stars in Grid thriller the Chicago bears surged from behind in the final Quarter to take a 2421 decision Over the College Al stars in the annual precollege game in Dyche s t a d i u m at Glenn f o r in e r by of Tulsa and now of the 2nd air Force team in Colorado Springs was the whole show for the col Legia in the first Quarter As the Al stars got off to a 140 Creighton Mimer after the bears deep in collegian docks kicked from his own line and the Ball rolled dead on the hears for a 90yard the collegians regained the and Dobbs passed to Miller for the first store a ban of Indiana made it later in the period Dobbs dropped Back to find a and rail 1h Yards fur i of ill to Fumble on Johnny recovered in the end zone for a tally and Saban again the bears came in these cond period to tie the score on a pass by Sid Luckman and a line smash by Gary Famiglietti with Pete Gudauskas converting the Al stars took the Lead in the third when a62vard wound up with Lou Saban going Over and again the bears tied it up on the 18 Yard line with a sweep by Ray Mclean and conversion by Gua then the Allstar line stalled and the bears attacked in the last period on the five Yard Gudauskas came in and booted a 13yard Field goal for the winning fifth thousand people attended sat through rain in the second the Washington redskins beat the Greenbay packers in an exhibition game in Baltimore Sammy Baugh passed for two scores and set up the third with a Mes a i i a Fil m r 4 clubs in american Rice the new York Yankees copped a doubleheader off the athletics in two shutouts 100 and and shoved ahead of the Browns to take the Lead in the Nigger american league Walt Dubiel held the athletics to five hits in the first game and Miel Queen repeated in the Nightcap for the yank while the Browns were splitting a 1 1 i f a National league includes Garnet of 3 Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago new York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia l go 92 32 74 51 68 53 56 67 58 70 36 53 76 414 52 77 424 49 76 american league new York 73 59 72 59 70 59 Louis Detroit Boston cleveland1 Chicago Philadelphia Washington 14 7161 2 63 69 10 60 69 114 62 72 12 55 77 18 Fred Astaire in London England to entertain England As a ire is in new plan to triple outlay for go sports Washington a new emphasis is to be put on sports in Soldier training and the army has created a special command to carry out a far reaching it is Henry Esky former Lafayette College director of has been put in Char working under Brehon somervell and Joseph director of special ser vices a statement by Byron said the War has always predated the value of exigencies of combat training have necessitated emphasizing physical conditioning with competitive games limited to Lei sure As the tactical situation army planning can be expected to encourage the natural desire of the Soldier for competitive the army will spend upwards of on snorts equipment alone this and probably Dis tribute three times As much As was Given to the men last in 19i3 the policy on allotment of sports equipment was Worth per Man a this year More than per Man has been spent in half a year army Navy game 2 Washington of the Xavy James Forrestor announced the annual army Navy foot Ball game will be played at Anna Polis on Ike Williams makes it lightweight Conten passed his physical examination and will enter the armed forces Chicago the autumnal City series Between the cubs and White sox will not be played again this it is Ken Overlin wins in whistle Slop the fight game was quiet this the main bout taking place in Santa where Ken former middleweight made first Start since his release from the and decision Ned John of Kan Sas now a heavyweight after 2c months on Xavy is trying to work Down slowly to his former doubleheader with the Cleveland the yank surge put the Browns a half game behind first Only one game ahead of the third place Detroit tigers and 14 games in front of the red who Are huge going the Browns demise started when they dropped1 three straight to the their score for the week was five games lost and Only three in a sensational Detroit Victory Over Chicago Ditsy Trout hurled the got a a double and a triple for the Days pitching and Hatting draft jolts botox the sox won five out of nine games this week and looked like they might be the team to overhaul the but the draft hit them several hard Tex league leading Hal first string and Bobby red sox Star second were among those called to serve Uncle the yanks and tigers have most of their remaining games away from while the Browns have a slight advantage in that they finish the season with 16 straight in their own Allie Indian Pitcher who i cd the american league in strikeouts last has a blood clot on a vein in his pitching Arm and1 will be unable to pitch any More this National goes through motions the National league race seems to be All Over except for the Battle for fourth the cards Are already accepting bids for series with 184 games Lead Over the pirates and a 224 game mar Gin Over the Tolje cubs Are now Topping the giants for fourth place 24 after winning six out of nine for the the pirates had a similar re taking Throe in a Row from the the dodgers climbed out of the cellar and made Way for the who lost eight of their nine Frank Frisch signed a contract to manage the pirates in but terms were not a Short time before winding up the con tract Frisch was notified he had been fined for Arguier with Umpire Dusty Boggess in Chicago last canadians top softball Loop the Craf softball team has emerged As the champions of the 2 Oclock winning nine of their 11 scheduled the 170 my 2 tied with the sad sacks for both teams winning six and losing five for the a playoff Between Craf and the winners in the 5 Oclock Lea is planned when the latter gue Loop completes its the my 1 is out front by a Small 5 Oclock league 9 9 5 my 1 if id timers finance my canadians o officers 3 my canadians 2 orderly room 2 l 5 5 6 7 9 Stockholm Gunder Haegg won the run at Sund Svalin in considerably slower i ban his worlds record of
