Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                September 1944 by Back in the 80s and those faraway Days when grandpa was a Gay Blade and ladies wore High buttoned shoes and life was less Well regulated than it is in those Halcyon Days american interest in records and Champion ships certainly took some Odd Joe who did some schol arly research on the subject has Corne Forth with Rich material on Freak contests of that bygone Here Are some of the going son which used to amuse grandpa and Winch might be amusing even now it jail eating quails eaten daily Between 4 5 for 30 consecutive with the use of other digestive aids Tyre setting Mccann using three Quarter double solid minion 25 Ems measure reprint with helpers to empty the set Ems in 19 Skittles Hub hard set up and knocked Down h full frames in 30 minutes at Lon Don March butchering bul lock dressed in 3 40 be Goeasy Duplease style by John Chicago ten sheep dressed in 33 25 sheep dressed and left ready for Market assistants killed Sheen and handed them into the rinse i7i one 26 minutes by Obrien of Type Var iting cont iss Marv writing five minutes each on Legal testimony and Ordinary wrote averaging 99 words a min Ute at in Oyster and Clam opening 1884 William Lowney opened 100 Erst ers in 3 3 John Weinhart in new York cite opened 459 clams is 30 minutes hopping Turner in London hopped 80 Yards in 1u rope climbing contest using hands climbed 17 6 inches in 7 seconds at the Yale gym in ratting contest Jimmy Shaws killed rats in less than 100 in folding Cox Flynn folded three folds Heads in 13 seconds in Iho department of san Francisco examiner in Chin inv th1 did it six times with his and 12 times with one band at the Louisville contest Peter a Halsey turned Iii horse in 1 47 17 seconds at Oase Hall Tim Tolving coxed Crane throw a Haschall foot Aivil Inch in Cin contest Harry with an assistant to do the shaved 70 men in minutes at London in saw min is Brothers Sawe i through a Loinch Liard Maple log having three knots in 31 seconds in gastroxom1cal Derby Charles Pearsall ate 30 soft boiled eggs each morning and afternoon for six consecutive Days at Ross restaurant in new York j Haker ate six pounds of cooked baked Beans in 10 minutes at to the same Pacific coast league final standings los Angeles Portland san Francisco Oakland Seattle Hollywood Sacramento san Diego 99 87 86 86 83 76 75 l 70 82 83 83 85 86 95 94 pet fall madness hits colleges under the watchful eyes of Cwych Lynn Wawor these Northwestern candidates race Down the Field at in nine race Letterman returned with the squad this to a Good Start this hammering Depauw a practice the wildcats got off press stars and Middle East f Ris lie red h of race to wac world series games will be broadcast Over Cairo radio stars and stripes will sponsor a play play recreation of the world series to on station meters on dial on the Day following each clans tie Troy score touchdown after final gun football noved into the National spot Light As the season really got under and the most thrilling Zigann of the week was a lom3 tie Battle Southern califor Nia and out the trojans were touted to win after they annexed a 136 Lead with five seconds to play and kicked on the fourth Down in their own Johnny Roesch took the Boot on his own 26yard line the gun aiding the game while the Ball was in the Roesch skipped 75 Yards through the frantic trojans for a score and brought the count to then Bob Bruin Quarter reentered the game and tried for the extra the Ball hit the Cross bar and bounced to the just Clearing the bar for the tying hoosiers lose to Illinois Lodi Irois beat Indiana Lynok in an other sparked by buddy and Don Greenwood for Mer Missouri sugar Illi Nois forged a 120 half time deficit the win the great lakes came from behind Purdue Lead to win finally As Jim Youel raced 93 Yards air the score won for the sailors in the final period other scores Arkansas 7 Atlantic City 3 Baldwin i3 Bucknell h 31 rams 30 guard 4 site 67 27 Cornell 39 Dennison Duke 6 i Frank Marsha 11 20 Warren Adolphus n Greenbay 42 Harvard Iowa preflight 19 Kentucky 21 Kirksville 28 Mustangs 20 March Field 56 Miami Ohio i3 Michigan h Western 62 aggie 41 Pittsburgh 26 Rice 57 Rochester 21 Carolina 48 Seattle 42 2nd air Force 7s aggie 39 Christian 1 3rd air Force 39 Tulsa 47 Villanova 3 Wake Forest 41 Missouri Swarthmore Bowling Muhlenberg marys cards Tutts Washburn Norwich Syracuse Ohio Richmond ursinus cd Crado marys bears bares Minnesota Mississippi Warrensburg wildcats Diego Oberem Marquette Depauw stat Virginia Galveston Union Newberry Oakland Whitman Kansas cd Texas Scranton 6 0 6 0 7 28 7 0 0 6 6 7 6 6 6 28 6 i 3 7 6 7 7 0 6 13 0 Baltimore wins series Baltimore orioles heat Buffal 90  league to in sub Kafoed by Tarn heavyweights returned to Madi son Square Garden this Tami Mauriello scoring an eight round knockout Over Lee Pina of Oma was a Las minute substitute for Joe Baksi who caught cold the last two Days before the fight and though Bady out of Oma was on his Way to a stunning having floored Mauriello in the second and taken All but two rounds up to the eighth then Tami caught him with a loft Ralph Zannell Coley Welch fought a Battle for the new eng land middleweight with Zan Nelli being disqualified for rough Zannell was leading on Points started a rough House and the battlers wound up on the floor after the sixth round still biting and each Ike Williams knocked out Fred die Dawson in the fourth roid of a lightweight fight in stopping Dawson winning Streak at Willie Pep Kafoed cab Lewis in the eighth Canto at in a featherweight Jackie Wilson decision Ned Cleo shuns in a Light weight will be from Given by to Louis tote brow Tig wanted the feed sox As 8ig Jakucki tossed a to tie again with Detroit for the american league Lead tuesday yanks beat White the hottest thrill in the the Airt rican baseball race is moving to a Climax with Browns and yanks still in the running for the Louis copped five straight two from the two from the athletics and one from the bed to tie the tigers for first place dizzy Trout won his 27th Victory for Detroit and put the tigers Backlu the Saddle on half game the won five and lost two for the dragging Back to within games of the last week they had hit the dropping in a Row to fall Back to four games Hal Newhouser also got his 27th win on the Mound tigers in a 95 Victory Over the red sox the main Power of the Bengal climb other than has been Dick who hit three homers in three Days to steer the tigers to the he has hit near since returning from the Brownie defense cracks the Brown defense has started to leak in tight but the Browns have the advantage of All their remaining six in their own the red sox two More and finish with a four game series against the the brow yank series will make the Competition for the tigers since no matter which team the fight for first place will be As hot As the red sox have now dropped of even a mathematical Chance to being m games in arrears after losing All eight games for the the tigers have two More games with the athletics and four with the giving them the advantage of opposing two weak Rufe Gentry and stub Over mire have also started pitching Good Ball to take the Load off new Houser and the broadcast Fred Foy each the series starts in Louis next so the first game will be heard Here on thursday at fans come through for old Mound idol Louis Grover Cleveland pitching hero for the cardinals in the 1826 world be was taken into police custody Here when he was found wander ing through the streets in his Par he admitted he was penniless and said he had walked away from the Hospital where he had been sent for old Pete was reported working in an Ohio War Plant several weeks police and the american legion Are raising funds to help Haegg ordered to rest Sweden Gunder Long distance running has been ordered to cancel at least four races during coming a physical examination showed him to be suffering from Ove Rexer bet at Aqueduct new record Aqueduct crowd of placed bets total Ling an Al time track Mark of Ball stars will Bat Breeze in five overseas Heaters four i Uli Illet new York five troupes of major league base bal will i feud overseas shortly after the world series to entertain soldiers under the auspices of the Uso a m Ujj the associated sponsored by the army special services i n cooperation Wii the Ameri Nional 11 act players and managers in Mel included Dixie Walker in the roster of Vul Niers who visit live tiie Aier of of Jearlion ii Jouis from uvula Larte Louir former Usu umpires and five baseball writers also agreed la tie overseas Leo Frei ii Fitzsimmions Frankie Frisch Luke Sewell Steve Oneill on Tjie i in the on behind big league Dixie Walker of who appears to be leaded the no Tunal league batting will a to delegation of circuit pfc formers Liat can Lea six c Alii i on in lie of i i i Iii he ii users a id v the inside goes and Joe Medwick of new hip Sewell of Pittsburgh and Bueky Walters of a Yankee contingent of Nick Johnny Lindell and tuck Stainback Heads the american league a pliers Are Don Gutteridge of Louis and Joe Kubel and dutch Lei Murd of Al goofy will be along Arl Veteran giant Ace now head of the clubs minor league will make the trip with Vernon lefty sex Waukee Star using Coachi of White and Harry Ileal Fonner Beans Reardon of the National league and Hill Summers of the american be present the and John Carmichae of Tom Means and Arthur of new Jack Melaney of bos ton and Stockton of Louis Are the touring it is emphasized that the players will not Imo scarily play Ball but u ii Ifrain the troops with store telling answering questions arid Hase Bills in shows to be conducted by the films if the 1914 world series Wil lie with a running c Ary by the american league include games of 25 l cd 85 65 83 64 i 81 66 2 74 74 11 7 78 134 69 80 is 68 81 62 86 22 Detroit Louis new York Boston Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Washington National league Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago new York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia 103 46 88 60 86 63 17 72 75 30 65 83 60 88 60 88 58 89 44 Zonnenberg Dies Washington Gus ily Earold wrestler credited with introducing the died of leukaemia recently at the naval the National Loague Pennant went to the cardinals by a 13game with the pirates in for and the reds the giants stumbled and drop Ped eight while the cubs were winning High to Lake fourth place in the Medwick presses Musial the cards Are still staggering with Max la Nier having taken five straight i at Mort Cooper and Ted Wilks have been shelved to cover the last starts and hitting has definitely been below the usual the main headline event in the National league is Dixie walkers baiting the Brooklyn Star has boosted his average to Over to almost Clinch the Tine after hauling with Stan Musial of the cards for hitting honors most of the Ducky giant made a bid to overhaul pulling up within four posts of the card then hitting a