Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Yards january 12 1945 stars and to by Dean Broome thing i we never knew about craps before Reading the armed services edition of suckers Progress by Herbert Asbury the game of craps is of French being a gallic implication of the English oldest Dice game in recorded the Oxford dictionary cites Wil Liam of Tyre who died in 1190 As saying the game was invented during the crusades by English soldiers at the siege of an arabian Hazart or Azart from which the game got its original pfc life Ujj to to there Are two theories As to How it came to be called craps in the new inter National dictionary says a throw of two aces at a whence a game of the French Dic Tion Nair analog que de la Lang aise adds de on Dit aussie and other evade acc indicates the term originated in France before the 18th another theory of the origin of the word recently cited by Tom Meany of pm As has to do with Bernard de head of a Rich powerful Louisiana family circa who was said to have loved a game of he became a most distinguished votary of craps during the period of the Louisiana game was probably introduced to him by Louis Philippe and his the Duke Demont Penser and the count de who visited the de mfr Ign borne in it was said that the americans in now to whom a French Man or Creole Johnny Cra Paud started calling the new Gumo Lator Crapo and finally author Ashur re cords this theory Hal adds that to thinks its Alf Gambler de Marinv was said to have lost enormous of Money at the crap table Bill with a characteristic gesture he named one of Tho streets in new Orleans old Burgundy Street he de raft perhaps like a lot of other he Nied the Day he Ever played the craps became a favorite of in the later with but it was at first not received in gambling As late As it was not deemed worthy of inclusion in any of the Standard  ally caught on after the turn of uie Joth Century it was one of the principal pastimes of the ref in France and still in the roaring Linos it Bald great at private supple menting bottle websters dictionary the in craps Are 251 to Ili against the cheating at Asbury says ability to Palm a pair of Dice accurately is rare and that the sharper who is really out for blood uses Loai led he crooked Dice can and so perfectly Araide As to defy detection by the most experienced yet the Gambler who knows their peculiarities can beat the which is enough to get the Snead snags open los angles Sammy Snett turned in a two below to capture first prize in the los Angeles Golf open with a Liole score of Iol looms dist Byron Nelson and Harold jug1 Mcspad ii were right behind Snead with it was Sneads third tournament Victory since being released from the Navy after a striped Middle Fias Walter Larrimore 31 of Hie Golden Hurricane Dodges an expected Low tackle by Albert Lara of the rebels and Harvey Allen also closes in during sundays football game which the rebels won 29 Tony 205pound Hurricane signal corps photo by is More dope on racing ban info wires spectre of honest toil faces bookmakers and Telegraph industries were called upon by the Federal communications to begin reclamation of All mechanical facilities and personnel used entirely or principally in the transmission of horse racing until such time As War conditions permit resumption there is no justification for continued operation of Domestic communications facilities for such the War manpower commission told the the order followed the action of War Mobilizer James Byr nes two weeks ago in Banning horse repercussions of which still have other professional sportsmen nervous about the fun while no immediate action against football and baseball is Byrnes issued another statement this week putting professional athletes on the t cannot understand How ath letes unfit for service can com Pete against the in the he in the Case of those rejected for punctured Thev seem to Bear signals All and i imagine they could hear first sergeant All and As for those trick Knees that seem to stand up on Ball i imagine they be Able to stand up say Byrnes that he had Annapolis new Navy it chief Washington William former naval Aca Demy Star and Pacific War has been appointed chief of the Navy athletic and physical training the third Annapolis Star to hold the succeeds Tom Hamilton and Frank the killer was officer of the Day when the struck Pearl right baseball carries on heres 45 opener Chicago William president of the american apparently Takin the manpower shortage without too much announced the league schedule for next season with Washington get Ting the traditional starting Date april 17 against the the full season gets under Way next Day with Detroit at Chicago at Washington Philadelphia Ami Boston at the season ends with Western teams in Eastern not lop Given any ing other consideration to sports along with horse and dog problems of employment for Job track employees caused Sou concern in track hut younger men among them were not too the Outlook was Darker for some older workers Mich As jockeys who is Ive been trying to got War Overly hut they All Tell me in too the racing ban caused inconvenience in other one Well dressed woman in a Box seat or Floii at the Fairgrounds in new Harbor and after curing for wound fighting fires and providing shelter for the survivors of damaged Kane joined the grim famed Pacific Squadron with whom earned Navy two docs and a presidential he saw ser vice at the Saipan and Day after the land Kane shut Down by am Rich him who mistook him for the a native of san a and former wrestling at has ii Uiese planes his t said ill her problem do with my now is after although track shutdowns at first glance would seem to present the appalling Prospect of honest to the nations bookmakers it is expected that a Good number of to pm will continue to Supply a Liou for those of a mind to Wager on horses in Cuba and Ca police commissioner Lewis Valentine of along with chiefs hns ordered his coppers to scrutinize carefully All known bookmakers and make a report on what careers they pursue Here Western coach missing Stanley k coach of first and Only big ten Champion ship baseball team in is miss ing in the Navy notified his was aboard the destroyer Cooper by enemy action in the Joe Texas a m Al american guard in and was killed in action in pm rope command i d an infantry Zivic snaps win string of youth Veteran of 14 Madison Square Garden main came Back to the Fristic Palace to win an eight round split decision Over Billy 18year old Philadelphia welterweight who his first loss in 33 ring former welter Champ now 31 years was too smart for the beating him on sex though Arnold forced the the entire on another ring a scheduled Johnson and either King Lovinsky or Lee Sunvold for 12 in Chicago was prohibited by the Illinois athletic who lost the heavyweight title to Jess Wil lard in 1915 and is now go years of failed to pass the physical examination ordered by the com Pyramid All Gull champs in pigskin classic probably the biggest array of football Talent Ever to meet on one Field in Africa will be seen in Cairo when a team of Usa Al stars meet champs of the persian Gulf command in u match tentatively scheduled for the squad of h stars will soon be picked from the six teams of to Pyramid conference and will will lie coached by Peter assisted by other coaches of the Amir Abad mountaineers currently leading in the pfc with Khorran Mshar dusters As runners both teams Are known to have formidable lines and the Grid Battle that is shaping up to be the Ever seen in this part of the six teams now remain in the Pyramid the bomb ers of Lluc step having dropped out this week due to a shortage of Baske Teers will clash for title on 23 Ohio the National collegiate athletic will the championship basketball game at Madison Square Garden March Harold of Mcaa committee chairman East Era elimination playoffs will be held in the Garden March and while Western eliminations Lake place at Kansas on he and is the defend ing Mcaa putting a scare into flying base Hospital ref Els the Golden Hurricane of Payne Field sunday waged one of the Best Grid Battles of the season but emerged on the Short end of a t0 the Tio need but one More Victory to cinch the Pyramid league were out gained and outfit fight by the spirited Payne Field squad until the Middle of the fourth Quarter rebel Al Bert Lara Dort id through the Hurricane line from his own 17 and outran the Field in a Beautiful 83 Yard touchdown Charles Carlander and Hubert Falk of Tho Hurricane pursued Lara Down the Field in the sensational Chase and might possibly have stopped him except for the skillful blocking Robert Knight of the the game was by far the Best of the Pyramid league season and had several thousand spectators sitting on the Edge of their seats of course through the which plavye4 without one of their Peter Laudati in the fourth period just before Laras Victory dash when Thuv had Pyramid conference includes of 7 4 2 2 2 2 1 l 0 t 2 2 2 3 58 19 46 58 38 19 13 19 20 34 58 38 rebels flyers Hurricane Blue devils wolves wrecks revised schedule Jan devils Hurricane the Hall on the rebels 12yard but lost it on tie rebels had previously carried to the Hurricane 8 in the second Quarter Fth a drive sparked by Bill Oswo skis 57yard run with an intercepted the rebels tried 13 completing while Payne Field tossed of which three were Suc but the rebels made the Hurricane passing attack look feeble by intercepting exactly half of Thowe and gaining 107 Yards on the base Hospital gained 41 Yards on passes while their annexed Only in Yards gained on the tin Hurricane also took a with i to but the rebel Fig ure included Laras 83yard which gives the Hurricane at least a moral Victory in their Rushing 180pounxl rebel left played Well and Corban hos Pital made several Good for the Nick Deprim played an excellent As did Archie Burford and Maurice John and the entire line was us miss Curtis honoured miss Ann Curtis of san fran National swimming was awarded the James Sullivan memorial trophy As outstanding Amateur athlete of the she is the first woman to receive the an Uncle Sam nips dodgers Brooklyn the dodgers bounced the loss of Pitcher first baseman Jack Boll ing and infielder Eddie Miksis to the armed services Miksis to the the others to the pole vault Champ missing san George former world pole vault is reported missing in action in Varoff soared 14 six for his 1936 worlds