Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                February stars pc prime for twk1 it from by Dean Broome cuban racetracks Are having their troubles during these trying Oriental Park in Havana was closed for four Days last week because of a strike of horse owners who demanded that the Park management increase purses to per cent Over previous the management finally had to give v Ife de to War mobilizes Jimmy Byrnes says he int interested in the Job As baseball commissioner to succeed judge though his name was added to the list of prospective candidates and recently received endorsement by Many baseball Byrnes told the Greenville news he didst want the Post under any Cir pfc tv1 to Eddie the new chairman of new York states com says plans Are afoot to work out a new system for judging possibly supplanting the round around Eagan told boxing writers at a Din Ner in Ruppert brewery that there is dissatisfaction with the present system because no matter whether a Man wins a round by a wide margin or just manages to squeeze through he the same credit for to Bob Considine writes that the appointment of Young Nelson Rockefeller As new assistant Secre tary of a state spurs prospects for the staging of Ipa american olym pics in the not too Distant Rockefeller being partial to both latin America and Yale University has recently taken Steps to bring such an olympics to the Yale bowl and Rockefeller has been kept informed on the and speaking of a successor to Considine adds his Hunch that Jim Farley will be offered the Job and will take it sometime this Hikichi a army Captain and formerly one of nip Pons loading baseball was killed last month on a Paci fic Island by yanks of the 41st on his body was found i thick wad of newspaper clippings telling of his baseball Potpourri Navy for reseal used to be a wrestler during his intercollegiate Days at Prince inn the Norfolk naval train ing station basketball team is coached by John former hoop Star with Oklahoma a m the cards promoted Albert red schoendienst from their Rochester International league farm 10 the Parent club Danny lit card was exam ined i l a Philly induction station and rejected because of a knee in the Philadelphia sport ing writers named Marty Marion of the cards As outstand ing athlete of 1jil Robert Wilson son of Jimmy Cincinnati Beds was killed on a flight Mission in last final standings Pyramid conference rebels flyers Hurricane Blue devils wolves bombers 6 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 6 58 76 46 78 38 19 7 of 13 19 20 86 82 38 64 sundays result flyers wolves Middle East William Bennett 14 of the Payne Field flyers sidesteps Elvik of the wolves in the final game of the Pyra mid league season the flyers won their second dazzling Victory in two they held the Cairo Blue devils scoreless the sunday before to the tune of and closed the season As winners of second place honors in the signal corps photo by House that Jake Ruppert built sold to Syndicate piloted by Larry Macphail new biggest base Ball Deal in the history of the game was completed with Sale of per cent of the Stock of the new York their stadium and entire farm organization to a Syndicate headed by Larr Macphail who will be Dis charged from the army effective George Ruppert refused to sell the remaining per cent of involved the in Deal besides Mac Phail Are Dan Topping of the owner of the Brook Lyn dodgers in the professional football and Del millionaire Arizona of the total per cent was purchased from the three feminine heirs of the late Jake Joseph Basil Mcguire and miss he Len Winthrop for the remaining 10 per cent was bought from cd Barrow for a reported the Deal must be approved by the major league advisory Council and the american league but no objection is More than 350 including 115 in will change hands in the Macphail is former president of the Brooklyn dodgers and Cincin Nati reds of the National he will become president or Gene ral manager under the new Godoy to visit states heavyweight Boxer Arturo Godoy is in route the for a series of Macphail announced that Field manager Joe Mccarthy and farm club supervisor George Weiss would be the Fate of travelling Rex Weyant and publicity director Jackie Farrell was left in Mac pail is known to be partial to John Mcdonald who handled both those jobs for him at Brooklyn who was fired when Branch Rickey took Over the dodgers after Mac Phail Barrow is expected to remain connected with the Ball club As chairman of the Hoard of voluptuous figure of speech by Balogh new York professor Harry boxing announcer whose vicious abuse of the English language has spread his Fame to All Corners of capped his career with an extra special announcement 1ist Mon Day night at Nicholas Balogh was told to make a plea for the March of be fore the main bout and delivered an impassioned Haran gue to assembled fight fans mixing them t dig Down he ended his Little ration with and now the pretty girls will you with their Little give until scribes lose no time to Lampoon lovable Larry new York colonel Leland Stanford Macphail must feel at Home again when he reads the morning papers these Days because All his old pals on the press have started sniping at him Dan who called a truce in his spectacular feud with Mac Phail when the fiery redhead entered the Touk aim this week and fired away at Larry be cause of the Way Macphail hand led the release of the Yankee Sale Story to about the Deal at 10 Macphail said flatly deny theres not an Iota of truth to the Parker wrote the Day the Deal was an adding and brother Macphail used to Call Rue a liar the Sale was first announced in a copyrighted Story in the on Oiler writers wondered out loud Macphail would get along with Joe Mccarthy Macphail frequent sallies into the dodger clubhouse to excoriate Leo Duro Cher and fire him on the spot used to made interesting he always hired Leo Back again immediately but opinion is that if he tries any of that stuff on my will get his Irish up and go Back to Ruffalo he has plenty cabbage stowed while Macphail was taking bows at the nations newest club Eddie Murphy of the Sun reminded his readers that Macphail had a ten year contract is president yet the loquacious former National leaguer getting in on the big Deal As one of the put up a thin they May be saying mean things about lovable Larry now but just wait until he Sheds that uniform 10 and takes Over control of the Yankees from Larry May decide to join the army again for a Little Mangrum sets record Manga urn of los Angeles set a new competitive course record for the Al Rio country club with a 64 on the final round to win the Tucson open Golf tournament with a 72hole total of Byrd Saunny five under of 10 wins Texas open Byrd fired a final for a Thole total under to win the open Golf Byron Nelson was a stroke Back and Jug Mcspaden two strokes pass among new prexy for Sacramento George City councilman and funeral was elected president of the Sacramento club of the Pacific coast succeed in Harry Ludwig who resigned week on recommendation of Levite member Threeman commission duties of the late judg of a handling Bronze Star for Hanley Saipan Han former Roston University foot Bill i coach now in the has received the Star for Hanley and two enlisted men extinguished a fire on a Burn ing truck loaded with High explosives despite enemy fire and frequent High school swim record Des Iowa Roose velt High school swimming team Sei a new National interscholastic is Yard Medley relay Cov ering the distance in a Iii seconds better than the Mark the school team in run a athletic Mastery Usa pime and persian Leulf Grul Meu Are priming this week for what will undoubtedly the biggest football Hattie Ever held in those parts Africa for the Eastern hemisphere championship booked at the Alamein club for sunday in Case you haunt Tia game is rapidly developing into a super colossal with plans now afoot for everything from soup to nuts in the Way of football on the afternoons Tain ment to wit two teams of wac cheer Lead seven ladies to a will Lead the crowd in Hurrah for the respective and spectators will be provided with mimeographed cheer the better to add tothe gaiety of the Loretta of Sioux will Lead the wac cheer leaders from the Cairo de v special service has rounded up hot dogs which will be sold in the plus cokes to Wash them the 309th band from Huck step will contribute martial Melo Dies and other incidental music while a running commentary of the game will be Given Over a a Fred the Well known Middle East radio will move through the crowd with a interviewing spectators and preparing a recording of the event to be sent Back to armed forces radio service in los Angeles for distribution in the states and in other army Bernard special said persian gulfs aggregation will several Days before the game in order to get in some practice on the local squad has been busily engaged in scrimmage and Skull practice at gezira this the pc lads will come to Egypt bursting with Confidence if re ports printed in the persian Oxile Are any in the Issue of Iti refers casually to several past pc victories Over us anime on the athletic in says the pc flattened All from in it is pc hogged All the titular in table they persian Gulf swept the visitors aside in ruthless adds this modest 1jgc wants to demonstrate again its athletic Mastery Over Usa Kime and is willing to put on the Block its perfect record of remarkable these shrinking pc violets will build their team around the Camp Amir Abad mountaineers who Cap tured the local title and have flush ugly been described As Bril it ought to be a Good therell be unreserved seats Iii the Alamein club and Kickoff time is As its a trophy will be awarded the winning teams and individual me dais will go to docs to take another Shooti at Sinkwich Oma in Surprise win Over Baksi biggest Lee Detroit scored one of talk a of the boxing taking a ten round in Arinkus decision from Joe Raksi before in Madison Square Uina broke his thumb in the first Elmer violent los an Geles got a technical knockout Over Henry Jones of los in the ninth round of schedule j ten Rounder at mechanics it was rays consecutive Victory Ami he had Little trouble with Jones seemed Content to clutch and stay his lightweight Ike Williams Stop Ped Maxie Canadian welterweight in the fourth round in Fernando South american Drew with vice Pimpinella in in ten rounds after Pimpinella subbed at the last minute for Jimmy Bell of Wash barred from the bout by the Frankie sink former Georgia University and Detroit professional football Star who been released by the marines and maritime service and rejected once by the army for coi plication of has been recalled by his Oake county draft Board and will take a physical examination Sinkwich made All american twice while playing and also starred for the Hes reputed to have Flat High blood pressure and a bears i