Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                February 1945 stars us by Dean Broome Dan Parker passes on a gag going the rounds to the effect that baseball who once asked a Prospect what his batting average now hopefully inquire if his feet Are Flat or his eardrums Punk to Oregon basketball Howard has some revolution Ary suggestions for improving one of them being a Rule change to allow three Points for goals thrown in from beyond certain Point on the Hob son thinks it would draw out zone defences and Speed the game up a Little he said he had Dis covered that in 23 College games observed recently shots made from within 21 feet of the hoop Are 30 per cent accurate and beyond that there Only 20 per cent Cal the los Angeles Box ing phoned Western Union to Send a wire offering Lee Oma ten grand to meet Hilton Fitz Patrick in a ten round did you say a puzz led girl clerk replied do you suppose he would fight me asked the girlish University of Richmonds hoop squad is confined to the Campus this week because of an outbreak of mumps among civilians and v12 trainees at the 4fc to Ervin 16yearold los Angeles High school has on the line with the Brook Lyn he would have finished at Narbonne High in two More 4t to induction of Stan Musial into the Navy leaves the Louis cards with an imposing array of barring further orders from heres How the 1945 card team will stack up Catcher Walker accepted for limited service in but never called first bad second perforated ear accepted for limited service in 1jii but not has a wired third had bad Back Augie Hay bad knee Danny two bad pitchers Mort High blood pressure Ted stomach ulcers Blix if bad heart Al medical discharge from coast i Izard Harry Bud Ryer both pc is favorite in Weenie these Grid men who Wilf make up us Fimes starring Backfield in the Allstar game with pc were caught in a practice session on one of their reverse plays for sundays they Jeff to Albert Lara reversing to Bill Ostoski while Tony Adamle and Bill Britton Rush signal Corpt Ruff in squares count with Greco Bobby Ruff in proved persistence was profitable As he won a Deci Sion Over Johnny Greco of Mont real in a ten roundabout at Madison Square it was their third Greco winning the bout and the second being called a Greco had the better f the Early going but Ruffins fast finish won him the Greco lauded a very Low blow in the seventh round that floored the latter arose after the count of five and managed to in the next three rounds he hit Greco with everything but the water bucket and referee to win the Juan lightweight scored a fourth round Kayo Over Mike Belloise in when the new yorker was unable to answer the Bell for the High schooners tank but 7 Points in game Superb de sense by both teams throttled All offensive threats As Waukegan Defeated Evanston in probably the lowest scoring in High school basketball games on the game was scoreless for three then tied 11 As both learns made successful foul the tie then became my As each Side Sank a Field Waukegan scored the winning Oal just As the gun Allstar rosters us anime persian Gull 11 us anime name i i Anderson William Staron 26 Ray Muelchi 34 Robert Knight 42 Fenton 83 James Chapman 75 Quadagno 16 Marchikitis William Willis 23 Peluso 33 Nick de Prim 36 Leslie Perry 30 Cummins 2 Long 20 Baker 24 Harvey Allen 29 Gregory vambaketes 3 Herbert Katz Plemmons 74 Emil Hahnenberg 53 Angelus 92 Archie Burford 1 Charles Hoke 15 Schmedes 21 Corban Ray 46 Gerald Aberathy Stark 13 Norman Quenzler 14 Bill Britton 18 Carl Sipes 19 Albert Lara 27 Doitch moff 28 William Ostoski Schaefer 3 Tony Adamle 9 Edward Hougendobler 82 Robert Brady 81 Robert Wright weight 185 180 185 h5 180 180 173 160 195 180 200 190 100 215 225 210 1 80 205 205 190 220 190 175 158 220 155 50 80 95 75 183 165 1 80 205 175 185 185 e e e e e e e g g c g g g g t t t t t t t t t c c c b b b b b b b b b pc name weight Walsh 200 Holyfield 200 Dipietro h5 Mitchell 230 Dickson 175 Mcnamara 175 Mahler 160 Cortez 205 Rini 180 Benzel 220 Guidroz 1 80 Sneathen 195 Dundy 210 Mcmorris 195 Evanoff 195 Cycyk 200 Hooper 200 Maurer 220 Kolar 195 Plangemann 230 Israel 205 Fitzpatrick 180 24 Rex Shipman 205 Rajacich 90 Coney 170 Morrison 190 Perszyk 190 Lorenzo 160 Pavalunas 200 Ditanto Iso Wingo 150 180 Unick 175 St legs1 Ruddle the stage is set to lev Tell los Are not since byte the persian moved in with his horde circa 525 has there been such an invasion of Egypt from the sunday at the Alamein club circa will come the Kickoff and the dwellers along the Nile will have at a new persian this time on the Grid this is All to say that every thing is in readiness for the big Musafi Megg football compe pc having arrived with their team of 33 a coach and two and the local aggregation being keyed for contest after a weeks vigorous As the game Usa time seems to be the pics squad is built around the hard fighting Amir bad mountaineers who won the persian Gulf conference title with an undefeated season and we rent even scored on until the final game of the sea son when seven Points were made against Julian the chief Smith coached the mountaineers to Vic torn and comes to Egypt to coach them Hes an Indian and was once known As the Willi Ainette probably Smith will have his boys on the Hopster bounced in bribe scandal Brooklyn five members of the Brooklyn College basketball who admitted accepting a bribe to throw a scheduled game with Akron University were sex med from College by president be Harr the who said they re As part of a Ribe from professional gamblers Harvey Stemmer and Henry to Are Bob Stan Larry Pearlstein and buddy the King county grand jury handed Down indictments charging Bosen and a third unnamed party with conspiracy As t result of statements by the five Bluyers that they had been bribed to lose by a specified number of scheduled game game was cancelled of Lyle betting coup i o mis in l tin news the sensational Case set off a wave of indignant comment and investigations into Amateur Athle county judge Samuel Lei ordered Broad thorough and conclusive investigation of the bribery charges and the Kings Romity grand jury announced in would Conli Iuie its investigation into basketball and corruption and racketeering in sports of All both Amateur and la Guardia flays punks mayor Arch f of Al exp roed his Indi nation that punks an i procurers bad invaded collegiate sports and asked the sup port in putting these horns behind assemblyman introduced a Bill in the in ii legislature making Ace Enta of bribes by am Alexir athletes by fines up to an1 imprisonment up o the present Law ah4 University basketball coach who predicted last fall that College basketball would produce scan dal thai will stink to High heaven unless gamblers were chased from basketball games said that blame for the entire business in Brooklyn with College athletic lie said they had failed utterly to protect College athletics from he Signia of professional Gambl Allen further asserted that when the Day comes that people wont know which Are on the up and up athletic will be on the Way pitchers wont be announced Frank Piv Sidi m of the enter National in an Effort u gambling on baseball games a next sail he forbid All managers to announce the of Preim for the Davs running mate take Olf for states Stockholm gum Lar the wonder Haegg Ami Lla Akon lid Man embarked on the first leg of their journey to the ending uncertainly about their trip to compete in the indoor track they departed for great Britain by plane and expect to be in ame Rica in a few Haegg spoiled a somewhat in fashion in american journalists no longer can Call me the inn icing said crash kills Tennis Star Payto a Joseph mens National ten in was killed his plane crashed Al sea Miles East Tif he was on a gunnery flight with Uther his naval Tir his plane i a starting lineups us anime pc Ray c Israel Cummins la de Prim re Sneathen vambaketes it Creyk Burford it Dundy Quadagno be Knight re Mitchell Lara Bunick Ostoski he Britton he Shipman Adam left Slanchik Warpath for us Fimes Indian Albert who so far in the Pyramid league season Hast been very Al though Many have us anime wont have a soft Job on its hands to defeat the persian invaders and just like in the Days of there underdogs the Llue step says by two i jilt a Sakimk has a Strong line with a starting weight of 183 plus a fast Backfield com posed of Albert Bill Ossie Ostoski and Tony Peter Laudati and coed win Cowman Are doing the the local Al stars have played together daily for More than a week and by now should have a Sharp coordination that will make hem nobody easy six of coach Luu Datis starting team will be members of the championship base Hospital while three Are from the Golden Hurricane of Payne Field and one each from the flyers and Cairo Blue Nelson wins Texas meet Pis jilt 1st Nelson won the Corpus Christi Golf open with a total for 72 beating Jug Mcspaden by four strokes and by Laffoon and Sam Schneider who had Ivy each fur so his la n Roin a ii a Njie Riih i hoop Leagus tarts monday the Cairo military District league will get under was monday night with two games Lor and Friday of each special service came begin Ai and acl a in placed at the Myca Oil Ibrahim Pasha Street near Shep eight teams Are in in Jedi in the