Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Cairo, Egypt May 1945 stars and by Dean Broome the first protest to the new base Ball Happy emanated from the Brooklyn on learning that Happy had been named to succeed judge Lan Leo Durocher sent him this wire Nieman hit ninth inning Homer to beat me Here hereby file what do you intend to do about it false flashes and scrambled news reports of the past few weeks re Call what to a London newsman Back in 1901 when president Makinley was assigned to cover the presidents tour of the West his return visit to the pan american Exposi Tion at the reporter was on hand when the fatal shot was fired at he flashed his paper Mckoley shot at a few hours later he got an irate reply his editor asking him to limit his bulletins to news of real importance and not waste wires with details of president my Kir Leys Hunting Jim Mcculley in the daily news doubts whether this War in any of its produce any great athletes says it will be some years afterwards before Many really Brilliant athletic performances will be seen again opines that something will be gone out of the hogans and the like when they come out of Cairns wac detachment Basket Ball teams journeyed up to Alex Andria last weekend to accent a Challenge from a greek girls team oddly the was wound up on the underside of a 4322 we because having invented and Nur tured the game of generally except to win at but the wac defeat was certainly no Dis As they Learned on arriving in Alex that they were up against for nine years the girl of All Odt bars 1945 world bowl s i a ii All autumn sports to b y i a importation Horta j by us winding up Lor if Potpourri Twilight tear has been shipped from where she was caught by the Byrnes to Armstrong has reached India As head of negro Uso sports Collins is now sheriff of Travis Ami dresses for the Job in cow country boots and Trout pitched a 110 shutout a few hours after he became the proud papa of a Catcher for the red was an Fri Man until a year said to have been on the Wagon for two has shed 26 Liebs Connie grand old Man of Carne out two weeks Elmer former Michigan athlete and outfielder of the was killed in u plane crash in april Pat Demers left of unhook a furious right As fits left Snipes at the jaw of humberts mexican Zavala throws a Short right in the action was seen in the second Frame of a ten round go m new Zavala earned the Junior Loop race tightens yanks on top for 24 hours includes games new new new guard Jack Dempsey has arrived Here after three months by Larry Leonard an old Jinx to Pennant contend Steve Gromek of the lowly Cleveland Rose up once again sunday in his familiar role of record set the new Yankees Down with a 42 knocked the celebrated Bronx bombers from their Tempo Rary Perch atop the american league standings and helped throw the Pennant race into one of its finest Early season scrambles for while who helped deprive Detroit of the Pennant late last was stifling the big bats of the the Chicago White paced by the aging Tony Cuc a aided Washington a Dou ble setback to regain the top spot they had lost on saturday when knuckle Baller dutch Leonard stifled on six hits for a 30 with Chicago on top one new York the next and the White sox again in the Van on the Detroit tigers played Eveh Stephen Ball to retain third place were Only one game off the Pace by the White giving indication the american league Mav have a heated Chase All the though a Neckar neck Chase persists in the Junior the National league int quite so close although the Brooklyn Dod Riding the Crest of an eight game winning Are Only two 1ujl games off the Pace set by Mel Otts surprising while new York also Hung up an eight game Streak sunday when they bested the Louis cardinals 43 in the opener of a twin their winning skein was broken in the the cards winning giants Widen Gap the giants and their the found the invasion of the Western teams to their liking and widened the Gap Between them and the third i act Chicago new York derived Especial Pride in its series with the Cincinnati in the opener wednesday night Mel Ott propelled his fifth Home run of the his 494th in the major leagues and thus equalled the lifetime Mark of the later Lou ajl Ottie has to shoot for Are the Al time re cords of babe Ruth and Jimmy in this 61 Triumph Harry Feldman notched his fourth win and now ranks just behind Bill who turned Back the cardinals 63 for his fifth not to be outdone by the the dodgers handed the cardinals two then followed with a of victories Over the but were at the end of four innings of their sunday Nightcap when rain halted thus keeping their Streak the cubs could do no better than break even in two games each with the Phillies and Boston the unhappy reds flounder near the cellar and have seen their Bucky lose four american Loop tightens up new that the Louis Browns have started playing the american with three teams already waging a hectic expects a better balance of the brownies and White sox combined to blast the Washington senators out of the first and now the defending champions Are Tizio and a half games behind the Detroit helped tighten things by Whipp Agthe wednesday when dizzy Trout achieved his fourth they repeated Over the Fri and with the recovering red sox winning 20 in the aftermath when Al Benton notched his fourth it is hitting much of the Way that has kept new in the and in the on strangely enough the giants Are paced by three Phil Weintraub and Ernie have Given punch rather than paunch to their and Tony Cucci now leading the american league has surprised except perhaps by the Way he has Jimmy Dukes Washington the 1945 world series and season football classics were ruled out of the office of defense transportation because the army ment program will Strain transportation facilities to the limit Nekic the Odt said autumn sports of every kind would be hit by the necessity to save transportation by every possible not Only professional but intercollegiate and even High school sports managers Are being asked not to schedule any events which would put any on Public Only a Quick defeat of will prevent the j4 Monroe Odt the world he can not be played unless two teams Little Flower objects new Lugar commenting on the lifting of the horseracing in racing does no one any it has nothing to do with it has As much bearing on improving the Breed of horses As a Bawdy House has on ease draft Rule on pro athletes i Washington the govern ments wartime crackdown on professional athletes ended last week with a we announcement that special draft regulations affecting such cases Are leaders in professional sports quickly hailed the was action As the fair thing to do in Clearing up the Good name of these Athle the we explained that by its action 1 Ino More professional athletes to meet the requirements of general service will be inducted in the army 2 cases of men already inducted under the crackdown regulations will be re viewed and those found not Ren Dering useful service due to Phy Sical condition will toe Bob pastor discharged Sian Bob former heavyweight Box ing contender who put up two great fights against Champion Joe has been discharged from the army because of a Back trapped win in the same City and the an Nual Allstar dropped voluntarily last february by base Ball cannot be Johnson said that the Kentucky Derby june Bel Mont stakes and other racing itunes will be conducted on a trolley car basis and that football bowl classics were definitely All College football games be played on the Home Field of one of competing including the game was in Baltimore last fall As a feature of the War Bond Johnsons remarks came As Shock to who were optimistic after the lifting of the Rac ing the announcement came after the Navy a few Days earlier had requested the major leagues to keep the world series teams intact after the october classic had been decided so they might be shipped overseas As part of a pro Gram of recreation for the Derby set for june 9 As ban on racing ends Matt president of Churchill announced that the War delayed 71st Kentucky Derby would be run Here june he also released a list of 155 of the country leading three year Olds which had been nominated for the it is the largest list since for the first time in turf the triple Crown for three Jearolds will be decided on successive a with the Preakness and Belmont stakes to follow the the sports of Kings returned to the nation last saturday with open Ings at Narragansett and sports mans following lifting of the government ban after be the track set new records in attendance and the Mutual handle with spectators recorded on the honors for being the first Winner since the ban Welfl into effect in january went to 11 year old inight editor who copped the opening snorts mans Park in Chicago had a disappointing turnout of despite fair compared with for last years because of the Bulky Field the inaugural purse was run off in two two Veteran campaigners taking the first half went to Espino Gold who paid and the second half to paying Irvin Hall top Philadelphia at Metis second tosses to Richard Siebert Bottom in an Effort to tag Lindetta new York Yankee Cen trapped Between them in game last Edgar As finally made the yanks press Bales beats Lane Lou Nova wins again Joe sixth ranking unanimously decision Ned Larry Lane in ten rounds at Chi the Pennsylvania Coal Miner won five rounds and the Tren ton negro won with one Lou Nova punched out a ten round decision Over Gunnar bar Lund in a heavyweight Battle a new
