Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1945, Cairo, Egypt July stars and take it fro m us by Larry Leonard Golf Doms most proficient shot makers converge upon next monday to participate Iri the annual championship tournament and it is doubtful that Samuel Jackson Snead will be a contestant for what in wartime is americas most important Sammy the Slammer won the prewar in Atlantic where he Defeated Mike tur Nesa in a hectic 36hole final then he enlisted in the Navy and at the Tail end of 1944 was Dis immediately he returned to the form that had made him one of the worlds greatest links he challenged Byron Nel son for now As the Sammy tried his hand at softball the result May be slightly discs for the Slammer split a Bone in his left and Freddy the tournament Bureau figures he May not be Able to go to in quest of the title Bob Hamilton won last year in but such an Accident int unusual with Hes always doing something like Sam is an Allaround consequently when he has a Chance to play baseball or softball As in this usually grabs this current injury brings Back that Spring in Petersburg in the land of Sunshine on the Brink of an important Snead decided to wrestle with one Vernon then something of Pitcher with the new York the result at time a Back injury it nut Sammy on the shelf for a spell and Cost him some important looking Long unquestionably along with would have been a favorite they usually go to the Post As the one two combing and their backers collect More often than they for the first time since 1929 the National familiarly known m baseball dugouts As a pitchers has outdistanced the american league for currently the National league batters have an average of As against latest averages showed some 18 batsmen with averages above the select Mark As against Only eight such hitters in the tins is a far cry from the Day when hitters in the National were scarcer than a new taxi in you crot to Mel Buck Bill Nicholson and a few other Fellows and then you to the american was boasting the peer less Ted the Yankee Joe Hank Rudy Charley Tommy Bobby Sam Dick Wake Pinky buddy be Barney and Luke Appling and a Host of the american league just had that they outhit their rivals by great but now most of the american leagues who wielded the Micro to Willow Are in the most of the Topnotch National Phil Whitey Ray Sanders and Dixie still guff no hums Lou Nova has lost another this time to Tami Mauriello in Boston in the first of the who stole 54 bases a year ago to remind old timers of the exploits of to has pilfered Only 10 this year and Here it is july blocking Back of the Boston col 1ege has been discharged from the army and May sign with the pro among Reje tees for the armed services Hank the cub who remembers the Good old Days when Parker developed a new forehand shot with each inter View and finally he got that won him the National singles Anita Lead at the far the Tanha i the Lead far thumbs up stood off All challengers Here Sacy to win the 000 Santa Anita Handicap in re Cor equalling p the six Earold Given a masterful ride by the Veteran Jov by matched sea biscuits record of for the mile and a Quarter Money thumbs up res isted efforts of Texas Sand a 12 to Choice who ran second and Gay Dalton the mexican show but once to ft6 turn u was thumbs up All the Way and when they nit the finish line he was half a length ahead of Texas thus returning his backers and Texas Sandman paid and while Gay Dalton show Money was Triplicate finished fourth bankroll for Buckshot after his Longden who has Ridden Mere winners than any jockey who Ever told How he had employed a particular method in order to win with Louis Mayers old thumbs up had been assigned top weight of 130 due to Long Dens ingenuity in employ ing one of the smartest Legal tricks in he carried no dead weight on his weighing Only 113 pounds Longden stuffed pounds of Buckshot his Money Belt and wore it around his i wanted to keep weight off thumbs up so i carried it around my Johnny and this Little trick not Only added to but added dollars to his Bank this amount being his 10 per cent of the winners thumbs Louie six eared gives the rest of the horse Fitz quits floundering phils Ben Chapman takes Over reins York Yankees to the America league night of Juhe 27 Erback the lot Lis 72a for shelf then the who on Day baffled by v leonards de out front once again win Ning on vow Shirn ton with Hal Newhouser achieving his 12th pitching of the season and sixth in Crow Ley offers Grid team for overseas new York Jim Crow commissioner of the newly formed Al America football Lea has offered the leagues services to the army special ser Toto Ohe time notre Dame four horseman and later Fordham coach offered his personal efforts and those of the entire league in assembling a professional team culled from rosters of league teams to go overseas and play army teams in the european since no games have been scheduled for this year in the new league the teams would be free to Potsy in Nebraska it George Potsy nationally known College and pro football has been named Mentor at the University of Nebraska for the 45 Cleveland Lou manager of the was rejected got military service Here be cause of bad disheartened Over the Lack of Success achieved by his Fred Fitzsimmons this week resigned As manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and general manager Herb Pennock immediately signed fiery Ben Chap Man to finish out the i want to emphasize that this was entirely a voluntary action on the part of pen Nock one time outstanding Pitcher with the giants and had become Pilot of the phils in mid season 1943 when he replaced Stanley Bucky who was fired by Bill then owner of the loss of players to the armed service and inability to Purchase sufficient number and Quality of youngsters has hampered the club under Fitzsimmons this has been Verv discouraging to Fred and to us in the front Pennock played the babe in naming Chapman to take the Phillies selected an Erst while american league Outfield Chapman once teamed with babe Ruth and Earle Coombs to give the new York Yankees what Many experts consider their Greit est he had a lifetime Bat Ting average of when he quit the majors at the end of the 1941 at that time he entered upon a Brief but successful Mana Gerial signing As Pilot of the Richmond in 1942 be piloted the Colts to second place in the Piedmont go them into the final of the Shaughnessy playoffs and then had Umpire difficulties in the final the ultimate result was that he struck Nelson adds Victory open to Belt Chicago Byron the umbrella fired the same kind of Golf that has made him the nations Money Winner As he Avon the Victory National open title Here monday with a 72hole score of 13 strokes under playing like a Nelson won by eight pulled far ahead on the final two rounds when his archrival and close Harold Jug blew to a 76 on the last was Able to tie for second although his tee shots frequent got him into some Nelson blasted out of the rough and Sand with his Brilliant Irons arid finished the final two rounds with a four under Par 68 and a his closest fell apart on the final round and saw by Laffoon come in with a final round which matched with his third Roud to tie for second Claude Louii Detroit finished a surprising fourth with a four round aggregate of Mcspaden and Paffoon posted 000 during the various competitions leading up to the Victory Nelson and the Veteran Chick Jii Cacao won the pro senior title with an aggregate of 295 while Laffoon and babe of won the pro lady Competition a 305 the pro Amateur was won by Mcspaden and both of whom Sank putts in excess of 15 feet on the final to Edge out Sain Byrd and Bob his Louis Amateur Mcspaden and Burkemo posted richest tournament in America at this it marked the third Victory for Nelson in the Chicago signs of autumn leaves Detroit the Lions will be Gin their football practice in late August on the Caiaphus at Assumption under the watchful eyes of coach Gus an Umpire and was out of baseball by order during As manager at Richmond Chap Man tried his wares As a in 42 and 44 he was so Success Ful that Midway Jast summer Branch Rickey bought him for the he with Brook Lyn until his recent Sale to the Phillies in Exchange for Catcher Johnny Chapman came to the major leagues As a third but after one season was moved to the Outfield by Joe his Speed him the major leagues outstanding base pilfered Over a period of and his fiery manner reminded Many an old timer of the Peerless to a College athlete at threw caution to the winds when he got on after leaving the Yankees he played with Cleveland and Washington before deciding to quit the majors to try his hand at while managing at Richmond he Deve loped Louis currently Brook Vns Outfield Star who is now Buckeye is College Champ 22yearold Ohio state Defeated Johnny of Michi 4 and in the finals of the National intercollegiate Golf Cham Ohio state won the team i Hank Spankus returns Chick Shin ton turned Back on Aix Buff then the athletics a ridged into Trot and won but they got their big impetuous Sundar when they hampered the feeble a a in a 95 and but the is not in the tigers winning it is in helped them for High up Hank Greenberg came Back to the fold sunday and in acis first league game fans saw the onetime Home run Star return to Labriny air corps drove an eighth inn info Homerin the left Field a told was up five flied out oni three walked once and homered to help dizzy Trout notch his eighth Diz needed some other too and Al who had been out wifi a leg injury for several re turned for Relief National league includes games of Brooklyn Louis new York Chicago Pittsburgh Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia w l 41 25 36 29 37 31 33 34 31 32 31 28 19 52 go 5 54 6 24 american league Detroit new York Boston Chicago Washington Louis Cleveland Philadelphia 39 24 35 27 3 33 28 5 34 30 5 6 27 32 10 27 34 11 20 42 the front running Rook another Lien on the american league Bunting when Hank Greenberg joined the club this after Hie discharge from the Here he is with a couple of o44 Wagon tongues that he has lust taken out of the press buy More War Bonos meanwhile after having tied for the went into a suffered a 94 defeat at the hands of the who thus ended their own fou game losing and Alten took it on the Chin three in Row against the Chicago White including a double header in their Mound Hank was blasted to the Holmes blasts 3 homers while the tigers were pulling ahead in the the sur prising playing Host to the invading More than held their and when the rejuvenated Boston packing the terrific Wallop of Ter Rible Tommy turned Back hum bled them in a twin Bill 3 and the thank held a game in the Pennant the were games off the but they handled the cardinals with virtual ease and their Holmes three of five homers hit by the Boston Tommy hit his first four master in the opening game to stretch his consecutive game hitting Streak to thus helping Mort Cooper achieve an other win at the expense of he former Jim with the help of some Homer hitting by Holmes and Chuck beat Blix Lon Nelly in the after this twin defeat for cards helped the broke even with the both the giants Ami inv see bases All on
