Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                It from by Larry Leonard when Phil now discharged from the army and ready to return to organized base paid his old Philadelphia athletic teammates a visit the other Day he told a harrowing tale of How he was shot Down Over Europe and of later spending nine Konttis in a German prison when did you say you went Down asked talkative Bobo new it was August replied who in 1942 won 17 games with the tailed that iwas Mack night in replied adding quite that night the Yankees shot me tool Herb who perhaps has the greatest pulse beat on the whole of professional believes that unless Byron Nelson takes a badly needed rest he May suffer dire just before Nelson went to Day to win the National pea title with a Brilliant Victory Over Sammy one of the most gifted of the Many gifted contributors to the sprightly pages of dropped a note to this bystander wherein he said Nel son really looks worn Down despite his amazing the Guy has played More Benefit matches and made More Hospital appearances by far than any other Hes Gwing to take a Cou ple of weeks off at doctors this week Nelson decided not to play in the open and instead made plans to go to Home of Mayo who Only recently returned to the states from the european win fronts where he represented his own Chi Cago times thinks the current visitors to the Boss racing plants pay More visits to the and 850 windows now than they used to pay to the Little More than a year ago Sam the Boston tar baby who once had been among the greatest boxers and More recently had become a was Blind and he rather was virtually and a roof above him Only through his land Ladys then Al Learned columnist of the new York Herald Tri found Sam in his Dingy wrote stories about the legendary tar brought his Case to the and set about to raise funds so Sam could have More than a meager the Public Sams fund caught in a few months More than had been sub scribed and Al Laney set up an annuity for the annuity want a but it would take of the Blind Olid when the annuity was established some of his friends wanted Sam to move into brighter better stay said a Saint see a you know but have least to feel mail Way Aroun Heah wid Man an this Heah room is be ginning to feel sorta like a got plenty of Braccy and Good Friend Are com ing Ter see me an talk of times its just the Best place in the world Foah it haunt Cost a lot to make the tar baby but some sports enthusiasts had done a great Deal to make an old Man Janiro bows to Greco Johnny Canadian scored a unanimous eight round decision or Tony Janiro in the handing Janiro his second defeat in 40 Beau Gay wins Lassie stakes for 4 in Row Chicago nations richest race for two Yerrold fillies Arlington Parks Lassie stakes was won by Beau racing to her fourth consecutive with Whitney Enfil Ade second a length and a Quarter Ala dear was a crowd of watched the stealing Victory As Beau Gay took Over from Enfil Ade at the stretch turn and from that on was backed to Odds of Beau Gay paid and while Enfil Ade was and Ala dear net value of the race to the Winner was Odt nixes shipping nags by too Washington proposals to ship race horses by Barge in View of the ban on rail and truck car Rier shipments have met with Sharp disapproval by the office of de sense the Agency said it would takes Steps to pre vent Barge shipments if Necess possibility of barges and tugboats to transport horses had been advanced by Florida and Maryland racing officials in order to hold fall and Winter Monroe Odt direct said the shipment order would not be relaxed during present transportation crisis and no one could look for Cooper still Shine Bobby former american league strikeout hurled a no hit Norun game As he pitched his great lakes naval training station team to a 130 Victory Over the Ford motor team at great Walker former Cardinal hit a two run Homer for the july 1945 stars and they Wear Victory Emblem members of the league leading Chicago cubs who formerly served in the armed Are now wearing insignia on their to denote their former right Are army Paul coast guard and Harry the Bandage on live Gastons upper up a recent press 1945 series almost certain after Navy chiefs request 1945 world series was virtually assured this week As a result of a request by of the Navy Forrestal and Chester com mandarin chief of the Pacific they asked baseball commissioner Happy Chandler to make arrangements to Send the world series Winner on a 90day tour of the Pacific Ocean to play army and Navy teams at Advance Forrestal is so enthusiastic about the possibilities of such a tour that he commented in a letter to Chand Ler that it May persuade More japs to surrender because one thing All want to know is who Reading the biggest yet at Shinn Ecock near Hampton Long Hinrichs of new York stands beside a Broadbell swordfish he landed recently after a three hour and 40 minute Battle to establish a a Han tic Ocean fishing the old record was held by Rex Flynn of Pittsburgh who caught a 505pcunder in press this shows How eager men in the service Are for the world series to be Chandler and there no longer appears to foe any valid reason for not playing the annual fall playing of the 45 series has been in doubt due to transportation difficulties but Chandler said he Felt sure that problem can be worked out a suggestion that the series be played in the Pacific and free tickets dropped behind the lines of the baseball Loving japanese was made editorially by the Omaha world Herald this one game might be played at the next at Saipan and so the newspaper adding that the psychological warfare Branch could drop tickets inside Jap since baseball was Jap ans favorite game they might come Over by tens of said the professional football also May Send a team to War areas at the end of the National league season it was tentative plans Call for the footballers to head Europe Way Early in december while the baseball boys Are in the Clay courts was Cooke family affair new York Elwood Cooke made it a clean sweep for the Cooke family in the Eastern clan courts Tennis tournament by pair ing with Wood of new York to win the mens doubles title 64 Over Gilbert hah and Ladislav Cooke previously had Defeated Wood for the singles Champion ship and his wife Sarah pal Frey Cooke won the women sin Gles and with Dorothy Bundy of Santa won the to mens National league includes games of july new new Detroit tigers pc Ltd athletics saturday fought to it inning 14 tie in the most game of the Toas balt week tied the american league for the number 6f innings the league rep ref a innings to a 14 tie Between Lyn and Boston in the National league in Leon Joe Oescher pitched All the Way m that record contest equalled 24inh2ng game in 1906 tween the athletics and Boston won by Les 26yearold Detroit went the first 19 innings for the tigers saturday and relieved in the 20th Byj Paui Trout who made his second Relief appearance in two Days since Hoar Spital treatment for Buss Connie Macks started for Philadelphia and gave up the Lone he was relieved by Joe Berry in the 14th and Berry the tigers got 11 hits in 81 times up while Philadelphia rapped out 16 Hite in 84 to tips to the Bob Estalella was the games hitting Star with five hits m ten times Eddie Mayo and Bob Swift of Detroit each were up rime times without a hit and George Kell of the athletics went hit less in ten Browns to fourth the Lpuis Browns backed up their claim that they Are far from being out the 1945 race As they jumped from sixth to fourth place1 the same Day by defeating Nelson winning it the Browne had six wins against Only one defeat for the their Only fall coming at the hands of Dave Ferrise of the Boston red sox As he won his 17th Fer Riss still leads american Loop Hur lers in both number and percent age of did poorly for the winning Only two of eight games the Yankees won Only one out of although the tigers increased their Lead by a game with a 43 record for the there still Only four games ahead of the a Emu Eago White sox who rest Down in sixth the senators drop Ped from second to fourth mesday when they lost twice to 64 and but were Back at their cd stand two Days later after retaliating with a double defeat of the tigers 43 and All contributing to the general  of the baseball situation these dodgers in spurt Brooklyn stubborn dodgers who lost 14 out of 22 games this month but refused to sink out of sight in the National league race climbed Back into a tie with Louis sunday by defeating the cardinals 31 and the league leading Chicago cubs managed to increase their margin by a half game in what seems to be developing into a three Way this when they had five wins for the week against Only two the Only real change in the National league standings came As the Boston braves ran into a losing Streak against Louis and Chi Virmati and dropped six of their eight games for the allowing the reds to slip into sixth place Luyi winning Only half of their six games for the Cincy trimmed the giants twice 24 and to drop the giants out of the first division where they perched momentarily Early this the first game went 13 innings and Bucky ters pitched All the Way to his fifth straight the cards won five games and lost red Barrett turning Back his old the for his 12th win of the year the dodgers got four out of Hank Wyse of the cubs them 34 once for his 12th