Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1945, Cairo, Egypt November 1945 stars and East persian Gulf there May have better football teams in then again there May not have you Thih of the trojans of South Ern the old Iris hers of notre Dattie under the Minnesota mashers of the mid thirties tinder Bernie the Pitt panthers of the late thirties under Jock Sutherland and the Chicago bears of a couple of prewar years when Yott think of the great Gridiron but now to this Gallant collection of Stalwart masters of the greensward must be added the United states military Academy teams of 1944 and this unquestionably must be one of the great teams of All it is even Folly to say it is one of the outstanding teams of a this is a team that is in a class by composed in Large numbers of former outstanding performers at other major Colet eyes and a sprinkling of promising the army team is loaded with saturday it All but humiliated a previously unbeaten notre Dame 48jv running a year previously it humbled the fighting Irish in their most devas Tating defeat in and this time the cadets repeated with just As much from this Distant Point i wonder How colonel Earl Blaik picks the he has such a collection of stars would appear difficulty to determine who would compose the starting two sensational Glenn Davis and Doc in his Backfield and in shorty Mcwilliams has another All America it was my idea that Dick who played himself a really wonderful is in the same category As his More famous Waterhouses general his defensive play were outstanding to make no mention of his six extra Point conversions in seven attempts strike when the Iron is hot against the Gallant fighting the army wasted no All told the amazing time of 66 seconds elapsed Between the opening Kirkoff and arms first once notre Dame had failed the cadets got the Ball on the second Glenn Davis streaked 27 Yards into the of milk and was the Lone first period came the second and Cadet Davis grabbed a pass and trucked on Over for another then Blanchard bulled one Over and army 210 at the the third period had hardly started after notre Dame had failed to the army mule bucked Barney one of the Southern partially blocked a seconds later Davis twisted his Way 21 Yards and another standing three players later Blanchard intercepted a notre Dame scampered 35 Yards and it was another then the playing their hearts put on a sustained succeeded in making five consecutive first Downs until they reached the on Yard line of the army there they were in the fourth the cadets drove 41 Yards and Mcwilliams with 14 seconds to they scored it seemed like they got them when they wanted it was almost inconceivable and its hard to under stand a first class team losing by such a but this army combination is just a superhuman thing and possessed of All the beauties of that Breadon chokes the Money bags Billy the most successful manager in their has quit the Louis the Jovial skipper has cast his with the Boston braves on a three year contract calling for More than per his place with the cardinals has been taken by capable under Southworth extremely competent leadership the cardinals won three finished second third once and fourth once the big Surprise to most i is not that Billy is the hut that he stayed with them so Long seven Vears wi7h Sam that a Long time and All the while he was in the heavy managing the Billy stamped himself As one of the More successful but not successful enough to make Breadon relinquish his tight grip on the purse Strines it is unfortunate that a Man of Breadon s baseball influence would allow such a manager As Southworth to leave him for More Sam Breadon has been extremely successful in base Ball but he has always allowed the Dollar Mark to stand in the the braves Longa come up with a grand manager in and the cardinals will replace him with a Long Success Ful Leader in the Eddie Dyer is a Good natured and popular Back in the Early thirties we were assigned to cover the first team Eddie he acted like a eran from the Start he won the Piedmont league Pennant that Eai Vuth g Eli Sboro without he developed Johnny and Jimmy Brown on the same and he began going up in the Cardina Chain to to Rumbus and to Houston he went further establish now Hes graduated to the front ranks Hes in the pfc Eddie is no dime store manager he a it sent Lemur All 7he Way no cutthroat business with i guest with Talent and men of the capabilities who work for him Breadon can Effort to be professional leagues open War gathering up Loose the wonder Arne Paihler Ssofi and a number of other swedish track luminaries Are Beine investigated by the swedish athletic association to determine we she Thev had violated the Amateur code in financial transaction and in event they have some 23 word track records which Irav be stricken from the books the Day the performers Are declared i session Ais by the swedish feud is on to Nasonal professional league and the foot is conference Over the services of George former so of the holds it has Franck under but Hep onetime Minnesota player signed with the new York of the nil last and now the argument Jimmy commissioner of the Aasc says Baltimore is set to so As the member of his league scheduled for operation next other members Are los san Francisco Buffalo and quitwhenyou1 Reontoy must be the slogan of Dewey the Oklahoma University football Soori ers won the last two big six title and Are now on the Way to he has offered his resignation to school claiming foot Ball Battle wolves around Pittsburgh Campus Are after the Scalp of Clark who once tutored those great Stanford says the petition to oust him was sponsored Liy trouble makers who Are enemies of the the clothing shortage still on Back Home army juggernaut crushes 48 to better Navy tar As i t watch new Yorik Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard again spearheaded army crashing cadets As they turned an expected Battle into a a Joyride and smothered the fighting Irish in the Gray gloom at Yankee Sta stunning a chilled crowd of with the ferocity and Power of their the cadets roared to their 16th straight Victory by blast ing notre Dame which had not tasted defeat this season and which had battled Navy to a bitter 66 but the despite spirit and were no match for the greatest football team of they made a valiant try As they held the West pointers to seven Points in the first period but saw their Hopes ground to dust under the cleats of the express and the bul like thrusts of battering As the two Burly lines slugged it Davis skittered through holes like a will o the Wisp for three touchdowns and the Bone breaking Blanchard tallied twice to Snow the fighting Irish thus for the first time in army football forces marched to their second straight Triumph Over the Kelly sitting proudly in the stands on this historic occasion for the men from the Plains were three of West Points favorite sons generals Jacob Carl Spaatz and vinegar Joe it took the cadets but two minutes to stake their claim for on the second play of the game Elmer Angsman fumbled on the Irish 31 and Cadet Art Gerometta of grabbed the Blanchard wham med into the line for four Yards and Davis took it from the 27 for the first Dick waterhouse of Ann then booted the first of six Points he was to Send Over the crossbar during the afternoon of defender Dempsey offered s to head television firm new Jack Demp former heavyweight will become president of u television concern to televise boxing at a salary of a year when he receives his discharge from the coast his business Max announce he explained that the television company was a newly Branch of one of the nations largest advertising negotiations have been completed for Dempsey to sign contracts for the new Maxman declined to Dis close the name of the advertising age nov but said they wanted Dempsey to sign for crash injures Zaharias Texas babe Didrickson nationally famous woman athlete and of the 1945 Texas women open Golf was injured Friday when the car driven by her wrestler George collided with a horse on the main High Way East of the car was demolished and both the couple slightly injured but they were Able to continue their trip by american league Drew record fans Chicago Hie american league Drew More than Mil lion fans last the largest paid attendance in the leagues president William har i Inge Detroit Pennant and world series topped the million Mark in Home attendance with an Al time record for that cite of the total nearly reached leagues club record of established by the new York Yankees in my Joe University of Pennsylva Nia who won the title lineman of Hie week in last weeks associated Presto press Indiana defeats 490 Indiana hand Edi Minnesota the worst in Gopher the Victory assured the hoosiers of at least a tie for the big ten Columbia 7 Perm spotted Columbia first period touchdown and then proceeded to Roll up 32 Points to hand the Lions their first defeat of the year in Bob former 8th Pirfo retail gunner with 33 threw four touchdown passes for the Cal California 0 Southern California buoyed its Rose bowl Hopes by whipping Ca Texas aggie sum 0 John Ballentine played Only 30 seconds but his Field goal game a m a 30 Victory Over Southern Virginia Richmond 0 Virginia scored in every period at Richmonds expense arid buit up a 450 total while registering its 13th game without Georgia Florida 0 Charlie Tolppi scored three times As Georgia dunked marys Fresno state 6 marys College held to one touchdown in the first stormed Back with an fallout pass ing attack to trounce Fresno conch Jimmy Phelan started his second string and had to Call on the Allstar lineup of Herman Spike de Rvan and Vic Cuccin to get the gaels after reserves were stopped accustomed to fantastic did the unaccustomed it scored Early and often to crush and March on unbeaten among the nations football a capacity crowd of sat through an intermittent Mist to watch a vastly improved Navy team pour Iton the Good but Petely demoralised Michigan ele one of the Best of the big ten four of navys five touchdowns stemmed from Hie first was set up As a wild lateral in tended for Henry Fonde but went astray and Captain Dick Duce recovered on Michigan on the next Tony minis pitched to Leon Bramlett who raced four Yards for the scarcely a minute the middies scored their one authentic in the dying moments Jack Weisen burgers punt sped out of Bounds on Michigan Bruce Smiths pass to Duden carried Navy lot the after two More Mlays Husmith flipped to Clyde raced Jack Currence made the first of three then Michigan got rolling and in the second smarter made their boldest bid for scoring one touchdown and falling just Short of two once getting As far As the Middle late in the third the game broke wide open for it started when Newbold Smith blocked Weisenburger punt and Navy took Over on the Michigan Minisi took the Ball from Smith on a modified statue of Liberty play and raced Over two invites Navy scored its fourth Johnny Welch intercepted Elliotts pass and returned to Michigan Joe Bartos gained then sliced through left tackle for 24 Yards and the soccer players Call off strike England Bri gains professional soccer players and club owners reached a com Promise on wages and other averting a strike that threatened to tie up the nations favorite under the the Maxi mum pay for players will be in creased immediately from eight to nine pounds weekly and match play payment will be increased from four to five a strike based on demands for an increase to 12 pounds weekly had Joeen set for state sellout Ann the University of Michigan announced a of its stadium for the Ohio state football game 24 with a crowd of redskins beat for Lead Villav Cleve find and Detroit stayed on top of the National football league Heap Washington battered Boston to hold undisputed Lead in the Eastern division with five victories and one Cleve land a1 my Detroit remained dead locked for first place in the West Ern each with triumphs and one Cleveland virtually eliminated Green Bay from the trouncing the Detroit marched go cards in the last two minutes to heat Chicago and overcome the pitching artistry of Sid Luckman who threw for four Bear Philadelphia within one washing by humbling York giants Pittsburgh strengthened by the return of Virginia a lamer ican Bill beat Chicago standings National pro league Western division w u t of Cleveland 6 1 0 161 87 Detroit 6 1 0 146 128 Green Bay 430 204 145 bears 1 6 0 115 180 cards 170 57 165 Eastern division Washington Philadelphia Boston yanks Pittsburgh new York 5 1 0 140 84 4 z 0 170 91 3 5 1 109 128 250 66 138 1 4 1 102 123
