Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Frodo a july 23, 1943the stars and stripes Page 3 sport stars by Harr Gan Jim Sperti j where the boys bet pm to win place and show Morff fld a lulls a fic Flat. Hilary h. Lyons dropped into the office yesterday fresh from the states. The sergeant formerly poked on the staff of yank Mage due. He kindly consented to write m sew lines about the picture Back Home. Here s the latest 4c they put me off the plane at u Benias somebody in the Navy had a higher priority and 1 bummed a ride to Oran and the stars Hhd stripes. Sergeant Harrigan paid Quot write me a column having just Home from the states where As you All know we do things in a slow easy going Way and take Wiir time about getting Down to work i was a somewhat taken Aback. But 1 was looking for a place to bed Down and the sergeant had such a place. So Here a a column or anyhow a couple of paragraphs from a Guy who Hadnot time to get used to the fast North african Pace. The fastest thing in the states men i left was a swede named Guilder Hagg. He pronounces it Haig by the Way is if he were a scotch whiskey i saw his first Kaoe in new York and 1 Don t expect of see anything like it again. Abound the Jan. A. Horses come pounding around the turn at Jamaica n. A a a track with the Thane ultimate Winner second from right. 4c not a Winner. Here s a Case where a Winner is not a Winner. South drive comes Home first at Jamaica but the jockey Seo is to be a. W. O. L. Maybe he a reporting to his draft Boardl shutout Ball for red sox Medicos go ahead in series ploy second tilt Tonitte major leagues take a break bucs Boston bees phils get recruits to bolster teams until i see Hagg himself. Greg a Rice i expect feels the same Way. That hot sunday Hagg did t do. Anything spectacular in the Speed Une. But his style was a thing of Beauty and a Joy forever. His Mother i take it was once frightened by an Antelope. Two major leagues after the screw est Start in years now seem to be settling Down to Normal though As an old giants Man x feel that i must have caught malaria and. Gone delirious whenever x look at the National league Box a cores. The indoor sports at Home i ban report Are just about As they were when you left and will probably be the same when Vou return. In other words fellow travellers life in the u. S. A. Is almost �8 Good As you think it is. Almost. Cecil Isbell great Forward passing Star of the Green Bay packers has Given pro football the go by for an assistant coaches position at his Alma mater Purdue. Isbell replaces Mel Traube who is now in the armed forces. As a member of the packers Backfield Isbell won National renown for his dead Eye accuracy in slinging Long Forward passes. The combination of Isbell passing to Don Hutton brought Many a Victory to Green Bay s football fans. The Algiers sports authority Herb Mitgang informs us that the Isacs have a pretty Good softball team up in his neck of the Woods a what could be a better treat a Home and Home game Between the girlies of Algiers and our Oran nurses softball team the Hospital Blue Birds Here is the All Star pm a track and Field team for 1943 109 Yard dash Hal Davis Calif Jack Trout Southern Calif. James Metcalf Oklahoma aggie. ,230 Yard dash Harvey Elsey Princeton Joe shy Missouri. Pm Yard High hurdles Bill Cummings Rice Ralph Tate Oklahoma aggie Douglas Jacques Texas. 220 Low hurdles Cummings James Pledger Lawrence Man Jice Alexander Missouri.  440 Cliff Bourland Southern Calif. Robert Kelley Dupois John Fulton Stanford. 880 Joe Nowicki Fordham Robert Ufer Michigan Ralph Yohland. Minnesota. Mile Don. Burnham. Dartmouth Frank Dixon n. Y. U. Ralph Dewey Calif. Two indie Jerry Thompson Tex-8a, Oliver Hunter. Notre Dame Clarence Dunn Illinois. Shot put Elmer Aussieker Missouri Bernard Maver. N. Y. U. James Delaney notre Dame. Discus Howard Debus neb. Fortune Gordien minn., Richard Yantis. Washington. Javelin George Oast. Iowa state John Henderson Texas aggie. Hammer throw Willuam Fisher Harvard Robert Dodge Maine Duke Kent Colorado a orgies. High jump Pete Watkins. Texas aggie Fred Sheffield Utah Willard Fulton. Stanford. Foie vault Richord Morcom hew Hampshire Jack Defield Minnesota Billy Moore Drake i Broad jump Buly Christopher Rice Ralph Tate. Oklahoma aggie Dallas Dupree Ohio state. Although no games were played in the major leagues a number of transactions took place that May or May not have any bearing on the Pennant races. The pirates in the midst of a winning Streak further strength their Outfield by recalling be Vanrobays from the league leading Toronto Maple silence blankets the Hudson As oarsmen swing at Axis foe by set Jim Harrigan ened a mini the War has brought Many changes to the american sporting scene and one of the famous events a War casualty this year Leafs of the International league. Vanrobays the leading hitter on the Toronto club saw previous service with the bucs in 41 and 42. In order to make room for him the pirates released Frank Coleman on option to the Maple Leafs. The Phillies who last week sold Catcher Tommy Padden to the senators purchased Catcher in fielder Des Moore from the dodgers for the waiver price1 of 7,500 dollars. It Cuccinello a big leaguer for 12 years was released outright by the Boston braves. Cuccinello broke in with Cincinnati in 1030 coming from Columbus in the american association and played with the reds for two seasons four with the dodgers and five and a half with the braves. Tony was manager for Jersey City in the International league in 1941 then returned to Boston in 42. Cuccinello s lifetime batting average is 279 and he tied the major league All time Mark August 13, 1931, when he made six consecutive hits. Rumours persist that the giants will add another slugger to help Ernie Lombardi and Joe Medwick. Another hitter might easily help them erase the three game difference Between them and the Phillies and braves who Are tied for sixth place Topping the Days activities was the news from St. Louis that the two pitchers swapped by the Browns to Brooklyn for Bobo Newsom would go Back to their farms rather than report to the bums v without a raise in pay. Fritz Ostermueller said that he was unable to Contact Branch Rickey by phone but would try to reach an agreement with the Brooks in Cincinnati. Archie Mckain went Home and said that the Brooklyn club can find out All about him in the newspapers. Donkey softball made its introduction to Africa thid week with an officers team and an enlisted men s team of an evacuation Hospital at Perregaux battling to a 1-1 draw. The commanding officer tried to score of a smart one he tempted his mount with a bundle of Hay attached to a stick and held out about a foot in front of the donkeys snout. The Critter did t fall for it though. This officer later came through to score a Home run for his team. Briefly the Fielding team plays astride donkeys with the exception of the Pitcher and Catcher. They Chase the Ball on their ass but May dismount to retrieve the Ball. The throw in or tag must be made while mounted. The batsman hits the Ball theoretically and then mounts a waiting Donkey and Heads for first base. Very often in the game the crazy critters pull a snafu invariably causing a riot of laughs. Was the intercollegiate Poughkeepsie Crew regatta. Usually held the last week in june the annual rowing classic dominated the sports pages the country Over the week of the regatta As All eyes focused on the Hudson River which since 1895 with few exceptions has served As the contesting water for this thrilling sport. Back to the Days when the Turtle neck sweater was the rage on the College Campus and flowing must chios handle barred the physiognomy of Many an athlete the horsemen of Columbia University brought their Shell Home ahead of the Crews representing Cornell and Pennsylvania to win the first Poughkeepsie regatta. In 1896, the next year Cornell won Over Crews from Columbia Pennsylvania and Harvard. The big red ruled the big red from High above Cayuga a Waters dominated this event from 1897 to 1916, prior to America s entry into the last world War being victorious in 14 out of 19 races. Cornellus oarsmen finished first to the years 1897, 1901, 02, �?T03, �?T05, 06, �?T07, 08. �?T09, �?T10, to 12, 14, and 15. Losing 1916�?Ts race to Syracuse University. Crews from the far West made their appearance on the Broad Hudson in the Early twenties with California and Washington ruling the Waves in the latter part of that decade and carrying Over into the thirties and 1941. One reason it seems for the Dom Nancy of far Western Crews Over the East a representatives is the Type of material produced in the West. All California and Washington Crews have been made up of big Rangy huskies standing Well Over six feet in their socks this in contrast to the More Quatty Type of oarsman Manning the shells of the Eastern schools. Nature plays a part too in favouring the West coast with a longer period of Sunshine and weather favourable for water training. Loe locked Rivers and harbours Force the Eastern crewmen to train indoors on rowing machines. And there is a difference Between working the Machinas indoors and propelling the Light Long Shell across the water. Thus the westerners have the advantage of several months water training compared to crewmen of the East. Rowing style differs there Are several schools of thought on the most effective rowing form. Old Quot pop Glen Doh for Many years coach at Columbia taught the Long playback with a slow Forward slide on the recovery. This allowed the Shell to derive a maximum run from the efforts of the oarsmen. Most Eastern coaches patterned their style after Glen Don s. The West however does not use the Long playback stroke in rowing but holds to the oarsman maintaining an upright position Aryl using Short jabbing strokes to Power the Shell Forward. The effectiveness of this system is borne out in the record books giving the West coast Crews quite the Edge in number of races won in the past decade of Poughkeepsie Row the Best time Ever made was set by California s huskies who stroked the four mile course in 18 minutes 12,3-5 seconds in 1939. The Poughkeepsie varsity course is a four mile run with the current but any athlete who has participated in it can Well attest that it is the to strenuous Competition yet devised for Man. It makes a modern obstacle course look easy. A with the bark of the starter s gun Crews from California Washington Wisconsin Cornell Syracuse Navy Columbia and Pennsylvania would be off to a racing Start whipping the water at 40 strokes to the minute. The first mile would find the coxswain of the various Crews jockeying for position with the smarter ones exacting every possible advantage offered by the Hudson a swirling current and perhaps a helping off Shore downwind. The second mile invariably saw the Pace setters begin to falter As the More powerful Crews shovelled water a bit harder to close the intervening distance with the Lead boats. The third mile was the heart breaker for Many a Crew As the Strain on the human body began to have its effect. Here the smartness of a Crew s Coxie paid dividends. For if he had used nature s advantages to help his boat along his men would be the better for it. Class will Tell the fourth and final mile bore out the adage Quot class will  for Here the Best of the East battled it out savagely with the Best from the West. The intersection Al spirit is pretty much alive to these Crew races. As the Crews neared the finish line a Roar  resound from both Banks of the Hudson lined with spectators while the Large flotilla of pleasure and passenger boats whistled and tooted encouragement. These last 100 Yards were the pay off Many a Crew leading the race has been conquered by a faster finishing Shell surging from behind. It is Here the Coxie Calls for the utmost by his men. A and then some. Begging pleading Quot cussing Quot and praising the copies would drive their men to almost superhuman Effort. Quot she s going up up. Up a the Coxie would shout through his megaphone raising the beat. Quot give her ten Twenty. And now ten More big ones. Five. Six. A seven. . Aten and we re Over a Winner Quot yes those stirring scenes dear to a sportsman a heart Are gone for the duration. But the same unquenchable spirit that drove those great champions of former years to Victory is now put Forth by untold thousands of America s fighting men on land sea and in the air to gain a greater Victory. Though it s a four mile Row on the Hudson to glory and a line in the sports record Book in peace time it s orgy a two mile boat ride from Sicily to Italy where eventually America s fighting men will be swinging bayonets instead of oars while a pair of european dictators probably will be wishing to High heaven that these surging Waves of Yankees were Back somewhere in the United states a perhaps on the Hudson the Hospital red Birds took the first game of the Oran baseball series by shutting out the Navy red sox team 4-0, wednesday evening before More liar. 3.000 spectators at the Medicos Home Field at Ain Al Turk. Quot lefty Quot Moerman. Hurled the greatest game of his career to give the red Birds the Victory. Moerman struck out 13 men and allowed but four hits. He also garnered two hits in three trips to the rubber to help his team go out in front in the series play. A highlight of the evening was the presentation of trophies donated by stare and stripes to the Hospital nine and the Navy red sox for winning the championships of their respective leagues. Cpl. Zeke Bonura of special service made the presentations with the commanding officers of both organizations accepting on behalf of the teams. 1 the scoring started in the third inning when Oliphant Hospital first Sacker singled to left Center with one Down. Foley Lowed suit placing a hit to the same place Colone then forced Oliphant at third base with a ground Ball to Fennell. With two outs registered against them York red Birds left fielder singled to left Center to score Foley. Desmond Center fielder for the red sox team threw to Leason on third base who fumbled the Ball allowing Colone to store the third run York pulled up on third base on the miscue. Moerman then punched out a single to right Field for his first hit and York crossed the plate. Mcclaid then grounded to Leason to end the inning. The Only scoring threat made by the Navy red sox came in the first half of the fourth inning. Fennell led off with a single to right Field. Of Grady then beat out an infield hit with Fennell pulling up Safe at second. It was at this Point that Moerman really bore Down As he struck out Wohlgemuth Sprowl and Dicesare in order. The red Birds adored the last run of the fourth Frame but it proved to be More than enough to Salt away the opener. Puplava grounded out to Burzy Naski for the first out of the fourth with Leason making a Beautiful one handed Stab of Mcgraws hard hit ground Ball to throw him out at first. Prymicz singled to the infield Oliphant reached first on an error by Leason who then threw toe Ball to the Outfield allowing Prymicz to score. The first two innings saw both Moerman and Burzynski hurling air tight Ball. Moerman allowed but one free passage by the walk route. Burzynski was touched for nine hits. Tonight at 6 30, at the red Birds Diamond the teams will meet in the second encounter of a Best three out of five series the red Birds will probably Start Matry Lipka fast Boll hurler with his mates facing the curving slants of Dicesare of the Navy red sox. All Star game Arrew Oran a a a a a m a a 5 i major league standings National league in Eam St. Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Boston w. L 49 28 49 35 42 36 40 40 36 44 33 42 Philadelphia 35 45 new York 32 48 american league Felix we 1 new York 47 30 Washington 44 38 Detroit 40 37 Chicago 38 38 St. Louis 38 39 Cleveland 37 41 Boston 36 43 Philadelphia 84 48 pc. .636 �83 .537 �00 .450 .440 .438 .400 Pei. 610 �37 �19 .500