Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1943, Oran, Oran Friday 13, 1943 the stars and stripes Page 3 sport stars by sgt. Jim Harrigan Kawat la w chief Smith ? list of Navo mid weights a Headquarters officer dropped in yesterday and showed us a a mail letter he had just received irom Home. We asked and received permission to print it for All you Fellows because each of us has a kid brother Cousin Nephew or son Back in the states who someday will be a real sports Star. And what we do Here will help him become one. Here s the letter Nell and i were up it wan Street we saw your folks last night and Sinee i have these thoughts on my mind i guess i might As Well write. I saw your dad that old pal of mine and believe you me he is looking Fine. Just As sure As you Are Reading this letter no fellow Ever had a dad who was better. And your Mother boy is she proud of you. She tells everyone what you say or 0o, toil she the Light of her Eye you Are All she can see i d he mighty proud. It she were baiting for me. And your wife she too is looking quite Well. That she misses you anyone can Tell. And your baby Jimmy a of what a boy he reminds me of you so cute and Coy. I mean the Jimmy i used to know in the years of Long Long ago. But Jim. This Little fellow of yours you should see him play Ball he takes a healthy Windup lets her go and then a fall. Then he gets up on his feet Grin Ning from ear to ear by Harry Dwyer chief signalman u. 8. Navy special to the stars and stripes Belluscio stops store Rosino in 3rd chief Smith Oklahoma Engineer returned to the Fristic Warpath and scalped h. A. Hutchins Kansas City boy with a to As Hutchins failed to answer the Bell for the third to wind up the arc Empire clubs Casino theater boxing show. Wednesday evening. Hutchins towered head and shoulders Over the Quatty chief but soon was Bent double by the Indian s Quot Mack truck Quot blows to the midsection followed by Block busting lefts and rights to the head. From the Middle of the second round it was just a question As to when the chief would land the knockout wow. A wrenched shoulder the result of throwing a hard punch forced Dave Steinmueller to withdraw at the referee s orders after. 1 20 battling of the second round with the to verdict going to Willie Sampson. Stopped momentarily by the injury Dave though suffering pain wanted to continue his sen with his opponent but referee Harry Dwyer ruled otherwise. California s Buster Greer came Back to win a to in 25 of the third round when an eve Cones a Chip off the old Block i d say hell get along never fear. He takes his stance then the Windup whizz there she goes but just where it is going no one never knows it s liable to land in the China closet among the chinaware but the funny part about it no one seems to care and one can buy a plate Aryl Only Sissie boys play games but All the Money in All the world cannot buy another James. And your daughter Jim she too is Fine. Her grandmother showed me a horse that she Drew in her schoolwork and its name is not remorse. Borne Day you May be proud of her. In fact i think that Day is now you should be Here to see her Jim she is Beautiful i will vow. And let me Tell you major Jim before this letter i close there Are not Many folks in a the world with kith and Kin like those. But this Une thing i am asking not As your Uncle Al but As a a fellow would ask a fellow who used to be his pal. Do the very Best you can for those kids who come to you in pain done think because a few of them die that your work is All in vain. We All Are for you Jim every one of us in Dove War and privation we want you to come Back to us As a hero of the nation. To that in years to come Jimmy jr., will say my dad in a red Cross plane did More Good than All the bomb ers he eased a bombers pain god bless you sports editor another lieutenant and myself cant agree As to the Alma mate of Bronko Nagurski i the Chicago bears pro football team. The lieutenant states that Nagurski came Irani Nebraska while i claim he played and became an a amen Caa at the University of Minnesota. Who is right thank you. A a. Brent Murray Nagurski was a Backi Leld Tbs University of Minnesota Fly thirties during Widen All big ten fullback _ a arts and All american la Bis Junior and senior Tion forced Cpl. Randy Davis of Detroit to Call it a night. Davis holds a to win Over Greer from a former bout. Sgt. Lloyd Virdree a Best efforts for three rounds against terrible Zorro earned him a dropped decision to the Mammoth shouldered Battler. Virdre had the Oran slugger missing by Miles most of the Way and what blows Zorro did land. Virdre absorbed quite Well. His footwork never slowed Down and he kept continually punching. To this writer. Virdre has a perfect right to claim. Quot we Wiz it should have been a draw. Belluscio Ivin 8 in other bouts on the card. Rex Hayes Navy decision de the army s mounts Louis Gelita. Navy won by a decision Over pvt. Edgar Leck leter Texas and in a Quot pier 12&Quot Brawl the Navy a Danny Belluscio punched the army s Steve Rosina out on his feet saved by a knockout in the third round by his Corner tossing in the Towel at 1 15. Rossina was out on the Canvas in the second but the Bell ending the round beat the count. Another Winner was h. G. Burke Miami City who got a 33 to Over Philadelphia a a Dan Clark in an All Navy setto. Brooklyn s Ralph Gallo of the army and Ben All of Oran fought a hard draw. Alternating referees were chaplain Captain Francis w. Mccarthy and chief signalman Harry Dwyer. Judges were it. D. F. Guttendorf Navy or. H. Ross. Arc and sgt. Manuel Schwartz army. Timekeeper was or. Hiram Douglas. Arc. Capt. H Gribovsky army was physician in attendance. Or. Sam Corral arc Empire club was the matchmaker with Cpl. Buzz Morrison announcing from the ringside. The other Day sgt. Jim Harri Gan sports editor of the Stan mod stripes and myself were. Discussing the gentle Art of beak busting and what it had to do with the Navy. During the course of the Quot Bull the question came up As to How Many really Good Middle weight boxers Uncle Sam s seagoing forces went on the Rood to Fame and glory. Quot Well Jim Quot see i dusting the ashes off the Forward end of a cigarette Quot that s easy. Fighting and the Navy have always gone hand in hand and whenever the Navy goes you will find a couple of Sailor leather pushers ready to tackle anyone in the roped Quot yeah that s your Story Quot replied the affable Harrigan taking a hefty suction on Bis dim Deen and emitting a Cloud of smoke from his Mouth. Quot but How about elucidating. Lift the curtain and let us in on the Marine takes Over the middleweight boxing question goes Back a number of years and has always carried a Wallop of Romance with it. In fact when Jack Dempsey Quot the nonpareil a was dusting off All Comers Corporal George Leblanche played hockey from his outfit at Mare Island i tailed it to san Francisco and gave the famous punch dispenser a right smart Wesson 4n Duck and swing a belting him to dreamland in the 32nd heat. Champions produced at least two Navy men wore the diadem of the middleweight division with Many More climbing the ladder to Fame and Fortune. The first to Grace the footlights of the realm was a fellow named Henry Pylkowski. That name does not mean a thing to boxing fans but if you were to hear Eddie babe Risko mentioned you would recognize him instantly. The babe got his Start battling for Harry Ussery in the Navy and was fair on his Way to a Good Start when Fate intervened and he was discharged. Returning to his Home in upper new York slate Risko resumed the game taking them As they came and drawing the lion s share of the glory. His title fight with Teddy Yarosz is now history and so is his defense of it with Freddy Steele who copped the hat but it still remains that Risko was a product of the Navy. Ken Overlin the Best about the prettiest and most colourful piece of fighting machinery that graced the roped Arena from the Navy was Ken Overlin who added the top kicks laurels by defeating Caferino Garcia rugged philippino and then dropping the Duke to Billy Soose. About the time that Overlin was pushing Leaher in the Fleet Jimmy Wash All Navy Champion and Frankie Remus two listed scrapper and former Asiatic Fleet big shot. Were having it hot and heavy and it was a toss up to see which one would fight who and when. Well the final outcome of the Deal was that Ken took the measure of Remus who had taken the Duke from Walsh. Overlin s Road to the championship was far from a Rosy one. Coming out of die naval service fld Matching wits and punches with the Money men was no easy task. However the fighting Sailor was equal to the task and when the big Chance did come he produced his bag of tricks an it brought Home the Bacon. V. Many Good fighters from the time that the Navy started its All Navy championships Back at Panama in 1921. The array of middleweight who have glared across the ring at an opponent reads like a Quot local Good Quot in a Horatio Alger Story. Many of them have proved their Worth in the civilian rings while a god number have stayed in the service acting As trainers and managers of boxing stables aboard their respective ships. Back in 1925, a youngster who answered the Roll As Mike Hector got his Start at the san Diego training station and before Many Moons had passed Over the horizon. He was firmly entrenched on the middleweight throne. Mike was just one of the Many though who climbed to the top. The first one to capture the All Navy title in the middleweight class was Johnny. True flashy Little scrapper from one of the battleships. Johnny ran his string of victories up to a Fine average before relinquishing the Crown to a shipmate the following year. Another middleweight product on Navy ring circles who climbed rapidly in the game was Dale Sparr hard Riding red headed Iris her from the mid West. Dale left the Navy and did a lot of scraping on the West coast winning More than his share of bouts before calling it quits and hanging up the mittens. The look on Jim a face told me his interest in the Navy was growing. So not to do a Good thing Brown i fired at him. Quot Well Are you satisfied with the Navy now Jim a Quot i certainly he replied. Quot say the Navy has some Good fighters but How about some of the other weights. Do they have them too a i la say they do. And plenty of Good ones at breaking out another fag from the pack we continued Quot How would you like to hear about the Best featherweight Ever turned out the uncrowned Champ of you would he Well just bide your time until next week and we will Tell you of a youngster who started in fhe Navy and climbed straight up to the top of the pile Only to have his crack at the Crown Side tracked because he was too Clever for the big Fellows. Oran All stars seek revenge in twin Bill arze wites Hove Ace up sleeve the Oran All stars baseball team journeys to Arrew tomorrow to engage the army Navy All stars. Algerian champs in a twin Bill scheduled for saturday and sunday at the sea Bee baseball Park. Cpl. Zeke Bonura a lads will be out to wrest the title from the Arrew aggregation and get Sweet revenge for two former defeats at the hands of manager. C b Hanlon a outfit. Chief Petty officer Rotman and Hanlon will Spring a Quot Dirk horse Quot on the Oran batters in the person of hurler Karas who played a bit of professional baseball Back in the states. Zeke will have the following pitchers ready for. The games of Brien Moerman Fagan Lipka Burr and Krone. Jimmie Wilcox Western association league Umpire will act As chief Umpire at Home plate with each team furnishing one base Umpire As assistants. Both games begin at 6 30 pm. Larry Spozio sea bees will handle the play by play account of both games Oer the Public addres a system at the Field. Oran defeats ordnance a the Oran lads Are rating a hot win Streak having recently trimmed two Star teams Al aim temo Chaunt and Ben Sasi and in a midweek game Defeated a Strong ordnance team by a 6 to 1 score. Pat of Brien hurled for the winners striking out eight men and allowed but five hits. He and Catcher Aucoin Starr to at the plate while the defensive playing of Gaglione and Barr helped the winners cause. Browns hand yanks 10-2 loss Bock injury puts Gordon on Bench Oran softball ordnance unit Quot has 8-bout card notional m he ear a Hub and Fitz the combined Ages of Freddie Fitzsimmons and Carl Hubbell reach 82 years. Twit total of pitching seasons Are now 48, but they still stand beneath the spotlight with four of the finest games of the year. Hubbell has won his Only two starts with the gasping giants. Fits allowed Only one run in 18 and hem Ham to Roll Oah to be of veterans have Odin baseball s that eight bouts comprise tonight s fight card at the second battalion ordnance outfit in Oran with the following contestants presented Armond 100, Oran is. Gilbert 100. Oran. Trailer 110, eng. Is. Wegner 121, Ord. Medical. Woodall 140, co. P Ord. Is. Smithson 140, eng. Mcgarvey 147, Ord. Is. Heckle ter 147, co. A Conestee Ballachino 120, he co. Ord. Is. Gregaria 126, bog. Bot Ligari 158, he co. Old. Is. Lea 150, eng. Smith 180, he co. Ord. Is. Laquitara 200, Ord. Lapinski 100. Eng. Is. 9tetomul-kr, 160, 8tg. Corps. Tbs a me to pit oreo dutch to their for which ask Mol last night at can Aste the cardinals took a beating dished out by the Phillies. Cpl. Ceasro tossing the Ball for the Phillies added nine men to i strike out list. He allowed Only four hits and eight , Miller pitch in tor the Cani nals allowed seven hits and three walks and added two strikeouts to his credit. The cardinals started a comeback rally in the seventh inning getting three men on base with no outs Only the be retired after scoring Only one run. Each team made their share of errors the cardinals getting four errors and the Phillies two. The heavy hitting for the cardinals was done by Kisinger who collected a walk and two singles in three times at Bat for the Phillies pvt Longton collected a double and two singles in a Bree trios to the plate. Pvt. French re Lei cd pvt Bergschneider of the catching assignment to the fifth toning after pvt Bergschneider was injured. The total store for the game was Phillies four runs seven hits and two errors cardinals two nans four hits and four errors. American the mud hens came to life with a vengeance when they handed the red Birds a 18 to 1 hiking on the winners Home Field. Alter losing their last game the Quot hens showed the rest of the league that they Are a team to be reckoned with. Patti by the masterful pitching of Cpl. Bill 8antner, who struck out 16 enemy batters and got himself two nits the mud hens ran through the red Birds like a knife through warm butter. The mud. Hens had very Little opposition and were in control All through the game. They collected a total of 10 hits two of them being four base jobs. One by first baseman Ross Scott and the other by left fielder Burbach. The Quot hens Quot stepped out their first time at Bat and put the game on ice by getting five runs across the Quot payoff Quot base. Prom there on to it was a matter of coasting. Third baseman stools of the red Birds ruined a no hit game for banter when be drove a triple the Fust time he was at Bat after that the Quot Birds Quot collapsed and the mud hens were Quot to. Association the of Longs dunked the Brewers to a 8 to 2 Broth behind the pitching of Cpl Subjeck who allowed but six hits and struck out eight Gulasy and Bonn got a Stogie and triple apiece forthe winners while Russell s pitching and Gaw likes defensive playing stood out for the Losen. But. Hall of the colonels made two Nice running catches to enter Field. New York the Yankees Ridden themselves of a lot of bad base Quot Ball at sportsman Park when they opened their 21-game Campaign against the Western teams by absorbing a 10-2 whipping from the Browns. It was a wicked Start for the champs on the Diamond where they Hope this fall to avenge last years world series loss to the cardinals. Joe Mccarthy a boys just barely avoided their ninth shut out although they raked Denny Gale House for 11 hits. The new yorkers got their first run on Bud meth Onyx a third Homer of the season ii. The eighth and the other tally or Nick Ettene a double in the ninth. The Browns banged two Home runs am these ruined Hank Borowy who had a four game winning Streak. Marvin Breuer came on to the fifth and gave up five More hits in the four innings that he worked. Borowy was charged with his ninth defeat of the season. The loss May prove expensive to the Yankees because Joe Gordon injured his Back in a collision with Don Gutteridge on a Force play in the first and left the game in considerable pain the first tune this season he has missed an Inni g of play. Standings american association Milwaukee 58 39 .580 Columbus 66 46 �20 Indianapolis 61 46 �28 Minneapolis 61 50 �06 Louisville 47 51 am Toledo 47 54 a86 St. Paul 45 56 .440 Kansas City 42 .488 Eastern league Scranton 62 29 j681 Wilkes Barre 52 43 �47 Albany 51 42 ��7 Elmira 50 44 �82 Binghamton 61 46 �28 Hartford 47 43 a a Springfield 35 54 �03 Utica 12 69 �88
