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     Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Via of a to t u ii i % to k stars Ano stripes p�9 s sport stars by Salt. Jim Harrigan a we Mew a # Many units file entries old "98&Quot l Oose again Tbs other Day the Nail to of. John j. Oon Kufta letter and pot from Hie to a old daughter tease Ott Folkl we thought the poem a Ood and pan it on to Yott a a Quot i atari to write to my father but i do cot know what to Oey. So i try to imagine myself with Kim and think of the games we used to play. A at Quot he loved a Gam of baseball fun playing too but now. In the army he cant play Ball a 8o� Well have to Pete time anew Quot and when he coma hone on her a furlough Well be Toady to have our game and it will seem just he the of Days. And i bet that hell cheat just a the Pihir "0o, i finally think of a subject to write about to this father of mine. Bae Halll although Oach year we get older this game will never be ruined by time. Quot Leo baseball in my estimation and his Witt Uve throughout the of fat full teams await gang valites tor the Ortho Oming Box tag tournament to he held under Tow it he win of acct of ser race to com in representing every Branch of Cude 8am five full Loams Are ready Waadt a inv to up with Feather pushing stalwarts representing units of the in Giconie armoured infantry coast artillery armoured Field artillery and the infantry. Ifoma Tho lately have been Eom lag into their own where the fighting is wants a Witt he repro seeded by team from More than five different hospitals. Also on tap will be teams froth two Quarter master units three infantry units four be placement units five Ord Faroe units and two signal corps out a cards whip Chicago 2-1, win Pennant Max Lanier winning he rfcs and of in my letter huh not Witt rank Tope throughout the other in fifes Active not to he outdo Oft by to my Tommy mammon eat of the greatest College football players of att tree who made "98&Quot a legend when he were Tea kit Jersey As an All american halfback for the University of Michigan has made the warn number a much feared ene by am airmen both in this theater and the Southwest Pacific. A a a a Quot a Michigan Grid great stars for Facie Sam bog Toor  Bob. Hdq., fort Ink a Mavy Cut Pat freight dispatch and pm Shaughnesy Pittsburgh  football Pooch Actium two Lott eyes below Tho one of to Fang his squad for four tres Wmma stuff ski Hnz by sold Quot even in them Days  Tivee of two Southern etl Kra Cam right on our Campus and Topo Anil cried the Boya offering them term they co ukat a Foru to turn  the Panther coach declined to identify that Lott eyes but prophesied. Quot tout Loam the id Antico of the schools when you m the names of the players involved halfback Charles Ryan and John try run Tif tilts Michael Tbs Lovich and Henry Drews. Own thursday night in Philadelphia the Chicago bears beat the Phil and Clpola eagles Pittsburgh Bretl ers wartime Combine 10 to 7 in a Charity exhibition game. 0 0 0 latest happenings in the Bast Ern league semifinal playoffs Elmira beat Wilkes Bane 18 to 2. Out on the West coast in Tho Pacific coast league a semifinal playoff Gam saw the Portland nine defeat the 8an Pranc Isoo outfit 2 to 1. Michigan trolled out its vaunted powerhouse saturday and rolled Over the Camp Grant eleven 16 to 0. Elroy hindi Bill Daisy Paul White and Bob wets started in the Backfield for the wolverines and ran All Over the som hrs. Sirach scored twice White Enot and Daley added the final touchdown. A 0 2h other Midwest games Purdue showed surprising Power in subduing the great t abes naval station Grid devs 23 to �3, while Lowah naval sea Hawks fan Over minds 11 to it. Marquette Erful running attack to Consin under 11 to i while Indiana and Miami of Ohio played a 7-7 tie. Top is open to att units to this Ana to Haho  Are to be conducted by each outfit with fun attests being designated to represent the unto in the Tunoa it As a team. Team Are urn to a six Man maximum but a an be Leas. Wrights Range from flyweight up to heavyweight any or Vic Man k eligible to enter regardless of whether he fought professional Amateur or nonce Back Home. Tomorrow evening at 7 my Malar Smith will preside at a meeting in the special Servos athletic office in the Barclay Bank big. All units Are requested to have a business representative present to hear information regarding rules eligibility and entrees. Bennett wins Rifle match h6, piling up an aggregate score cd. Is sgt. Thoms a Smett of co. E of an armoured infantry unit won tint prise a Cash award of 16 Dollar i a Rifle pm pistol sponsored by the infantry nation Las week the pistol match which ended in a he was to by pfc. Richard j. Gray of Headquarters ooh Maud tint battalion by virtue of Haring the Hraur score at 25 Yards rapid fire. Gray also won 16 Dorlue while soon who finished Sotood and Tom to the matches received proportionate Gums. Completo Routos include Rifle Bennett 2m pvt. Major a. Best co. A 223 pvt Borland p. Hott Tiger co. Cml. Pistol Gray 1� set George p. Walker of. A my 1st. A. Charlas l Greathouse he. And. In. 330% in the East midget Rochester lived up to Advance no Tinea by coming from behind to beat Yale 14 to 12. George Butch formerly of Temple scored both the River menus touchdowns that humbled the Eli eleven. Other scores include Duke 40, Lejuene marines 0 Bowling Green 18, Ohio Weslyan 7 Cape Lirar Deau 13, Indiana state 0 Cornell 7, Bucknell 6. Notice a meeting to disco arrangements for to coming special service by Tang Tutonu Pitet is scheduled for tuesday a Light at 7 10 in the athletic office at the Barclay Bank id. Representatives of unite desiring to participate Are urged by major Smith officer in charge to attend this meeting As rules entrees Prises and other details will he discussed. A. A  s us Coso Loncono Swaap aka Zar boxing Shaw a recent boxing show at the Aal Casar Rod Cross club saw the representatives of a Wou known coast artillery outfit display the reason Why they hold Throe boxing championships of ab8. The Formor sent Throe of their lads Agi two Good local Talent and took Down a Simular number of victories. In an exhibition bout Samp con of the fort in at 165, boxed Wilson Mackey ab8 165 Pound Champ. Both men sparred around for three rounds displaying exceptional skill and finesse leaving the fans requesting a match in the near future to Clinch the title the Winner of this bout is scheduled to meet Joe Anderson newly crowned heavyweight Champion. A Walt Robinson of the same championship outfit scored a Tico in the third round Over Boudjeda. James Toney a Ligh heavy decisions Hernandez while Ernie Calhoun of the engineers blasted a 1ko win Over Sanches. A local Newcome.  socked his Way to a second round to Over Pons Oran. In the opener. Perez and Hocine of Oran fought a draw. In the Jungles of the Amazon a lot of people thought he was done for. His old Pooch at Michigan however did no to go along with this school of thought. Far from it. Quot Harmon Witt make it Quot Frits Crisler said. Quot hell turn up you  the people who suspected that Hannon would never come Back from the Amason should have listened to or thief because prits knew what he wus talking to jut. He knew old 90 Well. Toil see there were a lot of autumn afternoon when Frits on Jer sitting Ca the Bench at Ann Arbo would cd Cut on the  and see a Groa wave of enemy ticklers a Swallow up Tom. A lie would sit there and watch for a minute and then head see Tom shoot out of the trap Bounce a couple of running guards off his hips and swivel his Way Down the held. This sight was always a pleasing sensation for Fritz. This Crisler you know had coached some Urey Good broken Field runners before he Efer Laid eyes on Tom Hannon. During his reign As head Man at Princeton when his teams lost just one game in three years he had watched great backs like Gerry Levan Pepper Constable and Kats Kadlic run up and Down the Field with High skin and dispatch so when he moved to Michigan frite knew what Good halfback looked like. But he never Caw one that looked like Tom Hannon before. Harmon a Star Hannon was a Star from the Day he first pulled on a football Jeney to the Day he last putted one off. He was a Star in High school. He was a Star on the Michigan freshman team and when he moved in on the varsity is became the greatest Star in Michigan history. He was better than Benny Fri Etienn or Harry Newman or any of the other a at Wolverine stars of the Post he was the Best football player Frits Crisler Ever saw. Rival big ten coaches used to Point their teams at Hama Quot to hell with the rest of that Bunch they would Tell their men before the Sirj Ign game. Quot just go out and Stop Harmon. Sit on his Hoad if you want to. Break hit Arm maybe. 8ee what i mean just Stem  these rival of ashes used to to nor up some pretty elaborate defences against Harmon s running attack. Sometimes they would assign four men to Tom with orders to hit him on every play whether he had the Ball in Bis hands or not. Usually he Hod it of course and usually he managed to shake off the four men who were supposed to sit on ills neck. Then he would grease by t-4, Frank Deblois Vii Ciai to the stars and stripes into the Clear and scoot Down the Field for a Acore. Awful Tough of trap a. Tom Marinen was tet. Louis the St Louis cardinals annexed a their second straight National league  with a 2-1 Victory Over the Chicago cubs in the opening game of a double header then took the Nightcap 5-0. Lefty Max Lanier gave the Bru Irv seven hits in the opener and Rookie a1 Brazie allowed Only four safeties in the second game. It was Brazle s seventh win in eight starts since being recalled from Sacramento two months ago. Boston Defeated the Phillies 2-0 and 2-1/ to take a win Bill. Nate Andrews and Reu Barrett were the winning pitchers. Whit Wyatt Hung up his 13th mom a 1 Triumph of the season with a 6-4 Victory Over the giants. Brooklyn scored two runs in the ninth to sew up the game. Bucky Walters out i amp Ched Max Butcher but the pirates beat the reds 1-0, in a night gome. Although held to four hits by Walters the bucs put together a single to a Al Lopes sacrifice by Butcher and another single by Pete Coscarart to push across a run in the fifth inning1. Barmen and even when you trapped him you you Lent keep him trapped. No one Ever really stopped him cold on the football Field and Frits Crisler could t see How anyone or anything could Ever Stop Hin cold anywhere at All. So Frits was t surprised when the Wilt department announced that Tom had made his Way safely to a South american port after his bomber had crashed in the Amazon. You could never have convinced Fritz that Tom Wasny to More than an even Money match for a Jungle. Tommy was soon again in action in. The North african theater of operations where he gave a Good account of himself Over enemy lines. Last reports had him Way Over in the South Pacific in a fighter group where the famous Harmon blazing Speed had already accounted for several Jap zeros. Apache wins new York a or. Ling cattle Down the stretch brought Victory by Hall a length to Apache who outran a Field of six to win the 31st running of the 15,000 Dollar added Edgemere Handicap at Aqueduct Park. Apache piloted by jockey Jimmy Stout equalled the track record for the mile and Furlong but was hard pressed to outlast the closing Rush of shutout who was a length in front of Market Wise. Apache paid 7.60, .46 and 2jo. Shutout with Johnny Westrope up paid 5 to and 3 to while Market Wise Ridden by it Rhnny Longden paid 2.70. Apache s time was 1 49. In the american league Yankees had their winning is stopped at nine straight of the senators knocked them off in a night game 6-3. Obo Newsom yielded Only one earned run to score his 13th win us the Campaign. Charlie we Alolf started for new York and lasted three innings giving up five Washington runs to suffer his tenth defeat. Mickey Vernon and Jake Early were the big guns for the Griffs Vernon Wert four for four and Early had a Brace of doubles to drive in two runs. Cleveland beat Detroit 4-2, St. I it min dropped a 3-2, ten taking thriller to the White sox and the Philadelphia athletics turned Back the Boston red sox 5-4, in an 11-inning contest. Sinkwich to ploy with Detroit Lions Detroit Frankie Sinkwich former Georgia halfback and All american in 1942, who was recently discharged for physical reasons by the marines has signed a contract to play professional football with the Detroit Lions of the National football league. Fred Mandel Lions owner signed Frankie after conferring with Sinkwich and his father Ignatius Sinkwich. Immediately after the formalities sink Wick went to the lions1 training Camp at Tho West Shore Golf club. Frankie will probably play in sundays opener against the Chicago cardinals. Frisch resigned Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates have announced the re appointment of Pra Afie Frisch As manager for the 1944 season. Pratt tent Bill desks wander told Modi he had done a Fine Job of keeping the pirates Tot the find division in a year which Many had predicted the bucs would finish in the second division. It will be Frisch fifth year As manager. His teams during the past four years have gained exactly an oven split i Xuong 298 a game Ana Les tog same number but the paytes finished in the la rat division three times Ai it a the second division one. Knetig ability hits Yale Grinders new Haven.  kit two More men today when first string tackles de Strype and Gene Constantin were placed on Tho ineligible Tost by naval authorities on account of Scholastic deficiency. Last saturday Yale lost fullback Wayne Johnson who broke tils Nock against Muhlenberg on the first play of the game. Johnson is resting comfortably but is lost for the remainder of the season. Johnson sex Harvard Star was attempting to become the first Man in history to earn a football letter at both Yale and Harvard. Indians recall Cleveland a pitchers Steve Gromek and Paul Calvert have been re called by the indians from the Baltimore orioles of the International league. Gromek reports mediately and Calvert next Spring. Major league standings Bachman to coach Camp Grant Charley Bachman Veteran Michigan state coach has been appointed head coach of the Camp Grant army team Bachman will act in a civilian capacity. Camp Grant woo its opener from Illinois 23-0. And were coached by a four Man staff that included two members of the starting team Reino Nori and 8am Goldman National league i Eam St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh c Etc ago Philadelphia Boston new to k american league Ulf u a pc i earn w u yet amp 44. .072 new Tork 85 49 .034 75 0 Jimj Cleveland 73 60 my 74 75 61 68 j48 washing ion .518 Detroit 75 69 82 amp it my j13 61 71 .462 c Nica 30 66 61 11 .43e 58 75 .436 St. Louis 62 .406 57 74 ,435 bos Lon 62 74 .456 10 i 338 Philadelphia 44 88 .33% a a minor a league playoffs Inin National league new it 0, Syracuse 8, Toronto 5 Montreal 3 Eastern league Scranton 2, Hertford 0 win pc 3 Barre 4, Elmira 2 Pacific coast  Seattle i. Los Angeles a Portland 2, san Francisco 1  
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