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   Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                                By sri 1/c Dick Harn sports edit Orwell the Winner this week was the Winner. Both from the standpoint of guessing correctly and from the stand Point of Points. To without further Adieu the Winner was a sgt John Kundrick he. I corps Apo 301. He. Missed but eight guesses As to the winners and four of these were tie games. In this contest we Are counting ties As wrong unless they actually end in ties. His tally Sheet was 19 Points a very Jow score considering the number of upsets he was the Only Man out of 417 entries who Only missed eight games As to the eventual Winner. There were three men who missed on nine fames capt. W. H. Harrigan jr., to Osaka Kyoto div., 3rd mrs Apo 503 Cpl. James Gilbert 12th Cav., Apo 261, unit 1 and sgt. Virgil Madden 38th Sci Framcom Apo 323. Their scores were 221, 224 and 312 respectively. Maybe there were others who called tie games but we have in hand the list of sgt. 1/c James Johnston co b Kobe pm depot Apo 317, who called the Oregon  came tie. He said it would end 13-13 and it actually ended14-14. Hot bad a missed cues Siar correctly on 14 games out of 2i s l81 Rah re c my bomb gp., Apo and g. D. Nicewonger Dac 71st signal so. Bn., Apo funny thine about it is that though both of them a sed 14 to 9 games for Madden they had lower Point cows than the latter. They tallied 284 and 288 respectively. Then there was g. H. Anderson Framcom who missed12 guesses but still had a pretty Low score in 274. You Guys Are keeping the old Man Busy tallying up your lists but keep on sending them in. The More the merrier and we re Allna ring fun anyway. In our own selections last week we missed nine out of 42, so we Are proud As the proverbial Peacock. What a Ball game and what a Tough one for Bob Feller to lose. Today it s Lemon against Spahn. Weather latest woe of tourney officials by Weed Mack Guam oct. 7the far East command baseball tournament was set Back a Day yesterday when a sudden Early afternoon Squall put the Damper on the Korea Japan encounter stated Lor 2 30  for better assistance from old Jupe Pluvus Japan will take on Marbo a morning encounter am. Today. At 2 30 this afternoon the Philippines Are slated to take on Okinawa but a yet no official confirmation of their arrival on Guam has been received. They were both hav ing transportation difficulties and neither team has been at in10 00 heard from directly since Early this week. The Marbo Parade grounds is the site of the tourney games and since there Are no distinct Outfield boundaries Ari area has been roped off in left and right Fields. League officials and team managers have agreed upon a number of ground rules and the play ers have been familiarizing themselves with them since their clubs arrival Here. At present the Marbo team is working out daily at North Field Here on Guam the Japan team is getting its daily tune ups at the Parade grounds along with the Korea Bate command team Korea s t representatives. League officials have expressed the Hope that the Philippines and Okinawa will arrive today and that the1 scheduled afternoon tilt will come off on time. No Deci have been reached yet as1 to what will be done in the event that neither team or just one shows up on time. Yesterday s postponed game will be played next tuesday at 2 30 pin. X 1st Cav football league schedule St Cleft Down Boston 7 up nearly fumbling them selves to death in the first half the Pittsburgh Steeles charged from behind yester Day to score their first Victory of the National football Lea gue season a 24-14 Conques of Boston. Four teams of the division will reentered in the 1st Cav football league St a Alry 7th cavalry8th cavalry and Camp Drake. Schedule for the season reads a follows october 9, 7th Cav plays 5th Cavat Camp Mcgill and 8th Cav plays Camp Drake at 8th cavalry. Octo Ber 16 will see the 8th Cav matches with the 7th Cav and 5th cavalry men against Camp Drake. On october 23 the 7th Cav clashes with Camp Drake at Camp Drake and 5th Cav plays the 8th Cav at8th cavalry regimental Field. The  play the cavalry Field. And on the same Date St. Cav versus Camp Drake to Camp. Drake. On november 13 the the cavalry plays 7th Cav at8th cavalry. Field and the St cavalry against Camp Drake at amp Drake the last Day of regimental foot Ball is november 20 on that Day the 7th cavalry plays Camp Drake at 7th Cav and 5th Cav will clash with the 8th. Cavalry at Cam Drake. My Grinders Edge sea Hawks the Yokohama motor com Mand Grinders eked out a 6-0 Victory. Over the Fleet activities last weekend at Yokosuka. Anglin scored Yemc s tally from ten Yards out in the third Quarter after several aerials had put them in scoring Posi Tion. Fumbles and penalties were the downfall of the sea Hawks. They out gained Yemc 173 Yards to 53, and rolled up eleven first Downs to wheels four. 1st came line score the line Core of the first Gam of us ims world series. Cleveland. 060 00 006 4 Boston 000 000 old 122 Feller and. Hegan Sain an Salkeld Masi  chips go Down in big nine War Grid clash sunday the 1st cavalry division and the naval. Air forces from Tsin Tao China will clash on the Nile Kinnick Grid in Tokyo sunday oct.10, 8th army special ser vices announced today. Game time is 2 .p.m. Results of Cav boxing tourney the finals of the 1st cavalry division Intra division boxing tourney Are slated for Friday night october 8, at Cornelius fieldhouse Camp Drake at 7.quarter-final results  weight Tsuneo Yagi 5thcav. Decision Ned Jesse Bates Camp Drake Eddie Olivera Camp Drake Koed Joe Tapia 5th Cav Ray Litka 8th Cav Koed Tony Borrello 8th Cav Kenny Eaton Camp Drake de Visioned Tony Kal pure 8th Cav. Middleweight Al. Garcia Camp Drake Koed Noah Baily 8th Cav Al Butts div arty tubed j. P. Cornwe 8th"Cav tight heavyweight Everette Geantt 5th Cav de Visioned John Sloan. Camp Drake. Semi final results Feather weight Stewart Salters Camp Drake decision Ned Paul Doane 8th Cav. Lightweight Eddie Olivera Camp Drake Koed Ray Letka 8th Cav Kenny Eaton Camp Drake decision de Tsuneo Yagi 5th Cav. Welterweight Don Conrad Camp Drake Koed Charles Hodgins 5th Cav Conrad Feliks 5th Cav Koed Pat Borelli 5th Cav. Light heavyweight eve Rette Geantt 5th Cav Koed Al Butts big arty Harry Bel Lamy 8th Cav decision Ned Lou Heinsman Camp Drake. Heavyweight Walter Santoyo 8th Cav decision Ned Earl Preist Camp Drake. Tribe stiff favored St. Louis oct. 7 he betting commissioner James j. Carroll held the indians As favourites despite their initial loss against the Boston braves. For the series he quoted the indians at 13 to 20 and the braves 13 to 10. For the second game thursday Carroll quoted the indians 3 to 5 favourites with the braves 7 to 5 under dogs. Northwestern to meet Minnesota new York oct. 7 up the chips go Down on the line in the big nine conference dogfight this week. Northwestern roars straight from its title grazing 21-0 Vic tory Over Purdue into Minne Sota s Hornet nest while Smit ten Purdue seeks its balr0 against Michigan. Those Are the Ball games to watch for from them and the Minnesota Michigan game Al most surely will come the con Ference Champion. The East s vaunted a pity eleven sets its test against Illinois Satur Day. Army showed. The old flashing crushing Lafayette 54-7. For its second win of the season while Illinois lost to Wisconsin 20-16. Notre Dame 40-0 Victory Ove Pitt meets Michigan state Winne by 68-21 Over Hawaii in another a red tilt. North Carolina climbed to the top of the Southern Heap by Charley just chg to a 21-14 Victor Jover Georgia and now meets Wake Forest its first Southern conference opponent. Georgia tech rated the top contender in the Southeastern conference whipped Tulane 13-7, and tackles wit Washington and Lee next. Southern methodist kept a roaring in the Southwest with a 41-6 Triumph Over Texas tech and no faces Missouri. Texas got Balm for its Carolina lacing by Downing new Mexico 47-0 and now plays Oklahoma which lambasted Texas am. 42-14. California. Co starring wit Oregon in the West coast race walloped St. Mary s. 20-0. An plays Wisconsin saturday with the Pacific still trying for its first Winin intersection Al Competition Cal plays Rice after losing to Ohio state. Harvard of All schools eme Gedas we of the East s Powers after Downing Columbia 33-24. This week Harvard  Cornell which beat Navy. 13-7. Columbia tackles Yale a 7-0 Victor Over Connecticut. Navy visits cuke in the Southland. Penn state whipped bucknell35-0, while Penn faces Princeton and Penn. Slate., meets Syracuse Friday night Oakland Oaks Down los Angeles Angels los Angeles oct. 7 up the Oakland Oaks staged a blistering late game rally to Down the los Angeles Angels 11-9 in 10 innings last night and move into the finals of the Pacific coast league governors cup playoff against the Seattle Rainier so Robinson signs to meet Steve Belloise new York oct. 7 up the boxing promotion War Between the established 20th Century club and the upstart tournament of champions inc., broke out again today in a Erbal Battle about which organization had the services of world welterweight Champion sugar Ray Robinson. The 20th Century claimed i Jacobs said Belloise Alad signed Robinson for a december 17 non title bout against middleweight Steve Belloise of new York. But a spokesman for the tournament of champions quoted Robinson As saying that he had not signed to face Belloise. Robinson went into a Hud de yesterday with Mike Jacobs director of 20th Cen after this meeting Tacobs announced that to Nirison agreed to meet Bel Oise As the Best available middleweight in Hopes of Laining prestige for a shot at the middleweight Crown now Leld by Cerdan. France s Marcel hard hitting sex Sailor was guaranteed 27% percent of Gate at Madison Square Gar Den and it was believed that Robinson was slated to get about per , at the same time Robinson was in conference with Jacobsy George gain Ford Robinson s manager was having a talk with pro Moter Andy Neiderriter of the tournament of Cham pions. Then followed the conflicting claims about whether Robinson had signed to fight  welterweight Champion was in Boston today to see the world series. On Mound today Acme photo Bob Lemon left and War Ren Spahn braves Southpaw will work on the Mound for their respective teams in the second game of the 1948 world series today in Boston. Lemon won Twenty games for the indians this year while Spah notched fifteen victories As Buton s no. 2 hurler. Saints defeat Montreal 4-0 St. Paul oct. 7 up St. Paul pushed across four runs in the seventh inning to beat. The Montreal royals 4-0 in the first game of baseball s Little world series last night before 9,000 shivering fans. Pat Mcglothin pitched five hit Ball for St. Paul and never was in trouble. The saints got seven safeties bunching three of them in the seventh. Montreal s Newcombe had the saints under control until the seventh. Catcher Ferrell Anderson opened the inning with a single to Center after one out and moved to second when Maurice Atwell walked. Mcglothin got on base on a walk to Load the bases. Then Johnny Douglas singled scoring Anderson. An the r run crossed the plate on Newcombe s wild pitch. Out fielder Eric Tipton singled to drive in the final two scores. The game was a pitchers Battle until the seventh. The Only time Mcglothin got into trouble was in the third when Al Gionfriddo and Lou Welaj singled. Both runners were thrown out trying to steal. ,. ".". By Holmes timely hit gives first came to braves 1-0 Wilson in Hospital Baltimore oct. 7 up Lewis Hack Wilson former Chicago cubs outfielder who still holds the National Lea gue Home run record was taken to the Maryland Gen eral Hospital in serious condition. His wife told police that he was in ill health sometime and had fallen out of his bed. Wilson 47, was employed this summer As manager of a swimming Pool. Barons Shade  fort Worth tex., oct. 7 up the Birmingham Barons of the Southern association Defeated the fort Worth cats of the Texas league 5-4 Here tuesday night to take Atwo to one game Lead in the 26th Dixie series. The Barons won the Gam Iii the seventh inning with three runs two of which were the result of Walter Dropo s Home run Over the left Center Fence 370 feet from the plate the cats played Raggedy throughout kicked in two runs fouled up in their base running and left _14 runners on  Modica a Young right hander who had a 7-8 record for the regular season started for Birmingham and lasted until the ninth inning Boudreax said he would Start Bob Lemon 20game winning right hander in the second game. Gene Bearden the slim lefty who throttled the red sox Mon Day for his 19 Victory will be rested and ready to face the braves in the third game at Cleveland. Spahn the Southpaw half of Southworth s to two i considered the logical starter for the National leagues in the second game but it might be Rookie Mem Bickford. Spahn a 21, game Winner last year has been wild in recent weeks and wound up with Only 15 victories. Green wave shy Veteran guards new Orleans oct. 7coach Henry Frnka lost seven Letterm Fen from his 1947 Tulane line arid three of them were  those men is the toughest single Forward Wal problem the wave strategy chief will face All season until injuries Start plaguing him. Gone for Good Are such sea soned performers As Darwood Holm de Deramee and Mike Balen who  shouldered the lion s share of the guard duties last season. My s want game the Camp Drake military police basketball team is de Sirous of scheduling games with teams of Ija Talion or company level. Of Mdse inter ested can Call Camp Drake -2380 and ask for sgt. Hickey. Babe movie soon the babe Ruth Story movie depicting the life of the immortal babe Ruth will make its Premier show ing i Japan soon the Fec motion picture service announced yesterday. It will open at the Hibiya theater to Tokyo and the open air theater Yoko Hama for four Days running oct. 24, 25, 26 and 27. The movie with William Bendix portraying the Bam Bino will be released shortly thereafter to All 16 and 35 my Heaters. Feller s loss heartbreaking As he hurls two hitter Sain Brilliant continued from Page 1 it was the eighth 1-0 name in series history. The last one was 1923 when Art Nehf of the new York giants shut out sad Sam Jones of the new York Yankees. It was a heartbreaking defeat for Feller one of the great pitchers in baseball history who finally achieved his ambition to hurl in a world series. As Well As he did it was not Goodenough for Sain refused to yield. The game was tight All the  the innings unwound a a nerve jabbing drama of two Strong armed pitchers it be came apparent it would take a break a wrong guess or Fielding Bobble to Settle the outcome. It came in the eighth and on a dubious bit of strategy of manager Lou Boudreau of the the indians in ordering Eddie Stanky passed -5 to get at Sain. That part worked out Fine since Sain flied out but it brought up Holmes who Holmes was the top hitter in the bos ton lineup. At that. Feller almost got out of the Jam when he wheeled and rifled a gorgeous snap throw to Boudreau almost catching Masi off second Boudreau tagged the belly Landing Pinch runner in the Back and stomped with rage when Umpire Bill Stewart called Masi Safe. Forty thousand one Hundred and thirty five fans screamed As Masi came thundering in to the plate with the game s Only Rtin on Holmes single through third. Masi snatched his Cap from his head and car ried it in his hand As he crossed the rubber standing  Feller was terrific. Sain was More so.  six dangerous Cleveland batters. Ii rfcs ,.th� calmest Man in the Park after a Fiott with att the time in the world alter Fieldin Keltner s ninth inning grounder perfectly threw the Ball two feet Over Earl Torgeson s head. Braves outfielders running their legs off As Sain s slants forced Bat ters to hit High into the air tie feh i about blow Ingen his hands fearing a spit Bau complaint. Rickert singled Pas Trobinson. Salked sacrificed. He Gan to Robinson. Mccormick pop Ped to Gordon. Stanley grounded out. Feller to Robinson. Sixth inning indians Doby singled to Center. Stanky threw out Boudreau with Doby taking second on a hit and run play. Gordon flied to  did the same thing. Braves Boudreau threw out  flied to Mitchell. Doby caught dark s Fly. Seventh inning indians Jud Rich and Robinson flied to Holmes. Hegan lined to Mccormick. Braves Torgeson grounded out Robinson to Teller stepping on Feller s foot As he crossed the Bagut Feller returned to the Mound. Feller threw out Elliott. Rickert popped to Boudreau behind third. Eighth inning indians Feller struck out. Mit Chell flied out to Mccormick. Dob fouled to Rickert. Braves Salkeld walked and Phil Mas was sent in to run for him y manager Billy  bunted Down the  age line and sacrificed. Feller to Robinson. Stanky was purposely passed and Sibby Slutt ran for  flied to Judnich the runners holding their bases. Masi almost was picked off second. Feller to Boudreau who protested the Safe decision. Holmes singled Down the Eft Field line scoring Masi wit Sisti taking third and Holmes Sec. Ond on the throw in. Dark ground. De out Keltner to Robinson. Ninth inning indians Masi was catching1 and Sisti playing second for 1tie  lined to Mccormick in deep left Center. Gordon fouled to dark. Keltner went All the Way o second when  threw wildly first on a grounder. Judnich Annex. Associated press9 South football schedule note gained played at Home grounds of teams in first column except those marked played at grounds of teams in Date columns. N night games. First 147 score is Home team s. Alabama x Auburn x Clemson Duke. Florida Georgia Georgia tech Kentucky l. S. To North Carolina 19-7 Viz 28-20 Tennessee 10-o Georgia tech #-27 Maryland 19-7 coffins n leu n. 35-19 Auburn 27-7 Vanderbilt 14-0 georgian 19-35 Tulane 27-14 Cincinnati no. Carolina St. 41-8 North a Ottnat 641 Alabama 0-10 Mississippi 14-27 Kentucky 0-14 Wash. & Lee 32-7 Duquesne a 33-0 Vii 21-7 Mississippi state to danc 0-40 Georgia u7-7 Mississippi so. 34-7 Der flt 29th n. 0-28 j Mississippi St. 0-14 so car. 21st, 19-21 Bost. C 29th a 22-32 Vii Georgia teen Miami 22nd, n Florida mar Juette North Carolina Boston College Alabama leu Chatt. 22nd a 21-0 Clemson 21st. 21 19 Tennessee tech Auburn 40-0 Yale vmtc35-? St. Bonaventure Georgia tech 0-7 fur Man 35-7 Wake Forest 13-6 Furman 34-7 Alabama 7-17 Duke 7-0 Cincinnati 20-0 Mississippi a 18-20 leu n. 20-18 Tulane 20-0 Tennessee 20-ft Wake Forest 20-0 West Virginia North Carolina 6-20 Mississippi St. 0-20 Auburn 29th, n. 28-0 Princeton no. Carolina St. 0-20 Richmond 35-0 Georgia 6-34 Florida. 34-6 Tennessee 27-0 Villanova 124-14 Vanderbilt 19-13 Chattanooga 52-0 Auburn 14-0 William & Mary 13-7 Virginia 7-2 Maryland 13-19 Georgia tech ,0-27 Vii leu 13-19 no. Carolina St. 2-7. Duke 6-13 North Carolina Var Georgia tech 14-7 Georgia 6-28 Wake Forest 14-16 Geofge Washington Kentucky Auburn 28-6 Alabama 7-14 Florida Mississippi St. N.21-6 Tennessee 43-13 Sun 6-21 Maryland 1s-0 Duquesne Tuisa Mississippi 13-43 Baylor Marshall West Virginia 6-0 Clemson 16-14 Boston College leu 41-12 Duquesne 34-13 Carolina 0-21 Miami 7-6 Furman the Citadel 33-0 Tennessee 6-13 Alabama 12-41 Duke 21-0 William & Mary Kentucky 13-6 Cincinnati Maryland 6-20 no. Carolina state Florida Clemson 18-34 Auburn 34-18 Alabama Georgia tech f8-7 Georgia 7 Miami 26th, n tul Asae 6-6 Mississippi St. 33-h  Virginia 40-7 a Tzaneva Wake Forest Vanderbilt 12-7 leu 6-6 Tennessee 7-13d Worth Carolina. 7-40t so. Carolina 25eh� a Arkansas  
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