Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Page 6the stars and stripes to Raday May 3, 1945 Chandler raps drafting of based Delfs r i a _ blast follows talk with Truman on policy a St. Louis May 2 ans it Ben. Albert b. Quot Happy Quot Chandler Here for the Browns american league Flag raising ceremonies which were washed out last night vigorously denounced what he termed the Quot practice of drafting 4fs simply a a because they happen to be ballplayers a and added that president Truman will study the situation. Chandler told interviewers that ? he had discussed the 4fs Quot practice with the president of the United states before i came Here and or. Truman said he would look into the. Quot i fear Quot continued the new baseball commissioner Quot that somebody has abused his authority when any sic ally unfit men Are inducted into the service simply because they happen to be ballplayers. Baseball has demonstrated its worthiness of consideration. May remain in Senate Quot there Are four million 4fs in this country. If we cannot spare four or five Hundred of them for the sport the servicemen want then we can to whip Chandler said that there is a possibility he will remain in the Senate besides holding the baseball Job if one does no to conflict with the other. However there a the possibility he will be forced to resign. When the late judge Landis was appointed commissioner some congressmen asserted it was illegal for a Federal office Holder to hold an outside Job and there was a threat to impeach him if he did t resign from the Federal Bench. Chandler took a blast at gamblers saying a a gamblers must not and will not get into and that he would advise All players and umpires to keep away from race tracks to avoid Public censure. Conducts foil he said he had polled minor and major league baseball men on the proposal to move the commissioners office from Chicago to Cincin swings Lusty Bat Haynes Blanks bengals 5-0 new York May 2 ans a two american league games were the majors sole Bill of fare yesterday As rain held Sway washing out All other scheduled contests. Chicago Defeated Detroit 5-0, and Boston downed Washington. 5-4. Joe Haynes Veteran White sox right hander missed pitching a per. Feet game by the margin of Skeeter Webb a third being single at Detroit. Excellent control Haynes who won Only five and lost six last year faced Only 28 batters in notching his second Victory of the year. The 27-yeat-old twirl Eros control was never better. He did t Issue a pass and though he fanned but one Bengal he had the tigers hitting into the dirt All afternoon As he set them Down in order in All but one inning. Webb opened the third hitting clean to Center moved to second on Bob swifts sacrifice where he died As Haynes got the next two on infield rollers. Meanwhile the sox jumped on Rookie Walter Wilson for four runs in the opening Frame aided by Johnny Dickshott a triple and Roy Schalko a three Bagger each time with men aboard. Schalk drove in Dickshot in the eighth with a single for the final run. Four in a Row at Boston the red sox turned in their fourth straight Victory nipping the senators 5-4. Leon Cul 8en. Albert b. Quot Happy Chandler. Has asked for a Mare Liberal attitude toward drafting 4f players. Sports biped americans endure germ an prison life by Gene Graff r stars and stripes sports writer their nazi guards made it difficult by interfering whenever possible but american prisoners of War succeeded in operating an extensive athletic program that made life behind barbed wire just a Little More liable according to an aah major who spent two and a half miserable years in German hands. The major who escaped recently when his column was strafed by u. S. Planes during a forced March had been shunted from one prison Camp to another Dunn his Long rink filled it by organising a Long bucket brigade and then conducted an eight team hockey league naming our teams after those in the National hockey league. That was in the Winter of 1542-43. The next Winter was too mild but we had service team new York a Arthu Quot of Todd Patten in. Former sport writer who took Over National league publicity when bin Brandt Leri Ned. Has picked an All Star National league service team from the 250 senior circuit players now wearing government Issue. Patterson unofficial selections Are interesting since they recall the Pames of major league stars who have been out1 of the sports headlines for As Many As four a staff Hugh Mulcahy first big leaguer to enter the army is among the pitchers selected. So Mulcahy a Brilliant Mound Gem on the Phillies somewhat ragged staff was inducted March a 1241. Howie Pollett Johnny Vander Meer Johnny Beasley. Ernie White Kirby Higbe Tom Hughes and i Dithom Are other fingers named on the All Star outfit. Ray Mueller who caught every one of the 155 games played by the Cincinnati reds last season Clyde Mccullough and Hank Danning Are the catchers. Inf a skiers infielders Are Johnny Mize and Elbie Fletcher former giant and pirate first basemen Lonnie Frey and Billie Herman sex Cincy and Brooklyn Podeis Keystone sack ers pee wee Reese dodger shortstop Bob Sturgeon. Cubs infielder and cookie Lavagetto and Sibi Sisti third baseman with Brooklyn and the braves respectively. Stan my Salt Terry Moore and Enos Slaughter the entire St. Louis Cardinal pre War Outfield plus Pete Reiser of Brooklyn Harry Walker toothed of and Max West. Former Boston braves slugger Are the Outfield selections. / Nat and hat they believe it would person poled three doubles while confinement so his Story is fairly a a Good league going again this past i pm ii 1 Ihu Eik Rte i a i m a .dm,.# a ink.,�, ilk Chi or wry ,�1 w a be Ideal because of the Ohio City scentral location. Chandler declared that he has the salary dispute of the Coopers Mort and Walker of the cardinals under consideration. Mort has been pitching Quot under protest while Walker was scheduled to be inducted at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis yesterday. Skeeter Newsom sewed up the Complete. Winter up to the time the nazis go me with a sixth inning single i �?�1 done to know what we would moved us again. Which scored two runs. Emmett have done without the International of Neill botox starter yielded Only Myca a he said. Quot somehow they three hits and two runs until the managed to get us plenty of athletic eighth giving Way to George equipment plus a swell Library and Woods while knuckle Belling John. A theatrical equipment. Without their by Niggeling went seven innings help i guess we would have All for the nats. He was replaced by Chick peretto. Blown our tops Long ago. Made playing Field had own world Sorias Quot softball and six Man touch football also got a big play. In one Camp which was divided into four sections we ran a 17-team softball league and finished the season with a world series. There were plenty of former All America stars american league Chicago 5 Detroit. 0 late ion it Washington 4 Cleveland St. Louis rain. Philadelphia new York rain. We l pet. W l pet. 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Orleans 4 0 Nash Viii 0 9 000 Atlanta 3 a Chat Nga 0 Little r. 3 0 1 000 Memphis 0 3 Birgham 9 0 1.000 Mobile 0 4 Quot we decided about two years ago a in our six Man football league but to build an athletic Field a the i can to furnish their names because major continued. Quot the Only plot of of Security land the germans would permit us 1 the major stressed several times to use had been a Forest and it was that anything accomplished in the loaded with Pine stumps. Well we Camps was done Quot not with help started digging up the stumps from the nazis but despite their with empty tin cans and had a basketball court ready in about a month and a half. What s More. 3 �o00 we used the Pine Wood for fires. _ when the Myca gave us ice body who was Ever in one of then 0001 skates we built our own outdoor prison frequent attempts to make things tougher. As far As in a concerned there is no such thing As a Good German. And. That goes for any by Courtesy of Man aught Syndicate. Inc. Bobby Jones lauds Nelson Atlanta ga., May 2 Iasi Byron Nelson reaped Rich harvests of Praise As Well As Cash for his golfing feats of the last two years but Bobby Jones former emperor of Golf pm a lord Byron his Best tribute. After watching Nelson fire an All tournament record of 263 in the Atlanta Iron lung Competition recently Jones said Quot when i was at my bests i never shot the Golf Nelson did in the other Golf experts differ. The remember Jones As the Only Man Ever to make a a a grand slam Quot m american and British. Open anti Amateur tournament championships. By Ham Fisher Milf lev i guess 1 d4 Uscky he. Come to i Wnda keeps my m9d bus 20- i Jess Joe wad weft �ud0�t
