Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               La a 6 the stars Ano Stripe wednesday May 16, 1945 s win 9th d pirates 4-1 Brooklyn May 15 ans a the Western invasion of Brooklyn continued to Pue up in disaster along the Gowan us As the dodgers clipped the pirates 4-1, yesterday for their ninth straight Victory. The bucs fell like the cards and reds before them As Leroy Pfund Tibe Brooks week Day toilet he wont pitch on sundays came through with a six hitter in his first Start a be a is Effort. Not a buc got beyond second base except for the third inning when Jade Saltzgaver a triple and Johnny barrettes single accounted for the in of Pittsburgh tally. Preacher Roe also spun a six hitter but four of them were extra base blows. Dixie Walker who three of the hits for his second straight perfect Day tripled in i Irth and counted on Louis Olmos double. Whtie opened the seventh with a two Bagger and Rode Home of Mickey Owens double the latter a canting when Bob Elliott booted Basinski a grounder. Stan Boudar Gamay finished the scoring in the eighth when he scored on Bill a filth a Fly after pulling a double steal with Augie Galfin. X giants 6, cubs 5 Phil Weintraub a single in the tenth enabled the giants to turn Back the cubs in the Polo grounds 6-6. And gave Billy Voisene his sixth consecutive win of the Campaign. Voisene had relieved Bill Emmer Ich in the ninth and allowed the Guys to go ahead by serving a Home run ban with two on Dewey Williams Chicago a Backstop. Nap Reyes who had a perfect Day two singles and a Brace of Hunt Tun tied it for the giants in the ninth with his second round tripper off by Vanderberg. Mel Ott opened the tenth with a double off Ray Prim the loser and Leon Treadway running for the giant Phot romped in with the payoff Tsy on Weintraub a mow. Reyes belted his first Homer off Bob cup Man with Erie Lombardi and wet Traub aboard in the second inning. Stan Hack poled one Lor the cubs in the seventh. The Phytila phils booted away another Ball game a they commit a a a a Ifim a a i a a a where but Flatbush who but Rickey Brooklyn May 15 ans a the baseball writers have taken Many a dig at Branch Rickey prexy of the Brooklyn dodgers. But probably a new High in the knifing Art was this report recently made by the scribes a a Branch Rickey has agreed to let Brooklyn High school teams May at ebbets Field when the dodgers Are on the Road disregarding the possibility that his bums will suffer by contrast. Ted three errors in the third inning which allowed the reds to store four runs and eventually take a 5-4 decision. The phils got two in the third and chased starter a1 Bosser with another pair in the eighth but former Philly Flinger Walter a Boom Boom Beck halted the rally by fanning Jimmy Foxx and making Andy Semha a pop up. The reds scored what proved to be the Winner in the seventh when Frank Mccormick single admitted Steve meaner who had tripled. Venn Ken. Nedy was the victim. To it of Connor in Cincot Cincinnati May la ans a Leslie j. Of Connor special assistant tor baseball commissioner Happy Chandler has arrived Here to make preparations for the Transfer of the commissioners Headquarters from Chicago. Although it handler will have his Headquarters hese of Connor said he would continue to maintain his offices in Chicago. Basora holds a sugar to 10-round draw a i i 13 Eph i a May to cans a Swarthy Jose Basora puerto Rico 1 a Prang one of the seasons Fristic upsets last night in con army bound Ray Quot sugar Robinson to a 10-round draw before 14,600 fans. Basora a 7-1 underdog in the betting came on in the last half of the boat to earn the standoff. The turning a Point of the fight staged after three postponements in the last two years came in the fifth round when Basora unintentionally fouled the Harlem negro. From then on Robbie appeared unable to fend off Basora. After the judges had disagreed referee Charlie Daggert called the bout a draw. It was the first one on Robinsons record which previously showed 54 wins in 55 starts. His Only loss was a decision to Jake Lamotta which he reversed in their next meeting. Break looms ast rage american league All games postponed rain. Otic ago new York Detroit so Louis Washington Philadelphia Boston Cleveland a a met today Waski Uptou at Cleveland Philadelphia at Detroit new York at Chicago Boston at St. Louts w l pet. Of 12 6 .667 a 13 7 .650 a 11 .611 1 9 9 .500 3 10 12 .456 4 9 12 .499 41 8 12 .400, 5 6 13 .316 61 Montreal 6, Newark 1 others postponed rain w l pet Sersey c. 11 3 .7861 Newark Montreal 12 7 .63 Baltimore 10 s 025 Toronto 8 8 Rochester 5 9 Syracuse 5 11 Buffalo 4 10 Koye w a pet. 8 9 .411 j�o7 .313 986 Southern association new Orleans 9. Nash vice 5 Chattanooga 3, Memphis 9 Atlanta 7. Little Rock 1 Birmingham 11. Mobile 4 w l pet. W l pet. Atlanta 14 9 875 Binning. 7 9. 438 new Oft. 15 3 .833 Little r. 6 9 .400 Shattan. 9 6 .g00j Nashville 2 14 .195 Mobile 10 8 -556 Memphis 2 m .125 a astern league Albany 4. Utica 3 Wilkes Barre l. Elmira 0 Williamsport 10. Scranton 1 Hartford Binghamton not scheduled w l pet. W l pet. Albany 8 9 .750 Peranton 0 3 .867 wit Asp. 4 3 .971 Utica Hartford 4 4 .500 Benira 9 3 .400 wilk66-0. 3 6 .333 4 4 . 1 5 .107 Pacific coast league Portland 4-3, Sao Diego 9-2 lob Angele 3-0, Oakland a i Seattle 54, Sacramento �4 san Francisco so Hollywood 2-8 w l pet. W l pet 30 13 Joo Stelca aug. 91 23 .�77 m is .961 Sacram. M m Ato 93 90 .536 s franc. 90 98 .466 22 22 .500 Holly w. 12 30 .980 National league new York 6, Chicago 5 10 innings Cincinnati 5. Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 4. New York Brooklyn Chicago St Louis Pittsburgh Boston civic innate Philadelphia games today St. Louts at Boston Chicago at new York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Brooklyn american association Louisville 1j, Minneapolis 6 Pittsburgh Lon to play later Date w l pet. Go it 5 .773 14 6 .700 10 9 .526 5 9 10 .174 61 9 11 .450 7 s to .444 7 7 m .380 8 5 17 .227 12 w l pet w l Toledo 12 7 .632columb. To 11 Louisville 19 7 .032 Kansas c. 7 10 Indiana. 12 8 .6oo my Neap. 7 11 Milwaukee 8 7 Mil St. Paul 4 11 pet. .476 .412 .31 .207 last year the Chicago White sox won 10 games and lost seven in ninth innings last season. Baltimore May 15 ans a with a record list of 14 supplementary nominations among 71 eligible three year Olds the 56 the renewal of the famed Preakness classic at Pamlico on june 16th will be the richest of them All the Gross value of the race already is $81,170, and May reach $90,000. The Maryland jockey club yesterday released the roster of turf blues goods All set for the mile and 3/16 test with the possibility that Pavot and free for All unbeaten two year old champions of c last season May clash for the first time. Track Wise Fellows figure the break Field will be the biggest in years and there a the possibility that the race May be run in two divisions for the first time since 1918. This is based on the fact that the owners will take a shot on the huge purse. Old longboat carried mail Baltimore. Md., May 1&�?tom longboat famous Indian runner who set Many records from 1907 to 1915, is still literally carrying the mail. He has a mail route Between two of the Curtiss Wright corporation plants Here. Paul Waner quits game for Pitt Job Pittsburgh May 15 ans a Paul a big Poison Waner one of baseball a greatest hitters yesterday announced his retirement from the game and revealed that he will go into business Here where he won Diamond Fame with his brother Lloyd. Waner leaves a lifetime batting average of .333 in the record books and a total of 3,152 hits a Mark surpassed by Only five other players Tycobb Tris speaker Eddie Collins Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner. Paul came to the pirates with Lloyd in 1926 and for 14 years they formed the most spectacular brother combination in baseball Paul batted More then $00 for 12 successive seasons winning three league titles in that period. He set a new modern record when he got 200 or More hits in eight different seasons. He was Post his Peak when the pirates released him. Then came Brief periods wit ii the dodgers the braves the dodgers again and towards the end of last year he caught on with the Yankees. Last week the new York club gave him his unconditional release. Tigers score on Ferriss Abbate walks Way to Crown Cincinnati May 15�?john Abbate Heel and toe expert from Philadelphia won the National aau 50,000-meter walking championship in 5 hours 35 minutes and 20 seconds Abbate grabbed the Lead at the 17-mile Point passing George Wie land of Detroit who set the Pace from the Start. Abbate a time was 38 minutes and 20 seconds slower than the record set Here in 1935 by Hank Tiernan of Toronto Cramer s average new York apr Roger Cramer Detroit tigers 39-y oar old outfielder has a batting average of .298 for his 16 years in the american league. Detroit May 15 ans a they finally scored on Dave Ferriss red sox Rookie but not before he set a modern record for amp freshman hurler. By pitching four scoreless frames in the first game against the tigers sunday the remarkable air Force discharge extended his string of consecutive scoreless innings to 22, bettering the Mark of 19 2/3 set by Bucky o Brien also of the red sox in 1911. Ferriss who won 28 and lost 8 for the Randolph Field Ramblers last year while clubbing .417, has won three straight for the sox and is batting a healthy .067. Majors batting leader8 National league g a r h pet. Ott. New York 23 74 94 30 .405 helped Boston 19 80 19 jul .409 Olmo Brooklyn 18 04 9 24 .375 hinges Philadelphia 22 87 15 32 .368 Kurowski St. Louis 19 87 19 94 .308 american league g a b h pet. Cuccinello Chicago 17 60 9 22 .387 Stephens. St. Louis 17 61 17 22 361 Case Washington 22 89 15 30 .337 Etten new York 90 74 13 94 .j24 Kell. Philadelphia 18 70 8 29 314 Home runs National Utt. New York. 6 Wein Traub and Lombardi new York and Workman Boston. 5. American Steidl is St. Louis 6 Derry new York and Johnson Boston. 4. Runs batted in National Lombardi new York. 2i Welntraub new York 18 Ott. New York and Elliott. Pittsburgh 18.  Derry new York 16 Etten. New York 17 binks Washington and Kell Philadelphia 14. Blondie by Chi Young