Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Friday May 18, 1945the stars and stripes Page 7 by Frank Eck a new features sports writer sgt. Terry Bluford Moore will be Able to say when he returns to Center Field for the St. Louis cardinals that the War helped him stay in shape. It s almost certain that Moore will be Back robbing enemy batters of extra bases As be did from 1 9 3 5 through 1942 with the red Birds. Now 33, Terry had just finished his second Banner season in the canal zone league. He batted .364 for Colon t o Pace the league 1 for the second straight season. Moore in h i s eight years with tit. Terry Moor $ e cardinals compiled an average of .284, and it May be that two campaigns against i pitching at the canal zone will make him just As troublesome to major league pitchers As he was to the hitters. It Barry Ryan jr., former Yale football Star is on Shore leave after two years of service with the Atlantic Fleet. He s a Squash Tennis addict. Comdr. Roland Haines sex Columbia Tennis Captain is another Active competitor. He won the National Squash Tennis Crown in 1927. Mock Geary former Pittsburgh infielder Chet roes of Tho Boston braves and Jim Konstanty former Cincinnati Pitcher ate with the Sampson n. In Navy nine. Sgt Philip Duer of Rye n. Y., member of Princeton s 1934 swimming team is Home after putting in a year with the 15th aah in Italy. He holds the Royal italian air Force wings and has three Bronze stars. While in Italy he did his swimming in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. The War department has $7,500,000 Worth of athletic equipment ready to ship to the european theater of operations. It. James p. Thomas jr., last season s Michigan state College swimming team Captain la a Thunderbolt Pilot to has been in 96 combat missions. A sgt. Gene Ward a member of Colgate basketball and Tennis teams 12 years ago and a former football and hockey writer is Back after two years with the marines in the Pacific. He played plenty of outdoor basketball in new zealand. Tom Guthrie a year Oid notre Dame freshman who played end on Tho varsity eleven last fell has been inducted into Tho army. He recon try turned Down five offers to sign a major league baseball contract for postwar delivery. Guthrie the sen of a police judge won 16 letters for his baseball football and basketball activities at 8eten Hall prep n. J. Runs of the week National league Kim Tiliti is sit Boston ii 7 91 m i 116 Brooklyn 1 41 �1 31 1 1 1 113 Chicago i 5 4 Al ii i i 9 Cincinnati hum i i i in now York i 6 sift i i i 17 Philadelphia i 41 3 Al i i i ill Pottol Margh i it 31 it 1 1 1 1 5 St. I Otiis 1 if Lul Milf old Block ship is off from my . Cochran 7s, father of Welker Cee Hran world three Cushion billiard Champion is still Export with the out. Quot pop Quot Learned the game at the age of six tutoring Welker at the age of nine was two years later was showing the Quot old Man Quot finer Points of the game. The elder Cochran insists Welker is the Best player going. Stork sweating Jock gets draft standby Miami May 17 Ansis ted Atkinson turf Dom a leading jockey of 1944 with 287 winners was granted a deferment until mid june by his draft Board and will leave for new York to resume Riding Atkinson was classified a after three rejections but obtained the deferment since he is an expectant father. Crosby to play Hope for vets Chicago May 17 ans a pea tournament manager Fred Corcoran announced yesterday that Bing Crosby and Bobe Hope would play a series of matches throughout the Midwest during May and june for the pea War veterans rehabilitation fund. They will play against each other with professional partners. The opening match has been set for the Tam of Shanter country club Here on May 26th. Other tests will follow at Cleveland Indianapolis and Omaha. Naktenis amp spins arc no hitter Hartford May 17 ans a Pete Naktenis former athletics and reds right hander who gave up major league baseball three years ago to take a War Job pitched a no hit no run game for Hartford in beating Binghamton 6-6, tuesday night the 33-year-old hurler hooked on with Hartford with the stipulate in that he play Only Home games in order to maintain his Job As production manager at a local was Plant Ripley expects to join hoyas new York May 17�?elmer Ripley former Georgetown Yale and Columbia basketball coach who will guide the notre Dame quintet next season plans to return to Georgetown after the War. Ripley will Tutor the Irish until the return of Ltd Krause u8 Mca Blondie by Courtesy of King features Syndicate by Chic Young Tracy by Courtesy of Chicago Tribune Syndicate inc. By cakes Fer gum i l Abner or. 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