Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Thursday june 7, 1945the stars and stripes Page 7 Salter hitting Ball As lbs league Czar by Johnnie Brown stars and stripes staff writer Marseille june 6�?ask to sgt. Homer Salter of Garden City kan., who a leading the Bush league and hell Tell you right off. Ask him yesterdays score Between the tigers and the giants its on the tip of his Tongue. Salter former All Rocky Mountain conference fullback at Western state College colo., is Overall manager for Well Over 2,000 softball and baseball players in leagues sponsored by Delta base special port show headline glovers service. His principal Job is to keep the leagues organized. When one team drops out he gets another to replace it. Directors of the 148 softball and 41 baseball clubs keep him informed daily on scores batting averages and standings. To build up interest in the american. National and Victory baseball leagues special service has offered to award Complete new baseball uniforms to the three teams leading in each league june 15. Three Way tie currently the railroaders port panthers and the Navy team Are leading the american league. The Engineer pelicans Are on top in the National league and in the Victory league the monarchs and White sox Are tied for no. 1 spot. The Hospital Needles triumphed in the first half of the softball american league with nine wins no losses. The red devils another Hospital club won eight games and lost one to take the first half in the National league. In the Bush league the truckers Are on top. Altogether there Are 15 softball leagues and at least three baseball leagues under lbs sponsorship. Sixth port next week opens a 14-team baseball league which will be Independent of Salter a clubs. The poet is dropping softball. How 2 Dixie Chicks decide bed quandary Memphis june 6 ans a first baseman Omar Lane and shortstop George Morgan of the Memphis Chicks found the housing shortage so acute Here that they Are sharing a hotel room with one bed and two mattresses. The player who gets the most hits for the Day gets the bed and the other spreads a mattress on the floor. Mullins gets air base Post George Randolph left sex Golden Glover sizes up Jimmy Jones in s preview to their main bout clash at the port coliseum thursday might. �?6th port special service Marseille june 6�?a card designed to give boxing fans plenty of action will unfold tomorrow night at the port coliseum at 8 pm under the auspices of the sixth port special service department. The main event will feature George Randolph 162, Kansas City of the 523rd port battalion and Jimmy Jones 164, Flushing l. I., of the 507th port battalion. Randolph won Golden gloves titles in Kansas City and St. Louis in 1941. Seven other bouts round out the show. Iowa City june 6 ans a Lawrence j. A a Moon Mullins athletic director at Iowa pre flight the past two years has been transferred to the naval air training base at Corpus Christ Texas. He will be succeeded by Jack Meagher former Auburn coach who guided the Iowa sea Hawks to an undefeated Grid season last equipment arrives in Nice another wartime shortage has been temporarily relieved with the arrival of a limited Supply of Golf balls at the Nice special service office. While they last Restees will be Able to play on the Cagnes sur Mer Golf course located about a even Miles West of Nice on the Road the Cannes. Both balls and clubs will be supplied free at the information Center Jardin Albert but Restees must arrange their own transportation. A bus leaves four times daily for Cannes Terry and the pirates Courtesy of news Syndicate by Milton Cavitt \ i s m a 1 816 Vanic. Has a Elk even Johnny Jingo of responsibility of make love 7d offal passenger. 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