Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Wednesday july 4, 1945 the stars and stripes lbs to observe 4th with sports events 4 behind the headlines two French basketball games will be held tonight at 8 30 pm in a the Hace Massena As an added feature of the Effort of Nice civilians to Aid americans in celebrating Independence Day. One game will be Between two teams of French girls. The other game will be Between a French army team and a French civilian  Tennis exhibition is scheduled for 4 pm at the Cannes Lawn ten Nis club Rue Lacour under Surra auspices. Capt. Simone Mathieu mile. Alice Wewers mile. Poncelet and the famous Burke Brothers will be featured. 8th army hq., Philippines. July 3 ans a Hugh Mulcahy former Workhorse Pitcher for the Phillies and first major leaguer to enter the armed services in world War ii is on his Way Back to Shibe Park and the big time. The Veteran hurler from Newton mass., has amassed enough Points for a discharge since his enlistment in March 1941. Auburn ala., july 3 cans a Bob Zuppke football coach at Illinois for 29 years was still tinkering with intriguing diagrams of a Grid blackboard yesterday As he 68th birthday rolled around. Quot Zupp celebrated by helping Carl voyles former Auburn assistant coach work out some plays. Los Angeles july 3 ans a Johnny Longden who had Ridden More winners than any other jockey in history employed the smartest Legal trick in racing to get Louis b. Mayer s thumbs up Home a Winner in the $109,000 Banta Anita Handicap last week. A thumbs up assigned top weight of 130 a pups did t carry any Quot dead weight Quot although Longden weighs Only 113. Johnny stuffed 17 pounds of Buckshot into his Money Belt and wore it around his Waist. �?�1 wanted to keep the weight off thumbs ups Back so i carried it myself a explained the Veteran rider. The Buckshot was out of the Money Belt after the race and Longden was $8,292.50 Richer has 10 per cent Cut of the Winner s purse. Atoms amp of a we a /t&&gollb&/a7s. Track and Field meet tops Holiday program Quot. By Johnnie Brown stars and stripes sports writer Marseille july 3�?a track and Field meet two softball games and a boxing wrestling show at municipal stadium All championship Competition will highlight lbs Observance of Independence Day in Marseille. The track and Field meet starts at 1 30. Winners will comprise the lbs team to compete in a com z meet in England july 28. A More than 85 athletes top men yanks Divide with chis0x turf handles hit new High new York july 3 ans a there a never been anything in turf history to compare with the pocket bulging betting mad racing Public since the horse ban was lifted. Yesterday a throng of 31.486 turned out for a very Ordinary monday card at Aqueduct while Over 20.000 rolled out at Suffolk Downs and spilled More  $1.000.000 into the machines. The Sobanet stables Gay bit romped to an easy two length Triumph Over transformer in the $3.500 Castaway Handicap top event of a Dull Aqueduct program. Gay bit with Bobby Permane in the Saddle was coupled with Al fios. And paid $8.fp for his 1 52 3/5 Gallop Over the a title and an eighth. W a trophy the Public Choice finished third in the Field of seven. Lunch Date chalked up her second Victory of the season at Suffolk As she led from Start to finish in the Hub feature Joe Keenan piloted the 4-year-old filly Home ahead of roman Abbot at the Juicy Price of $16.80 the monday handle at Suffolk was $1,147.145. Nelson eyes pea tourney sex big leaguer killed by unknown assailant new York july $ an8 a Franklin Gruber 4$, format Catcher for Trio Chicago Tilto sox Tho Philadelphia athletics and the 8t Louis Browns died monday at Knickerbocker Hospital after being shot in Trio stomach at Home by an unknown assailant Fol Leo said grubs was apparently shot by a Bullet meant for someone else. Edward Garth Waits apartment superintendent had chased six men from in front of the building a Short time before. The men loft with throats that they would return. Garthwaite returned to his basement apartment whore to was joined by grub and another tenant a Clatter of footsteps outside caused grub to open the door. As he did a Hail of bullets poured into the apartment All but one went Wiki grub d de an hour Lator. Grub was All american end and baseball Star at Lafayette College in his native eaten a. He broke into the big leagues with the White Box in 1931. Nis wife Lorraine survives. Chicago july 3 ans a they a better Batter Down the hatches for the National pea championships at Dayton next monday because Quot or. Gold Quot is really on a rampage. Quot or. Gold would be Byron Nelson who grabbed top Money m the $10,000 National Victory open the other Day. His surgeon like precision a a carved Calumet a course into a is under Par aggregate of 276, getting away from the statistical phase of Nelson s Triumph his seventh straight in major individual Competition it May be recorded that the King of the fairways is eagerly awaiting the pea title meet. Quot i feel Fine and Hope to give the boys a run for their Money Quot declared Nelson today explaining that the Back sprain he suffered last saturday in a driving contest healed mighty Quick when he squelched the Victory open Jinx. Nelson was an also ran in the 1943 Victory tourney which went to Sammy Byrd and in last year s test which was won by Jug Mcspaden. Nelsen has t won the pea title Sinco 1940 when he headed Sammy Snead one up. In 1941 and 42 he was polished off by Vic Ghezzi and Jim Tamesa. Respectively and bowed to Bob Hamilton in the payoff round at Spokane last year. New York july 3 ans a the Yankees succeeded in salvaging one game from their five game series with the White sox in Chicago beating the chicagoan. 6-1, in the Tail end of yesterdays doubleheader after the sox had captured the opener 11-6. Coupled with Detroit a scheduled idleness the Yankees remained in second place in the american league race three and an half games behind the tigers while the White sox climbed Over luckless Boston into third place. The Rod sox stumbled t w 1 c e against the Browns yesterday 7-1. And 3-2. In the Only major league games played. De Lopat travelled the distance for the White sox in the opener registering his fifth Victory of the Campaign the Dykes men jumped on three Yankee pitchers for 12 hits and capitalized on three errors. Two by Catcher Mike Gar bark. To pin the loss on Floyd Bevens four runs in the first inning against Orval Grove provided Bill Zuber with a comfortable margin in the Nightcap and he set Down the White sox without trouble. The Browns coasted through their opener with the red sox As Sig Jaruckis fashioned a five hitter and Mike Kreevich swatted a Home run with the bases full in the third inning Jakucki contributed a Home run to his own cause in the eighth inning against yank Terry who suffered his fourth straight setback. Mayer a pair get a Gap nod Helser clips Curtis Mark Pasadena. Cal. July 3 ans a Brenda Helser Portland Ore. Swimming sensation shaved two tenths of a second off Ann Curtis american record today when she won the 100-Yard free style in 10.3 at the Pacific coast aau swimming and diving championships. Arcadia Cal july 3 ans a movie Mogul Louis b. Mayer shoots for the $200,000 Mark of Santa at la Gold tomorrow when his entry of Busher and whirl about go to the Post As favourites in the $50.000 san Margarita Handicap the world s richest race for fillies and Marea Busher which romped to an impressive Triumph in the Santa Anita Derby two weeks ago picked up the major share of the $50,000 purse while thumbs up annexed the $100.000 Santa Anita Handicap for Mayer last saturday Happy Issue Winner of Hollywood Park s $50.000 Gold cup last Winter and a. A Hirschberg s Carmina Are expected to offer chief Contention to the Mayer pair. Mayer revealed today that thumbs up will not Start in the san Juan Capistrano Handicap $50,000 feature of Sanita Anitas closing next saturday. Joe Paloska by Courtesy of Mcnaught Syndicate inc. By Ham riskier in mondays preliminaries will participate. The softball games will feature 197th a my a truckers winners in the firsts half of the lbs Bush league is. The 994th signal biggies third place winners at 8 16, and the 113th aaa All stars is. U e 341st eng. Sluggers at 7 30. A a the fights Start at 8 15, starring killer Connors in a wrestling bout against Cyclone Cobb. At St. Victorey staging area softball finals in the regimental league will be played throughout the afternoon. Thirty five additional softball games will feature transient troops. Staging areas list games two baseball games will be played in the so Victorey area. The 1301st eng will meet the 1275th eng. At 2 30. The 263rd inf will play the 1317th eng. At 6 15 lbs baseball tilts scheduled at 2 30 include Yankees is. Navy american league Ernie Pyle Field texans is. Red sox National league Pelican Field Savages is. Monarchs Victory league. White sox Field. In Arles also at 2 30. The 66th. Div. Panthers play the 756th railroaders at Panther Field it col Charles c. Finnegan lbs special service officer will be official referee at the track and Field meet. Other officials will include maj Paul Riley capt. Row Barfett it. De Flanni Seymour Brooks it. Elray Johnson and Chi Lee Berman who i manager of the events. The following will compete meet entries in the too metre dash Jerry Gibson Thomas Herd. Louis Gross Gold Moro Moore William Morse. 200-metre dash Goldman Moore Arthur Fuller Jerry Gibson Thomas Herd Samuel Lewis. 400-metre dash Lee v. Deramus. Isah Davis Arthur Fuller. Richard Schluderberg Jerome Panoli. 800-metre run William Cosan Robert Gaines William Sullivan Charles Anzelc. Richard Schluderberg. 1.609-metre run William Barringer Kenneth Ross. William Tribou Robert Seymore Billy Scott Robert Gaines Jack Don i Worth. William Sullivan Charles Anzelc. 3.000-metre run William Barringer hairy Swepp Enhelder William Triboux George h. Mack Richard Schluder Borjo 100-Yard High hurdles Robert Bour tand. Melvin Covington. 100-Yard Low hurdles James e. Sanders Lee v. Deramus David a. James Melvin a. Covington. 800-Hundred metre relay�?4i38rd pm service co., 881 St port bn., 333rd Ord. Ammo co., 607th port bn., 379th Pori in. 1600-metre relay�?370th port in. Sn4 9008th pm. Running High jump Charles mores William Hatton Richard Colley Chris Lipscombe Edward Brooks. Stan Schaeffer Robert Harvey Robert Bourland. Wesley Fleming running Broad jump Goldman Moore. Jerry Gibson Don Smalley David James. Chris Lipscombe Robert Bourland. Shot put Norman Weems Merlyn Davis. Charles Edwards Simon Jones Robert Bankhead Arthur Schiller Bui Hatton Stan Powell. Tennis play Date usted Marseille july 3�?the first match in the lbs Amateur Tennis tournament will be played on the Marseille municipal stadium courts on sunday july 8, the lbs special service athletic depart ment announced yesterday. Only those who registered will be eligible for Competition and All contestants must report to municipal stadium prior to 9 am. A singles Champion will to crowned with the Best two out of three sets determining the winners in All rounds. The Inness will represent lbs in the com z tournament in Nic july 21