Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur Saturday july 21, 1945the stars and stripes Paga 7 it i xvi4 f v it # v w it a i v. It a a it by Bill Briordy stars and stripes staff writer the Boston red sox really pulled a fast one on Connie Mack and the athletics recently when they outbid four other clubs for the services of ted Del Guerico Newark n j., High school Pitcher the botox obtained the 17-year-old new Jersey Schoolboy for what is believed to be the highest Bonus Ever paid a High school player�?19,000 dollars. Scout Jack Egan acting for the Tom Yawkey organization signed Young Del Guerico to a contract with Louisville of the american association and Louisville in turn optioned him to Scranton of the Eastern league. Del Guercio who has already reported to Scranton will not reach his eighteenth birthday until dec. 18. Wants College diploma As an added inducement to obtain hit signature the millionaires agreed to permit Del Ger too to Eom Peteto Hie schooling. While his Amateur statue is lost Dot Guerico Hopes to attend Lehigh University and major in engineering. Del Guerico would be Able to play Ball during the summer months but there s the matter of selective service which May put a crimp in both his baseball and engineering plans. Its Likely that the Schoolboy will not be available to the red sox Chain until 1948. Unless the War ends. American league Chicago 5. Boston 3. Others postponed rain. W l pet. A a Detroit 4ft 32 Soo a a new Fork 41 30 532 41 Washington 40 3ft .526. 5 Boston 40 38 .525 5 Chicago 41 40 >506 Fri St. Louis 37 38 .493 7i Cleveland 37 30 .487. 8 Philadelphia 2ft 51 .338 201 Chicago at Boston St. Louis at new York 2 Detroit at wasting ton Cleveland at Philadelphia 9 american association Indianapolis 3, Toledo 1 Columbus 3, Louisville 0 Kansas City 10. Minneapolis 4 St. Paul 1-7. Milwaukee 09 w l pet w l pet. Indiana. 5ft 35 .01.% Toledo 42 49 .462 my Wauk. 54 36 .6001 minnea. 41 48 .461 Louis Vil. 51 2 .548 Columb. 40 56 435 St. Paul 43 42 soft ans. C. 32 55 .368 Eastern league Scranton it Albany 5 Wilkes Barre 8. Hartford 7 Williamsport 3-7, Binghamton 19. Others postponed rain. W l pet. W l pet. Utica 41 33 .5541william. 87 33 .487 Hartford 40 33 >48< Scranton 35 37 .466 Wilkes a. 42 35 .5451 Elmira 42 40 .444 Aubruy 63 37 538ibingha. 96 44 .369 Southern association Birmingham 6. New Orleans 3 Nashville 17. Mobile 10 Chattanooga 7, Little Bock 2 Memphis 4. Atlanta 3 Atlanta 58 28 Memphis 3ft 48 499 new Orl. 51 35 .5931 Little r. 31 51 .30fi Cha it Ano. 50 36 588 Nashville 33 51 .393 Mobile 50 37 .5751 Binning. 30 55 .353 but of a notices Bosses end apparently they think highly of him can wait for he s quite a Bell player. The botox bigwigs indicated that to the extent of the 1im dollars they invested in gets Odt of Goshen n.y., july 20 cans a the traditional hambletonian trotting classic will be run As scheduled on aug. 8 through special dispensation of the Odt William Cane owner of Good time Park announced today. Cane who built the Quot Corn Tassel classic Quot into the Kentucky Derby of trotting said the event had been approved after a Washington conference with Odt director Monroe Johnson. Under terms of the dispensation the hambletonian meeting will be reduced to one Day instead of the three originally planned. Van Buren signs contract Philadelphia july 19 ans a Steve Van Buren Fleet Philadelphia eagles halfback today signed a contract for the 1945 National football league season. Batting Mark is Del Guerico a 9 foot-2 Inch 190-Pound hurler slugger is bidding for an Outfield spot on the Scranton club As the red sox choose to take advantage of his batting prowess rather than his make use of his skill on the Mound when he Wasny to ditching Del Guerico played third Short or in the Outfield. And he batted in the clean up spot he was one of the leading hitters in new Jersey Schoolboy circles. The red sox feel he May develop into another ted Williams. With a 425 batting Mark for the season perhaps the botox have another ted Williams in the making. The millionaires Are hoping anyway. By Courtesy of Mcnaught Syndicate inc. Soft act some bogy a Jornt upa10ttaold boxes asst urn. F 325th officers win Marseille july 20�?the 325th officers Defeated the 407th enlisted men in a softball same to
