Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Tuesday july 24�the stars and strikes  1 Hie baseball Grapevine Back Home is bussing about the unofficial report that manager Joe Mccarthy of the new York Yankees is planning to announce his retirement from the game. Shading the Rumor is a statement from Larry Macphail hot tongued president and general manager of the Yanke Nietup. Macphail a statement is that the Yankee Pilot is in a a highly nervous condition which will probably spark Mccarthy a plan to retire which germinated before Macphail took Over the reins of the Bronx bombers. A when news of Macphail a stewardship of the Yankees hit Tiiu sports headlines a while Back Many experts freely voiced the opinion phils win final for cub split that Marse Joe would step Down As the club Wasny to big enough to hold two such clashing personalities. Macphail Only last week expressed himself unsatisfied with the clubs a Quot Lack of Hustle but added that he thought Mccarthy would get the1 boys going. Whether or not Mccarthy so a nervous conditions is the result of a recurrence of stomach disorders which have handicapped him in the past several years or the result of too Many Cooks in the Broth behind the scene the answer fear the moment remains veiled. Should the latter be the Case then hark Back to a Mccarthy trait that has helped him Annex eight american league pennants and seven world series championships. Joe takes no guff from anyone. Southern francs athletes Are being watched by com x officials am higher Levels. La Robert h. Ingle athletic Branch of Gem x special serv Loes Headquarters has requested Dally copies off this  per far sports information on How the Hoys Are doing in these parts. Upcoming next thursday is the ,000-Dollar Deal at the Tam 0shanter Golf course with a big Field including Byron Nelson and Sammy Snead. Returning to the Fairway feud is Long absent Lac. Ben Hogan of the army air forces. The Tam o Shanter tourney Golf Dom s richest meet is a 73-Hole medal play test running from t h u r s Day to sunday. Along with it Are the women s meet and the All american Amateur tourney. Nelson has been Handicap 8mm�� sea Ped with a wrenched shoulder skipping the recent St. Paul open for a much needed rest while Snead has been favouring a fractured hand since mid june. Sensing the usual winners will not be Able to play their Best the pack headed by such notables As Jug Mcspaden Sammy Byrd sgt. Dutch Harrison who won the St Paul open Denny Shute Johnny Bulla Vic Ghezzi Jimmy Thompson Gene Sarazen and of All people ancient Walter Hagen will be in there shooting for a kill. However the Odds Are pretty Short on lord Byron and Snead turning up for the opening round uncured and if Nelsons rest Hasni to stated him he should cop this Juicy prize hands Down. It/., Leo we &uma&5ik, 3rd army swim title taken by a hmm corns Nuremberg Germany july 23�?the xxii corps swimming team amassed a total of 101 Points to win the 3rd army championships Here yesterday. Scoring in All but the three meter diving event the winners managed to keep the top spot on the scoreboard from the very Start. V the n corps took the place spot in the final event of the Day the 800-meter free style relay. Going into the last event the in mermen had a 4-Point Edge but they were blanked in the relay. The Xiv corps xxx corp6 and the army troops placed fourth fifth and sixth respectively. Rowel n. Papich who won the one meter and three meter diving events was the individual Star of the meet. Papich who once coached the University of Texas diving squad was the Only Man to win a double. He took the one meter dive by a single Point from Tom Yonkers who scored 68. Thomas j. Anders of the 83rd div. Took the 200-meter breast stroke leading All the Way. Anders also proved the important cog for the Xuy corps Medley relay team providing the spurt that won the event Herbert Glass who swam the free style portion of the Medley race for the winners also took top honors in the 50-meter free style race. Glass who was Captain of the Nyu team in 1037, just managed to get the nod Over John Leitt jr., of the 94th div. Leitt came Back to win the 100-meter dash. He was also Anchor Man on the winning 80-meter relay team All the men who placed first second or third will represent the 3rd army in the theater championships to be held Here starting next Friday. Fourth place winners will be alternates Ferriss spins 16th bums hit cards for 2 Hughes crabs Golf Crown spa Belgium july 23�?the seventh army crowned its Amateur Golf Champion yesterday with the completion of 72 holes of medal play at Golf club Des Agnes. To Ben j. Hughes he 3rd inf. Div. Of Portland Oregon negotiated the i last nine holes in 36 strokes one under  for the nine to overcome maj. William Zimmerman and pvt. John Meyers who were leading huges by two strokes. Hughes posted 8 72-Hole total of 320 for the  74 course. Maj Zimmerman he 100th inf. Div. Of Augusta ga., finished second with a total of 322. 1st la William Cambell. 100th inf. Div. Was third with 325. Sgt. Harris0h finally wins St. Paul july 23�?sgt dutch Harrison roared from behind with a scintillating 8-under  64 to Chalk up the $10,000 St. Paul open tourney with a 72-Hole total of 273 yesterday. Harrison stationed at Wright Field Dayton Ohio was 15 strokes under regulation figures for the meet. He moved into a first place tie with a 70 before lunch and then went out in a 93-degree heat to rack up his 64, one stroke Over the course record and take the $2,000-War Bond first prize by five strokes Over Johnny revolts. Harrison s great finish brought him a title denied him in 1942 when Chick Harbert beat him in a playoff. New York july 23 ans a freshman Dave Ferriss of the  sox advanced a step closer to the 20-game-Winner elite Circle yesterday by setting Down the Browns 3-2, in the first game of their doubleheader for his 17th Triumph of the Campaign. The Browns salvaged the Nightcap 5-1, behind Tex Shirley a four hit performance. Jack Kramer matched Ferriss Pace until the ninth inning when an error behind him allowed Boston to collect the winning run. Shirley % won easily As his mates pounded Randy Heflin for three runs in the first inning. The tigers protected their two and a half game advantage Over the senators in the american league whirl by dividing with the athletics. Hal Newhouser a four hit Job produced a 9-1 Victory and his 15th Victory for Detroit but the a a annexed the abbreviated six inning Nightcap 2-1, As rain and a bad Start snapped a1 Bent o n s winning skein. New Bouser handcuffed the Hal a who or a a with one hit for eight innings while the tigers battered Steve Gerkin. Three hits in the ninth Cost the talented Southpaw his shutout. Poor base running and Fielding Cost the yank be several potential runs and a 6-6 setback in 12 innings at the hands of the White sex. The Nightcap of the scheduled doubleheader was rained out. A double by Wally Moses and a single by Roy Schalk in the 12th inning settled the Issue and gifted Thornton Lee with the Mound nod Over Walt Dubiel third new York Pitcher. Nick Etten homered for the Yankees. Washington and Cleveland battled to a standstill the senators winning the opener 5-4, and the indians winning the Windup 9-3. Mickey Haefner won his own game in the inaugural swatting a single in the ninth to drive in the winning run against Allie Reynolds who relieved Steve Gromek in the eighth inning. Five runs in the sixth inning on three hits three walks and an error won the late decision for Jim Bagby Over Marino Pieretty cookes capture Clay court play new York july 23�?t h e Eastern Clay court championships was strictly a Quot cookers tour As Elwood Cooke and his wife the former Sarah Palfrey yesterday ran off with the singles titles and mrs. Cooke won half a share of the women a doubles diadem. Cooke swept the menus title with a straight set Victory Over Veteran Sidney b. Wood 8-6, 6-4, 7-5. Mrs. Cooke held up her end of the family prestige by turning Back Mary Arnold in straight sets 6-3, 60. Mrs. Cooke then teamed with Dorothy May Bundy to win the doubles Crown from miss Arnold and Shirley Fry 83, 6-3, 6-2. Joe Paloska by Courtesy of Mcnaught Syndicate inc. By Ham Fisher new York july 23 ans a the suddenly pest Ferous phils picked up an even break with the cocky cubs yesterday by bouncing ten runs off the Ivy Clung Walls of Wrigley Park in the seventh toning of the Nightcap to win 11-8 after dropping an 8-5 verdict. Thirteen phils paraded to the plate in the big seventh inning of the cub finals. Nine of them hit safely to Chase starter Hank Wysco Lon Warneke and Wally signer for the ten runs. Ray Starr and by Vandenberg were also to there for the cubs before the game was Over. Jack Kraus who opened for the quakers was the Winner although he required assistance from Charley Schanz and Tony Karl Ray Prim outlasted the phils to the opener despite two homers by Vince Dimaggio. Schanz was the victim yielding a round tripper to Don Johnson in route. Bucker in Relief Rote the dodgers took the sail Otil of the cams with 3-1 and 8-7 triumphs marked by by sucker s Relief pitching which saved both games. Bucker put out a late card fire to preserve Hal Gregg a 12th decision of the year in the first game while Blix Donnelly was going Down to defeat. The bums raced right out in the first inning of the Nightcap with six runs on seven hits that had Charley Barrett under the showers before he could raise a sweat two runs off Bud Byerly in the second Frame were just enough to stave off the card surge in the ninth bucker checking them after two  Birds tallied. Clyde King who had picked up Tat Ralph Branca in the second inning got credit for the win. Pirates regain fourth the pirates climbed Back into fourth place with 2-1 and 8-1 victories Over the braves a Jim Tobin had the bucs blanked until the ninth inning of the opener when four hits pulled out the game for Ken Gables preacher Roe spun a neat four hotter to win the second game from Nate Andrews. The rods tumbled the giants into the second division by sweeping their bargain Bill 2-1 and 11-6. The opener was a 13-inning thriller that Bucky Walters won despite 18 Hita. The giants blew it by stranding 13 mates. Harry Feldman who came on the scene in the 12th, was the victim. Sucky waiter the finale was a Breeze for the reds who slammed five giant hurlers for 13 hits. Joe Bowman was the Winner giving Way to de Heusser after tiring near the finish. 29th Joe wins Golf tourney Paris july 23 a Chi. Tommy Barkovich Long driving 29th inf. Doug foot from Universal pa., put together a 77-76 for a 36-Hole total of 153 to carry off the Gorc Usset Golf title at Fontainebleau yesterday As the command pro and Amateur finalists for the theater championships were determined. Barkovich who competed in the pro bracket paced the Field of 45, 35 of which were amateurs. Pvt Patsy Deluca of the 10th rd., from Tuckahoe n.y., was hot on the heels of Barkovich in the professional Section with 78-77-155 the rest of the pro Field will be comprised of pfc. Vic Calandriello 29th eng from Rye n.y., who posted a 78-80-158 a sgt. Ralph Leasure 19th . From Cumberland md., with a 78-82-160, and a sgt. Johnny Orlick 9th div. From Detroit who registered an 81-83-164. The Simon Pures were led by la William doll 686th a in and la John Snell 10th  each of whom posted 158s