Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur                               Wednesday Angus 1, 1945 the stars and stripes piece t behind the headlines by Grantland Rice new York Sun Dave Ferriss Merlin of the Mound and former air Force Soldier with the red sox is after big game a meaning some pitching records of the past 40 years. When you Are levelling with dead aim Over such past stars As lefty Grove Christy Mathewson Carl Hubbell Grover Alexander Smoky Joe wooded Walsh and a few other you have to adjust your sights to an unusual Angle. It s lefty Groves record of 31 games set in 1931 that now becomes fees main target. Quite a target no matter How keen a mar mum Dave May happen to be. Grove s record was 31 wins and four losses for a percentage of �86. Only Joe Wood of the 1912 red sox has even approached these Miracle figures and he was 12 Points away with 34 and s. To beat Grove s record Ferriss must win 31 and lose Only 3. This Means that Miracle Dave must take 14 out of his next 15 starts. By de Wray St. Louis Post dispatch Bay Meadows promoters Are taking a Dyer in transportation. They plan to Fly race horses to the track and win build a huge Airfield with Long runways for cargo planes after the War of course. The shipping costs May be More than some of the nags we be bet on Are Worth and insurance Money wont be Hay. Hal so if ram Detroit free press major leagues who discover that father time has crept up from behind to rudely Boot them into the discard might take a Friendly tip from Leroy Quot Satchel Paige base Bally greatest negro Pitcher. For a fellow who has been pitching Topnotch Ball for 21 years his opinion must Cany More than Ordinary weight Paige claims major league pitchers waste away from five to ten years As Active Hurtes by sitting on the Bench four out of every five Days. Quot it s All in training and keep ing in shape. Quot explained Paige Quot when you re on the Bench your Muscles tighten up and one Day the manager says you re going to pitch. And then the trouble starts. After nearly a week of sitting around you go out there and Send every muscle in your body through two hours of strenuous  v when Paige in t pitching he shags flies takes infield practice and want up every Day. He be Heve he has from five to ten years of baseball left and he admits to be a Nelson wins All american open or. Coif sweats out putt Byron Nelson right and Sammy Byrd left watch closely As Nelson s putt slides to the Edge of the our and Stop at Totth Hole in finals of Boa Golf tourney at Moraine country club Dayton Ohio recently. Match was oven at this Point but Meta on wont an to win. Bisonette succeeds braves a Pilot Coleman Doering bags Amateur Patty Berg tops women Chicago july 31 an8 a robot Ike Byron Nelson who insists heh Only human clanked off with $10200 in cold Cash and the All american open Golf tournament yesterday As he fired a closing 67 for a recent 72-Hole aggregate of 269, an amassing 19 strokes under Par. The incomparable Nelson whose first professional tour in 1932 netted him exactly $1250. Was 11 stroke ahead of it. Ben Hogan of the aah bums Herman gets old number three Brooklyn july 31 a is a babe Herman has won his fight with the Brooklyn dodgers. The lanky one time National league slugging Ace is once again proudly wearing the number 3 he carried on his shirt years ago during his first stay with the bums. A since his return to the dodgers several weeks ago As a Pinch bitter he has worn number 4 under protest the change was made possible with the recent option ing of Catcher John Dantonio to St Paul new York july 31 ans a manager Bob Coleman of the braves resigned yesterday and turned Over his duties to coach Del Bisonette former colourful Brooklyn first baseman. John Quinn general manager of the wigwam said that Bisonette who until today was third base coach of the braves will hold Down Yale s Odell All Star coach new Haven conn., july 31�? Howie Odell whose Yale football team compiled a sensational record last a Oburr Ting been to coach the College All stars when they play the Green Bay packers champions of the National football league in the annual Charity Gridiron classic at Chicago s so tier Field next month. Odell was unable to accept a Simular offer last year because his Yale team conducted summer practice on the Date chosen for the gum Picuro sign no Green Bay. Wis., july 31-Cdach Curley Lambeau of the Green Bay packers today disclosed he had signed Edniel former Tulane lineman for the 1945 sea the position of manager a As Long As he does a Good  Coleman took Over Boston s managerial reins in february 1942, succeeding Casey Stengel who had resigned on the heels of a in the club ownership. Boston finished sixth in the National league race last year and this season a Quot name policy went into effect in an Effort to make a Winner of the club. The team acquired Pitcher Lirot Marr and outfielder Joe med Wick among others but it failed to provide the hoped for impetus to Send the club into the thick of the Flag race. The braves Are currently Quad mired in seventh place 18 games in arrears of the Pace setting cube and have lost their last nine games. Reds outhit cards 5-4 St Toms my Llu the Rada dropped the cardinals into third Placa Uso percentage Points behind the dodgers by subduing the work champions last night 5-4, in the Only major league game on the was Day schedule. De Heusser pitched effectively All the Way for the reds while his mates reached Kan Burkhardt for enough runs to win during the six timings he lasted. Bud Byerly and Glenn Gardner followed Burkhardt to the Hill and stopped the reds cold but the damage already had been done. After the reds opened a 3-1 Lead the cards bounced Back to knot the score with two runs in the Bottom half of the fifth. But the reds picked up single runs in the sixth and seventh to slide ahead again and the one run counted by the cards in the eighth failed to bother  quits says Mirror new York july 31 ans a the daily Mirror said today that ailing manager Joe Mccarthy of the Yankees will not return to the club. Giving friends of Mccarthy in Buffalo As its source the Mirror said i inf Grin not be either for the remainder of the current season or for the 1946 Campaign when. The 3-year-pact  praises ump Henline new York. July 31, Ansis Bill Klem retired Dean of the National league umpires in answering the recent charges that senior or cult umpiring was not so hot this year admitted that some of the men might not have been working As hard As usual but stated that newcomer Butch Henline the old major league Catcher was one of the Best to break in in  adds two Chi boxers Jae Totth manager4 meanwhile Tom gallery assistant to president Larry a amp Mcphau mid a a Mccarthy is still manager of the Yankees. I Don t think Larry has even talked to Joe for two or three  Mccarthy offered to resign a week ago due to poor health but acceded to Mac halts request to go to his Buffalo Home for a rest Quot and think it  Mccarthy a physician said he had t heard that the Yankee Field Leader did t plan to return. Mccarthy himself could not be reached for comment. New York. July 31 cans a Hank Armstrong Back from a tour of the Chi with Kenny Washington Dan Burley. Joe Lillard and Bill Yancey brought Back signed postwar contracts for the services of two fighters welterweight Ernie Copeland of new York and Johnny Miller. Lightweight from  pitche8 5th shutout and 40-year-old Gene Sarazen both of whom pulled in with 280s. He paced the Field from the very Start with four rounds of 66-68-6847 to boost his total 1945 winnings to $45.000. Which is almost As muck As he won All of last year. A it marked the fourth time in five years that Nelson found the Par 71 Tam of Shanter course paved with Winner s Gold. He won the 19 1 inaugural with a 378 that stood As the record until yesterday. It marked lord Byron s ninth Secu Tive tourney Triumph during which he has maintained an incredible average of 675 strokes per 18-Hole round. His average for the year is 68.15. Jug Mcspaden Denny Shute and Vic Ghezzi wound up in amp tie for third place a dozen strokes Back of Nelson at 281. The Amateur Section of the three ring circus was garnered by Denver Veteran Art Doering who closed with a Par 72 for a total of 262 to Edge flight officer Frank Stra Nahan by a stroke. They had been tied for the past two Days Bob Cochran uncorked a sizzling 67 to tie Stranahan for second Patty finish Marine it. Patty Berg came from behind on the final haul Dorothy Germain by a and Annex her second Tam of Shanter women a open with ill. Miss Berg closed with s 77 to mias Germain soared to her second straight 80. The 29-woman Field actually played 90 holes but had an 18-Hole session cancelled when rain washed out the entire round last saturday. If the women s meet had closed yesterday As scheduled miss Germain would have woo the tourney with a total of 814 while miss Berg would have finished with 317. To Over Troko new Orleans us july 31-major league scouts almost jumped out of their skins trying to get a train when the news came out recently that Billy Cole of the go Lotta stars in the new Orleans Junior american legion league recently pitched his fifth straight no hitter and fanned nine in the process then they relaxed. Billy is Only 13.bums outdraw yanks Brooklyn. July 81 it ans it a just to show what fans what tit baseball the Brooklyn dodgers at the Halfway Mark m the were out drawing the Yankees Home almost two to  Drue Mexico City july Al Jesi Flores Pitche for Hus Philadelphia athletics Las been contracted by the veda Crua team in the mexican baseball league and will arrive next week. Vera crus officials today. Favored Bart sen leads Naf Lonal Junior bettors Joe Faloona by Courtesy of Mcnaught Syndicate. Inc. Kalamazoo. Mich july 31 ans a top seeded Bernard Bart sen led the Field into the second round of the National Junior Tennis championships Here when the Southpaw Star lost Only three games in disposing of Clarence Skau Groese Point mich., 6-1, 64, As the tourney got under Way yesterday. Herb Flam recent Winner of the by Ham Fisker Western Junior test and ranked to Hernd  buddy Behrens advanced defaults. The rest of the Fie i bad easy openers eighth seeded Don Hamilton was eked out a 7-5, 6-4, Victory Over Don Schuessler of St. Louis. Dick Savitt number three in tits draw overwhelmed Aleg Hetzeck 6-1, 6-0, Hugh Stewart seeded fourth Defeated Gene Bucko wll 6-2, 6-3, and Tom Malloy whipped Jay Woldenberg. 6-2. 6-1. Top favored Richard Mouledous set the Pace in the opening round of the boys division As be eased Curtis Robinson out of the meet 6-0, so Ventresco big Point my state College. A. July 31 Ansis coach Bob Higgins of Penn state in welcoming Back Ralph Ventresco who pile up 138 discharge Points in Africa. Sicily Anzio France and Germany expressed the opinion that he d a satisfied if Ralph got half that Many for the Lions next season pm the Gridiron