Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1945, Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d�?TAzur By Courtesy of Mcnaught Syndicate inc i us Veur 1show Kyj bedccj3 t Are u9cg�oes15-1mvnotmxj should Best but 2till or reef t iss Obj Cerous a chaff j almost drowk0t- 155 lg4 Van Cerous a r Ocon 60 Dod iss Ranchero us. I show Vou much Ceder Blace More snacks Plency a Jar r Maidt i come his dog new York aug. 1�?the cardinals failed to reduce their aha game deficit in the National league race by battling to a with the reds yesterday while the front running cube enjoyed a scheduled off Day. The cards topped the reds in their Twilight opener 4-3, but suffered a 3-0 defeat in the Nightcap. A a -4 a1 Jurisich making his first Start we _ Ora since May 18, pitched a the Way Jef Oji Russo out to earn his first Triumph of the a a amp 868800 tor the redbirds in the a ��1� opener. Johnny Hopp collected of is three hits and Del Rice drove in i 1 two runs to spearhead the assault Quot Itil on Cincinnati Showie Fox the a losing Pitcher. J fp1 1 five hit twirling by Lucxy wat of it ters set Down the cards in the i 1 Ond game. Blix Donnelly opened a a i for the cards but left the scene with the bases loaded marched the tigers to a 5-4 Victory Over the Browns yesterday gifted Hal new Houser with his 17th Conquest of the season and enabled the tigers to protect their four game american league advantage Over the Yankees. Outlaw who replaced Hank Greenberg m left Field in the ninth inning chased Home. Newhouser who had singled to open the inning. Big Jakucki yielding 11 hits As against Newhouser s nine suffered his eighth defeat dumb bests Farrias a record breaking weekday philadei4phia, aug. 1 ans a the Phillies today made it unanimous when they announced they had officially Given up All Hope of winning the 1945 National league Pennant Chapman said from now on he would concentrate on prospects for next year. The pit cheerless powerless phils Are mixed in the no cellar 95 games below the Pace setting cubs and 17 Back of the seventh place braves. Quot i want to put in the rest of the season looking the dub Over and making up my mind what men 111 want Back next year said Chapman. Ben quickly added that he didst know whether head be Batik himself next year. Nevertheless the methodical Mentor is working hard. Be like thursday August 2,1945 the stars and stripes Page t cardinals Divide with reds 4-3, 2-0 Bong Ais Shade brownies 5-4 braves giants share tuesday affair 4-3,9-4 sometime Back we had the occasion to sit in on an a afternoon gab session in a Cannes hotel of which the main topic of discourse waa Bowers and the fight game in general. Other members of this triumvirate were Oapl Gilbert turnkey of the 90th station Hospital and spa. Nick Cap Bimm of the 09th station Hospital. The Captain s How to is in new Orleans while Capo Blanco sings the praises of Bridgeport Donn. Talk got around to i boning and it developed time the three con vex nationalist had been present at first utter Allied booting lament held in alias a couple of Yean ago. Capt ten wkly waa officer in charge of the boxing team representing the Tunis it Terte base area. Cpl Capo Hinaro waa team coach of the Mediterranean base Section squad of Oran. Neither the bus or the lbs delegations to the Tomey were Given any kind of a High rating by the experts before the tourney got underway. In fact capohianro1 lads were relegated to a cellar Noat Tian in the list of probable finishers. Wow but far Throe Days and three nights the bran ool Distri and sailers of the lbs team save everything they Hod Wpm Ved on by the bom Marti clerk a fifth army a gun from the Fex Helee of Italy wan the team had be heat a Capa Orleans to a the Irish the find Stainback Crosetti Bat yanks to 4-2 win Over botox new York aug. 1�?jimmy outlaw s single in the 19th to nor with the bases tigers r Browns wow talk got around to How Capo Bianco a own fighter a taint Dee Farian won the into Allied professional lightweight Crown. Well Tok kid had won. All his fights hands j reminisced . Quot and was to meet a British lad for the Champton ship. I pm him in the dressing room a you be came All this Way now go out there and win tonight Quot from the Tod s Comer i that there was an american French and English judge. There had been some Rotten decisions Given before and i did t want to take any chances on that British judge Quot knowing that the referee s instructions to the banners would to to come out fighting i told Des Martus to run out and swing for the Chin. Wow Quot Walt the Ball sounded and ass Miriam literally flow Aero be Al Fht Shiino Limo surprised by Tieti Boxer while Lia Way up from his Stool and Trio referee did t even have to count ton. That Guy was out i a a record breaking w throng of 22,477 fans i Boston s Fenway Park in i pation of Szeidl the Rod sox and their sensational Rookie Pitcher i Dave Ferriss turn Back the Yan but the new yorkers clustered two runs in the tenth inning on timely hits by tut Stainback and Frank Crosetti to win 4-2 Ferriss was seeking his 19th Triumph but instead absorbed his fourth reversal. Walt Dubiel stifled the red sox with eight hits to beat Ferriss for the second time his year. Both Boston runs were batted in by Johnny Lazor while Ferriss also reached Dubiel for two hits. Indian nip. Chison h errors in the Field two by Tony Cuccinello thwarted Thorn Leeds find for his 12th Victory As the indians shaded the White flex 6-5, to move into fifth place. Lee was ahead 4-9, when his infield a Nithe four miscues plus two single and a walk handed the tribe three runs and Victory. Edke Eman started for the indians but departed in the fifth when the White sox broke Loose for three runs. Pete Center who followed Klieman to the Hill was credited with the Victory. Johnny Dickshot homered for the chicagoan in the third inning. Rain in Washington washed out the scheduled doubleheader Between the Tan aftos and athletics. The Philly Outfield of Vince dimag Gio Glen Crawford Jimmy was Dell and soaker Triplett he thinks Johnny Antonelli is a consistently Good third baseman and that Vance Dinges will develop into a great first baseman. Bucs muffle sailors bats Mccarthy mum on decision new York aug. 4 ans it a the Yankees announced today that a Complete report on the condition of their ailing manager Joe Mccarthy was not available yet and added that the Veteran Field Leader has not definitely decided to retire for the game published reports to the contrary. The Yankee business office said that Mccarthy would base his decision on the doctor s report and that no time limit has been set for my to Imrij up mind Mccarthy a been resting at his farm near Buffalo. Great lakes i aug. 1 ans it h e Pittsburgh pirates took the Day off to play an exhibit lion game with Bobby Feller s great lakes nine and when it was Over buc Pilot Frankie Frisch i wishing the pirates had saved the performance for a league game. Ait Cuccurullo left handed the sailors into a 3-0 shutout in ten innings As he spread five hits Over the distance. Feller kept Pace with him until the tenth when the tars wound up with their first defeat against major league opposition this year. Fireball Bobby fanned 10 bucs. Collected three hits Meyer gets dec for Pillbox assault nag named for Bulla Fred Hooper whose Hood or. The Derby has named one of his Colts Quot flying pro in Honor of his occasional Golf partner Johnny Bulla the airlines Pilot and part time tournament golfer. Luzon aug. 1 ans a it col Charles r. Quot Monkey Quot Meyer one of West Point s greatest football stars received the distinguished service Cross today for leading an infantry assault against a japanese Pillbox in Northern Luzon. 1 Meyer battalion commander with the 32nd div., leaped to the top of the Pillbox three times with demolition charges. The first two charges failed to explode. Meyer held the third charge until the last moment and was mown backward by the explosion that killed 12 japs. I crore High of Dame of the teams use ment whenever like to use a few army and Navy Hugh Devore says favor new notre favor visiting equip d sure of those spare backs Quot coach enviously. J twirling by Bucky wat Down the cards in the Blix Donnelly opened cards but left the scene the second inning when the reds counted both of their runs and a1 Gardner pitched shutout Ball the remainder of the game. Eddie Millar swatted a Home run for the reds. After stretching their losing string to ten straight by losing the first game 43, the braves came Back to topple the giants h in 13 innings marking their first Success under the guidance of new manager Del Biaton Otto. The Granta shoved Home two run in the ninth inning to win the Early contest for Harry Feldman who survived the bumpy route., Mort Cooper who spelled a1 j a very in the eighth arrived in time to suffer his second loss again pc nine wins. Mel Ott giant manager clubbed his 499th major league Home run while Whitey Teitelman homered for the braves. Ott employed six pitchers and a total of 22 men in the second game but the braves found the Range on the Outfield fences to pin the loss on Rube Fischer buddy Kerr homered for the giants while Chuck Workman contributed two circuit blows his 19th and 17th of the season to the Boston Side of the Ledger. Workman second Homer came in the 13th with two men on base to Climax the five run uprising against Fischer. Don Hendrickson was the Victor. Suns batted in nation air Walker Brooklyn is Olmo. Brooklyn. 74, Holmes Boston 71. American Johnson Boston. 54 Siten new York York. Bereft to 44 a v no a a a Quot n \ s a Sec % Vav 1 s % a % v my at 1 it xxx a it a of pfc a a a Kov Vav Quot i a. w v. A. Odds favor Seattle for the first half of the Pacific t Oast league season Portland had been out of top Slot Only three Days yet coast Wise Money boys were still laying better Odds on Seattle and los Angeles to win the Pennant american league Detroit 5, St. Louis 4 us innings new York 4. Boston t 10 innings Cleveland 6, Chicago 5 Philadel Fala Washington postponed rain. W l pet. Of Detroit w 36 .580 a new York 47 40 .540 4 Washington 45 m .523 94 Boston 46 43 an 0 Cleveland m 44 .500 71 Chicago 44 45 .494 8 St. Louis 41 44 .488 is Philadelphia 30 58 .348 Tot Chicago at Cleveland St. Louis at Detroit Philadelphia at Washington new York at Boston american association Toledo 5-5, Minneapolis 4-4 Columbus 5-5. St. Paul 8-0 a Milwaukee to Indianapolis a Louisville 2-5, Kansas City 0-4 revised standings w l pet w l pet 65 39 .�5 Toledo 4 56 64 40 .ol5iminnea. 46 59 a 47 .565 Columb. 46 60 50 51 -496 Kane c. 37 66 my Wauk Indiana. Louisell. St. Paul �402 .438 .434 .363 f National least la new York 4-4, Boston to second game 13 timings St. Louis 40. Cincinnati 02 Twilight night Brooklyn Phu Adelphia rain. Only games scheduled w l pet. Of Chicago Brooklyn 58 53 87 39 �44 ats a St. Louis 56 41 a73 8 Pittsburgh 40 46 .516 i new York 50 47 .515 lift Cincinnati m 48 .487 16 Boston m 50 .447 19 Philadelphia 96 76 jew a Boston at new York Brooklyn at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Chicago Cincinnati at St. Louis International Lka Oug Toronto 4, Jersey City i Syracuse 5-7. Rochester 34 Baltimore 3, Montreal 2 others postponed rain. W l Phi Montreal m 38 .6731 Toronto Balti nor. 50 43 .5361 Syracuse. 40 54 Jers at. 57 46 40 56 Newark 50 45 5�Buffalo 36 fat Southern association Atlanta 5, Memphis i Birmingham 6. New Orleans 4 Mobile 6. Nashville 4 Chattanooga 9. Little Rock o w l pet 47 48 .48 my w l pet Atlanta 63 35 643mempb. New Orl. 58 37 .6tina4hvii. Battan. 57 39 Mhz Little. R. Mobile 56 41 .573 Dir nun. W l Pel 44 m m 37 60 .38 34 59 .36 35 6ft .30 Eastern league Scranton 7-3, Elmira 5-17 Wilkes Barre 6, Williamsport 1 Albany 8-6, Binghamton 1-4 others postponed rain. W l pet w l pet. 53 34 .609lscraot. 41 45 .477 51 41 .564 Elmira 41 47 .460 40 42 my i William. 39 51 .438 44 41 .m8ttiingb. 36 53 .406 Utica Albany . Hartford \
