European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday february 24, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 21 Brooks edited by Leo Levine finny Brooks has signed to drive for Ferrari. The 26-year-old j. Manchester dentist who played second fiddle to Stirling Moss on the Van Wall team last season thus becomes the favorite to Winthe world driving championship this coming season As the red cars from Maranello Are ranked As the Clear Cut Choice to retain the title they Wounder the late Mike Hawthorn last year. Brooks joins Frenchman Jean Behra England s Cliff Allison belgian Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill Santa Monica calif., and Dan Gurney Riverside calif.,As an official team Driver. Brooks will undoubtedly be ranked As the first Pilot. Short shots. Karl Kling the former Mercedes grand prix Driver and the logical successor to the now retired Alfre Neubauer if and when Daimi a Benz Ever returns to International racing won the Algiers Cape Tow rally which ended last week after travelling the the length of Africa. Kling teamed with Stuttgart radio announcer Rainer Guenzler in a Mercedes 190 diesel. Second Overall was Gendebien taking a Busman s Holiday from his Ferrari  and countryman Luciano Bianchi drove a citroen is 19. The event was Over 7,500 Miles Long. Aston Martin has entered one vehicle for the Sebring 12-Hoursports car event March 21. It will be driven by Masten Gregory and Roy Salvador. No less than 10 ferraris have been entered for the world championship grind including three by the factory. The ones being shipped from Genoa feb. 26 have 3.0-liter 182.8 cumin engines that develop 300 horsepower at 8,000 rpm the factory reports. The Pomona calif., race March 8 is drawing several of the better known european Drivers. Behra entered last week and now scotsman Ron Flockhart of the Curie Decosse France s Maurice trin Ignant and Britain s Salvador have filed their entries. Theses Trier rally Italy s event counting for the european Champion ship started monday with Over 80 cars on hand. Among those getting under Way from the italian Alpine resort were Mannheim s Fred Sweet and Bill Dodd driving a Volvo. Sweet and Dodd both of whom won Atma rally championships last year will be competing against swedes Gunnar Andersson and Bengt Martensson among others. Andersson the reigning european rally titleholder and Martensson a former nuer Burgering 1,000-Kilometer class Winner Are also driving Volvo. B1tburg, Germany special entries for this weekend s Iii Wols Feld Hill Cliine have been coming in steadily with 33 being received As of saturday the organizing Eifel motor sports club announced Here. The Ems said it expects at least 60 cars on hand at the Start of the Atma championship event. The club emphasized that entries will be accepted up until training sunday morning and that an on Competition License is necessary for participation. Registration and inspection will be from 9 am-5 pm saturday with training slated 1-6 pm. Sunday s registration will be 9-10 am and late training will be held at the same time. The Hill climb will Start at 11 am with presentation of awards the same evening. Wolsfeld is located approximately six Miles Southwest of Pitburg on the Luxembourg Road. For information Contact Norman Bobb at Span Dahlem military c087. Wiesbaden Germany special the Hesse motor sports club announced that 23 entries have been received for the March 7-8 in of Ersfeld race meeting and that Many More Are expected this week. The Early deadline is wednesday and the club urged All prospective competitors to  their entries postmarked by Midnight that Date to take advantage of the lower entry fee. The of Ersfeld course located approximately 20 Miles West of bad Kreuz Nach in the Hunsuck mountains is 5.6 Kilometres per Lap and is without a doubt the most interesting Airport Type circuit in Europe having both up and downhill curves and several Good straights. There Are classes Fornall types of cars in order to give Volkswagen and other slower machinery an equal Chance. For information Contact Allan Furman at Mainz civil 27593. The course looks like this Leitheim Germany special Dave Rauch and his Morgan plus four clocked Best time of Day in the vim sports touring club s drag races Here sunday being caught in 16.9 seconds for the stand ing Start Quarter mile acceleration test. Rauch in addition to his Overall win was first in the grand touring category Over 1,600 cd. Other class winners in the 35-car event included touring 0-l,300cc, Ted Marks fms vow23.1 touring l,300-3,000cc, Doug Stewart fms volvo18.8 touring Over 3,000cc, Joe Byers Natt. 1957 mercury17.4, and . 0-l,600cc, Joe Higgins Natt. Porsche 1600s19.3. Munich special the bavarian sports car club has scheduled a night rally for next weekend it was announced Here. The event which is open to All Comers will Start at Midnight from the main pm Here. Registration will begin at 11 pot. I enough entries Are received cars will be broken Down into classes i order to give All Chance at prizes. For information Contact Gil Scheff at Munich civil 431741. All clubs open Camps this week baseball questions spree Spring training sessions by Joe Reichler st. Petersburg Fla. A will the salary squabble Between the new York players and front office and the disciplinary darts hurled by manager Casey Stengel affect the Yankees chances for a fifth straight american league Pennant will this be the year of decline for such great but aging stars As Ted Williams Stan Musial and Warren Spahn will this be the year in which Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays finally mature to the Point where they will become the no. 1 players of their respective leagues will the Milwaukee braves find a second base replacement for tuberculosis Ridden red Schoen Dienst will the dodgers adjust themselves to the oddities of the Spahn Williams los Angeles coliseum were Thesan Francisco giants and Pitts Burgh pirates a one year Flash can the new managers be expected to be More successful than the old ones will the 1958 rookies of the year Orlando Cepeda of the giants and Albie Pearson of Washington fall victim to the Sopho More Jinx will Billy Martin give the Cleveland indians the vital spark he could t Supply at de troit. Will Robin Roberts maintain his comeback and go on to become a 20-game Winner again will do Newcombe Herb score Lindy Mcdaniel Gil Hodges Eddie Mathews and Bill Skowron Bounce Back after poor seasons How will the trades affect such bartered performers As Frank Thomas Del Ennis Wally Moon Gino Cimoli rip Repulski Billy Martin Ray Narleski Don Mossi Jimmy Piersall vic Wertz Eddi Yost Rocky Bridges Jack Sanford Ruben Gomez and Bobby Avila will there be a Pennant race neither league these and other questions stood out boldly on the baseball horizon today As the 16 major league team began to assemble their hired hands for the serious business of Willie Mays. The tog year preparing for the 1959 season. As in the past year a dozen clubs arc Basing in Florida. The others Cleveland Boston san Francisco and the Chicago cubs Are train ing in Arizona. A majority of the clubs already have gotten under Way. By the end of the week All will be in action. To the Surprise of no one the defending Champion Yankees and braves have been installed As Odds on favourites to repeat. The betting fraternity has established Tho Yankees As 1-2 to win the Amer ican league Flag and the braves 4-5 to cop the National league title. The indians and tigers Are regarded As the most improved clubs in the american league. The Yan Kees still Are head and shoulder above the rest of the league. They re Strong everywhere except in Loftfield and perhaps in the bullpen. Detroit has strengthened its pitching with the acquisition of Narleski and Mossi but still needs More punch in the infield and be Hind the plate. Cleveland has acquired Speed and Hustle in pie Salland Martin and has score to go with Sophomore hurlers Jim mud cat Grant and Gary Bell. The White sox still lacking punch have the pitching but the Burden May again be too great to carry. Al Lopez must  Good years out of veterans Nellie Fox Al Smith and Sherm Lollar As Well As youngsters Luis Aparicio Jim Landis and Johnny Callison. Boston finally has done som trading but pitching remains its biggest weakness. The team still figures to be Tough As Long As Piersaul Narleski Ted Williams is around and a Leto swing a Bat. The talk around National league amps is watch out for the  the Young upstarts of1958 Are More experienced and have More belief in , the feeling is that Mays has the potential to become a first triple Crown Winner. The giants big need is another starting Pitcher to go along with Johnny an Tonelli Sanford and Mike Mccormick. Robin Roberts. Can he hit 20? if the 38-year-old Spahn holds up the braves pitching May be even More formidable than it was in 1958. The big question Mark of course is at second base where a replacement is needed for schoendienst. There is also a ques Tion concerning the physical condition of Wes Covington and Billy Bruton. The seventh place dodgers Fig ure to be better but they still need a seasoned Catcher a solid Short Stop and third baseman and an other outfielder. Pittsburgh came out of nowhere to finish second last year but. The pirates rid them selves of their biggest hitter and run producer in trading Thomas. They re depending too Rich on the inexperienced Dick Stuart. Thomas undoubtedly figures to help the reds and could form a murderous 1-2 punch with Fra Krobinson. Mayo Smith however needs More pitching. Solly hemus the new manage rat st. Louis has a big Job on his Antonilli Covington hands. The cardinals need More Long Ball hitting a better All around defense a shortstop wit More punch and a dependable Southpaw. Kansas. City can be expected to give manager Harry Craft a few pleasant moments with its Long Ball hitting activity As personified by sluggers like Bob Cerv and Roger Marls but the a s Don t Havethe pitching of defensive strength to improve much Over their show ing of last year. The same situation holds True a Chicago where manager Bob scheffing can Call on the National league s most valuable player Ernie Banks plus first baseman Dale Long and outfielder want Moryn for Home run Power but unless some of the Young cub pitchers develop it could be an other Long year. None of the other clubs Balti More and Washington in the Amer ican league and Philadelphia inthe National has much of a Chance of escaping the second Divi Sion. Mickey Mantle. Good or great