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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes sunday july 12, 1959 Harris join is most valuable player panel Darmstadt Germany is Neal Harris civilian sports super visor changed with planning of Usa eur s sport program has accepted an invitation to serve As pne of seven prominent military an civilian officials acting As judges in the stars and stripes most Valu Able player poll now under Way. Harris whose Home is Columbia,penn., adds his years of coaching and playing experience to the panel of judges who will oversee the final stages of the ballot counting which will determine which usar eur and Safe player will Wina free trip to the world series. Harris attended Franklin an Marshall College and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Neal Harris among his 23 years of coaching. Has diversified background experience Are 10 years As head bears rally to  Rhine Loop Lead basketball coach at Albright col lege in Pennsylvania. After compiling an outstanding record at a1 b r i g h to Harris was selected from among 100  to teach basketball to the egyptian National team in 1947. During one year in Egypt he touched the first egyptian olympic team and. Organized the first basketball clinics in the Middle East. I " from his egyptian assignment Harris moved to the far East where he worked with the ,army athletic program and in addition helped the japanese organized basketball p r o g r a m. He also worked with the Keio University team in Tokyo from 1949-50. Backing r up Harris Many year experience in the coaching Field is his participation in three spor Tsas a professional. He played foot Ball with Coaldale in Anthracite league and Stapleton in the National league and professional basketball with Chester in the Eastern league and Cumberland in the Middle Atlantic league. In base Ball he was with the Cumberland in the Middle Atlantic league. Bad Kreuz Nach Germany special the bad Kreuza Chears exploded for five runs in the seventh inning Here saturday to come from behind and whip the Mainz troopers 7-4t behind the six hit pitching of Ron Belton. The Victory upped the bears record to 6-1 and helped tighten their grip on first in the usar eur Rhine league second half race. Mainz now is 2-3. Losing Pitcher Walt Szumita assailing along with a 4-2 Lead until the roof caved in during the seventh. He gave up a total of 14 hits while taking his fourth loss against two wins. De Kunkel got four singles in four appearances against Szumita while Bob Ficklin was the chief Tormentor of Belton getting 3-for-4 and driving in three runs. Sandhofer Germany Spe Cial Southpaw Steve Hayes stopped the Wackenheim Indian with a sparkling two hitter Here saturday while pitching the Sand Hofen vanguards to a 9-0 usar eur Rhine league  Campbell got a single off Hayes in the first inning an Steve colavito collected the second one to Lead off the  then struck out six men in a Row and pitched no hit allover the remainder of the route for his sixth win compared wit three losses. He struck out 10 and did t walk a  starter Rod neg Ron was charged with the loss be fore. Departing in the sixth. Virgil Tieken led the 12-hit Sandhofe attack with three singles and a triple in four times up and drove in two. Runs. Sandhofer now has a 4-3  indians Are 1-6. Kaiserslautern Germany special the Kaiserslautern colonels blasted the Kaiserslautern engineers 11-1, in a Rhine league game Here saturday. Roy Snyders went All the Way for the winners picking up his sixth win against one loss. He struck out seven and failed to walk a Man. The loser was Fred Green 1-5 ,/.first of four Engineer hurl ers. Snyders also paced his mates at Spanish Star moves up in tour de France race Clermont Ferrand France a spaniard Frederico Ziaha Montes dubbed the Eagle of to Ledo by his Faris jumped into a commanding position in the world longest bicycle race Here Friday As he won the 15th leg of the toured franc Bahamondes was far ahead of Thefield in what amounted to an eight mile nil climb. And moved in to second posit Oft in the Overall a Jan slings Only four seconds behind Joseph oven aers. Belgium. The plate with a triple and two singles. Max Solingen and Don Keler each got two singles for . Baum older Germany Cape Cial the Baum older Blue ran Gers bombed the Baum older can no neers 15-5, in a Rhine league game played Here saturday. Vernon Orndorff went All the Way for the winners to record his seventh win against one loss. The loser was Bill Wheeler 3-4. O r n d o  f slammed a two run Homer to help his cause along. Dennis Magee also hit a three run blast for the winners while team mate Bill Scabo got three  rangers now have a 5-2 league standing compared to the can no neers 3-4. Port Lyautey sets Spain Morocco net tournament Pace no masseur Morocco special port Lyautey took a five Point Lea following opening Day action in the Safe Spain Morocco Tennis championships  port Lyautey club has a total of 13 Points. No masseur Trail with eight and Ben Gueriri has two. Rabat failed to score on open ing Day. Bertram Carraway and Robert Ferriss sparked the port Lyautey team to. Its Early Lead by scoring two victories each on opening Day the results singles Bertram Carraway port Lyautey. Defeated William l. Heard nou Assour 6-3, 6-3 James 0. Smyrl no masseur Defeated Russel Johnson Rabat 7-5, 6-1 Robert Ferriss port Lyautey Defeated Joe Crowley. Nouai eur 7-5, 6-1 Harry Studer Ben Gueriri. Defeated  Krolus. Port Lyautey 6-0, 6-0 Carraway Defeated Ralph Mills Rabat 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Malcom Lacy port Lyautey Defeated Smyrl 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 Carl Rundell port Lyautey Defeated Lenard Rose Baum no masseur 6-0 6-0 Al surpless no masseur Defeated Brian o Leary port Lyautey .6.1, 6-0 David both kor no masseur Defeated Peter Zydel port Lyautey 6-2, 7-5 b. T. White port Lyautey Defeated James Rodgers no masseur 6-1, 6-3 Ferriss Defeated c. M. Robl Sun Rabat 0-2, 6-3 Studer. Defeated Maurice Walker Nous eur 6-2, 6-0. Doubles Zydel and o Leary Defeated Hebard Aru Rodgers. 6-4, 7-5 Smyrl and Crowley Defeated White and Lacy. 9-7, 2-6, 6-4. Bocskor and surpless Defeated Krolus and Carraway 6-2, 6-4 Rundell and Ferris Defeated Rosenbaum and Walker 6-2, 6-1. Lyle takes position with Florida Grinders Gainesville fla. Apm. A Sam Lyle 35, has been named an assistant football coach at. The University of Florida. Lyle was head coach of the Edmonton eskimos in the Canadian professional league last year. Prior to that he was an assistant co Chat Oklahoma Georgia tech and Louisiana state. The stars and stripes most valuable player ballot this is my selection As the most valuable european come baseball player in a poll to select one Osa eur and one Safe player to return to the . For the world series name position team. League. Signed Apo. Organization Send All ballots to the sports department the stars and stripes Apo 175, . Forces. Only ballots printed daily in the stars and stripes will be considered. Opening action Indiana swimmers top 2 records in Aav meet los Altos Calif. A Indi Ana swimmers smashed a pair of National records Friday night in opening sessions of the three night aau men s championships As Bil Barton swam the 400-meter Medley in 5 14.6 and teammate Alan Somers won the 1,500-meter free style in 17 51.3.Barton, 20-year-old Art student at Indiana University beat the american record in the trials Withy time of 5 19.3. He came Back in the finals to win a Duel with Gary Heinrich san Leandro Calif., and lower the Mark. Heinrich earlier this year swathe 1,500 meters in 5 13.3, but the Mark has not yet been recognized. Iowa state selects Frosh Cage Mentor Ames Iowa up Frank Whitey Gompert has been named freshman basketball coach at Iowa state University athletic director Gordon Chalmers said  received a . Degree from Colorado University and finished his collegiate career in 1953 when he played in the shrine East West All Star game. He has recently been an assistant co Chat Colorado University. Philadelphia writer Dies Camden .  , 55, sportswriter for the Philadelphia inquirer author an former sports promoter died in a Hospital Here after suffering Aheart attack. Heinrich had held the american record at 5 20.0 while Frank Brun Nell Indianapolis owned the aau meet record of 5 20.6. Brunnel failed to qualify for the finals. The 165-Pound Barton grabbed the Lead in the finals during the 100-meter, Butterfly Lap that opened the race. He held a length advantage through the backstroke an breaststroke laps. Then Heinrich challenged to nearly pull even atthe Halfway Mark in the freestyle Lap but Barton had enough left to keep out front. S Somers a 17-year-old just graduated from Indianapolis tech High school beat George Breen an other Hoosier in the metric Miles he swam the distance faster than any american citizen has done  Oil takes 100jeff Farrell former University of Oklahoma swimmer now in the Navy at Yale won his first National title As he captured the 100 meter freestyle in 56.9  Follett new Haven swim club was second at 57.5 and Joe Alkire san Diego third with 57.6. Alkire paced the qualifiers with56.6, fastest time of the Day. Veteran diver Don Harper for Mer Mcaa Champ from Ohio state won the three meter springboard event dethroning Gary Tobian los Angeles who took  team scoring defending Cham Pion Indianapolis led with 19points. Cincinnati and the los Angeles athletic club were tie for second with 12, Harris has been with the usar eur athletic program since 1952. The contest is cosponsored by  american world airways and the a. A. Spalding Bros. Sporting goods company. Winners will be flown to the . For their free trip to the world series. He joins it col Dominic George Safe chief of special services and athletic director Al Bianco the stars and stripes sports editor Jack Ellis and it col Dwight , Usa eur athletic officer on the panel of judges. Arcaro return marked by 2d in feature run new York a jockey Eddie Arcaro returned to racing Fri Day for the first time since his spectacular spill in the Belmont stakes but the Best he could Dowas one second place on his three  s Good to be Back the 43 year old Veteran said As he climbed aboard Elliott s Jewell inthe third race a 5va-Furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies. Elliott s jew Ell finished fifth. I got a Little winded he said later but it is Only natural. Myles and arms Are Strong from All the golfing and fishing i  Arcaro suffered bruises and concussion in the Belmont stakes spill while Riding the King ranch s Black Hills. The horse which fell after it snapped a foreleg had to be destroyed. Recuperated in Canada Arcaro was hospitalized four Days then recuperated in  guided warhead the favorite to second place in the Belmon Park feature the Plum Island purse behind Snow fight. The Winner paid $12.60, $2.70 and $2.10. Warhead led the Field in the seven Furlong dash until three sixteenths of a mile from Home when Snow fight gradually took Over in the Long stretch. Arcaro was last in a Field of eight on Victory ii in the eighth race. He also was booked to rid Check artist in the fourth race but the horse was scratched. Athletics sign pair for farm affiliates Kansas City a the Kansas City athletics announced Here that two 18-year-Olds have been signed for their farm clubs. Steven Lee Jensen a shortstop and Star football player at Las Cruces . High school will play with grand Island neb. Joseph Petrikovic Derry pa., a right handed Pitcher will report next season with the Olean. N.y., club of the Pony league. Players lawyers withdraw Pittsburgh a the Newyork Law firm of White and Case has withdrawn As counsel for the player pension committee. Joe Wil lard said the reason for the withdrawal was increased representation of other baseball  he did not elaborate. Russ build 5-year Tennis plan around Leius l _ London up Russia finally has found a world class Tennis  now on the five year plan is a Wimbledon and american singles Crown. His name is Toomas lexus a the first name Means Thomas in his native. Estonian. In the Wimbledon tournament Toomas won the Junior boys singles Crown defeating a brazilian Davis cup player Ronald barnes., earlier in the Wimbledon plate a Consolation prize for players knocked out in the first two rounds of the seniors lexus eliminated a British a is cup player Tony p i c k a r a arid Australia s  Junior Martin Mulligan this is a remarkable record for a player who has not had the Ben,.e-.fit.of the efficient Western coach ing system. Recognizing that he cannot get All the sharpening up he needs inside the soviet Union in its present state of Tennis Prog Ress user sports officials Are sending him to outside tournaments As often As possible. He is probably the first russian athlete to be sent into Western Competition in the absolute knowl Edge that he will take a Licking. Thes russians like to train their athletes at Homeland Send them  they know they have a Chance of winning. However Wimbledon russian Tennis player. He is a favorite for the Middle european Junior championships in Holland this month. -. His performance at makes him the top  
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