European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Shi Page 20 the stars and stripes Friday july 24, 1959usareur 9s shoot works As second half nears close Darmstadt German is with just two weeks to go on Theu Sarteur Diamond shite fans can expect to see some Good baseball this weekend As leading clubs shoot the works in an attempt to close in on second half championships. The Eastern league completed its schedule last weekend with the Kitzinger red sox defending us a eur champs taking the title with a 9-1 record. The sox will taken first half Champion Bamberg in a showdown for the league championship at a later weekend s action shapes up like this Central league the red hot 4th army div cab turtles undefeated in the second half will be shooting for their ninth and 10th was when they play Host to the 4th army div acc conquerors. Although the conquerors Are the second place team in. The Loop they Are three games Back with a 4-2 turtles behind Jim Gore s pitching and the solid hitting of Bill Huff Snuffy Grimm and Bill Olson have been tearing up the opposition in the second Champion Sasae 3-5not doing too Well this half is at 35th arty up 2-6 and 4th army div arty 3-5 is at 4th army div Cha 4-4 in other games. Western league a Good series shapes up when the leading ludwigs Burg cards 6 2 play Host to the Neureul spar tans 6-4. However second place Neureul will be Hurt by the loss of its top Pitcher and Batter Monte Geiger who has rotated. The ludwigs Burg pioneers Are at Karlsruhe and Vii corps is at Stuttgart first half Champion All four teams have 4-4 records. Southern league the league leading. Munich Gim let Lions 8-2 and their Ace chucker Jerry Bush 9-1 take a rest but the second and third place teams clash in an Ali Augsburg series. The ram Chicks 6-2first half Kings entertain the Mustangs 5-3. A sweep would give the rams Chicks a tie for the Straubing Black. Horses 4 4 travel to Nurnberg to meet the 2d army Cav dragoons 2-6 and the Munich spartans will visit the Augsburg raiders to wind up the slate. The spartans Are 2-6 while the raiders Are 3-3. Northern league the 3d army div cab braves 4-2 split with first half Champany league leading Cha 6-2 last weekend and have an excellent Chance to shoot into a tie for first when they go up against the 3darmd div tips 2-6 at Frankfurt. Naco 3-3 is at the acc cougars Lair in the Only other Northern game. The cougars Are 5-3. Cha and div tvs both have byes. Rhine league Baum older s Blue rangers an the bad Kreuz Nach bears currently Rule the Roost in this Loop. _ Bot have 8-2 records and Bol i see action this Blue rangers Are at the Kaiserslautern engineers Diamond and the bears Are at Home against the Sah Hofen vanguards. The engineers Are 2-8while the vanguards Are in fourth place with a 6-4 standing. Wackenheim 3-7 is at Mainz 2-6and the Kaiserslautern colonels 5-3 Are acc Baum Oderto meet the canno neers 4-6 in other games. Main league the 4th Armor up Iron Dukes and 72d arty up on top of the Loop with 7-1 records will be going All out to keep up Dukes tangle with the 37th engr up pioneers 5-3, at Hanau while the. First half Champion can no neers visit Mike Stop Chuck and his 36th arty up , a Catcher had a terrific Day last sunday against Ber Lin. He hit three homers in his first three times at Bat pitched the ninth and 10th innings won his own. Ball game by knocking in the winning run with a double in the 10th, added a single and drove in seven runs All told. If he does anything like that this weekend the 72d Crew will be in for a rough is at 14th army Cav in a Battle of Tai lenders to round out the slate. Berlin is 2-6, while the Cavaliers Are 1-7. Eastern league Al nil 2tl-Hnlf standings map Pou voting picks up Lead regained by Driscoll it Tzingos a Bamburg Schoin flirt Wii Erdburg a Schaffenburg 210th arty up w 9 7 6 4 2 2 l i 3 4 6 8 8 pot. .900 .700 .600 .400 .200 .200 batting averages g a r lass Ter Schweinfurt 20 72 18 Petryczkow Wyo Kitz gon 20 72 2161 7 Bettin Kitzinger 18 Ramos Kitzinger 20 Hyman a Schaffenburg 20 Home runs 78 76 h 28 25 21 26 23 go 5 7 7 pot. .390 ,347 .344 .333 .303 Ramos Kitzinger Kara Wokf Bamberg Hartlage Bamberg Panck Kitzinger Helms. A Hurt runs batted in 6 Petryczkow Wyo kit. 21 5 Ramos Kitzinger ,20 4 Cinora Bamberg 19 4 Anastas kit Zingen 18 3 Pantok Kitzinger 17 pitching Southern league Darmstadt Germany is the stars and stripes most Valu Able player poll Drew its biggest haul of ballots Friday with Aschaffenbur s Jerry Driscoll regaining the Usa eur Lead. Voting continued to pick up As the poll reached its Halfway Markwith a total of 1,674 ballots arriving to boost individuals in the hot race. The Usa eur Winner along with a player from Safe will be rewarded with a free trip to the world series. Driscoll and j. H. Snuffy Grimm,4th army div cab both Over hauled the Vii corps Jay Hawks Harold Mack who led for two Days after receiving a bundle of 1,000 votes. Driscoll got 230 Friday to take the Lead with a total of 1,077 while Grimm picked up 228 ballots to rank second with 1,038.Mack, apparently getting h i s votes in big bundles dropped to third As his 1,000 total remained in 3d army div tips Jim Hub Bard and Kitzinger red sox Bob Panek gained ground Friday on the leaders with the top individual totals. Hubbard polled 457 to re place Panek in fourth place with 798. But Panek picked up 347 Andis Only 58 behind Hubbard. Twelve other Usa eur players had votes but none was within500 votes of the five leaders. The 72d arty up s Jerry Parrish topped the list and held sixth place with a total of 175.voting continued slow in Safe circles As Wiesbaden s Milton Mac Kenzie took Over the Lead after receiving an initial 65 ballots. Iodate Only 237 votes have been cast for Safe players a Ojile usar eur stars have polled 5,639.thursday s Safe Leader Richie Howe Darmstadt dropped to third although he received 15 votes up Ping his total to 46. Shape s Ralph Platt ranks second behind1 Mackenzie with 51. T to a Lioto vote bundle such As Mack Lull Wissburg cards tip Usa Saein exhibition Heji Libonn Germany Spe Cial the ludwigs Burg cardinals nosed out the Sasae big Blue ,9-7, Here wednesday in a seven inning exhibition contest. Of Relief pitchers took the win and i loss Bob Garl Latte picked up the a Vic a while Bob Guthrie was hedged with the loss the cards avg a in a Jug and t received tuesday in the Usa eur half of the poll would boost the favorite of some enterprising us afe a commanding Posi Tion for the world series trip. A junket to the fall classic naturally has held the spotlight but there Are other prizes for the play ers finishing second third fourth and fifth. Then for the Winner there will be a tour of the night clubs in the series cities plus to appear Ance s and meetings with leading baseball stars and club officials. The poll cosponsored by the stars and stripes pan american world airways and the a. G. Spalding Bros sporting goods company will run through aug. 10 with official ballots appearing daily in the stars and stripes. Official ballots Are necessary but w. L Munich Gimlet Lions 8 2 a Augsburg ram Chicks 6 2 Augsburg in stings. 5 3 Straubing 44 Augsburg raiders 3 7 Munich spartans 2 6 2d Armil Cav 2 6 batting averages g a r Jacoby. Gimlet Lions 27 8b 21 Dallas. Straubing Smith Gimlet Lions love ram Chicks Home runs Jacoby Gimlet Lions five tied with pet. .800 .750 .625 .500 .300 .250 .250 go h 34 15 29 24 pet. .386 .385 .372 .353 w l pet. Pinck. Kitzinger 7 0 1.000 Hempel by Imberg 5 i .833 o Dikiy Schweinfurt 3 i .750 Barnies Bamberg 3 i .750 Morro. Schweinfurt 5 2 .714 Belan Kitzinger 7 3 .700 Central league w l 0 2. 4 6 5 5 6 fans May vote for the player of their Choice As Many times As they wish. Usa eur votes Jerry Driscoll a Schaffenburg 1,077 . Grimm 4th army div cab 1,038 Hal Mack Vii corps 1.000 Jim Hubbard 3d army div tips. 798 Bob Panek Kitzinger 740 Jerry Parrish 72d arty up 175 Dick Conrad 3d army div Cha 142 Bob Hoffman Wuerzburg 100 Walt Donahue. Sasae 92 Bernie Belan Kitzinger 80 Clarence Newcombe Ingrande 77 Luther Vaught Stuttgart 67 Truett Bayles la Rochelle 4 Gil Black Augsburg ram Chick 57 Robert Kennedy 72d arty up 0 Max Olinger Kaiserslautern engineers 32 Vern Orndorff Baum older Blue rangers 28 Safe Milton Mackenzie Wiesbaden 65 Ralph Platt shape 31 Richie Howe Darmstadt 46 Roy Hord by thurs 33 Dennis Channing Span Dahlem 22 10 39 4 22 78 15 18 66 ii runs batted in 4 Jacoby. Gimlet Lions 30 2 Mitch l. Ram Chicks 20 Stover ram Chicks 17 bus cd Gimlet Lions 17 pitching w l pet. Bush Gimlet Lions Black ram Chicks 9 i .900 8 2 .800 raft ram Chicks 6 3 .667western league
