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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                My ". I j Fiji " v. Wednesday july 29, 1959 the stars and strikes Page 21 event to Herald opening of $5,000 Woodlawn Golf meet edited by Leo Levine a Clermont Ferrand France a British cars and Drivers had a a Field Day during the Auvergne race meeting Here sunday with Stirling Moss taking the formula ii feature event at the wheel of scooper Borgward and Peter Ashdown creating a sensation in the sports car race by beating a varied assortment of larger machinery with an  Lola. -. Coopers All except Moss with Climax engines providing the Power occupied the first five places. Englishman Henry Taylor was second new zealand s Bruce Mclaren third Masten Gregory Kansas City was fourth and Belgium s Olivier Gendebien was fifth. England s Graham Hill driving a Lotus was sixth one Lap behind. All of the privately entered porsche suffered from mechanical troubles and dropped out Early except Frenchman Jean Behra a and he wound up in ninth place due to numerous pits stops. Moss averaged 77 Mph forthe 129-mile, 26-Lap event around the circuit de Auvergne which is rapidly becoming known As the nuer Burgering of France. There Are 51 curves per Lap. Moss was a comfortable minute in front when he too the Check ered Flag. In the sports car event open to machinery up to three liners Ash Down took an Early Lead then was passed by Behra in a porsche. Behra led Ashdown until two lamps from the end of the two hour go when he developed mechanical trouble and eventually wound up second. Italy s Gino Mcnaron was third in a 1.5-liter Osca with a pair of three liter ferraris a Distant fourth and fifth. Ashdown averaged72.4 Mph for the 28-Lap, 140-mile  a this is the week of the grand prix of Germany slated to be held Here on the avus for the first time since the mid-1920s. While the nuer Burgering traditional Eifel Mountain site of the world championship event is occupied Only by tourist buses the fastest Drivers in Europe and  he roaring along the Berlin autobahn track at speeds Over 180 Mph and will be Takin the High banked North curve at approximately 125 Mph. A full complement of grand prix cars including ferraris coppers lotuses arms and one Van Wall is expected to be on hand As Well As several smaller formula ii cars which will fight it out behind the bigger 2.5-liter machines. Cooper s Jack Brabham currently leading in the Drivers championship standings is not favored to win Here As the Coopers Don t go quite As fast As the ferraris or arms. If the cars hold up Ferrari s Tony Brooks is As Good a bet As any. Practice will be held thursday afternoon All Day Friday and Satur Day morning with two races one for grand touring cars and one for sports cars up to l,500ccto be held saturday afternoon. Starting time for the grand prix sunday to be held in two heats of 30 laps apiece around the 8.3 Kilometre course is 2 pm. Freiburg Germany is Germany s Edgar Earth practically sewed up the International Hill climb championship Here sunday As he recorded Best time of Day in his porsche ask before 70,000 spectators stretched out along the famous 12-Kilometer Freiburg sch Quinsland Road. Earth s times for his two runs up the Hill were 7 44.0 and 7 41,1. Runner up Heinrich Walter the Swiss porsche Driver edged Austria s Ernst Vogel also driving a porsche by the narrow margin of seven tenths of a second. Walter s two runs were 7 47.8 and 7 45.2, while Vogel had 7 48.2 and 7 45.5. Only cars competing for the International championship made two runs All others going up just once which was enough considering that there were 190 cars and motorcycles on hand. Best motorcycle time was recorded on a Bow 500, 8 23.5 by German Ernst Hille r. The condition of the Road which was extremely Slippery due to the intense heat s effect on the Asphalt played a considerable part i preventing new record times. Among the noteworthy performances was the 8 28.2 recorded by 64-year-old Hans stuck in a Bow 507. Stuck first ran a sch Quinsland Hill climb in 1925. Another crowd please was the Plymouth fury driven by Switzerland s Marcel Pretre. The car Drew nothing but laughs before the event but wound up As the fastest touring car of the Day with a time of 9 17.4. Germany s Sepp Greger driving a porsche Carrera took the 1,600 . Class in 8 14.0, and German Herbert Schulze was the fastest l,300cc . Driver clocking 8 35.8in an Alfa Sagato despite a spin in route. Top placed american Driver was Dave Rauch Ulm who finished third in the 2,000cc . Class in 9 15.0, while the Best . Time re corded was this writer s 8 52.9 in a porsche 1,600 super Good for. Seventh place in the class the International sports car club s George Kreisel and Lou Treadway both driving triumphs finished fifth an sixth respectively in the same class As Rauch. Sam Simpson Darm Tadt in a porsche 1600, and Joe Watkins Kaiserslautern in an my twin Cam finished 14th and 15th in the 1,600 . Class and Bill Harwell Erding and Ron Vogt Werne finished sixth and eighth respectively in the  . Class. Both drove Alfa veloce. Etain France special. The Etain sports car club has slated race meeting for  air base near Here sunday it has been announced. Practice will be from Nooii-6 pm saturday and 8-10 am sunday. Time trials will be 10 am-1 pm sunday with the first race starting at 2 pm. For information Call Etain air base extensions 174, 188 or 366. Kaiserslautern Germany special the International sports car club will hold Only two meetings in August it was announced Here this week. The dates Are aug. 6 and 20, the location will be the american legion clubhouse and starting times will be Ramstein Germany is the pro Amateur prelude to Ger Many s richest Golf show the $5,000woodlawn invitational open tarts Here wednesday morning. J8 Giessen Germany special Harlan Hendrick Lias been elected president of the newly formed Giessen Auto sports touring club it was announced Here. Other officers elected include John Musgrove sports president Hap Eddons vice president and Peter Bellone Secretary. The club s next meeting is set for monday in the quartermaster Supply Center s Alpine club starting at 8 pm conquerors trip Hawks in Central tilt Grafe Woehr Germany Spe Cial the 4th army div acc conquerors capitalized on the pitching of Al Whisenhunt to trim the4th army div Cha Hawks 8-2, in a Usa eur Central league con test Here tuesday. The conquerors whose record s now 6-3,  a five hit Effort out of Whisenhunt. Loser  Stevens was touched r 10 hits. Leading the attack was Don Porter. The Hawks have a 5-6 Mark. Kirch Goens Germany Spe Ial Bobby Smith 3d army div Cha scorpions kept his pitching record perfect Here tuesday with a12-4 exhibition Victory Over the 212th arty up gunners. Smith gave up six hits in winning his sixth game. The loser was de 3arlepp. Bill Tewksbury had three hits including a pair of doubles for 2ca and drove in two runs. Joe Hubbell made himself known in the 15-hit Cha attack with a pair of singles. Stuttgart Germany special the Sandhofer vanguards Defeated the Vii corps Jay Hawks Here tues Day 5-2, in an exhibition game. Fred Polian was the e Winner with Fred Takala absorbing the loss. Ralph Moxley had two hits in the Sandhofer attack. Bad Kreuz Nach Germany special Carl Rhode tossed a five hitter Here tuesday As the 3d army div tips warriors turned Back theban Kreuz Nach bears 10-1, in an exhibition game. Warrior Roger Newman had four hits including two doubles and Frank Stokes hit a Homer for the bears. John Angus was the loser. Augsburg Germany special Gil Black drove in a ninth inning tally to push the Augsburg ram Chicks Over the Stuttgart chiefs,11-10, Here tuesday in an exhibition game. Carroll Rast was the  Vaught took the loss. George Senott had five runs batted in for the Augsburg  49ers injured durin scrimmage Moraga Calif. Up men were injured during the Sanfrancisco 49er s football practice that included a 15-minute scrim age. Billy Atkins halfback from a Burn suffered a dislocated Elbow and will be out for three weeks to a month. George Shirley Rookie defensive tackle from Boston col lege was a Rayed for a rib injury but it proved to be Only a Bruise. Coach red Hickey said the squad was in excellent physical shape and announced Rookie defensive halfback Jack Hays from Trinity Tex had reported. Sweet Victory Mannheim Germany special Frederick Sweet 517th Ord in Defeated Lee Adler 15th chem up for the army tips 7th army Cen trial r e g i o n Fow Wall handball championship Here. The scores were 21-14, 21-19. Sunny skies Are forecast As the pro am teams commence two Days of action that leads up to Friday s opening of the big 72-Hole Money base. John Panton. Defending open Champ belgian King at Ramstein for tourney Ramstein Germany a King Baudouin of Belgium along with his father former King Leo Pold his Stepmother Princess de Rethy and Stepbrother Prince Alex Ander will attend the Woodlawn invitational open Golf tournament Here and play in the pro am event  King and his family Are guests of col Herbert c. Hartwig base commander at Ramstein. The 28-year-old Monarch played in the Woodlawn pro am last year and also entered the open event. The Royal family toured the Ramstein links tuesday. Sul Ross coach quits amid Riv Alpine Tex. Up sul Ross state football coach b. C. Graves disappointed because the school treats Grid players like thugs and criminals has resigned his Posi , also irked because sul Ross president or. Bryan Wildenthal did t even answer his re quest for a full time assistant announced his resignation in Temple Tex., where he served 13 years As counsellor at the veterans administration Hospital. Graves sul Ross team won its first Lone Star conference game in four years in 1958 despite the fact that he coached alone.  to attend Texas University to  a doctor s degree in psychology. Touring us cagers beat japanese 81-69 Tokyo up the University of san Francisco basketball player Shad too much height and Superior shooting ability As they Defeated a japanese All Star collegiate aggregation from kanto 81-69,the dons were Content to Lead Only by a 31-29 score at halftime but they pulled away into a comfortable Lead Early in the second half. The list of pros entered is impressive. _ x heading the returnees Britain Sjohn Panton will defend his Wood Lawn title won last year with total of 275, six under Par. A prize of $500 awaits the win Ning pro wednesday and a trophy awaits his Amateur partner in the 18-Hole Best Ball test. Thursday score will be a separate pro am event. Among the amateurs competing will be col Blair Ford a member of the winning team on opening Day last year and mrs. Louise Hartwig whose team missed first place in the second pro am last year on the flip of a Coin. Mrs. Hartwig is the wife of Ramstein base commander col Herbert . The top Amateur of the 1958 invitational open Lee Frankel will participate in the pro am. Others include John Garrett who holds the Heidelberg course record of 63 Tony Cullinane runner up in the German Amateur Walter Davidson Ramstein club Champ and Walt Kawakami belgian Amateur Champ. At stake Friday through sunday for the pros will be a $2,000 first prize $1,000. Second Money and-13 other Cash awards. Pro list impressive among the pros taking a crack at the Woodlawn pot of Gold Are englishman Ken Bousfield who gathered in the German open a jul sunday.  = j Britain s Bernard Hunt runner up to Panton last year is returning along with Italy s Aldo camera who placed third. Among the other outstanding professionals on the entry list Are Belgium s Flory Van Donck Brit Ain s Peter Hiss and Spain s Angel Miguel. Rademacher billed to Box Thompson Columbus a. A Pete Rademacher who lost to Floyd Patterson in a heavyweight championship fight will meet Tomm Thompson Washington d.c., aug. 13 at City auditorium. The announcement of Rade Macher s return to the professional ring came at a press luncheon held by promoter Tony Scala. It will be Rad Erria Cher s the Iris appearance As a professional. Be sides meeting Patterson who Kod him in the sixth round the "1956 olympic Champion lost to com Folley on a fourth round knockout Bain dance Gordon a Liams pro at Wiesbaden s Rhein Blick Golf course tries an Indian rain dance to help his Sun baked fairways. Williams did the right Steps it rained twice in 24 hours air Force Phot  
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