European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 30, 1959 the stars and stripes coach says Irish ii solid question Mark Chicago a new notre  of Init. New not Dame football coach Joe Kuharich describing his 1959 team As a real solid question Mark says he has failed to round up his share of Blue Chip Irish  As far As my first try at recruiting at notre Dame these last few months is concerned said Kuharich i would say we did hot get our share of the so Calle Blue Chip athletes. Those Are the boys who Are tooth academically and athletically outstanding. It is no secret throughout the country who such athletes Are. All coaches get to know of them just like major league baseball scouts get to know the real top Talent among prep baseball play i would say that perhaps 12 or15 such Blue Chip football prospects were that Well known this season. We went after about eight of what i would Call double a prospects boys on a real High level. We did t get any. They did t show interest or enthusiasm for attending notre Dame there is no particular Section of Tjie country that concentrate Don getting this Type of boy.-1 know that one we were after was gotten by Ohio state. Another by Michi  state and another by Pitts Burgh. But we did get some secondary choices and Many times these came through better than the Blue Chip  Kuharich former coach of the Washington redskins in the National football league was extremely cautious in appraising the team he inherited from dismissed Terry Brennan. Only 13 letter winners return to notre Dame this fall and Kuha Rich said there was a big problem at the tackle and fullback positions. The Only experienced tackle 235 Pound Joe Scibelli played entire Lyas a Reserve in 1958. At fullback the top candidate is Junior Dan Griffith who played seven minutes As a Sophomore. If Veteran George Izo is to be As Good As expected As a passer Kuharich said we need to Shore up minor loops out Veeck s stunts by Jack Cuddy new York Uei they seem to be out Vee eking the Chicago White sox , this season with promotional stunts that have no minor notes out in that Vas grass roots Empire known As the National association of profession Al baseball leagues. George t r a u t m a a booming voiced prexy of that grass roots Domain hardly needed a Telephone As he reported from his mid Man Hattan hotel our Fellows Are getting the Mansback in the Ball Park in some places. And they re doing the dog gone dust things you Ever heard of. Talk about Bill Veeck you should see what goes on in our  barnyard scramble in Jacksonville fla., for exam ple they had a barnyard  they opened a Gate in the Outfield. Through it came horse cow mule Goose pig sheep Duck Chicken every one with a Price tag. Then they turned the player Loose to try to catch the critters. Each player got the amount of Money on the Price tag of his particular catch$10 for the mule $7.50 for a pig $3 for a Chicken Etc. That scramble reminded Traut Man of the time in Columbus Ohio minor league Headquarters when an affluent fan outfitted a flock of roosters in trousers an turned them Loose on the state House Lawn. Each rooster bore two opening Day tickets in his pants pocket and the fan who caught a rooster was allowed to keep him along with the pants and tickets. Early dog Days the arrival of a litter of eight registered Cocker Spaniel puppies at a Kennel in Burlington n.c., notified Burlington baseball boost ers that dog Days had com Early this season. A dog night was staged at the Ball Park. It was featured by the performance of a travelling Pooch act and by giving away the eight Cocker puppies on Lucky tickets. Result a sellout crowd. That reminded Trautman of a somewhat similar dog night staged a year ago at Brunswick ga., one Little Waif came to the Park with a Large lettered sign pinned on his shirt no Pup please his Mother did t like dogs. 18 softball teams set for Germany tourney Pitburg Germany special the Safe Germany District softball championships will get under Way Here saturday Ana continue through the  total of 18 teams including defending Champion Gle Belstadt will take part in the double elimination tournament. The front line and develop Good receivers. Only halfback red Mack and end Monty Stickles Are Bette than average  Kuharich said that on an Over All basis we have to look at our group As a real solid  regarding Sophomore help the former notre Dame Star guard said we Haven t found any Dia monds in the Coal pile so to  among the Best he said were Mike Linn 195-Pound Prospect from Chicago quarterback Tom Jorling from Cincinnati  Buon aconite 210-Pound guard from Springfield mass. Joe Carolle 231-Pound tackle from wyamlotte.mich., and Clay Schulz defensive quarterback from Schofield. Wis. Tournament entrants sex King Leopold of Belgium left and his wife Princess de Rethy third from left prepare to compete in the woo Quawn pro am Golf tournament a prelude to the $5,000 Woodlawn invitational open along with left to right British pro John Jacobs col Herbert 0. Hartwig Ramstein air base com Mander British pro Dai Rees and maj Gen Gabriel p. Disosway Safe Deputy commander. The open ing pro am event was interrupted by rain wednes Day and will be concluded thursday. The invitational open starts Friday. Is photo by Mccune Germany District contenders shoot for playoff berths in tight scramble Darmstadt Germany is Pitburg s Barons and the two stars hat walked off with player of the week laurels last weekend take a Neak for this week s play while he other eight Safe Germany District teams attempt to unscramble a tight race and sew up playoff berths. Rhine main and Prumm get the Lump on the rest of the pack by playing a doubleheader thursday at Rhine main. A sweep of the two games originally scheduled for saturday and sunday would put either club in Good position for the stretch run since Only three weeks of the season remain. The rockets Are currently fifth with a 13-14 record while Prem s Only a half game behind with a .3-15 Mark. It s a do or die series Lor the Taco neers who have Only to games remaining with Hahn after this week while Rhine main Las three tests with Wiesbaden on tap. Hahn currently fourth in the Ace with a 13-12 record has an excellent Chance of improving its Lold in a two game series against Sembach Winner Only once in 26 starts. The games will be played n Sembach. Span Dahlem and Wiesbaden Are bound to remain one two in therace regardless of scores in a sat urday sunday series in Wiesbaden. The spartans Are setting the Pace with a 25-3 record while the flyers Are 5vs games behind with an 18-7mark. The other weekend series matches Darmstadt and Ramstein on the latter s Home Diamond. The comets 11-15 need a sweep to keep their playoff Hopes alive while Ramstein with Little Chance of get Ting into the four team showdown series can Only Hope to improve on a 7-18 record. Pitburg s Bye will Idle the player of the week and the Pitcher of the week in the person of outfielder Roy Hord and Ace hurler Ada Yopp. Germany District Span Dahlem Wio Badon by Truro Hahn Rhine main prom Darmstadt Ramstein Sembach w 2518 is 13 13 13 ii 7 i l 3 7 10 12 14 15 15 18 25 pet. .893 .720 .643 .520 .481 .464 .423 .280 .038 Bailey Hahn Soo Spang Aillem Mccoy Span Dahlem games Span Dahlem Hord Pitburg Home runs Haas Spang Dahlbom Bailey Hahn batting averages g a r 24 84 28 115 28 125 21 84 28 115 52 32 27 24 32 h 42 5g 48 32 43 Hord by thurs Peavy Pitburg two tied with runs batted 8 Hord Pitburg 7 Soo Span Dahlem 6 Bailey Hahn 8 Haas Span Dahlem 5 Peavy Pitburg pitching w t Platt Span Dahlem 13 i Nelson Wiesbaden 8 i storks Spang Ahtam 8 i Kochenash Hahn 7 2 Yopp Pitburg 9 3 pot. .929 .889 .889 .778 .750 go 7 to /2 1 1 /a12 13 1 6 a 24 pet. .500 .479 .384 .381 .373 in 40 38 3g 32 30 Era 1.061.22 1.46 2.90 1. 88 the selections were announced by Germany District officials in Wiesbaden after Yopp stopped the High flying Span Dahlem spartans for the second time in a 10-Inningbattle. Yopp bested Spang Ace Frank Starks scoring the winning run himself in the 10th inning to run his record to 9-3. The loss was the first for Starks after eight straight victories. Hord delivered a clutch Home run in the last of the ninth to tie the score and set the stage for Spang s third setback of the year. Hord picked out a 0-2 Starks fast Ball with two away in the ninth and walloped his four Bagger to even the score. The Homer was his sixth of the season and the rib boosted his total to 40, tops in the Germany District. His .373 batting average ranks fifth in the circuit. " Page 21 Kitzinger tips Bamberg 4-1, in playoff tilt Kitzinger Germany special Kitzinger Veteran Bob Panek. Half of the one two punch that won the Usa eur championship for the red sox in 1958, set Clown the Bamberg riders 4-1, in the open ing game of the Usa eur East Ern league Best of three Champion ship playoffs wednesday. The playoffs continue saturday in Bamberg. Kitzinger Winner of the second half will probably fire Bernie be Ian 7-3panek s 58 partner against George hem Pel 5-1who led the riders to a first half championship Panek buttoned Down Hie hard clouting riders on four hits. The red sox right hander struck out 11 and walked five in capturing his eighth Victory without a setback. Winning combo Paul Nitro Petryczkow Yocz an other mainstay on last year championship team teamed with Carlos Ramos to provide the kit Zingen Edge. A double by Petryczkow Yocz in the first inning put Kitzinger inthe scoring column driving across Ramos. Then Ramos turned things about and singled in Petryczkowyc with what proved to be the deciding Marker in the fifth. Jim barter who went All the Way for the riders was touche for 10 hits. Bamberg scored in the sixth when Jim pales triple Home Julius Newton. Grafe Woehr g e r m any special the 4th army div cd Hawks evened a Usa eur Central league series with the 4th army div acc conquerors Here wednes Day 9-3. Don Johnson picked up his sixth win against two setbacks giving up eight hits. Bill Rouse was the loser. Don Porter and Leo Lambert split eight of the Hawks 13 hits. Porter also had three runs batted across. Kaiserslautern Germany special the Mainz troopers be Hind Walt Szumita took the Meas ure of the Kaiserslautern colonels,6-4, Here wednesday in a usar eur Rhine league contest. The game was tied twice before two successive wild pitches by loser Tony Marino brought across mainz1fifth run in the fifth inning. David Warren doubled Home another tally later in the same Frame. Ralph Summers had a triple an two singles for the colonels who fell to 6-5. Mainz is 5-6. Stuttgart Germany special Sandhofer s vanguards shelled the Vii corps Jay Hawks 13-4, Here wednesday in an exhibition game. Clyde Mabe picked up the Vic tory and Art Willingham suffered the setback. Ralph Moxley hit Homer for the vanguards. Track meet scheduled Hanau Germany special the 3d army div and v corps will engage in a dual track meet at Wilhelm bad stadium Here thurs Day starting at 2 pm. 2 coaches 2 acis announced for Safe basketball clinic Wiesbaden Germany special Safe athletic officials have announced two coaches and two officials who will conduct the 1959basketball clinic scheduled for  Misch Germany sept. 21-25. Handling the coaching half of the clinic will be Bob Davies an Al time Star who played end and coached at Seton Hall plus per forming with the Rochester royals and Oregon state s Veteran Mentor a. P. Slats Gill. The officials making the trip from the . To instruct Safe whistle Hooters will be Zigmund red Mihalik and John Morrow