European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes wednesday August 5, 1959 ill a Fofi Olmedo gains but looks bad in grass meet ,. South Orange . Up Wimbledon Champion Alex Olmedo los Angeles monday returned to the grass courts circuit after a week s Layoff and appeared a Little Rusty in winning his first round men s singles match in the East Ern grass court Tennis Champion ships. Olmedo the top seeded Star beat Donald Thompson Jackson height n.y., 6-3, 6-2. Thompson consistently passed the peruvian in the opening set and then broke Olmedo in the seventh game of the set. Olmedo broke Back and went on to take the set. In the second set Olmedo was forced into Many errors but he won the set after four Deuce tries in the ninth game. Second seeded Bernard Tut Bartzen Dallas the National Clay court titlist won his first round match from Donald Kierbow Bev Erly Hills. Calif., 7-5, 6-2, while third seeded Dick Savitt South Orange ., stopped David Sny Der Tucson ariz., 6-0, 6-2. Fourth seeded Earl Buchholz jr., St. Louis turned Back Mac White Corpus Christi tex., 6-3, 6-3, in the opening round. Eighth seeded Donald Dell Bethesda md., was extended to three sets before oust ing John Skogstad. Miami 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. In the women s action two third round berths were filled when Karen Hantze san Diego Calif., Defeated Wendy Stone Oyster Bay Calif., 6-0, 6-0. And Belmar Gunderson Chambersburg pa., conquered Ann Carlier Day ton Ohio 6-2, 6-2. All four players had first round byes. Seventeen year old Pamela Davis Anaheim Calif., who is playing in the event for the first time upset second seeded Gwyneth Thomas Shaker Heights Ohio 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening round. Kerr defends skeet Crown Virginia Beach a. Up Alex Kerr a 45-year-old Beverly Hills Calif., sporting goods dealer successfully defended his world .410 gauge skeet shooting championship monday. Kerr shot a phenomenal 99x100 with the Little gun besting the scorer by which he won the 1958 world championship by one Bird. Edward Brown a 14-year-old Sharpshooter from Birmingham Michi set. A new Junior division .410 gauge record with 98x100. Kathleen Mcdowell Shreveport la., broke 89x100 to take the ladies .410 gauge title. Kerr and t. H. Mettler. Bakers Field Calif., paired up As a two a n team to tie the team of Harold e. Myers Westover mass., and Floyd Scott Wilbraham mass. Orndorff forges into .18th Ord golfer wins Eastern Region title Karlsruhe Germany special Donald Bollin 18th Ord co won the army tips 7th army Eastern Region Golf championship with a four round total of 329 on rounds of 81, 82, 79 and 87.ralph nearhoof 86th Ord " in took the first flight Raymond Matejcek 25th Sig. In won the a second flight and James Rogers 555th engr up captured third Fli glut honors. Pro football training reports 49ers select Tittle Captain Cleveland s Mccormack out Moraga Calif. Up vet eran quarterback y. A. Tittle has been elected Captain of the san Francisco 49ers for the coming National football league Campaign. Beginning his 12th season in professional football and his ninth with the 49ers, Tittle will be y. A. Tittle Leader Captain for the first time. Tittle has a 55.1 percentage of pass completions in his 11 professional seasons. He s completed 1,525 of 2,761 throws for 20,606 Yards and 1"32 touchdowns. Hiram Ohio up the Cleveland Browns received bad news Here when doctors reported that Veteran tackle Mike Mccormack must undergo an operation for a knee injury. Mccormack now in his sixth year will be sidelined from six to eight weeks Mccormack twisted the knee the same one he in jilted last season in a workout Early last week. Westminster my. A coach Weeb Ewbank placed three Rookie Iton waivers Here As the Baltimore Colts resumed two a Day work qts in preparation for the aug 11, game against College Al stars. After viewing movies of Satur Day night s intr squad game in Baltimore Ewbank decided to Cut tackle Thurman Terry Rice tackle Jim Murphy Eastern Tennessee state and halfback Tom Stephens Syracuse. Green Bay wis. Up the Green Bay packers have Cut two More rookies from their training Camp roster lost another temporarily to the All Star Camp and picked up a draft Choice who decided to play. Placed on waivers were Jerry sprangers a Green Bay High school tackle and Mel Schmidt Idaho fullback. Hershey a. A the Philadelphia eagles roster was reduced Here when the National football league club dropped two players and another left training amp. Dropped were Rollie West former Villanova Star who played in Canada last year and Severn Hayes Montana. Tie two backs had been signed As free agents. Voluntarily departing was tackle Al Benecick a High draft Choice from Syracuse. California a. Up the Pittsburgh Steeles announced Here they Are returning fullback Howie Ferguson to the Green Bay Paulc ers. Ferguson was acquired from the packers two weeks ago on a conditional basis in Exchange for a future draft Choice. A Steeler spokesman said Fer Guson was returned because the club did to want to take a Chance with his chronic shoulder ailment. Sarahs Nab soccer tilt. " Ober Jesinger Ger Nany Spe Cial nth in 97th, Sig b a a tuns tied the. Ssh. Obert Jesinger la stars i re Here in an exhibition soccer game. John Mackie scored the satan goal. While  Dieterle booted the score for the germans. & announces Wight Tan cup Pittsburgh a the Amer Icsia team has been announced for the 31st annual Wightman cup  at nearby Edge path pa., aug. 1,5-16. Tjie team includes Darlene hard by in Baker Flejter Sally of Moore rows of Tel.  j. Jean Arth and Janet Hopps. Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont who will not play and miss Hopps have been  British Are the defending champions having won the cup Las t year at Wimbledon 4-3. The . Has won the cup 25 times the British five. This year s tournament  be played at tote Edge Ortli country Clui ports he Ain t Blue Baum Holder Blue. Ranger Vern Orn Dorff right upper photo helps teammates Dennis Magee left and Alan Koch unload 4,015 votes brought to the stars and stripes most valuable player poll head quarters. This moved Orndorff into the Usa eur Lead. Wies Baden s Milton Mckewi in catches 1,001. Votes As they rain Down. The total boosted him to second in the Safe polling. Is Frank Mccormick rests after lung operation Cincinnati up former Cincinnati first baseman Frank Mccormick who now does Tele vision broadcasting of there games has been operated on at Christ Hospital for removal of a benign lesion from his right lung. Doc tors said Mccormick was resting and his condition was Satis factory. Dworaczyk holds Pace Darmstadt Germany is Vern Orndorff Ace Mounds Man for the Rhine league Champion Baum Holder Blue rangers tuesday swept into the most commanding Lead enjoyed to Date by any contender in the stars and stripes most valuable player poll. Orndorff a native of Eldorado kan., arrived at the local poll head quarters with. 4,015. Ballots that boosted his. Overall total to 7,970. This deluge biggest one Day Back ing thus far for any of the Nomi nees enabled him to build up a 1,164-vote margin Over runner up Hal Mack Vii corps in the Usa eur Competition. V Mack and third place Dick con Rad 3d army div Cha failed to receive any backing tuesday. Con Rad s total remained at 6,736. Grimm now fifth v John Snuffy Grimm Veteran second baseman for 4th army div cab collected the Day s second largest support 1,907 votes All via mail and climbed to fifth with a 4,596 total. Aschaffenbur s Jerry Driscoll was fourth with 5,822 after drawing 363 counters tuesday. The top four contenders Are All pitchers. Rhine main Catcher boots Dworaczyk continued to Rule the Roost in the Safe Competition. Dworaczyk polled 850 in tuesday s tabulation to hike his figures to 2,564. Wiesbaden s Milton Mckenzie a shortstop brought in 1,021 ballots to poll Headquarters and this sup port from his fans helped the flyer shortstop to climb to second with 2,260 Overall. Jenks loses ground slipping to third was Laken Heath s Pic Leer Ben Jenks despite a 457-vote backing that pushed him near the 2,000-Mark at 1,944. Bill cavy bit Burg first baseman was resting in third with 1,700 ballots after polling 317 tuesday. Poll officials once again placed emphasis on the aug. 10 Midnight deadline. All mailed votes must be postmarked before that time and received at the stars and stripes no later than Midnight aug. 15. Ballots delivered by other Means must be received in poll head quarters before Midnight aug. 10. The 10 leaders in each division Usa eur Vern Orndorff  Blue Ranfors 7,970 Hal Mack Vii. Corps 6,800 Dick Conrad 3d army div Cha 0,736 Jerry Driscoll Schaffo Thuro 5,322 John Snuffy Grimm 1th army div cab 4 590 Bob Pantok. Al Tzingos 3,411 Jim Hulbard 3d army div tips 3374 Walt Donohue Sasae 3,113 Luther Vaught Stuttgart 2,005 Truett Baylos la Rochelle 837 Safe boots Dworaczyk Rhine main Milton Mckenzie wies Tiaden Bon Jones Lakenheath Bill Peavy Bill uru Richie Howe Darmstadt Ralph Platt shape Dick Hilp Ort Darmstadt Jim Branham Rhine main Roy Hord Pitburg Bill Knott Darmstadt totals 2,584 2,200 1,944 1,700 1,134 1,110 1,087 1,037 375 285 the stars and stripes valuable player ballot this is my selection As the most valuable european come baseball player in a poll to select okie Usa eur and one Safe player to return to the . Tor the world series in a e position \ " team i. League. Signed. Apo organization. K a department the stars and stripes a sol