European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 10 the stars and stripes Friday 14, 1959.ii, Hajj Amos Alonzo Stagg still in sports rockets Hahn seek in Germany District j3armstadt, Germany is one berth in the Safe Germany District playoffs is at stake this weekend with Hahn and Rhine main battling to see which wins out. S Hahn has the outside Chance although currently in fifth place behind the rockets Pitburg wies Baden and Pace setting Span Dah Lem. The Hawks will play three con tests one Friday at Wiesbaden and two saturday at Home against Darmstadt while Rhine main has Only a saturday Date at Wiesbaden on tap. The ro9kets gained fourth place wednesday by taking a pair of makeup contests from Prem. This upped their record to 17-14 and wrecked the Taco neers faint Hopes of backing into a berth. Hahn 16-13 and one full game behind the rockets needs a three game sweep to Clinch a playoff spot. Or the Hawks need Only two grand Young Man More appropriate will celebrate his 97th birthday Stockton Calif. A per haps Amos Alonzo Stagg s Nick name should be changed. Grand Young Man would be More appropriate than grand old Stagg will be 97 sunday but he s As Active As Many a Man half his age. To interview him sometimes requires a wait. He might be out mowing the Lawn. How often does he do this i work on my Lawn when it needs it the famous football coach answered. It needs a lot of watering he s still not out of football. An Active full time coach for 64 years he s been helping in an advisory capacity the past six years at Stockton College a two year school. He s been asked to help out again this season and Indi Cates hell accept. Stagg s reflections on College sports and football in particular go something like this the boys Are much bigger than when i played but i Don t think they re any tougher. We did t have any football scholarships at Chicago where i coached for 41years. I still have the theory the Man dog runs into Rabbit Panama City Fla a a greyhound finally caught the Rab bit at the Washington county Ken Nel club track. Dark glow was spun completely around in a collision on a turn and took off again in the wrong direction. The dog eluded readout boys and track officials and ran smack into the lure and the res of the Field near the finish line. Officials ruled no race and re funded All bets. Ought to give his time in playing out of patriotism. Six league teams made me offers to turn professional when i pitched for Yale. I did t accept any of the offers although i had to wait on tables to make my Way. Yes we could use a Little More of that never proselytes Stagg declared that in All his years of coaching he never sought an athlete. He coached at College of the Pacific for 14 seasons he said and Learned after leaving that 50 scholarships were available for everything debating included. Sometimes you Don t have Good material he said. But it All Stagg and his wife Stella watch cop games and take a special interest in football activities Altamos Alonzo Stagg High school. Mrs. Stagg was 85 last Friday. They la celebrate their 65th wed Ding anniversary sept. 10. And How is mrs. Stagg getting along she s doing her part the White haired husband replied. There s no in the Stagg household because the Staggs love to read. Honoured by Lions we enjoy Reading Stagg said and we do an awful lot of the Lions club is giving him a birthday luncheon. Although Stagg acknowledges he s pleased he quickly notes that he s not a Mem Ber. I m not a member of any organization. My life has been too Busy. I coached track athletics 32 years baseball 19 and football 64." and Stagg s Creed i m for fair honest play. That s the most important thing fair honest wins if Wiesbaden can turn the tables on Rhine main. Five other weekend games Are on tap but none of them affect the playoff setup. The Friday schedule finds cellar dwelling Sembach 3-27 invading Span Dahlem 26-4ram Stein 9-21 at pitburg19-11 and of course Hahn is Wiesbaden 19-11. Saturday s schedule a t c h e Sembach and Span Dahlem and Ramstein and Pitburg again while Jim Harrell. Week s top hurler the rockets meet the flyers i their key test and Hahn is Host for two climactic tests against the comets. Prem has a Bye and is Idle. Hahn s Jim Harrell won Pitcher of week honors for last week s performance and Sembach s Edrid dle took the player of week pitched a five hitter and drove in two runs with singles to give the Hawks a split with Prem Marine corps nips Navy 4-3, gains service net title Quantico a. A the Marine corps sunk the Navy 4-2, to win its first interservice title Here. Keene Lambert and Mike tier Ney won the clinching doubles match for the marines Downing the Navy duo of Jerry Glade and King Van Nostrand 9-7, 9-7. The Navy has won the trophy donated in 1924 by a. Y. Leech jr., former treasurer of the . Lawn Tennis association 10 times. The army has won it seven times an the air Force twice. However it was not until 1949 that the air Force entered the Competition and the marines Only began to compete in 1955. In the opening round the marines whipped defending Champion army,5-2, while the Navy edged the air Force 4-3. Green Palafox upset in Newport tournament Newport . Up fourth seed a Mike Green Miami and Antonio Palafox mexi co were upset wednesday in third round singles action of the 78th annual Newport invitation Tennis tournament. Green who went to the finals of the Eastern grass courts tournament Only last week bowed to Noel Brown los Angeles 8-6, 6-3. Palafo the mexican Champion seemed on the Way to Victory Burthen lout to Jack Frost Monterey Clif 3, 7 four of the eight favourites re main for the quarterfinals which were scheduled thursday and Fri Day. Top seeded Bobby Wilson Brit Ain a 6-4, 6-3 Winner Over Allen Fox wednesday was to face Chris Crawford Piedmont Calif., in the quarterfinals thursday. Crawford seeded sixth Defeated Crawford Henry 7-5, 6-1, wednesday. The second thursday Quarter final matched Ron a Holmberg Brooklyn seeded no 3, and ram sey Earnhart Ventura Calif ,., Holmberg was a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win Ner Over Roger Werksman in the third round and Earnhart Defeated Britain s no. 3 Man Reggie Ben net "-7, 4-6, 6-2, second seeded Donald Dell Bethesda md., advanced % to the quarterfinals by defeating Ned Neely 6-4, 6-2. Dell and Frost will play Friday As will Brown and Britain s Tony Pickard. In doubles play All the favorit shave advanced to the quarterfinals with second round wins in straight sets. On a 7-3 Triumph. A loss could have played havoc with Hahn s chances but Harrell. Came through with his fourth Triumph against two losses. Sembach has won Only three games All season and Riddle has driven in the winning run on each occasion tils last game winning performance came sunday when he slugged a two run double 5n the Bottom of the ninth As the tigers tripped Wiesbaden 6-4. Germany District Spang Dahlum Wiesbaden Pitburg Hahn Rhino main Prem Darmsted Ramstein Zombach w 2
