European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse A dowday August 10, 1959 the stars and strip is Darmstadt Germany is the Cream of Usa eur baseball Talent toughened by Long drives to league titles will open quarterfinal action leading toward the i world series on four fronts i Germany wednesday. Six oft1 the seven Susareu leagues Are represented by Cham pions plus the to lists from com Zand setae. The 72d arty up canno neers of the main league were eliminated from the Chase in a special Best _ i i i i me Jimiy amp 5tkipe g of baseball quarterfinals open in four odes to Taa a Tomasil a iut _. .-.�. A _ of three pre championship playoff against the Northern league s 3darmd div Cha. Quarterfinal action also will be Best of three. The pairings 3d army div cd scorpions play Host in Kirch Goens to the setae Lions. The series moves to Verona Italy Over the weekend. The Baum older Blue rangers titleholder in the Rhine league will entertain the 4th army div cab turtles Central league wednesday with tote series moving to Erlanger Germany for week end games. The Stuttgart chiefs whose Home is Robinson Barracks travel wednesday to Munich s Warner Cavern Lair of the Rock giblets Southern league champs. Stutt Gart won the Western league title. Saturday and if necessary sunday action shifts to Stuttgart. La Rochelle s rams the com Kingpins visit Bamberg Home of the Eastern league s riders i wednesday action and then return Home Over the contests Start at 2 pm. At Kirch Goens Battle weary Ca will bypass its big two Elvin Fleshman and Dick Conrad and Send right hander Jim Hughes 1-1 against the setae and Conrad both toiled sunday against the 72d arty coach Anthony Adamo will counter with his Ace 12-Gamewinning right hander Bob Rado Vitch. Radovitch also lends support at the plate pitching in with two France Italy win in in to by Ralph Bennington staff writer Chalk up another Boston s Vic Wertz charges across the plate while Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra reaches for the Ball that was t there. The botox went on to take a 6-5 decision from Newyork. Watching is Umpire Nestor Chylak. Associated press photo Wiesbaden Germany is France and Italy advanced through the opening round of the european Little league championships with victories Over Spain and Turkey respectively Here tuesday at Theta Nierberg housing area Diamond France Spain 9-0, behind the one hit pitching of Bill Helms and the slugging of Allan Hankal after Italy had turned the tables on Turkey 12-2. The France All Star team from Orleans in general and Helms and Hankal in particular stole the head lines for the Day. Helms a 125-Pound, 5-foot, 4-Inch right hander faced Only 22 batters Over the six inning distance while turning in his one hitter. The Only Safe blow off the 12 year old was a line single through the right Side Hole by Terry Young in the first inning. This followed a walk but Helms then started a Snappy Pitcher first Home double play that got him out of trouble immediately that he was never in danger. He walked four men but struck outline. Hankal drove in five runs for the winners. He doubled for two to spartan rocket flyer Baron games open Germany Loop playoff action Span Dahlem Germany Spe Cial the fight for the Germany District berth in the Safe base Ball tourney begins in Earnest Here wednesday with regular season Champion Span Dahlem Pitburg Rhine main and Wiesbaden fight ing it out in a double elimination affair that is scheduled to run through saturday. Host Span Dahlem 28-4 for the regular Campaign and Rhine main which wound up 17-15 and just edged Hahn and Darmstadt for the fourth berth in this Competition open the proceedings with a game at 11 am. Wednesday s Nightcap set to Start at 3 30 pm pits Pitburg against Wiesbaden both Tea shaving wound up tied for second with 21-11 Marks. Winner to wheelus the Winner Here picks up ticket to wheelus Field Libya scene of the sept. 1-7 Safe play offs which will include titleholder from All of the far Flung Safe sports areas. Span Dahlem seeking to continue along its winning ways will throw Ace right hander Howie Platt 13-2 in the opener while the rockets Are expected to counter san Jose gets jumper san Jose Calif. A Hank Visser standout dutch Broad jumper intends to enrol this fall at in Jose state College. Visser at tended Bakersfield Calif Junior allege and will be in his Junior a. He has a Best jump of 25feet, 10 inches. With Bill weekly 6-5who grabbed the headlines last wee when he pitched and won both ends of a doubleheader. Bill Soo. Top Spang hitter Spang s heavy hitters topped by Germany District batting Champ Bill Soo .484 and top Germany Homer hitter Dan Haas nine Cir Cuit blasts get the nod according to the form Chart. Either Bruce Nelson 8-1 Orray Sprague 8-4 is expected to Start for Wiesbaden s flyers wit Veteran Adam Yopp 11-3 taking Over the Mound duties for the Barons. Starks to follow Star Spang Lethander fran Starks 9-1 will probably be the Man the spartans throw in their second contest while other second game hurlers Are expected to be Jim Cederdahl for Pitburg Jim Branham for Rhine main and either Nelson or Sprague for Wiesbaden. Thursday games Are schedule for 11 am and 3 30 pm while the losers bracket final has been set for 2 pm Friday. The finals will begin at 2 05 pm saturday and the if necessary contest is slate for 2 pm sunday. Spark a five run uprising in the third and then poled a Home unto dead Centerfield with two mates aboard in the sixth. Italy and Turkey were locked up in a scoreless Duel when the roof suddenly caved in on the Ankara team in the third. The Vicenza club scored eight runs on five hits three errors two walks and two stolen bases. Peter Sharp a Chunky Little right hander survived a shaky Start when he walked three batters an uncorked a like number of wild pitches in the first Frame and came Back to pitch a four hitter for the decision. He struck out 15 batters an walked Only four. Hammering Hankal France Spain a r h Norwood is Negrette 2b Bradley in Deitrickson if Helms p Crocker of Hankal 3b Strickland of Dukes o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 Carroll o Young in Thomas p Reynolds 2b Borega u Sparks 3b West is Keeling of Modill of Warren of a r h 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals Ranee Spain 26 totals 18 0 1 005 0139 7 0 000 0000 i 4 in h r Erbb so Helms a 1-0 6 1 0 0 4 Al Thomas a 0-1 6 7 9 3 11 12 a Young West 2, Reynolds. To a France 18-5, Spain 18-4. Do Helms Bradley Dukes. Lob Franco 11, Spain 4. 2byoung, Bradley. Or Hankal. Kab Hankal 5, Bradley 2, Derrikson. We Thomas 3. A Stapely Martin Davis. Homers in the Lions final league game. But the major setae artillery comes from first baseman Ballard Flanary and shortstop Pitcher Jim Dean. Mike Garland Jim Jackson and Jim Cobbin the Cha murderers Row have 67 runs batted in among them and have eight league he has won a trip to the world series As the stars and stripes most valuable player Baum older s Vern Orndorff will have his thoughts on the i series when he starts before the Home fans against the 4th army div cab turtles. Orndorff led the Blue rangers to titles in both halves of the Rhine league Chase with a 9-1pitching record. Orndorff s right handed slants will face the test of cab s slug Ging lineup sparked by the big Trio of Snuffy Grimm Bill Huff and Bill Olson. Riders rams ivies Bamberg which eliminated the defending Usa eur Champ Kitz Ingen in Eastern league play faces la Rochelle fresh from Athree game sweep Over Orleans for the com z title. The rams can play a pair of Mound aces Truett Bayles 15-1 or Dave Milani but the riders ought to the wire and. Trumped the Kitzinger Power play. Stuttgart and Munich s Rock giblets have blown hot and cold Over the season. � both however finished with Roar Munich forging through a series of playoffs with the Augsburg ram Chicks and Stuttgart trimming the second half Champ ludwigs Burg cards in a Best of three playoff two straight. Lethander Jerry Bush is tabbed for the Rock Gimlet starting Tole wednesday. He had a 12-1 league record. Bob Jacoby .404 is the top Munich hitter. Errors Hurt Turkey a r h Klein 2b Gilbert in Witt. If Archer p Vewis o Robertson o-3b 3 Mitchell of 3 Jelson is 3 Zebarth. 3b-p 3 Powers of 1 of Jones of 2 Italy Osome if a Potter of c. Rosseau. In Clodgo in killer. 3b Sharp p Maci arg. 2b Waldbart o Webb of Shyrock. Of Mullin of Francis of is Arnold is a 2 2 3 a 4 4 2 z 1a of by. Llos seau. If 2 r h 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 totals 24 2 6 totals 28 12 i a Safe on Catcher s interference 3 a truck out for Arnold 4 of grounded out or Powers 5. Turkey 000 020 267 Taly 8 i3x12 6 2 in h r Erbb so Sharp a 1-0 b 6 2 2 4 15 Cher 1, 0-1 4% 0 12 1 8 5 Zebarth i 0 0 0 1 0 a Zebarth Robertson 2, Witt Archer. Gil Ort Nelson Potter. To a Italy 18-1, Turkey 5-0. Jul 1� Italy 9, Turkey 8. 2bc. Rosseau. Us Shorno Archer Potter. Rail Are Hor Robertson Webb. C. Loss eur Francis Muc larg Shyrock. We Sharp 2, Archer. P1j Wali Bart 2, Obertson. U Shapiro Stapely. Nice. T 05. Sac stages course for Indianapolis rookies Indianapolis a the . Auto club is teaching at least five rookies How to drive on the hazardous Indianapolis motor Speedway this week in an Experiment aimed at reducing pre Raee pressure of the annual 500-mile memorial Day race. Practice periods before the races have been More dangerous than the actual events. Of 11 Drivers who have died on the Speedway since world War ii seven have Bee killed in practice. The rookies will be required to build up Speed gradually in a 100 mile test under critical eyes of vet eran Driver observers. Henry Bankes Sac director of Competition said at an organizing meeting help in the testing was offered by such Veteran Drivers As Rodger Ward los Angeles the 59race Winner Eddie Sachs Center Valley pa., and Jim Rathmann Miami the runner up last May 30. Harlan Fengler chief Steward will supervise the tests 25 Miles at 115 Mph 25 at 120, 25 at 125und a final 25 at 130. Even though the rookies Are approved they will be required to take refresher test next May. The candidates include Johnny Kay new Britain Conn. Wayne Weiler Phoenix Lloyd Ruby Houston Jim Packard Anderson,ind., and Eddie Jackson Denver. Metzger tops v corps Golf Frankfurt special the212th arty up s Dick Metzger add ing to 73 to his opening 71, Tooka two stroke Lead in the v corps non divisional Golf tournament atthe Frankfurt Golf club tuesday with a 36-Hole score of 144.pressing Metzger for top honors in the 72-Hole affair was veterans Sarteur golfer Murry Jacobs 72d arty up who was right be Hind with 75-71 146. George Atwood 4th Armor up had a commanding Lead in the senior event his 83-82 165 being nine strokes better than the 88-86 174 posted by Charles Graves,72d arty up. Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial de Brantly playing for the 86th Ord in took a commanding seven stroke Lead As he fired an opening 71 in the army tips 7tharmy Golf tournament Here tues Day. Bib Wrynn Hosp tips filled the runner up position with a 78, while third place was taken by George Suzuki he 7th army with a 79. Wettlaufer retains title As Amateur Golf King Portsmouth a. A Ward Wettlaufer Buffalo n.y., a Mem Ber of the . Walker cup team won his second consecutive East Ern Amateur Golf title finishing eight strokes ahead of Horace Ervin Kingston n.c., Amateur Champion of the Carolinas. Wettlaufer 23, finished with 284on rounds of 71-73-69-71. The 284 tied a tournament record established two years ago by Tom strange who now is Golf professional at Elizabeth Manor country club site of this year s Tournai i ment. Par is 70
