European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday au0ui� 31, 1959 of Stah and it Ftp scorpions against chiefs for Usa eur Crown Welcome Home scorpion Jim Cobbin gets the glad hand at Home by Joe Fancher 23 and Charles Patterson. 9 after he slugged the game tying Home run in the fourth inning against the Baum older Blue rangers. The 3d army div Cha nine downed the rangers 2-1, to gain the Usa eur world series starting next wednesday at Kirch Goens Germany. Is photos by Rohde the Long stretch Baum older first baseman Ken Bunger gives it the big Effort As he retires scorpion Hal Mckinnon on a throw from second baseman Chicho Gonzale in the eighth. Cd a topples Blue rangers 2-1 by Jack Ellis sports editor Kirc Goens Germany is the 3d army div Cha scorpions Rode into the Usa eur world series when Mike Garland race Home on a wild pitch by Leo Hadley that gave the scorpions a 2-1 Triumph Over the Baum older Blue rangers Here sunday after noon. More than 3,500 spectators jammed Wainwright Field t watch Hadley a comparative unknown match pitch for pitch with scorpion Ace Dick Conrad through 7m taut frames in this do or die tilt. Both teams had won a game in the Best of three semifinals and the Winner Here got the coveted series  the fatal eighth Hadley got by Lead off Batter Hal Mckinnon and then gave up a ground single to Karl Snodgrass. He seemed out of danger when he got Garland to Force Snodgras s at second. But big Jim Jackson slashed a curve Ball into Loftfield that bounded just in front of left fielder Sonny Weber and Garland pulled up at third with Jackson going to second. With the dangerous Jim Cobbin at the plate Hadley unleashed a Sharp breaking curve that Slid away from Catcher Bob Chapman and rolled to the Backstop. Garland scored easily. It did t matter the that Hadley whiffed Cobbin who had tied the score in the forthwith a tremendous blast Over the Loftfield  Blue rangers Rhine league champions had taken the Lead inthe first inning when Phil Wilk ins walked went All the Way to third on a slow infield groundnut and scored in Al Koch s , who had some mild control trouble at the outset then Stuttgart s v a Light spurs riders 4-1 by Dick Gitlin staff writer Bamberg Germany is Luther Luke Vaught the Heap big Brave in the Stuttgart chiefs Tepee turned in another superlative pitching Effort Here sunday setting the Bamberg riders Down on a 4-1 two hitter in the third and deciding game of their Usa eur semifinal series. In picking up the fifth of his team s six playoff successes Vaught showed real poise along with wide assortment of deliveries in eluding a Jug handled curve and a whistling fastball. Turning a deaf ear to the largely hostile and vociferous crowd of3,500including an impartial it Gen f. W. Farrell 7th army cd a Vaught faced Only 33 batters striking out seven and walking three. Shutout Losta controversial Umpire s decision in the sixth Cost him a shutout but did t deprive him of his Lith win against two  flirtation with the Corners forced him to make 142 pitches nine More than Mound rival George Hempel now 5-2.the two right handers were hooked up in a 1-1 Duel for eight innings but then the Western league Champion chiefs went on the Warpath with Karl Gottlieb s Lead off double and the successful exploitation of the bunt contributing vitally to the assault against the Eastern Loop entry Gottlieb sent his two Bagger the chiefs fourth of the game to the left fiend Fence 345 feet away and made it to third As shortstop Jimmy Olivares bobbled the relay. Obviously unnerved Hempel hit Bob Meeks with a 3-2 pitch. Then Verdun trips Barons Verdun France special dict Hoolahan kicked a 10-Yard Field goal in the fourth Quarter to give the Verdun cards an 11-8 exhibition football Victory Over the Mannheim Barons. The chiefs began to  Duke Maas Laid a Beauty Down the first base line to squeeze in Gottlieb. The Ball trickled along the Limestone and All Hempel and first baseman Lee Hughes could do was wait to see if it went foul. But the Ball rolled dead Halfway along the line a foot inside and Maas had himself a run scoring  Ducharme was the next to get the bunt sign and sacrifice the runners along As a hush settled Over the rider Field , on another squeeze play Vaught bunted to the right of the Mound and Meeks streaked Homes Hempel s Only play was to first. Hempel walked Cowart on four Gottlieb Thiederman Vaught a Man Stuttgart a b h Bamberga n n Coward 3b vat Lederman ii Moc Licu. Of lupins of soul web o Meeks. 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Roger Cimbora lined a clean shot to Center but Bil Begones grounded feebly to Vaught and the chiefs were in the finals. Travel to Kirch Goens they will meet the 3d army div Cha scorpions wednesday at Kirch Goens Home of the Northern league  Only other hit off the 5-foot, 9-Inch 150-Pounder was Olivares one out single to left Center in the  controversial Call by third base Umpire Santos Rivera helped Bamberg pick up its Lone run in the. Sixth  Benefit of a hit. Ralph Merigliano led off with walk and was sacrificed to second. Ray Hartlage then grounded to shortstop Ducharme who threw to third in his Effort to catch Merigliano. Rivera gave a Safe Call Al though third baseman Cowart was Able to show a Spike wound on his hand that held the Ball. Hughes lifted a sacrifice Fly to Pappas hurls shape Over Iron Dukes 30-22 Paris special pitching Bill Pappas the Man who steered Toul to a Safe Grid championship in 1957 but sat on the shape Bench most of last season hit the glory Road again sunday As he airlifted the indians Over the Frankfurt Iron Dukes 30-22. Quarterback Pappas pitched for two touchdowns scored one him self and connected on 13 of 18 tosses for 203 Yards. His touchdown passes both went to Ron Walker one for three Yards and the other for 24. Deep Center scoring Merigliano. Stuttgart had taken the Lead inthe fifth once again employing the bunt. Ducharme Drew a Lead off walk and Vaught sacrificed him to second. After Cowart bounced out Thiederman sent a homing double to left Center 390 feet away and Ducharme scored easily. Luther Vaught. Heap big chief into the series Baum older All i 0 0 1 0 1 1 88 Wilkins. Of soft to of Koch. 31 Jungt rib Weber if g sulcs. 2b cd i Xinau u Wuillay. 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In the fifth Bill Szabo reached him for a single and then Conrad shut the 8th inf div outfit out without a hit Over the last four frames. Only two rangers reached base one on a walk and one on a error. The error by Joe Hubbell was in the ninth but the Northern league champions came up with a fast double play and then Conra ended the game with a flourish by striking out Chapman. Conrad gives 5 hits the lefty who finished second to the Blue rangers Vern of Doffin the stars & stripes most valuable player poll gave up five singles struck out five and walked three. Hadley who came into the game with a 3-1 record held the scor pions to eight hits walked non and struck out five. He left two scorpions stranded in the second when Koch made diving grab of Joe Fancher s foul pop. Then with two out in the fourth he feel Cobbin a curve Ball that seemed to hang and the muscular scorpion poled it far Over the left Field Fence at the 350-foot Mark to the Delight of the partisan crowd. He got out of a Jam in the sixth when with two out Dennis Magee bobbled Garland s grounder and Jackson followed with a single. But Hadley got Cobbin on a very close play at first to end the Frame. Again in the seventh he got in hot water but some inept base running by Bill Tewksbury saved him from possible damage. Hubbell singles Hubbell had opened the inning with a single and Tewksbury doubled him to third with none out. But Tewksbury ran Hubbell off third on Fancher s groundnut and the Alert rangers tagged Hub Bell to erase the threat. Then came the eighth and that one darting curve Ball that broke so far out and let in the big run. The scorpions had won the first game of the semifinal by blasting the hungers 16-3, on Conrad s five hitter Only to have them come Back to win the second game 5-1, behind the airtight pitching of Orndorff. This Marks the fourth straight year the scorpions have entered the Usa eur playoffs but this is the first year they have made it All the Way to the finals. Now they open the series Here at Wainwright Field wednesday against the Stuttgart chiefs who Defeated the Bamberg riders in the other half of the semis the second and third game if necessary will move to Stuttgart saturday and sunday