European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday May 2 Fri " 4,-t " m .1 a pension r und f for 5 service in Loop new. York Cap the Nat ional football league adopted a player pension. Plan thursday by which players with r a minimum of five years service dating from 1959, would receive benefits at the ,.-.". " commissioner Pete Rozelie said it was impossible to project an figures on the amount of the pay ments to"1 be received. He said thought would be Given in the future to coverage of players who Erv Active before 1959. A the retirement phase of the to Ert Bell National football league a Benefit fund will be i by $300,000 from the. To pts Jodi the championship game $110.000, from trading cards gum Cere Alete. With pictures to players and a share of the to Reee pits of the rur Nerup bowl at Miami and the pro bowl at los Angeles. Players have been covered since september "1959 by medical 4and Accident insurance that Lisp in Clutes wives and members of their families and group lifer Insu Ranee policies. V.  players did no pay anything into the fund which will be supervised by a three Man plagues Iri i Frobe Tesu up five wit invoked the fifth Amend i ent a total Fly 289 times thursday Bijj Jie opening of Public hearings by the Texas a House \ general in a Stulga Trig Abni Muttee into charges1 of Southwest conference Basket Bau game fixing. I pne a the Fiat a final witnesses was Howard Junior Dodd of for Worobi who refused to answer 36questions. The committee got him to answer three questions by Grant ing -him1 immunity from pros ecu Tjon and he answered each with a one word  ,. -.the1 last witness was. M. In Smith testified that a Curtis a supervisor of Southwest conference officials conf erred j with him after reports of Southwest conference game fixing , Light he Saith Curtis asked him i he knew of  crooked but told Curtis he did not Jinow. Board to include the commissioner and two others to be mimed by him. Rozelle also said All eligible players to the league will be covered regardless of whether they belong to the players association. The receipts from various sources should put. About $500,000 into the fund in-1962,we Hope to have some project Tjon of the possible benefits to. Be received in about two years said Rozelle. When we Are Able to cover More players i think we would consider picking up Retro Active service before 1959 instead of cutting the retirement age be Low 65._afiust starting his is 5the beginning of our  we Hope that it will cover s More players and carry the highest possible benefits. You riiu6t remember Thal we Are  ,. The owners initially contributed some $200,000 to the fund most of which was used to cover the insurance benefits. Rozelle said approximately $100.000 Kad Een paid out under the ins Urance plan. Asked if players who left the nil to ploy in some other league either the Iam Erica football league or the Canadian league would be eligible Rozelle said Only players waived out of the nil would retain their retirement Bene fits provided they had the required five years of service. When a player is waived out All the other clubs in the league have passed Jup his services. Standard plan actually this is a Standard retirement i Lan he said. If you leave general motors and go to work for Ford you Don t expect to get a pension from general to  the baseball pension plan has been in operation for several years  Large benefits. A baseball player with five years experience at 50 can collect $88 a month plus an extra $37 in a special annuity if he was Active since 1952, at c5 he Wou a get $175 plus a special an Nulty. A 20-year player gets a $550 Benefit plus $173 from the annuity for a total of $723 a month. Base Ball also has an extensive life insurance and Hospin ligation plan. Between 53 million and $4 million goes  baseball pension fund each year. Bears explode for 8 to walk Over Blue s in Bremerhaven Germany special the Berlin bears exploding for eight runs in uie ninth inning overran the wingless Usa eur area comes league action Here Friday. Lethander John Linn who had a shutout working until the Bremerhaven Blue devils 11-4, in i eighth picked up his third straight mrs. Shipmaker is Woodla Wii Victor Ramstein Germany special mrs. Joan Shumaker shot a six Over Par 80 Here Friday to come from four strokes off the Pace and win the Woodlawn Golf club women s Spring championship for the second year in a Row with a three round total of 270. Mrs. Shumaker who trailed Juanita Wewer by nine strokes at the end of the first round and shaved the margin to four strokes in the second Day play actually picked up 13 strokes on the Early Leader to win by a nine stroke margin. In Friday s final round of the 54-Hole tournament the defending titlist was two Over Par with a 39 on the outgoing nine and came in with a four Over 41 to wrap up the Crown. Mrs. Wewer who slumped to a 96 wednesday after opening with a 90 on tuesday came in with a 93 Friday to take runner up honors with 279, 10 strokes a Earl of third place mrs. Gloria Robertson who carded a 97 Friday for a 289. Mrs. Mimi Hurt was fourth at 293 after a 99 Friday and mrs. Miriam Mcnair came in with a 100 Good for a 296 and fifth place. Mrs. Sally Stockman took Low Gross honors in the first flight Competition and mrs. Helen Kel Lam won Tow net mrs. Bonnie Lynn and mrs. Eileen Yraceburn took Low Gross and Low net honors respectively in the second flight and mrs. Shir Lee Wilder grabbed the Low Gross trophy in the third flight while mrs. Colleen Davis took Low net laurels. In the 27-Hale tourney played nine holes per tiny mrs. Mart hacking was the Low Cross Cham Pion and mrs Rita Horn captured the Low not title. Grid Billows by committee for army of Washington up Senate armed services committee thursday approved a Bill to allow the army and air Force academies to appoint an additional 50 cadets each a ear taut Only after making modifications to meet charges it was a West Point football  the original House passed Meas ure had been sharply criticized by sen. Russell b. Long a la. He said it was designed More to build the strength of the football team at West Point than to add to the strength of the service  to meet Long s objections the Senate group sent to a substitute Bill. It was approved in closed door session and sent to the full Senate for  Csisko Long denied in testimony before the commit Teri vote that he of Fried the Bill because the army f last fall had induced Louisiana state University football coach win for the bears. Carl first of three pitchers to for the Blue devils was with his second setback in As decisions. Ralph Mayo with three Hli four at bats. Showed the the plate As the bears league leading record to to. Was the Blue devils _,.tm straight defeat. The bears Wen t a head to with their first run in the Van Worrell reached base fielder s Choice after a Linn moved to third on by George let Erick and score a sacrifice bunt by Alan Ray Bosnell blasted a Home in the fourth to make it the bears. Let Erick reached base on a ror in the eighth and around to score As Ralph and roman came through Buck to Back singles. Devils score the Blue devils pushed their first run in the eighth at to take Alexander took first or m error by shortstop Bill pout banned to third on Larry ritchie1 single and scored on a single Ai Jenkins. " " in the big Berlin ninth this bears rapped it seven stg ties and cashed in on three errors Kef a walk for their eight runs. The Blue devils bunched their of their hits with two bases,.w balls in Trie same Frame for tatty runs but the bears advantage proved to be too much.  James Chelski paced brew if Haven at the plate with two Ftp Jar in five appearances.  bolln101 Fob 0 9 i ii mraihi Thrawn 100 to uu4 t t Lilii is  a i9 unit Hyncik Torii in by it 5. A Turulj 0v . Ili Tinkl. We Niu punt Al t tit the when Tobita 1 George guard i t when mrs. Evelyn Ryall won the Tow j Paul Dietzel to leave leu and take putts contest in the 54-Hoie tour j Over the head coaching Post at Ney and mrs. Hacking paced that Conte to in the 27-Liole affair mrs. Mcnair was first in the driving contest and mrs. Stockman triumphed in t in Clos a to the pin contest held in conjunction with the tournament. Women s Pur Over lev Well kept Woodlawn layout is 37-3774. The top finishers Jolarr Shumaker 99-91-ro270 Juan ill Sci or. M-m.9327 Tor Lei roller Tiomi 9j Friday events Are trials for finals. Orld record Holder in the 100-yari3j dashm9.2 seconds and unofficial Ico Holder of the 220 Mark 20 seconds Fla sets out on a ambitious personal program. He Hopes to sweep the Spring events " this meet the National aau j the Mcaa last year he win. Of uie  challenging. Villanova fort t h team title should be. Yale and1 new Yorkunas Versti. The Ivy leagues offer defending 440 hurdles Cham j Pion i Jay Luck who also looms the favorite in Hie 120-Yard High hurdles. Nyu features its sensational Sophomore. Gary Guerter in the. Shot put and discus and he mile relay champions of the Penn relays. Villanova standouts in addition to Budd a the letter s sprint Shadow Paul Dray ton shot Putter Billy Joe who won his specially last year pal Traynor. Defending 3,000-meter steeplechase chit Pion  vault King Roland Cru a stick put mile relay team javelin thrower Doug Kerr runner up in 1961, and Quarter Miler Bob Rne More. The wildcats have Baek the men who scored 42 of their win Ning 4g Points last year., / other defending champs expected to compete include Ford Ham s de Kohler a Hie shot put John Thomas of Boston University in the High jump Maryland s John Belliza who lied for the pole vault title last year St. John s Fine hop step arid jump Ace Winston Cooper and Fordham s mile relay quartet Villanova s Jon Dante the 880 Winner a year ago is available but injuries May keep him Idle. In All 45 colleges and universities arc entered with Michigan state from the Midwest and Mary land from the South the Only non Eastern entries. Army s team including Penn relays pole vault Champion Dick Plymale. Wolfl compete because of a dual meet with the que Tantico marines. The 440 appears to be a wide open race Vith Pete Weiss of Fordham Dartmouth s Tom Holzel and Yale s Wendell Mottley the top three. The mile features Georgetown s John Reilly and Harvard s Mark mull As threats to break Ron Desanj s 4 07.8 meet record. The 3-mile includes Penn state s Gerry Norman who has the year s Best Mark 14 03.8. The 120 High hurdles pits Luck against Vui a ova s Leon pros. Kerr is the javelin favorite and Harvard s de Bailey the Hammer St Ridout in the Broad jump. Chris whirl Harvard Sophomore from Africa and Michigan state s Shem Lewis appear chief contenders. %. Veteran major league Pitcher Joe no Thabi longtime Southpaw standout Tat the Cincinnati reds has beet signed As a free agent  Diego padres of the Pacific coast league. Padres manager Eddie announced the signing of the 3j year old Pitcher. = " nut Hall started Spring training with Baltimore but was release and joined the los Angeles anger at the Start of the season. He appeared in five games but had to decisions with the Angels. An 84-game Winner with it note Nett from 1952 through i960. Nuts h null won 17 games in 1955 and led the National league in shutouts tie same year with . A. The tear Seholm v to so Ond. T Lundie Thom Bouse Harri the bases with in ska 3a.pl after i he in after Beloli j Bro set rally tenth. Burn Thon Ryl guat the Holt Tun spa 50 women accept Berlin Golf bids berlins a More than is women golfers from West German and France have accepted bldg to play in the Berlin women s a foil i association invitational Here Jinn 7-a. -. Mrs. Lou Green Secretary of the association said about 75 Romere Are Vespe led to compete in the 3$? Hole Niedal play tourney at Berlin wan see Golt and country Cluff shr said there definite by will be/4r Many As four and possibly few flights mrs. Thomas Swan is presi Dent of the association Here. / i the entrants who ate . Army air Force and civilian wives. Watt come from Heidelberg rate Steuve Wiesbaden Stuttgart and furl Germany and from France. Ans laut beat both the Cair Fri sup Tori ave eur Heo  on twi