European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 72, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 21 Smith wins Akron Aba tournament Akron. Ohio up it was n clean sweep by st. Louis howlers led by Harry Smith. In the 925.000 Akron Aba Bowling open. Smith Detent cd Tom Hennessey Olulo of st. Louis 208.191 to take the $5,000 first prize. Smith 32, who led the qualifier in nine tournament last year while winning Only one advanced into the finals by beating Don Carter another st. Louis Star. 199 185. It was Smith s third Aba tourney Victory in the five year history of the association. His first prize pushed him into second place in Aba earnings this year with $11.177. Bennef Twy brats Allison Hennessey made the payoff round by eliminating Glenn aim on st. Louis. 212-204. Favorite Ray Bluth of st. Louis who held the Lead throughout the two Day. 24-game preliminaries was knocked out of the finals by Carter who Hoot him 657-584. The Akron meet was the 15th Stop of the 17-Clty tour of the Aba. The Boston open begins thursday and the tour will end in new Brunswick. N.j., the following week. A 23-week summer tour starts in the first week of june. Standings and earnings of t h c 16 finalists Harry Milln. Ii. Lumli  to. In met. It. ,  Blum Allim. St. Leu  do Tartac. St. Latuli 411.000 int a film. Rall Law him. I in Al Inu. St. Unit Isiah hts st. Lmh Kwh a still thar. I tract Itutti ii. By. Lka. Chumm Ltd. Cwm Cultum. Kuit it maj. I that. Com twin to wow Wilma. Or trial Cumia Tiv Hank. Us Cam. Ill Bim Wal. It. Us Jami sure i bet on myself Demoret three big name golfers say it s hard to keep gambling off courses Houston a contracts i sooner of Golf telling them they Cincinnati red manager Fred Hutch Luion. Declare War again on a mfg for strike Calls ballot Hutch maims umpires dosing strike zone Eye cism Hooters cop exhibition Mettinger Germany Spe Cial the us. Cornell inter rational do sport mall talc cism soccer team Defeated . Met Tongen. Of the German second Amateur league. 4-1, Here saturday  Amerl Cani prepping for this coming saturday s cism game against the United Arne Republic took a 3-0 half Lac Lead on goals by seb Altlan Demerlo of i corps and Istvan Sill ajl of the 3rd inf  pair of second half coals by Jonos Bencick of com z iced the  yank team will meet the car l cism squad at 3 . Slur Day in Stuttgart s Neckar Slad Lum nil Browns sign 3 More veterans Cleveland up the Cleve land Browns have signed thre More veterans to 1963 contract after talks with head conch Blan ton  John Morrow dams la Back Ross Fichtner and Reserve tackle John Brown bring the Tola of signed veterans to nine. Morrow will be starting his seventh National football league sea son. Fichtner. After two scars As Reserve last year won the result right safety lob. Brown was a Sec  with the Brown last year As a Rookie. Will Al Ray Smith not returning. Brow May be third at guard As Well tackle. Flew Union Flag new York up the first closed baseball Park was built Brooklyn in 1862 and called unto grounds. Cincinnati up Fred it Chanson is sounding a Battle trumpet again. The outspoken Cincinnati reds manager a Long time foe of us ires and Rule makers now claims he strike zone has t been in arged As called for in a new Rule its year but is actually smaller Han it was before. The umpires Call Only about two r three High strikes most  Lut Chanson says and sometimes hey Don t Call any. The big Dlf Ernce this year is that after watching a Little for High strikes hey have lost their Eye for Low nes. The lower limit is the Belt Tow instead of the  under the new strike zone Rule. Ii pitches Between the Bottom of he Knees and the shoulders Are . Who has maintained or years that baseball Rule makers pass no legislation to help pitchers hunks the strike zone Rule was passed primarily for the purpose if speeding up game rather than help Long pitchers. He Points out that while the Rule Las been built up tremendously As an Aid to pitchers Little is made of the balk Campaign which he claims has Hurt pitchers More than the strike Rule has helped. In essence his chief Gripe i that umpires Are really going All out on the balks but they be practically forgotten about High and Low  Hutch was thrown out of one game in Philadelphia for protest ing n Hulk. He argued that even in calling balks umpires were or ring that they were a limping Down on minor infractions while overlooking significant ones. Statistics Ean he cited both sup porting and oppo Long Hutch s contentions. While it s True that a record average of about one balk per game is being colled in the National league so far this sea son. It s also a fact that pitchers have been exceptionally effective hurling Many shutouts and Low run Gomes. The new York acts for example have been shutout in Alt of their eight Garnet. But Hutch a former Pitcher with he Detroit Tolgen in the Amer can league he an explanation or this too pitchers Are always i Little ahead of hitters at this Ime of  and the Cincinnati manager i1 appears is umpires. Little ahead of the for pea sponsored Rolf Tournon ments prohibit gambling in the form of Calcutta pools or parimutuel but three big name Golf ers said it is difficult to keep gambling off the nation s courses. Jimmy dam net said he bet on itself the year he won the Mas prs when his Odds were 10-1. Mike Souchak said gambling is pro golfer s own business As Long s he docs not bet against himself. Most at Houston Jackie Burke the 1956 masters Hampton said there is More Gam Illing among Golf fans in Houston Han in any City including Las Regas. Yet Golf is the Riskiest of All i polls to bet because it s so in  said Burko a hous. On native who for Many years Las been concerned about the Gam bling element in Golf. Only last week Burke declined another invitation to compete in the tournament of champions at Las Ucb because he does not consider the atmosphere conductive to tournament Golf. Sure i be bet on myself in n Golf  Demaret said. Haven t you i see nothing wrong in betting on myself. If i have enough Confidence in my own ability Why should t i bet but if i bet i galust myself 1 should be thrown out of Golf. Bet and won one year at the masters i was 10-1, and 1 had my game in Good Hape. I knew i better get a few Bob Down on myself at those Odds and i did. I went on and won the tournament Demaret won the masters in 1940, 1947, and 1950. Both Demaret and Souchak Laid they would resent someone the pea the sponsors or a commas cannot place wagers. If you say i can t Gamble then you re Tell lip me How to upend my Money Souchak said. When there s something wrong with n $2 practice round Nassau then it s later than you  3rd army div beats comets again by 7-5 k1rchcoens, Germany Spe Cial the 3rd army div Spear head swept the two game nerves with the Darmstadt comets Here sunday by the identical score of saturday i game 75. Hal fran Kiln got credit for the Victory. He worked five innings gave up one of the eight comets hits and struck out eight. Art Baker drove in a pair of the spent Heads runs with two sin Glen while Ernie Stanfield collected two hits which included a triple that drove in one run. The spearheads pushed Over Ingleton runs in the first and Sec Ond innings and solved starter Wilbur Barton for three in the sixth and two to the seventh. Lefty John Ross the comets Man Ager finished up on the Mound. The comets picked up four of their rum in the eighth inning. Forrest Graham led the loser with two runs batted in on two hits. Landon Jackson also collected two hits including a double. Nancy trips k s Kaiserslautern. Germany special the visiting com z Nancy dodgers came from behind for the second straight Day to Down the Kaiserslautern k a 119, 8-team get circuit to open slate May 4 Ramstein Germany special the eight learn Safe Germany District baseball circuit opens its season May 4-5 with two game series opening the seven week slate on four fronts. The Darmstadt comets 1962 league champions and Germany District representatives in the Safe finals the past two years will Host the thine Maln rockets in one old left Long series. The other three pairings will see the rant can rums go to Sembach to take on the tigers the Hahn Hawks Host the Wiesbaden flyers and the Span Dahlem pioneers journey to Blob org to do Battle with the Barons  he end of the season. In which each team will play 28 games the top four finishers will engage in a playoff to determine the Germany District champions and representatives in the Safe tournament. Tho Germany semifinals Are scheduled for aug. 8, 10 and 11 with the District finals set for aug. 15, 17 and 18. Rites will depend upon the order of finish in the regular season. In the Case of a tie for any of the top four spots in the final regular season standings a one game playoff will be held at a site determined by the nip of a  the smoke of Battle Haa cleared and the Germany victors crowned that team will move against the other Din Trici 111111 in the Safe championships aug. 26-30. The 10113 Germany District schedule May 4-1 a Autrata at a a Iamb Alai bad at h aha Siaa Adalim Al by Tara May 1111 Baton 1.1 Palm Mafa Damit Adl a a Kakadia Hama Al Kia Ulun Saab at at  May la it win their exhibition series. The tight pitching of saturday i 3-2 thriller was not in evidence As the dodgers slapped out 16 hits and the k l 1l Darwin Barnes and Harold fire Stone each had a pair of sin Gles and a triple to Pace the dodger attack while player manager Fred Weems and Stan Luckoski led the losers at the plate with a single and double each. Tom Tupper went the route on the Hilt for Nancy and got the win by hurling scoreless Ball Over the last three frames after getting behind 9-7. Two run rallies in Bot i the seventh and eighth frames pulled it out for the dodgers. Nancy is now 2-3 and the k s 1-3 in exhibition Piny. 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Plenty of support East Lansing. Mich. Up Michigan state football teams have averaged 61.217 fans for their Home Rumps since spartan stadium was enlarged in 1957