European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 1961 the stars and stripes Page 21 97.90 Sparks Berlin vast setae n f r Lin special Tim i to fowl to knot it at 7-7. Setae to popped in 34 Points As grabbed its Only Lead with 11 48 basketball s touring Lions. Re hit for a pair of Quick baskets to Start the game an added eight More by intermission or 20 Points which sparked the ears to a 45-36 halftime Adan f was nip and tuck in the Early stages however As the Lions Charles Davis hit two free tip Isky remaining. 1645, on a Layup by Mike Rubinsky. Russell took charge As the bears stayed on top but with live minutes left Davis chalked three Point play and Rubin j hit a jumper As the lion closed to 31-30. But three Quick Field goals by Russell countered Only by Ono from setae boosted Berlin to a 37-32 the first 12 minutes of the second half the bears slowly lengthened their Lead to 15 Points As James Moore nit a fielder to comets rap out 22 hits in 19-3 Romp Over Hahn Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial bombing three Pitcher for 22 hits the Darmstadt comets blasted Hahn s Hawks ld-3, inthe season opening exhibition con test for both Safe German conference teams Here saturday. Dat Sun holds firm Lead in l Africa race Nairobi up the 24 survivors in the gruelling East african safari saturday prepare for the rugged Northern Tanza Nian leg with the japanes Dalsun factory firmly in control of the event. With half the rally behind them Dat Sun Lead in the manufacturers category while jog Indersingh and his co Driver Beverley Miles Smith head the individualist. In the manufacturers event Dat Sun has lost Only 594 penalty Points compared to Peugeot s602, and Ford s 691. The question being asked Ashe survivors from a starting list of 92 cars prepared to leaven uie 1,428-Rnhe Northern leg was whether Singh s battered car would be Able to make it. He is understood to be encountering sus pension trouble. In second place is the favo Redford 1,01 us Cortina of Sweden s a cent Soderstrom and Gunnar Palm but like Singh they have suspension trouble and May note running at the finish. Safe Tennis set for Garmisch Garmisch Germany Spe Cial the 1968 Safe Tennis championships will be held Here july 7-13, announced Chris gear is Continental sports Confer ence athletic director. Since there Are no conference championships in Tennis bases will Send their entries directly town Safe tournament. Bases re required to Send Only in each of the events files and doubles open an senior. R a team will be sleeved after wards to represent Safe in Iii a Force worldwide meet " v 21-26 at Vandenberg ail of a 15u.se, Calif. Red Meshach went four innings and though he gave up two of the Hawks three runs collected the Victory. He gave up two hits fanned four and walked one. Halburner gave up one run in his three innings and de Konscol none in the last two frames Larry Groeber and Jerry Luke shared slugging honors for the comets Groeber getting four hit including a double and a two run triple and Luke slugging a three run Homer in the seventh inning. Other leading Comet sticker included Al Jenkins with three safeties including a double an four runs scored. Cliff Holzen Meshach. Bob Kerins and Lou Gould All had two hits each with the first three having a two Bagger apiece and Holzen getting three Bis and Meshach two. Jenkins two run single High lighted a five run Comet second which broke a 1-1 tie. Groebe added his two run triple an the third Luke s Homer sparked four run seventh and Larry Ben Kovich s two run double featured five run eighth inning. Make it 75-60, their largest mar Gin. However setae made on final charge to Cut it to seven 77-70, running off a 10-2 Richmond with 17 of his tourney High of 19 in the Sec Ond half hit three Quick goals and two free throws and Rubin sky added another Basket in the 2%-minute a free throw by de Mallett and a Russell Field goal restored the bears Lead to 10. Russell pushed his total to game High of 34 with a pair from the line in the final 20 seconds As Berlin wound up on top 97-90.4 in double figures the bears had four in double figures topped by Russell. Hank Hemphill collected 16, Eri Sorenson 15 and Mallett 11. The Lions also had four i double figures As Richmond topped the visitors followed by Rubinsky with 1614 in the first half Willie Wade with 14 an Doug Ruch with 10. The bears were again playing without one of their top scorers Alex Taylor who is out for the tourney with Finger surgery. Next on tap for the teams willbe tuesday s second round Clos ers with setae travelling to Heidelberg to meet the us a eur seventh Farny troops celtics and Berlin journeying to Kaiserslautern for a Battle wit the 32nd Aad com defenders. The bears and setae Are both1-5, tied for last place in the second half. Setae Wade Lee Ruch Baldwin Davis Hubinsky Robinson r. Gray Richmond l. Gray g 6 2 4 1 3 7 1 1 7 0 3 Berlin f t 2 14 Russell 2 6 Thomas 2 10 Mallett 0 2 chase4 10 Sorenson 2 16 Hern Ali 111 2 4 Ophus 0 2 Moore 5 19 1 1 0 6 g 15 1 4 2 6 8 1 3 1 total 35 20 90 total 41 setae Berlin 36 f t 4 343 5 3 11 0 4 3 15 0 16 0 2 2 s 0 2 5297 comr Cleill Downs shaping up for 94th Berry Day Louisville by. A behind the double steeped club House at historic Churchil Downs an Early morning rain splatters Over the Gold lettered names of citation swaps proud Clarion and 90 spirit of these thoroughbreds whose names were etched on the clubhouse after winning the Kentucky Derby somehow seem to be present As caretakers sweep away the track empty club House seats look on As a tractor hugs along the backside smoothing the turf after Earl morning workouts. The putt putt of the tractor makes the Only sound. The drizzle creates a misty tranquil atmosphere at this famous land Mark of thoroughbred the Calm interrupted Only by a stray Whinney won t three weeks on May 4, the band a play my old Ken Tucky Home and an elite Field will prance onto the track for the94th running of the Kentucky Derby. 100,000 spectators not Only the clubhouse but also the infield will be packed with the traditional crowd of 100,000 spectators each coming to see the nation s most famous horse now and then the outward appearance will re main relaxed but a closer look will reveal officials busily pre paring for one of the classic sporting events of the s just getting started Good said one Down official pointing to a desk stacked with papers. There s alot to keeping this place and there s a lot to getting ready for the Kentucky Derby another Downs employee general Public thinks the Kentucky Derby but it does he s months just happens now Donald lord the head Gardner has been hovering Over some 60,000 plants which he will meticulously distribute around the infield and in the these plants lord will paint a Gay splash of Flora design including the achy Anthes which form the Winner Scircle. Lord is also responsible forthe other Floral designs that sur round the Winner s Circle on the infield. He has several different Basic plan6 from which reworks. May substitute one of the most critical prob lems facing lord is bringing the traditional tulips into Bloomy Derby Day. He did t make it last year and lord said he May have to substitute petunias again this year. Lord uses a 1 a t e Bloomin variety and has experimented with setting the tulips out ear Lier then later but sometimes it s hard to outguess Mother he finally decided to Plant in november and Hope forthe Best. On the other Side of the track in the barn area Thurman Pangburn has his own prob lems. He s the track superintendent. One of his chief head aches is getting the track in tip top condition for the Spring meeting. During the off season Straw displaced along the outside of the track to prevent the track soil from Drifting. In Early March the Straw is removed and gradual process of conditioning the track is strives for a Cush Ion of 2-2v-2 inches which he feels gives just the proper amount of firmness. This re quires a combination of the right moisture and soil , like lord depends on Mother nature. We d like Tosee it rain every saturday night after the races there is no Sun Day racing at the Downs he soil is a mixture of 40 per cent Sand and 60 per cent Loam which Pangburn has delivered in from a site near re Lucky to have such a Deposit near us Pangburn said. Many tracks have a harder time finding soil than 46 barns Pangburn also oversees the 46barns at Churchill Downs which will be filled to a near capacity of 1,200 to 1,250 thoroughbreds by Derby demand for tickets to the Derby As usual far exceeds the Supply general manager Lynn Stone is spending his Days diplomatically saying no said an exact crowd in attend Ance on Derby Day is Neve. Announced. The crowd is always 100,000. That tradition was started years ago because officials did t want the Derby to appear to be losing interest should the crowd drop below 100,000.that presented a problem for publicity director Kelso Stur Geon in 1965 when the crowd obviously soared above that Fig ure. Finally Sturgeon announced this is the bluest100,000 crowd in the history of the Kentucky get Well Joe new York Jet quarterback Joe Naiu ath has some company in the new York Hospital where he is recuperating from a off season knee operation. Autographing miscast Are Jet fullback Bill Mathis left and Andy Robustelli , giant Ace. Al returns to Purdue Evanston Iii. I pm dal Samuels resigned As assistant football coach at Northwestern University to become associate Secretary of the Purdue alumni association. Samuels was a Star quarterback at Purdue Mand 1952
