European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes log 21 just staff write Darmstadt Germany is to s All Over including the shout Jug in the 1968 Usa eur round Robin basketball championships except for the 5rd div Marne men and the com 2 big Blue the Only hurdle remaining of the Marne men unbeaten at 6-0, is the 8th div 24 As they try to wrap up the second Hal Cham Pion ship. The 3rd div \ Host a tuesday night Leighton Barracks in Wuerzburg the game set or 8 . But the big Blue 6-i will be hoping for an upset and a Chance to take the championship with out a Best of three final playoff com z travels to Augsburg to meet the 24th div 3-3 in their second half finale. The rest of the action find the Usa eur seventh army troops celtics hosting Berliand setae travelling to Kaiserslautern for the 32nd Aad com. The Marne men can capture the second half outright if they whip the 8th div or com z loses to the 24th Lions. In that Case a Best of three series betwee the titlist of the two halves starts april 23 at the Home Ozone of the two teams. Finale at Bamberg the second game is set for april 25 on the other team s Home court with an if necessary third game slated for Bamberg s John f. Kennedy gymnasium april 26. Which team gets the first Home tilt will be deter mined by a flip of the Coin in the Usa eur special service office april 17. However that May All be unnecessary. If the Marne men should lose and the big Blue win tuesday night the two teams would have a one game playoff for the second half Crown that game to take place at Mannheim Kae Fertal gymnasium april 19. If Cora z were to win that one it would be All Over getting Back to tuesday Scruci als the 8th div pathfinders have promised the 3rd div areal fight and a few surprises Thoy even practice easter sunday morning to try and get read for the men from the  have a big Handicap Basket bound Tom Gordon of the 3rd div dribbles around Dave Scheetz of the 32nd Aad com for a Basket in the second half of saturday s Usa eur tournament game at Schaffen Burg. The 3rd div won 98-88. Is photo by Grandy though., through Lack of height against the generally rangier 3rd div squad. The Only real big Pathfinder is 6-6 Amos Martin who is relatively  the pathfinders have a reputation As real scrapper when the chips Are Down. Mel Johnson and Jim Sindab Are their most dangerous scorers. The Marne men have shown areal smooth attack in the second half race under the guidance of coach Joe Vargo. Six foot Reggie Greene is the key Man his lightning feeds Quick drives and hot shooting have been devastating All season Long. High up in the scoring Al year has been Tom Gordon while Roland latin s Low trajectory shots find the Range often. The big Blue of Jim Wilde has been the big team scoring Wise All year. They Are fresh from an astounding 119-77 whomping of the celtics in their last game and have rolled up Well Over 100 Points a game consistently. Spark plug is 6-7 scoring winged Billy Smith whose 382 Points in 14 games for a 27.3average is virtually unwatchable. He popped in 42 markers on 14field goals and 14 of 16 from the Charity line in his last , the Blue has Excel Lent Speed with guards Bob Lohse and Curt Crittendon and a Fine inside Man in 6-6 Herb Edwards. For the Lions Murdock Wil Liams has been the top Man with a near 20-Point average for the13 games. Also contributing regularly Are Dan King and Bolona the Lions Fine guards. Exhibition baseball Elali. Kitzinger Triumph Haitin Germany special Joe heard collected three hits and John Lingo slammed out two including a two run triple to Pace Hahn s Hawks to an 8-3win Over the Pitburg Barons Here monday in an exhibition baseball game Between two Safe Ger Many conference  Hawks broke up a tight game with three runs in the fifth inning. These came on a single unbeaten for third place iia in Germany is is it possible to go through both halves of a season in sports without losing a game and not make it into any playoffs Hahn s soccer team did just that this season. The Hawks compiled identical 4-0-2 records in each Hal of Safe Germany conference play. However Sembach was 5-0-1 in the first half and Ramstein turned in a 5-0-1second-half record. ,. ,.the championship was determined on a Point basis two or a win and one for a tie. Hahn compiled 10 Points each half but the &-0-1 Marks of Sembach and Ramstein netted we 11 Points Sembach beat Ramstein 2-1, in a playoff Between the firsthand second half champions and went on to Usall compe won. Hahn had to put its equipment away after a season without a Joss by Ananias Wright a walk Lingo s triple and a hit by John Mcmillan. Hahn added a pair in the eighth on Hoard s single a walk and hits by Bill Lowery and Alan Ladd. James James and John Lund Strom each had two hits for bit Burg to account for four of thesis doled out by Ladd and Rich Storck. Kitzinger Germany Spe Cial the Kitzinger Kelts opened their pre season baseball schedule Here monday by Ham Mering out an 11-4 Victory Over the Holland Nicols in a seven inning game. After falling behind on hol land s four run first inning the Kolts erupted for seven in the sixth. Kenny Murphy s two run i never lost a Little fish yes i m free to say it always was the biggest fish i caught that got away. Engene Field 1850-1895 Charles Ritz to spark Parley the 17th annual convention of the Rod and gun association will probably burst the seams of the Berchtesgaden hotels this year for not Only is it easter vacation week during which time . Forces families Are jamming the recreation area for a full 10-Day stay but the delegates themselves will probably bring their entire families for the three Day affair because of the special attractions on the Agenda. Number one of these attractions we feel will be the appearance of the one and Only Charles Ritz world famous Fly Fisher designer and manufacturer of Fly lines and Fly rods tournament Caster author of a Fly Fisher s life and a supreme authority on the Wiles of the Trout Grayling and Salmon family and at the sometime top Man on the executive Board of a skein of hostelries that Bear his  Ritz As Spry and keen As a yearling Chamois will bring his two favorite Angling expert friends with him to put on an exhibition of Fly casting. One is Pierre Creuse Vaut former world Champion Fly Caster in All classes the other is Ben Fontaine a american businessman who Bow lives in Paris and who is the immediate past president of the International casting federation an still a member of the executive Council of the if and a contributor to the annual digests and monthly journals that Deal exclusively with the Art of Angling. The second but unrelated attraction will be a demonstration of Quick kill a Nasty sounding name for a new Type of by gun infantry tactic being taught to . Fighting men but which can reapplied in Many a sporting situation where instinctive pointing is needed to defeat the delay of shouldering a sporting Arm in order to aim sight for Lead and shoot. Needless to say the convention would not languish without such attractions but it s the first time that a Barnum and Bailey pitch has been employed and it might serve to unborn some of the 200-Odd official delegates who although they Are bonafide representatives of their respective clubs fail to show up to attend the workshops around which the convention is designed preferring to shop visit the Salt mines or sneak off for a try at an Auerhahn or atrophy Trout. Yes stocks Ritz Assort to us one of the most pleasing conversation pieces is any kind Ofa Fly designed for the Trout Grayling or Salmon in that order. Charles Ritz in his Bible a Fly Fisher s life in our estimations not just another Book on fishing it s a Bible for inspired and devoted anglers goes into great detail about certain patterns of Trout flies which he and Pierre and a Host of great names in the same Field throughout the ., South America and Europe used developed and reached conclusions. And though Charles never mentioned this to us when we visited him in Paris for a Demon stration of his High Speed High line Fly casting technique a series of Trout and Grayling flies that he designed especially for Germany and austrian Waters bears his name and to make it that much easier for you so you Don t have to Rush out and buy the Book yes just happens to have had the foresight to Stock its shelves Over the last couple of years with Trout flies hand tied by a famous Ger Man firm and packed in Little plastic boxes which carry an almost invisible Label Ritz Assort the flies regrettably in our Estima Tion Are not named but there they lie impaled on a strip of paper and in the proper sizes10, 12 and 14.we have read the Charles Ritz Angling Bible several times from cover to cover. This Book As Charles says in the foreword is no for the Amateur. But Ever time we read those gems of Wisdom on the How and the Why of Piscat orial encounters under All conditions and How one May improve his Fly casting techniques we feel that even an Amateur can elevate himself above the level of his equipment which is Superior to his ability by devoting a few min utes to Basic movements with the equipment at hand. Triple rally. Was the key hit in the the Kolts collected 11 hits inthe Outing with Jim Talsma and Pete Geanis getting two apiece. Don t scream at us for not mentioning spinning spin casting bait casting trolling Bottom fishing or any other of the wonderful ways employed to entice a finny Denizen of any kind of water be Ita Brook Stream River Lake tidal Flat Bay or the Gulf Stream. Any Man who Calls himself a Fisherman resorts to his own devices Allare honorable whether the situation Calls for a size 18 Ritz Grayling Nymph or for a crate of chopped herring to chum for giant Blue Fin tuna. Try one of these another thought occurred to us we have gone ape As the say and have been buying Trout flies for years at first by ones and twos and then by threes and in recent years when we have found certain patterns exceptionally productive have increased our Supply of patterns to a Point where we feel that if we meet another Angler Stream Side we can casually say Why Don t you try one of these and of course if you enjoy this sort of Samaritan so you have to be loaded because on most decent streams in Europe on a Given Day you might stumble up on six or seven creeping devotees and maybe one or two splashes who ask what Are they hitting we almost forgot to suggest if you happen to pick up a couple of those Ritz Assort Trout Fly boxes Why Don t you bring them along to the convention and ask Charles to autograph the Little piece of paper. We intend to do just that and we will ask him to identify the patterns As Well