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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Saturday april 20. 1968 the stars and stripes Page 21 3 gals snap new layout  president of the Golf club in England tests a drive on the first Cole. Watching Are club pro t. Sgt Jim Lacy. T. Sgt. Darwin Duerst and pm. Sgt Jeff Bobo. Construe Tion of the coarse began in october and a p9ld\ a on Mem layout is May 30. Is photo by Hunter due to Sand arid distance new Bubo Boyers a London Bureau chief Lakenheath is Sand and distance Promise to keep even experienced hands honest Wyatt hands Zyglewicz 1st loss of career los Angele Wyatt of los Angeles used a stabbing left Jab to turn Dave the animal Zyglewicz into a bloody mess and score a 10-round unanimous decision Over the previously unbeaten hous ton tex., heavyweight thurs Day  fighters weighed 189 , standing four inches taller than Zyglewicz Cut his opponent s nose in the third round and his right Eye in the fourth. The Texas heavyweight bled throughout the rest of thebout. It was the first loss in 25fights for Zyglewicz who came on Strong with a body attack inthe final four rounds. He nearly had Wyatt out in the  improved his record to 19-6.in a companion fight Mike Hernandez 145, Mexico scored second round knockout Over Ulisses Butero 189, Colombia a a scheduled 10-Rounder at the new Lakenheath Golf club. To be christened at a grand opening May 30.at least this is the consensus of scratch golfers who have toured the course and Given it their Seal of  of its Flat terrain the layout actually looks Shorter than it is. And from the first tee it s impossible to spot All the Sand traps and bunkers thit have been built into the course by the British  holes Are trapped and i m sure those who play this course will find sufficient bunkers on the fairways said col. Lynne , club Board president. As Deputy commander for material 48th tactical higher Wing Decker served As project office for the new course. Construction began in oct Oberon a Flat Green expanse East of the area used by the fidos As Vogel hurls Berlin by Wethersfield 11-0 Wiesbaden special Julia Henderson cracked a  Homer and Rich Vogel pitched five hit Ball As the Berlin braves won their1 opening game of the season with a 11-0 exhibition Triumph Over the Wethersfield raiders Here Friday. Vogel went the distance strik ing out 11 and walking none. Gary Lafever had a perfect Day for the winners at the plate collecting three for three including two Bis. Signed to Lakenheath air Sta Tion. The greens have been topped with new Sod and should be smooth As carpets by opening Day. The course will get tougher with time. Eventually there will be a lot More rough on the fair ways. Right now the grass is Short because this area was Al ways kept Cut Decker said. T. Sgt. Jim Lacy a scratch golfer who has been named club pro is convinced the Par-74 Lay out will not be easy to crack. The men s tees measure 3,255yards for the first nine holes and 3,497 Yards the second Tim around an honest layout in any  women s tees measure 2,954 Yards for both the first an second nines. Longest Hole is the Par-five18th a 582-Yard shot. Shortest is the Par three third also the 13th which measures 174 Yards. The Hole by Hole layout is first 303 Yards Par 4 second475 Yards Par 5 third 387 Yards Par four fourth 174 Yards Parthree fifth 472 Yards Par five sixth 175 Yards Par three seventh 384 Yards Par four eighth 401 Yards Par four ninth 489yards, Par 5. Tenth 345 Yards Par four eleventh 475 Yards Par five twelfth 387 Yards Par four thirteenth 174 Yards Par three fourteenth 500 Yards Par five fifteenth 175 Yards Par three sixteenth 384 Yards Par four seventeenth 455 Yards Par four eighteenth 582 Yards Par five. Two full time grounds keepers have been hired and the club has purchased the necessary equip ment to keep the course in trim. Decker said he expected minimum of 400 members to join the club from Lakenheath air station and nearby Mildenhall air station our Aims will be to keep improving facilities and to pay of the debt. I m certain we will achieve these objectives he said. A membership tournament willbe held opening Day. Safe slates 68 pin tourney at Rhein main Rhein main Germany Spe Cial Rhein main will Host the 1968 Safe Bowling tournament May 5-8. Six men s teams and four was nurse squadrons will com Pete in the event according to capt. Dave Leggett base project officer. Four male squads from the Continental sports conference which includes Germany wheel us Libya Italy and Spain and two from the United kingdom conference will compete in the men s Competition. Two four women teams each from the Continental sports con Ference and the . Conference will vie for honors in the distaff category. Pittsburgh up thred teen age girls shattered the existing american records including their own pending Marks in the 500-Yard freestyle 100-Yard backstroke and 200-Yard Medley thursday Nightie aau Short course swimming  Meyer a slender Sacramento calif., High school student took the 500-Yard free style in 4 54.1 for a new National record which shaved five seconds off the Mark of4 59.1 she set in March. The March record still await official recognition. The official time is-5 06.9 set last april by Pam Kruse of Pompano Beach  Hall,/.th6 Only girl to Ever break a minute in the 100-Yard Back stroke clocked in at 59.5 seconds in thursday night finals to better the National Mark of 1 01.3 set by Kendi Moore of Phoenix Ariz miss Hall already has a time of 59.8 pen Ding for official recognition. The third record breaker was Claudia Kolb who did the 200 Yard individual Medley in 2 08.5to break her own record of 2 09.7.miss Meyer led the qualifiers in the Semi final rounds. Miss Kruse finalist other finalists in the 500-Yardfree-style behind miss Meyer were miss Kruse at 5 06.0 Eadie Leteal 5 09.3 Linda guru son 5 12.5 Linda Williams 5 13.2,and Patty Caretto 5 16.6. Jean Swaggerty was runner unto miss Hall with 1 00.2 followed by miss Moore at 1 00.8. Lynn Vidali came in second inthe Medley with 2 09.6 followed by Jan Henne at 2 10.4 and sue Pederson at 2 10.5. A team from Santa Clara,calif., composed of the misses Kolb Gustavson Henne an Nancy Ryan won the 800-Yard freestyle relay in a time of7 42.7. Leslie Bush of Princeton n.j., upset defending titlist sue Gossick in the three meter diving Competition the Only finals held . Miss Bush who had been defending Champion in the one meter until Hawaii s Lealao Sullivan upset her on wednes Day compiled a Point total of407.01 Points to miss Gossick s 398.76.joel o Connell of Hamden conn., was third with 386.67points followed by the air Force s Mickey King with 372.26and miss o Sullivan with 353.31. Football replaces baseball in fan Appeal horse _ _ 9 1 a in it Oolf kit it Al Ftp of 22 111 it Fil i Olio a tool Tut nil Tel 1 �1ev4 a w 1ct we or. A Iii in f f t112 Al Al Pennant won on the final Day of the 1967 season bythe Boston red sox. In its annual Survey of sports attendance the morning Telegraph and daily racing form said racing easily retained Ite position As the country Sno. 1 Spectator sport for the 16th consecutive year with a grand total of 67,797,688 fans. However foot Hall moved past baseball As the nation s no. 2 spec Tator sport with an attendance of 35,955,219 White baseball dropped to third with 34,689,580 fans in 1967. The study of 1967 attendance figures showed foot Ball and basketball enjoyed the largest increases at the Box  attendance increased by 2,057,000 fans the Gate both thoroughbred and harness racing re ported attendance losses totalling 697,766approxi mately one per  Survey showed College football attendance soared to a record High of 26.4 million. The National football league attracted a record total of 5.9 Mil lion fans an increase of 604,316 Over the previous year and the american football league also posted a record total of 2.2 million fans a boost of 135,328.football s grip on the american sports scene was More commanding than Ever and radio and Tele vision networks recognized the trend Ami paid out a fantastic record $48.8 million in 1967 for Broad cast rights to College and professional games. Thoroughbred racing suffering Only its sixth de Cline in the past 28 years attracted a total of 40.5 million fans a drop of 317,838 and harness racing attracted a total of 27.2 million a drop of 379,927 Over the previous  league baseball despite an increase by the american league Drew a total of 24.3 million fans. The National league lured Only 12.9 million fans and the american league attracted 11.3 Mil  Survey includes Only the major organized sports and does not attempt to list unobtainable figures for High school basketball softball and the National hockey league boxing automobile racing soccer and track and Field All reported in creases while greyhound racing and wrestling declined  
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