European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse To is 1961 the stars and stripes Page 21 ibi1 duo makes difference by Jack Ellis sports editor Darmstadt. Germany is two games Don t make a season to if it is any indication of tongs to come the Darmstadt Tomets Are going to make the prognosticators look very very Good. Almost to a Man the rival Man Akers in the Safe German reference picked the comets As the team to beat. And after their a wine in the season opener with the Rhein main rockets the Hometown fans that Perch atop Rummel s Knob at memory Fieldfare already looking Forward to another Safe championship. I Tver out pre season picks manager Gil Bettez who re tired himself As an Active player after a decade of stardom has a Veteran squad and the mos test of them All where i really counts on the Mound it red Meshach and Jerry Luke Bettez has what every baseball manager wants in pitch ing Speed control and savvy. Meshach won the opener Satur Day with a seven hit shutout and Luke a Strong armed righthand or went 11 innings sunday in subduing the rockets 5-4, on jus four hits while whiffing 17 Bat ters. Between the two flame throw ing right handers they have hurled 20 innings Given up but one earned run while striking out 23 and walking eight. And when they Are not pitch ing they patrol the Outfield and do very Well with the has amassed five hits in eight at bats for a .625 aver age while Luke has four for nine and a .444 they were guilty of seven errors in their opening series the comets have a smooth working infield with Labianco third Larry Groeber Short Al Jenkins second landmark Rojas first. The Outfield with Luke me Shach Frank Bell and newcomer Fred Goodberry has Power arms and flee less. Goodberry a Rangy lefthand hitter made an impressive de but in the opener with five Bis on a single and a three run Homer. He plated another tally inthe sunday game to bring his rib total to six in two the comets have a weakness it is behind the plate where Nic Vosovic and Steve Rangle share the duties. Neither has an exceptionally Strong Arm nor Are they potent is something the Comet fans Are not accustomed to after watching Ralph Woods perform for Darmstadt the past three years. But Bettez in t greatly concerned Over the absence of Woods As he figures his catch ing is More than adequate. It s As Good As the rest of the league Gil opines and that s Good enough for s what the rest of the league has been saying and be fore the season gets much farther they May find themselves repeating it Over and Over again. Meanwhile the Comet fans who trek out to refurbished memory Field take it As a matter of course that their comets will pre Vail regardless of who is catch ing. That is As Long As the Nam of the game is pitching and Luke and Meshach Are the names of the pitchers. Spi Bdl edict hits Csc under Meshach s Arm Meshach tips from the top Usa eur softball clinic instructor Bernard Iassogna gives some classroom instructions above and then move outside below to put his students through some actual play situations tuesday afternoon at Pat ton Barracks in Heidelberg. Iassogna above right uses a blackboard to get across a poin Tjo from left Kaye Nelson Simonella Sicily Harold Ray shape Belgium and Percy har Ris Bremerhaven. In photo below Joel Tatro of the 3rd inf div serves As a first baseman As Iassogna far right explains the Umpire s Posi Tion for the Call to some of the 74 officials on hand for the clinic. Iassogna who has officiate nine world softball championships instructed 35 prospective Usa eur umpires at Turnau Ger Many last week. The five Day clinic at Heidel Berg winds up Friday. Is photos Damon Darmstadt Germany is the spitball rhubarb came to the Safe Germany conference Early but the fans the player Sand even some of the Umpire were a Little con happened in the season opener Between the defending Cham Pion Darmstadt comets and ther h e i no a i n rockets. Red Meshach Veteran was on the Mound getting set to open the third inning when third base Umpire Jake plaster called a Ball on the Batter before red even got to throw a , it seems went to his armpit and that was Good enough for the Alert plaster. The Rule As supplemented bythe Germany conference states that a Pitcher will not go to his face head or any part of his body where moisture accumulates plaster explained to the press before the Start of sunday same. The press Box had been puzzled by the ruling the Day before but by Jack Ellis sports editor could t Contact the Umpire until the following Day. The Only difference in the Callis that a Ball is called without warning if the Pitcher goes to his head or face while on the Mound. If he goes to any other part of his body he shall be warned first and then any subsequent infractions will be penalized. Seemingly none of the player knew of the supplement to the rules in regards to the body moisture and the Call by plaster caught plate Umpire von Camp Bell by Surprise. He did t see Meshach go to his armpit so he could t warn him and plaster was of the opinion that the warning had been Given. After a Brief confab by Bot managers and the umps. The game moved along to an arid looks like a Long dry summer for the pitchers and As some wag remarked maybe they ought to Wear a Glove on both hands. Safe takes team event in of pin meet Keesler Field miss. Spe Cial paced by Nick Steven son s Days High 693 three Gam series the Safe Bowling squad captured the team event her monday As the 1968 air Force world wide Bowling tournament opened. The Safe Kegler turned Ina total of 5,997 pins for the six games rolled to win with a comfortable margin Over the uni com entry which turned in a5,878. Falc was third at 5,761 tossing the highest t h r e e g a m e set of the Clay Stevenson was also tied with Gary Casteel of Sac for High single game with 2,266. Along with Stevenson who bowls o u t of Safe s Conti rental conference the european based team consists of Don Brinkman also of Continental de Luther and Armand Kelzenberg of the United kingdom con Ference Bob Losk of the Spain Morocco conference and Steve Shiflet of the Mediterranean con Ference. Yale swim Captain new Haven Conn. Up1 Robin w a p 1 e a a three year Letterman from Palo Alto calif.,has been elected Captain of Yale i University s swimming team for1968-69
