European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes monday May 2q, Garden net Laver pins Rose Wall in finals new York a Rod Laver Brilliant and at times destructive hammered out a 4-6,6-3, 9-7, 6-3 Victory Over fellow australian Ken Rosewall Satur Day night for the $7,000 first prize in the Garden invitation and strengthened his position As the world s no. 1 Tennis player. Britain s Ann Haydon Jones upset Billie Jean King ruler of the women s ranks 6-4, 6-4 be fore a Madison Square Garden gallery of 11,108. Laver s Triumph was his third Over the who upset straight this Yea dark haired Veteran him at Bournemouth England in March in the first open tournament Ever played. The match produced perhaps the Best Tennis Ever seen in the Garden new or old. The slightly built lightning Quick aussies Rosewall weighs Only 141 pounds laver150 were court Houdini. They seemed to pull impossible shots out of their hats. Rallies were Long and at times unbelievable. Most of the Points came on clean winners instead of errors. Grand slam Laver who scored the game grand slam As an Amateur in winning All. Major titles was clearly dominant although he found a real Challenge in Rose Wall. The left hander almost Tore the Racket from Rosewall s hand with his blazing service. Misback court play was incisive and his volleying  was Laver s 13th Victory against six defeats and the Cash prize boosted his year s earn Ings to $21,274. Rosewall picked up $4,500 to make his winnings $15,673.mrs. Jones taking the Lead Over mrs. King in the National Tennis league standings for women 8-3 to 8-4, collected$2,200 compared with $1,500 for Billie  Jean Winner of every major tournament As an Amateur was off form serving tentatively and making Many volleying errors. I never play Well in America Billie Jean said. I might As Well play All my  austrian Hooters win Vienna up Austria beat Cyprus 7-1 in a first leg world cup elimination soccer game be fore 26,000 spectators in the Prater stadium Here sunday. Elf Ord Sif f Ert pors Che wins at ring a it Matt Flint Mfink  Wool a Lorman c to Annc to left i Mann   Thea Vii b of  Germany up the British Swiss Crew of Vic Al Ford and to Siffert sunday drove a works porsche prototype to Vic tory in the 1,000-Kilometer 621-mile sports car race on Theuner Burgering track. Finishing As runner ups were West Germany s Hans Herr Annand Rolf Stemmelen also at the wheel of a porsche while Jacky Cox of Belgium and his British partner Paul Hawkins pulled up third in a Ford it 40. F for the 32-year-old Elford  the third Victory in six races counting towards this year  manufacturers cup. J sunday s Competition was  250,000 shivering motor fans in unseasonably Coo weather. K the Way was open for Elford , Siffert s Victory after one of Howard Calls Homer one of his longest continued from Page 17 tied an american league record of Home runs in six consecutive games. The 6-foot-7, 270-Pound slugger still has a Chance at Ralph i Namath signs new contract new York a Joe Namath who As a Rookie signed one of the most lucrative con tracts in pro football history signed for the 1968 season Satur Day the new York jets announced. A Jet spokesman said Namath agreed to terms following a meeting in Miami with Tea president Sonny Werblin. Namath s attorney Mike bite also was present. No terms were disclosed an the jets declined to say whether the agreement was for More than a year. The figures of Namath three year contract w i c h he signed out of Alabama in 1965,never have been disclosed officially but the package was said to be Worth $400,000 to the flashy  soon As the three year con tract expired football observer expressed the opinion that Namath would enter into another Long term agreement because of the unsound condition of his Knees. The Beaver Falls pa., native has had three operations on his Knees the first two on the right one and the latest earlier this year on the left one to repair some Tendon damage. Namath who will be 25 may31, set a pro passing record last season becoming the first Man Ever to pass for More than 4,000 Yards by reaching 4,007.he completed 258 of 491 passes including 26 touchdowns Ashe jets fell off from a fast Start to finish second in the East be Hind the Houston oilers. Stevenson paces i Safe bowlers Keesler fab miss. Special Safe bowlers paced by Mick Stevenson and Dave Losk piled up 20,782 pins in three Days of Bowling Here in the air Force worldwide tournament to finish onto in the team All events by 247 pins Over the runner up Falc , who reached the Safe team out of the Continental conference placed fifth in the individual All events with a Pink allow 3,607, while Losk of the Spain Morocco conference was 10th with 3,523, Stevenson s finish earned him a place on the six Man squad that will represent the air Force in interservice Competition. Tim Brosnan of Falc placed first in individual All events with3,690 pins followed by Steve Kisio of uni com with 3,641 and Donald Rase of Sac with 3,617. Ron Hoffman of add captured the singles event with a 1,253 for six games. Rase was second with 1,245 closely followed by Brosnan with 1,244. Bowling for Safe in addition to Stevenson and Losk were do Brinkman of Continental de Luther and Armand Kelzenberg of the . Conference and Steve Shiflet of the Mediterranean conference. Ner s Mark of eight Home run sin four games and Dale Long s league Mark of Home in eight  games Howard stands about 16 games ahead of the Pace set by Roger Maris when he hit 61 Home runs in the 1961  a doubt this is the Best Spring Start i be Ever had said Howard. I be opened my stance up a Little bit and i Feelmore comfortable at the plate. Right How things Are going Good. But it could change Over night. I Don t kid myself,1- added Howard. I have a pretty Good idea of what i can do. I m Streak hitter. Show me a Guy that s not a Streak hitter and i Leshow you a Mantle Mays or a line. You do it for two weeks an then Don t do it again for a month and a half he  said he is beginning to swing the Bat As he did whence first came into the major leagues with the los Angele dodgers in the late. 1950s. I feel i m swinging the Batas i did when i first came up he said. I be been plate one so much just batting against left handed pitchers that i honestly Felt i d forgotten How to hit. 3 Good rips now i m hitting the Ball bet Ter and seeing the Ball better than i did before he  the last couple of years i be been trying to get too smart too scientific at the plate. Now i get three Good rip sat the Ball and you can t ask for More than , 31, lives in Green Bay wis., which is Paul Buny Anand Green Bay Packer country. Our season runs into the football season he said. But i usually try to get in three or four Packer games a  he said he did not see his titanic Home run go out of the stadium but received a jubilant reception at the Washington dugout. The Home run gave us a 5-1lead, and it was a game we needed to win said  s the thing in baseball. To win , in his ninth year in the majors now has hit 215home runs including this sea son s round trippers. His bes year was 1962 with the dodgers when he batted .296, drove in119 runs and hit 31 homers. His Best previous Home run Yea was last season when he hit 36 for the senators. Luke hurls bats comets past Ramstein Ramstein Germany Spe Cial Jerry Luke uncorked a grand slam some run and pitched five hitter Here sunday As the Darmstadt comets bounced Bac Kinto the win column in Safe Germany conference baseball Competition by beating the ram Stein rams 9-4.the Victory tipped the second place comets who were jolted Jerry Luke. A grand slam 11-6, by the rams on saturday to 3-1 in the. League standings. Ramstein is now 2-2. Each club scored in the first inning Darmstadt getting its run on a walk Al Jenkins double Andred Meshach s sacrifice Fly. The rams got their tally on a walk an error and Larry Moss single. Luke unloaded his big blow inthe top of the second after Jerry Curtis had walked Bob Taylor Steve Rangel Jim Kerins and Mark  hosts scored once in the Bottom of the second on Wilson Parma s double and Rich gras Setti s single. They added two More runs in the eighth on two walks and Mike Oquando s triple Darmstadt had scored once in the fifth and twice in the sixth to build an insurmountable Lead. The fifth inning run came on Larry Groeber s triple and Tay Lor s single. Singles by Rojas Jenkins and Luke loaded the bases for the comets in the sixth and Meshach s second sacrifice Fly and a passed Ball brought the two runs Home. Dar Hiudt 160 012 0008 Rami Uin 110 000 020-4 8luke and ran Al Curtis net meth 8 and moan. We Luke 2-0. Up Curtla 1-1. Or Darmstadt. Luke u. Rear their sharpest rivals Many s Gerhard Milter and Pilot Lodovico Scarfitti of it a there forced out of the Raco Ialy their new three liter eloped trouble on its wheel s bearings. The Siffert Elford tandem raged 159.96 Kilpin Etc hour 94.887 Miles per covering the distance hours 34 06.3 minutes 1. Out the smaller porsche by thru minutes. Y in rec icky who briefly held Thoin i in the 10th Lap y when Hsi stopped for refuelling was Quick overtaken again. Y t at times icky forced his Way into second place but eventual lost the Battle for runner unto Herrmann. In the 18th Lap a works Ferrari driven by Sweden s Christof. Pm of a rom a i j to full Fersen and a Engster caught fire at the pits. The Drivers escaped. Unhurt As fire fighters swiftly extinguished the Blaz Finland s Pauli Toivonen the current Leader in the european rally championship standings and his partner and compatriot Autti Aarnio Wisuri dropped out on the 32nd Lap when their porsche Carrera 6 developed engine trouble. In the 27th Lap the Finnis twosome were 13lh in the Overall placings and second in the up Toto liners sports car classification. Unhurt in crash in the 33rd Lap britons John Bridges and John Lepp in a Chevron with a Bow Power Plant overshot the track but escaped  the 35th Lap a Ford driven by britons John Green and Pete Gaydon roared off the track and burned out. The Drivers escape unhurt. Their countrymen Ray mond Nash and Roger Stal Woodwerd forced out by a mechanical defect to their  partner of French olympic skiing Champion Jean Claude Killy Jean Guichet posted a new category record of 9 16.3 minute for a Speed of 147.8 Kph in the 33rd Lap after the steering wheel of their porsche worked Loose on the 22nd Lap costing them a five minute pit Stop. The Victory further strength ened porsche s commanding 39 Points Lead in the world manufacturers cup standings. Following porsche before Sun Day s race in the intermediary standings were Ford with 23 Andolfa Romeo with a Mere nine  and Siffert who surged into the Lead in the second Lapland Only briefly lost it during refuelling stops covered to gruelling distance in 6 hours 34.07 minutes averaging 152.190kph, for a new circuit record. The Overall classification 1. Buffert Elford pors Clie 3 itr., 6 hours 34 06.3 minutes 152.w kptn.2. Herrmann Stommon ii or Cho itr., 6 37 07.8 151.so 5553. Icky Hawk Law Ford it  a Nee Ryabch Butta porsche 2.2 itr., 6 42 22.9 149.81 ,i180. Nanny Gluntz. Alfa Homi o 2 it on round behind. _ Lacrosse champions Baltimore up Una Ofin Johns hop to Ujj a Lacrosse Champion clinched collegiate of ship in 11 years saturday Downing Maryland i vols snare 5th straight Sec track Crowni 1 Al Tuscaloosa Ala. A Tennessee rolled to its fifth straight Southeastern Confer ence track title saturday break ing the team scoring record and setting six meet Marks behind the explosive running of Rich mond Flowers and Hardee me a Haney. Flowers a Junior and an olympic hurdle Prospect won the 120-Yard High hurdles in 13.7 seconds after setting a record of13.6 in the preliminaries he anchored the vols winning440-Yard relay team and claimed third in the 220-Yard , a muscular Sopho More set a record of 46.4 seconds in the 440-Yard dash and his blistering Fin Whlig g Lethe vols mile relay helped f the record in that event to  volunteers a corms m Evy event totalled 10f pm Ery to shatter High of 92 2-3 set the old Tea by Georgia Ond Wilh to " s