European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Les Day May 28,1968 the stars and stripes Page 21 inter champs overdue in baseball the sky Kings have nowhere to go but up by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor upper Heyford England a there is no where to o but up for a upper hey Orduba Seballes and the sky Kings an to go a Long ways upward he 1968 Safe . Confer acc Pennant Chase i with a winning image now established Here after sky King successes in football and Basket shall upper Heyford is intent Onk rasing the Tai Lender tag from the sky King baseball scene. The Kings won Only two of 20 . Conference games last sea son nailing Down the cellar with out a struggle. But already things Are looking up for coach Richard Sullivan s 68 upper Heyford club As the sky Kings won four of their first seven exhibitions. All three . Losses were sustained against Wiesbaden of the Germany division. But the sky Kings Defeated London twice 8-2 and 8-0, whipped Rhein main of the Germany Loop 10-2, and toppled Lakenheath 3-1.Sullivan, taking Over As new coach this season inherited jus three players from last year s cellar dwellers and one of them first baseman Bill Buda is counted on to Supply the Tea with much of its heavy artillery. Buda gave what Sullivan Hopes was a Sample of things to come by slugging four hits Onea Home run and driving in six runs in one of the London exhibitions. Sullivan has designated Buraas his cleanup hitter and he plans to use Catcher Jim Volin the no. 5 batting spot. Volz is the other sky King with Home run Power according to Sulli , the upper Heyford coach has misgivings about his team s offensive punch. Our defense is fairly  fact it is one of our Strong Points said Sullivan. But Youcan t win games Only with de sense. Hitting is our main prob Lem at present. If it does t come around we re  describes his pitching As not too  he has three starters Bill Parrish Dennis Young spartans enthusiastic by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Alconbury England is blessed with a solid nucleus of experienced performers and three Strong pitchers Alconbury i coach Don Crayne feels his spartans have yet to show their f Best  we be been slow in getting started in exhibition play said i Crayne but i think we have a Good shot at the championship. We certainly Hope to Finis no. 1 in the league and i think Well have a Good shot at it Ashe be got a Bunch of Young boys who want to  spartans who finished 11-9 in the 1967 . Conference race won Only one of their first four Warmup , who joined Alconbury As an assistant coach late Las season feels the solid perform this is another in a series of stories on baseball teams in the Safe . Conference ers he has at Centerfield first base shortstop and Catcher can keep the spartans in con Tention along with pitchers Bill Reyes Glen Carmichael and Dsilva. Top hitter returns Jim Halverson who led Alconbury in hitting last season returns to make that position spartan Strong spot. Halverson a valuable Man to have around also led the conference in stolen bases last year according to Crayne. And the blonde Center fielder is also counted on for re Lief hurling duties. Doug Houston another 67 fix lure is Back to Man first base and lend batting strength. Hous ton will be joined by second baseman Dave Erickson Short Stop Hector Hernandez and third Sacker Pete Zuccaro in the spar Tan infield. Zuccaro s presence in the in Field certainly brightens the spartans chances and make Crayne s Job a lot easier. A 17-year Veteran of service baseball Zuccaro should qualify As one of the league s most experienced Ball players. Pete is the kind of take charge Leader any team needs boasted Crayne and he still hits Heball  Crayne himself is no strange to air Force Ball. He was a Pitcher until four years ago playing at Chate Roux France and Lackland fab Texas the latter a two year stint in 1958 59. He also pitched at Southern Illinois University for one year. Crayne would probably like to take the Mound again if it weren t for a sore . But he would hardly be needed on this team which boasts a standout newcomer and two throwers who combined for most of Alcon Bury s victories last  Reyes who just joined the team has already been Tabber by Crayne As his no. 1 starter. Then there is Carmichael and Silva who like Reyes Are both  compiled a 7-2 record including exhibitions an playoffs last season and Silva posted an enviable 7-1 Over Allmark. Crayne also figures he is Well set behind the plate with Jim Hodge As regular Catcher. Hodge is the Best Youn Catcher in the league stated Crayne and he hits with  Bob Carlson in left Field an Clyde Aiken in right join Hal verson in the Alconbury  Lakenheath coach Russ Hoke Crayne puts the favorit tag on Wethersfield. With their pitching the raiders Are definitely the team to beat he said. But i also think Laken Heath will be  Alconbury finished one Gam behind second place Lakenheath last year. After winding up exhibition play at Torrejon this weekend the spartans launch their league Campaign at London next saturday and sunday. V corps track coach looking for candidates Frankfurt special a wraps sports director Herm col Lier and track and Field coach Joe Littlejohn will tour the corps area june 3-7 to meet with prospective candidates for their team. The v corps team when it i selected will go through a 30 Oay training Camp at Buedingen Jermany n preparation for the aug. 16-18 Usa eur Champion snips in Nuernberg. Littlejohn will make the follow ing stops to talk with interested athletes june a Camp Buchborn he conference we 9  n. I Esau Rivers Barrack Suji i. 11 . Baa Hersfeldt Mcpheeters ban aka gym 3 . Juno 4puioa. Downs Barracks  . Wil Flocken Post gym 2 . June 5-Hanau, Pioneer gym 8 30 . Hegerhorst gym 10 . Babe Nilausen rammers gym. ? . June a danns Ladt Ernst Ludwig gym a occult. Mcnair gym i . Juno 7-Frankfurt Gibbs Barracks pm Cookson and Lonnie o Haver and a reliever in John Baert All right handers. Parrish has impressed in the exhibition season by hurling two Complete games in which he averaged two strikeouts per in Ning and allowed just three hit sin each appearance. O Haver pitched one game an yielded just two hits. He is one of the team s handymen As Pecan also play the infield or out Field and deliver As a Pinch hit Ter. Cookson a must Cookson will be upper hey Ford s regular shortstop when not pitching because As Sullivan says he must be in the line  the sky King coach is enthusiastic about Cookson s wonderful set of hands adding he s Quick and smooth at  though Cook this is another in a series of stories on baseball teams in the Safe . Conference trophy Jungle a. Sgt. Walter d. Thomas finds himself in a quandary How to pack All the trophies he and his wife collected during their three year tour at Izmir Turkey. They won More than 30 Bowling trophies and the sergeant also picked up some in touch football Competition. They Are scheduled to rotate to it. Bragg,n.c., shortly. Army photo Ito trility records full it in. Garden City . A two All time records were smashed Here in the 27th annual National All Star Bowling Cham  Zahn of Atlanta moved into the Early men s division Lea with an 18-game total of 4,04d. The performance erased the pre Vious Mark of 4,031 set by Chuck o Donnell of St. Louis in 1950.zahn rolled games of 244, 238, 257, 213, 244 and 207 total for a1,403 Block tuesday. Ray Bluth of St. Louis twice runner up in professional bowl ers association s National championships exploded for games of 223, 236, 279, 267, 234 and 234for a 1,473 six game series that erased the former six game qualifying record of 1,472 set by Gene Rhoda of Valparaiso ind.,in 1965 and equated by Dennis Taylor of Cleveland in this year s opening round. Mary Baker of Central Islip,., gained the top rung among the Early women s division finishers when she rolled an 858 four game series on games of 205, 244, 225 and 184 for a 12 game total of 2,503. Arlene Kotil of Mokiana 111., is second with 2,429. Son throws right he bats fro the left Side because of left shoulder troubles that plague him when batting right. While Cookson has the hands it s right fielder Rudolph Bautista who is known for his .Bautista, whose teammates have nicknamed him the  dazzled Wiesbaden by throwing out two runners at third base from his right Field position. Got 2 in 1 inning he nailed both flyers in the same inning and then encoded later in the same game with throw from deep right that nabbed a Wiesbaden runner try ing to score after a Long Fly. They did t try to run on him after that mused Sullivan. Left fielder Francis Vallati and enter fielder Bill Edwards will join Bautista in the . Out Field with John Maxwell. Har old Williams and Tom Charlands reserves. In addition to Buda at firsthand Cookson at Short Sullivan s infield will include second base Man Danny Fox and third base Man Jay Leviner one of the three returnees. Bob Dutton the third carryover from the 67 out fit is available for Utility infield duty. Two Good catchers the sky Kings Are blessed wit two capable catchers in Voltz and Jim Chandler. This give Sullivan More mobility in his lineup As he can use the versa tile Voltz either in the infield or Outfield. During a 16-year air Force career Sullivan has played and managed with a number of teams. A native of Waterville wash., he was an infielder Bueno longer plays himself. Sullivan frets about a key in jury. We have a Well balanced club he said. If we Geta few Breaks and stay intact we could be in the thick of the  it also depends on what we can come up with  sky King coach strings along with the popular . Be Lief that Wethersfield is definitely the favorite. He s certainly not conceding the title to the raiders but he s shooting for a least a spot in the conference playoffs which this year will match the second and third place teams in a Best of three series to determine the . S other entrant in the Safe Champion  Heyford will open its quest for a spot in the Usa of tourney next saturday when the sky King nine invades Waters