European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 30, the stars and stripes Page 21 phantoms confident after exhibition victories by Klin assistant sports Jelter run Waters England brim to with Corfi Desce following a successful exp Ess. Sass &.,Rlsbs-2jex-the ssh to  . Conference. The phantoms who finished third in 1967, chopped Down fou but of five Gsg teams they played returning monday night with a feeling that they can not Only snare the . Title but the Safe Pennant As  they May not have faced the Best pitching the rival league could offer the Phan Toms arc nevertheless proud of triumphs Over Ramstein 8-4rhein main 10-4first place Pitburg 11-10and Hahn 6-3. Ben Waters dropped its Ger Many tour opener to Sembach 6-0.sembach also blanked the phantoms in their exhibition opener 8-0. But Ben Waters new coach Ray Winn pointed out that he used 23 players in that game and the next one a 3-1 loss to Lakenheath. Since then with his i q u a diminished and set Winn s club has won six out of  had been pessimistic until lately said Winn who also wears another big hat. As Wing sergeant major. But now feel that if we can keep our spirit up we can win the  thing i la say for sure if we Don t win it then our leagues tougher than Germany  chiefs Boss in London Strain favors changes that Appeal to fans by Bob ii Oyer s4s . Bureau chief London is for two decades the inventive Genius of Henry Louis Stram has been con founding opponents on collegiate and professional Gridiron. An articulate spokesman Stram is always willing to Gam ble on a change designed to in crease the Appeal of the game. In London on a Talent Hunt for soccer Type kickers who might help his team the head coach of the Kansas City chiefs took time out to talk football. Like most mentors he know the Point after touchdown kick has become As outdated As the French 75. Stram said american football league teams last season made 98 per cent of their  National football league was just a Point behind witha 97 per cent conversion rate. With this kind of kicking he pointed out you can t blame fans for filing their nails or yawning during the automatic conver Sion. Both pro leagues have ordered their charges to Experiment with More imaginative Post touch Down conversions during the 1908 exhibition season. The colleges several years ago put More zip in the Tat when they permitted a Pat Choice one Point for a kick two Points Morgan s injury not permanent Houston up surgeons at methodist Hospital said tuesday Houston second base Man Joe Morgan who under went surgery for a knee injury suffered no permanent damage but will be lost to the astros for Ine rest of the season. A Hospital spokesman said Morgan s operation was a Success and that he would be inthe Hospital at least another week. The convalescent period was set for 2-3 months. He was Hurt april 14 when Lommie Agee of the new York mets Slid into him breaking Upa double play attempt at second for the More difficult run or Pas attempt. If a More difficult conversion makes football a better game then i m All for it Stram  the past Stram has done his share of  use of the moving Quarter Back pocket whereby the quarterback Seldom sets up to pass in the same spot on consecutive plays is one of the most talked about innovations in pro foot Ball. In 1967 he added the tight Endi to the Kansas City Arsenal. This formation has the tight end shift out of the Backfield to either Side of the line to create in decision on the opposing team s defensive  procedures Are evidently effective. Len Dawson the chiefs quarterback has thrown More to passes 156 than an quarterback in pro Ball during the last six  his College coaching Days Stram was credited with devel Oping four All America Quarter backs Dale Samuels an Dawson at Purdue George Inq at notre Dame and fran Curcia Miami. His chiefs won the Al title in 1966, then lost to Green Bay in the first professional championship. They finished second in 1967 but Stram thinks they havea Good Chance of bouncing Back to the league championship in1968. And what about the comparative Quality of football of the Al and nil it s True the Al has lost its Only two playoffs with the  Green Bay was the opponent in both those games and  a lot of nil teams that lose to Green Bay Stram  s also True that the nil won the majority of its exhibition games with Al teams last year. But i always say when two professional teams meet irrespective of league anything can happen. We clobbered the chicag bears last year by an unbelievable score and this proves my Point. The next time the bears could beat us by a big  just never know what will happen Stram said with smile. Versatility is the Forte of Theben Waters nine according to Winn. A majority of the Phan Toms can play alternate positions As Well As their  s roster lists All but one of his players for at least two positions. Or. Versatility himself is Arnol Skogstrand. Winn flatly states that Skogstrand is my est Ball player. He can pitch catch play any spot on the Fielland hit As  Skogstrand a 5-foot-9 right hander who works extremely fast on the Mound will be on of the Ben Waters starting pitchers. Mike Lozito conference handball Champ and Ted George one of the few lefthand ers in the league will also fill starting Mound roles. All three hurled for Ben Waters last sea son. Winn is thigh deep in Pitcher with Paul Smerker and Ben Taylor also on the regular staff plus infielders James Wilson Louie Tanner and first base Man Al Eyers who Are a 11 eager and capable of doublings Mounds men. Aptly named Donald bang Sand Guadalupe chief Reyna the team Captain figure to be this is the last in a series of stories on baseball teams in the Safe . Confer ence. Don t nag me dancer s image appears to have plenty to say at a press conference called by owner Peter Fuller who is trying to get a word in Edge Wise. Fuller announced that the horse would be retired from racing because of bad Ankles. Dancer s image disqualified from both the Kentucky Derby an the Preakness was scratched from saturday s running of the Belmont stakes ending a Short and Stormy career. Up photo 4th army ready to stage invitational track meet Nuernberg Germany Spe Cial several former High school and College standouts Are expected to add a touch of class to the 4th army div invitational track and Field meet Here at sol Diers Field saturday. Humberto Hernandez of the24th engr in Heads the list of entries in the distance , a former san Jose state College runner placed third in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at last year s Usa eur Champion ships. The 144th signal in will Bewell represented with pole vaulter Richard Graves and Hur Dler Edgar Demnon. Graves soared 16 feet 3 inches while competing at los Angeles Occidental College three years ago Iron brigade tops saints in 8th, 4-3 Nair. _ _ gel Nilausen Germany spec i the 2nd brigade Iron kale edged the support comd43 Don Lear s double in the 8th inning exhibition contest Here by. With Ough went the route tvs u four Nitter for the win i uie defending Usa eur champions from the 8th div. The3rd army div league s Iron Bri f Ade collected Only six hits offrim Sitter who also went All the Way. An error put Barry Weaver on base in the eighth and led to the saints downfall Doug Johnson sacrifice moved Weaver to Sec Ond and set the state for Lear s it up. Game winning  Iron brigade jumped off to a 2-0 Lead in the second on Leo quails single with the bases  the saints fell behind by three in the third they comeback for single tallies in the fourth sixth and eighth to tie and Demnon was a prep Star at san Bernardino Calif. Former Florida state High school High jump Champion Freddy Owens of the 2nd ,51st inf and sex Kansas u. Thin Clad John Rischel of the 3rd ,37th Armor Are also stated to compete in the hurdles. Rischeles also scheduled for the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Saturday s 19-event card which gets under Way at 1 p.m., will be followed by the division meet Here july 13. The usar eur championships Are also scheduled at soldiers Field aug. 16-18. Rountree quits playing will coach at Toronto Toronto a the Toron to argonauts announced that defensive halfback Jim Rountree has retired As a player to be come a coach with the easter football conference team. Rountree a 10-year Veteran inthe Canadian football league will succeed Steve Sucic As defensive Backfield coach. Sucic be comes general manager an head coach with Huntsville ala., in the Continental football league. The phantoms top threats atthe plate. Bangs has been burdened with air Force studies and has t quite regained the batting Eye that won him a pre service tryout with the n e a York mets. But despite this pair t h e phantoms in Winn s own words Are not a Long Ball hitting  the team did not hit a Home run in its nine exhibition games but the phantoms do hit for the average. They collected 48 hits in their last four games an compiled a .275 team average on the Germany  Lack of hitting had worried Winn for a while. But now the12-year Veteran of service base Ball As a Pitcher and coach has ceased to fret Over Bat punch. Start saturday the phantoms launch .play Here saturday against up per Heyford and Winn plans to open with a batting order of Tanner at second base  Ernesto Peralez at Short Bangs in left Field the220-Pound Reyna at Catcher Wilson at third returnee Bruc Follensbee in Center Eyers at first and Mike Neuman another Holdover in right Field. Winn s pitchers All can deliver at Bat and the phantom coach will be using them As Pinch hit ters As Well As subs in the Field. Willie Morrow and John had Leyare also available As Utility men and Lawrence Livingston is the club c backup Catcher. Hustling club Winn who declines to pick outa favorite in the . Race de scribes his team As a Young bustling club with limited experience but unlimited  Ben Waters first Cap believes in conditioning As Means toward reaching full potential. Last season the Tea was physically and mentally fit to play just six innings. This year we re in much better shape for which we can than capt.  Boggs is Pete Boggs officer in charge of the team and chief conditioner of the  is quite a thrower him self one of a different sort. He the reigning . Judo Cham Pion at 138 pounds