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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Jun 1968 the stars and stripes Page 21 clinics at Wiesbaden London Safe lands top Grid coaches Gene Stallings. Aggie coach Frank Fidler. Collegiate official by Ben Abram staff writer Darmstadt Germany is three big names from the collegiate football coaching roster will be on the program for the annual Safe football clinics. Dart d e v i n a Floyd Ben Schwartzwalder and Gene Stal Lings will occupy the instructors Rostrum in the clinics scheduled for Wiesbaden air base june 24-27 and South Ruislip England air base july 1-3. The will be joined by two top officials the nil s Tommy Belland Frank Fidler from the collegiate ranks. Devine ranked in the to three on a won lost basis will be starting his Lith Campagnat the Helm of the Missouri tigers perennially one of the Strong teams in the rugged big eight conference. He came to Missouri after coaching three seasons at Arizona state an has never suffered through a losing season. A Glossy Recor Devine s College football teams have compiled a glossy98-28-8 record and seven of his Missouri combinations have earned invitations to bowl games. The tigers have emerged victorious in Orange sugar and Bluebonnet bowl  three sport Man Devine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota in Duluth. He played quarterback at Minnesota Duluth captaining t h e football team in 1947. He also won let ters in baseball and basketball. Devine coached High school football for two seasons and then moved on to Michigan stat where he was an assistant for five years. His present Offe Sehas been evolved from the multiple offence he Learned while working under Clarence b i g Gie Munn and Duffy  moved on to the head Slot at Arizona state in 1955 an came to Missouri in 1958. During the Schwartzwalder years Syracuse has rocketed into National prominence in the football world. In 19 years his orangemen have won 124 games lost 58 and tied two. Four Lam Bert cup trophies and seven appearances in bowl games have been achieved in his tour of duty. The 1959 team won the National championship. Schwartzwalder played his col lege football As a 152-Pound Center at West Virginia. He also won recognition As a collegiate Ben Schwartzwalder. Starts 20th season any scribes rip Echert Ashbau a defends game by the associated press commissioner William  and major league base club owners were Strucki Ith barrage of criticism Mon a for their actions during the weekend of mourning for the Date sen. Robert f. Kennedy. Some sports editors and Orts columnists predicted that Cert will not last out the re naming four years of his Sev in year contract As commission baseball owners and Eckert Fere strongly criticized for not tailing off one Day s games i her saturday when the funeral held or sunday which president Johnson designated a National Day of  Al Ackerman of to Detroit Wama Sines captures Bristol drag Crown Bristol Tenn. Aps Karamesines of Chicago the top fuel eliminator title in i i fourth annual Spring a Lonai drag races at Bristol inter drag Way before a crowd omra asides Defeated two Opeti or s in the first round Oft enals As he upset John Mulot Van Guys Calif. Kara pulled a Hole shot on and nipped him at the a record breaking California Driver. 1 turned in a record 6 85 seconds run Down mile strip at a hey Eckert is in real jeopardy now by his action in trying to appease them the owners. This Way he has the scorn of both the Public and the owner Sand i predict his career As com missioner will not last  at least one sports write thought baseball acted properly. Baseball said Harol Kaese of the Boston Globe paid its respects to the Sena Tor s memory in ways gracious Ami reasonable. Some g  e were postponed for hours oth ers for Days and weeks. Ball Park tributes were suitable. More is always expected sports than other business and More is always expected of baseball than other sport. Here is a sampling of other comments from sports writers and columnists Mickey Herskowitz executive sports editor Houston Post Eckert s Rule by omission continues to t u r n baseball Back Ward. By failing to cancel All games on either saturday or sunday he left each club own conscience and we the result of  Grady Philadelphia bulletin it was the weekend they buried Robert f. Kennedy the brightest and Best Hope of youth a Man who loved athletics and people who played them and baseball made itself a million dollars. Remember those values  Gross new York Post. Our so called National past time apparently regards As a Republic of its own tie hymn is Sung at the turn Stiles. On Railroad platform people spontaneously Sang Battle hymn of the Republic but baseball s truth goes March ing  Young new York daily news referring to Eckert s or Der to delay games until after the funeral it was As though someone was standing by the Side of the Bier with a Stop watch and a starter s gun. Tim Horgan Boston Heral traveler the International league which really needs Gate receipts called off games sunday but in Mostior league cities it was business As usual. Now we know what Are the Bush  wrestler. Schwartzwalder coached High school football in West Virginia and Ohio prior to world War ii. He got his first collegiate assignment in 1946 when he was named head coach at Muhlen Berg. His three Muhlenberg teams ran up a 25-5 record an beat St. Bonaventure in the 1946 tobacco bowl game. Stallings was an outstanding end at Texas am in his collegiate Days winning All so laurels As a Junior. He was one of the Tri captains on the 1956conference championship team. Frosh coach at am he coached the aggie fresh men in 1957 and when Bear Bryant left Texas am in 1958for the Alabama Job he moved along As Bryant s assistant. He remained on the Alabama staff until 1964 when the head Job opened up at Texas am. Bryant labelled Stallings the top Young collegiate coaching Prospect in America when a was looking for a coach and his name was broached. Stallings am teams have shown improvement with each succeeding year. His first Tea had a 3-7 record then came a 4-5-1 Mark and the 1967 aggie finished with a 6-4 record. All six wins came in Sec play an the aggie represented the con Ference in the Cotton bowl  aggie posted a 20-16 win Over Bryant s. Crimson t i d e. He s a lawyer Bell is a lawyer during the week but on sundays he dons the striped uniform of the  has worked nil games for the past six seasons including the 1966 Green Bay Dallas title  was an All state football player in his prep Days and also competed in track and Basket Ball. He went on to play football and compete in track at the University of  officiating credentials in clude football and basketball int h e Southeastern conference basketball in the big ten Sev eral bowl games and two Mcaa basketball  has been officiating since 1942 and has worked Bot football and basketball. He is principal at Garfield High schooling Seattle and has been working Pacific coast Aasu inter sectional and league games. He also has officiated in the Rose bowl and East West shrine games. Fidler attended appalachian state Romona College and the University of Washington also served As head coach the aau basketball team Buchan Bakers which won191 6 title and competed in olympic trials. Dan Devin successful Tiger Mentor Tommy Bellfl whistle looter Auto race the its a Licon the the the for bad k bad Kreuz Nach Germany special the Hesse motor sports club will hold the fifth International Auto race  army Airfield on june 22-23.the race is co sponsored by or. Peter Alt Meir minister president of Rheinland pal and maj. Gen. George l. Mabry jr.,8th div commanding general. Racing begins at 8 ., june22. Trial runs will last until .1 . Following trials Competition will begin for cars in the700 to  classes. Sunday morning will be devoted to Competition in the touring and it classes begin Ning it  The sports and formula cars will race from 12 to i . To its can see Sman for commissioner says no options were Given in. .1,1 to it Safe Germany conference did be a itself its Bat new York a baseball commissioner William d. Kick Ert did not leave it up to the individual clubs whether to play their weekend games an not consult with the owners fore making his decision spokesman said monday night Joseph l. Reichler director of Public relations for the com missioner s office said like reordered that All weekend games be played but that no saturday contests Start until after neral of sen. Robert , which originally used for 5 30  the in Kenne was sched not but delayed More than five the commissioner hours consented to postponements in washing ton new York and san Francis co on saturday and in Boston and Baltimore on sunday sit the request of those teams Reichler said any Oiler Home team that wanted to Call off a game also would have needed such con sent he  writers said the com missioner allowed the owners to make their own decision Kei Ler said. This is false 1 commissioner never called us owners to ask them what the wanted to do. He made his Deci Sion after consulting with base Ball s executive Council and with his own  softball won lost ii 0 f 1 4 2 4 i i Ohio kill kit. I. I. 0 u Golf 4 4 to 6 Ink in i a 4 4 i b open to  Pic Laiu Nihil. I Lii in Mirin list Liui.  Herrlin. H 10 n 1 1 14 m it  
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