European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 18 the stars and stripes baseball deals sports consultants and sports officers have to have Many talents if they Are to achieve Success and establish a going military pro Gram. But perhaps the most important asset is a Knack for horse trading and coming up with his Best super sell pitch. One of the Best in the business must be the 8th div s departing civilian consultant Len Carlson if you judge from the record his Pathfinder teams have won three straight boxing titles and twin skiing plus baseball weightlifting Cross country and push bal ? crowns. And it s no Accident because the 8th div program seems to be one of the Best organized smoothest running ones around. The horse trading and super sell aspects in sports and special services Are intriguing. To hear Carlson Tell it it goes some thing like this. Now you gotta be a real horse trader to get ahead in this business. You have some extra volleyballs and the commander of this unit Over Here has some extra Brick dust and you go to him and say now i understand you have some Brick dust How Abou trading that Brick dust for some volleyballs and with the Brick dust you can go to another commander who has some fencing material and see if you can Swap the Brick dust for the fencing wire and that s the Way you have to work it Carlon explained. Super sell comes in Handy where the super sell comes in is in putting across a specific program in each sport not Only to the division commander but also the unit commanders Carlson added. You also have to try an get cooperation from those unit commanders in releasing Ballplay ers and sometimes you have to get nose to nose with them to convince them they can get along without pfc. Jones or spec Brown a couple of hours a Day so he can play  s a hard Job time consuming and has Many responsibilities but a Man can get a great variety of experience in at least 2 different areas of sports Carlson said. Though he has a masters degree in education and minor in physical education he had never dealt with an athletic department budget. He also discovered jus How Many things Are involved in getting ready for a tournament or for example just one baseball game transportation for play ers getting officials and checking out their transportation score keepers a system Brick dust Chalk equipment and seemingly dozens of other incidentals. But i m very grateful for this Opportunity. At 25, when iwas first hired i believe i was the youngest sports director in the command. There is no Job where a 25-year-old Man can get com parable responsibility and the Opportunity to learn so Many things Carlson summed up. But the Blond Crew Cut sex Connecticut Cage Star had a word of caution for the people we run Usa eur s sports program he noted that the command is losing too Many Young Able sportspeople because there is not sufficient incentive and Reward for remaining in the program and not enough Promise for the future in this regard we will have to second the remarks of a very capable Young Man who is not hesitant to speaking his  Carlson Usa eur is losing the 3rd div s Ron Hartman this month and other departures not too Long ago include Bill Oran John Trubacek and Marty Lacobelli All extremely capable men. Almost stayed in Europe Carlson made up his mind to move on some time ago but came closer to remaining in Europe than most people know. Len admit Ted that a couple of very tempting offers nearly swayed him one was from the West German basketball federation at a salary around $10,000, for coaching a team in Cologne plus giving clinic throughout the country on a year round basis. Another came from Belgium where he s been playing the past three seasons for the Antwerp team in an Industrial league. It would have involved his Sale to a second division team which he would have coached while the knee which was just operated on is Healing. He also would have played about 30 games later on in the year the whole package involving about $8,000. But he finally settled on coaching in the states signing a con tract with Augusta a. College As assistant basketball and Tennis coach where he will earn also around $10,000 per year. That plus being in a Good warm climate which he feels will help his knee return to form. Carlson is recovering from his fourth major knee sur Gery and sports a Long question Mark shaped scar where surgeons at the army s Lan Stuhl Hospital took out some cartilage Phickas my Little Finger which had been pressing on nerves in my  he still Hopes that if his knee responds Well he can give the american basketball association a shot As a player before he s 28 now calling it quits in Active sports. But next fall it will be coaching and Len admits he s really looking Forward to it. He s done a Little Homework too because he know s that Augusta was 16-8 last year has a 6-foot-10 cent Erand a couple of 6-8 forwards returning and plays such teams As Lurman Jacksonville and Rollins. And he also Hopes to get a help ing hand from his sex colleagues Here in Europe when they spot a boy that s College material because Augusta is integrated and does award athletic scholarships. Anxious to coach and Len s itching to get a Roal shot at coaching now that his appetite has been whetted by that Brief fling with his 8th div basketball team and he loved it particularly that feeling of Knock ing of one of the big boys like his pathfinders stunning the continued on Page 22 orioles Send hurler to nats for Valentine Baltimore a to Baltimore orioles traded Pitcher Bruce Howard to the Washington senators for Outfield Fred Valentine saturday As Protection in Case Center Fielde Paul Blair is lost to the army Blair has had surgery on Hir ight ankle injured last Decem Ber in the puerto rican Wint league. Although he has been ordered to report for Active Dut june 26, the army took another look at his ankle Friday i Washington. Howard 25-year-old right hander who becomes a possible starter for the senators was removed from the Baltimore Rota Tion after getting five starts athe beginning of the season. I gave up 30 hits and 26 Wal Sand had an Earne d run average of 3.77 for 31 innings in 10games. Valentin by a 33-year-Oldswitch-hitter batted .240 in 3i games with three homers an seven rib. St. Louis a the Stlouis cardinals traded Reserve outfielder Dick Simpson and lefty Relief Pitcher Hal Gilson to the Houston astros for outfielder Ron Davis just under the sat urday Midnight trading dead line. Simpson came to the Cardi nals from the Cincinnati reds in a Winter Deal for outfielder ale Johnson. Simpson batted .232 with three Home runs and eight Bis in 26 games. Gilson had an 8-2 record and a 4.67 earned run average in 13 games. The 26-year-old Davis Hil .212with the astros this year. The Duke University product hit .256 Dickson sets sprint car Victory Mark Cincinnati a Larry Dickson of Marietta Ohio won the sprint car feature at Tri county Speedway Friday night and eclipsed a 7-year-old  club record owned by Par Nelli Jones. Dickson who won the 30-Laprace by two laps registered his sixth straight Sac Victory to surpass the old Mark of five consecutive triumphs by Jonesn 1961. Dickson took the Lead in therace after the first two laps. Jerry Daniels of St. Paul,winn., was second and Carl Busson Toledo Ohio . The Victory for Dickson his seventh of the 1968 Sac sea son was even More impress Iveas he was forced to Start last in he 16-car Field. Dale Breedlove of Waco tex.,suffered compound fractures of both wrists Early in the race. He Vas reported in fair condition at Amilton s mercy Hospital. An Ace at 84 Columbia to. A there. Joe Bryson a retired 84 ear old minister scored a Lole in one on the 135-Yard no. 6 Lole at Columbia municipal Golf bourse Friday and finished the line Hole Par-36 layout with Acore of 44. With the astros last year a their regular Conte fielder. The Trade left an open spot in the cardinals roster but club officials said no immediate move were planned. Cleveland up the Cleveland indians swapped out fielders with California Satur Day sending Fleet footed Vic Dava Lillo to the Angels in Exchange for Jimmie Hall. Both Hall 30, and the 27-year-old Dava Lillo have been per forming below Par this  was hitting Only .210 with the Angels while Dava Lillo Smark with Cleveland was .239. Hall broke into the major with the Minnesota twins in 1963, slamming 33 Home run Sand batting ,260 that year. He had 98 homers in four season with the twins before being sent to California last year Buthe had Only one Homer and eight runs batted in so far this season. Dava Lillo who has played every Outfield position this year but primarily is stationed insight Field has been with Cleveland since r e a c h i n g the majors in 1963. His Best season was 1965 when he hit .301 an stole 26 bases. Dava Lillo a native of Vene Zuela had two homers and 13 Bis for the indians this season. Detroit a the de troit tigers said saturday that Relief Pitcher John Wyatt has been acquired from the new York Yankees and was to join the team in Chicago sunday if he was Able to make travel arrange ments. The 33-year-old Wyatt joined the american league at Kansas City in 1961 after playing with 11minor league clubs. Wyatt was traded to the bos ton red sox in june 1966, and sold to the Yankees this  Best seasons were 1962 and 1967 when he won 10 of 17decisions. Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates sent Relief Pitcher Dave Wickersham to their Columbus farm club of the International league saturday and called up Dock Ellis to re place , who had a 3.56 earned run average for 20 innings can be recalled to the pirates on 24 hours notice the club said. Oakland Calif. Up the few York Yankees announced saturday that Veteran Rig than Der Jim Bouton has been sold to the new Seattle expansion Tea of the american league. The amount was not disclose but it is believed that Bouton was sold for the waiver Price of$15,000. The 29-year-old Bouton Whon pitch for Seattle of the Pacific coast league for the remainder of this season has been plagued the past be reasons with Arm trouble which deprived him of an overpower no fastball. His Best season was in 1963a Hen he finished with a 21-7 Mark and an Era of 2.53. Theol lowing season he compiled a Nark of 18-13 and added two victories Over the St. Louis cardinals in the world  the last four seasons he Las managed to win Only 11ames while dropping 32, including a 1-1 Mark this year. .17,1highhfl wins he seemed the Chestnut Afi beaten when  is came from far jockey Eddie Belm whipped High hat left-?1 this Point and the & ought Back into the Lead .1,the rail and out Amelm Belton to the wire. A i a hat carrying top of 128 pounds ran the Over the grass course in n and paid $3.60, $2.60 and Irish rebellion Ridden by Uel Ycaza returned my 8-m ruled Tau $2.80 to show. Assures finished fourth owed by fast count Aire ii and  Victory was Worth Lim to owner mrs. Wallace Mikoy 1 Inglewood Calif. A up Mara emerged the Winner a the $54,900 Cinema Hanica saturday at Hollywood Park Al a hectic and controversial Milf the in 2 mile run on the Graa fiddle Isle Ridden by Larryl Gilligan hit the finish a Hall length in front of Pindara Laffit Pincay or. Up. But Frisle was disqualified and i fourth after american Tiger rider Bill Harmatz lodged  a crowd of 43,285 a impatiently the stewards held Harmatz and ruled of Giitl Isle drifted out As he Cam through on the rail and american  revision moved american Tiger and distinctly into a Deal heat for second in a race dial has distinct bearing on to$100,000-added Hollywood Derby on july 6. I ,.eight 3-year-Olds went to in Post and four Crosse line in a tight Bunch. The time was 1 49, -�.--,Jara returned $6.20, 3.ffl $2.60. American Tiger paid pand $5.20 and distinctly Khz and $5.80. Ted Williams,1 miss Vermont of 56 married Ted Williams miss e venure. The new is. Family took place last f a sports film