European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Post 20 the stars and stripes Harris triumphs easily Csc Mediterranean set Early Pace in Safe net by Don Saue staff writer Garmisch Germany is Richard Harris chalked up an easy three set Victory in the finals of the Mediterranean con Ference Tennis championship monday morning and both Conti n e n t a 1 and Mediterranean opened strongly in first round singles action of Safe s Ope Competition in the afternoon in Brilliant Sunshine at the Gar Misch recreation Center courts. Harris concluded the two Day Mediterranean tourney by Dis posing of Robert Patrick 6-2,6-1. Both Are stationed at a . Air Force base in the opening Safe matches which followed Bot Continental and Mediterranean advanced four men to the second round plus three More who Drew byes. Harris and Csc Champion Dewey yarn were among them. There was never much doubting the Mediterranean singles title match As Harris too charge from the beginning with Breaks in the second and fourth games of an easy 6-2 Triumph. Again in the second set his better retrieving More consistent net game and service were decisive. Patrick held his own delivery Only in the very first game. Patrick had trouble getting his first serve in and his soft Sec Ond was often a set up for Harris winners. Patrick also had several double faults off Bisquick soft second service. Harris had swept past Rondoyle of in Ciurlik in the semis 6-0, 6-1, while Patrick had to go three sets with Ray Pitts of Kar Mursel in his semis win Ning 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Since the Mediterranean tour Ney was played on sunday and monday morning tournament director mrs. Inge Wordle opened director needs photos of la All Stor clubs bad Godesberg Ger Many special pictures of a Little league All Sta teams should be in the hands of european Little league director Mike Shapiro by july 12. These should be mailed wit proper identification to Shapiro at the american embassy Acabo 270, Apo 09080. He Safe affair in the after noon with just one round of no. 1, 2 and 3 players in the Csc and Mediterranean and Good ones Moke it to top fast new York up the Good ones make it in a hurry. Those fuzzy cheeked Young sters assigned to various clubs earlier this month in baseball free agent draft now Are signing contract in clusters across the nation to Start the great and rates May vary but the question is the same for Long to make the big leagues the answers will vary too but it s the same for the Best ones not Long. Lately there has been a bigot do about All those kid pitchers who have shot to the top but Al through baseball history the Good ones have made it Feller was pitching in the majors at 17. Al Kaline has Bee with the Detroit tigers and no other club since he was 18. A Kranepool was 18 when he moved to the new York Mantle of the new York Yankees made it at 19 and so did Vada Pinson of Cincinnati Bill Mazeroski of Pittsburgh Wally Bunker of Baltimore Don Drysdale of the los Angele dodgers Lindy Mcdaniel of san Francisco and Ken Holtzman of the Chicago cubs. Babe Ruth Walter Johnson Jimmy Foxx and Waite h o y t were in the majors at 19. Tycobb Rogers Hornsby t r i s speaker Lou Gehrig Joe med Wick Phil Rizzuto red ruffing and Ted Williams made it at 20.mel Ott was 17, Hal new Houser 18 when they came up to stay. And the old timers had to Bucka tradition that Ball players weren t Worth their keep until they had Learned the basics in a Long minor league apprentice ship. The first two . Players alloyed into the second round which was to be played tuesday along with one and one half rounds of open doubles and the quarterfinals in the senior rounds of open singles a round of open doubles and the senior singles semis Are set for wednesday. Continental and Mediterranean were in a head and head Battle for team laurels 1mvcsc appearing a Little stronger at first glance. . Fared badly losing six men monday with Only its no. 1 and 2 players Carl Eva Sand Wayne Schell who Drew byes remaining in Competition. For Continental j. R. Kile Thomas Bell Richard Brantley and Herschel Herrington All won lopsided straight set matches. Kile ousted Coyle 6-1, 6-0 Bel eliminated Gary Hoofman of the ., 6-1, 6-0 Brantley polished off Akau Shroyer also of the ., 6-1, 8-1 and Herringto bumped Charles Dittman of the ., 8-1, 6-1.the Mediterranean winners were Terry Baer Jeremy Gar ton and Allan Lum All of whom won in straight sets and Dennisk Ppel who took three sets to defeat Ross Strawn of the .,3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Carton ousted Robert Allen the Only Csc loser 8-1, 6-4 Lum eliminated Charles Turner of the ., 6-4, 6-1, and Baer Over came Lynn Pischinger the Champ who entered the men s Competition As the there were no other women entered Here. The score were 6-0, 6-1. Open singles first round j. R. Kite Csc def Ron Coyle
