European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes old Csc rivals comets Battle flyer in big 2-game series by boo Odem staff writer Darmstadt and Wiesbaden forbears the hottest rivalry in the Safe Germany conference Goat it again this weekend in Darm Stadt in a two game series that May eventually produce the 1968 Only is the league Lead up for grabs but More so in this series even the Pride of both teams is at stake. Nothing grate the Darmstadt comets so much As to lose to the Wiesbaden Fly ers and vice versa. A loss in this series is a stigma that must be carried the rest of the season. Each has branded the other once this Campaign. A sweep by either club tie with 12-4 records will certainly set the Pace for the winning club next week when the season Heads into its final four weeks. But split will probably Send the race Down to the wire and into sudden death playoff. More than red hot since the Germany conference winners will Host the 1968 Safe championships this series will be More than just red hot. On reason because Wiesbaden has never hosted the tournament an has High aspirations. The 1962 and 1966 tournaments were held at Darmstadt s memory Field. Cornet manager Gil Bettez will go with his aces Jerry Luke and red Meshach both with 6-2 rec ords in this crucial showdown while flyer skipper Tom John son will counter with Lance to Bert recent Transfer from bit Burg and either Bob Parker or Tex switching of Tobert has caused a Hue and cry around the league especially at Pitburg and Darmstadt where they Are yell ing Pitburg was on top of the league when Tobert was shipped off to Wiesbaden just Over two weeks ago. Since then its Stock took a dip and it has dropped to fourth is the winning est Pitcher in the league with an 8-1 record and two of those wins came in his Only two starts for the flyers. Wiesbaden Cal Stobert whipped the comets 5-1, in their Only meeting of the year june 22. A couple of Days later he was on his Way to Wiesbaden. In that game Tobert went the distance gave up seven hits and fanned 10. In the first Comet flyer game this year Wiesbaden racked Darmstadt and Luke 8-4, Sparker and Jack Wilson teamed up on the Mound to halt the comets. Darmstadt came Back to win the second game 3-2, on re Meshach s four hitter. Comet pitching will be severely tested since the flyers will Send up a Cluster of left handed hitters in the presence of Dave Crede Bill Bennett Mark Metz an Leroy Weddington. They Are the meat part of the flyer batting order. Much of the Comet hitting comes from Luke and Meshach. Who play the Outfield when no pitching Al Jenkins and Larry , the Darmstadt Wiesbaden series has quite a history behind it and one of the greatest games took place in 1963. It went 16innings, and John Purdin now on the los Angeles dodgers pitching staff broke it up in the Bottom of the 16th with a Home run at Wiesbaden to give the flyers a 2-1 win. Purdin went till 16 innings. The next Day Darmstadt Hungt on Wiesbaden behind Meshach who s on his second tour had a Chance to win it n the eighth inning when he Pinch hit with two on. After nearly taking off Purdin s head with his first pitch which caused a near riot Meshach struck the flyer Ace on three pitches. With an overflow crowd expected for both 2 . Games feelings will be running High. Other games around the league will Send Ramstein 10-6 against disappointing Hahn 3-11 a Ramstein and Pitburg against Rhein main 2-14 at a sweep of the series the rams will pick up ground if the leaders split. Pitburg 8-6 is still very definitely in the race but is still smarting from the loss of Tobert. Sembach 7-9 has the week end the Channel in England the . Conference has one key series scheduled at Ben Waters. The second place phantoms 6-4 face the Lakenheath eagles 5-5 saturday and owns a share of third place with a 5-5 record four games Back of league Lead ing Wethersfield and one Gam Eback of Ben Waters. Upper Heyford also 5-5 and tied with Lakenheath has a Golden Chance to gain ground while meeting wingless London now 0-8, at upper Heyford. Wethersfield Winner in nine of 10 starts invades Alconbury with Hopes of padding its the spartans have won Only four of 10 and Are five games of the Pace. Germany conference won lost Wiesbaden Ramstein Pitburg Sembach Hahn Holn Maln 1212 108 78 2 44 66 011 14 .760.760 .023.671 .438.214 .124 a a 88 68 10 saturday sunday game Wiesbaden at Darmstadt Rhein main at bit Berghahn at Ramstein Sembach Bye . Conference won lost pet. Wethersfield 0 1 .900bentwaters 6 4 .600 Lakenheath 0 0 .600 upper Heyford .6 6 .600aloonbury 4 6 .400 London 0 8 .000 saturday sunday game London at upper Heyford liken Heath at at Alconbury of 34 45 8 via rear baseball Giessen needs Wii to Clinch com z Pennan by Ron Delac staff writer if the league leading Giess Neagles can sweep tills weekend s series from the sixth place Han a hurricanes that la be All she wrote in the com z league baseball Pennant race. The eagles Are taking a 12-2record into their final series they draw a Bye on the league last weekend and All of the other teams have lost More than two. Ace right hander Steve Moore 6-1 will undoubtedly have one of the assignments when the eagles take on the hurricanes saturday and sunday at Pioneer Cavern in Hanau. The hurricanes Are 5-7 i league play six games away from the , the 3rd support brigade greyhounds 9-3 will betraying to keep the title door ajar with a Road series against the eighth place Wei Bruechet jets 3-9. The Only other club with mathematical Chance to catch the eagles is Karlsruhe which draws this weekend s Bye. In other com z saturday Sun Day action Taurus District 0-12 plays at Mannheim and Palatin ate District 7-5 travels to Ber Lin 6-8 just one game separates the top three teams in the 4th Arm div league which has two week ends to go after this one. The1st brigade mountaineers Lead it with a 12-6 Mark followed bythe 2nd brigade warriors and the seventh army training Cen Ter rangers both 11-7. The mountaineers play support command 9-11 at Nuernberg the warriors meet div arty 2-15 at Fuerth and the rangers take on the 3rd brigade Broncos 8-9 at Bamberg. Fred Herr s second Home run end in sight or is it for 8th bad Kreuz Nach Germany special the 8th div league baseball race May end this week end. Or maybe next weekend. Or maybe the weekend after Champion 2nd Bri Gade has a one game Lead going into this weekend s final round but both the support command saints and the 1st brigade troop ers have a Chance of catching the dragons. The dragons 7-1 and the troopers 5-3 play saturday at Mainz and sunday at Baumholzer. Support come 6-2 plays against the div arty Redlegs 2-6 saturday at bad Kreuz Nach and sunday at the dragons Are still on top after this weekend that s the saints win the second half outright by sweeping their series while the troopers beat the dragons twice the first and second half champions will clash in a Best of three playoff series for the Overall title on july 20-21.tentative plans to Settle a Sec Ond half tie Call for a one game braves nip . With metro 1-0 Atlanta up knuckle Bailer Phil Niekro set Down the dodgers on four hits thursday night and Joe Torre drove in Felix Millan with the game Sonly run in the first inning to give the Atlanta braves a 1-0victory Over los Angeles. Niekro picking up his eight Victory against six losses retired 13 men in a Row before giving up a single to Jim Lefebvre with one out in the fifth inning. Wes Parker also singled in the fifth with two out Paul Popovich had a two out double in the sixth and Willie Davis had a two out single in the ninth for the Only hits of the right hander s offerings. Torre in the 1st los Angeles atlant Aab r b blab r h by fairy it 4000 Fanlou of 4000popovich 2b 4010 Mallun 2b 4110 Davis of 4010 Haaron re 3010bailor o 4000 Torre e 3021 Lefebvre 3b 3010 Oboyo 3d 8010fairly it Parker in 8000 Johnson in 3 0 0 03010 Taaron u 3000versalles is 2000 Kuckson is 3 0 1 0 Halley 3bcouteen p Savage Pedram p 1000 Niekro p2000 1000 0000 3000 total 31 0 4 0 total 2b 1 6 1los Angeles 000 000 0000 Atlanta .100 000 0 0 x 1blefobvre. Do los angled 3 lob Angelest Atlanta 4. He to Volch in l.7-12 7urant 1 i Niuro w.8-6 i 1 42. A13,813. H u bit us to b 1 1 0 a0 0 0 0 u 40000 playoff on july 20. If All three teams Are involved it will be july 20 and 21 on an elimination basis with the first game pairing decided by a a second half playoff is needed and the dragons Don twin it the Overall championship series will be moved Back to july 27-28. Baum older will be the site of two of this weekend s crucial on sunday. Div arty and support omd play at 1 ., 1st brigade and 2nd brigade at 3 30 .in the other 8th div set this weekend 5-6 missile 1-7 an the 3rd brigade 3-5 play Satur Day at Baum older and sunday at Mannheim. The weekend schedule 8th div league second half won lost pot.n-2nd brigade 1 support command 01st brigade 0 3rd brigade 8 os.870 .700 1.026 3 .370 4.250 0 .129 0 div arty 36-8 missile 1 a first half Champion. Saturday s qames1st brigade is. 2nd brigade at Mains i .6-0 Muollo is. 3rd brigade at ii aum Holder 2 . Support command is. Div arty at 2 . Sunday s qames3rd brigade is. 6-6 missile at Coleman Barracks Mannheim 2 .div arty is. Support command at Baum older 1 .2nd brigade is. 1st brigade at Baum Nolder 3 30 . Cornell Crew ousts Harvard at Henley Henley on thames eng land up Cornell univer sity s crushing Victory Over Arch rival Harvard in the open ing round of its defense of the thames cup was the highlight of thursday s events at the Henley Royal regatta. Cornell won by 2 i lengths Tenter the last eight of the Divi Sion for lightweight eights of the season helped the 1st-Ade regain the Lone Lead unday with a 9-6 Victory the rangers after the mount i ears had committed 10 err while taking a 21-4 she lacking the previous Day. A the kit Ringen Kelts at 7-0 thinly unbeaten team in us Ancl eur circles hold a one Gam Marne league Lead going 5 a series with the third place cardinals 3- f they play saturday in a Schaffenburg and sunday in Kitz Token the other Marne sets have the Schweinfurt crusaders 3-5 and Herzo base 3-6 tangling saturday in Herzog Nakrach and sunday in Schweinfurt and Hewil Flecken wildcats 2-6 and bad Kissinger 2-5 meeting sat urday at wll Flecken and sunday at bad Kissinger. In the 3rd army div 1st brigade scorpions Are holding Down the second half first place position with a 3-1 rec Ord. The scorpions last weekend add 2-1 victories with the first half Champion 2nd brigade win Ning behind Milt Apple s five hitter and losing to a five hitter by the Iron men s Rick Covalt. The scorpions play div arty 1-1 saturday and sunday in Kirch Goens while the 3rd Bri Gade 1-1 and disco 1-3 collide in Friedburg. The Iron brigade has the week s Bye. There Are two More weekends after this one on the 3rd army s second half week s schedule com z league won lost pet. 08 Ole sen 12 it .557 -3rd supt brigade .9 3 .750 Karlsruhe 10 4 .714 palatinate dial. 7 8 .6s3 Berlin 0 0 .500 5 Hanau 6 7 .417 Mannheim 4 8 .333 1 awol Brocken. 3 8 250 stanza 0 12 000 u saturday sunday at Hanau. Pioneer Cubit Tanua District at Mannheim Kaete Rul sports Field. 2 .3rd support brigade at Zwell Bruecken Turenne Cavern 2 .palatinate District it Berlin sport Center 2 .Karlsruhe, Bye. 4th army div league won toil pet of 1st brigade 12 0 2nd brigade h 1 7th Anny " 611 division Aqa 10 8support come 0 11 3rd brigade 8 div arty 3 1s saturday sunday game seventh army training Center is. Of brigade at Bamberg. I m ,. A support command is. In " Nuernberg 2 . M2nd brigade is. Div arly at Furnn 2 .division Headquarters Udo. 3rd army league second g8 won lost pct lat brigade 3x-2nd brigade 2 3rd brigade div arty 1d1bcom a first Tau Champion. Saturday sunday 0""" 1st brigade is. Div arty at Ayers sern. Kerch Omena. 2 .3rd brigade is. Pm seem at by Racks. Fro Borg 2 p 558 � .450 i .471 n .500.500 .600.250 sit Marne on not 3 5 6 6 6 Wurzburg Ascham Fonburg hero base bad Kos Sungun wll Flocken. Saturday s at Anc Littfe Wiburg sch Weinfurt at Horow , Bau Kos san on at Wiki Miccu. Sunday s Yamei at kltziiusi1". Hero Huso it Sclia 1.1" at bad 1.778 ,500 ,37s ,333 .s8fl i.250 a .i"11-. 2
