European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday july 17 ji968 the stars and stripes Page 21 32 boosts into shot Csc advantage All of i sudden baseball does t seem like baseball it q not the game itself i still think there is no other game it i certainly will continue to enjoy great pitching duels Good exhibitions spectacular Fielding plays the hit and run situations All the mechanics of exciting baseball. Nut after this year s world series i m afraid that baseball inv liner that old Appeal the excitement of a Pennant Chase lit really does t have that excitement this year the Way their her dubs re lying Down Anil letting the St. Louis cardinals Ami Detroit tigers make shambles out of their respective races Ami the anticipation of the upcoming world series. What Iris caused this change division baseball that s what. Division baseball my gawd taking a look at what the major leagues have done starting next Seison is almost nauseating. Two 12-team leagues each divided into two six team divisions certainly does t present an appealing picture to the True baseball fan. Let is Peck at the National in ague alignment. In the Eastern division will be the St. Ixia is cardinals new York mets Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh pirates Chicago cubs and the Montreal Noth in the Western division the cast includes the san Francisco giants los Angeles dodgers Houston astros Cincinnati reds at Lanta braves and the new san Diego expansion club. What a setup in the first place How can Cincinnati and Atlanta be classified As Western teams while Chicago and St. In uis Are Eastern competitors of course such classification in t a new thing but glorifying stupidity never caught our fancy anyway. And in the second place if St. Louis in t an Odds on shoo in to win its division Crown year in and year out i d eat my Type writer Pittsburgh is the Only team in that array besides the cardinals which has won a Pennant since 1950. The pirates Hae won just one. K w the perennial National league winners have been placed in the other division. Los Angeles Nee Brooklyn has won eight no Crown since 1950 san Francisco new York giants combos have annexed three titles Atlanta s predecessor Milwaukee copped two and Cincinnati took gives the Western division 14 championships in the past 17 years. The cardinals won two and Pittsburgh one so following such a historical pattern it is conceivable that the cardinals could win their division in a Breeze while the clubs the other half of the league Are chopping each other up. I m sure if 1 were a National league manager i d much rather take my chances against the likes of the mets Phillies pirates and cubs than the giants dodgers reds and the other hand if i were red schoendienst. I think i would have a feeling of great Security something not too common among maj a league managers. I d rather be playing the rink dinks most of the time. The arrangements Don t seem any better in the american league either. Minnesota and Chicago should be too Strong year in and year out for the likes of Oakland California Kan Sas City Ami Seattle. The latter clubs Are All expansion clubs or Transfer no goods. By Ben Abram staff writer Wiesbaden is Gary head former Mcaa Colleg division Champion now doing his competitive golfing for Rhein main air base fired 32-4173 at Rhein Blick to take a two stroke Lead after the first round of the Safe Continental conference Golf tournament Here s Ted Roser also whipped the front nine regarded by Many As the most difficult on the perilous Rhein Blick Lay out for 35 strokes and posted a All tin in one d next Hii circuit. Tin y Pover. As in the National league has been concentrated. Imon in the american circuit. New York Boston. Detroit l. Baltimore and Washington have been placed in that too so team each Aii Iees of course have been the predominant Anu Rioa if train Over the past two decades Allvlu ugh they Haven t been Igli l he past few division baseball for 162 games 18 for each against every other club in its own division Hill 12 against team in tin other division. Ami after that come playoffs to determine the world series com s when we feel All of a sudden baseball won t seem like Bast Hall Wii Rul series has always pitted the two championship flubs against each other in a fitting Climax to the season. Now this won t he the Case All the time. In fact we will never know if the True league Champion will be playing in the full classic. If the cardinals and twins play 90 games against weaker opposition and Only 72 against the Strong clubs while the situation is reversed for the stronger teams just exactly what kind of a True picture can be presented by studying won lost percentages. It is i Antiri by within reason to believe that the second or third place team111 the Strong division would be a much better team than the Winner 111 the Otty division. I find getting excited Over the National basketball association playoffs u by difficult to do. The celtics or 76ers eliminate each in in a division playoff game and generally Bree a by the other vision m also afraid that the world series will become dirt As Miler Estin 4" finn now on anyway the world series just won t be like it used to be., i to expansion evidently is necessary but we feel that True Hase i fans pm ,i0 without division baseball. Why not just play to allies of 12 teams each with everybody meeting every other c in Satiu number of time Ahcin Mam s Gary onto the 1 will la fall Champion for every year. The world series will Cun a. U,0 1,1., upon to has balt season the file in Climax Ert a of to pc Niue Diamond , Bih Humbug As or. Dickens was prone to open do Ision Iii i Jim it cd Aii h v Isi rat my . 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The 76 trip Licate combined with Jerry Olson s 78, gave the rams a 12-Point Lead Over Host Wiesbaden in the first round team stand parred the first two holes honeyed the third comeback for a Par on the fourth birdied the next three parred the eighth and climaxed his Brilliant getaway with a Chip a Eagle on the ninth giving him five threes three fours and a Pace he set was difficult to maintain on the Back nine where he ran into putting docs and ended up three putting three of the last nine holes. bogeyed five of the incoming holes and could t come up with any offsetting the showing even More impressive was the fac that this was Only the fourth time the Rhein main golfer who nor Mally plies the fairways at Frankfurt had tested the Pitfalls of aspiring club pro who draws his military discharge next month. Head is a former Middle Tennessee state univer sity golfer and sex Tennessee intercollegiate Champion. won the 1963 Small College tournament which was held at South West Missouri state. also has won the it. Campbell by. In a Little something everything was going perfect on the front nine but 1 lost Little something on the Back when 1 ran into some trouble on the putts. Three putting took care of three strokes and the other two bogeys were just routine bogeys. Generally i m quite he birdied the fourth and i ninth Hole but boiled the eighth to join head As then a Par golfers who broke front nine. Head s teammate. Hay car on the front on the Back to Conne a of 7s Day. A t f tie it Lii in v-.1 1 i i i. 11 a i . A the Over-45 seniors l r. Bill of Hain tem second Vith 39-42si in Competition. Ham Stein had 306 for the open Lead and was second in the Seni ors team scoring with a two Man total of 169, three behind the iti6 compiled by Wiesbaden s Bob Newhall i,81 and Emerald Justice 85 Wiesbaden had 318 in the open scoring with Pitburg and Rhem Mam trailing with 323. T h e name Vlahn v330aviano t331 Berlin 348. Darmstadt 349 am Hof 402. Pitburg 19 n and Hof 20 i were Way out of con Tention in the seniors bracket. They were the Only other clubs competing in the elder gophers i team the Continental tourney con tines Oer 72 holes through Fri Day. The top 10 open gaiters an top five seniors ill and Aiu a to the i Sak scheduled Over a. 69 Champion the me c hips s l 1 h Shellio i Dies a i . Sik Plogg. A e Noirot Dane team in i ail Hitam a u r tin i . 11 bears Xvi Dud i t
