European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Jul y the stars and stripes Pago 21 browsing w Benny or ii ii a i Iii ii a /. Oyler Good Field no hit9 reihe Detroit tigers Are out in front i the american league i Pennant Chase and a share of credit must go to a Little known fellow named Hay outer. Chances Are the name won t even Register unless you happen a be a Detroit fan Hail from Indianapolis or Wade through the Nock of names we print once a week in the stars and stripes under the heading major league averages. Even then you la have to run your Finger All the Way Down tothe Bottom of the list to find the name Oyler and proceed to read across the scramble of figures to find the three digits that interest a baseball player second most to those listed on the  you did t already guess we Are referring to a batting average. In Oyler s Case it s Only.161 after 85 games and 174 appearances at the plate As of last Friday. Followers of the to ten Hatting statistics that also appear daily in our paper can really scoff when they make Point of noting that Ray has Only 1 Home run among his 28 hits and 10 runs batted in to go with that puny average. Needless to say Oyler s batting average i nothing to Crow about. In fact it s downright embarrassing for the Tiger regular who has to Swallow the Good Field. Not hit tag at every turn. But Oyler can console himself with several factors. First an certainly not Foremost he can t go much lower than Rock Bot Tom. He might be replaced temporarily by a weak hitting Rookie but chances Are cellar rivals Are going to be shipped Back to the minors if they can t produce at the plate. Plenty of company Ray s other Mam Consolation is that nobody and i must emphasize nobody is setting the league on fire this season batting. Oyler has plenty of company Down in the lower Echelon of the batting averages by name stars to Boot. To be exact there s George Scott of the red sox Bitting Only.180, the Yankees Tom Tresh at the .193 level and Hamon Killebrew of the twins at .204. They Afen t throwing any scares into rival pitchers. Oyler is hired for his Fielding what s their excuse. Still Oyler has his Pride. Bus lifetime average of .192 is still Tobe ignored at contract talk time even if it is 31 Points better than be current average. Besides the Good fled no hit tag has Bee around much too Long to Salt die 29-year-old Indianapolis native. I guess he sighs there s nothing much i can do about  s Only one Way i m going to Stop people saying it. That is for me to hit better. You can t let it bother you. If i did it would affect my Fielding. Then i d have nothing to talk about few have worked harder on their problems than Oyler and he has bad help from every possible Quarter without much Success. Wally Moses the tigers batting coach has worked with him for two years and is continuing the tutoring obviously without much  wants to hit More than me says Oyler. This past Winter they told me to get a heavy Bat and swing it every chances got at Home. I did that when i got to Spring training i tried wearing glasses for the first time. There Are few things i Haven tried. Everybody on the club has helped  .261 Best of career Oyler began his pro baseball career with Duluth in 1960 an recorded his Best average that year at .261. Hold your hat but in 1964 he hit 19 Home runs with Syracuse and As a partial result earned a promotion to the big time. Moses went to work in Earnest with the Slick Fielding former Marine when he hit Only .186 in 1965 and .171 in 1966. He made Roe Cut Clown on my swing and simply concentrate on meeting Heball Oyler says now. Oddly enough it helped and Ray spurted All the Way from .171to .207 last year. Ray was encouraged so much he started doing mental arithmetic before the 1968 season. I raised my average38 Points he calculated. If i can do it again i d hit .240. Then i could Start thinking about .270.unfortunately the arithmetic was Only mental As it did t quite work out that Way on paper or at the plate either. Manager not kicking manager Mayo Smith in t kicking about Oyler s Bat he knew his shortstop was no Frank Howard to begin with so he Sunn aging to live with Oyler s Good Glove no stick figures. Inere s one encouraging aspect. Oyler does t Over swing Asso Immy hitters Are prone to do. His hang up is that he upper cuts tin Ball too much. With Moses help however he has Man aged to remedy that habit somewhat and connect More. Maybe he in t considered the least bit dangerous up at Thep Ato but pitchers must take note that Oyler does t strike out a much now and they can t throw the Ball by him As  they once did. Personally i can Root for Ray wholeheartedly because Ito sent Takov much to recall a High school shortstop that con Lane shoots 74 to take 2-shot Lead at i of Continental Golf play by John Williamson staff writer Erik Lane Wiesbaden is Erik Lane a 22-year-old Slammer from Ramstein mastered there Niblick Golf course s Back nine Here wednesday for a 34to go with a front nine 40 and his 74 the lowest round of the Day vaulted him into the Lead at the Halfway Point of the Safe Continental sports con Ference Golf tournament with Atwo Day total of 150 strokes. Lane s teammate Cigar chomping George Thompson fired his second straight 76 to move into a tie for second with tuesday s runner up Ted Rosenof Hahn who posted a 77 to go with a 75 on tuesday for 152.gary head of Rhein main who led at the end of the first Day splay ran into Early trouble and soared to an 86 to fall Bac Kinto a tie for ninth spot at 159. Two tied for Foi Arth Jim Cook of Wiesbaden came from out of a group of six hot Back nine players who were tied for sixth place tuesday with 78s to carve out the second Best round of the Day a 75, and slipped into a fourth place tie with de Ladyga the third Ramstein golfer in the first five who was up one stroke from his opening Day 76 for a 153.berlin s Ken Kennedy in a head to head senior division due with the first round s Leader John Wisnewski of Darmstadt equated Cook s 75 with a steady 37-38 to take the Over-45 tosspot with a 160 to Wisnewski s 163. Andy Anderson of Wiesbaden made the most spectacular comeback of the Day As he Shola 76 to go with a monstrous 95 on tuesday and moved up to and stripes local sports Ken Kennedy steady 75 the leaders after 36 open division More on Fielding and stealing bases than on dodging and trying to compote with the hitters. May be Down in the cellar with a lot of company in Uaen Tauy but he keeps trying and wielding an important Glove in mat key area up the  Wilh utile Luck Hia series Cut will be the same As Mclam so Erik Lane Ramstein Ted Rosier hah George Thompson Ramstein Jamea Cook Wiesbaden de lady rare Stern Rick wll Lousby Borlin de Colosmo w Lesb Ndon Ray Chi avs Rhein main Gary head Rhein main John Ramsey Oslo Mike la Hulln. Pitburg Jerry Olson Ramstein Tom Pettegrew wit san Dan. Berle a Cuhl. Hahn Carl Wagner Hahn John Moore Wiesbaden Harold Billing. Wiesbaden. Joe Rayo. Wiesbaden Bui latterly. Imburg Jim Jellush Hahn 76-74150 75-7715278-74152 78-7s 153 76-77153 78-80158 78-8o 158 78-80 15s 73-86159 79-80159 79-81 180 7s-s4 16280-82162 81-83163 78-86164, 82-82164. 83-81 16482-84168 senior division Ken Kennedy Berli Njohn wine Wall Darrn Soult Emerald jut Lee Wiesbaden Bob now Hall we Sti us n a Tell Rotter a a stoic Andy Anderson Wiesbaden. It 168 85-7516q 78-86163 85 si168 s1-so--167 ii 87-168 9676in cracked rib sidelines tribe s Hall 3 weeks Oakland a Cleveland outfielder Jimmie Hall will be out of action for about three weeks because of a cracked rib the club disclosed Here. Hall was injured when he stumbled Over second base at the Oakland coliseum. Elmer Burnette Ramstein Paul Bryant Ramstein ss-s7173 9s-8 178 team standings open division Ramstein 617 Aviano 6s8wiesbaden Iski Darmstadt 701 Hahn 645 by Krliu 712 Rhein main 657 hot 637 Blob org 670 senior division Wiesbaden 323 bilt Iuri Ramstein 336 to 406 4 . Players picked for Japan ail Star 9s Tokyo a four Ameri cans have been named to Japan s Anu Star games roster by the steering committee of the Cen trial and Pacific leagues. The four were Gene Bacque right handed Pitcher and former Detroi farmhand and Dave Roberts sex outfielder with the Baltimore orioles to the Central league squad and outfielder Arturo Lopez sex new York Yankee and second baseman Don Blasin game former Kansas City and Washington senator player Louie Pacific team. The 66 players selected will play three All Star Barnes in Kawasaki july 23 Tokyo july 24and Osaka july 25. Sixth place in the senior race with 171. Ramstein increased its Lead inthe team standings to 19 strokes Over Wiesbaden 617-636. Hahn is third with 645 and Rhein main fourth at 657. In senior team play Wiesbaden leads Ramstein 323-336 with Pitburg third at 376. Lane playing in the first four some off the tee started Ina a viciously with a bogey five on the first Hole and a double bogey six on the curving downhill Sec Ond. He picked up a stroke with a Birdie on the Par five sixth but ran into More trouble on the ninth where he pulled his second shot out of Bounds and had to Settle for another double bogey and his 40. He picked up a Bird on the Par three Lith Only to Jose the stroke on the next Par three the15tb. Birdies on the Par four 17th and the Uphill Par five 18th gave him his 34 and his two stroke Lead. Six bogeys three Birds Cook put together his 75 wit three bogeys and two birdies on the front Side and the same num Ber of bogeys with Only one Bird on the Back. Thompson had double bogey on the Short 15th, was one Over on three other Sand birdied the ninth and 16th holes. Head who had a sparkling 32on the front Side tuesday got off to a bad Start with a double bogey bogey triple bogey on the first three holes and wound up requiring 47 strokes to tour the same nine holes. Wisnewski had a seven stroke Lead going in to his confrontation with Kennedy but dropped five of them on the front nine As he picked up six bogeys four of them in a Row on the second through the fifth while Ken picked up a Bird on the ninth to go with a pair of bogeys. Birdie of 17th the Chunky Darmstadt Golfe Clung to his two stroke margin until the 16th where he went on Over while Kennedy was getting Down in Par. The Berliner the Laid a six Iron second shot to within four feet of the pin on the420-Yard 17th for a Bird while Wisnewski was again picking Upa bogey. Wisnewski chipped into Sandon the final Hole and had trouble getting out and wound up witha double bogey seven while Ken Nedy picked up an easy Par an wound up with a three stroke Lead after having gained five strokes on the last three holes. The tournament continues with18 holes of play Friday and a final round on saturday. The top10 golfers in the open division and the Best five seniors will and Vance to the Safe Champion ships which will be held on the same course aug. 6-9. Cowboy scout Walker v Dies following stroke Seattle a Harold Chesty Walker former Texas High school coach who helped Mold Washington s i960 and 1961 Rose bowl Champion football teams died in a Seattle Hospital tuesday. Walker a scout for the Dallas cowboys of the National foot Ball league for the past two years suffered a stroke june 19. He would have been 64 wednes Day