European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Mil the stars and stripes Page 21 editor s note so Mach has been written on what happened to the bitters in the major leagues that this column is devoted to lefty o Douts explanation and also his opinions on present Day hitters san Francisco up the batters Aren t mad that s the exclaims lefty o Doul one of baseball s legendary hitters who nearly explodes when asked about the great pitching of the current season. The other Day a Guy tried to Tell me that today s pitching waste Best of All tune o Doul hollered during a recent gab est out Side his restaurant. He made me you know Why the scores and batting averages Are so Low the Man in the checked sports jacket Fedora and Turtleneck sweater pursued. Because the batters Aren t mad enough. You gotta be mad Tycobb would keep himself mad by giving himself a crack in the Side or the leg Between pitches. He stayed mad. Once Howard Ehmke nearly hit him twice with pitches on purpose. After the game an other player and i had to get Cobb off of him. He d met Ehmke under the stands and was banging his head into the Okay so the pitching is at its All time Best better than the Days of Waller Johnson lefty Grove Carl Hubbell dizzy Dean dizzy Vance i be Only named a few of the great ones. And against Talent like that you had Cobb hitting .367 and George Elsler .420, babe Ruth .350 and Tris speaker .340." the old spell Binder next led the Way into his narrow office an produced a Bat which he used to soak in Oil and then Bone by the hour. There still was lightning in his 71-year-old wrists As he Iron men Cut Down warriors Gellhausen special Ron Larson hurled a neat five hitter whiffing 13 Here sundays the 2nd brigade dumped the div arty warriors 7-2, in 3rdarmd div league action. The Iron men backed up Lar son s performance with two runs in the third and three in the fourth banding Norm birr his fourth loss of the year in five decisions. Larson held the warriors hit less the last five frames and struck out eight in a Row be tween the sixth and eighth Stan Zas before the Streak was Stop Ped on a tap to the Mound. A double by Bob Shigematsu Joe Kelly s single and three War rior errors produce two runs forthe Iron men in the third. Bart Henke s Lead off double and singles by Larson Shige Matsu and Kelly gave Larson Al the support he needed As the 2nd brigade tallied three time sin the fourth. Catcher Doug Johnson also contributed two hits toward the Iron brigade s Victory. Div arty 0101000002 5 and brigade. Of 311 oox7 9 1birr and Gallano sleds 5. Larson and Johnson. A Larson 4-2. A birr u-4. Kitzinger breezes past bad Kissinger pushes Marne Lead to 3 games Tycobb lefty o Doul whipped the Mace around like a banana stalk while explaining disown hitting techniques. They helped him win the National league title with a .398 at Philadelphia in 1929 and repeat with a .363 in1932 at Brooklyn. One Crown came during the Boom and another after the bust. So i got a 1500 raise for winning at Philadelphia and took a$1,000 Cut at Brooklyn o Doul recalled wryly. Uhe hit .383 for the Phillies in 1930 but Bui Terry won the title that year with .401. Now look. They talk about illegal spa balls. But How effective is a splitter anyway Frank Shellenback was a master of it but did t stick in the majors. When i broke in we had the spitball Coffee Ball paraffin Ball Emory Ball mud Ball. Hell you could put horse feathers on the Ball and keep the same one through out the game. And there was Cobb and everybody else still hitting Well Over .300." lefty snorted at the Rule which enables an Umpire to Fine Pitcher if he decides the Batter was thrown at intentionally. No font throw at the Little boy you might Hurt him o Doul Row Al the to by. You crud. With those kind of Rule today. Is Cobb might be batting .800 listen when i was a Pacific coast league Pitcher in 1921 i hit batters All on purpose. Later the shoe was on the other foot Charlie Grimm of the Cubstead his pitchers throwing at me. Soothe first Chance i got i spiked Cholly at first base from the Back of his knee on Down to Bis Doul feels that the source of Good ballplayers is drying up. We bad Only three games when t was a kid tops marbles an baseball he said. I played Ball in front of the slaughterhouse. We had to build our own Diamond and put up a Wall to keep outre tides but what other attractions does a kid have today Golf football basketball Tennis and a sports car with a pretty girl in Doug noted that Japan where he is a baseball institution still As the Industrial leagues town teams and Semi pro leagues which Are vanishing from the american scene. Japan is developing Talent the Way we did 80 or 70 years ago Nei said. Maybe in 25 years it might be a real embarrassing place la a. Of our major league clubs to visit t u of baseball is a heu of a game no matter How badly it can Jet played. The pitching just in t that Good now. It s the hitting. They Aren t mad Kitzinger Germany Spe Cial Carl Bowen picked up big first Victory with Relief help rom Bob Erickson and knocked n three runs As the Kitzinge Kolts upped their Marne league Lead to three full games witha 11-3 Triumph Over bad Kissin local sports sent Bach scores pair in eighth to nip Rhein main Rhein main. Germany special Sembach s tigers scored a pair of unearned markers inthe eighth inning sunday on a unsuccessful pick off play an took a 6-5 decision from Rhein win pulled the tigers Mark to the .500 level 9-9 inthe Safe Germany Confer Ray Beard was credited with the win while Eddi Mackin suffered the setback in Nelson and Beard scored the decisive runs in the eight when Mackin s pick off attempt sailed into Center s 12-hit attack was led by de Bosch who doubled and singled twice in four trips to the 101 200 020 12 2 Rhein Maln 010 003 0015 9 6hlcka, Beard 6 and Register. Blair Mackin 4 and Ambo. W Beard. L Mackin. Saints cop 2nd place bad Kreuz Nach Germany special the support com Mand saints powered by threesome runs dumped the 1st Bri Gade troopers 5-1, Here Sunda to win the Best of three playoff series for second place in the8th div league. The 2nd brigade dragons won the league championship during the regular season by winning both halves the first half in a playoff win Over 1st command finished Sec Ond in the second half. Cliff Stokes Steve Lancaster and Bob Thomas All sent the Ball Over the saints left Field Fence in sunday s win. The winners had Ridden Danny Taylor s two hit pitching to a 9-1 Triumph saturday at Mainz in the firs game of the playoff with the ties score Stokes blast came in the third inning to knot the score at 1-1. The troopers had scored once in the first inning on singles by Pat Patterson and John Smith and an error by Saint first base Man Rick Kluk. The saints too the Lead for Good with a run in Gen Here had a four hit shutout going into the eighth inning whence weakened and was replaced by Erickson. Bowen singled Ina pair of runs in the four run third inning and got another onegin on a fielders Choice grounder in the fifth Frame. Striking out six and walking three Bowen is now 1-0. Loser and starter Tom Wagner 1-1 was touched for Only three of the 13 Kolt safeties but walked five and hit one. Stan Mlodozeniec finished up for the losers. Walks to Bob Kowalow an Jim Talsma in the first started the Kolts off and throwing errors and stolen bases did the rest. Talsma finished the Frame off by stealing Home. Talsma started the big third Frame by singling and going to third when the Ball got through Wooten hits 8th 300upper Heyford England special s. Sgt. Tom Woote chalked up the eighth 300 game of his 10-year Bowling career when he hit the magic number at the base lanes Here while Bowling in a mixed league with his wife Maureen. It was the second of Wooten s perfect games to be sanctioned by the american Bowling Congress. The Lancaster who hit six homers during the regular sea son got a two run round tripper in the eighth and next up Bob Thomas followed suit with a Solo Duplin 2-0 in the regular season struck out seven an walked two for the Victory. Starter Mike Minarik took the loss. Lit brigade 100 000 0001 6 2 support come 001 001 03x5 11 1 Carl Bowen. Hurler bats in 3 the right fielder. De Adams Sac Rifice Fly scored one run. Jim Fischer walked was sacrifice to second and an infield hit by John Beall and a walk to Pat Karlskint loaded the sacks. Rich Erickson was hit by pitch forcing in one tally and Bowen s single drove in two More. The Kolts had one More burst with three in the sixth As singles by de Adams and Jim Fischer and two stolen bases put runners on second and third. Dave Sacharski doubled them in and Karl Skint singled in Kolt stickers had a pair of hits each with Sacharski Karlskint and Talsma having a double and single each while Fischer had a triple and single. Bad Kim Snoen 000 000 021 383 Kittl Noen 204 013 10x11 13 3wagner, Mlodozeniec i4 and Koenig Minarik Kitchen s and Soloman Duplan and Lancaster. W Duplan. L Minarik. By support come Stoke i Bowen b. Erickson s and Karlskint. Lancaster Thomas. A Bowen u-0. A Wagner i a. Thu Sarteur football clinic starts today in Frankfurt Frankfurt is it s pre Kickoff Tim for Usa eur sports enthusiast and the 1968 Usa eur football coaches clinic opens Mon Day at the Frankfurt american High school Bui Yeoman Nead Mentor at the University of Houston and a former coach in the usar eur Grid program will direct this year clinic with assistance coming from his top aide Melvin Robertson. In addition to the Grid clinic the 1968usareur sports trainers clinic will be held Here with More than so trainers from sport commands in Germany Italy and Belgium taking in the instruction headed by former olympic Trainer Ken Rawlinson of the univer sity of concurrent clinics will run through Fri Day und Are hosted by the 3rd army div i
