European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page 21 . Cir team nearing Peak shape for Bone breaker Gonzalez feels faults Charles 0. Finley has Fie can t notional is As a baseball owner. Finley organization known As the athletics he has introduced such things As All Gold mule Mascot Charle 0 an Diamond scene.  aged of by Praetor of Ball s gr4�, _ uniform i i is Plesy moved his franchise from Kansas City to Oakland of terms season. But the change in scene has t changed Charley. A mechanized Rabbit popped up behind Home plate at the Oakland museum the other night reminding fans in attendance that the irrepressible a up eras still brainstorming. The Rabbit see i sure is a $10,000 in Novaton lately vat my of tag. Evey a Trio invisible theatrical character. Like most rabbits Harvey dwells underground.1 but he has la definite Mission. At the push of a Button Harv emerges from to Hole eyes Fla Luft twirling a. J. . G Kag. He plate Limp ire. After performing this service he disappears again in Toms Hole. With this Hare brained idea Finley has added another chapter to the modern Day phenomenon of machine replacing Man or in this Case  All baseball fans know the plate Limp has always depended upon a Ball boy to Supply him with fresh  is also ready to install Little blowhard an afar tube in the Center of Home plate which blows compressed air to clean off the plate at the press of a Button. As you can see the Oak land owner is Mak mfg an Umpire s life a lot  brings us to a somewhat frightening Prospect will Char Ley 0. Stop Here or will he get carried away with the mechanization kick after All what s to Stop him from installing More push Button animals on the Oakland playground of his athletics. The term push Button manager has been used before but nowt has taken on the threat of potential reality. I m sure Finley is aware that he will have to proceed slowly and delicately with his labor saving devices. One of his subsequent moves will probably be a machine that transports the next Relief hurler underground from the bullpen to the Mound. Fans May be startled at first not to mention the outgoing Pitcher when a mechanized Bull what else arises out of the. Ground behind the Mound bringing Diego Segni or de Spra Gueto the Rescue. A " but the Oakland spectators should quickly adjust presumably they will also Nave become accustomed to such things As automatic Baibos More rabbits and groundskeeper seven mules by that time. Battery operated battery9 the Pitcher and Catcher will be the next baseball humans to Goft Finleyville. Because those two Are fairly stationery players a Battery operated Battery should t be too difficult. After All pitching machines Are already in wide use at Spring training Camps. All Charley s inventors must do is animate them in some  won t stand for plunking out their Money to see Ordinary machines at work. But Trust the a s owner to carry out his car Toon theme As Long As he can stay Clear of Walt Disney s copy  s mechanical designers should encounter Little trouble in coming up with nine batters or perhaps one in nine different disguises who can be worthy opponents for any of the league s  the other seven a s in the Field will take a Little More ingenuity. A Way must be found to make the pop up machines extremely Quick and Mobile if they Are going to hand Little Harvey. Charley s first creation bad Stoelz Germany Spe Cial the 20-Man team which will represent the . Armed forces at the 1w8 Cir inter National military sports Competition at Fontainebleau starting wednesday is Ori the Brink of collapse. But considering every thing its members Are also i excellent shape. That is How capt. Carlos , team medical officer and assistant coach sums up the situation. The men Are at a High level of physical condition he said. But one of the series of events they re training for is Abone breaker designed to liter ally tear Down every part of the Bojay. The Bone breaker for which these army Reserve officer ath letes Are training is a three min Ute event that Calls for them to jump climb fall run and Craw their Way through a 500-meter course. Most of them admit pre Ferring to run five Miles Cross country to this obstacle course. This is Only part of what awaits these men in the International Competition at the Paris suburb. The Competition is More than just a test of a Man s stamina according to Gonzalez a native of Santurce puerto Rico. It trains him mentally As  High degree of concentration required by the course definitely adds to the physical toil said the 34-year-old Reserve medi Cal service officer. This Competition is not a test of strength. A Man must be Able to demonstrate certain skills an abilities associated with military leadership and he must act apart of a team not As an individual Gonzalez  the team physically for the Competition still continues but the groundwork was Laid by the team members them selves before formal training be Gan. Most had been training on Theiron and were in fairly Good condition when they arrived Here said Gonzalez. However the team is at the Peak of physical conditioning having been toughened for the past three weeks by a program of calisthenic swimming an track work. What remains As far As train ing is concerned is maintaining the team s Good physical Condi Tion and acquiring the techniques of negotiating the course. This applies in every event from the five mile map Reading Orienta Tion run to the marksmanship matches using French army sub machine guns. Developing these skills is More than simply shaving a few seconds on a time trial. It is also matter of saving vital Energy and avoiding injuries. Ars and stripes local sports Hayward hurls la no hitter Fulda Bonn Post wins Bonn special Fulda and Bonn continued their winning ways Here monday in the North Ern Section District 1 Little league tournament Bonn bested Berlin in an eight inning 4-3 thriller and Fulda toppled Gies sen 10-4. Bonn Winner Dominic lower hooked up in a tight Mound Duel with Berlin s Doug Reid As each hurler allowed Only four hits. Lowery fired strikes past nine hitters and walked one. Reid fan Ned eight and issued two free passes. Berlin s Steve Diaz had put Berlin ahead when he crossed the plate in the top of the  two run double by Sean Terry drove i Gary Lauffenburge Rand Billy Moore with the game winning markers for  Start Fulda scored four runs in the first and four More in the Sec Ond. Steven Thomas was credited with Fulda s Victory As he permitted Only four hits including a Solo Homer to Ken ran Dall while striking out five an walking three. Giessen reliever Art Jones came on in the second and struck out eight David Gray s two run double in the top of the sixth sparked five run uprising that enabled Soest to eliminate Bremerhaven monday in a Consolation game. Bob Macgillivary limited Bremerhaven to three hits in besting Richard  opening action sunday Fulda s Al Hayward fired a no hitter at Bremerhaven and Bonn blanked Soest on Rocky Hughes one hitter. Hayward whiffed 10 in Fulda s5-0 Conquest of Bremerhaven. Bonn triumphed 3-0 Over  was staked to a one run Lead by Greg Locky who belted the first pitch of the tourney out of the  pulled a triple play in the second when Short Stop Chuck Morley speared a sinking liner and relays to Sec Ond and third trapped the run  bid for a no hitter was spoiled in the second whens est s Jim Graham managed a scratch single. Hughes struck out eight Hanau trips americans nationals gain 11-8 nod Wiesbaden special the Hanau Little league nine remained undefeated in the South Ern Section of Germany District number 1 tournament play her sunday by edging Frankfurt s americans $0-8. Frankfurt nationals stayed alive by bumping Butzbach 11-8.Hanau Pitcher Mark Chavez helped his own cause with a 3-run Homer in the third inning. After the americans tallied four markers in the second Chavez and Hanau settled Down to pos the Victory. Mark Hensley Dave Dew an Don com Paugh banged out two hits apiece for Haniu. Minefields led the americans at the plate with a single and  the second game of the Day Dave Walker struck out six Butzbach batters and collected two hits Good for three runs batted in to Pace the Frankfurt  nationals bunched four runs in the third and four in the sixth to gain the decision. Butzbach Pitcher Gary Miller who was relieved by brother Glen in the sixth had a perfect Day at the plate with four hits. Heilbron takes opener from Neil Ulm 10-1 Heilbron Germany Spe Cial in the Southern Section of District 4 Germany Little league opening Day action Mon Day Heilbron Defeated Neu Ulm,10-1. But we can stir visualise the Day when Sal Bando gets his option-0-the-minors notice presses a Button in the dugout and takes a Alk out to third Bast where he reluctantly shakes hands Withams replacement a six foot Possum named log 0. Foley was never known for being soft on managers but wit taking Over Charley won t need one. He can push is  Button of you who have travelled much Tat Europe As a a ave a doubt been amused by signs literally translated � ridiculous English one such word for word translation new across in Antalian hotel prompted the following rewording part of the Sputo Section in the baseball Rule Book How is i Jesues with which they eventually became infected on the throw a hand As in the Case Bato should a St toed the Umpire would compelled with regret to disqualify the user of Fame. Eagles greyhounds meet in com z playoff series Munich special Giessen and 3rd support brigade will play off for the com z baseball championship in a Best Othree series this week end but Only the eagles will have a shot at rep resenting the Loop in the Usa eur Champion ships which will begin later this month. The greyhounds tied Giessen with a sweep of their final series and the two teams meet sat urday on the eagles Home Diamond for a 1 . A second game sunday also at 1 p.m., will be hosted by the greyhounds at Stuttgart Robinson Barracks with a third if necessary contest to  the greyhounds win the title they will still be the seventh army support come representative qualifying automatically for one of the eight tourney spots. In another switch the seventh army training Center rangers won t compete in the com z playoffs Ven though they Are a com z unit. The rangers Mast win the 4th army of league championship to make it. They Are currently in second place two games behind leading1st brigade. Herzo base playing in the Marne league and Karlsruhe will get together in the opening com z playoff series aug. 2-4, a Best of Ture affair. The Wlmer will play Giessen for a shot at the Usa eur tournament lineup