European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 21 1 err Sench by Ben Abrams i playoff possibilities definite re c tin one with a 1-0 pitchers Duel so what s wrong won a int games Are Ideal a a is Fame it is possible to keep a neat Book that any Vinsor task baseball even slightly could read.0to in a 33-2 baseball game things Are different. It was Wyhof Rajni to have covered such a monstrosity last sunday my flip Anny game Between Berlin and Taurus District terminated by Mutual agreement after seven in the Berlin players would be Able to enjoy supper Mutt the duty train for the walled City my score Book med Ikic a Hodgepodge of in spots. Rig reporters on assignment generally consider ourselves ass scorer although we usually work in conjunction with the the Isle confessed was Gla sunday night that i did t have to ill oils an official scorer s Blank for one of the statistical bureaus High service professional baseball leagues in the would have been quite some responsibility. K official scorer must account for every minute detail concern in every Batter fielder and Pitcher. And if a Man plays More than 5 in Safion his defensive performance must be accounted for Iner Posi Wonfor which he is listed in the batting order. This would have been an interesting facet in itself in the Berlin Taurus District fiasco. Three Berlin players saw duty in two Posie that was t too bad. However several Taurus people were shoved into three positions. Manager John Boulton made Casey Stengel look like a Piker in1 his manipulations As he trudged out every inning to Call up a writes of lineup changes. It was strategic catastrophe magnified i to say the fortunately the scoring itself was generally Basic. There weren t too Many complications to make. The game was just a matter of filling in the Blanks. The most perplexing thing about it was the fact league championships at stake As 4th, 3rd army dive finish by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Darmstadt Germany is with the 4th army div league featuring a hectic four team race and the 3rd army div offering a two Way title struggle those two Usa eur baseball loops close their regu Lar seasons in action this week 4th army boasts a frantic tussle for the top with four of the seven teams1st brigade 15-6seventh army training enter 14-8division he 13 9 and 2nd brigade 12-9 a Lstill alive. Mathematically three of the four could tie for firs place necessitating a three Way playoff for the right to enter the Usa eur tourney. The Pace setting 1st brigade mountaineers who Lead by l1/ games must play three game this weekend probably a doubleheader saturday and single game sunday and could be tied by one or two of the other contenders should they lose All three. However the mountaineers Are matched against last place div arty 2-18 in their concluding series at Fuerth. The second and third place teams seventh army to s rangers and the division a tankers tangle with each other in saturday sunday games with both clubs needing a sweep for a title Hance. Fourth place 2nd brigade could slip into a tie for the top even though the warriors Are three games Back. They still have three games left including a two game series with 3rdbrigade 9-10 at Erlanger this weekend and a makeup Gam with div arty that will be played if , 7th army . Had another route open to a us a eur berth through t h e of z playoffs. The rangers who represent a com z unit and compete in the 4th army league for geographical reasons now must win the 4th army Crown to get in the Usa eur com petition. They have been excluded from the com z qualification the 3rd army circuit league leading 1st brigade s scorpions who have finished regular sea son play must sit helplessly Idle and watch the results from the 2nd brigade disco series a Frankfurt hoping for at least one disco scorpions completed Sec Ond half play with a 6-2 2nd brigade s Iron brigade with a 4-2 Mark can Force a play off for first place by sweeping a pair from the Spear headers 2-4. However a sweep in t an absolute must for the Iron brigaders As they won the first half championship and Are assured of a playoff with 1st brigade for the league Crown if the latter grabs the second half title. Div arty and 3rd brigade two clubs with 2-4 records clash at Hanau in the other 3rd army ser ies this weekend. With five dates left on its Germany leaders face lower clubs Berlin s dizzy Parade around the bases Berlin batted around in several innings which necessitated hanging inning numbers at the top of the Page several times so Nat the Book would still be , scoring can be complicated baseball is by far the most difficult game to score. Every pitch an involve multiple angles. The rules of scoring a baseball game a most intricate similar circumstances can Call for entirely went rulings depending upon the exact situation. As an example How do you think it is scored if a Man on third ase Breaks with the pitch in an attempt to steal Home and the it Shes the Batter out of the Way to make the play what did you decide Well according to the official rules the Batter is awarded first a Catcher s interference. All Well and Good. However the run say that he Bau becomes dead on such plays and Allumi to i return to their original bases unless forced to and Vance by the act of the Batter becoming a runner. Fair Ai tired a special revision in the rules in an Effort to Beth Thi v? need do on such plays would be to interfere i h or on All tries where making a play on the runner an hopi to cult a. A new Rule permits the Man to score on that set Patlon and charges the Pitcher with a balk. Rittin y one of the May situations that can and often do i a baseball. Whether a run is earned or unearned should l a la Ely whether an error or passed Ball or wild Pitchie code in Sar ged and if there is interference or obstruction must ant tvs Vust to mention a few decisions or ust be made at once. A Man must be a we rmj1 v 8ame to be even a Good across a few such personalities in our tenure in it looks like the Darmstadt comets and Wiesbaden flyers two of the three top clubs in the Safe Germany conference get a Chance to get Richer this weekend against weaker foes. The comets a game ahead of the flyers and the Ramstein rams invade Sembach while Wiesbaden is at Home to Rhein main s rockets. Darmstadt 15-5 probably has the tougher Row to Hoe because Sembach s tigers Are a .500 club at 9-9. Wiesbaden pits a 13-5 record against Rhein main s 2-18 log. In the other weekend series Halm s Hawks 3-15 take on the Pitburg Barons 10-8 who still possess Pennant aspirations although the by Ben Abrams staff writer flame seems to be sits this weekend two weeks remain in regular season Competition Fol lowing the upcoming series and none of the top three Are pitted against each other Clown the stretch run. Germany conference won lost pet. G8 schedule the Marc league races still a three team race. But Pace setting kit Zingen 11-1 can eliminate one of the contenders saturday and sunday when the Kolts play third place Schwein Furt 7-5which trails by fou games. On the other hand Schweinfurt which hosts the sat urday game and plays at Kitzing Gen sunday could tighten up the Marne race considerably with a sweep. Runner up Wuerzburg 9-4 visits Herzo base 6-9 saturday and hosts the flyers , trailing by 2y 2, could also be eliminated this weekend by losing a pair while the Kolt swept two. Aschaffenbur 5-7 goes Toad Kissinger 4-8 saturday and hosts bad k sunday in the third Marne league series. Wild Flecken draws the Bye. The 8th div and com z have completed their regular sea sons but the latter is holding abet of three title playoff Between Giessen and 3rd support brigade this weekend. The standings and weekend schedule Usa eur 3rd army div league won lost pet. 1st brigade 6 2 .750x2nd brigade 4 2 .6h7 3rd brigade 2 4 .333discom 2 4 .333 div arty 4 .333x-first-half Champion saturday sunday games Iscom is. 2nd brigade Drake Edwards Cavern Frankfurt 2 arty is 3rd brigade Pioneer Cavern Hanau 2 .1st brigade completed second half Piny. 4th army div league won lost pet. Go 1st brigade 15 6 .714 seventh army . 14 8 .ii3fi 1 division he 13 9 .591 2 i 2nd brigade 12 9 .571 33rd brigade 11 11 .500 1 i support come. 0 15 .375 71,-. Div arty 2 is .100 i saturday sunday game division he is. Seventh army ., at Grafe Woehr 2 .3rd brigade is. 2nd brigade at or Langen 2 .1st brigade is. Div arty at Furui 1 come Bye. Go 13 33 Darmstadt 15 5 .750wiesbaden 13 5 .722 Ramstein 4 6 .700bitburg 10 8 .556 Sembach 9 9 .500 Hahn 3 15 .167rhein-main 2 18 .100 saturday sunday game Rhein main at Wiesbaden Darmstadt at Sembach Hahn at Pitburg Ramstein Bye 11 46 1113 Marne league won lost pet. Go kit Zingen 11 1 .917 Wuerzburg 9 4 .6 2 2i Schweinfurt 7 5 .5s3 4aschaffenburg 5 7 .417 6 Herzo base 6 9 .100 u Ibad Kissinger 4 8 .333 7 Wil Flecken 3 12 .200 9saturday s games kit Zingen at Schweinfurt 2 at bad kissing in 2 . Wuerzburg at Herzo base 2 . Wildo Ecken Bye. Sunday s games Schweinfurt at Kitzinger 2 .bad Kissinger at Aschaffenbur 2 . Herzo base at Wuerzburg 2 . Wil Flecken Bye Harlall Ink ii Lub ila4. �1 Xiuyan. Who is completing a three year tour of works a u he realizes that scoring a baseball game1 a ? and Hng two plus two. Filo t e doubt that Jonn Kennedy baseball Lover andr s Rennit. 1s woul have relished turning in an official i on that Berlin Taurus District baseball facsimile. Eagles greyhounds vie for com z Loop Pennant Darmstadt Germany is the com league baseball championship will be decided this weekend when the Giessen eagles and3rd support brigade greyhounds play off a regular season tie in a Best of three two clubs wound up the season with 16-3 records the greyhounds pulling even by win Ning twice in the last weekend of action while the eagles were enjoying a first game takes place at depot Field in Giessen saturday afternoon at 1 . Wit the second and if necessary contests slated for Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart sunday. The first sunday contest also starts at one o clock. The 3rd support brigade which is not Acom z unit has already been assured a berth in the aug. 17-sept. 2 Usa eur Champion ships As the representative of the seventh army support come. Giessen must take part in a special playoff to determine the com z entry in the usar eur eliminations. The eagles will meet the Winner of a series Between com z league co Hort Karlsruhe and the Herzo base jets Acom z unit which competed in the Maine league but was ineligible for that Loop berth in Usa eur because of geographical reasons. The Karlsruhe spartans orzo base playoffs Are scheduled aug. 2-4 with the Winner meet ing Giessen aug. 10-11. \
