European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page 21 browsing with Benny Jav ii version of soccer they re talking and trying a new soccer system in the . And Calabar the new version there s no offsides four 25-minute Quad in f Rind Back in penalty zones and last but not least Side Ter j my the Field to keep the Ball in play. � am to a few people including myself think it could prove Toi. We to what is considered the most popular sport in Many a a of the world. However As the old saying goes trying  old dog new tricks is mighty Tough. The new system named aptly enough the american soccer sys i in Developer and rules maker is the brainchild of Josef Etin i lied Hungary in 1956 and became a Canadian  system has several innovations but the Mam one is elimination of the controversial offside Rule which prompts a lot Fiser Esthe old system it s strictly up to the referee whether Argaver is nearer his opponents goal than the Ball at the moment i i kicked to him. The exception of course is when two opponents Are still Between the player and the goal on a Solo or tandem offensive dash Down the Field. The new system allows a player to be anywhere As in the fast break in basketball. Iron brigade tops disco to share second half title seen As saving sport Martin who played with the crack Ferenc varos soccer club before departing his native land believes the new system will save  soccer in its present form is dying in Europe in South America and certainly in North America he adds. The new game is Many times faster assures More goals and is More exciting. I truly be Lieve it Wilt save the  there s a lot of room Here for argument with Martin s opinion. But first let s see what soccer Fol Lowers think. In an Effort to Speed up the game the new version will enclose the Field in a 30-Inch-High plywood Wall on the sidelines and Corners. The Ball can be played on the Bounce off the Wall As wit the puck in ice hockey. The new rules thus eliminate the tedious two hand throw ins each time the Ball is declared out of  also eliminated All the minor fouls so there is no break in the flow of play Martin , let s not forget that there still will be penalty shots for the five major fouls charging kicking tripping holding an handling but these shots will be taken from a 23-Yard line rather than the famed 11-meter Mark which converts to not quite 12 Yards. An assist Tor goalies ack to the new soccer which has t been tried in Europe yet to our knowledge it certainly favors the goalie on the penalty backup. Martin figures there will be six to eight penalty shots pregame under the new system and believes the goalie has a better than 50 per cent Chance of scoring a save. Against a Good kicker inthe present game he has almost no Chance Martin adds. Martin also reported recently we have played Many game with the new system in Toronto As we developed the rules and Are now playing regular practice games in our training Camp. We find Thern Are 80 to 90 shots on goal each game and six or eight goals or More for each  adds up to Speed and action and Martin seems to have hit he Nail on the head again with the observation and that s what the fans want  claims attendance Down Artin is hoping to take his new system on a playing tour to every major soccer City in the world. That remains to be see but the former hungarian firmly believes there is interest every count6 cer attendance is slowly going Down in nearly every it ilr115 ave clanged and sports must change too. People Are not a spied with the old rules set up 100 years  in in Sig the founder of the new game adds i believe the than an Crinan soccer league will be the most interested in whhfhi8 � our rules since it obviously is having a financial failure win the present  Taoac any sures to Back up Martin s claims that the Asl is a financial headache. However it was generally Vith most barters that the founders and backers All up and Toh Hdldn t expect to set the Box office on fire by any add nut nation during the first few years of their new this i me of them new have Money to throw away but Aci habit usually gets old after a couple of years. More Appeal in . A Foit system wow certainly appear to have More Appeal a Speed n?1can fans where the emphasis without a doubt i world Cun action j. For one liking German fuss Ball and the a uld Hammy at o1 Igina Ted in England just the Way it is rating period 3ectlon to giving the new soccer an extended but i Beli Vraa a Eno Sivh we would have a Nard time Selling it to the Ger Vansand nov enc italians dutch spaniards brazilians 01 Don t take ikriii3 l of countless other countries. They simply just most any Hyvl i ? maj a changes in a sport that s rated no. Hockey a.  of North  a at trick aces so Why could t soccer have v 1j Iii / Frankfurt special Theiron brigade from the 2nd Bri Gade beat disco 6-2, her sunday to gain a tie for the second half championship with1st brigade in the 3rd army div  league leaders wound up regular play with identical 6-2records and will meet in a one game playoff next saturday. If2nd brigade wins it takes the league championship and advances to the Usa eur playoffs because it won the first half  1st brigade wins a Best of three series will be staged the weekend of aug. 10-11 disco wound up second half play witha 2-6 record. Each team scored one run inthe first 2nd brigade getting its on Don Lear s single an stolen base and Joe Kelly s hit stars and s trips local sports and disco coming Back when Ron Larson walked the first four Guys he faced. He settled Dowland escaped further damage. The Iron brigade tallied twice in the 3rd on singles by Rusty Diamond Kelly and Leon quails and added another pair in the seventh on Doug Johnson s sin Gle a sacrifice an error a walk a Force out at Home and Barr Weaver s hit. Johnson s single an error an Kelly s third hit of the Day gave 2nd brigade its final run in the top of the ninth. Disco got its last Marker in the Home half of the ninth on a walk a sacrifice an infield out another walk Anda double steal. Control difficulties Prague Larson in the first and last innings As he issued six of his eight walks. He fanned 11 and a Lowell Only three hits. 2nd brigade 102 000 2016 10 0discom 100 000 0012 4 5 Larson and Thompson Kirk and i Lovix. A Larson 5-2. A Kirk 2-1. Arty topples 4th army champs on Difeo s Homer comets Down tigers 4-0, behind Luke Sembach Germany special Jerry Luke fired a five hit shut out and helped his own cause witha first inning Home run to Pace Darmstadt to a 4-0 Victory Ove Sembach Here sunday and keep the comets in a virtual tie for first place in the Safe germ a n y Confer ence  comets now 16-6, remained a few percentage Points behind Wiesbaden 15-5 which demolished Rhein main 15-3, Sun Day. Luke poked his third Homer in the opening Frame and that turned out to Bethe Only run he needed for his ninth win As he held off the Tiger with 11 strikeouts. He walked  comets added their second run in the third inning when sem Bach hurler de Bosch walked Jim Kerins Charlie Malloy and Luke with Kurins scoring on Al Jenkins sacrifice  pushed across two More runs in the eighth. Bob Taylor walked took third on Larry Groeber s single and score Don a passed Ball. Steve Rangel s single brought in Groeber. Darmstadt 101 000 020-4 7 2 Sembach 000 000 000-0 5 2luke and Taylor. Bosch and easter. A Luke 9-2. A Bosch 0-2. Or Darmstadt Luke 3. Fuerth Germany special with the 4th army div league championship already sewed up for them the 1st brigade mountaineers bowed to last place div arty 11-9, Here sunday on artillerymen Dan Difeo s three run Homer in the eighth inning. Difeo s 330-foot clout Oyer the left Field Fence brought div arty from a 9-8 deficit to Victory inthe 4th army season finale. The mountaineers had clinched the league Crown saturday when they beat div arty 8-6, in the second game of a double header after the artillerymen had won the opener 5-4. First brigade finished with a16-8 record one game ahead of seventh army training Cente which whipped third place Divi Sion he 15-3, sunday. Div. Arty wound up with a 4-19 record. Mountaineer manager Roge Wooder started sunday s game on the Mound making the switch from his usual spot As first base Luke coach. Wooder yielded seven div arty runs in the first two innings six of them in the Sec Ond and departed in favor of Bob Brackett who yielded Only one More run in the third before Difeo socked the winning blow inthe eighth. Rudy Roug Boug who relieve div arty starter Dick Adams in the sixth picked up the pitching Victory his first after seven straight losses. 1st brigade 013 122 0009 div arty 161 000 03x11 Wooder Brackett 3 and Guimbellot Vandersommen 3lewandowski i Adams Roug Boug 6 and Welling Grinner of. Or div arty Difeo. . Yachts Nab first 3 places travel duende Germany up . Yachts were officially placed 1-2-3 in the final standings of the Bermuda trave duende transatlantic race Sun Day. The North German regatta club which organized the 3,524 nautical mile Handicap race declared America s indigo the win Ner. The winning yacht c a stained by Samuel k. Wellman of Bedford Ohio at 76 the oldest skipper in the race covered the distance in 17 Days 11 hours,59.21 minutes. Auro ii commanded by Wal lace Olenhouse of Chicago was second with a time of 17 14 28.13days. A third american yacht guinevere completed the race in 17 22 02.40 Days to take third  prize Winner in t h e race was ondine skippered by new York millionaire s. A. Long which was first past the finish ing line without however Over coming its Handicap. Pitburg Henry tip Hawks 7-6 Pitburg Germany special Ron Henry a Center fielder by Trade picked up his second re Lief win in two Days Here Sun Day As the Pitburg Baron nudged the stubborn Hahn Hawks 7-6, in a Safe Ger Many conference baseball game. The Victory kept Pitburg s title Hopes alive in the Pennant Chase by upping the Barons rec Ord to 12-8. Hahn suffered its 17th loss in 20 games. Henry s triple following walk to Al Graham accounted for the winning run in the Bot Tom of the eighth inning. Walks and hit batsmen were the big problem for harm s Tom Chand Ler All afternoon. He issued 11 passes and h i three batters and two errors two wild pitches and three passed balls made scoring easy for the Barons. Hahn slammed out 11hits in its bid for an upset win but Henry closed the Gate in thelast two innings. Hahn 022 001 1006 11 2 bit ural 102 002 11x7 5 7 Chandler and Bai Hmann Llos Inion him by 8 and Graham. A Henry c2-0. A Chandler 0-7. Bonn in team beats Berlin Bonn Germany special Rocky Hughes pitched a three hitter Here sunday As Bonn won the District 1 North Section Little league tournament with a 7-0victory Over Berlin. The win in the if necessary con test of a double elimination tour Ney qualifies Bonn to meet wies Baden in a Best of three series opening tuesday at Bonn for the District championship. That win Ner will Advance to the Germany tournament scheduled for ram Stein aug. 4-8. Hughes struck out four men and did t Issue a walk As he picked up his second win in the Section eliminations. Doug Reed was the loser for Berlin. Mike pcs Auto paced the Bon attack with three singles in Throe trips to the plate. He also drove Home two markers. Dave Shaw had two hits As Bonn pounded out a total of 10 for the game