European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Poge 21 to Tonc comes a packet from de Reich the us Desea a. Hli affairs officer from Karlsruhe full of info on perhaps n v worthwhile organization in organized sports. To plus duffers association us a mind you and charter cube ship is open to anybody with a Liberal Outlook on Golf. Onirine believed for years that the Only Way to effectively re. Rep Stine on the Golf course would be to legalize it i naturally Eto is to my application to join. Any Day now. Get a Load of their poop Sheet tha United states duffers association was founded in 1964 would of golfers who sought Freedom from guilt because i Nupp Sarv Rule violations. Violations which seemed unfair when leered in Light of course differences equipment and objectives a Ftp name of Golf. It was decided that instead of continually dub rules the rules should be changed. Actually All in Posda is doing is legalizing what most golfers Are Aoingan Vav the  rules Are too complicated and strict for week and slavers who Are forced to play on something much less than the finely manicured courses of the pea  the us a now claims nearly 5,000 members and its avowed Coal is to become Golf s largest organization. There s even an official us a tournament this year being played All Over. Mem Bers go out and play a round according to us a rules of course then Send in their scorecards. The winning cards Are pulled out of a big hat. Little league action Wiesbaden s 6-run rally beats Bonn in District 1 Bonn Germany special Wiesbaden exploded for six runs in the third inning to break a4-4 tie and key its 12-4 Victory Here tuesday in the opener Ofa Best of three series for the Little league Germany District 1  winners had three hits but capitalized on three of eight Bonn errors a hit batsman and three fielder s choices. Andrejonas scored the go ahead tally on a  Lytle who went the first four frames for Wiesbaden waste Winner. He struck out five walked two and contributed a pair of singles. Doug Simpson added two shutout frames for  took a 4-0 Lead in the top of the second As Gary Lauffenburger singled in two tallies. But Carl Giese blasted a three run Homer in the Bottom of the inning and Wiesbaden went on to tie it 4-4.giese also had a single to go with the Homer and Dave Thom As also had two singles for the winners. Rocky Hughes was 3 for-3 for  Dominic Lowery took the defeat for Bonn lasting three innings. David Shaw finished up. Local sports rules changed actually the us a rules differ Only slightly from Golf s  rules considered unfair by the us a Are simply changed in the us a Rule Book. For instance the Duffer is not penalized when his Ball is stopped or deflected by himself his partner caddies equipment or his opponent s Ball. The Duffer May clean or replace his Ball at any time any where without penalty. And he is not penalized for any accidental moving of his Ball. Any time the Ball rests in footprints or unrated portion of the Sand trap it May be moved without penalty. No penalty for hitting the Fla stick from on or off the Green. Reduced penalty with options on whether to continue from tee or trouble spot on out of Bounds shots. The Duffer May carry any number of clubs he likes. And an Type. The whiff is considered an act of god. It does t count. The us a rules committee it is explained at the end of there rebook is Ever on the Lookout for More suggestions and can be expected to come out with More modifications of Golf s unfair rules in supplements to the Rule Book. Membership in the us a costs $1 per lifetime and new Mem Bers get a goodies packet including an engraved certificate Wallet card official us a Rule Book two sketches of Duffy the organization s Mascot a subscription to the us a news letter and other us a promotion materials. Several other options then there Are a few options. For $4.95, plus 10 percent for postage and handling you get the membership materials plus Inree official us a Golf balls absolutely guaranteed against cuts for one year. Comparable in whiteness and construction in any Ball made a us a decal a tee packet and an official Ball Marker. Local chapters of the us a Are sanctioned if they can come up with 25 members or More. Anybody interested in starting that inn sends in his wishes and the us a mails him the names and molasses of All present us a members in his area. Golf dubs leagues and other organizations Are also invited up local chapters by themselves. They must agree to play a dig to us a rules at All sponsored us a chapter a i it Chapt is Are allowed to make exceptions to us a f sir As the us a makes exceptions to Golf s rules. Fair 2 champs named in god athletics Ramstein Gernian Spe Cial it took a special playoff to determine the Germany sports District Golf league Champion but Sembach breezed to the fast pitch softball championship. The Ramstein Golf team beat Wiesbaden on playoff at Frank Furt by seven strokes 307-314, after the two clubs had tied inthe regular season Competition. Erik Lowe and George Thomp son had 75s to Pace the Ramstein win. Jim Cook and Tom Petti grew were Low for Wiesbaden with 77  ran up a 16-2 record in winning the fast pitch softball Crown beating out runner up Rhein main by three  finished third. Berlin currently ranks fourth with a 9-7record but needs to win a make up game against Hahn aug. 3to retain that position. The fast pitch standings w in us a has membership in the u.s., Germany Bac � i Arabia Laos Thailand Japan and Canada claims by to i. The founder and president of the organization. It has1v?ral of its promotional sheets the us a Points out that i vips of ? a stand like every other Golf organization on Roberto and a masters mistake. He signed an incorrect scorecard 1 cily a ked scorecard says Root we play a us game of  n mid or a l sorts of information on the us a May t Tkv inn voting the duffers association . Box 283, a j-u/2, v a a dollars Fth address for entering the tournament which costs los the f l uni Lude membership. Rounds must be played Dur Day up nys of aus St preferably on National duffers Ople. And scorecards have to be attested by two other by Tel me it s my Only Chance to win a National Golf trophy. Foster Kos Charlie polite in third round West Springfield mass a Bob Foster in his first fight since winning the Light heavyweight title from Dick Tiger last May scored a technical knockout Over Charlie polite of Springfield at 22 seconds of the third round monday night. Foster dropped polite for an eight count in the second round and at the Bell put his opponent on the Canvas with a barrage of left right combinations. Referee de Bradley stopped the scheduled 10-round fight when Foster caught polite with a hard right and opened up a Cut under his  was outweighed by 20 pounds going into the fight at179, four pounds Over the Light heavyweight limit.th1 Victory was Foster s 31 is in 35 fights. Polite of Spring Field has a 15-7-3  crowd of 5,500 paid a Gross of $20,000 to see the fight at the Eastern coliseum. Explorers add coach Philadelphia up Curt Fromal the 5-foot, 9-Inch Litt Leall America player who led la Salle College s basketball Tea to the National invitation tournament in 1964-65, has been appointed freshman and assistant varsity basketball coach of the explorers. 5e 7 8 99 1014 18 pet. .889 .722 .667 .563 .556 .500 .500 .444 .125 .000 Zombach 16rhein-Muln 3 Darmstadt 12berlin 9 Wiesbaden 10afcent9 Birkenfeld 9hot 8 Hahn 2ramstein 0 in slow pitch softball the 86th and and Ramstein Are dead locked with 7-3 records one game ahead of Frankfurt sem Bach and Wiesbaden. Games scheduled for aug. 11have been moved up to aug. 4 according to an announcement from commissioner Chris geor gis office to enable the teams to take part in an invitational tournament at Rota Spain aug. 8-11.the slow pitch standings w 86th and. 7ramsti in. 7 Frankfurt. 6sombach6 Wiesbaden. 6rhein-miiin3 Darmstadt. 2ilahn1 l 3 3 44 4 5 8 7 pet. .700 .700 .600 .000too i75200 .125 the second game of the series which determines the District 1representative in the Germany la tourney aug. 4-8 at r a a Stein will be played at 1 . Wednesday. An if necessary third game is slated for the same time thursday. Heidelberg defeats Darmstadt in dist. 3 Rhein main Germany Spe Cial Lethander Greg Kluetz hit a Home run and had a one hitter for five innings but two doubles in the sixth gave Heidel Berg a 2-1 Victory Over Darm Stadt in the opening game of abet of three series for the Ger Many Little league District 3championship. Kluetz yielded Back to Back doubles to Steve Schmidt an Gary Baxter in the top of the sixth Frame for the decisive Marker. He fanned 13 hitters. 54 pitches Winner John Konitzer needed Only 54 pitches and had an eight hitter himself in picking up his third tournament Victory. He fanned six and did t walk any  scored first on Terry Porter s bunt single a error and two passed balls. Kluetz had struck out the first nine hitters to face  evened the count with his Home run in the fifth  two teams play again Here at 2 30 . Wednesday with Anil necessary third game set for thursday. Com i Golf deadline set Garmisch Germany Spe Cial _ deadline for entry in the 1968 com z invitational Golf tournament aug. 21-24 at the Garmisch Golf course has been set for aug. 16.the 72-Hole medal tourney will consist of two divisions open and senior. Six Man teams rescheduled for the open division while four Man squads will com prise the senior 45 years of age on or before aug. 20  player May compete in both  of the top three places in each division will be awarded prizes. The team championship will be determined by the lowest five shooters of the 10 entries both open and senior divisions from each team. Com z softball meet slated aug. 27-sept. 1 Frankfurt special the commanding officer of the Hessen support District will Host this year s com z company level softball championship a double elimination tourney Here aug. 27 to sept 1.the Winner will Advance to the 1968 Usa eur company level softball championship beginning sept. 14.a team managers meeting is scheduled for 7 . Aug. 26 atthe Hessen support District 3811 gymnasium at which time team rosters including 16 players one coach and one manager from each team will be presented to the technical adviser. Packers lose Horn to army Reserve duty Green Bay wis. A second year quarterback Don Horn has been called up for six months Active duty with his army Reserve unit at it. Camp Bell ky., the Green Bay pack ers announced , who completed 10 of 23 passes in thursday s Infra squad game was Green Bay s first draft pick from san Diego state in 1967.he was expected to play be Hind ail  Bart Starr this sea son. The action leaves the Packer with Starr Veteran Zeke brat Kowski and Rookie Bill Stevens from  paso