European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Aug it 4, rain halts Woodlawn the stars and stripes log 21 Start again Ramstein Germany is water water everywhere that s the Story of the ill fated Lith an Nual Woodlawn International invitational Golf tournament As a incessant Supply of the stuff from above caused the washout of the first round of play for the second straight Day Here Satur Day the Rains on saturday were not As heavy As those that cause Friday s cancellation but t h e y were steady and just after thelast of the morning foursomes had cleared the first and 10thtees at about 11 ., the tournament committee made the determination that the greens were unplayable and called it second straight delay forced the officials to make the decision they were reluctant to make on Friday to carry t h meet Over until monday. Sun Day s schedule will prevail a adjusted Friday except that the first starting time will be move Dup to the original 8 The schedule that was to have been played on saturday will then be played on monday de pending on the availability of golfers. Many of the amateurs will be unable to stay Over the extra Day. Hartwig should know remembering drier Days Herb Hartwig left an Gerard de wit the Only two players to have competed in every Woodlawn open Chat about Tiow Nice the weather used to be i tournaments past. Is photo by Schuelter local sports postponement tvs new to Tea Stein meet by John Williamson staff writer Ramstein Germany is it s the first time in 11 years that weather has caused a postponement said Herb Hartwig As he sat in the Woodlawn club House and watched the rain pour i ing Down outside after officials j had called off the first round of play in the Woodlawn open for the second Day in a Row. Herb was sought out As a authority because he along with professional Gerard de wit shares the distinction of being business is slow seems like they should have on the sign there being two and a half of Shmu. But were was t work enough for even one during the opening two ays of the Woodlawn tournament. The Wash outs kept things pretty quiet around the scoring table which is manned. Ers by mrs. George Navarri with her daughter Nicole at. And mrs. Robert Mie. Is photo by Sci Weller the 3rd support brigade greyhounds have demonstrated the have a real championship club on the Diamond. And in fan sup port they have to rate Superior As in the matter of hospitality the brigade has got to be at the Bottom of the league officially. Maybe that s because the official responsibility rests with the a a Section and the a Roffi cer is one 1st it. Ronald Arndt. Maybe not but All we can goby Are first impressions and they Aren t very Good. When a reporter covering a baseball game on assignment literally get a chair yanked out from under him and there is non placement offered. When he is compelled to set up his pres Box on lop of a pile of cinder blocks by the fourth inning the stands were pretty full and not a very Good place to score the game anyway relations Are Likely to be a bit strained. Stuttgart s Robinson Barracks like Many baseball and football Fields these Days does t have a press Box. But what s More it does t even have a raised vip Section. We can t imagine Why someone Down there has t insisted on a raised vip stand. That does t indicate much interest in the greyhounds from the higher Echelon at least not before the team began to become a real con tender in the com z at Stuttgart had been after us at stripes sports for a Little More coverage of the greyhounds. Geography complicate coverage because Stuttgart is Well Over 100 Miles away and a 2-3i hour drive one Way from is in Darmstadt. The Good lieu tenant has t helped things. Unofficial support Fine it s too bad too because the greyhounds seem to have a. Fin club which has t appeared to have been blessed with very much official support. Judging from the Large enthusiastic crowd which stayed for All 12 innings of sunday s com z playoff clincher the unofficial support is just Fine. Those were real cheers echoing fro the stands when the hounds twice surged from behind then won it in the Bottom of the 12th a just Reward for a Well played exciting contest one of the Best Ever witnessed by this reporter in almost six seasons of viewing service appreciate the cooperative spirit exhibited by the inform Ion office and seventh army support come Sentinel represent Ives the baseball players and the Robinson Barracks dispensary rom where we wrote and filed our report he Only golfer to have teed off the first playing of the event n 1958, and in each of the 10ubsequent tourneys. Hartwig was a full colonel Inge air Force and a Wing com Nander at Ramstein when the tournament was inaugurated 10 ears ago. He remained on Active duty at this base through 1959 and 1960 before his retirement rom the that time everyone was calling it the Johnny Pant Nopen chuckled Herb As he re called the first three years. Pan on a professional playing out of Scotland had won the fir three titles in succession. And All three without Evern Illing a Wood club out of his jag continued was fabulous with his Irons and used a no. 2 Iron of the tee on All the Par 4s and 5s." Herb continued to turn up forthe tournament each year after Liis retirement and several years later accepted the Post of us afe athletic director at wies Baden possibly to make the commuting easier. Last year he went into full retirement and re turned to the states. But he s Back again for the , it s a string of about 12 tournaments he explained. There was the German open a Cologne last week and after this one there s the annual affair att. Moritz and then the Swiss attributed the apparent Lack of big name golfers in the year s event to the decline of big time Golf in the British Isles actually the Field Here is Abou the Best available in Europe,1lie pointed out. The golfers playing Here Are the Bigge names in the european tour. It s just that there Are Noso Many stars playing Over Hen co if i Liu d do thanks Fellows. You Reserve the proverbial orchids but to that other fellow go the of bouquets a lot of credit has to go to Larry mecuistion. Who took Over As greyhound manager in was More or less the people s Choice his teammates voted him the Honor. The greyhounds themselves admit they wer Busy fighting each other that they hardly had time to devote to he other Mccuistion changed that. He demanded their respect and ill Siance. And quickly got it. And the players admitted they finally a fixed there were so Many factors against them that they had better fight together not each other. Though he s Only an e-4, he really takes charge on Thefield and off. And the other Grey hounds Are with him 100 per Larry started the year As a Utility infielder and had never had any managing experience before this year. He still does t like it particularly. The toughest thing in the world is to sit and watch a Ball game he admits. But the re sults he s produced Are impressive 9-1 in the greyhounds last10 com z league games including the last eight in a Row. That plus two straight from Giessen in the com z unless there is a rapid and unexpected change t h hounds May go into the Var eur tournament with the Small est squad in recent memory 14 men. Small in numbers but not in they get some of that inspiration from Echol Haynes the top ranking Man on the team in either uniform. He leads the club in hitting .384 and is tops in rank too As a sergeant Hanoi we Are told has a night shift in his communications unit that often runs into extra hours. He often manages no More than 4-5 hours sleep vet he arises at noon and shows up at the Field ready to go the team s been adaptable and Mccuistion feels that s been very important too especially with a Short squad. There s not an Mede on the squad who has t played at least three positions or hardly a player on the squad who has t doubled up some Heie. When it came right Down to the wire the team "8 � w both Kaim a in a series with Hanau. The other seventh am sup port come unit in the com z league the hounds a i up i unit it Bec Ause John Gilderson tin Ace from last cais am 1 a Ted and this year s top , Terry Ley had an injured Bob Grover who had t worked too much and tha 11 the in started the opener was bombed for five runs in the ii Binnings yet found himself to shut out the hurricanes the rest of the was. Then Rick leavens wrapped it up Ith a cutout. That s the kind of spirit that has made the hounds run Alland could Well run them i i into the finals of the baseball tournament. Larry Mccuistion
