European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Hog 22 the stars and stripes wednesday August 7, 1961ttamstetn ou#1# Wuerzburg some soggy soggy and foggy notes on the German grand prix. First off if nothing else the three Days of solid fog rain and resultant mud proved that Auto racing has the most Loyal fans of any sport in the world. Although Only 200,000 showed up As against the expected 300,000, that in t exactly bad As the race was run under the worst possible c9nditions. Postponement threats Hung continually in the air and just As morosely As the miserable fog Bank that Hung continually Over the track. But finally fog or no the Drivers roared off and Jackie Stewart came through in fantastic fashion. Everyone who saw racing under those conditions can easily see Why these Are the world s top Drivers. A Chat with Chapman after the race we were Lucky enough to get a Brief inter View with Colin Chapman and Graham Hill in the rain proof Lotus Van. It came through the Good offices of Alan Lathan a briton in our party who knows Chapman and Hill. Another British racing Buff Paul Hopkins and i were welcomed into the Van As Hill endeavoured to wring out some wet clothing. Hill was t too Happy about his race and Chapman s main con Cern seemed to be with the Lotus Van s return to England. A few questions to Chapman however produced these answers yes the Wing on the formula cars is Here to stay As it does hold Down the lightweight racers through the turns. The Lotus Wing displaced High above the rear wheels to avoid the air turbulence the wheel spin produces. Yes the . Auto club s Cut to 11.99limitation of Turbine engine intake will eliminate Turbine cars from Chapman who has a big stake in turbines agree with Andy Granatelli who has sponsored these cars that with the further Cut in the intake Competition against Piston engined race cars is virtually recall writing some three months ago that if Sac was to avoid the Turbine Challenge they would have to eliminate tur Bines. It figured that they would and they did. No Surprise. But Back to the nuer Burgering. Hill and Chapman agreed that weather conditions during the race were the worst they had Ever seen. So did Vic Elford the great rally Driver now piloting scooper Brm. Elford however looked at it from another Angle. It s really Tough trying to see through the fog he said but it s also going to be bad for spectators As they la have a hard time seeing the race. Hope it clears up for All of very gentlemanly regard for the customers Don t you think in the Dan Gurney for president Van America s top Driver no apologies to . Foyt fans said it had been a bad year but he would return again in 1969 with his Eagle cars for full Campaign. Gurney also said he was extremely Happy about the support he receives from americans living in Europe. He still Hopes to become the first american to become world Champion in an american designed car and we can Only wish him the Best of Luck. Jochen Rindt the affable austrian turned gloomy momentarily As he looked at the fog Laden skies then cheered up As i asked him about his Victory in the austrian f-2 race. Rindt won both heats there and adding his bit about the sprouting of wings on this year s cars said he was All for them and that they increased his times in the austrian race by a second a Lap. It was Nice to see Jochen come through at the ring with third place As it was his first finish since his other third place in the South african grand prix Jan. 1. One of these Days he s going to have the Victory he Well deserves. Wiesbaden posts 2-1 win Over Heidelberg in la by Ben Abram staff writer Ramstein Germany is Wiesbaden gained a berth in the finals and Ramstein stayed alive Here tuesday As the Germany Little league tournament con scored its second consecutive eighth inning Victory beating Heidelberg 2-1, to become the Only unbeaten teaming the double elimination tournament and Ramstein ousted Wuerzburg 5-1, in a losers bracket Battle. So on wednesday the schedule called for Ramstein and Heidel Berg to stage a rematch of their tournament opener with the Winner taking on Wiesbaden thursday. An if necessary game is scheduled for Friday. All remaining contests Are scheduled for 4 Germany Champion will Advance to the european eliminations scheduled to Start sunday at Bonn. Ramstein i defending Germany Champion. Andre Jones a Fleet outfielder who scored the winning run in Hill clings to Lead before leaving the German grand prix Here s a Brief rundown on the world Drivers championship. Hill still leads with 30, then comes Stewart with 26, and Jacky icky with 23. Denny Hulme i fourth with 15, Pedro Rodriquez fifth with 11 and Chris Amon sixth with 10. To Siffert Jean Pierre Beloise and Bruce Mclaren Al have nine and John Surtees and Rindt each have eight Points. Jack Brabham s fifth place at the ring gave him 2 Points his first on the Board this season believe it or not. Another racing tragedy moving unto the formula 2 scene Jean Pierre Belloise hold san unassailable Lead with 45 Points after his Zand Voort Victory in his Matra. No. 2 Matra Man Henri Pescarolo follows with25 Points. At Zan Dvoor another Fine Driver Chris Lambert lost his life in this blackest of years for motor sports. Lambert a 24-year-old chemistry graduate of Birmingham England University was on of the fastest Young men on the f-2 circuit. He went into for Mula 3 racing in 1965 and in 66 he gave up his Job As an Indus trial chemist to concentrate on driving full time. He was very Quick this year in his f-2 Brabham Ford and had a Good presence on the racing circuits with ice Cream bar in one hand and a soft drink in the other will be a happier note Brian Redman and Chris Irwin both arc recovering Well from their injuries. A final item Guy Ligiero France and Alan Rees of Britain both have announced their retirement from racing. Where to go this weekend in Germany the top attraction is at Bockenheim where the third european formula 3 Challenge will take place. This is an inter nation race and each european country May enter a Tea of three f3 cars and Drivers. Switzerland won last year and is the Host nation. As racing is banned in Switzerland the Swiss will hold the race at Bockenheim. Practice will be conducted from 8 . Until 4 . Saturday with racing to begin at 9 30on sunday. F-3 racing starts at 1 15. La England the eighth round in the formula 2 Champion ship will be staged at Croft. With the against Heidel out. He lined a Soond on and galloped plate Arl Liese s bin crawling Home Heidelberg s Steve Schmidt crawls safely across Home plate on a wild pitch in the midst of a six run rally against Ramstein in an opening Day contest in the Germany Little league tournament. Trying to make the play on Schmidt arc Pitcher Rocky Torbert on ground first baseman to Powell an Catcher Dwain Rogers. Heidelberg won the tilt 7-3, but lost a monday contest to Wiesbaden 2-1. Ramstein came Back to take its second game by Downing Wuerzburg 5-1, setting the stage for a rematch with Heidelberg in the losers bracket wednes Days a photo by Schuetzler Yawkey sees three 1m Lull major loops Boston a red so owner Tom Yawkey says base Ball eventually will have three eight team major leagues in Stead of the two 12-team league planned for next year. The two division setup arranged for each league next season is just a Stopgap Yawkey said in an interview with columnist Al Hirshberg published monday in the Boston Herald declined to estimate when the switch to three leagues might be made but said he is convinced it will become necessary. It takes some people a longtime to see the obvious. It might be years. But it will happen he said. It has to come. The old 154-game schedules were the Best and most economical and the Only Way you can have them is with eight club said a determination of How to split the leagues would take some study but he suggested that it should probably be done in the meantime Yawkey said baseball has no alternative to the two divisional arrangement. Overtime again Heidelberg us r i i 1 i i 1 o Porter p 3010 4010 Baxter c 4 02 04120 bully 21 4110 3000 us 4010 3000 Lelh lf-3b 4000 .1 0 0 0 Schmidt it 40103000 do kaon in 2001 1000 Stuwart 3b 1000 Wiesbaden us r h by Thomas 3b Tipton p Jones of Somphon if lest in Lytic 8�mcnulty of Jornson 2li Lunn Tuii t h 0000 Dunn 2b 1000 clerk c 3000 Mcc Ray pm Mullens cd 1000 2000 the eighth inning of Wiesbaden opening Day Triumph Over Burg sped Home clincher again Berg with one .,u1single to right took second passed Ball Andward on c double which fell just his de left Field foul line. A Given the Lead in the top of thinning right hander Dave Tipton took control in the Bottom of the Frame and got two outs on come Back grounders before fanning Steve Schmidt to end the Battle Wiesbaden took a 1-0 Lead inthe third inning. Dave Thomas led off with a walk and moved to second on Tipton s single to left Jones popped to Short and when John Konitzer threw to first in a vain attempt to double off Tipton Thomas broke for third. He raced All the Way borne when the return throw of away from third baseman Marc had Tipton on the ropes a few times but could score Only in the Bottom of the sixth and the Gutty Little right hander got out of a big Jam then with Only one run. Rick Bailey outly used an in Field roller and lined a double Down the right Field fou line. Danny Lewis bit Back to shortstop Jim Lytle and All run ners were Safe when Lytle made the play to the plate and Bailey wisely ducked Back to third. Then Tipton whiffed Schmidt but Eric Dickson who had fanned in his two previous trips to the plate wrangled a walk to knot the count. Pinch hitter Bill Mccaffrey went Down swing Dwight Mullens batting one of Tipton s pitches skipped away from Catcher Steve Clark and Konitzer tried to score. Tip ton rushed to the plate in time to put the tag to to end the inning and set the stage for Wiesbaden s s e c o n d straight extra inning Triumph. Ramstein scored three time sin the fifth inning to wrap up its Victory Over Wuerzburg. A single a Force out two errors a Sacri fice Fly and another Bobble produced the insurance tallies. The hosts took a 1-0 Load in the first inning on John Mize s in Field hit a passed Ball a wild pitch and an error hut Wuerz Burg tied the count in the second total we Baden 28 2 6 1 total 20 1 0 1 001 000 012 Heidelberg 000 001 001 a Bally , do Khon. La 7. Heck abort 8. 2batcss, to a Tzur. So Porter. In h u Erbb 80 Tipton w 8 u 1 i 3 u Porter a 8 5 2 0 3 11wp--Porter. 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