European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 21 hectic final god weekend Darmstadt s protest upheld replay set by Ben Abrams staff writer Darmstadt had a legitimate j if he continues the Umpire will protest Georgis said in his of Call a Ball. Well in the Darm Tui when the major league Pennant races Are getting Readyjr a = Rote drive Usa eur and Safe Are set for their a a of the world  of the 34 Usa eur teams that tout so hopefully in five leagues Only six Are still alive. For unions have emerged in the Marne. 8th div 3rd army no and 4lh army div leagues while the com z league will Behim this weekend when the Giessen eagles and Karlsruhe c it ins ulay a Best of three series for the right to represent f nil 7 in the Usa eur quarterfinals starting aug. 16. Phis May seem a Little Odd inasmuch As neither the eagles or Conr ins won the com z league title. That Honor went to the85 snort brigade greyhounds who tied the eagles in the regular season and then won the Best of three playoff in two straight encounters. Nut the greyhounds could have lost the playoff and still made the Usa eur championships. They Are a 7th army support com Mand unit and will represent that conference in the quarterfinals. C was another 7th army support command team in themm 7 Ica Eue the Hanau hurricanes. The hurricanes did t mate the quarterfinals by virtue of finishing below the Grey hounds in league play seven games Back to be exact. Thai makes two champions from the same league but hold your hats fans that Ain t All. There s the Berlin bears who finished in fourth place three games Back of Giessen and the 3rd brigade support come. Only team in the Berlin command the bears gained a spot in the quarterfinals the easiest of All. They Are the Only team in the Berlin command and thus qualified for the round of eight regardless of what they did in com z play. So it is now mathematically possible for two com z league teams to meet for the Usa eur championship. Pions the bears in the upper bracket of the draw would have u get by the 2nd brigade Iron brigade 3rd army div champs in the quarterfinals and then meet and beat the Winner of the series Between the 3rd div s Marc league Kitzinger Kolts and 2ndbrigade dragons of the 8th div. That would put the fourth place com z league bears into the Usa eur finals. A there they could and probably would meet another com z i league Teani the greyhounds spartans or eagles All of whom finished higher than the bears in league play. � first the eagles and spartans fight it out to see which Onei represents the real com z league. The Winner there goes against i the 4th army div Champion 1st brigade mountaineers while the greyhounds will meet an augmented battalion level Vii corps Champ. So if the greyhounds win they Are in the semifinals and it could be old Home week All Over again if the eagles Knock off the spartans and then the mountaineers. That would put them in the semifinals against the greyhounds and they would have a replay of a replay. Remember the greyhounds and eagles tied for the com z league title and the greyhounds won the playoff. They could meet again in the Usa eur semis and have another go at each other. And if and its a pretty Good if the greyhounds eagles or spartans make it to the finals then who could be waiting there � the Berlin bears that s who. And the fourth could be first i be it As it May there is a mathematical possibility of the third & and fourth place finishers in the com z league fighting it. Out in the Usa eur finals. Which leads us to think that this in t the Way it should be. By trying to give something to everybody the Berlin team i was allowed to play in the Cora z league with the understanding 1 that they would represent Berlin command in the  so they finished fourth in the league and now could possibly win the whole shebang. Not that we have anything against the bears winning it would make a great Story How to Fimon fourth and  but it does take something away from the playoffs. There was another com z team the 7th army training Center that played in the 4th army div league. In order to get to the playoffs the had to win the league and Kiad they won they a com l team would have represented the the army div. Committee of maj. John Gurski Stadt protest on an illegal balk Pitcher shall take his signal from Call in a Germany league base the Catcher from the Pitcher s Ball game against Sembach and , we elaborated on i Safe sports chief a sgt . Hollifield god baseball com missioner and Georgi asked Why the game was local ordered a replay of the Entin game for god play. We decided that a the makeup game will be Pitcher will be warned by an us ordered replayed in its entirety Laved tuesday at 1 . At sem Pire for failing to take the Sig \ instead of from the Point of pro Bach i Nal from the Pitcher s plate and test Georgia said we thought it was the fairest Way to do it. There is nothing in the Rule boo concerning the playing of protested games suspended games yes but not protested ," Georgis continued we discussed everything in great detail and decided that it would be practically impossible to re create the exact situation that prevailed at the time of the prot. T and that under such circumstances playing the game Over from the beginning would be fairest for  that game Darmstadt was leading 5-2, going into the Bottom of he ninth inning. Jerry Luke walked the bases loaded to bring on Walt Beaird. The balk was called when Beaird was taking his first signal. The tying runs came in on another hollanders invite army. Of teams to title tourney by Ron Delacy staff writer Haarlem the Netherlands is the dutch Royal base Ball federation has issued a Challenge to this year s usar eur and Safe baseball Cham the dutch Are hoping to stage a european championship tournament Here and both Safe and Usa eur have been invited to Send their  Hartog a Haarlem banker who is the senior member of m k7vclli to or j Vij j. My a eur and Safe officials error an Luke Carne Bac from about specifics if the the invitations. These Are just my suggestions he said. The army and tem Darmstadt Jan Hartog. Plans european meet i m for that. If a team is Good enough to play in your they certainly should be Good enough to represent you it to win. And conversely if they Aren t Good enough to win they in opium i be in the championships. The Way i see it there should be six champions of six leagues and that s All. To be sure that would have knocked out two leagues and necessitated two byes in the quarterfinals. But that could have been Musil surmounted. There have been byes in quarterfinals before but Seldom has there been three champions in one league. And even More fantastic is the fact that two of these three Cham pions could meet for the Usa eur finals scheduled for any. I a us sept. 2. Holland s baseball Board of governors said Here that he had sent letters to both military head quarters in Germany inviting american participation. The american embassy in Amster dam also sent out letters encouraging Usa eur and us afe to take part. Hartog said the plan is to hold a four team tourney involving the All Star teams of the Netherlands and Italy along with the two american military championship clubs. The two military Tea Sand the two civilian clubs would play Best of three series on Mon Day tuesday and wednesday and the winners would meet for the european title thursday Friday and if necessary Satur accept right Field to get the final  won the game m the 10th, 6-5. Big weekend looms air Force might have completely the Germany conference different ideas. We just want to comes to a close except for the have a tournament that s All. Makeup game and any tie Haarlem has an excellent base Breakers required to set Heball stadium with lights that tournament Field for the Safe holds nearly 9,000 spectators. Reijm nations this  Hartog was confident that . Lijsssl.5" a  17.%, Hartog said he had three Rea sons for wanting to get the tour Here., it is very Good for for actions he said Secondi would like to see the dutch playing against Strong american teams. And third i know How much the people in this area love  said that if and when j Safe and Usa eur accept. A Date will be set and he will arrange billeting of the amen j can teams in an Amsterdam  really can t say exactly How we would run it until i hear from the americans he said. Well have to talk it Over with  356 teams the Netherlands has 350 Amateur baseball teams not count ing Junior leagues. The dutch All Star team is made up mostly of players carried on major league rosters. Hartog this was just a tentative plan Hartog emphasized and no dates have been established. Lle said he will talk with us dominating european  is no Competition for us in Europe except the . Teams he  has not bothered with civilian european championship tournaments since 1965 because o the Lack of Competition. The dutch won four games against Italy Spain Germany and swe Den by a composite score of 57-0 in the 65  order to improve you have to play better teams Hartog explained. I think the americans can give us a Good Ball  reasoned that it was Only natural to expect that Thebes military and civilian base Ball teams in Europe should play for a  is Only one Europe he said so there can Only Beono european  Stein 16-6 takes on 11-10 in a pair of makeup games tuesday Sembach rolled Over Hahn 3-0 and 18-4.a three Way tie is possible and a two Way deadlock a distinct possibility. Georgis said that an ties for a by of the first five positions in the final league stand Ings will be resolved in a one game playoff. Champion qualifies the league Champion automatically qualifies for a Berthin the Safe tournament and assumes Thi Host role this year. The other four clubs stage Best of three series to determine the second entry in  no. 5 club plays at no. 2 and the no. 4 at no. 3 in the first game of the semifinal play offs with the site changing for the second and if necessary third contests. In the finals the team which finished lower in the regular standings will be Host for the opening  of the Sembach darn Stadt replay position playoffs will be held thursday with the Safe spot eliminations begin Ning saturday aug. 24. The standings won lost pet. Go 17 16 16 1. 11 5 5 6 10 10 lit Vio Baden Rui Ustadt Lamstein bit Lairg sowl Ach. Halm Altein Mirin a a Ltd Slit season saturday sunday Garnet Hahn at Wiesbaden j p in. A Umstadt at Pitburg 2 l m Kausti in at sembach1 m. Kite in main by ". 14r