European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 21 com z tourney finals spartans eagles vie for i s Ltd i by berth the St. Louis cardinals boasting a runaway Lead and i to Nail Down the National league s world series n on the earliest ballot the Only interest left in the a nomination heated Battle Between a number of Candi for vice Champion. Irr Antly there is a quartet of candidates for vice Champ run Nark and neck with Only a game or two separating the four a . A fifth contender is also in the thick of the Chase. Vow if that in t a Dandy horse race i la Challenge you thaw me a belter one. Even last season s frantic race for the other league s world series nomination involved Only four teams. Obviously the baseball detractors who claim the Gol Forrand old league is rigged for one candidate Are overlooking rho real contest. The race for running mate strictly a title of, As Only the head of the ticket gets into the big autumn clash has Seldom been a More wide open affair. In making the Case for this season s race in the senior league nne must of course ignore a certain Basic Phenomena the inevitable anonymity that a runner up or running mate slips int immediately after finishing second. How Many people can recite the names of vice presidential candidates beyond the most recent ones How Many can even recall More than a few losing presidential candidates and what about first runners up in the miss America contests place horses in the Kentucky Derby or the no. 2 finishers of masters Golf tourneys excluding Roberto de Vicenzo ? admittedly the second placers in either major league fall into the same category of the forgotten. But right now followers of the Gol Are left with not much else except the race for top team to forget. Munich special the Karls Ruhe spartans play Host to the Giessen eagles at Neureul Caser saturday afternoon in the first game of a Best of three series to determine the com z representative in the Usa eur baseball championships. Game time is 2 teams will travel to Gies sen s depot Field on sunday forthe second game of the series starting at 1 . If a third games necessary it will be played Fol lowing the first game on eagles finished the regular season in a tie with the 3rd sup port brigade greyhounds for the com z Pennant and lost the play off for the title. The greyhounds tar and str of local sports unlike the political sphere the front running cards have no off was the stimulant his Berli Choice in who will Back them up in the standings. They will have some effect on the runner up race in How they treat the Vic Champ candidates in head to head Competition. But the St. Louis organization could care less about who finishes immediately be Hind them As Long As they All keep their distance. However will represent seventh army support command in the Usa eur was third in Loop play and took a two of three series from the Herzo base Fly ers to gain the right to meet the eagles and possibly Advance to Usa eur two teams met in one two game series during regular sea son s play. The eagles invaded Karlsruhe on june 8 when the spartans were leading the league with a 5-1 record. The eagles took both ends of the series 12-7 and 2-0, and remained ahead of the spartans the rest of the Way. The Winner of this weekend series will play the 1st brigade mountaineers of the 4th Arm div in the first round of the Usa eur championships in abet of three series on aug. 16 and 18 with the Mountaineer being at Home for the first tilt. Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial two Best of three series have been set up to determine the second place finisher in the Usa eur Marne league base Ball standings. A apr Aschaffenbur Schweinfurt and a Rier Wuerzburg All finished in a tie berlins a manager Bob for tournament strife still is quite for second place with 10_8 . Ords at in j of regular Layoff adds to drive by Ben Abrams staff writer Mclean Hopes a mid season Lay i i to clip 11 los ohlamt44v in a bears needed As they gird for the Usa eur baseball eliminations which begin the weekend of our Peak too Earl aug. 16."we hit to clearest favorite there seems to be no clearcut favorite at this time for Vic Champion. Among names being mentioned prominently Are the Atlanta braves who carry Strong Southern support the chicag cubs who have thrived under the leadership of a widely known and Campaign hardened manager the Cincinnati reds who can generate interest on both sides of the Mason Dixon line and the j san Francisco giants who Are particularly adept at finishing second. There is a fifth solid contender from Pittsburgh which has twon the vice championship in 10 years. And the Philadelphia Phillies who switched managers during the Campaign Are Mak ing noises like a dark horse. Then there Are the battling new York mets never take seriously before As a candidate for anything but Bottom rung. The two other hats in the ring belong to the los Angeles dodgers once a feared candidate for the no. 1 Post and the Houston astros who can be counted on to deliver the Texas vote without attracting much support elsewhere. None of the nine candidates can be considered out of the run Ning. In fact at this Point there is just one club without a Chance to Nail Down the vice championship. That would be to cardinals who have shown no interest in the race anyway. However the Bottom ranked four have to be pegged As Littlemore than favorite team candidates. Like i said they have a Chance but Only their most diehard Home City supporters Grant the much of one. History favors giants history is of course on the Side of Sun Francisco. Traditionally the giants Are hard to beat when it comes to being first also ran. They have won the championship of the other nine team for three straight seasons. You can hardly argue with Success like that. But Don t get me wrong. You can t classify the team by the Golden Date As a Clear Cut favorite. Nothing is Ever very clearly Cut at foggy candlestick and certainly not the giants. The Trail the Leader in the nine team league at present and Haven t shown signs of making their customary move to runner up. Actually it would t be quite a customary move for the san Yaneisi of entry since it usually makes its big August push for second place from above and not below. Sentimental favorite and there has to be one of those should be the Chicago candidate. Many people May not How Long it has been since the cubs were vice champions. You have to goal the Way Back to 1937before a Good Many Wrigley hold fans were born to find a cub team that was Gol runner up. Ine cubbies even finished on top twice in that three Doc Acu interim but never next to the top. The Chicago club made a Shock ing comeback last season when it leaped All the Way from a last place finish in 66 into the runner up for second place i get More and More engrossed in the race for vice to ump p on u just occurred to me what a left out of it All fee ing the cardinals must have. Join with me in sympathy for the be in the card Camp. Cheer up St. Louis there s Ahva year. And then took a nose dive Mclean said recently. We were in Contention for the com z league Pennant until we went into a four game slide. Then we had a week s Layoff and i told the boys to forget completely about baseball. Whence came Back we started every if Vogel can t do it. Mclean has Jerry Herrell available for duty and he also takes a stint on the Mound once in a while him self. He was a Pitcher in the 4tharmd div Korea and in Berlin in his playing Days but he gave up regular duties in 1966. The bears own a Fine catch Erin Rod Brown a solid receiver with a Strong Arm. Brown also season play and a Winner Mustbe decided for trophy presenta the flip of a Coin. Wuerz Burg Drew a by and will meet the Winner of the Aschaffenbur Schweinfurt series which begin saturday at 2 . In Schaffen Burg. The second and if Neces sary third games Are set for Schweinfurt sunday beginning of 4 i j i m u t. A aug �.-. handles the Bat Well and Mclean at 1 .calls him my take charge the first game of the second the infield of first baseman playoff series will Lannie Wright second Sacker tuesday at either on fundamentals and tried to get in a relaxed temperament for the stretch bears won their last four com z league games running up an almost incredible 33-2 Triumph in their regular season finale. Mclean Hopes to pick up a couple of exhibition games be fore the playoffs begin so his performers won t get is matched against the 3rd army div s 2nd brigade Iron brigade in the first round of the Usa eur tournament. That est of three series is slated for aug. 16-18.Mclean pc Sci 111c Nav Jav " � 3h--v \1_jcu1iii & a jinpi.0 it " Uso can keep the batters off bal the Ball. Vince Rah and Terr Aiice with a Good fastball and a Lewis Are other Outfield pos Sibil finc Knuckles. Rich Vogel the Ace of the Ber Lin staff in 1967 and a Strong per former in pre league drills has been Riding the injured list for quite some time and his status j. A i o 1 v. U Hies although Lewis Mam Call ing has been in the realm of Pinch hitting. How does Mclean rate the bears chances in Usa eur to Jujj \.iii4iav.v i i i. In 11 if we play up to our Cap Abil a and brigade 5 disco. 2 6 ".0 a won first half Seoemi-1-.if r wit ii 1st brigade4th army div league final standings won lost pet. 1st brigade 16 s to i sit in army . 15 i Ision i h 4 comets at Home against Barons Darmstadt. Germany is the Pitburg Barons and Darmstadt comets will meet at Darmstadt s memory Fiu for a 2 . Contest today and tomorrow in the Germany sports conference baseball s sports Page was in error by staling the two lists would be played at bit Burg. Cities i know we can win it he surmises. However we re not going in there look for an easy wins. A tournament is a tournament and lots of things no ordinarily anticipated occur under such circumstances touch Grid clinics set for army officials Munich special two clinics have been scheduled this month in Germany for usar Kur s touch football officials. Wiley Barracks in Ulm will Bethe site of the first clinic slated aug 19-23. The other meeting is j set for Wilkins Barracks in . I i Birg aug. 26-30. 13 12 9 4 10 10 Foj 13 19 ird brigade support come lev arty. A pid not p a one Fiann i8th div league second half standinjs1 won lost Al -. Brigade 9 1 support come. S j 1st Brigado 5 o Ord Isri Gade 5 ii Liiv arty 2 s 5 6 missile 1 s x void play ii \ 300 i 7 11 pet
