European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and strikes Page 21 when the top . Army golfers in Europe get together next for their championship tourney in Berlin there will be plenty at the i Fath Hole. Some old timer will probably Tell about nine utile league teams vie for european Crown weat round he had in this Usa eur tournament 10 years ago. As in past years one Story will Lead to another and the chatter around the 19th Hole sometimes called the bar will not soon be would be great if Bob Baird the civilian athletic director for setae could be in Berlin this year for the after round activities Baird who works out of Vicenza Italy and has been connected Lii the military sport program in Europe since world War ii say Eden the very first Usa eur Golf tournament. Baird told me recently about How he was ordered to report to the seventh army tourney the first Ever Usa eur meet and the armed forces Europe championships. Golf was the furthest thing from my mind when it All started that july morning in Ltd to Salzburg Austria says Baird. The War had been Over for two months an everyone was Busy counting their Points to see when they would be eligible for rotation to the states. I did t think there was such a thing As a Golf course still in operation in War torn Europe. And certainly a set of clubs was not part of a Soldier s was caught completely by Surprise when i was told that i had been selected to represent the 42nd infantry division in the first Golf championship for the . Seventh army in found out later that a Little bit of non essential information Southern California Golf Champion,1935 in my personnel records had put me on this Bairn military Gravy train. The orders that had come Down from Divisio Headquarters read simply take a jeep a Driver and one Box of k rations and go from Home station to Marienbad Czechoslovakia to compete in the seventh army Golf championship \ it was an open end contract. The orders said when to go but did t mention when i was due Back. My company commander was reluctant to give up a jeep but there were plenty of Volunteer Drivers. So on a Beautiful summer morning we took off to the North in the approximate direction of Czechoslovakia. We crossed the Danube at Passau Germany scrounged lunch with a military unit along the Way spent the night in a Farmer s barn and arrived in Marienbad the next Day. Marienbad was one of the most Beautiful and famous of the Central european spas and the . Army had taken Over 80 per cent of the hotel space for or. We were billeted in one of the grand hotels with All the trimmings. Meals on the Terrace and an orchestra that played even when breakfast was being served. The Golf course was 18 holes. Somehow the germans had Kep the first nine open and repaired All through the War. The . Army had fixed up the second nine so it was playable. Sets of clubs an unlimited supplies of War time Golf balls were available. The uni form was ods and combat boots. The tournament was still seven Days away but Over 100 golfers had already arrived for practice. The entries included some great golfers and some that were pretty bad. The eventual Winner was . Open Champion Lloyd Mangrum who averaged better than 70 strokes per round for the72 holes. Lloyd who was Well known for his gambling activities had a standing offer of a $500 Wager that he could shoot a 67 on the 71 course. As far As i know there were no takers. When the tournament was Over we received another pleasant Surprise. The Low 25 scorers from the tourney Baird was one of them were told to go to nearby Pilsen to Board planes for flight to Paris and participation in the All Europe army championships at the Saint Cloud country club. In Paris we had another seven Days of practice before the tournament. Capt. Horton Smith one of the great pros of the Bobby Jones Era was tournament director. Lloyd Mangrum won again but this time he was closely pressed by Jimmy Sci talc of Angeles. After the tourney in Paris most of the players who had order similar to mine drifted Back to their units. Some of them however stayed in Paris and played Golf All summer. A sequel to this tournament was the first All armed forces Europe meet held in Biarritz France in september of the Sam year. My orders this time reached me in Vienna from where i made my Way by jeep plane and train to the famous French resort City. The tournament was held on a Seaside course North of the in. The thing i remember most clearly was How badly i played we cute French girl caddies and the fact that we did t dare go the fairways to play or find a Ball because the rough had not yet been cleared of German mines. Some of the locks really Rode this Opportunity to goof off right the ultimate limit. Six months after the tournament was Over a was in the Vienna Railroad station when a player whom i had roomed with in Biarritz stopped Roe and asked help in finding Vinit ii was i"8 returning from the tournament. It turnedu"1 " by Ben Abrams staff write Bonn is an elite Field of nine competitors the survivors of Little league program ranging from Britain to Turkey and Norway to Italy try to scale the last obstacle betwee them and an appearance in the Little league world series at Williamsport pa., in the euro Pean championships which get under Way Here opening ceremonies and one game Are on today s Agenda with four games scheduled for monday and tuesday and the finals slated for wednesday. The tournament will Bea single elimination affair but Consolation action has also been scheduled to give the team which have come so far at least two games. Brussels the Belgium Champion and Campney Amsterdam representing the Netherlands collide in the tourney lid lifter at 2 action on monday starts at 10 . With Naples Italy taking on Athens Greece. A noon it will be the Brussels Camp new Amster dam Winner against Alconbury England Wiesbaden Germany Battles Gigli Izmir tur key at 2 ., and Rota Spain takes on Oslo Norway in the first round finale at 4 Consolidation contests Are scheduled for tues Day morning with the championship proper games taking place at 2 and 4 Wednes Day s title game is set for 1 05 and is scheduled to be broadcast by Defeated Oslo 6-1, in the 1967 Champion ship game to win a spot in the Williamsport series. It was the second time in three years that the Spain entry had advanced to the big showdown tournament. Rota was a 1-0, no hit victim of Chicago in its Williamsport debut audits scheduled Consolation game was cancelled by wet 1968 Champion is scheduled to depart Frankfurt civilian Airport on am flight no. 73 for the United states on thursday at 1 15 . The Little league world series isolated for aug. 19-24. It i c local sports first Ace Helen Kinkaid of Torrejon air base Spain re trieves her Ball from the cup after firing the first Ace of her golfing career in a local tournament on the base. Helen s Ace came on the three 129 Yard 12-Hole. She used a 5-Wood. Air Force photo a top contender a Derello greyhounds eyeing Usa eur title by Don Sauer staff writer Stuttgart Germany is if any team in the Usa eur baseball tournament rates the Cinderella Label the 3rd sup port brigade greyhounds have to be a prime contender. The greyhounds feel they vearned ranking As one of the top contenders. They be just finished an Uphill fight for the com z Crown climaxed by taking two for the rest of the league sea son they finished 9-1. That loss was 2-0 to Karlsruhe the Only defeat suffered by Ace lefthand or Terry Ley despite 15 strike outs in the seven inning game and no earned most amazing part of the greyhound Success Story is that they have never had More than 14 or 15 players All season. They straight in a Best of three play j simply have not been Able to Getoff after tying Giessen s eagles More men assigned though my atop the regular season stand buistion admits he s had his mrs. Eye on several More and has and they be had to overcome been trying hard since he s been Many other difficulties greyhounds Are on a 10 game win Streak through the Reg the the Early stages of the sea son the team had a top notch ular season and the playoffs 1-2 punch in the pitching depart eight straight to close out Loop rent Ley and last year s pitch ing hero John played a key role this year too in both pitching could run into their i com z playoff foes again in the semifinals of the Usa eur i and at first base until he left tourney should Giessen Quali in the latter part of june. Hey As the com z representative had a 4-0 Mark on the Hill and and both teams defeat Quarter a was batting .419, still tops on final foes. The greyhounds started slowly in 1968, losing two of their first three and standing only4-2 in a three Way tie for Sec Ond place when Larry Mccuis Tion took Over As manager. I Safe Golf play postponed again Msj of psf a Fri i �8 3
