European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 196 the stars and stripes Page 21 Kitzinger rates Good shot at Usa eur Diamond title i Fuan Marichal must have been sick in 1967. I the san Francisco giants pitching Ace suffered through a bad year and worked hardly at All Over the last six weeks com ing of one ailment or he was sick. However baseball writers covering the Nal league published stories intimating that giants Man Ager Herman Franks held the belief that the great Marichal was Franks vehemently denied these quotes at the time and he re i ii rated the denial when we had the Good Fortune to interview him j in London while covering the Safe baseball clinic the beginning i of february. We asked Franks about the reports and this is what Herman said then this was t True. If a Man says he s Hurt i be Gotho believe he is Hurt and i m positive Juan was injured. There s no Way i can come out and say he was t Hurt. Juan is a great Pitcher and we re looking for him to Bounce Back in great fashion Agate thin year. We expect another 20-win season from Juan again in Litt. He certainly is one of the finest pitchers the game has Kiowa and we reel that 1967 just happened to be a bad year. Every great Pitcher has had bad Juan is Down one year and everybody starts claiming he s loafing he s dogging it. It certainly is not fair to the won Only 14 games in 1967 after four straight years Jon the 20-win list. Many other pitchers would love to win Only 14 the off season must have concerned Marichal too. He signed his 1968 contract earlier than usual he had been a regular holdout in previous years and he came ready to work when Spring training commenced this year. I a1 and he has been the outstanding Pitcher in the National league this season. He already has achieved the charmed 20-Winbracket and could conceivably wind up with his Best win total Ever. He already has had two 25-win campaigns. Juan Marichal Herman Franks and Marichal has a sensational game completion record. He has gone the route 96 times in his last 97 wins the Lone exception being when he picked up a win in Relief in new York As the giants were battling for the 1966 Pennant. The giants sensation has t even uttered a remark about ail ments this season indicating he was telling the truth lust year. Al least k t us give a great Pitcher the Benefit of the doubt. Kench splinters i m very glad that these individual columns did t Start any sooner than they did. If they had begun arlier i probably would have run my predictions of the major ague Pennant races. I Jot them Down every year for my own Post season comparisons i m afraid this year would have been bad bad bad. For in Ance i had the cardinals falling to fourth or fifth in the National Rakuc with the giants beating out the dodgers and pirates in a a a a. I the american league 1 figured Minnesota would win. Nuff said i was among the Many who believed that Zrillo Versalles Ouicla be a big Factor As the dodgers improved in 1968. How Riik hut Assumption was. If a Man is a .200 hitter in the american league Why would one have the audacity to suspect �1i Uny in in the National league where we by a a u polling is vastly Superior Zrillo proves that with a average. And his Fielding won t win too Many orchids. La my u an m Sicle Lial nominee Richard Nixon injected a cent of Kmil Hockney in the Pii uru when he made his a Notri n slow cd thursday night. Rock was always inciting his nix., � in i is to win this one for the or i. F"11 Nulu Convent on into a Crescendo with his let s win n declaration citing the illness of former president you i. Eisenhower. ,."1 8oillb to it Ive any further into the realm of onto Ile lne similarity of tactics. There is More than u1 up Holoty to the bigger game us Well As sports. By Don Saue staff writer Kitzinger Germany is deep pitching a Fine double play combination Speed an Strong Over All balance Are a few reasons Why the 3rd d i league Champion Kitzinger Kolts will have to rate a Goodshot at the Usa eur baseball diadem. A summary of the Kolts Strong Points must include unbeaten right hander Don Walsh who picked up his seventh Vic tory in shutting out wuerzburg.1-0, in the title clinching c o n test. He s tops among what Man Ager Jim King rates As six Well above average hurlers. Bob Kowalow and Jim Talsma form the second Short combo that Kitzinger boosters believes the Best in Usa eur. J i no Fischer at first and Jojo Sacharski at third Complete a very tight infield. Overall Speed if any demonstration of Over All team Speed was needed the Kolts put it on last wednesday by pilfering nine bases despite losing to Aschaffenbur 8-2. Eleven men got on base an d10 went Down nine making second safely. Five of the seven regular starters Are currently through games of july 31 Over the .300mark. Bob Kowalow leads the Way with .370 followed by Jim Fischer .360 and the team s top rib Man Sacharski .356. I Wking at the team in greater detail it appears that the Kolts fit the old adage that Good team must be Strong up the Middle. Ironman Catcher behind the plate Pat Karls Kint has caught every inning of every league game to Date. He shitting .304 with six Bis is Strong defensively and has what manager King Calls an outstand ing he has yet to Don the pads in Loop action Fischer i rated by his Pilot As a top notch replacement if one should eve be needed. Walsh is no. 1 on the Hill also King s no. 1 assistant having Given up Only six earned runs in 66 a innings for an0.82 Era. He s fanned 90, including 23 in the team s opener against Herzo base and walked Only 16. Three of the Triumph were shutouts two against last year s Usa eur baseball finalist Schweinfurt. Bullpen Ace Ace of the bullpen has been Chunky right hander Bob Erick son who has a 3-1 record both starting and relieving. Like All the Kolt Chueker he s got that Good strikeout walk ratio hav ing fanned 32 and walked Only nine. Five of his 11 earned runs came in his Only loss to Schaff Enburg two on a pretty cheap Home Lethander Bill Mason 2-1 is the other starter having Given up eight earned runs struck out 1-11 and walked 16. Lefty Chuck Owen. And right handers Bill sulk and Joe Vargo the latter sex coach of the Usa heur finalist 3rd div basketball team round out the helps the club boil offensively and defensively hav ing 20 hits in 54 tries and seven Bis. He has excellent Speed. A Strong Arm and executes the Pivot As the Middle Man in Kol double plays very Well. I Walsina s .233 average is not indicative of his hitting ability King claims. He s still got seven Bis and hits in the Lead off has excellent Range at Short with a Strong Arm and gets his throws away quickly. In Center the Kolts have Afine experienced bal Hawk in de Adams whose Speed give Shim wide Range and who has a Strong Arm to Boot. He Lead the team with three Home runs. On the flanks the 6-3, 230pound Fischer provides a b i g target for infielders throwing to first and the big fellow has excellent mobility around the 10 Bis Are second on the club. Sacharski rated by his Man Ager As especially Strong in the action in the outer Garden while Pete Geanis and Bill l a Are available for infield duty. With Marne league Competition just about Over. King who manages the club As a Hobby he s an insurance Salesman is looking Forward to the club s tourney opening s c r i e with the Champion 2nd brigade Pat Karleskint. Caught every dragons from the St Roiva St div league. King feels that the Vianer of that series will have o rate As the favorite to go on and Winthe Usa eur title. And he Hopes very much it will be disown Kolts. Dave Jojo Sacharski. Clutch performer clutch combines his hitting Abil Ity with a Knack of keeping everything hit his Way in front of him. Plus a Strong Arm. In the Outfield left and right have been taken Over recently i on a regular basis by Rick Erickson 6-14. .400 and Johnny Beall 9-27. .333. Fred Jarmuz has also seen a Good Deal of Blue devils retain Mac softball title inc1rlik. Turkey special the in Ciurlik Blue devils retained their Mediterranean sports con Ference softball title by blanking the big Green from Iraklion. Crete. 5-0. In the championship game. Winner Jim Bush allowed a chitin the first and a male in the fourth As the Blue devils romped through the six Day double elimination tourney undefeated. In Ciurlik and Iraklion will rep resent the Mediterranean Confer ence in the Safe meet at the Home of the . Champion aug. 17-20. 35th arty up earns spot in Diamond meet Bamberg. Germany special the 35th arty up Here ousted the 210tharty up from Ansbach in two straight games 10-5 and 8-5, Over the weekend to gain a berth in the us a eur baseball Tournai Nevlud hurled the 10-5 Victory saturday Here and Donald Harper one of the four augmented play ers on the team nailed Down the second Triumph and the playoff spot on sunday. The 35th arty now faces3rd support brigade from the seventh army support coins Friday at 1 . In the opener of their Tevesi of three quarterfinal series to open the a Sarky h com petition. I sects St Ramstein Domain special the outcome of tuesday s re play of the protested Dai Nisi Adt at Sembach game vill Del mime when the i Skafic German conference semifinal pm nits it Giu on aug. 15 or aug. 17. Should the comets win. It would leave them in a place tie with Ramstein and necessitate a playoff for the no. 2 spot in the playoffs. That would Shue the playoffs the meshes Back to aug. 17, 19 and 20. However should the tigers win. There would be no tie and the playoffs could begin aug. 15, 17 and 18, As originally scheduled. In any Case the finals Are still slated fur aug. 22, 24 Aud 25
