European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes comets Down Barons 5-3, in playoff opener by bin a rams staff writer by thurs Germany is the Darmstadt comets come Home saturday needing Only onegin to gain the second berth allotted to the Germany Confer ence in the Safe Champion ships scheduled aug. 29-Scpt. 1 at Wiesbaden the comets scored three times in the eighth inning Here thurs Day to take a 5-3 verdict from the Pitburg Barons and a 1-0 advantage in the Csc final play offs. The Best of three series continues saturday at Darmstadt s memory Field with the if Neces sary contest slated for sunday. Both a Wes Are slated for 1 . Pitcher Jerry Luke started the Darmstadt rally in the eighth with a ringing triple up the Allein right Centerfield arid red Mes Hach who enjoyed a 4-for-5 Day with the stick singled l u k Home. Mcshan reached third when third baseman Bob col Lins threw wildly on Larry Groeber s sacrifice. Wait Bear sacrificed Groeber to second and Fred Goodberry singled to right for the final two tallies. The Barons got one run in the Bottom of the eighth when they chased Luke off the Mound. With one out Luke walked Jim Lund Strom and Larry Kirkman the were his seventh and eighth Annie Oakley of the Day an was replaced by Larry Benko Vich. Bill Vickers filed to left but Mike Kennedy got the run in on an infield int. Into Sorvino finals two i Slit i it boxers win Camp Lejeune . Special two Usa eur boxers flyweight Caleb in Inland Light middleweight James Ross fought their Way to Victory for the army in the Intel service boxing championships held  other Usa Jeur fighters lost bouts in the finals of the tourney As the army swept to first place ahead of the Marine corps and air Force who tied for second. The Navy placed  William Hawthorne Light weight Bennie Garrett and featherweight Alton Webster were the three to lose in their last bouts. Richard Ballanger theother Usa eur Boxer to represent the army in the meet lost his Light heavyweight quarterfinal bout. Both Long and Moss Are members of co 2nd in 509th inf 1st airborne brigade of the 8th div stationed at Mainz. Lon entered the ring for the first time with the first brigade s Novice program last  has considerable More experience with Over 80 bouts to his  was last year s Intel service Champion in the Light welterweight class but fought As a flyweight this year when team mate George Moreida pulled a Back muscle and was dropped from the tourney. The six boxers along with Light heavy Richard Hurley and welter Thomas Jacob the other two members of the Susareu delegation at the interservice meet will now proceed to Maimee Ohio for the olym Pic tryouts which will Lye held sept. 5-8. Falcons High on Home grown kicker Johnson City Tenn. A several pro football teams have come up with instant kick ers by importing foreign soccer players but the Atlanta Falcons found one in an overlooked american in their own Back Yard. Little Bobby Etter 152-Poundmathematics Whiz May turn out to be the Best thing that has happened to the Falcons since they signed linebacker Tommy obis for their National football league debut in 1966. The Rookie kicker from the University of Georgia who could t even get a trial after he graduated in 1967, has been booting the Ball with deadly accuracy for the Falcons this sum Mer. Scored against giants last saturday Etter hit Fiel goals of 33 and 15 Yards in a loss to the new York giants and in a scrimmage a couple of weeks ago he connected on kicks of 50, 39 and 38 Yards. "1 kicked a couple from 60yards out in practice but that s a Little far for me Etter said. But i feel i be got a reason Able Chance up to 55  that s about 20 Yards farther than he usually kicked in col lege when he set accuracy rec ords but was not noted for his distance. The increased yardage apparently comes from a mysterious shoe that Etter wears on his right foot. The shoe is stiff and heavy braced with Metal. Etter won t discuss the shoe because it was made for him Bya Friend in Georgia who apparently plans to put the shoe on the Market. One Day during the Falcons practice the Friend came by to work on the  Cobbler was pounding on the shoe in the trunk of a car and Bobby was standing guard watching him keeping every body away coach Norb Hecker said. We must have the Only kicker in the country with his own  Hecker said he does t care what Etter does to the shoe along As he keeps kicking like he has this summer. If we can get the Ball past the 50 Yard line we be got a Hance to score three Points Hecker said. Etter tried earlier to Hook on with the Houston oilers and the Dallas cowboys and was snubbed by officials with those teams despite his record As a Georgia kicker. He kicked his first 21 extra Points for the bulldogs missed one and had one blocked As a Junior and then finished his Ca reer by hitting on his last 24. He also booted 26 Field goals. Softball championship planned by Usa eur Munich special the establishment of Northern and Southern regions to conduct sept.13-16 preliminary round Competition in the Usa eur company level softball championships has been announced by the  special services Agency  Usa eur sports con Ference is authorized to enter one company level squad com prising 18 participants on coach and one manager in the championship  will be limited to regular toe companies Bat 529th softball or hurls 2nd no hitter Heidelberg special Frank Pizzinni of the 529th my co pitched his second straight no hitter Here wednesday As his team swept through the winners bracket in the Usa eur seventh army special troops softball tournament with a 4-0 win Over he co Usa eur. Wednesday s win was a perfect game for Pizzinni As he allowed no Batter to reach first base an fanned nine. Darmstadt Auto club slates sunday slalom Darmstadt Germany is an Auto slalom sponsored by tiie Darmstadt Chal lengers t-5 Auto club will be held sunday at the army air strip near the stars and stripes Complex in Griesheim. Practice is slated saturday from noon until 5 . And again on sunday from 9  10 45. The Competition starts at 11 am. Teries troops or equivalent size units. All non toe units of authorized strength of less than250 May Combine to form composite teams provided the combined strength does not exceed 250. Composition of the Northern and Southern regions to include playing Sites Northern Region Hess support District Frankfurt v corps 3rd army div 8th div 32nd army air defense com Mand Usa eur and seventh army troops Berlin brigade and com z. Southern Region South Bayern support District Augsburg Vii corps 3rd inf div 4th army div 24th div seventh army support command and setae. Regional preliminary Roun Competition will feature double elimination play. Semifinal com petition is scheduled sept. 18-21 and Calls for a Best of three Cross bracket playoff Between the first and second place Region Al teams. The Usa eur finals a Best of three series will replayed sept. 24-27. Damascus will skip showdown with or. Fager Chicago a Damascus is skipping saturday s $100,000 added Washington Park Handi Cap and a confrontation with or. Fager to Point for the equally Rich Aqueduct Handi Cap labor Day in new  possible showdown for horse of the year honors at Arlington Park Between Damas Cus and or. Fager dissipated wednesday with the decision of Damascus handlers to scratch their nominee from the Washington Handicap Trainer Frank Whiteley told turf writers Here by Telephone the $100,000-added Aqueduct distance of in a mile was More suited to Damascus than thew Hington Handicap s one mile route. Or. Fager owned by t a r t a farm definitely is committed to the Washington Handicap carrying top weight of 134, two pounds More than had been As signed to Damascus for their prospective fifth and rubber meeting. Bit Lair had ropes in the but some Loose Hurt the Barons we cd pc a dke0 " Clar Pitcher Ron Ilema Center. Dick held a in go Fly ton lost it in the.  caught Heball and swung around just � Lime to eat Clipper on in dead. Clipper would have we. Tits if to 1 i. I. Torrejon opens ski pro shop Torrejon Spain special they Are getting ready for the skiing season Down in sunny Spain. A new ski pro shop has been established at Torrejon air base offering skiers in the area a Complete line of equipment. Snow Jim Brinkley chief of the Torrejon recreation serv ices office Points out that excellent ski facilities Are located Only an hour and 20 minutes by Auto from the base. Nil Sun. The drive behind him and clip. Third and h jul in evidently thought Hokl play beat and did t slide. Career Bob Taylo Hall d l time in seated a hard to tag he Slid on the play. Leniu Stroin fans Given that out. Brikovich fanned Lun Stroin to preserve the win for Luke. Pitburg got a run in the first inning. Collins hit an infield sin Gle to Short and raced to second on the play when Groeber throw was bad. James James bounced another grounder Back to Groeber and lie went for the play at third. This time the Ball chromed off Collins Hack and the Barons had a run. Pitburg gave that run Back to Darmstadt in the second inning. Luke walked and troeber hit one Back to Collins at Short. In a bid to get a Quick double play Collins rushed his throw and the Ball sailed into right Field and Luke dashed All the Way Home on the same play. Moved ahead Pitburg moved ahead in the la Tom of the fourth on a walk a passed Ball hold s single and a wild pitch but the comets tied the count again in the seventh on a error an infield out and Al Jenkins hit to Center. In addition to Meshach s prow Ess at the Bat. The comets also got two hits from Luke Good Berry and manager Gil Bettera third hit when clip a Fine play on his Bette. Los per made smash up the eighth. Big eighth Darmstadt i i ,. 1 i u 111 the uitu1.rg Belt. Junk Ltd 2i  h if Gro Orr Qixi Berry a Mutiny of Hen Kulli to p in a i 1 i 0 j in j 0 1 1 i a k 0 h try p a 1 1 1  a ii 1 i  11 i o 2 vi.-k.-i-. I ii ii ii u ii Liuio i u o ii it Psi inc 4 ii u ii 111 3111 2101 100� total Darrot fld Pitburg k of ii a 1 1� tit Liui a Thurk i. Is in Mimi. 1 i  010 000 1 100 100 of i i Lvpl f ii ii . How a Henry or 2 41. A  i of i 1 t. Flyers curds clash wills Badin in Wiesbaden flyers foot a in will meet the  u Dinulos Here saturday to i in a controlled Scrnnci Rafii Moore takes third Pentathlon title san Antonio Tex. Up the oldest competitor in the meet ran Over the two favourites wednesday to win his third  Pentathlon National championship. Army Muj. Jim Moore 33, of Erie pa., ran second in the 4,000 meter Cross country run to nose out Jim Kerr of Waukesha wis., and army capt. Tom Lough of Elkton va., who had come close to dominating the meet from the beginning. Moore s time of 14 14.4 was just four seconds behind Cross country Winner army it. Dave Irons of Staten Island . And was Good enough to give him an Overall Point total of 9,769 and the championship. Lough ran sixth in the Cross country to grab second with 9,698 Points. Kerr who except for a few hours tuesday Hud led the Competition since the first event Sank to a third place Overall total of 9,619 Points after finishing ninth in wednesday space. Behind Irons and Moore inthe run came Dale Rodgers of Franklin lakes . At third with 14 26.8 and air Force lieu tenant i Oren drum of Omaha,neb., at fourth with 14 28.5. Moore Lough and Kerr will represent the United states during the october olympics along with alternate  Pesthy of san Antonio Tex., who finished seventh in the Cross country. Chuck Hii Han Swash and Itoh it f tac Lila deck " to i re Nisan Antonio. Tex., won int to accompany to m High Altitude trim a 1 do Springs Colo. His Richards nmn Len first maj " country was goo Down sixth Plai