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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, August 26, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A fault 26, the stars and stripes Jankers splash to Sab Eutus suite div title by Ralph benn1ngton, staff writer Page 23 its the 4th s crack swimming team won four of seven closings Here sunday with As Many s5 winners to easily walk off Jitni team honors in the Windup Jet Usa eur swimming Andrews b  tankers aptly named in More ways than one As rival found out when All the churning and splashing was completed rolled up 23f team Points to easily beat Host Berlin s final to a of 197. The 8th Piv Wai third Berlin Yogel beat dragons to gain finals continued from Page pulled in tight but Rod brow crossed things up by poking a line slice Over first for two  Kenary the 2nd Bri Gade Ace who lost to the bears,3-2, in 10 innings Friday re placed Green but was tired an ineffective. He uncorked a wild pitch before Norm Shipes lined single Back through the Bor for the fourth  stole second and scored after a Fly out when Lanny Wrigh singled to right Center. Wright himself raced All the Way to third when Cente fielder Aubrey Rhine let the Ball get by him for the second error of the inning. The roof really fell in when Catcher Clarence Hunter let a fourth Ball to Carl Perhac Getty him and Roll Back to the screen. Wright scored and so did the hard running Perhac when Hunter uncorked a High throw toward second that even the Cen Ter fielder had trouble  damage was Complete. Bill Burkle moved in from Loftfield to pitch and kept the bears off balance with a Junky Assort ment the rest of the Way. Still Berlin got a single run off nun in the fifth inning when. Lafever doubled off the left Centerfield Wall with t w o Down and Wright poked another rib single Over second. Berlin completed the rout with prec tallies in the eighth. Brown drove in three runs for Lin and Shipes and Wright added two each. However it Pasvogel with a Quick fastball off set occasionally by a Sharp curve that kept the visitors at Ray. He walked Only two both them in the first three innings. Rich get Richer 2nd brigade Berlin a r h blab r h by 3011 Charco u 0 2 2 u4000 hell m 4111 � 2 0 Stewrt if 0000 u i i under on of 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 Rule of 0000 4000 Brown o 4383 1 3 o he Lea it 4192 4 0 0 u Lafever 2b 4131 1000 Wright in 4132 u 0 u 0 i Erlio 3b 11003 0 0 0 Vogel p 3000 33 "18 i. 000 000 Oil with 174, the 3rd inf div fourth on 157 and com z a Distant last with Only 48.diver Charles Lumpkin and swimming aces Geofrey Lachner Ferdinand Haket and Kurt Hiner were double winners for the 4tharmd. As expected Lumpkin stole the show in the three meter diving with 255.30 Points to easily beat runner up John Gleason of the 8lh div who finished with 219.75. Lumpkin a Philadelphia native who competed for the famed Vesper club before coming into the service was even More Superb sunday when he added the three meter title to the one meter Crown he won  lowest score from the five German judges for any of the five select dives and one compulsory was six out of a possible10. Only twice in 30 times the judges flashed their cards did he drop even that Low. He had the same number of 9% ratings Best for any diver competing in the two Day  Best dive for Lumpkin was a finale Forward 2 somersault with one twist that net Ted a 49.35 score. His other selections after a compulsory Back dive were a Forward 2l�, Back Joysa Burkle i Hunter a Are a p cd Watson 3bhelm if 8 a or to. By Baua  us our. Of h n Jar by so3i3 a a a a 3-3 a s o i � 4 4 1 4b a a map rho. Double inward and reverse double All from the tuck. Lumpkin s diving skills had to share some of the plaudits witha thrilling 50-meter Butterfly race. Berlin s Tom o Malley waste Winner by less than six inches after a pulsating Duel with Lee Coats of the 3rd inf div. New record Lachner added the 50-meter freestyle to his saturday Victory in the 100 while Hiner added i 50-meter backstroke title following his 200-meter Medley Triumph the Day before. Haket wiped out his own Usa eur record of 5 30.7 with a 5 22.9 clocking i the 400-Rneter freestyle. He Woi the 100-meter backstroke saturday. O Malley and the 8th div s Lincoln Yamashita were the onh other double winners. O Malle added the 50-meter Butterfly title to the 100-meter Crown won on Day earlier while Yama Shiu continued to dominate in the breaststroke. The Veteran hawaiian won the 100-meter eve sunday in 1 19.3 to to with his saturday 50-meter  got credit for new record although All three to finishers in the 100-meter breast stroke were easily under the Okmark of 1 30.5 set by Gregor Johnson of Berlin last year. 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