European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and Stalpes log 21 watch out for Wethersfield that s the word from Tom Tfir Tenn coach of Wiesbaden s Germany conference champions Kin Darmstadt of the Csc Wethersfield and Ben Waters of Theta k conference and in the Safe baseball championships open. Vuk. Baseball especially those in Germany int be Chi Wev Vii Johnson to Tab the comets of Darmstadt who re the defending Safe champs and who split with his team in in if Eames this  Johnson tabs Wethers meld s raiders As the Tram to beat a fiver coach should have a pretty Rood line on the raid in Wiesbaden played Julie Bell s . Champs five times in ire season Competition losing four of them. Johnson described the Raider nine As a real Good hustling club and a Well balanced  As for Darmstadt which captured the t Safe title last year in England Johnson says i Don t think the comets Are going to make it. They Don t have he defense this another strike against the comets according to Johnson is the Csc playoff setup which forced the Darmstadter to play seven nost season games including one replay of a protested game wit Sembach in order to get into the Safe tourney. By contrast during the period since the aug. 11 Windup of the regular season the flyers have had no Competition except for two exhibitions with european teams. Wiesbaden beat a dutch team 13-2, and Defeated the German Champion Colt 45s, 4-0 last sunday. T tvs gift the adj to play Safe baseball tourney Tod Wie bad Hurt by setup Johnson takes a Jab at the Csc playoff setup by saying that it has Hurt both his club and the comets in preparing them or ill preparing might be a better word for Safe play. The Layoff has t done us any Good he said adding that rain also Cut into the fivers practice  flyer coach feels the Csc s postseason setup whereby the championship team qualifies automatically for the tourney and sits idly on the sidelines while the next four in the standings playoff for the other Germany berth in the tourney is unfair to the top team.  i think Darmstadt was Hurt even More by it Johnson added because they be had to play too Many games All under pressure in the past two  favors a Csc playoff setup of just one series Between the second and third place clubs. That s the Way the . Conference did it for the first time this year with be Nwaters whipping Laken Heath in two straight to win a Safe trip. I Don t think the fifth place finisher should be Given the Opportunity to get hot in the playoffs and make it into the Safe tourney said Johnson. Of course Johnson is not counting his own team out in the four team Safe tournament. If everybody stays healthy Well go All the Way he says. When he Speaks of the health of his squad. John son is referring to his first baseman Dave Crede in particular Credo one of the flyers biggest threats at the plate with a .412 average has been bothered by a Strep Throat and has t practice in a week. But the Wiesbaden Mentor is hopeful that Crede can play in at least part of the  the flyers have their threats at the plate led by 441-bit Ting Leroy Weddington and Crede they have thrived mainly on the pitching of their two Acos Lance Tobert and unbeaten Bob Parker. Tobert a Lethander who compiled an 11-2 record transferred to Wiesbaden from Pitburg after the league season started in a one Way Trade that embittered the Pitburg people while undeniably helping deliver the Pennant to the flyers. Tobert was the answer i think we could have won the Csc without Tobert said John son. But it would be been tougher and certainly it would have been Pitburg with Tob Crl in the Safe championships with us. The Barons actually came within one strike of making it to the tourney even without Tobert Tobert was the answer to what to really needed and had to have stated the Johnson. We did t have a Good left handed thrower until he came  Darmstadt baseball manager and Lii in main quarterback m Bettez is the kind of Guy who not Only has to be where the action is he wants to be part of it. The 34-year-old Bettez has played a lot of baseball and football during his school Days and air Force career but last weekend was the Topper according to  himself. With his comets involved in the Germany conference baseball playoffs and the football rockets already opening their football exhibition Campaign Bettez got caught in the overlapping seasons saturday. But that did t prevent him from getting a piece of the action in both ends of his unique two sport two base double Neader. Lie played left Field in the Darmstadt Pitburg 1 . Game then drove in his baseball uniform 18 Milos to Rhein Maln in time to catch the last Quarter and a half of the rocket eleven s52-0 Victory Over Chicksands which started at 3 . One thing felted had t counted on was the length of the baseball gamea3-hour, 17-Mlnute ordeal in which Gil had lots of action in tin Outfield in addition to making numerous trips to Mound or pint or pitching changes or chats with an Umpire. He had hoped to a Jess Only about a Quarter of the Grid  was a rough afternoon said Bettez right after the football a he Cap. It s too much. I la never try that  Bettez came Back the next Day for another full afternoon of baseball a 12-inning, 3-hour extravaganza in which he p used enter Froid. In the combined Box score the outfielder a a Hilf t r 18, including 4-for-ll at Bat and 6-for-7 in passing he scored be runs Points including two pats and " drove in 16 markers or Knols and two touchdown passes. By Jack Ante staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is the 1968 Safe baseball tournament gets under Way Here to Day with the Host Wiesbaden flyers of the Germany Confer ence tangling with the Benwa ters phantoms of the . Con Ference in the opener at 10  s raiders Cham pions of the . Loop meet the Darmstadt comets the no., 2 team from the Csc and the defending Safe champions at j2 . As All four entries in the j meet get into the swing of things on opening Day. The Torrejon raiders who were slate to play in the tour Ney were scratched from the action wednesday when their1, scheduled flight from Spain was  s losers Are slated to clash at 10 . Friday and the first Day winners Square off at 2 . Other games in the Dou ble elimination tourney Are scheduled for 10 . Saturday and 2 . Sunday with an if necessary tilt at 2 . On Mon  reigning Monarch of the . Baseball world Wethers. Field is in the Safe final four some for the third straight year. The raiders in route to a 18-4campaign, nipped the phantoms three times by a total of four runs. The Lone Ben Waters win ended 3-2, while Wethersfield salvaged games by scores of 1-0, 2-0 and 4-3. Wethersfield s regular starters have been Wes Brock 8-1 an Sandy Foster 4-0. They Are backed up by George Hollender 4-1 and lefty Dennis Driggs 0-0 in five appearances. Catcher Dave Bingham paces the Wethersfield attack with a.411 Mark and five homers. A quartet of .300 hitters suppl further punch. Jowers hit .39 5, Ray Guerra .365. And outfielders Tom Tiller and Dick Santoro hit local sports a .333 and .310, respectively. Wethersfield manager Williebell was expected to Start Brock against the comets while Darm Stadt strategist Gil Bette. Leaned toward his top Winner Jerry Luke. But pitching Wise the come shave had their problems. Luke still has Good stuff but. Has been wild All year and red Meshach the other Darmstadt starter has been ineffective lately. Skull Turner and Larry b Ukovich round out the  comets can come up with a Strong defensive Outfield Butin order to insert hitting Power sacrifice Speed. Fred Good Berry usually plays in right Field and Meshach and Luke alternate inthe Outfield when not pitching. Bettez plays left or Center  infield Darmstadt boasts a top infield of Mark Rojas Al Jenkins Larry Groeber and Walt  flyers won the Csc ban Ner with a 19-5 record that coupled with their role As Host could Well make them the favor  Ben Waters and Darm Stadt were victors in playoffs for the no. 2 berth in their respective  toppled Laken Heath the . S third place team in two straight zanies. 3-2 and 13-2.the comets fir to eliminated Sembach then out belied bit Burgin a wild free scoring three game  finished Loop play with a 17-7 Mark and be Waters was 14-6.Wiesbaden qualified automatic ally for the tourney by winning the Csc. And has t been Idle since taking Tilburg. Holland. 13-2. And last sunday blanking the Darmstadt Colt 45s, 4-0.the flyers come into the com petition with a Fine 1-2 pitching combination of Lethander Lance 1 Tobert 11-2 with Pitburg and Wiesbaden and unbeaten Bob Parker who has won 10.the Host team also Boa is a pair of .400 plus hitlers in Lero Weddington .422 and Dave Crede .412. Tobert May Start Wiesbaden manager Tom John on was expected to to with to Bert against Bon Waters Anthony aweigh one of the Many attractions Al Lake Kibin he Minnisch recreation area is. Sailing. Nau i sport towers Are lured by the availability of Craft and Low Cost instruct sus Ofsa sri a sex arg bb1" Ted George a Southpaw with a 3-1mark. Lou Tanner 2-1 and Mike Lozito u-3 were expected Tosee action for the phantoms. Larry Livingston was Bent Waters top hitter with a .371 average while Jim Wilson checked in at .311. Catcher chief key a. Shortstop Chico Peralez an Don Bangs add hitting non my. The chances of a  club rubbing the Usak Pennant for the first time since Alconbury performed the trick in 1%2 were dampened when the Pha arrived wednesday in hoist Ace Arnie  Jim Wynn to show. Ben Waters u Boggs will guide Iho Phan is during the  it Only � u  in nine decisions a i of m  on a 10th inning Zumut to  Danny Lowers representing thu men in Blue Are u s a f k Umpire in chief Frank Hollifield and r a n d Thummel from the Csc Confer ence and . Chief Umpire Bob Jones and Bill Krauze also of the . Jim Adkinson is the alternate. The i Safe tourney is the third for hopi fund and the second for Jones