European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday sell my of 2 the stars and stripes Post 24 err Sench raiders comets vie today there will be an official championship series Between the usar and Safe baseball champions this year and officials of units have arranged their football schedules in such manner hat a football championship game cd also be staged. The respective officials have put their Best foot Forward at  was much clamouring for a showdown Between the Berlin hears usage aft s very Fine football Champion and Safe Best the Rhein main rockets last november. But alas such a contest never got played although the teams apparently were willing. There has evidently been a great Deal of thinking and program adjusting on the parts of both sides since last november and we sneaking from a perhaps biased Angle because we feel the More sports the better Are glad to Welcome such changes. We should like to see such cooperation go one big step  about combined clinics both Safe and Usa eur conduct excellent clinics for their athletes trainers and officials during the course of a year but we happen to feel that the clinics could be even better through consolidation. Three Grid clinics flyers bomb Wethersfield Advance to Safe finals by Ben Abrams staff writer Wiesbaden is thematic number dwindled to one for the Wiesbaden flyers her sunday. The flyers whipped the Wethersfield raiders 7-1, in a win ners bracket game of the double elimination Safe baseball finals and need Only one More Victory to Clinch the coveted Crown the Darmstadt come shave won the past two Cam  comets Are still around in the 1968 tournament and one to go As an example let s take a look at  separate football clinics were staged this summer and eight personalities were brought from the states. Safe s clinic was staged in late june and featured Texas am coach Gene Stallings Syracuse Mentor Ben Schwartzwalder National football league official Tommy Bell and Pacific coast official Frank Fidler. A fifth personality Missouri s Dan Devine also was schedule but he had to Back out when some last minute unexpected difficulties arose., a Short time later Usa eur brought Houston Mentor Bill Yeo Man his assistant Melvin Robertson and trainee Ken Rawlinson of the University of Oklahoma to Europe. Two weeks after that Ron Dibbs came abroad and conducted an official s clinic for Usa eur personnel. That scheduling from our Point of View bordered on the ridiculous. But last year s basketball clinics seemed to approach a Cut Throat attitude. The rival sessions were held the same week within30 Miles of each other Usa eur staging its sessions at bad Kreuz Nach with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky Fame As its Mai attraction while Safe was holding its classes at Wiesbaden with Duke s Vic Bubas and Oklahoma City s Abe Lemons  would t it have been More logical to have held joint clinics in basketball last fall and football this summer not to mention baseball and other sports the Money Angle ii certainly would be Wiser from a Money Angle to  alone would mean Money saved. If two or three men were brought Over for a combined program it certainly would Bemore economical than having the air Force pick up the Tab for three or four and the army pick up the Tab for another group or the department of defense be responsible for a total of eight people for travel Board and  these people Are brought Over Here they Are Given a pretty High status to make such things As travel and accommodation easier to acquire. We feel there is another Factor in favor of joint operations. This would be attendance. During our 34 years with the stars & stripes sports staff we have covered some clinics whore the turnout mad bringing someone or More than one from the . To Germany hardly worthwhile. What a Fine impression it would make on a clinic stuff to walk into a session and see Many people waiting for Wisdom. It would give them the idea that the people Over Here really do want to learn about football or basketball or baseball. I should think that coming All the Way from America to conduct a clinic for is or 18 people would be dismaying. On our assignments at these clinics we have received Complete cooperation from both air Force and army personnel in charge. They have gone out of their Way to Supply us with information and work facilities so that we might have the opportunities to rive our readers better coverage. We know these men to be mos cooperative extensive army program currently the army s clinic program is larger in scope than mat of Safe. While the air Force program evolves around the we three sports the army program also includes intramural sports softball wrestling boxing and volleyball. The joint clinic idea becomes even More feasible with the Rev elation that Usa eur is not going to have a basketball coaches school Thia year. Perhaps the air Force and army personnel have their reasons or conducting separate programs. Perhaps there Aren t enough accommodations available to handle larger turnouts or perhaps inc idea never even has been  any rate we Don t believe that whatever problems May exist cannot be resolved for the Good of a better Over All , such a program can come about with a Little consultation. 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Labor Day game that would set the stage for tuesday s finals the flyers Lake on the Winner a noon tuesday with an if Neces sary contest slated to follow immediately. Bob Parker undefeated in 10regular season decisions and Jack Wilson stifled the raiders the . Conference champions in 1968 play on four hits an the flyers Germany league winners had a shutout until the ninth inning. Parker picked up the win. Buthe came within one pitch of not getting the deserved credit forthe Victory. With two out and John Webb batting for the raid ers in the fifth Parker evidently pinched a nerve in his Elbow and when the count reached 3-2. He was in severe  Tom Johnson came out to the Mound to talk to him and after a five minute Consul tation. Parker decided he would finish the inning. His next pitch was a strike and he had pitched local sports Long enough to get the w in. Webb was the 15th Man Parker had faced Over the first five innings. Only Tom Tiller who had walked and had been thrown out trying to steal while web was batting had managed to reach base against the wies Baden Ace. Parker worked out on the Side lines and decided to remain in the game. He stayed in through the seventh when he lost h i s bid for a no hitter. With one  Bingham slashed a drive which shortstop Larry Small tried to backhand and could t. Earlier in the game Bingha had played a key role As the flyers racked up three  Melz led off the Bottom of the second by getting hit witha pitched Ball. Bill Bennett lashed a single to right b u Metz was Cut Down trying for third on Dick Santoro s Fine throw. After Carl Spain popped  Brown walked and Parker was awarded first base Oneatcher s interference the second such Call on Binghan inthe first two innings. Ansel Smith lined a smash Back at Pitcher Sandy Foster. The bal chromed off Foster s foot and careened into left Field. Bennett and Brown scored on the hit and Parker also raced Homo when the throw to the plate in a bid to set brow bounced away from bin Cham. The flyers added four run err out at first Pitcher Sandy Foster of Wethersfield treats Wiesbaden s Troy wed Dan gum to first base u the Bottom of the four thinning of sunday s Safe tournament game. The play on Weddington was close because first baseman John Webb hobbled the Ball before Ghung the throw off to . Wies Baden won 7-1. Is photo by Dixon