European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse , september 5 the stars and stripes Page 21 bears Host flyers in opener army air Force champs will collide this weekend this is that time of the school year when the boys look Over their crop of girls., when boys and girls begin to size up heir cd school arms. When High school football coaches Start look no through the hallways for big shouldered boys. And confusion ifs Back to school is our Kickoff column for the 1968-69 school year and Well be with you every thursday or Friday through next May with new from the High school sports scene. This column which will begin its fifth year i meaty a Fol again slant its coverage toward thebans by telling them where the weekend action will be taking place. Abo in this Corner the prep fan will find our football predictions ill league teams in football and basketball features on some of the coat lies and players and a school year ending column on the stars and stripes High school athlete of the year if you have something you would like to contribute to the column Send it to the stars and stripes attention prep scene 61darmstadt, Germany Postrach 1034, or Call military 2376-741 or Griesheim civilian w155 j071.the same address and phone numbers May also be used earlier in the week to get write of weekend events in the is. Jus make it attention sports instead of attention prep these reports should be sent via express mail immediately after the weekend games in order to reach us by our 6 . Prep pages deadline on mondays. M4ny of the coaches for the fall sports football Golf and Cross country met with us Desea sports chief Don Devona last week at Karlsruhe on thursday and in London on Friday and Goethe Lowdown on what s new for 68- 69. Devona who has been connected with us Desea athletic since 1957 and has been running the show since january 1967, talked about the coaches new an Long overdue pay raises the few minor changes in the football Rule Book and equipment to the coordinator of athletics Phy Sical education health and recreation for . F Pipi by dependents schools european area that s de Vona s proper title and we use it once a Yea the football season swings into action with a full slate of games on sept. 21. N Twenty eight schools will again be competing Evona j n 3 divisions. The Only major change fro last fall and it is a Good one is in the big school Blue division where the Stuttgart stallions known As ludwigs Burg last year have moved up a notch to bump Heads with Frankfurt Wiesbaden and stallions walloped Frankfurt in their Gridiron opener last year and went on to an unbeaten season and of course the re division championship. Stuttgart will be the smallest school in the Blue division Bat the stallions will help to make it a More inter Esting league. The three school league never quite met with the approval of anyone connected with it including Devona who lists to match football teams that Are pretty much the same from the Blue division Here is the setup for the other leagues red division Heidelberg Mannheim Munich. Nuernberg. Silver division Augsburg Baum older Berlin Pitburg division bad or Cugnach Brun sum Brussels Bremerhaven Karlsruhe division Seville Rota Madrid. . Division Lakenheath London upper of the openers on sept. 21 will be non league encounters. The season runs through nov. 2 with most of the schools playing seven games. Here and there. Coach Bud Korth of Heidelberg has Back a pair of All league ends in Bob Bissell and Foster Fountain but the lion s Mentor does t have an experienced quarterback to throw to these speedsters. The Lions who open at Home against the Tough Frank Furt eagles also have Back All league tackle Bruce Wood a 220-Pounder. Harry gr1ndrod, the 6-6, 225-Pounder who gained Al league honors in football and basketball at Frankfurt last school term is now attending Kansas state on a Grid scholarship. Several us Desea coaches switched schools this summer. George Popoy after seven years at Bremerhaven went to Berlin John Winkler moved from Berlin to Madrid Bill Elstran from Berlin to Rota. And Dennis la Valley from upper Heyford to Wuerzburg. Larry Daniels who coached ludwigs Burg s now Stutt Wrt stallions to an unbeaten football season has returned to the states. Athletic director Leo Palmer informs us that Wolfgan Plakinger moves up to the new stallion Grid Post. John Ripmaster a coach at Ramstein Junior High i planning a Junior High basketball conference with two or three divisions. Schools interested in joining up should Contact Ripmaster Thamsten military 7715. ,. There s something also in store for the girls this year Heidelberg High plans to Host a girls volleyball meet nov. 16. Inter ted schools should Contact miss Brenda Burch at Heidelberg miw70 or write to her at the school Apo 09403. She Hopes that other schools will Host similar paydays for basketball and track. The Northern Southern and Western regional Cross country meets have been scheduled for oct. 28. The finals will i held nov. 2. I Augsburg Grid coach Phil Maher says that his super Stai in ice in California. Wiesbaden special it is now official the Usa eur and Safe baseball champions Are going to have a showdown. The official announcement was made Here late wednesday after a meeting Between officials from he Usa eur and Safe ath Etic a joint statement Neal har Ris of Usa eur special serv Ces and maj. John Gurski of the Safe athletic office said that i Best of three series would Bejla Yed this weekend Between the Jas eur Champion b or 1 i n bears and the Wiesbaden flyers he new Safe Kingpins. The Usa eur Safe series slated to open at 2 . Satur Day in Berlin at the High school Field. The second and if Neces sary third games will be played at Wiesbaden air base sunday beginning at 1 . Neither team will be allowed to augment players for this first Ever official Usa eur Safe baseball championship series. Both the army and air Force champions have been invited to compete in a tournament next week in Haarlem the nether lands along with the dutch an italian National teams but there was no official announcement after wednesday s meeting concerning this tourney. The announcement that Theu Sarteur Safe series would take place came on the heels of rumours to that effect which have been in the Mill for several weeks. Apparently nothing could be firmed up until the champions of the army and air Force were declared. Both champs were crowned earlier this nailed Down its title monday when Lethander Ron Lance Tobert. Flyer Ace Ron Yarbrough. Berlin hurler stars and Btl plus local sports 69 golfers set for Usa eur tourney at Berlin by Klint Johnson berlins a with com z Ralph Schlicht considered the Man to beat 69 golfers Are expected to tee off thursday in the 1968 Usa eur championships at the Berlin Golf and country 72-Hole tourney will continue with one round each on Friday saturday and sunday. The 6,220-Yard Berlin military course a Par 70 layout will be a new Challenge for Many of Theu Sarteur entrants who had t seen the course until they arrived earlier in the , who is stationed in Stuttgart is considered the open division favorite off his perform ances in the recent com z tour Ney at Jannisch and this sum Mer s Woodlawn open at ram Stein. Schlicht shot four sub Par rounds in winning the com title with an eight tinder total of assistant sports editor 280, beating runner up Anthon Wickless by 33 strokes. Schlicht was also the Low Amateur in the Woodlawn open with a 36-Hole total of 141.Stuttgart club pro Glen Rich Ardson will add another threat for the defending Champion com z team As he was formerly stationed in Berlin and knows the course Terjesen who won the 1967 Usa eur tournament with a 294 at Heidelberg will not Beback to defend his individual title. Terjesen edged teammate Arnold Salinas also not return ing by one stroke in last year championships. Eleven commands will enter full teams Here. Each team will enter four open and two senior golfers. A 12th team v corps has three men tee times Start at 10 . Yarbrough beat the 3rd support brigade greyhounds 9-1, with a three hitter in the rubber match of the Usa eur finals series. The bears had taken the final opener 3-2, saturday at Stuttgart and had dropped a 2-1 decision tothe greyhounds in an earlier game monday that knotted the series. Usa eur s tournament lasted three weeks and the bears advanced in rapid fashion. They beat the 2nd brigade of the 3rdarmd div in two straight 3-2 games in the quarterfinals an then knocked off the 2nd brigade of the 8th div 3-2 and 11-2, inthe semifinals. The bears who finished four thin the com z league with a 10-6 record came on like a Ball office once the playoffs got under Way. They also got Superb pitch ing from manager Bob Mclean and Rich Vogel and timely hit Ting from the likes of Norm Shipes Chip Chirco Julie Hen Derson. Rod Brown and Bobby Bell. Beat comets Wiesbaden wrapped up it championship tuesday with a 6-3 win Over the Darmstadt comets in the Safe title game. This tourney also Wen right Down to the wire with the flyers Ace lefty Lance Tobert. Losing a 1-0 Duel to Jerry Luke and the defending Champion comets in an earlier game tues Day. Tobert came Back and pitched four innings of the second game but it was big right hander Tex Harris who blanked the defend ing Champion comets Over the final five frames for the win that gave the flyers their first us afe championship in 11 years. The flyers won the Germany conference title after a close race with Darmstadt and ram Stein to qualify for the Safe meet. Like Berlin the flyers Are Well set in the pitching department for a Short series. In addition Ottobert who was 11-2 in regular season play acid Harris the have right hander Bob Parker unbeaten in 10 games. .400-plus hitters the flyers of manager Tom Johnson also boasts a pair of,400-plus hitters in Leroy Weddington and Dave Crede. Mark Metz Larry Smalley Carl Spain and Bill Bennett have also reached base frequently for Wiesbaden in recent outings. Ironically it was Berlin in Stead of Wiesbaden that battled Darmstadt for the championship in Safe s title game at Lakenheath England Las year. That was before Berlin switched from an air Force league to an army Loop and changed its nickname from braves to bears. Several players from Berli who took part in last year s us afe title game will be on us a eur s Side this weekend when the flyers come to town. Four officials two from us a eur and two from Safe will be named to work this Long awaited showdown series eagles Trade Martin Boston up defensive Back Aaron Martin of the National football league Philadel phia eagles was traded to the Washington redskins for an undisclosed draft Choice the eagles announced today
