European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 22 the stars and stripes at Wiesbaden London major by Don Saue staff writer Wiesbaden is though the football season has just been put to rest and basketball is infill swing a sure sign that base Ball is just around the Corner Isth opening of Safe s base Ball clinic late this  first session is set for wies Baden air base Jan. 28-31 Fol thursday january 23, 1969 Luers to Lowed by a repeat feb. 88 i London. This year s clinic puts emphasis on the pitchers with Frank Crosetti the sex Newyork Yankee shortstop and coach who is headed for the new Seattle pilots franchise this Spring being the Only non Mounds Man. Other clinic staffers include the St. Louis cardinals Steve Carl ton and Nelson Briles and Baltimore s Dave Mcnally who reactive Mounds men. Umpire Ken Burkhart also happens to be Anex major league hurler. By going to Seattle where Hewill be working under Pilot skip per Joe Schultz Crosetti will bending a string of 37 straight years As a Yankee player and coach. Hie former bombers shortstop brings a winning fee Ord with him having played i seven world series As Well As be ing on die third base coaching lines during 14 other appearances in the fall classic by new , coming off a very mediocre 1967 in which he Hadar trouble and Only a 7-7 rec Ord bounced Back to have his Dave Mcnally. Best year in 68 Nelson Briles. 19 victories Steve Carlton. All Star hurler Only 54 cars still in porsche 1st Ken Burkhart. Veteran Umpire rally Drivers Battle ice Snow Dat no o a � �.tlf7vlvn t. M. E majors with comeback pc wow Usu i wih Ihn or me Nilly hoped 4d even better in 1969 and help his Baltimore team mates to a possible Pennant in the coming Campaign As the american league begins division play for the first time. Cardinal starters Briles and Carlton have Bee two of the Cardinal mainstay starters during the past two seasons both Pennant winners for St. Louis. The 25-year-old righthand Briles enjoyed his f i r s t full season As a starter winning 19games while losing 11. He got his big break in 1967 when inserted into the starting rotation after Redbird Ace Bob Gibson broke his leg july 15. Briles went on to win 10 and lose two As a regular starter finishing with a 14-5 Mark Overall. Lethander Carlton Only 24,had a Fine Rookie year winning 14 games in 1987, but slipped to13-11 last season. Steve won nine Ames during the first half ofl968 and was a member of the National league s All Star game Mound staff but could t seem to hurl consistently in the second half of the year. Burkhart has been an Umpire since 1952, joining the National league staff in 1957 and having since worked two world series and three All Star games. Hews a Pitcher with the cardinals by Randy Barnetts a racing columnist Monte Carlos a fantastically severe weather conditions in the French Alps Cut the final stage of the Monte Carlo rally to Only 54 cars wednesday morning. These 54, with the main Chal Lenge from porsche were the Only cars to finish the first Al Pine est within the allotted time. Ice and Snow in the run from Monaco to Vals Les Bains Chambery and Back to Monaco brought on numerous crashes. Tony fall and John Davenport of Britain crashed 200 feet Down a Canyon tuesday night in their Lancia. They were miraculously unhurt. Other top teams eliminated by crashes were Rondo Aaltonen of Finland and Henry Liddon of Britain also in a Lancia and Ove Andersson and g u n n a Palm of Sweden in a Ford escort. Surviving the rugged drive an taking Over first place in the rally was the swedish pair of Biorn Wal Degaard and Lars Hel Mer in a porsche. Porsche also held Down Woof the next three places with de fending Champion Vic Elford and David Stone of England second and France s Garard larousse and Jean Claude Perramon the car to continue in the final Alpine test starting late thurs to " fourth. Jean Vinatier and Jean fran Cois Jacob of France had their Renault Alpine in the no. 3  Only american in the rally it. John Buffum of the 38thengr co 540th engr up near ludwigs Burg Germany made Good showing with his teammate Jurgen Barth of Stuttgart. Ger Many in the late stages of the Alpine test and moved up to 18thplace. The by Fum Barth porsche was slightly damaged on one Side when it Slid off the Road momentarily Early wednesday but officials were expected to allow Lover wins Gold Racquet award mttm17 \7/"\t�t.r it  new York up Rod Laver of Australia was named Jan International panel wednes Day As an overwhelming win Neof the 1968 Gold Racquet Awan voted annually to the top Tenn player of the year. Australia s Ken Rosewall Waranke second and army it Arthur Ashe of Richmond  Only a Point behind at no 3. Laver a Southpaw profession support come. F continued from Page 21 eur wrestling championship last year when they lost the team title by six Points to the3rd army div. Wyse pinned five consecutive opponents on his Way to the top honors in the 171.5-Pound classification last year. Mccormick handled four straight opponent sin convincing style for the 213.5 Pound laurels in 68. Mccormick plans to enter the 213.5-Pound Competition again this year a Dwyse reported that he will com Pete in the 191.5-Pound category. Al who won the first Wimbledon open and led All Money winners last year piled up 109 Points of a possible 110 on ballots of 11tennis writers representing the United states great Britain France and Australia. Rosewall also a pro was awarded 93 Points to 92 for Ashe Winner of both the  and open Champion ships in what probably was his last season As an Amateur. Following the top three in order were 4 Tony Roche of Australia 5 Tom Okker of the Netherlands 8 John Newcombe of Australia 7 Clark Graebner of new York 8 Pancho Gonzalez of los Angeles 9 Dennis Ralston of Bakersfield calif., 10 Cliff Drysdale of South Africa. Graebner like Ashe is a full fledged Amateur. Okker is a registered player who can compete for prize Money and collected $14,000 As the leading Money player in the . Open though he was beaten by Ashe inthe final. The annual award is presented by Martini and Rossi which set up the panel and tabulate the votes. Day. Two Ford escorts were still very much in Contention after the 888-mile Mountain run tues Day and wednesday As France s Jean Francois Piot and Jaunt put held Down fifth place and Finland s Hannu Mikkola an Britain s Jim Porter the Early leaders were  Saab driven by Finland s Simo Lampinen and Arne Hertz was in seventh place followed by a Lancia with Pat mos Carlsson of Britain and elis Nystrom of  frenchmen Henri Greder and Andre Vigneron had an opel in the no. 9 spot. This appeared to be one of the harshest tests for Monte Carlo Drivers in Many years and the Lack of finishers pointed it up. The top 60 had been schedule to take part in thursday s final Alpine  Drivers told of autos going into Snowbank ditches and rails along the rugged Lay out which included nine Speed stretches and lasted for 26 hours the 225 original entries in thermally have now been Cut to less than a fourth with 196 actually starting 167 arriving in Monte Carlo and 165 starting the first Alpine Section. The final stage of the rally covering a Shorter distance of 450 Miles starts at 8 . Thurs Day and winds up Early Friday. Ellis says lion9 might tame Frank Crosetti. Changes uniforms and Cincinnati from 1945-1948.his Best year was his Rookie season where he compiled an18-8 record with St. Louis. Approximately 60 . Force baseball coaches and officials Are expected to be on hand forthe clinic. Jan Hartog a leading figure in the dutch baseball federation for Many years will be among other visitors including those from the Gorman italian Bel Gium As Well As dutch baseball federations and the Canadian armed forces. Miami Beach Fla. A Jimmy Ellis world boxing association heavyweight Cham said tuesday hell be fighting the m tender to his throne Joe Frazier when the terms Are ight. Ellis called Frazier a big Mouth and said if Frazier tries o out talk him in the ring "1 might Knock his Teeth out Miami news sports editor John Crittenden said the title fight might be staged March 24 in Madison Square Garden foreclosed circuit television but nothing is signed yet. Ellis manager Angelo Dun Dee sparred around tuesday on just How definite an Ellis Fra Zier bout might be but admitted Ellis began training monday with nothing else on the  i beat him i la have the world by the Throat said Ellis who admitted he d be the under dog even though he won his title in an elimination tournament Frazier stayed out of the round Robin. I might be As big an under dog As Cassius Clay was against Sonny listen Ellis said at the fifth Street gym where he was pounding the heavy bag. Everybody figures he s a rough Tough Bull Ellis said. Well this might be the time the Bull gets tamed by the lion