European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wedge stay february 5, 1969 the stars and stripes Page it team Cage tourney starts thursday Safe conference champs will be seeded by Jack Antey secs . Burea South Ruislip England is the conference Cage champions fro Germany the ., Mediterranean and Spain Morocco will be seeded to prevent an Early showdown in the Safe basketball tournament which opens her thursday. Pairings for the eight team double elimination Battle Royal will be announced wednesday As the four runners up will be placed in brackets opposite their respective conference  for their fifth straight Safe net Crown Are the Ramstein German rams winners of the Continental sports conference. The defending champs rejoined by three other Loop monarchs the upper Heyford sky Kings from theu.k., Gigli Izmir twins from the Mediterranean and Aviano eagles of t h Espain Morocco conference. Rhein main s rockets Csc Chick Sands fighting Chicks . Agnew Gazelles Mac and Moron Spain moroc co gained the second berths from their  games Are slated for the opening round thursday at 1, 3, 7 and 9  teams will drop out Friday when the losers Square off at 1 and 3 . The unbeaten list will shrink to two later in the Day when the winners face each other at 7 and 9 . Three tilts Are set for saturday ats 7 and 9 ., and two games Are slated for sunday at 2 and 7 30 . The finals will be staged at 7 30 . Mon Day and the if game at the same Tim tuesday. An undefeated quintet could win Al the marbles Here in four games with a Day off for rest on  going will be rough on a first round loser who would have to play seven of the 15 games in order to carry Safe s colors into the worldwide meet feb. 16-20 at Sheppard a.b., Texas. With the first major race in the season now by the boards the Lead for the manufacturers championship is held by Roger Penske s Lola Chevrolet but it won t last Long. Porsche although failing dismally at the 24 hours of Daytona will run in strength this season and the Stuttgart team should win it in the Long run. The mistakes of Daytona won t be repeated. Next big one in the race for the title is at Sebring fla., in the 12-hour endure there March 21-22. Australian up to Amon Chris Amon the Brilliant Young Driver from new zealand seems to have the Tasman series All but wrapped up. After a bad Luck run in Europe during 1968, Amon has jumped off to Good Start for Ferrari this season. Of five Tasman races Amon has won three his latest last sunday in the australian grand prix. He led All the Way at the Lakeside circuit in Brisbane covering67 laps of the 1.5-mile circuit in 1 hour 12.8 seconds to win from Ferrari teammate Derek Bell of England. Amon recorded the fastest Lap time of 52.8 seconds for an average Speed of 102.27 . Australian Leo Geoghegan in a Lotus Repco was third with Britain s world Champion Graham Hill in a Lotus Ford fourth. Hill s Lotus teammate Jochen Rindt of Austria retired Midway in the race with mechanical problems. Tasman championship Points with two races remaining areas follows Amon 35 piers courage of England 22 Rindt 15 Hill 15 Bell 13 Geoghegan 9 Frank Gardner Australia 7. No Luck at Daytona Mac Mcnamara the american formula Vee and formula 3builder who operates out of Leng Gries Germany qualified four of his Daytona cars for the 250-mile race there last Friday Only Tosee two of them wrecked one go out with a bad bearing and a fourth disqualified when his Driver Guenther Huber of Austria ragout of Gas while in fifth place late in the race. Huber hitched a ride across the infield to get Gas while the rules stated he had to Wal for Gas in Case of running out. Two of Mcnamara s Drivers Helmut Marko of Austria an Helmut Zoepfel of Germany called the race "250 Miles of Sui cide because of too Many Amateur Drivers. Toepel s car was eliminated Early when another car struck a Wall and rebounded into the front of his. Marko s car was knocked out by another Auto which caused a five car pileup on the 16th Lap injuring two other Drivers a special Frame built around the car about shoulder High probably saved my life Marko said. It s the most dangerous race i be Ever  Mcnamara s fourth car driven by German Helmut Bross we tout on the 53rd Lap when an engine bearing failed. Mcnamara said the rules will have to be changed before we come Back next  s too much confusion and disorganization. And it s too danger Ous. If they drove like that in european races they d throw the Drivers  Arundell joins firm Mcnamara by the Way has announced that As of feb. 18,Peter Arundell of England sex formula 1 Driver for Lotus Wui become a permanent member of the firm. His position will be that of director of Sebring cars the subsidiary of Mcnamara racing. Arundell also will act Ai general manager of the team s racing Effort for the coining season. A note from p. W. Elliott 30-year-old staff sergeant at Campieri in Wiesbaden informs me that he will be campaigning a Mcnamara Hawkes Sebring Mil during the coming season. His Crew chief will be Bob Ledoux Elliott was Active in Hill climbs and rallies in the Sacramento calif., area during the mid-1980s, and Enow intends to try his Luck on the european racing circuits. Biff of information Jackie Lex we bad no la at Daytona last week in the. Way a Ford a fat