European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1977 the stars and stripes Page a great experience1 softball official lauds Safe program by Gary Harris Bureau m1ldenhalu England the experience that a person gains officiating air Force athletics and the knowledge that he attains in training clinics such As the one we Are having Here and will he con ducting in Germany can carry right Over into civilian life when the member scope rates or its a great stated Merle the Pacific Region Deputy Umpire chief for the Amateur softball Butler is conducting the Safe softball official Sand coaches clinics this the Asa itself has More than umpires in the United which a great Many got their Start while in according to my local the metro Politani officials association of Santa Clara has six or seven military retirees and several other veterans who fit that he Vilas defeats Nastase in Virginia net Virginia a fourth seeded Guillermo Vilas of play ing with a scraped knee he suffered during a spill in the first beat third seeded Ilie Nastase of Romania 64 saturday for the championship of the Virginia Beach Tennis the Victory earned Vilas the first plus a Bonus for his performances in this tournament and another held seven weeks ago at Ocean although winds of is o 20 Miles per hour were a Vilas seemed less affected in the decisive third set when he broke Nastasee service three times while losing his own serve just each player had a service break in the first four games before Vilas got his second break and ran off the next three games for the he won on his own winning the match Point when Nastase was wide with a service using his topspin ground strokes to keep Nastase backed Vilas swept through the first set with the key break came with visas leading 31 and gave him a com manding 41 in the second Nastase became More started going to the net and evened the match when he broke through in the ninth game mostly on volleys at the Nastase spent much of the match arguing with a fan at mid court and using his usual delaying and Vilas said afterwards he did not consider this show Hes like said Vilas of Nas i never complained to the referee about it didst bother Nastase played most of the tournament with a heavily taped but Vilas said that made no difference in the Way he when i come to the i try to beat the other whether he has a bad ankle or Hes in a wheelchair or if he has a bad he be soccer standings an army is no stranger to the military sports clinics he spent six weeks teaching softball to Mili tary personnel in Vietnam and Thailand in the Spring of the native of majored in physical education at Washington state and san Jose attaining a recreation degree from the latter in i960 and adding a masters degree from the same University in since Butler has been director of Parks and recreation department in cd and a Par time lecturer in the department of recreation and Lles Urc studies at san Jose state since Hes a member of both the California and National Park and recreation associations and he Doest limit himself to just he also officiates Basket Ball and baseball and belongs to the Santa Clara Valley officials association for each Hes probably the Only official to work a world series in both professional and Amateur in 1974 he worked the Amateur world series sponsored by the International soft Ball federation and last year officiated both the Allstar game and the world series in women professional fast pitch butter is a Strong believer in physical conditioning and advocates softball As a Good Means to that end for just eve softball is the most participated sport with people from High school age to men and women in their 50s and 60s play ing in organized cited and slow pitch is the fastest growing sport throughout the that he started in Pennsylvania and the Southeast and is now played in one form or the other All whereas we i Asa once Only had National tournaments in mens and women med grab crowns in Safe Racquet Ball team upper or lord won tin pit of 11 h h ii 21 Dwight Kealoha and Al from Ramstein and representing the Continental sports con captured the Safe racquetball open doubles title Here sunday with a Victory Over another Csc two Post 2nd triumphs in Ramstein ring Germany Light Middle weight Thomas Washington of the 21st sup port come and middleweight Richy Vivrette of Baum older both chalked up their second victories in Novice division highlighting sundays nine bout card in the first annual european boxing championships at the no club International Washington decision Ned Mark walkup of we Brucken air Vivrette got the verdict Over Aldo Johnson of the 21st sup port come As both winners gained the finals in their respective a to by Light welterweight Robert Wallace of Erlanger topped the Brief open division the Vii corps stopped John the v corps titleholder out of in of the first both boxers had participated in the Usa eur ring tournament but did not meet the Only other to Here sunday was pasted by Novice Light middleweight Wesley still of Darmstadt who disposed of Melvin session of we Brucken air base in of the third the tournament concludes Here monday with a 13bout championship card featuring eight Novice and five open title the action starts at 7 in the no club Novice division won by injury a Torry Light thou Irdle lift support ate Gene Couch and Al the Triumph partially avenged Kealo has loss to Couch in the open singles championships saturday when the Wei Btl Ckon Netter took the title with a 2118 Couch and Barreras lost to Kualoha and Alexander earlier in the and then had to come Back to beat the Lou southers Boomer 16 to gain the the Modi Leranian sport conferences Mike Don Cohuo and Don Moore took a hard fought three set Victory Over the Ted Deplanch Stan for the seniors doubles Cham the Csc ran away Wiki the team scoring with 90 Points followed by the 77 and the Modi Leranian open doubles Kiona Al Csc def ont Couch Al ii ii Couch Del Lou soul Hert Doomer of Anutka u 2112 Kim Obj Alexander Del Courti senior doubles Maun donor Nim Don meant Modi Dol Ted sep Uncle we now have 20 to 25 tournaments on the National level that includes just about every age level for both in he everybody is in on the hitting and trials a bit different than in baseball and fast pitch where its so much a Pitcher Catcher slow pitch is much More exciting and enjoyable for the average person to softball rules arc according to and Are stable for two years after being agreed upon by the International softball that makes it possible for games to be played at least in respect to whether they take place in Italy or any other coun try represented in the he few York stale has a modified fast pitch that requires the pitchers to deliver the Ball More like a Bowler with the Elbow locked in but they still use the Standard 12 in the Chicago a 16inch Ball is that game is often played without and is spreading and there Are National tournaments in both of these he its obvious that with so Many Partick officials Are in demand Butler says there Are three main characteristics that associations look for in officials 1 common 2i style and technique and 13i common sense has to Start when Hal Umpire walks on the the impression he makes will last throughout the so appearance can not be stressed enough people expect you to Call like you ii you look youll Gam if you look going to be hassled from the he of course a Rood knowledge of the rules is this gives you Confidence and is a trouble Many new officials that Lack of Confidence will cause a Man to hesitate on making a Call and generally get him into warned Butler also cup Hastied the importance of women to the women in have really increased Over the last two this has opened up officiating to he pointed among those women donning the Black and White stripes for the first time is his wife Betty who started calling basketball this past and she is really looking Forward to next season related but of finished Shes always been my biggest whether it was on my Calls or just the Way i theres that appearance thing ii it ii saturdays results upper Hoyord Bent Waters i Vic Llord and suit corny Pill in or Muir heavyweight Rootkit me Garry army open division n Jonn Erin gun Abc asks qualifiers verify availability for the masters Germany the Allamy Bowling which conflicts with the Abc european masters tourney May 1315 May claim one or possibly two of the qualifiers from the just concluded Abc european Alt Star Jack Paxton of who finished eighth in the Abc event at Proba Bly will pass up the masters for the Allamy event As May Frankfurt Bill Jen who with another masters qualifier Wayne won the 1975 interservice doubles because there May be other Kegler who for one reason or another cannot be available for the Abc officials Are asking the German based qualifiers to verify their availability for the 1977 classic which will be held this year at Camp Bell lanes in John who acted As tournament director at the Ramstein said that the Abc office is setting a May 6 deadline for qualifiers to indicate their intentions with regard to the bowlers May Call the Abc office at rheingau Mil 2136 6273 or reviewing some of the highlights of the Abc european Allred noted among other bowlers registered three the Best was a 201 by Dave Williams of Ramstein who railed his doubles Competition during the first the second went to 16yearold Joe Gruber of the tourneys youngest competitor who in february had shot a sanctioned 727 Gruber got the Triplicate during team Competition to Start second round Camille Bastiste of Giessen recorded three 169s in his singles round during the final Day of
