European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes play Ball saturday May 21, 1977 4 doubleheaders launch Csc season today Ramstein rated title favorite by Dave Cowan staff writer the Ramstein rams barring any uprisings from the Pitburg Barons and the Span Dahlem sheiks Are favored to Cap Ture their second baseball title in three years As the 1977 Continental sports con Ference season gets underway today with four doubleheaders. Although predictions Are a dime a dozen the presumption is made on therms impressive showing in winning the Csc preseason baseball tournament a couple of weeks 1977 season opens with 1 . Doubleheaders Hahn at Ramstein Span Dah Lem at Simbach Zweibruck on at Pitburg and Rhein main at 2 . Games Are slated sunday Pitburg at Span Dahlem. Sembach at Hahn Ramstein at Rhein main. This season the league will play under a revised one division format because Lind sey flyers formerly the Wiesbaden flyers dropped out. The Mannheim Black knights a German team will make up the eighth team but their results will not count in the standings. Each team will play the other six Csc clubs four times during the regular season followed by a four team double elimination tournament for the title tentatively scheduled for the last week in Ramstein rams last year s run ners up and Csc champions in 1975, seem to be endowed with great Talent throughout their entire rams after sporting 6 13-1 preseason record Heads saturday s schedule As they play Host to the Hahn Hawks. Lefty Steve Duck who had a 1-1 preseason record and a 1 67 Era while butting at .351 with two homers and 17 Bis. Will be the starting Pitcher. Right hander Carl Black 14-01 with a 1.68 Era will be starting on the Mound for the rams in the second con test. Bob Binovi with a 4-0 Mark will pitch for the rams sunday against the rho in main the rams have three Good starting pitchers Barney Nelson who pitched three years ago at we Brucken will be in the bullpen. During the exhibition season Nelson chalked up three wins against no losses with an amazing Era of 058.Ramstein. Which belted 16 homers and had a team batting average of .312 in the 14 preseason games will have Ray mock .300 at first base playing manager Bob Venemann .341 at second John Gilbert .439who had four homers and 13 Bis. At shortstop Greg plos Mahenski at third Rick Fowler who played at Pitburg last year in Loftfield Cass await in Center and Boonie Browley .474 in right. Lienemann in his first year As Man Ager was optimistic about his club chances of winning the title. Last season the rams were handily Defeated in the championship playoff by Rhein main. Which won the Best of five series in four games we have the Best snot at the title this year said Lienemann. We have More depth than anyone else in the league. And the biggest thing we have going Over the rest of them is the Power on our rams were also blessed with Strong hitting last season under manager John Kreideweis who will be an assistant coach due to military commitments. Lienemann feels his challengers will be Span Dahlem and Pitburg. And it could be just that according to sheiks coach Marcus Rodriquez who Hopes to bring some respect Back to Span Dahlem in his first year at the Helm. They won t enjoy coming to Span Dah Lem like they used to Rodriquez laughed. Our new kids Are coming though super. Super. Just Rodriquez will have Dan Humphreys 2 0who has t allowed any runs in 14 innings on the Mound in the first of two games at Sembach. Chris Hein 0-2 will have the chores in the second game while Jess Onken 3-0who has allowed Only two earned runs in 19 innings during preseason will pitch sunday when the sheiks play Host to Tilburg. Rounding out the team in batting order will be returnees Jeff Hoffpauir at first . Scalafani. Catching Bob Crawford Loftfield Rick Jones second Randy Farley shortstop while newcomers Danny Pirtle will be in Brightfield Steve Mcgee at third and Chris Hine in Center. Other returning players include Jerry Myers Utility outfielder and right handers Jerry Thorpe and Dave Carroway in the bullpen. Bob Schaffer who hit .467, including 12 homers and was All Csc at first base last year is currently in the state at tending school. He will join the. Team on May 30, according to s Rookie manager Walter Gordon will have Dave Yerardi and Jim Liley on the Mound As the rams play Host to we Brucken. Yerardi 24 had a 1.50 Era and Liley 1-1 sported a 2.50 Era during Moore and Glen Smith who Lead the team in hitting with .488 and .320, will be in Center held and at first base respectively while Bemie Graham is at Short Stop Dick Schuttz at second Jerome Davis catching Bill Smith in Loftfield Danny Grangroth in Brightfield and Ken Perry at third. Gordon will be the designated hitter the Barons who Hope to make a run at the Pennant Lack the sluggers but Gordon feels his club can nuke it up in offence Speed and hit and run plays. If we have a weakness it lies in our third starting Pitcher Gordon Champion Rhein main is in Tor what looks like a rough year. But Man Ager Paul fair said his team will be in the playoffs. However he failed to say in what place it would end rockets open their season at Mann Heim with Mike Sveen scheduled to pitch the opener. Clay Erickson 0-1 will hurl in the second contest while the rockets be Thurler Kevin Pagan ft-2. Will be used in sunday s game against Ramstein at is undoubtedly disappointed with his All righthand cd pitching looked All Over and i could t find a slew fit enough to run around world Taylor . Baltimore a Seattle slew will run probably the Best race of his life Satur Day Mickey Taylor said thursday Dis cussing the Kentucky Derby Winner upcoming test in the �150,000-aoded Preakness. He s fit enough to run around the said the husband of Karen Taylor the listed owner of Seattle unbeaten slew will be called on sat urday to run 13-16 Miles around the Pili co track. He is the Early 3-5 favorite to do it faster than eight other 3year-Olds and keep alive his shot at the triple Crown. Seattle slew to be Ridden by Jean Cru Guet Drew the no.8 Post position for his bid for an eighth win. A Large percentage of winners at this Pamlico meeting have been inside horses but Seattle slew has the Speed to get to the rail quickly and Taylor said he was t d rather have the outside because collegian defeats Hyndman in quarterfinals of is Golf Pinehurst. . Up Michael Donald 21, overcame 90-Dcgree tempera Tures and the experience of his Veteran opponent Here thursday to defeat 61-year-old Bill Hyndman. 1-up. In the quarterfinals of the /7th men s North and South Amateur Golf championship. Donald a member of the Georgia South Ern team from Hollywood. Fla., was two holes Down in Early play but charged Back to go two up through 15 holes and held on for the Victory Over former Champ Hynd Man of Huntingdon Valley a. In other matches Mike Holland 21. Of Bishopville. S.c., slipped past Jay Sigel. 33. Of Berwyn. A1 up Gary Hallberg. 18, of Barrington 111., topped Marty West 28, of Bethesda my. 3 and 2 and Ken Krieger. 22. Of Aurora. Colo., birdied no. 19 to defeat Gary Bennett 28. Of Florence. Hyndman made a Birdie four on the 16th Hole with a six foot putt to pull within one. But missed a Chance to even the match on the 17th when he three putted. The 18th Hole was halved with Par fours when Donald blinded from Hole by Trees hit the Edge of the Green from 180 Yards and got Down in two. Donald was to play Krieger in Friday semifinals. The two Are teammates at Georgia Southern. There s less happening there he was the trouble in the Seattle slew broke badly in the Derby and found himself immediately in tight Quad should be an interesting race be cause Cormorant and . Tobin will be close and run Dusty run will be laying in right behind him said speedy Cormorant owned by Charles t. Berry or. And Ridden by Danny right Drew the inside Post and was made the second Choice at 4-1. The Bay Colt won four straight As a 2-year-old after an open ing loss then this year won the Iroquois Handicap and the Bay Shore and Gotham stakes before missing the Derby because of a fever and cough. He returned to action last saturday with a second place to pre Akness entrant Iron Constitution in the . Robert e. Lehmann s run Dusty run whose second place in the Derby was his fourth straight runner up finish was made the third Early Choice at 8-1. He will be Ridden from the no. 9 Slot by Darrel me argue. . Tobin listed at 10-1 with Iron Constitution worked a half mile in 47 Flat for what will be Only his third race this year and Only his second Start on the dirt. Bill Shoemaker will ride him from the no.6 Post. Others entered for the nationally Tele Vised classic were counter punch sir sir regal sir and hey hey j.p., who will Start from the no.2 through no.5 posts respectively. Sports on of horse racing or Rakness slake sat urday 11 25 .Auu Rachuj indy so time trials Hall hour saturday 11 31 pm. Lethander on the base this year. I would have liked some lefties to go against teams like Ramstein which has four lefthand batters in its fair said. His woes Are More Complex than just the pitching staff it involves the entire team which is completely new this s no doubt about it. We have our work Cut out for us fair said. We re in the process of rebuilding the team out i still think the team can make the playoffs. But it s going to depend on the desire and fair s remaining lineup for opening Day includes Paul Arndt at second Danny Hargrove Center Mark Remington first John Mahoney Catcher Marvin Dahlman shortstop Dan Weyandt third and Larry Waits or Joe Bonfiglio in Brightfield. It s going to be a different Story this year at we Brucken. Said warriors pitching coach Steven Williams. We want to bring some Pride Back Towe Brucken. For the past three years no one has recognized us and i can t blame them Williams said. We had a 7-js record last season but that s going to manager Fred Candler who s on leave currently has some Strong returnees including All Csc George Nord who will play first base and work out of the Bull pen. Williams will Start John Nyahay who played at Sembach last season in the first game at Pitburg with either Bob Martin or Bob Hoof tabbed for the second game. Nord will open at first Herb Burgin will be at second Tom Lynch shortstop Jim Wolfe third Bruce Ellis Catcher while Randy free Lannie Ivory and Mike Martin will be in right Center and left Field respectively. Williams figures the team s Strong hit Ting besides three left handed and two Rign handed pitchers will make it respect Able this year. The warriors lost a 3-2 Deci Sion in nine innings to Ramstein in the Csc preseason meet. The warriors out slugged the rams six hits to four and Nyahay hurled four shutout innings before being lifted in the fifth. It was Nyahay s first Lime out this season. I wanted him to pitch a few innings to loosen up but i also did t want to injure his Arm Williams said. They Don t grow them big up Here for some reason Sembach manager Charles Mitchell said in sizing up his bal club which opens at Home against Span Dah Lem. Our designated hitter Larry Bear bums 5-foot-6hits a Long Ball for his size. But really we have no one Over 6-foot 1 on the team said Mitchell. Sembach. Which had a 1-5 preseason record will Start Doug Youngblood 0-2 again in sheiks with George Wright get Ting the nod for the second game. Pat Mallon or Bobby Cobb will Start sunday when Sembach travels to Hahn. Mitchell was quite descriptive about his starting lineup which leads off with returnee Mike Roberts at second followed by Marvin Henry .500 in Center Al the Arm Parlow he can throw a Ball throw a Brick says Mitchellin Brightfield Randy Jackson at third Bobby Rose at first James madman Tate catching Russell Bryant in Loftfield and Cobb a shortstop. How will Sembach do it s hard to say what we will do Mitchell said. We Haven t played one game with a full team. I would like to break .500, but that depend son my pitching. If the pitchers develop through the season i think we can achieve that .500 Marie. I need one stopper someone who can throw however the Smyrna Beach. Fla.,native thinks Ramstein will be the team to beat As Many of the league s managers have already hinted. They re Strong everywhere not a player on the team that can t probably hit the Ball out of the Park
