European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday May 28, 1977 15 added to Field for world 600 Charlotte . A Charlotte motor Speedway officials thursday changed their plans at the last minute and qualified is More Drivers for the world 600 Stock car race sunday despite rain that had forced cancellation of qualifying earlier in the Day. Dave Marcis of Wausau wise., led the pack thursday pushing his Mercury to an average Speed of 157.154 Miles per hour far slower than the 161.435 Pace set on a completely dry track wednesday by David Pearson of Spartanburg . Track and Lascar officials had Given up the Day earlier but the rain stopped at 3 30 ., and by 7 30 the track was dry enough to drive. The qualifying took about an hour. Not that the Drivers would t have been Happy to let the Day go by without doing anything. Any Day like this is a Good Day to do nothing proclaimed a relaxed Richard Petty. He qualified his Dodge on wednesday for the no. 2 spot beside pole Winner David Pearson. Petty one of the few prominent Drivers who showed up at the track thursday puffed on a Small Cigar and was about As relaxed As the worn Black cloth hat he used to shield him from the rain. I m always glad to be doing nothing Petty said. He refused to get excited about the Speedway s announcement that the Leader of the first Lap in the 600-mile Nash prevent will get a $1.000 Bonus. Track officials came up with the prize wednesday after Petty and Pearson had qualified Side by Side in an Effort to spark a dual Between the two. Pearson said wednesday that he like the idea because Money is what we re Here for and said he was t about to let Petty jump him on the first Lap. Petty said the extra Money which was added to the purse of $302,550, would change his All out driving style. Sheiks 1-2 try to improve record at the expense of Rhein main 0-1 by Dave Cowan staff writer Span Dahlem coach Marcus Rodriguez said before the Start of the Continental sports conference baseball season teams won t enjoy coming to Span Dah Lem like they use French open Tennis Well be might have to eat his word sunless the sheiks can get unt racked at Home saturday in a doubleheader against the Rhein main rockets. Three doubleheaders Are scheduled sat urday and on monday memorial Day. The starting times Are 1 30 Smith stops German 4 yanks left in Field Paris a Stan Smith knocked off Jurgin Fassbender of West Germany 6-4, 6-3,7-5, Friday and was one of four Ameri cans in the last 32 of the French open Tennis championships. They were All that remained of the 27americans who set out at the Start of the week. The rest fell in the first two rounds Many of them bemused by the red Clay courts of the Roland Garros grounds slower than any big tournament surface in the United other american survivors were Harold Solomon Brian Gottfried and to Gullikson left handed member of the Ona Laska wis., twins. Jeff Borowik and Bill Scanlon both went out. Raul Ramirez of Mexico a Semi finalist last year outplayed Borowiak of Berkeley calif., 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Peter Elter an 18-year-old West German eliminated Scanlon of Dallas 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. In a match interrupted by darkness thursday night. Adriano Zanatta of Italy the defending Champion moved into the last 16 by defeat ing Julian Ganzaba of Argentina 6-2, 2-6,64,6-1. Smith never got further than the Quad Sun Smith shows form of old in French open. Uses serve and Volley effectively to win Friday terminals on these slow courts even in his Best years 1971 and 1972. He played grass court Tennis Friday relying on the serve and Volley and going Forward at every Opportunity. These Are not text Book tactics for the Roland Garros but they were Good enough to take Smith past Fassbender. The German who Learned his Tennis on such surfaces lacked the Confidence to pass Smith at the net and offered Little Resis Tance until the third set. Smith then ran into some trouble. He twice broke service and each time Fassbender broke straight Back. Smith broke again to Lead 6-5, returning Short and drawing Fassbender Forward then he hit some Good services to win thelast game. Ramirez accounted for Borowiak coolly and methodically placing his shots on a dime. The american offered Little in reply until the end when he luckily saved three match Points. Zanatta won his first set quickly but later met with stubborn resistance from Ganzaba who steered a lot of strokes past the italian As he came to the net. Ganzaba Hung on to take the second set after leading 34. Zanatta got his nose in front again m the third but the Argentine was still a hard nut to crack. Zanatta serving for the set a 5-4, led 40 and later had three advantage Points before varying the Pace with a backhand Dink and finish ing the set off. Ganzaba ran out of steam in the fourth set which was a Mere formality. Nancy Richey 35, gunned away from her Baseline in the hot Sunshine for nearly 2 i hours before defeating Fiorella Botti Celli of Uruguay 6-4,5-7.6-1. The old campaigner from san Angelo tex., is bidding to regain the title she won in 1968. Richey moved into the last 16 along with Teeguarden of los Angeles who edged Donna Ganz of Miami Beach fla., 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Four other americans including italian open Champion Janet Newberry. Were scheduled to play their second round matches saturday. V corps volleyball opens at Lee Barracks Mainz Germany nine Community champions will vie for the v corps Volley Ball championship starting today at Mainz Lee Barracks gym. Corps athletic director Bill Merrill has announced. The double elimination event will get underway following a meeting of All participants at 10 30 . Competing in the tournament Are co a 8th is in bad Kreuz Nach co b. 1st in 87th inf. Baum older hic. �4th engr in. Darmstadt cob 503rd sit in Frank Furt How Btry 3rd so Lith army Cav Fulda 24th is co 19th Maint in Gies sen cod 23rd engr in Hanau co of 708th Maint in Mainz and the Wiesbaden representative which was being deter mined in a tournament ending Friday. The sheiks who have a 1-2 Mark As the Csc Heads into its second week dropped their Home opener to Blob org 5-4, Las sunday. However it looks brighter for Rodriguez who can save some face wit the local fans on saturday if his team can take a pair from lowly Rhein main which suffered a devastating 16-0 loss to ram Stein last sunday. The defending Csc Champion rockets who had a Complete turnover in players this season Are so weak in hitting and pitching that Rodriguez most Likely will go with his third and fourth starters against Rhein main and save his top two pitchers including Dave Humphreys 14 to face the rams in a twin Bill monday at Ramstein. The rockets 0-1 play a pair of memorial Day games against Hahn on monday. Rhein main lost its exhibition opener against the Mannheim Black knights in anon league encounter and then were Wal loped by the sheiks Are in a position to improve their record to 3-2 with a two game sweep of the rockets. Then on monday the sheiks will find out just How Good they Are in facing Ramstein. The rams will travel Towe Brucken for two on saturday. The warriors Are wingless in two Start Sand could be 0-6 after they meet Sembach 1-2 in a twin Bill on monday. The rams who amassed 16 homers and a .312 batting average during their 14 pre season games continue to rip the Ball and have scored 31 runs in their first three Reg ular season contests. The warriors will be hard pressed in trying to control Ramstein s slugging. However the warriors have improved during the preseason and promising left hander John Nyahay could possibly gain split for we Brucken. Elsewhere the Sembach tigers 1-2 meet the Barons co leaders with the rams min a doubleheader saturday at bit Burg. The Barons play at Mannheim on monday at 2 The Barons who Hope to make a run at the Pennant but Lack the hitting according to coach Walter Gordon have scored More than is runs in their first three Hahn Hawks will Host the Mann Helm Black knights in a non league game on saturday Ana will then travel to Rhein main on monday for a doubleheader against the rockets. Csc baseball. Pitburg. Kana. 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