European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday May 29, 1977 football in june 2 sem pro Fec rms from states to play3 Gomes 2 in France ? in Germany by Dave Cowan Stah writer Darmstadt. Germany Sis two of the nation s top semiprofessional foot Ball teams both from the Northern states football league will play three exhibition games in Europe during the month at june according to associate promoter for the event Bill Dodds of a Paris based Magazine. The Newton Nile Hawks and the Chicago sons will play two of the games in France followed by their Only Germany appear Ance on june 9 at Lan Stuhl. The two teams will open their tour on june 2 in Versailles at the 15.ooq.scat Mont Barron stadium and then on june 7 in the 30,000-seat Stade Nord stadium in Lille in Northern France. Tickets for the Lan Stuhl game Are $6 each and can be obtained at any american express tour office at major Post exchanges or at the Gate prior to the contest will Start at 6 30 . It s a new adventure for the teams an the promoters of the event. We Don t expect to make any Money Dodds said but we also Hope we Don t lose any either. The ultimate goal for this tour is to bring american football to Europe a dream former intercontinental football league president Robert Kap who has brought several soccer style kick ers to the states to play College and pro football would Tike to see come True. Kap was instrumental in bringing Texas ail and Henderson state of Arkansas to Europe for five exhibition games last summer. Accompanying Dodds on the tour is Barney Gill a former coach and general manager of the Norfolk Neptune in the at lactic coast football league and the former coach of the shape team in the Early 60s. Gill was especially interested in seeing pro football get a toehold in Europe. Ram Stein erases seven run deficit in route to sweep at Wei Blicken we Brocken. Germany the Wei Blicken warriors scored seven runs in the first inning Here saturday but the Ramstein rams came Back for eight runs in the fifth inning and went on to sweep the twin Bill 15-8 and 12-2, to run their unbeaten skein to five games. The warriors got five of their eight hits including a two run Homer by torn Lynch off starter Bob Binovi but manager Bob Venemann came in to squelch the uprising and went the rest of the Way allowing Only three hits to pick up the Victory. John Gilbert went 4-for-5 and line Mann collected three hits to Pace the ram Stein attack in the opening game. Steve Dudek had a two run Homer and Rick Soden and Bob Iabichella also homered for the rams. Dun Smith and Lynch had two hits apiece for the losers. In the second game Barney Nelson gave up a two run Homer to Lynch in the Bottom of the first inning but the rams tied the count in the third inning and added 10 runs Over the sixth seventh and eighth innings to run the count to 12-2 and Force curtail ment of the game because of the 10-run collected three hits including an other Homer and batted in three runs to Lead the rams to Victory. Venemann and Greg Ploshehanski banged out two hits one of Venemann s being a Homer. First game Ramt tem too i 1 1i 4$ 3zmibrucken100 103 0 i i 3 Binot Luenamann u and lab Twila Nord. Martin my and smile. W Stanat Nart 101 l Nord 911. Or rant a 0udek ii Soden 1 lab Willa 12 Wei Brucken Lynch 111. Second game ram Iliin Obj 001 43-13 it 2 Ziti Fuchen 000 00 2 4 Neimon and Yanay. Moody 61 and Trolle w Nelwyn 201. A Nee Fiat. Or a Irmlein Dud a 71,. . Err ten it. Pitburg Sembach split b1tburg. Germany Ken Perry pow dered a pair of Home runs to drive in five runs As the Pitburg Barons belted the sem Bach tigers 14-3, to gain a split of their Continental sports conference twin Bill Here saturday after Sembach won the opener 10-8.in the first game designated hitter Dave Burns drove in the ninth and 10th runs in a five run sixth inning that tagged Pitburg with its first loss of the season. Right hander Jim Liley picked up his second win of the season with a six hit it strikeout performance for Pitburg in the second tigers used seven hits and five bit Burg errors to win the opener. The win was highlighted by a two run Homer in the first inning by Catcher Dave Middleton. Dennis Wright picked up the win for the softball scores Csc slow pitch he win main to j. Brim 11-4zureibrucken my bitburq6-l3 Csc fast pitch Semback 51. Pitburg 00 ramtfcin6 1. Lind by 10 tigers but needed sixth inning Relief from Doug Youngblood. First came Strobe cell w Oil 0-10 1 4 Blob org 120 014 0 i s Wrignt. Youngblood 16 and Middleton Verardi and Nevis a Wrignol. A Verardi 1-1. Or Smoech mid Dulci. Seconoo ame Sembetu 200 000 1-360 Billburg 006 0 4 2 14 16 i Youngblood. Queen 31 and Glauer Lime and dam mayan 6. A Liley 2-0to Queen. Or of Turg Parry 3. Span Dahlem wins pair Span Dahlem Germany the Span Dahlem sheiks pounded the Rhein main rockets 15-12 and 13-3, Here Satur Csc baseball item Stein Billburg. Spent Darilek Seibech. Harm.,. Min Mam. saturday s results Ramit Aln 1m2. Zweldrtkkens-2 Seibech 10 3. Pitburg 1-14 Spang Dalem 1v1j, Hhelen Mam 12-3 Hafft 19, a Neim 0. Efti detion monday games 1 . We Brucken Al Sembach 3 Spang Mehlem Al Ramstein 12 Harmal Rnald Mam 2 Pitburg at Mannheim. 2p.m. Won lost pet. Of .400 .313 .000 .000 Day in a Safe Continental sports Confer ence baseball doubleheader. The victories upped Span Dahlem s record to 3-2 while defending Champion Rhein main is wingless in three games. The sheiks won the opener with three runs in the Bottom of the sixth inning. Steve Mcgee singled and came around on Chris Helm s triple. Randy Farley Fol Lowed with a run scoring single moved to second on an infield out and scored on Rick Jones single. Bob Fowler had a 3-for-s. 3-Rbi Day for the rockets. Dan Humphreys picked up his second win in Relief and Mike Jenkins was the loser. Farley the regular shortstop for the sheiks made his pitching debut and scattered 10 hits. He helped his own cause wit two singles and a triple. Jones went 3-for-4. Relief Pitcher Clay Erikson was the big Gest hitter for the rockets. He enjoyed a 3-for-3 Day and drove in a Brace of runs. First game Rutn Man ,. 001 in 1 13 14 4 spent Bartlem Oki 313 � 11 12 s Svaan. Jenkins 4 and a Norw Carroway. Thorp 3. Humphreys ii and Scala Tant. A Hump rays 1-0. L Jamiro. Seco Nogami Neui Mam .000 102 0-3 10 2 Spang Aniam 201 221 i 13 ii a Kellay Erkson and Mahoney Farley and Scalata no. A Farley 1-0. A Kettle. Rams Down flyers Nab share of soccer Crown Ramstein Germany the Ramstein rams clinched a share of the Champion ship in the Safe Continental sports con Ference National division soccer race her saturday by pounding the Landsey flyers 6-2. The rams went into the Day s action tied with Pitburg but the Barons were beaten by american division Champion Sembach 6-2. Ramstein takes a 7-2 record into next saturday s season finale against Pitburg. The rams racked up a 6-0 Lead before Lindsey could get on the scoreboard. Bob Cervantes broke a scoreless tie with a goalie the 15th minute. Bill Brown tallied in the 42nd minute and Mario Pombo racked up goals in the 44th and 45th minutes to give the rams a 4-0 halftime advantage. Sandy Phakos and Abe Oros counted for the rams in the Middle of the second half to make it 6-0. Lindsey broke the ice in the 78th minute on Tyrone Campbell s Boot and Craig Tresley made it 6-2 two minutes later. Dino Cassar registered Ramstein s final goal four minutes later. Tigers 6, Barons 2 Pitburg Germany the american division Champion Sembach tigers Ham mered the Pitburg Barons 6-2, Here Satur Day in a Csc soccer game. The loss dropped Pitburg s record to 6-3 and knocked the Barons out of a first place tie with Ramstein which beat Lundsey inthe National division race. Taffy Burns and Fernando Padilla each scored twice for the victors and Jerry Young and Brian Fritzsche added single goals. Mike Pinto and Steve ration score for the Barons. Rockets 4, sheiks 2 Rhein main. Germany Hugo car Dona pulled the hat trick Here saturday to Lead the Rhein main rockets to a 4-2 Triumph Over the Span Dahlem sheiks in acc soccer game. Cardona notched the first two goals in the 30th and 35th minutes to give Rhein main a 2-0 advantage which held up through intermission. Wayne Frazier got Spang Dahlem on the scoreboard in the 55thminute to make it 2-1. Seven minutes later Bucky Ayton wrapped things up for the rockets now 5 3-1 for the season. Keith Becht scored again for Span Dahlem in the 65th minute but Cardona came through with an insurance tally in the 70th minute. If we can get the i to show interest 1 football Over Here i think we have two of the better teams in the semipro rent seated we might be interested in bring Ting some teams each year to Europe., first we must prove we have fan support. Here Gui said. Gui. Who coached the shape team which won 44 games against four losses in four years from 196043 when it was located in Paris took his club to two air Force and two army championships. His team also participated in the first free Dom bowl 1960 at Frankfurt when his indians Defeated Mainz troopers before 40, 000 fans. Football was big then. There s no reason Why it can t be big Here now Gill said. Now director of the United drug abuse Council of Southeastern Virginia Gill came to Europe paving my own Way to help promote the game and try to deter mine whether to establish football teams Here which would play a world wide five years prior to coming to Germany Gill said he coached under Earl Blaik now in the College football Hall of Fame As bad Leld coach and chief scout at Westpoint military football use to draw great Spectator interest during the 60s," Gui re Calls. Undoubtedly some of the nostalgia from the old Days win be brought Back when the Nile Hawks of a sol s Western division and the sons of the Northern division col Lide at Lan Stuhl. The Nile Hawks who Are entering their fourth season in the a sol called the Chi Caroland pro football league until sever Al weeks ago have an Overall 24-15-1 Mark in three seasons including winning the Chica Goland league title in 1975.3 signed by nil three players from last year s team. Have already signed nil contracts for the 1977 season while several others have gone to the Cal. More than half a dozen players with nil ties Dot the Hawks roster along with several All americas. Pro football weekly Magazine picked three Newton players to their 1976 minor league All America team tight end Bill Larson formerly of Colorado state and the san Francisco 49ers safety Bob Sailer of the University of Iowa and Jim Foster also from the University of Iowa who Dou Bles As the Hawks club director. Foster was named minor league executive of the Chicago sons who an entering their 10th season in the nine team three division league have become one of the most successful semipro teams in the mid West. Impressive record since their inception into the league in 1968. The Lions have compiled an impressive 60-25-3 record won a 1974 divisional championship As Well As making the league playoffs six of nine seasons. Palmer Pyle. An eight year Veteran of. The nil and Borrner Michigan state All America linebacker coaches the team along with brother Mike Pyle a former All pro Center for the Chicago bean and Wayne Masse former offensive tackle also with the bears. Both teams play a in game regular season schedule in the a sol which is Fol Lowed by a two game playoff series for the championship. Anywhere from two to four preseason contests Are played As Well the teams will work out at Vogel Weh sports Field in Kaiser Lautem in preparation for the game in Lan Stuhl. Sports on Dan rang Indianapolis Sou. Stay . Basketball Philadelphia at Portland sunday 8 30
