European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 stars and stripes pose 25 by Randy Bornett big league re a hand a Bdl usually produces strange and this race forceful drive from a lowly 14th place on the 11 was Jones grand Victory and aim the find Long overdue win for a Shadow car after five years of after the Jones kept repeating still cant believe and for Ilia coulis Nyok the Odds on Jones winning from 14th position would have been about i 000 to w As Young British Driver Rupert Keegan Ami even have found Odds on that i i Germany Alt a team of american military dependents representing Duthil he but again fell a Idle to shutout big Uags world series play Here the by who finished seventh la a the loss was the second for the the euro the week Tang dabble Iirth i atm m u Halton Boxt Ulcy Jollym on in an earlier bracket game had eliminated behind Greg channels in winners bracket Hawaii stopped the Sou i team from Fernandini behind Twohill pitching of Darren who has learns runt the second losing Pitcher won gave up Only four hits but allowed two him for feed Lonj Onishe to session kit Keegan missed while being detained Al Yuee Cluj forint Bach he did quite qualifying Shu and surviving one incredible Iota Dulog the the whole weekend was a bit and that an about to woo aus arrived to cheer on their hero Nikl Zudar while another italians or mud and madness on race a Monsoon like rain thoroughly the incredibly huge but 11 didst Dampen any running Muddy and barefooted through the roads and campgrounds in the the howls and screams or Niki of Nik Lauda reverberated through the Mountain the austrians had All come to Ace Lauda win the saying he would Tike to but would just As Well take a Safe second place As score a risky Victory if conditions so Lauda said in concentrating on the world championship and its the Points in in hot going to risk anything just to win a specific Here or the austrian up started on a relatively wet and Lauda led no the Hill from Mario Andrell and James but that was the Only time he would be Al the when Andrut dropped out on the ill Lap with a big Lead and a blown Lauda had dropped to we but was biding hit time until the track dried and it obvious that the track would Loon after Andretti Hunt built up a 8 second Lead Over the Jones until he Tell out with a blown engine and with Only id taps to Lauda then drove the race to had taking second and never remotely challenging if Lauda had chosen to press it before the Home theres no doubt he would Haw won the austrian grand Hunt said he never used full revs at any Lime while leading because he never had so Lauda played it Cool sat behind Hunt and look an easy second place Hunt went and if Hunt a Ihl replace would have pleased the austrian almost As but As Long As the Points system exists for the world Laudas logic cant be Victory system better j championship should be based on Tull victories with in this Andretti would Lead at the moment with three the Points system thrown 01 winning should be what its Alt and i think grand prix racing would be More interesting a few Drivers enter every race to or have a As the British say inn liar Nilsson and to Tauv Peterson being the Besl examples and 1 led that the Way u should by the turned in the Best race of the Day aboard his Lotus Ford in highly dramatic the Lotus team had tire problems during practice so did several other teams and Nilsson found himself on Leth position on the starting if he had started on he could not have improved so he started on rain tires to make up Lime in the Early stages with a planned Stop for Slicks it wan Good strategy on Lotus part arid worked even better than Urey had by Lap Nilsson had flown up to place behind his Leam Malc Andretti and remained there until the track Nilsson Hen filled for returned u the race in 13th and worked his Way up to third Al the Mark Only to retire with a blown Frenchman Patrick Leader in the Canam also ran very Well in Only nos third grand holding Ensign Ford in seventh position with just a few laps left until Hli engine went up in Tam Bay took his engine misfortune with that but with so much at was very disappointed because his world Champt whip Hopes blew along with the he needed Points badly to remain in the Chase but with three straight engine failures in three straight no Way the austrian race was James Hunts last and like made the most of it by to Lauda nears the Crown although its possible that Lauda could lose the title its highly and the austrian race was probably the turning Lauda is a Superman of coming Back from the Brink of death last year to defend his then throwing u All away Al the last up in Japan when he pulled out because of the wet practically everyone wrote him but we should have known Lauda never nukes a move without Good Hes a Brilliant takes advantage of every situation and drives with his head As Well As his foot the perfect computer Driver in an age like it or not of computer a final note on the crowd Laudas second place instead of fallout Victory caused no great leaving the Muddy parking lot hours after the race bad thousands of drunks were still waving pounding on staggering barefooted through the and Nykl n1w Lauda the next race is at the on and going into that Lauda leads for the title with m paints and the closest Man to him is Jody Scheckter with Carlos Reuteman has 34 Points and Andretti Ferrari is now practically unbeatable fur the const rectors Crown with 73 closest rival being Lotus with some results from other races at Bockenheim last Germany Peter Krober won his seven Ltd formula Ford race in nine edging american Driver on Pooe Piff con tuned from Page 33 safety Bob Walker rushed for 903 Yards As a Sopho More to complement Doraett but was injured much of he feels its nicknamed is the 5foot to Pounder who tackled Dorsett in the Navy end Zune last year after the run that made him College footballs Al time he moves to Center after playing guard last a 6foot led Pitt last year with in quarterback one of the quietest players on the he May be its top pro draft pick a criminology stole 10 passes from his safety Post last Hes one of four returnees in a secondary that Sherrill considers his strongest the big holes to fill Are in the defensive kicking and Dor sets pave a cat Quick 340poundcr from Pittsburgh City High school was outstanding in the Spring As a replace ment at Middle guard for graduated Al the linebackers Many include Al Ches reinstated to the team by Sherrill after being cleared by the courts and the Pitt judiciary Board in connection with a drug v in the kicking Surrill Wilt be hard pressed to find equals for pro draftees Carson Long and Larry who handled every punt and place kick Tor Pitt the last four Sherrill Doest expect to replace for carried West snapping Back from sundays 40 loss to the North of talc the East but winning Pitcher Frank Law scattered the european team shit Salt Init he Scott Webster and Mike Lee Ether hits were a Lead off safety in the first by third Bam Moln Jeff shortstop who had gotten the Only hit in the sunday shutout or bit Escher la Hiesl jct the from jumped off to an in Urt second Whent double Charity Lora to drove in two1 Lobaito double Intig hath produced two of tie West Germany charge with two errors in the but Nellier figured in the scoring and All five runs were the Enst on eight walks by Europe pitchers in contrast to Only one by Europe stranded six runners while the East the West Germany team will remain in Lauderdale for the rest of the week and attend the remaining games Al Little Yankee stadium where five teams and five foreign entries have been battling for the championship in the tournament held annually for players 16 to 18 years the Europe Gentry will head Home after taking part in the closing ceremonies this 1 son Jose Triumph in senior la series openers a Impi Huang Ching Hul of pitched a Ihre hitter monday night to Lead his team to a 101 Victory Over a team representing Canada in the senior tulle league world series for boys 1313 years the West team from san beat the East team from inthe first game of the double elimination you cant replace a Tony he the idea will he to spread our game out with different Pitts nationally televised opener comes Here id against notre a re match of their first game last year in South knapps Homer paces Munich to title Germany Charlie Knapp slugged a inside Lapark Homer As Munich came my behind to defeat to win the Usab eur Day senior division championship knapps Homer erased a and the champs added three insurance runs in the eighth Jim cutting ton hurled three hit Relief for eight tunings in picking up the with two of the hits coming in three run third Munich scored its first two runs in the lifts Wiesbaden info v corps semis Wiesbaden Al Grant slam Homer moved c co 3rd the Wiesbaden military Community into the of the v company level fast Pilch Pugh accounted for All the in a 43 Triumph Over 1st the Baum Lder military Community Champ and gave Wiesbaden a sweep in the bestow Home a hit batsman and so ogee by Paul Hernandez and Blase Peahu loaded the bases to set the stage for pimps Dout u obese cold Baum older got a run in the fourth toning on Robert buggy single and de Zolls double and added a pair of runs in he sixth on Kevin two wild a walk to Toby a double steal and Charlie Venns Wiesbaden meets Uta ear to of the bad Kre Baach Community in Beato three series starting today at Anderson Barracks in do Teim Al 4 the second and i necessary names Are for Wiesbaden starting pt1
