European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 14,1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 by Randy Barnett racing Roundup Andretti s Victory in the italian grand prix last sunday at Monza and subsequent hints that he May join Ferrari rather overshadowed the fact that runner up Niki Lauda now All but mathematically clinched the title. But that s not surprising. Lauda who is leaving Ferrari at the end of the season was Well on Way to the Crown after win at Bockenheim and with second place at Austria and another win at Zand Voort that was it anyway. Few would have bet on Lauda to make such a great come Back but he did proving about everyone wrong. The austrian Driver is very deserving of the title and it will be interesting to see How he gets on next year. Apparently in a Brabham Alfa Romeo. The big Story of course now concerns the possibility that Andretti May join Ferrari next year even though he said at Zand Voort that he s Happy with Lotus and Colin Chap Man and that he intended to stay on with the British team for 1978. But that statement came before Lauda quit Ferrari. Andretti who drove for Ferrari during 1971 on an on off basis revealed at Monza that he an offer from the italian tet fun but he to think about it. Ferrari May make an announcement this week on its Driver lineup for next year and i have a Hunch that Andretti s name will be on the list. His Only goal is to win the world championship and with Ferrari he could Well do it. But with Lotus too for that matter. Although Andretti is 37, there s still no hurry up urgency because in Case age does t mean much. He s like Jack Brabham who was absolutely competitive when he retired at age 45. But for the italian born american Driver to pass up a Ferrari offer would be difficult indeed. There Are problems however. Sources at Ferrari have said its prospective Drivers All have to Promise they will concentrate exclusively toward winning for the italian team. . Commitments involved if Andretti signs on this basis hell have to forego Many . Commitments and concentrate Only on Ferrari and formula 1. And there s the rub. With Lotus Andretti can have some things own Way. But with Ferrari it s All or nothing. And that includes a tremendous amount of testing one of the labors that Lauda took on insisted on for that Matterand a labor that paid off big for the austrian. At Lotus Andretti is strictly no. 1 and he s received excellent support from teammate Gunnar Nilsson. It s expected that Carlos Reutemann will stay on at Ferrari and i can t imagine Reutemann playing no. 2 to anyone. But if Andretti signs Andretti will be no. 1 at Ferrari. Regarding Reutemann Lauda said earlier this year he raced not Only against the Field but also against own teammate. Reutemann was certainly no Clay Regazzoni who played the perfect no. 2 to Lauda for three years. Although Andretti suffered some bitter disappointments this season Lotus 78 still been the car to beat. Andretti had five pole positions he s won four races next up is Lauda with three but four straight engine failures before Monza have been very demoralizing. Andretti knows Ferrari is the most reliable machine and certainly the offer must be tempting. The american Driver faces a Tough decision and one Way or the other it will be a turning Point in career. Where to go this weekend it s Holiday time for me and this will be the last column for a while. So following is a listing of where to go this weekend and for several weekends afterwards. Although the grand prix cars have departed there s still a lot of racing in Europe remaining. There s plenty going on this weekend with a european touring car championship race at Silverstone England on sunday the jaguars again entered against the All con quering private entry bows the bows having won every race this season. At the Ulm Mennen Airport circuit in Germany there s racing for All categories of cars on sunday including formula Fords with several american entrants. At the Salzburg ring just outside the austrian City of Salzburg it s the final round in the world sports car championship on sunday with Alfa Romeo already having clinched the title. Touring cars formula 3s, super vees formula Fords Alfa suds and Renault 5s Are also on the program. Practice is saturday from 8 . To 4 ., while sunday s racing program begins at 9 30 . And goes until 5 On Germany s curb urging sunday it s motorcycle racing on the 1.3-mile Start finish line course for All classes of cycles including Side cars and historical cycles. Practice for the adar Eifel trophy event is set for saturday from 9 . To 6 30 ., with sunday s 7-race program starting at 10 . And going through 5 30 Cycles at Bockenheim on the sept. 24-25 weekend there s another european touring car championship round this one at zolder Belgium. At Bockenheim circuit in Germany meanwhile it s the adar Preis von Baden Wurttemberge the final world championship race for formula 750 motorcycles. German championship races will be staged for cycles of All other classes. The 750cc event will feature american rider Steve Baker who clinched the title on Yamaha 750. Other top names include those of Giacomo Agostini of Italy and Philippe Coulon of Switzerland. Practice goes from 8 30 . To 3 30 ., on sept. 24, with a race for formula 750 riders who fail to qualify for sunday s event set for 3 45 A 50cc race follows at 4 20 On sunday sept. 25, races begin at 10 . With a 125cc event and close at 5 With a Side car race. The 750cc world championship round will be run in two 20-Lap heats the first heat at 11 45 . And the finale also 20 laps at 3 30 On the oct. 1-2 weekend the final German championship race will be staged on the Start finish line circuit on the curb urging. The fight is Between Germany s Rolf Stom Melen and Frenchman Bob Wollek Stemmelen leading by just three Points going into the finale. This race will feature the big Turbo porsche in the division 1 class and the Ford escorts and Bow 320 cars in division 2, one of the Bow Junior team cars to be driven by Eddie Cheever. Other races will feature formula 3s, super vees and Renault 5s. Practice is oct. I from 8 30 . To 5 ., while racing on oct. 2 goes from 10 . To 5 On oct. 8-9, it s the 24 hours of the curb urging for touring cars. At Bockenheim meanwhile the final world championship round will be staged for group 5 cars. The final formula Ford Golden lion trophy race is also scheduled for Bockenheim on the oct. 8-9 weekend. Interservice travelling Bowling league formed 48 teams to begin in oct. By boo ode staff writer Schwet Zingen Germany is european men s Bowling is taking a giant step Forward with the creation of an Amer ican Bowling Congress sponsored interservice travelling league in Germany according to Jim Moynihan the Abc euro Pean director. Spectators in army and air Force Bowling centers will soon be afforded an Opportunity of seeing some top 10-Pinaction in their local communities in octo Ber said Moynihan from Abc office Here tuesday. Moynihan said the 48-team classic league will be comprised of six divisions of eight teams each with teams consisting of four players. All Competition is scratch and teams include army air Force and Navy bowlers As Well As american civil ians who Are Abc members. The league replaces the former usar eur travelling league and for the first time includes members of the Safe Continental sports conference travelling league according to Moynihan. The league will bowl once a month from october through March and culminates in a championship tournament in april among the six division winners Moynihan said. Although army bowlers greatly outnumber the other military serv ices All three services Are represented by some of the top bowlers in Europe. The Abc league is self supporting with All costs being borne by individual participants Moynihan continued. Each Divi Sion will be governed by its own by Laws have its own Board of directors and Secre tary and will determine its prize Moynihan pointed out that special league emblems will be made available to the bowlers and Abc championship patches will be awarded to the winners of each division. It is expected according to Moynihan that first place in each division will be $1,000, plus the Opportunity to com Pete in the championship tourney for an additional $3,000 in prize Money. Unlike the Csc travelling league volleyball clinic held at Heidelberg . Heidelberg four members of the United states volleyball association Useba recently conducted a one Day clinic at the Heidelberg High school gym. The four officials Manny Cervantes Mike Paguia Ron Valentine and Pat Val Entine concentrated on skills strategy officiating techniques and rules. Attending the clinic were 24 Dod Doeur coaches from 18 schools and 176 High school volleyball players. The clinic concluded with the Heidel Berg High school varsity team defeating Frankfurt 3-1. But Frankfurt won the Jav game 2-0. . Blasts Senegal in Mcisaa Cage event Tehran Iran a Algeria Defeated Kuwait 82-80, and Greece beat Iran 79 71, in two games of the 24th world military basketball championship tournament being held Here. In other games the United states easily got past Senegal 129-76, and Pakistan overpowered Bangladesh 132-62. In sunday night games Greece beat France 81-73, and Italy Defeated Iran 106 81. Which schedules base sponsored teams against each other on a Home and Home basis the Abc interservice league pro Vides for All teams in each division to bowl together at the same time on specific dates Moynihan said. Match Points will be awarded for both team and individual members of the league include Many of Europe s Premier bowlers such As sap e s Norb Treutel of Ramstein the two time masters Champion and usar eur s Bill Jenkins of Darmstadt the 1977 interservice Champ and also a former masters King. Other notable bowlers in this High pow ered interservice scratch league include Many former masters qualifiers and most of the High average bowlers in the Csc and the former Usa eur travelling league. The final organizational meeting for the interservice league is scheduled at 1 Today at the Abc office Here. Moynihan said similar plans Are being drawn up for a women s International Bowling Congress travelling league for Navy air Force and army dependents civilian employees and military personnel. Phils Carlton signs for 4 years Philadelphia a the Philadel phia Phillies have revealed that Steve Carlton who already won 21 games this season and is a candidate for the by Young award As the National league s Best Pitcher signed a four year con tract extending through 1981. While the Phillies and Carlton refused to disclose financial terms the Pitcher who now earns $165,000 a year is believed to have signed for More than $250,000 per season. Paul Owens Phillies personnel director said Carlton actually signed the new pact last March but that it was announced at this time. Owens did not indicate Why the team picked this time to make the disclosure. Carlton s contract probably makes him the highest paid Pitcher in baseball next to Catfish Hunter of the new York Yankees. Hunter signed a Long term $3.7 million con tract with the Yankees when they acquired him As a free agent before the 1976 season. The 32-year-old Carlton won 20 or More games in three previous seasons. He was 20-9 with the St. Louis cardinals in 1971, the by Young Winner in 1972 with the Phillies on a 27-10 record and compiled 20 wins against Only seven losses last season. Carlton won 15 straight games at the Phillies veterans stadium following a 4-3 loss opening Day to the Montreal expos. His Era at Home is 1.95, 29 earned runs in 13-1 innings. In 12-year major league career Carlton won 188 games including 111 since 1972, the most for any nation Al league Pitcher. Women s travel league Wiesbaden Frankfurt Hanau Heidelberg Giessen Mannheim Sembach Wiir Burg Ramstein Rhem main. Won lost .29 11 .222020 .20uva. U /7is top 5 averages Ruby Vina Frankfurt Judy Osborn Hanau Betty Field Ramstein Helen Copeland Hanau. Grace Kishaba Heidelberg High scratch series Sondra be Sill Ramstein so. 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