European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 8, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 igers rip Hawks for is Ever major  writer Bacr Germany so Sci it s Beening time coming but the Sembach is finally won their first champions pay. In what is termed a major sport oot bail. Baseball or basketball in all25 years beating the Hahn Hawks. 9 the if necessary game of the 197j con rental sports conference baseball tour men the regular season Champion tigers of Joaeph Chuck Mitchell had to Bounce backroom an opening game toss and take four uptight wins to Annex the tournament and Bounce Back they did. They scored i runs As they recovered from an opening loss to Tburg on Friday. They clobbered Umrein w-7. Avenged their loss to the Barons with an 8-3 Triumph conquered the Ellawes 17-7 to Force the it necessary con test and won that one Early piling up an i Lead in the first four innings. Hahn took a 1-0 Lead in the top of the first inning on Jim Cowan s triple and Greg Ripka s single but that was the Only time the tigers were in danger of letting the championship slip  took Marve Henry exactly two pitches to even the count. The tigers Lead off hitter took a Ball then smashed Tom Ouellette s second pitch Over the cent Erlieu Fence some 375 feet away from Home plate to get the tigers roaring and clawing. Al Parlow followed with a double andean Alfson. Who had been intimidating the opposition with slashing drives All tournament Long beat out an infield roller. Parlow going to third. Chuck Middleton Hita towering Fly which forced Hawk Center fielder Danny Mcgowan against the Fence and Parlow practically walked Home after the pitch. Alfson moving to third. Dav Glasser s single scored Alfson with the third run of the  tigers added a run in the third on Sembach i Jim wan. Wins with six hitter Larry Hume s single a stolen base an Jim Barker s single. They wrapped up the game in the next inning on singles by Alfson. Middleton and Jim Black a walk and two Hawks  is the first major championship we be had Here at Sembach in the past 25years." Mitchell said after the game. We really wanted to win this thing bad. Raised a Little hell Rafter we lost that first game. I told the Guys we were a Champion ship team and that they had to go out there and prove  knew we had to win four in a Row. But four in a Row in t anything for a championship team and they proved they were a championship club by winning those four in convincing  Mitchel added. For once the tigers did t need to Callon Alfson for Relief work. Lethander Jim Wagg retired 11 straight batters after Ripka s hit. But ran into a Little difficulty in the fifth inning when Simbach s defens momentarily went sour. Mcgowan reached base on an error an went to second on Tom Sparks hit. Both runners moved up on a walk and Bot scored when Black muffed Jim Batzel s Fly to left. Wagg terminated the rally by breezing three strikes past Cowan. The Hawks got Only four other runner son base the rest of the Way. Wagg walked Ripka leading off the sixth and gave up sin Gles to Larry Finley in the seventh and Sparks in the ninth. Ripka hit a two out Homer in the eighth for the final Hahn  got its final run in the sixth inning on an error a hit batsman an Bobby Cobb s single As reliever Tom la Dewig stifled the booming Sembach  came on in the fourth in Relief of Ouelette. And allowed Only Cobb s hit Theresa of the Way. Ladewig got Alfson on a Popup to third inthe fifth inning and a skein which showed seven hits in seven official at bats and he 3 1 2 2 4000 30001000 2 1 000 000 41204011 000 0000 Hawks 4 Aram 4000 Sembach 4br hoi Henry i i 2404102par1o�cf j 1 Al Floydh $ 2 . 4 1aasserc.32 Birckh. 1 1 fru Torulf 1 0 Burro sri 4 debit. 3 0barter in. ,11 pm Gap 000 caught stealing Well almost hah  Greg Ripka ambit the throw from Catcher Larry Holey allowing the sliding Marvin Henry of Sembach to reach second safely on a second inning steal  Host tigers captured the game a and with it the Csc baseball Champion ship. Is photo by Schneider j��12 my 100 m 010 Semmer 301 40 Fox Black 3. Krum toll 2, fetid Hunter Henry. Spark do harm 1. Lob Hahn a Seibech i. 2bparlow. 38 co an. Or Henry. Dipka. So Henry Burn. Alton. A Matelon. Rioka. Of Mem Wizov in h r Erbb so Oulu tit l. 11-311 0 4 j Ladewig -4m 1101waeg. W � 4 2 1 hip frug or