European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 20, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 23  to the name of fhe game maybe 50 people cared about this game. Any More than that would pc been a joke to coverage a Side splitter. This was softball. The sport they could play with Beer in one hand and cigarette in Mouth. The Boom ing american participation sport. Only this game was in Darmstadt Germany be tween teams from 32nd Aad com and us Cai. A company level game Between gis in softball outfits who although Only a scattering of support came from the Liny stands played to win. All out. Dive for the line drive dive for the plate. One fellow named Edward Ware played the whole game with a broken leg. No cast. He had that taken off when it became too irritable. Thai s kind of dangerous in t it i know he said but i want to  and that he did. His us cad team used a two out two run double in the Bottom of the sixth by a left fielder named Andy Wiggins to beat 32nd Aad com 9-8 and take Over sole Possession of first place in its Cavern league. That monday game with All its Effort and Cele bration came to mind wednesday when i met with the new Usa eur sports chief Jim Wilson and his assistant Jim Mallin Gly. Our conversation was sometimes esoteric but the Central Point had every thing to do with that softball game entertainment. Those players on the Field were entertained As were their wives children and friends watching. They had their minds off their work and were having fun which is entertainment s purpose and thus the purpose of having a spurts program. But As policy makers like Wilson have to confront where should the emphasis in that program be placed should  sports emphasize participatory athletics like company level softball mar Athons volleyball and the like or would Spectator sports like division level football better quench the entertainment thirst of the Soldier in Europe Wilson said things like Well have to see if we re going in the right direction and Well talk to the Mac oms major commands to see if every thing is Kosher and we have to find out How we can make Lime Over Here More  Wilson 37. Does t officially Lake Over until sunday so you can t expect him to get too specific for awhile. And once in hell have enough trouble learning How to master the controls and play politics with the army Ilac specific p that does t mean Wilson is without ideas. Me before he can formulate policies. Spent the past three years coordinating equipment and logistics for sports in Aschaffenbur. How to procure logistics for sports is 20-25 per cent of having a successful program Wilson said. Without logistics proper you can t have a Success Ful  Wilson Stid one of he Pri critics will be eni Urit Quality equipment Quality with what you have Al facts the Quality of the  he said. That goes for Fields no Lelic facilities everything. In any Way we can we want to in Pine the  Money and politics play the major roles in tic logistics game Lor instance Lite Way Saki i k runs its basketball playoffs with endless Bim of three sub Tourn Amonis. Makes for redundant tin Boring Post season action and scattered . Since the sub tournaments Are Home and Home Al fairs. The Ideal tournament is held at one site. I  the us a the one. Wilson. Tiow Kukk. Contends that Iryami to transport fans to one site would be More expensive than under the current system. He said sending a team to and from Hau Holder and Wil Flecken for example costs 1,800 Marks he added that some commanders insist on having part of the tournament held in their communities. As for that aforementioned division level football. Wilson supports it but realizes the opposition from his superiors. As he knows. Usa eur tackle foot Ball disappeared in the mid-1960s because the offi Cial word was it failed to involve enough troops Well then what were those thousands of troops doing cheering in the stands just like that softball game was t that entertainment Jim Wilson will have a Ball figuring things like that out. Tiff Start no Morrii Nies Prem s and his mount Shadow Shah Al Mann Iouli Park in Oceanport . Ill they were not the unloading zone Only ones embarrassed Here were two other spills. The 2 i-mili1 Steeple Chase was won by Amateur rider kick Llen Driks aboard . Warrant. Iti race fixing nets sex jockey Errico 10 years new York al1thinner jockey ton Errico the key figure in horse racing s big fixing scandal was sentenced wednes Day to 10 years in prison and fined $25.000 for bribing jockeys. Fixers must slay out of  said judge Jack b. Weinstein in . District court in Brooklyn. He stayed execution of the sentence pending Appeal by Errico. 5s, who was free on $25.000 bail. The judge hinted thai la Rico might Coop Erate with the Federal organi cd crime strike Force and get a lower sentence when he told him he could move after his Appeal for reduction of  a Rico who continual to maintain his innocence showed no emotion As we Insie passed sentence moments earlier he said outside of court. I Don t understand what  he had been convicted May i1 after a six Day trial of bribing two jockeys to throw it total of nine races at Aqueduct and Sara Toga in 1974 and 1975 the government alleged that Gambler associates of a Rico collected than 5500.000 by making huge bets on the races. In passing sentence Wein slain said. In a world full of cant hypocrisy and abuse of Power and achievement through use of in fluence. People Are entitled to believe athletic contests go in the Swift and the skilled. Ciscro Indusi slay out of  a Rico could have drawn up to 20 years in  main witness against him was now suspended jockey just Amy who said he held Back his horses in seven races when the defendant gave him bribes of $1.500 for each race. In his testimony. Aim  some of Rac ing s lop Money winning jockeys discussed with him the fixing of races he and they included Kentucky Derby winners Angel Cordero. Jacinto Vasqucz and Jorge Vilas que. And triple Crown Winner Jean Cru fuel. Defense attorney Al Brackley moved that several references in the probation report indicating Urrico was connected with Organ i cd crime figures be stricken since there was no proof to Back up the allegations. There is no proof of  crime  Weinstein agreed ordering Ilia the references be extracted. However the Jude noted  Amy Lud claimed Tirrico had threatened him mentioning the word mafia implying thai he had connections with the underworld assistant  attorney Neil j i ire tog who prosecuted the Case told Cwm slain. The government will not ii this tune offer any proof the wagering Money came irom  organi cd  no tra  he . I Hough that i men was associated with an organi de  me said the efforts of such a Syndicate would have been fruitless bin Lor the in Vot Viik no of con lir Rico because of his knowledge of the  and ability to enter the jockeys room. Boston sailors beat Navy iios10s t l l to i  has won in hrs Noil Cru a Vinici Coll  uni in ,.iiisnps in  Healing the i s Vival Academy in .1 lie  race on the cli.irl-.-, Kin a Long   placed third Lolly cd by fun s. Kings i Point Lii Lane. Orange coast is allege. Hul Sion is College. Oliu. In .  and Queens