European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes january 1981 Brewers touched by hostage fans loyalty by Milton up sports editor new York up the most wonderful thing in Kevin her meanings life happened to him last tuesday in he was set he Doest know it but wednesday the second most wonderful thing was to happen to him in his Home town of Oak As a hostage for 444 21yearold Kevin Hermen ing lived for the Day hed be Able to see his beloved Milwaukee Brewers he be Able to Sec them in the dead of but this is a special Homecoming occasion for one in which the whole town is going to turn out to Welcome him so a number of the Brewers have decided to go and be with if Hermening int the 1 Brewers fan in the he comes mighty he loves them almost As much As he does life to give you some kind of idea How big a fan of theirs he and How much he relates to the last time he was on leave from his duties in the embassy in Iran two Summers they were playing two critical series at Home with the new York Yankees and Baltimore and he spent every one of his last nights at Home out at Milwaukee county stadium watching Bud the Brewers president and chief operating heard of the Way he Felt about the team and made up his mind to have him throw out the first Ball to open the season last april of Hermening do his iranian captors saw to All during his Hermening kept thinking about the Brewers and following their Progress the Best he could through the few news items about them Avail Able to he Learned that George who was their manager had suffered a heart attack last March 6 that required so he wrote a letter to Selig on the 153rd Day of his confinement last Hermening wrote How sorry he was to hear of Bam bergers trouble and How he hoped he would be Back with the club i am a very big Brewer he and i still Hope ill be Home in time to see a few games this sports commentary i Hope George will be Back with the team very but in sure Buck Rodgers can Lead the team to a winning Start of the this year will be Only the third opening Day Ive missed in the past seven or eight Good Luck to the and i really Hope to see All of you this youve got a great year ahead of you and Milwaukee has a team to be proud he signed his and under it he wrote the word at the very Bottom of the he added two words go Selig and Bamberger both wrote letters answering Hermening at the time and sent him some Brewers literature and later Selig spoke with the youngsters Mother and father and Learned that second baseman Paul Molitor was his favorite on Bamberger and club Lorri sat in Zeligs office at county stadium tuesday watching on to As Hermening and the other hostages took off from Stewart fab in new landed at Andrews fab outside Washington and were greeted by president Reagan at the White watching the All three had tears in their knowing that Hermening was coming Home wednes the Brewers were Able to Contact their players in the Milwaukee area and Cecil Gorman Larry Sal Bando and Paul Mitchell All said they be Happy to accompany Selig to Oak Creek to help Greet the freed Young Brewers Bamberger now works As an instructor and scout for the his schedule called for him to receive a Good Guy award at a dinner in tuesday night after which he had planned to go to Baltimore to be with members of his own but seeing Hermening and the other hostages on to tuesday afternoon got to him More than he figured it in going to Oak Creek with the rest of the Bamberger said id like to see the boy myself and thank him for All his heres a fellow whose life was being threatened in a foreign country and Hes worrying Over somone like Italy planning fall track spectacular compiled by Don Sauer staff writer track and Field a minimal athon with runners will highlight this autumns world track and Field cup in the first Chance for the full american team to Challenge medallists from the Moscow the meet has sparked great expectations after the Boycott of the 1980 summer Primo presi Dent of the italian track and Field Feder said in an All the olympic champions should be in and we will see what the americans can do against the cup will be held at Romes olym Pic stadium the minimal athon past Romes historic open to any runner who wants to will be a special attraction on the morning of we Felt the cup would develop into a sort of and we wanted to Reward that expectation with something really Nebiolo the 1981 cup will be the first with nine teams instead of the traditional sports wire after the Host country was granted the right to Field its own the nine will be the the top two placers in the 1981 european cup normally East Germany and the soviet Union a pan american and pan euro Pean and teams from Africa and the pan american and pan european teams wont include ath letes from the Italy or the two euro Pean nations that Field individual the cup is expected to be televised to an audience of hundreds of millions in the and Auto racing Frances Jeanluc Therien and Michel in a held a Strong Lead of More than three minutes As the second stage of the Monte Carlo rally ended with a decade on Monte Carlo races behind took the Lead during the gruelling 36hour second stage that included 18 special in which the Drivers race the clock Over icy Mountain passes and on which the rally is Early Leader Hannu Mikkola in the revolutionary Audi Quattro was virtually eliminated from title Contention after a tuesday the final stage of the rally was to come thursday afternoon when the 100 top survivors Start an overnight run into the Alps behind Monaco to decide the Winner Fri Day theries rivals admitted they were unlikely to catch Therien in the final night unless he had i dont see How we can be 40 seconds faster on every special said Jean in the second placed Renault 5 who broke an exhaust in a minor crash and had Only 70 percent Power in the final stages skiing Switzerland Doris de Agostini won her second world cup Down Hill this season wednesday by edging out Frances Marie Therese Nadig by five lots of a second at de Agostini covered the course with a 529meter vertical drop and 31 Gates in 1 minute and Nagid was second in no ways Torill Fjeldstad clocked third at and american Holly Beth Flanders finished a surprising Sev enl Oths of a second behind the to ranking american Cindy Nelson was baseball Little league the largest sports which has produced More than a Jor league plans to build an inter National hands on its going to be a place where kids can throw balls and swing bats and not where parents have to dont touch this and said Little league Secre tary Beverly she said the museum will not Only Cap Ture Little league history and Mem Rabi but also will entertain children and among the participatory aspects of the museum will be games for visitors to test their running and batting skills against computerized the expected to attract More than visitors each will be located beside the stadium in Williams where Little league teams worldwide compete in the world series every ice hockey Toronto Maple Leafs general manager punch resuming the House cleaning he began last announced the club has bought up the contract of Veteran right Winger Ron Ellis for who has been with the team throughout a 15year career including Over had steadfastly refused imlach s attempts to demote him to the Ron Ellis latest Leaf to go Leafs farm team and had vowed that when he he would do so with imlach and Ellis agent Alan Eagleson had been in negotiations since monday in an Effort to reach a final in buying out Ellis imlach resumed a purge that has virtually re vamped the Toronto Lanny Tiger Williams and Pat Boutette Are among the players dealt away by Ellis compiled 332 goals and 308 assists for 640 Points to rank As the third most prolific Point producer in Leafs history behind Darryl Sittler and Dave football Harvey who coached teams to 129 victories at Haver Penn and has been named to the College football Hall of Fame in the deceased coach a native of was executive director of the american football coaches association after his coaching career until his death in As a head his teams posted a record of including Tours at Rutgers before and after world War he led the Scarlet knights to a 2671 Mark before joining the his Post War Rutgers teams posted a record of 48 371 from Oakland Raider officials confirmed tuesday that three of their players received death threats before the super bowl in new Orleans they said cornerback Lester wide receiver Cliff Branch and halfback Kenny King were told they would be killed if they played in the All three played and Branch and King scored All three Oakland Raider executive Al Locasale also con firmed the but asked that there be no publicity about two Arkansas tech University play ers were killed in a two vehicle Accident monday night at state police said the dead were James of and Jim of Mountain they died in a Little Rock Pittsburgh running Back Franco who missed out after having been voted to the squad eight straight kept his pro bowl Streak alive when he was named As a replacement tuesday for Oakland Kenny King on the acc basketball Dick Baldwin be came College basketballs fourth Al time winning est coach tuesday night when his Broome Community College team beat Alfred tech jumped pasted diddle of Western Kentucky with his 760th coach ing win All at he is the win ingest Community coach in College basketball history and the winning est Active College ahead of Baldwin Are Adolph Rupp of Kentucky with 847 Prog Allen of Kansas with 771 and Hank Iba of Oklahoma Bowling Bob Handley left pins standing in three of 10 frames but still managed to nip Jay Robinson 202200 to win his first Ever professional bowlers association championship at of Van who had a Chance to win the Crown with two strikes in the 10th finished runner up for the sixth time in Aba he earned boxing Dave Britain for Mer european welterweight battered american fireman Garry Holm Gren to defeat in the sixth round at Lon dons Royal Albert Hall tuesday sports on of College basketball Urcla Oregon i
