European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Brewers a hostage Home now that the celebrations and the parades Are mostly Kevin the tall Marine who at age 21 had been the youngest is Home in As with several it develops that his isolation for 444 Days had been eased by a thin thread to what was going on Here in but when he got to Ger and phoned he was surprised to learn that Bud the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball had invited him to meet some of the Brewer i didst even Hermening that Selig knew who i Selig and when Hermening arrived in Mil Waukee last the Brewers were there to Greet Selig invited him to throw out the first Ball at the Brewers Home opener this George Bam the retired presented him with a Brewers Cap that the wearing his Marine dress promptly put and six Brewer players showed including Paul Hermening a and Gorman who handed him a Cigar to celebrate the birth hours earlier of the slug Gers i cant believe that you knew who i Hermening told i cant believe that you were worrying about a Guy like but what baffled the Brewers was that Hermening had been worrying about especially about who had been hospitalized last March by a heart attack that later required bypass not Long after the takeover of the american Zembas Selig was told about a background sketch of Hermening that identified him As a Brewers in conversations with his divorced Selig Learned that on his last Home leave before departing for he had seen the Brewers play six he was Home for seven Selig and he went to the Ball game six Selig immediately sent a letter to Hermening in iran but months passed without a at the time nobody Here realized that every so often Many of the hostages were allowed to read copies of the sport Dove Anderson ing a National sports shortly after the embassy the wife of Bruce the embassy budget had written the sporting news circulation she asked that her husbands subscription address in Tehran be transferred to their so that she might save the copies until he was when we heard about germans says Ralph the assistant managing we decided wed try to Send some copies to the embassy we wanted to Send 50 copies a week but the state department told us that big a bundle would not get so we sent five copies that apparently got through every so when he got German told me he would see a copy about once a in told that How the hostages Learned of the Shah for some reason one of our writers had mentioned had received Zeligs and when he Learned of Bamberger heart he wrote to the Brewers owner 4 april 1980 United states embassy Day 153 As a hostage dear sir i was very sorry to learn of George Bamberger mild heart attack of March i Hope someone will be Able to convey my very Best wishes to George for a very Quick and totally successful i am a very big Brewer especially since Milwaukee is my Home i had hoped to be Home by opening Day but it does not seem i still Hope ill be Home in time to see a few games this this is the Brewers year As far Asim concerned and i Hope i can be a part of Milwaukee great fans cheering the club to i Hope George will be Back with the team very soon in sure Buck Rodgers can Lead the team to a winning Start of the this year will Only be the third opening Day Ive missed in the last seven or eight Good Luck to the team and i Hope to see All of you yet this sum youve got a great year ahead of Milkau Kees got a team to be proud Kevin Hermening Milwaukee hostage go Brewers before his heart Bamberger had mailed Hermening a Brewers which he never i figured the retired manager told him last week at the Home town so heres another the twist to Hermening return is that the brew ers obtained Ted Simmons in a Trade with the Louis cardinals two months a Trade that an noyed another former Rod Rocky Sickmann of but what annoyed me even sick Mann has was the cardinals trading Ken re then the cardinals third had mailed Sickmann a note on his 23d birthday last but he was traded to the cubs two months As a defensive Sickmann had been a Tricas Tain of his varsity football team in 1975 at washing ton High where his Jim scan has playing Rocky never showed any to maintain his muscle tone while in Sickmann lifted weights and wrapped Plas tic around his Torso in order to sweat excess water from his when the hostages were he was disappointed not to be Able to return to America in time to attend super bowl Xiv in new but per haps his sense of Freedom was Best summed up when he phoned Home from Wiesbaden and spoke to his Are you Sickmann to play some Golf the new York times National hockey league Roundup overlooked Middleton stars in Bruins Victory keeping his title Aba bantamweight Champion Jeff Chandler of Philadelphia left lands a left to the jaw of Jorge Lujan of Panama in their title fight in Chandler retained his Crown with a unanimous 15round a by United press International Brad Park knows All about the nil Allstar having played in seven of and he offers an observation about the one coming up on 10 in los an the biggest disgrace since Ive been in the National hockey Park said is that Rick Middleton int on the Allstar Park had just watched the 27yearold right Wing score two goals and assist on the game Winner to Lead the Boston Bruins to a 63 rout of the new York and he thought it was an appropriate time to discuss Middleton Ive seen All the forwards play and i Haven seen one play Park if they want a highlight they should have just kept the camera on Middleton but Hes not Good enough to Middleton snapped a 11 tie by taking a Stan Jonathan pass and rifling a blast from the right face off Circle past goalie Glenn he made it 31 moments later by taking Peter Mcnabb pass and forcing Resch to make the first move be fore putting a five footer Between his Mcnab scored the Winner at of the third period by stuffing a Middleton re bound Between res chs in other nil games canucks flames 2 at Dave Williams scored his 24th goal of the season and added one assist to help Vancouver snap a fou game losing sabres jets 0 at Craig Ric Alan Haworth and John Van Boxmeyer each scored goals and Don Edwards stopped 23 shots to notch his second shut put of the season to help Buffalo extend its unbeaten Streak to Caps oilers 4 at Rolf Edberg scored two goals to trigger a five goal outburst that drove goalie de Mio to the showers after 15 blues red wings 1 at Bernie Federko scored two goals and Mike list turned Back 38 of the 39 shots he faced in his return from an eight game absence due to a Groin in Sandra palmers Deer Creek win ends Long famine Deerfield up Sandra a former tour player of the ended a Victory famine of nearly four years by capturing the Deer Creek classic the opening tournament of the season for the ladies professional Golf despite a final round 2over Par including a 41 on the last nine Palmer managed to outdistanced Amy Alcott by two strokes for a 284 Alcott had Sun Days Best round on the Yard Deer Creek country club course with a the Victory was Worth to Palm who ranks sixth on the Al time Money Alcott earned tied for third at 287 were Kathy Whit Patty Hayes and Bonnie each with 72 and Janet who closed with Hayes and Lauer each birdied the 445yard 18th Hole before Coles finished with a bogey after a poor tee the Winner of 18 tournaments Between 1971 and was the Tours leading Money Winner and player of the year in but she haunt won since a May 1977 i want sure if i would Ever win she i almost quit last Golf just want fun any but i gutted out the had a Good finish tied for fourth in the Japan and then took a month so i came Back this season with a lot of