European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary having a but for How Long one boys gain was Sembach loss in the Sec Ond Day of the Safe baseball tournament last Ron Chapman of Lakenheath stood at the plate and rifled a Long foul drive Down the Loftfield the Ball carried Over the Fence and bounded Down a Ravine where a group of boys were playing some sort of the Ball brought their game to a Send ing the youngsters scrambling after the a boy wearing a red striped shirt finally caught up with the Ball holding it above his broke into a Little there goes said Ken sem bachs announcer for the five team Safe Tournai we offer a free Coke to anyone who returns a but theres no Way were getting that one Chenevert Price was a Little baseballs Cost about apiece but with 18 to 36 of them used every the Price of producing just one air Force game is no inexpensive if Sembach is concerned about the Outlook for Safe baseball cant be baseball fans abound at where the sugar Hill gangs cheers and jeers have left More than one visiting player wondering what he did to warrant such the tigers also play on the top Field in its a finely manicured layout that Jack Bornhoft and his ground Crew kept in top shape despite eight games in five Days and intermittent showers that failed to Cloud Sembach March to a second straight Safe bases that offer baseball can Only envy Sembach status As not Only the top but also the top Rhei main has a decent but the crowds the rockets draw dont come close to Matching those at Wiesbaden what few there had to travel to Rhei main to watch their since Lindsey air station has no baseball even the biggest of All the Safe has no baseball forcing the rams to play at the housing area Field is but even the ram players were singing the old theres no place like Home Midway through the the Outlook in the conference is no four years after a baseball revival that re turned the sport to Active Mildenhall never had a forcing the marauders to play at Laken Home of the their Arch Large crowds have been the exception in the except for a Brief interlude at Ben Waters in when the phantoms played Host to Rhein main for the Safe three years Bent one of the charter members of the is debating dropping the if the phantoms give up the baseball the conference will lose Cal and probably As i give the program Only a 5050 said photo by pal Jackson Sembach sugar Hill gang a Reservoir of cheers and jeers for the visiting air Force baseball who has managed Lakenheath the past four if Ben Waters i wont participate any not with four we wont have enough Competition and theres no Way you can get a team ready for Safe with Only four teams in a the tone was anything but upbeat at where Randy Harris still who used to work in the Continental sports conference sports office before moving to will be reassigned to Lakenheath later this since he has been in he watched As first and later bit opted to drop while still at he was prepared for the possibility that the Ramstein office will discontinue support for the pro if the were to drop having Only five teams in the Csc would not Merit us spending Money for a baseball he i think the Csc will continue to have baseball no matter what Safe but the Outlook for the looks Bleak for the were having a meeting with the conferences in which sends out letters to their bases before Well know More about baseball after that Csc commission or Norm Hoffman will be one of those in unlike he sees no end to air Force i think baseball will still be i know ii will be its a longstanding american were not going to let it fall by the ill fight As much As i can to keep we have five teams now and if Hahn comes Back that will make we had a Good base Ball both halves went Down to the wire and Rhei main 65 Over Span Dahlem just to win the positional tournament that was Good base i Haven once heard anyone Here in Germany say anything about dropping you still have kids out there running after Home run balls or foul balls and asking the players after the game for you cant take that the stars and stripes foreign coaches seek Talent at gym by Sam Goldaper not As the nets waited for the Washington bullets to finish their practice session Ken who is playing for the was talking with Sandro the coach of Granaroli Bologna in the italian a 240pound Center who played for the Long Island knights of the United states basketball was also the topic of discussion Between de who scouts for Mac Cabi of Tel and Artie who represents players like Orange and other big men like him have turned Jadwin where the bullets and Philadelphia 76ers Are engaged in the Princeton sum Mer into a scouting territory for coaches and scouts from Sweden and they were looking at and making monetary offers to the big so was Lou the for Mer new York University who is coaching Qatar of the United Arab Emi the Talent Hunt was not Only confined to Stan the new Chi Cago bulls is Here with Jerry his general and Frank the coach and general manager of the Utah like Hal a former Fordham is looking for a Job As an assistant coach or a scout with a National basketball association Ive been to the summer leagues All Over the said who coached the italian olympic team for six i just took this we have one of the bes organized and richest teams in we have plenty of guards in we have All come Here to look for big in looking for a Power Forward and a big Guy in the if we can get a big Man with a big we would pay him As much As Monsalve the coach of Clesa Ferrol in is in the Market for two Strong we dont pay As much As they do in he maybe we would pay about a As Layden greeted several of the for eign coaches and watched them huddle with several of the big he said this has become a european tryout not an Aba a lot of the Guys Are not interested in the there looking to play in the Money is getting bet Ter there All the and what was Layden doing Here All the Aba teams scout the summer he you never know what you might pick Brett the 240pound with a Well travelled basketball rep has come from for a second Chance at making the nets at the oldest player in this has been trying to make an Aba team Ever since he was the 76ers 1978 fourth round draft except Tor a Brief stay with the who played three seasons at Urcla and one at Nevada Las has played with Hawaii and Bil of the Continental basketball association in Italy and and failed in at least eight Aba training Ive made a Good living playing Basket Vroman and raised a famil doing my wife and two children have enjoyed the travelling my ego says in a Good but the facts say so i have reconciled myself to playing elsewhere than in the Aba and i have become a big fish in a Small rather than a Small one in a big and its been an interesting but my kids Are getting ready to go to school and i would like to Settle Down and give it one More try to make an Aba