European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday August 17,1986 Chicksands Alconbury Triumph clash for Safe fast pitch title by Tracy Tanner stuff writer Wethersfield England Chicksands Rode he legs of old Man Walter Horton to Victory sat urday and thai was enough to squeeze into the Safe fast pitch finals with a 1-0 Nail biter Over Binl Waters. Horton s heroics came Wilh one out in the Bottom of the seventh when it drove the Ball to inc left Field Fence and hustled around the bases for the round trip per that landed Chicksands into the finals against Alconbury. Way to go old Man Horton s teammates congratulated him As he gathered his gear in the dugout after the Homer. Despite his teammate s ribbing Horlon was ecstatic. Old Man thai s what they Call me Hor son said with a smile. Right now i m on a natural  and except for a win and a berth in the championship game sunday this was an excellent Way for Horlon to end his fast pitch career in the . He leaves in october for the slates. We re like he Cinderella team Horlon said re Ferring to the Chicks third place finish in the .regular season. We won Only one of four against Benl Waters. And now we be beaten them. Tomorrow Well go against Alconbury who has also beat us three of four  the matchup in the All-. Final has Chicksands with a 3-1 record going against Alconbury with a 4 0 Mark sunday at i . If Chicksands wins that will Force an if necessary game immediately follow ing. Ken Stensvold was the beneficiary of Horton s late heroics As he got the win allowing just five hits strik ing out two and walking nary a Hitler. That pitching coupled with the errorless Fielding by his teammates is what got Chicksands into the championship game. It May have been a Cinderella game for Horton and his mates but for Binl Wales Larry Moore despite another Stellar performance it was another lost Chance at inc brass ring. Moore had even belter pitching slats than stuns Vold he did t give up a walk struck out five while giving up just to hits. It was the second hit that stole the Chance at the Crown right out from under the Phan Toms noses. This was Moore s 10th Safe tournament and he has Yel to be on a Safe championship team. Moore is just a hard Luck Pitcher said coach Jim coins of Rhein main he s the Best Pitcher Here bul he just does t have the  stuns vote did t have o Pilch to More than four batters an inning until the lop of the seventh when Ben Waters came close to scoring. The phantoms still had some fight Lea in them. Wilh two outs Ronald Douglas singled to Center Richard Meadows o right and when he Chicks tailed to Cut Douglas Down going to third Meadows moved to second. Bul Ken hams Fly to Cen Lefielder James Rouse got Stensvold the big third out to end he inning. Umpire Wayne Williamson watching from the Side Linn during this playoff game predicted Horlon would be he player to get the winning run for he Chicks before the team s first hitter look he Baler s Box in the seventh. Bul of course he had no idea How right he would be. What did i Ell you said the surprised Williamson after Horton s grand finale. Bul really i be seen him Horton play All year and he s a Strong ballplayer. In other games Alconbury 9, san Vitol Alconbury trounced san Vito in division a final action to make it an All-, sports conference final. Pitcher Riley Robertson held he crusaders o Ihrck hits while whining nine. A soft spoken Man Robertson said his May be his last year of fast Pilch. I m gelling too old Tor this game he said. He May feel he s getting old bul he s probably cured More than his share of the hoi dogging 20 year old bitten at this tournament. Robertson sen Many a Batter Back to the Bench with their Tail be tween their legs. And he has a Strong Bitting team behind him. Bob Marquardt Jerry Simian and Longie Ballejos each went 2-for-4. Morquardt had an rib double in the lint to Start the scoring and a single in the seventh. Sirmans had double in he fourth and a Jingle in the seventh while Ballios knocked a clean rib triple into left in the fourth and singled in the sixth. Ben Tweiten 3, a attn a in 0 Rodney Johnson had two Bis and Meadows one to Pace the phantoms and Back up Moore s three hitter. Moore struck out seven. Tigers from Page 25 Lelky grounded a single to right. Two runs scored on he hit and when the throw nailed Lelky going to second Balocan beat the relay. Storm hit his second Homer of the Day in la sixth to Moke it 10-8. Mannheim which railed 10-7 ingate 1 Only to get a three run Homer of the ninth got a two run blow from gon Zalez to lied the count. Rogers who served up the Homer in game 1, was the victim again. I thought of no not again said the Skinny right hander. Ii was just like last time. I m glad we bad the last  Gao min wins China s first Gold . Nabs wind blown Fly Madrid aug. 16 up1 Gao min saturday earned China its first Ever Gold medal in the world swimming championships when she easily won the women s springboard diving Competition. Gao is competing in her first major championship led from the second round Wilh a display of precision diving to total 582.90 Points the highest Ever scored off a springboard. Her Only real challenger was compatriot i Yihua who was just a Shade inferior throughout to Lake the Silver Wilh 549.42. The expected threat from american Kelly Mccormick did not materialise. The 26-year-old from Long Beach Cali fornia hardly produced a decent dive in finishing eighth Wilh 489.75. It was left o the soviet Union s Marina Bobkova to give Chase scaring 525.21to take he Bronze ahead of Holland s Daphne Jongejan who dived extremely Well for a tool of so 1.06, first time Ever for Penneton Bow Fabi fakes austrian grand prix pole by mfg be Collett Zel Tweg Austria up italian Teo Fabi and Benetton Bow teammate Gerhard Berger of Austria saturday out gunned the usual Pace setters and grabbed he from two positions on i restarting Grid for sunday s austrian grand Pix. Never before has a Benetton Bow led the Field from he Start in a race of the world Drivers championship and this year s Starling Grid has two of them up front. Fabi 31, clinched pole position for Only the second time in his career with a blistering fastest up of i minute 23.549 seconds around the 3.70-Miles super fast Osler Weichring circuit set in dramatic Hilly Countryside in South West Austria. Berger touted As a possible future Champion in spite of the usual limitations of his Benetton and racing in Iron of his Home fans briefly held pole Posi Tion Wilh his fastest Lap of 1 23.743. But he bad to be Content with second place after an engine misfire Cost him Power on his final limed Lap. Finland s Kike Rosberg who provisionally held pole position after Friday s first timed session went almost a second faster saturday but will line up his Mclaren in third spot after his Best up of 1 23.903. Italy Ricardo Patrese found More Ihan two extra seconds from his Brab Ham saturday and will Start in fourth spot despite a blown engine starting a fire which left the Back end of his car badly burned. Three of the first four cars on the Grid Fabi s. Berger s and Patrese s Aie powered by turbocharged Bow engines that excelled on the fast track in the Fine weather and the thinner air of he area which is nearly 2 000 meters above sea level Alain Frost of France the reigning world Champion could not improve on Friday s time of 1 24.346 and will Star fifth after continuing problems with his Mclaren. The Honda powered Williams of Brit Ain s Nigel manse he current world championship Leader and his teammate Nelson Piquet of Brazil who is third in he Driver s Itle race fell Bock from fourth and third fastest respectively Fri Day to sixth and seventh As their cars could not compete with the bows. Ayrton Senna of Brazil second Over All will Start sunday s race in eighth spot Fabi whose Only previous pole Posi Tion was at the 1985 West German grand prix said afterwards he could ave gone faster. Everything was perfect saturday and i am sure the engine he tires and the car itself will be just As Good sunday he said. I could have gone even faster on the pole position Lap but there was a Minardi in the Way on the Jochen Rindt curve which slowed me  Fabi has raced in 43 grands prix and his Best placing is fourth in Detroit and Here at the Oster Weichring both in 1984. He also finished fifth Here Las year. Sunday s race was scheduled Tor 53laps Over 195.685 Miles. In contrast to last sunday s comparatively slow race in the inaugural Hungar Ian grand prix this week s race will be extremely fast Wilh teams having to keep a careful Eye on fuel consumption. Wilh Only five races left this season the race will be crucial for All the title contenders. Piquet bidding to win the world championship for he third time celebrates his 34th birthday sunday Andis trying to become the first Man since Alan Jones of Australia in 1979 to win three straight grands prix after triumphs m West Germany and in Hungary the last two times on the track