European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                7th at nips Hanau in 8th Pir Masens West Germany the 7th army training come trainers nipped the Hanau hornets 3 1 sunday to win the Usa eur men s double elimination slow pitch softball championship in a game that featured a Little bit of everything. There was your Tough to hit pitching by 7th at Codon Baptiste who kept the Hanau offence lean by monday August 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Usa eur men serving up Only one hit through the first six innings. The trainers who finished unbeaten at 3-0, also tossed in a Pinch or two of clutch hitting and a crucial dose of extra inning defensive heroics. Hanau s contributions amounted to a Small portion of Bottom of the seventh offence and a Large helping of Bottom of the eighth choke base running. The trainers stirred up their clutch hitting in the top of the first inning. Hanau Pitcher David Laymance walked Nick an Quiano and Kaiser Fleming to Lead off the game. After two Sharp line outs Steve Merritt rapped a single to score Anquiano for a 1-0 Lead. Baptiste tossed six innings of one hit Ball after Al lowing a first inning single to Hanau s Wardel Dean and Felt minimal heat from the hornets who hit More like gnats. Both teams squandered possible big innings. In the top of the third trainers Jeff Thompson an Kenneth Carter hit consecutive one out singles and moved to second and third respectively on a Fly by Merritt. But Kinney Valenzuela bounced out to Lay Mance to kill the rally. Two innings later in the top of the fifth Anquiano and Fleming stroked two out singles to set the stage for Thompson s inning killing ground out to second base. The hornets who finished 2-2 in the tourney bit the hand that was trying to feed them in the Bottom of the sixth. Trainer shortstop Anquiano booted Ernest Lee grounder. James Ingram then hit a Sharp grounder forcing Lee out at second. Ingram was also called out is Dave Didio Hanau s Ernest Lee races safely past outstretched 7th army training come first baseman Donald Oliver. Because Lee was charged with interference on the play. The trainers 1-0 Edge stayed intact until the Bot Tom of the seventh inning when Hanau knotted the score to Force extra inning play. The hornets cashed in on a couple base hits by Kelly Deciliano and Robert Jones and a one out Sacri fice Fly by Laymance. Jim Rivera flied out to end the inning. The trainers climbed out of a two out Hole in the top of the eighth and posted the go ahead and insurance runs. Antonio Sanford took a called third strike and an Quiano rolled a grounder to second for two Quick outs to dig the Hole. An intentional walk was issued to Fleming 7th at s left handed hitting Power Man who rocketed a foul shot Over the 270-foot right Field Fence in the first inning. But the better Safe than sorry strategy went afoul. Thompson Kenneth Carter and Merritt laced consecutive singles to push in the two runs before Valen Zuela turned inning killer by grounding out. Hanau s Chance in the Bottom of the inning was stymied by the defensive play of the Day. James Goethe who made the running Blunder of the Day to set up the defensive play hit a one out single. William Kennedy followed with a deep shot to left fielder Thompson. Goethe hesitated at first base not sure whether Thompson would Snag the Ball. The Ball went Over Thompson s head and rolled to the Fence. Thompson retrieved the Ball hit cutoff Man Aquino who relayed to third baseman Ivan Pachon who Laid the tag on Goethe. Kennedy reached second base. But no Dice. Lee flied out to Thompson to end the game. Setae beats Mannheim twice Hanau West Germany thes Etaf lady Lions Are taking the Usa eur women s slow pitch soft Ball tournament championship trophy Home to Vicenza  not before a few hearts were Rac ing from two Fingernail biting thriller sunday in the Best of three series. The lady Lions scored the tying Runin the Bottom of the seventh inning of the first game and the winning tally i their next at Bat to take a 6-5 verdict to Force an if necessary game. They prevailed 3-2 to dethrone the 21st support come s Mannheim lady Mustangs. The two wins avenged a 9-7 setback atthe hands of the defending Champion lady Mustangs in saturday s opener in the two Day double elimination tournament that also included Wurzburg from Vii Cor Sand Host Hanau from v corps. Coming into the championship Gam against Mannheim we were confident that we d be playing two games today and confident that we would win the two games needed to take the championship said setae coach Jay c. Moore. Losing that one game to Mann Heim instead of any of the other teams Usa eur women was a big boost. We Felt we could comeback against  setae scored the title clinching Runin the Bottom of the fourth inning of the second game. The run came on Robin Nixon s single Brenda Tolbert s ground Rule double and Molly Mchenney grounder to shortstop. Mannheim took a 1-0 Lead in the first inning on Angela Huth s single an error and Deanna Mosley s  came Back to take a 2-1 Lead in the Bottom of the second when Tolbert doubled and moved to third on Mchenney s double. Both scored on Mand Marler s hit. The lady Mustangs tied the count in the top of the third on Theresa Georgia s single and two successive errors. After that the lady Lions had to hold off two More threats from the Pesky lady  threatened in the fifth and sixth innings when it put two runner aboard but each time Julie Beck Man aged to escape  trailed 5-4 going into the last of the seventh in the opening game but the lady Lions made the Best of Theresa Mclaurin s Speed to tie the  beat out an infield hit raced All the Way to third As Lisa Smith grounded out to shortstop and then came Home on Kelly Myers Blooper to Short left Field. The lady Lions forced the extra game when Tolbert d9ubled, moved to third on Mchenney s infield hit and scored on Jackie Lloyd s shot to left. Mannheim started out As if it were going to wrap up its sec9nd straight championship without an if game jumping of to a 2-0 advantage in the top of the first inning. The lady Mustangs got those tallies on Huth s double Carroll Carr s single and Deanna Jennings  setae bounced Back to move into a 3-2 Lead in its turn at Bat. A walk a error Nixon s triple and Tolbert s single did the damage. The lady Lions added another run in the third on Nixon s single an error and another hit by  got its final three tallies of the first game in the top of the sixth Onan error singles by hum and Mosley a sacrifice Fly and Jackie Tappert s triple. Rhein main overcomes Avico 13-8 Raf Wethersfield England the Rhein main rockets kicked in their after boosters in the top of the Safe softball sixth inning to score eight runs in route to a 13-8 Victory Over the Aviano eagles for the Safe men s slow pitch softball Crown sunday. Both teams finished the round Robin tournament with 6-1 records to a Vanceto the championship game. Rhein main trailed Aviano 6-3 after five innings but blasted off in the sixth. Fred Gilbert and Ted Rice each rifled2-run singles up the Middle to build an 11-6 , Aviano handed Rhein main its Only loss in round Robin play by drubbing the eventual champs 6-3 Fri Day. Aviano then lost to Ramstein 8-7 for its Only loss and Rhein main re bounded by beating Wei Brincken 7-0. Rhein main and Aviano both won saturday to set up the title match. The rockets nipped Ramstein 12-11. Avian blasted upper Heyford 12-2. Ramstein finished the tourney with a5-2 record. Wei Brincken and Ben Waters were at 4-3, Chicksands had a 2-5 show ing upper Heyford finished 1-6 and Torrejon was wingless at 0-7. Amigos gain a a finals Mannheim West Germany the Mannheim Klee Amigos completed a two game sweep of the Bamberg braves with a 7-6 win Sung a baseball Day to take the Best of three North Ern division playoff series in the German american baseball league. Visiting Bamberg plated four runs in the top of the eighth to creep with in one run of Mannheim. But that was All it had. Martin Helmig held the braves to two runs through the first seven innings. He finished the game with six strikeouts and four walks while giving up seven hits. Bamberg s Alan Martel who whiffed seven and walked five fell behind 5-1 after hitting two batters and dishing up four singles in the first inning. Mannheim scored twice More in the second to open up a 7-1 Lead before Martel settled Down. Mannheim s Richard Jackson collected a double and single. The Amigos won the first game of the series 10-0 saturday. An sports television football Chicago bears at Dallas cowboys 2 . Tuesday. Radio baseball Detroit tigers at Minnesota twins 2 . Tuesday