European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 20,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Usa eur softball bears generals gain title round by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Ansbach West Germany key defensive plays by Baum older s Premier  Sec Ond baseman Timmy Green and shortstop Kevin Gunderson locked Ansbach and Worms out of sunday s title round As the Usa eur men s slow pitch Sof balt championships opened saturday. Baum older s 11-8 Conquest of Worms in the semifinals assured the v corps Champion bears of the winners bracket spot in sunday s championship game. They will face positional tourney and losers bracket Champion Heidelberg which pounded Worms 18-6 in the losers bracket final. Heidelberg needs two wins on sunday to claim the title Baum older one. Baum older 7, Ansbach 3 Gundprson and Green took care of things in the opener turning a pair of double plays and uncorking two sensational diving snares to thwart Vii corps Champion Ansbach 7-3. Down 2-1 to the Host squad in the third the bears exploded for a flurry of hits and aided by a handful of Ansbach miscues overcame that deficit to cruise to an uneventful first Victory. Gunderson is an outstanding shortstop Green men s championship praised. Playing next to him is a thrill for  Gunderson on Green he s really come a Long Way this year. We be been working All year Long on our defense. It s a Confidence builder knowing he s playing next to  Baum Woldit 11, Worms 8 in the semifinals Baum older ruined Worms shot at advancing to the title game undefeated with a nine run fourth. Jerry Thomas and William Kelley ignited the rally with two run homers to Center Field erasing a 4-1 Lead held by the 21st Talcom Cham Pion. We Don t quit said an elated bears coach James Daniels. We Don t give up until the last out of the  Worms 10, Heidelberg 7 Worms capitalized on three Heidelberg errors and four hits for a four run fifth which downed the generals in the opening round. Edwin Aya Berrino paced Worms with a 2-for-4 game that netted three Bis. Heidelberg s Glenn Box contributed a 2-for-2 Effort with a pair of Bis in the losing cause. Heidelberg 11, Ansbach 3 claiming it was High time to bring the Susareu championship to Heidelberg shortstop Pablo Perez and the generals shocked favored Ansbach to Rele Gate the hosts to a Spectator role on  bounced Back from its atrocious defensive display in its opener. Leading the defensive charge was shortstop Perez who said his team s Dis play in the opener was a traditional thing. We never win games that Start before  by Pitcher Rick Williams 3-for-3, two rib game and augmented by David Courtney s 3-for-4, two rib contribution Heidelberg did t give ans Bach a Chance powering to a 4-0 Lead in the first. Ansbach s offence decided to leave Early forcing the defense to fend for  capped the Victory with a three run sixth. Heidelberg 18. Worms 6 the generals warded off an Early retirement founding Worms for 11 runs in the final three frames in route to earning a berth in the title game against  by Gray Adams 3-for-4, four rib Effort the generals overcame a four run first by Worms taking a 5-4 Lead in the second and never trailing  had three More Bis As the generals pulled away. Pir Masens Frankfurt squaring off for Crown Vicenza Italy it s the 21 St Talcom against v corps in the final of the Usa eur women slow pitch softball tournament sunday. Pir Masens representing the 21st, chalked up 11-6 and 5-4 victories Over positional Winner Vincnza and v corps Champion Frankfurt respectively to gain the championship berth in the double elimination tournament. Frankfurt bounced Back to beat Vincnza 5-2 in the losers bracket finals to set the stage for the title show Down. Pir Masens 11, Vincnza 6 Pir Masens scored All its runs in two innings the second and fourth. Four runners crossed the plate in the second on a walk Carla Campbell s double Tuwanda Williams triple Chrissy Doskocil s double and Linda Billups single. Campbell s grand slam highlighted the seven run fourth inning. The Home run was set up by a walk sandwiched Between singles by Kelli Croteau and Donna Covington and it was followed by singles by women s championship Williams Billups and Marisa Quintanilla and an error. Vincnza scored its two runs in the fourth on sin Gles by Teresa Kemp Molly Mchenney and Kelly Meyers and an error. Pir Masens a Frankfurt 4 the roadrunners wrapped up the game with four runs in the first inning. They came when Covington singled went to Sec Ond on an error on her hit and scored on Campbell s single which was followed by Williams double Bil Lups single and another error. Pir Masens added what proved to be the clincher in the third inning when Doskocil homered. Frankfurt scored once in the second on a two base error and a hit by Meriann Delaney added another run in the fourth on hits by Lisa Shaw and Monique Harmon a runner advancing Fly and a sacrifice Fly and closed out with two in the sixth on Andrea Stew Art s single Kelly Snyder s double and two errors. Frankfurt 10, Wor Burr 6 the Falcon ties nailed the Vii corps champions with a five run sixth inning rally. The runs came on singles by Linda North Tracy Bartz and Stewart an error another single by Snyder and Fenton s grand slam. Wurzburg had taken a 6-5 Lead with a four run third inning on Alpha Jenkins single Clra Skinner s single two errors a sacrifice Fly and can inc Jean Pierre s double. Frankfurt 5, Vicenza 2 Frankfurt built up a 4-0 Lead getting a run in the second on singles by Brenda Tolburt Jones North and Delaney two in the third on singles by Julie Bartz. Shaw and Snyder and the fourth run in fifth on hits by Bartz and Shaw and a Vincnza error. Vincnza scored twice in the Bottom of the sixth on singles by Meyers and Lorelta Hill and two Frankfurt errors. Vicenza la Wurzburg 10 the 5lh Talcom entry won the game in the 8lh on Paula Rosto s single Deborah Fox s double an Pamela Barrett s single after tying it in the Bottom of the sixth on two errors and Mchanny s double. Mercedes thunders to curb urging pole by Randy Barnett motor sports editor curb urging West Germany the two 800-Horscpowcr Sauber mar cd pcs team cars qualified fastest on the curb urging Here saturday and they go into sunday s 35th adar trophy race As the heavy favourites. Sunday s race is the fifth round in the world sports car championship and Sauber Mercedes which leads for the Crown has scored three victories in four outings so far this season. Italian Driver Mauro Baldi who won the pole position said after the final qualifying session that "1 think we can come through tomorrow if we have no mechanical problems. This is my third pol position Here on the numb urging and while that s cause for some Celebration i would rather celebrate tomorrow with a Victory and help win the championship for Sauber Mercedes. But i expect a very hard and competitive race Baldi Siao. The jaguars an the Nissan car will give us a hard run but Well do our Best. Baldi s partner is Kenny Acheson of Northern Ireland and they teamed in the last race at Brand s Hatch England to take the Check ered Flag there. Baldi s pole position time was i min Ute 23.125 seconds an average Speed of 121.95 Miles per hour Over the 2.8-Milc track. He went under his pole position time of last year by 1.8 seconds. Qualifying second behind the Baldi Acheson pair was Jean Louis Schlusser of France who recorded 1 24.054. Schles Sers teammate is the Veteran German Driver Jochen Maas Winner of this year s 24 hours of la mans for Sauber mar cd pcs. Third fastest was the new British Jaguar Turbo v-6 driven Jan Lammerson the Netherlands. Lammers who will Tea with Frenchman Patrick Tam Bay turned 1 25.237. The Best japanese showing was made by the Nissan r89v with British Drivers Julian Bailey and Andrew Gilbert Scott Shar ing the wheel. Bailey recorded a time of 1 26.087 on full fuel tanks and regular Rac ing tires an impressive performance. Four other cars followed the Nissan in Thel 26-bracket. These included a Joest porsche 962, a Toyota 89cv, a Loyd porsche 962 and a Brun porsche 962. Sunday s starting Field features a 36 car entry of the world s Best sports Proto Mauro Baldi at Japan Victory. Rather celebrate tomorrow Type machines but when the Check ered Flag Falls the chances Are Strong that Sauber Mercedes will have another Vic tory in Only its second season of racing sunday s 327-mile race 106 laps starts at noon and ends about 3 . Hot and sunny weather is forecast for the . Frankfurt rips Mainz 14-2 Stuttgart wins Mainz West Germany the Frankfurt giants scored 10 runs in the last two innings to record a 14-2 Victory Over the Mainz rangers and take a 1-0 Lead in the Bcst-of-3 German american league Northern division semifinal playoffs saturday. The second and if necessary third games Are scheduled for Frankfurt s Drake Edwards Field sunday the first i a baseball game scheduled for a i . Start willbe nine innings the if necessary tussle seven. Frankfurt took a 44 Lead in the firs two innings. The giants scored three times in the top of the first on a walk singles by Mike Frigault and Raphael Merced an error on Merced s hit and wild pitch. Singles by Chuck Dorsey Mike Arthur and Richard Pichowitz accounted for a second inning run. Mainz scored once in the seventh on qui Tiwi Byrd s double and a bad throw on a steal play but Frankfurt see a a on Page 26