European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 27, 1991 the stars and stripes trounces Zerman in final Page 25 Chattanooga. Tenn. Up a Mitch Voges who ordinarily does not play Golf on sunday for religious reasons shot an Eagle-3 on the 11th Hole and Defeated Manny Zerman 7 and 6 to win the 91st . Amateur championship. Voges 41, of Simi Valley calif., became the third oldest Winner of the event. Jack West lend won in 1952 at age 47 and Harold Hilton won in 1911 at 42. Voges also became the first non collegian to win the title since buddy Alexander in 1986. In addition to his Eagle Voges reeled off nine birdies. A every time he stepped onto the Green i thought his putt was going in the Hole a said Zerman 21, a 5 and 4 loser to Phil Mickleson in last years final. Voges did no to need to putt on the 562-Yard, 11th Hole. Having watched his 4-up . Amateur Lead sliced in half on nos. 9 and 10, Voges crafted a 137-Yard, 9-Iron on the 11th that took two bounces and zeroed in on the pin for an Eagle. A every time i had a Chance to come Back head slam the door in my face a Zerman said. A a in be spent my career chasing Down Good putts that rimmed the cup a said Voges noting that his cards License plate reads lip out. A about a month ago i went to the 48-Inch Slot line inertial Duck Putter and it took me about 30 minutes to get the hang of it. Its been a really Good  Voges a Triumph was a birthday present of sorts for his son and Caddy Christian who turned 13 wednesday. With Victory secure the two embraced on the 12th  wins in playoff Akron Ohio apr Tom Purtzer let Victory escape him in regulation play but secured it with a precious playoff Par sunday in the world series of Golf. Purtzer a two putt on the second Hole of a sudden death playoff Defeated Davis love Iii and Jim Gallagher and made Purtzer Only the fourth double Winner of the year on the pea tour. The Victory the fifth of his 17-year career was Worth $216,000 from the total purse of $1.2 million and More importantly provided him with a 10-year exemption from qualifying. Purtzer Gallagher and love All finished regulation with scores of 279, one under the difficult Par of the very Tough Firestone course and the highest winning score in the history of the tournament. Both Gallagher and love had to make Back nine rallies to catch a suddenly faltering Purtzer and Force the playoff. World series of Golf each made up three shots Over the last four holes of regulation and each finished with a 69. Love had to make a 10-footer on the 72nd Hole to preserve his spot in the playoff. Purtzer the Leader most of the round opened the Gate for them with an Uncertain finish on what he called a the hardest Golf course we play All  he drove into the right rough and did not Birdie the Par-5 16th Hole then made bogey on the 17th from deep rough and had to play a great third shot to stay alive with a Par at no. 18. He shot 71. All three had two putt pars on the first extra Hole the 17th. Third round Leader Dillard Pruitt soared to a 77 sunday and finished at 282, tied for sixth. Mitch Voges hugs his son and Caddy Christian after winning . Amateur title 2 from Europe survive cuts ism basketball a amps Walt Moussette Ralph Baltimore. Played his game by Mike Bowers staff writer Ralph Baltimore of Pitburg Germany and Rob Marr of Lakenheath England Are the Only european based players among 12 picked for the . Conseil International do sport Militare cism basketball team. A i thought i would make it if i just played my style of basketball a Baltimore said. A it feels Good especially since this is my first  Baltimore and Marr join a team comprised of players selected from All branches of the armed forces. The army and the air Force Lead the Way with four players each. The Marine corps has three and the Navy one. Like most of his cism teammates Baltimore has College experience. He played at Delaware state in 1983-84 and at Salisbury state in 1984-86. The 6-foot-5 Baltimore has been a standout Continental sports conference player with Pitburg. He led the Barons in scoring the past two seasons when they won Back to Back Safe championships. In preparation for the cism tournament the 16-Mcmber All Star squad has been travelling throughout Germany playing teams from Germany Belgium and Turkey and compiled a 6-4 record. Three year cism coach Harold Johnson has used the games and tournaments to accustom his players to International rules and As a basis to make the final Cut. A the International rules Haven to Hurt us that much a Johnson said. A we Haven to had a lot of time together and we re struggling to produce offensively. The defense is  during its rugged pre cism schedule which called for two a Day practices and multiple game Days the team was Only averaging 73 Points per game. A a in be been stressing that we must score in the High 80�?Ts to stand a Chance a Johnson said. A if our offence Clicks Well be competitive. However in a really worried about our inconsistency but i also know that we re a Little  a so far in be also tried lots of combinations and we Haven to gotten into a real flow a Johnson said. Johnson said he a through experimenting. A this weekend in a sticking with what i feel is the Best. In be chosen my starting five and the others know their roles. Everyone has had their chances and now is the time to Pul the system to work a Johnson said. Projected starters Are Baltimore and Sam Jones of the air Force Michael Parks and Casey Fisher of he army and Ronnie Gipson of the Marine corps. Rounding out the roster Are Trent Mchenry and Charles Bailey of the marines Mark Slimko of the air Force Melven Jones and Carl Curry of the army and Kenneth Gray of the Navy. Last years team finished Fil ii As the italians won the championship. Johnson again expects the italian team to be the top contender along with Host Greece and the belgians. A we definitely have More Talent than past years a said Johnson. A there Are a few players with International experience and hopefully we be filled that void. A we definitely have better depth As compared to my last two teams. I have Confidence in the Bench. All we can do is the Best we can. If we play Good we should be in the thick of  the cism tournament opens today and runs through sept. 8 in Athens Greece