European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes sports saturday August 6,1994 saudi storms into title game weather impedes Kmic Belgium tilt sri european by Ben Abram staff writer Ramstein Germany saudi Ara Bia will be playing for the european major league Little league title for the third straight year today following its 27-1 Romp Over Austria on Friday. Whom it will play was in doubt when this edition of the stars and stripes went to edition. Defending Champion Kaiserslautern was encountering difficulty with Belgium when Friday second semifinal game had to be delayed because of lightning. Belgium held a 4-2 Lea when the lightning struck after four innings had been completed. The game was official but had no been officially called. Kaiserslautern and saudi Arabia Metin the title games the past two years with Kmic prevailing both times and advancing to the Little league world series at Williamsport pa., scheduled this year aug. 22-27. Saudi Arabia 27, Austria 1 this game could have been 40-1 or More. Who knows it was the top of the fifth and the Vic tors had scored three More runs and had a runner on third with no one out when austrian coach Danny Hall decided his team had had enough punishment. Because Austria was the Home team and did t get its Chance to Bat in the fifth inning the score reverted to what twas at the end of four and saudi re serves John o Brien Matthew Stephen Sand Jared Truair lost credit for base hits. O Brien s was a single the others had doubles. Truair s two Bagger came with the bases loaded so he also lost three Bis. Saudi Arabia started with a 10-run in Ning and officially at least finished with a 10-run inning. After somehow being f \ so Juping Winniw. Held scoreless in the second inning thesauri Arabia s Ronald Baptiste greets John Schoenholtz 28 and Mark Mowbry 23 after winners warmed up for the second Tenner his two run Homer Friday. The Celebration left austrian Catcher Eric Strung unmoved. By scoring seven times in the third framers a John Bonmer John Schoenholtz s three run Homeland Ronald Baptiste s two run clout were the big blows in the opening Frame which also featured a double by Christopher Fouts a two run single by Gwilym Griffith two passed balls and five austrian seven runs in the third inning came on five singles Schoenholtz Dou ble three More errors and another passed Ball. And the last 10 runs were highlighted by two Baptiste doubles a two Bagger by Pinch hitter Stephen Wellington and a triple by Steven Gove. In order to save his pitchers for the championship game saudi Arabia Man Ager Loren Schoenholtz used a different hurler each inning. Baptiste started and had a perfect Frame Aku Lishawa Jaworke the second and walked two Bat ters and hit another but escaped scored on. Then it was Mark Mowbray s turn on the Mound. He gave up a hit to Serge Baliff and that safety combined with two errors led to Austria s run. Wellington finished up yielding a one out single Jonathan Osborne but getting the next two batters on strikes. under Little league rules a Pitcher has to sit out a Day and a game if he works More than one inning. Baptiste i obviously saudi Arabia s Ace and Loren Schoenholtz said it s a pretty Good be that Ronnie will be on the Mound when tomorrow s championship game did t have the luxury of hav ving any Relief pitchers. Its Star hurler Jonathon Alexander Hurt his Arm and could t pitch. Two others were ineligible because they worked More than one in Ning in wednesday s loss to Hall had Little Choice but to let unlucky Florian Gabler absorb the Victory was another in a string of romps for saudi Arabia and that Factor did t please Schoenholtz that much. When you have games like this it really does t help your team too much. The kids Haven t been put into a Tough Situa Tion and it makes you wonder How they will stand up when the going is rough he said. Hrbek to quit at season s end by Mike Nadel Minneapolis a Kent Hrbek grew up near old met stadium and he says bleeds Minnesota twins red White and Blue. No longer Able to Wear his uniform proudly the big first baseman announced thursday that he will retire at the end of the season. I feel i can still hit. The prob Lem is getting there after i hit it said Hrbek who has battled Sev eral injuries the last five years. Hitting the Ball off the Walland not being Able to make it to second base i Don t like i can t play first base like i used to. It s not that i really wanted to retire but i think i had to. I was t doing the Job. I love the game. I love the people. It s just time for Kent to sit Down and take on some other loves in the game of life fishing Hunting family _.,Hrbek 34, has spent his entire career in the twins organization. He is the Only member of the current team to have worn a Minnesota uniform at the old met and he and Kirby Puckett Are the Only ones left from the 1987 world series championship team. My House is painted red White and Blue. I m going Hobeki to bleed twins colors he said. It a twins fan i veal ways been a twins fan and i will continue being a twins fan Hrbek who tanks in the twins top five in almost every offensive category is the second former All Star to retire this year. Chicago s Ryne Sandburg perhaps the Era s Best Sec Ond baseman did t wait until the end of the season to retire. He left the cubs in june walking away from about $15 million because he said the game was no longer fun. Hrbek is not a probable Hall of Famer like Sandber but has been one of baseball s Best first basemen Dur ing a 13-year career. He s in the final season of a five year $14 million contract and says he s still having fun. But he simply does t feel he has played Well the Las couple of years. Hrbek originally had planned to announce his retire ment in september. But with a strike threatening to end the season next week Hrbek moved up his announcement. Hrbek has 292 Home runs second in club history Killebrew s 475. Thursday night against the new York Yankees he hit his ninth Home run of this his least productive season. He has a career batting average of .282, with 1,076rbis, 1,743 hits 901 runs and 2,966 total bases. He holds the major league record with 165 Home runs i domed ballparks. Poll uncovers soccer apathy new York a while 44 percent of american adults surveyed watched at least one world cup game on television 69 percent Don care if there s a new professional soccer league in the United states according to a Harris poll. Released thursday the Survey found 53 Percey of respondents were More interested in soccer than before the world cup 24 percent said their interest remained the same and 23 percent cited a who did tune in liked what they saw. Forty three percent found it very enjoyable and39 percent found it somewhat enjoyable. And those who tuned in were the audience Nat interests sports advertisers. Fifty five per ent of males surveyed watched at least one tee fifty nine percent of the Wilh a House hold income of More than $50,000 watched at least one game and 49 percent with a Between $35,000 and $50,000 watched. Twenty nine percent of those surveyed would like to see a new professional league. Even among those who watched the world cup 52 percent dont care if there is a new percent would like to see one
