European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 1,1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 ats Back to school time and that Means it won t be too Long before the Dod Doeur fall sports program will be going full steam ahead. Things get under Way sept. 9 when Hahn entertains bad Kreuz Nach in a Gold East non conference game. That contest was originally scheduled for sept. 10 along with the Bonn at Karlsruhe and Ansbach at Bremerhaven non conference encounters but was moved up a Day because of the conflict with the Continental sports conference s game that sends we Brucken to Hahn. Competition in All of the football conferences except the Spain division which begins sept. 24, will be going on sept. 17. The same goes for the Golf volleyball and Cross country competitors. Free More schools Brindisi Simonella and Livorno will be playing football this year. Livorno played the game until last year but it was decided that the Lions would abandon football with the opening of Simonella and Brindisi because they were deemed too Small to compete with the likes of Aviano Naples and Vicenza. However this year the pendulum has changed the other Way and All the schools in Italy will be playing football. Whether the Small three will play eight Man or 11-Man foot Ball has t been determined As yet. According to Dodd eur sports coordinator Don Drakulich the option rests with the smaller school when any of them play Aviano Naples or Vicenza. It s whatever can be worked out Drakulich said by Telephone tuesday. If the coaches can agree they can play either the eight Man or 11-Man variety. However if no agreement can be reached then the Small team s preference shall be honoured. It s Good that everybody wants to play football again. It gives everybody a pretty decent schedule seven games and no byes. Drakulich said that there would be two league champions determined the Livorno Brindisi Simonella league and the Aviano Naples Vicenza setup. He also said that there will be no regular schedule in Golf this year but that the schools would hold an Italy championship at Naples oct. 7-8. Naples also will Host the volleyball and Cross country championships oct. 29. When Competition begins there will be a lot of new faces on the coaching scene. Counting the three new coaches in Italy prep Pickin s has heard of at least eight changes in football alone. Wes Ferguson will handle Livorno John Hammacker is the coach at Brindisi and Jim Seeke has the Simonella Job we be been told. De Driscoll takes Over for Sam Timpano at Hanau and Tom Lablanc replaces Jim Goodwin at Wiesbaden Goodwin having transferred to Munich. There also will be new mentors at Berlin International school of Brussels and Bonn but we Haven t heard yet who will succeed George Pepoy Steve Johnson and Mel Thake at the respective schools. These Are Only the changes we be heard about in football. In Cross country Heidlberg s Bob Moeller has transferred to Berlin and Ferguson of course won t be handling the Liv Orno Job. The Only volleyball change we know of is sue Haertel taking Over for Kathleen Bauder at Mannheim but we be been told that Jane Marshall has moved into Brindisi and knowing Jane we feel she will probably get involved in the sport in Italy. In Golf Berlin s Byron Smith has left to take a Job in Sedro Wooley wash., Wurzburg s Kent Smith has gone to Canton Ohio Vicenza s by Abramo is at Nurnberg and Karls Ruhe s Duane Kroseman has gone Back to the states. Jack Brown replaces Don Leavett at Augsburg and Steve Magee takes Over for Roy Meyers at Mannheim. Coaching roster forms were distributed at the preseason meetings in Karlsruhe and accent and Dodd eur sports director Bill Houston will take the forms to the . Meeting sept. 10. All others were mailed to the respective schools. Prep Pickin s would appreciate a prompt reply so that he can get his coaching files together in Case it be comes necessary to Contact  another school sports year approaches prep Pickin s extends a cordial Welcome to All the coaches the veterans and newcomers alike. We Are looking Forward to another big year in Dodd eur what with the boys competing in eight different sports and the girls in seven. We want to wish every athlete coach and principal the Best for their school and we Hope to make the High school sports coverage the Best Ever in 1977-78. J5-Rouncfer slated sept. 1 7 at Philadelphia la Frtf-,.� _ ."9wfe� 7. "  v-,.""/" heating it up a drag car s tires smoke away As Driver gets set for a fast run Down the Quarter mile strip at Fliege Horst  Airfield. On sunday the Hanau Auto racing association will stage its fall nationals event. Is Perkins Hara tall nationals features top drag racers by Randy Barnetts a Auto racing columnist the Hanau Auto racing association har whose summer nationals event in july Drew More than 4,000 spectators will stage another top run sunday Fea Turing three of the fastest drag racing cars in Europe. For sunday s fall nationals program at the Fliege Horst  Airfield drag strip near Hanau three cars from Sweden Are entered All capable of turning the Quarter mile strip in the Low 9-second area. The cars Are the Anglia taxi an English Ford Anglia powered by a 426 Hemi engine Little swede 2" and Little swede 3," both Samaros with Little swede 3" developing 900 horsepower. All three cars raced in the recent summer  another feature of sunday s program with purse and trophies Worth More than $2,000, will be a German stunt Driver who does two wheel acrobatics off a ramp in his Daf car. The race is a double Point event and going into this one Holga Tapp has a slim 2-Point Lead Over Harvey Deerfield and Jerry Saddler. Tapp drives the Green monster a turbocharged Bow while Deerfield will have a Plymouth for this Duran to defend lightweight title Philadelphia a Panama s Roberto Duran the world boxing association s lightweight Champion said tuesday he agreed to defend his title in Philadel phia sept. 17 because this is a City of lib erty and a City of great fighters Duran who has knocked out 10 previous challengers meets puerto Rico s Edwin Viruet at the spectrum in a late afternoon 15-Rounder that will be televised nationally by Abc. They be met once before in september 1975, and Duran won a disputed 10-round decision. Don King co promoting the fight with the spectrum s j. Russell Peltz hooked his publicity line into the Panama canal controversy while fishing Fer More attention. And Duran often called the greatest puncher Pound for Pound in boxing today echoed the political  wanted to come to Philadelphia because he wanted to symbolize something to All the people King said. He recognizes what dignity and Pride in a country Means and he feels it would strike a blow for the panamanians in their support of president Carter s Effort to get approval of the new canal  the Spanish speaking Duran through an interpreter told a news conference Philadelphia is a great place to be when you Are fighting for  King said Duran would get $50,000 and Viruet $20,000 in a card Peltz expects will attract around 11,000 fans and Gross $150,000. King refused to disclose the television purse or whether the fighters would get any piece of that action. He has been under investigation by boxing commissions and a Federal grand jury for recent to promotions which some claim had not been entirely on the level. Duran who won the title from Ken Buchanan in 1972, has a Streak of 29 wins in a career that shows Only one loss in 60 bouts a 10-Rounder to new York s Esteban Deje sus four months after he became Champi on. He won 48 by knockouts. Would he give Dejesus who holds the world boxing Council version of the championship a shot at the Crown if he gets past Viruet absolutely Duran said. If the fight can be done in  Viruet at 27 a year older than Duran has a record of 232-2 with eight knockouts. He was supposed to join Duran at the news conference but declined to make the trip from puerto Rico. Duran however said he was t concerned about Viruet when my title is at stake i put on the pressure. Anyway he talks too much about me. He has no re  race. Saddler will compete in the half Breed 1966 opel record powered by a Chevrolet engine. Deerfield and Saddler Are tied for second place in the Points standings. Among other top entrants Are Wolfgang Weissbrodt in the 1975 championship win Ning Ford Mustang California Colt and Jerry Lackey in Little flyer a Kar Mann Ghia powered by a Volkswagen engine that develops 180 horsepower. To Iron out last minute details for the fall nationals the Hara club will meet at 8 o clock Friday night at the Schutzen Heim which is located behind Gros nauheim Cavern Hanau. For sunday s drag race the Gates open at 10 a.m., registration deadline is noon and time trials Start a half hour later. Final eliminations get under Way at 2 . The Fliege Horst drag strip is located off National route 40, direction Fulda from Hanau exit Erle see. Safe net opens at Torre on Friday Ramstein Germany fourteen men and women players each from the Continental sports conference . Conference and the Mediterranean sports conference will compete in the renewed Safe Tennis championships sept. 2-4 at Torre Jon air base Spain after a year s absence Safe officials Here announced. The single elimination event will consist of four divisions men s open men s Junior Veteran age 33-39senior s age 40 and Over and women s. Six players from each conference will compete in the open four in the Junior vets two each in the senior and women s events. Participants in the senior and women s doubles will play round Robin. A players reception for participants in the tournament will be held sept. 1, Start ing at 8 . At the Torrejon no club. Stuttgart Tennis numbers Stuttgart Germany persons wishing to Register for the Stuttgart Dou Bles Tennis tournament May do so by Call ing Patch Mil 2921 7224, 5292, 7136 or 5386 instead of those Stuttgart Mil numbers a tourney spokesman said wednesday