European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes february 1978 stepchild event tie beef Allaround ski racers Little recognition in Alpine combi by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Germany s4s when Cindy americas Premier Alpine Sti climbed the Victory Pedestal to look for her parents after her final giant slalom run it was the Only time a skier flood on that place of Honor during the world ski that says something not Only about the performance of the skiers Here but also about the importance attached to the Alpine the following the closing one of the Pete Patterson won a Bronze medal in the mens yet there were no photographers around to demand that Pat Torrson and Sliver medallist Josef Ferstl of Germany take the stand near the finish area and hoist Gold medallist Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein to their shoulders in the traditional pose of Triumph for of a few fellow racers and team officials congratulated the combined medal win but mostly they were treated just like other Lute slalom that was in marked contrast to the scene a few minutes earlier when swe dense Ingemar Lenmark had clinched the slalom Gold medal and was treating every camera Lens in Carm sch to is now famous half the combined Competition is meant to determine the Best Allaround ski racers by finishes to All three races slalom and giant slalom but in reality it appears to be the stepchild of Alpine events the olympics award no medals for the Alpine today emphasis on specialization on either slalom or the downhill has Tell the combined As a sort of Consolation learn director Hank Tauber even called it medal is a Consolation prize for a lot of hard work on a glaring exception to the specialisation Trenis was Austria Annemarie Moser always a dominant Force in the Mose Proell chose logo for it All and made after capturing the she managed a uth place in her worst and Ihen look the Bronze medal in the giant slalom and the Gold in women one might think she would prize the combined Gold More than any of her other because it signifies that she is the Best Allaround woman racer on the she had to beat out two other lop class runner up Hanna Wenzel of Liechtenstein and Bronze medallist Fabi Erae to win yet Moser Poelt Bronze in the giant Means As much to me As my while Moser was certainly the female Star of the 1978 world few will remember Andreas Wenzel far his mens combined title plus a giant slalom not with Lenmark the swede captured the slalom and giant slalom in convincing he could have wrapped up the combined and a third Gold with a very Ordinary downhill but Ingemar stays away from the dangerous while the Down leers were running their training runs and Ihen the race at the be ginning of the the tac Lurn swede was off in perfecting his slalom Stenmark has won two straight world cup crowns and clinched a third without donning a downhill White the demand two runs on the same the downhill requires limed training runs for several Days before the event and the learn used those training runs As Irlas to select two of its four downhill Patterson and Phil the other combined had to run five 20yearold Patterson said he i the combined was Worth the medal winners in us v and Fields Allaround event attain but for Pete around Star of the Gar much it was Back to the hotel his bags for a class b race in local Stan 2 1st support acc Western Wal Tao inert ing the meet opening mens downhill whose slalom fall took him out of combined already had been picked to the but Patterson was competing for his which meant that the popular Sun Valley skier bad to run 10 pressure races counting the two runs for each slalom in to after he finished his last slalom run and was assured of his combined the boxers entered in even Safe meet opens today by Gary Harris Bureau chief per England Glt 96 of them from the go into the ring Here today and a to slug it out for nine Novice and open titles in the Safe boxing it 16bout card for the 7 Friday i i subject to Las minute weight and to meals at the pc Tuomainem weigh in 1 pair of Torrejos Don Roy and Dan head a i fighter from the is Backoo defend his open Wight championship and of he Novice Light welterweight will be going after the i vision lightweight title this Continental sports conference i is headed by Spang Atems Darrell who copped the open division ight trophy at Mildenhall in the Safe the Csc also has 15 t entered in the title conference returns three but Only Robert Dunn of upper and will be defending the title he won Dunn has lost his Novice bantamweight Herman title to Ben Waters bin with Arias scheduled to drop into the featherweight Dunn is still expected to give the its Best shot at the title he won a year ago As the conference the two other winners from last year Are both contending for the Ope Divi Sion Light heavyweight Crown a category that produced iwo of the tournaments most exciting fights Here last James the Novice Light heavy weight Champion from Mildenhall dropped Roundup of local sports a split decision to Lakenheath Jerry Nugent in a then the Novice heavyweight had hang on for everything1 he was Worth to survive a third round assault from upper he Fords Freddie Ricks in the finals before emerging with a unanimous Deci Nugent and Ricks will Alt be in the Battle for the Safe fists Start Hying at 2 today in a Short afternoon a 16bout slate of elimination bouts will Start a 7 the finals Are slated to Start at 7 Csc slates mat meets Germany the Csc wrestling championships kick off a Busy sports schedule in according la Continental sports conference commissioner Hinara the wrestling tournament is scheduled for 1011 at Lundsey air station parting at 12 noon on opening pre ceded by weighing from i the pro prep Pic Kins Ben Abrams t  Page k last but that team probably could beat any team in our tournament except the t upper Heyford will probably get another crack at Asl in the championship game of the scheduled next week at upper hey font p b j Unior High school sports is not a sanctioned pan of Tho Dodd eur but some Tui Sembach a will Bent a Junior ugh basketball to Nurm  Szabadi Cowes Armav h 5 n Ami Olla with teams bum Competition begun Friday at s and the cd Nelll played Sun att t Manny Fum Steta Junior High i Veteran wrestling has called a Misti school to discuss a mat All interests i education instructor and coach and for saturday at id in room 222 at the i coaches Are invited to attend and draw i uhf Utica invoice u Ariena Ana Araw up a schedule and discuss coaches Are urged to Call Davatelis at Ramsten nut 7iot w or Dale Keste Tat Baum older Mil 62b to they cannot attend the meeting Kurt Tim Klimn Lawm i own Mem Kirin turn 1 Kirb Niki my Mari Kjin Zhulim owl Mim a Fri Man tar Tel a met 01 and Varlly mens w 4 0 m Klul non pm try  m i l Elmit it  Gram will get under Way at 9 on the final the Winner and runner up from each weight division will Advance to the Safe championships also at madmen from the Mediterranean and sports conferences will be sandwiched Between these events is the Csc ski championships 2033 Al Gar the compel lion in All three events is open to ail air Force for fur ther information persons May Call the Csc sports office Al Ramsten Mil 6598pr equal Germany the a Stein Mata rockets of the Continental sports conference travelling bowline league Safe record Sunity against the Lundsey flyers at the Bowling fanes according Bruce Csc Bowling the Thurman team rolled a which used the Safe Mark set by Hahn in in and we Brucken in on their Way to a three game Csc Bowling mans travelling i High in Csc won want traveling1 by Ted Samlick Het Cneri Zzz and Joe who leads die league Ullh a 167 average to i