European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 sports letters the stars and stripes april 1086 boxing still needs More improvements dear editor your article in the March 22 sports Page really both ers in a doctor accuses the american medical association of an emotional the article states that Ben Derby and Jose Torres say that this research shows no brain damage from for Ben Derby to make such a statement goes to show what the megabucks attached to his salary will make him say and at this moment i imagine he is covering for his hiding rather than debating the i am not i love my step William held me on his knee to watch it when i was 4 years have been learning it Ever in the Early like the decade fights were commonly that brought disrespect to the sport until Muhammed All came into the i have met Many and its really sad to have seen How badly beaten some of them disturbed permanent injuries and some that would behave and talk As if they were 5 years even Ali has not escaped of some of those i followed their careers Early in to see the difference at the end of their years was enough to make you since then things have better More padding to the but still its not Good whoever believes Torres there Are More deaths in football than has to read be tween the How Many More people play football than Box lets get the boxing association is just trying to buy As they it will take 1015 years for them to determine the real effect of boxing and brain i find myself liking the navys three then if someone gets really Call it great and there Are some really Good fighters in the Call a smoker and in the Navy uses padded helmet Protection for Good gloves and knowledge Able even my wife enjoys the military boxing can be fun and i personally dont like the thu bless Glove As it does affect natural but As some have i know that a thumb Glove can cause injuries As in sugar Ray leonards shortened Why not a thumb sewn Down to the Glove but no poke come boxing in i defend boxing to the but want to apologize to the readers for a totally incompetent Story Given by Ben Derby and his the sport still has a Way to go on the semipro and professional but As any 3yearold knows Early in people can get Hurt badly in further improvements still need to be incorporated in order to let More a boxers retire intact of their facilities before the sport can grow to reach a larger share of the better standards can bring justification to the Dennis Wolf Moron Spain More Golf scores wanted dear editor this concerns your coverage of professional a Golf tournament consists of 144 not just the leaders after a particular those of us who follow Golf would like to see the scores of the whole not just 15 or 20 you would not think of Only giving a few Aba or nil of course not you give them by the the current Golf tournament pc want even mentioned perhaps if you reduce or delete the six pages of filler material in the Middle of the paper you could have a Complete sports and financial Section each thanks for Reading my keep up the otherwise Good Job you Are Albert Davis Frankfurt support for Safe skiers dear editor first i would like to thank boo Odem for writing an excellent his article about support for Safe skiers really hits Home with i was a member of the Lindsey As ski and participated in the Safe our team did Well despite the fact that we did not have a Complete our team Captain tried to get full participation from the but we didst get the response we i received excellent support from my my super visor played an important role by allowing me to take leave to ski whenever i could afford Sling is not a cheap i spent a lot of Money on lift meals and next year i plan to participate on the ski i would like nothing better than to beat the Usa eur but it will never become reality without support from mar and out respective the other varsity sports teams receive excellent no matter How Well the team thank you i enjoyed your article and i will keep it on my desk to remind me of the injustice the ski team received this past staff Valerie Way Lindsey Germany thanks for Schweitzer team dear editor the american military and stationed Here in Usa eur understand the importance of Pur we truly appreciate the hospitality of our Host nations and the unique opportunities which living in Europe offers at each of us has known the Pang of the yearning for last week some of us had that longing temporarily satisfied in a most unexpected the Carl diem Halle in Mann there we had the Opportunity to watch an exit spirited youth basketball team play and defeat a Tough yugoslavian opponent in the finals of the Xiii Albert Schweizer International youth basketball tour having played six Tough games prior to the Champi the team entered the Hall amid the waving of flags and chants of Usa ready to and play they they exhibited not Only the Best in but the Best in each of us watching found our bodies in but our minds and spirits in Hometown gyms across America watching our team and no one thought it was inappropriate when the Sun broke from behind the Clouds to illuminate the Hall just As the team reentered for the award and no Eye was dry or Throat Lump less As the band played the stars and stripes for the victorious at a team banquet after the Clif Ford Usa eur Provost marshal and com Mander of the Mannheim military thanked the team for bringing a bit of America to the people of his we wish to Echo the generals comments and thank the Fine Young men on the american squad for sharing with us their skill and their enthusiasm for a Brief taking us All the Raab family Stuttgart praises ski meet planning dear editor the recent Safe and forces european ski championships were a great Success due solely to the outstanding planning Effort of several through the efforts of Safe sports coordinator Laurel Morrow of Ramstein and her coworker tech Tom this years Competition received Long sought after financial backing to support this very Active Laurel worked some very hard hours to insure the smooth running of meetings and ski Ive participated in these tournaments in each of the past five and this year Ive never seen this sport so professionally organized and most of the credit for the total Success of these two tournaments goes to an outstanding person and True proves please recognize your boo besides his accurate reporting of All skiing boo went the extra step to get acquainted with All the athletes who participated Day and night he sought to gather any and All titbits of information which he would cleverly blend into Good he want satisfied with just meeting with the individual winners of events he strive to talk with All of the slalom races and Cross country courses just dont a All our skiing events were coordinated and professionally thanks to Sidney Jeff Leedy and their arc each of the races were treated As if they were world cup electro Nic computerized results and hours of course preparation and Gate setting Are just a few examples of their hard i wish to express my Hardy thanks to the Safe sports office and the respective air bases that helped support the ski Safe Headquarters support greatly contributed to the competitiveness of the Safe and Al service i would most especially like to thank the folks responsible at Hahn air base for the ski equipment and fund ing we received this through our Paul and a very supportive mar we were Able to compete at the most prepared level Mike m Inard Hahn Germany Frankfurt due recognition deaf editor on behalf of All Dodds Germany and Bennor wrestling thank you for the Fine coverage of the Central european championships by your staff writer Craig individual efforts such As those demonstrated by All the finalists Are noteworthy and demand the recognition the stars and stripes saw fit to unaware As we Are of dooms wrestling Back ground we Are compelled to write this letter on behalf of the Frankfurt american High school wrestling pro not once in the previous mentioned article was there any mention of the team championship being won by this is an injustice that has not sat Well within the Frankfurt the Frankfurt wrestling program May be one of the Best kept secrets in Central contrary to popular belief our program is not Strong by virtue of merely a Large number of intensive training and dedication to a consistent system of wrestling has made the Frankfurt program the Success that it has last year we tied with Heidelberg and Stuttgart for an equal share of the aaa Germany conference Cham won the Northern regional and compiled 13 wins against two there were no team standings maintained for the Central european tournament last this year we finished second to Heidelberg in the aaa won the Northern regional once compiled 14 wins against two losses and won the Central european team As you can see and As any Dodds wrestling coach will attest to Frankfurt wrestling has been a Power and will continue in its role As a Force with which to be Frank hurts 1985 Central european championship was no thank you for this Opportunity to announce to the overseas sports Community the existence of our Fine pro Robin Wade Andrew Smith varsity wrestling coaches Frankfurt american High school safes Spainhoward wins worldwide All events Kirtland safes Debbie Spainhoward won the women All events title in the air Force worldwide Bowling tournament Here thursday with a 3351 18game she was followed by Barbara air training Kim 3316 Renee 3299 Susan and ser Rie air training command systems commands Goss captured the mens All events title with Larry John Neuff Las Brad and Ron trailed the Mac woo the Overall team Champi heating out 10 other commands with a total pinball of second place Acaf was 11 spins away at Safe was third with the top six members of the mens and women teams qualified for the air Force which will compete in the interservice Bowling championships to be held next week in Joe Logist Itic won the mens singles with