European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Wircs Cornell whips men in masters Connie Cornell averages by boo Odem staff writer Germany the 1985 abcs inc european masters tournament opened Friday night with a woman schoolteacher overshadowing the 32 men ram steins hard throwing Connie Cor a physical education teacher at Lan Stuhl elementary out rolled the entire mens Field in posting an 822 total for four games and a aver leading the Abc Field was Mike Ter Rell of Wiesbaden with 1199 199 aver age Over six Terrell spun games of and rolling on lanes 19 and Cornell opened up with games of 200 and 180 to Lead closest pursuer Sharon Jordan of Neu Ulm by 76 a graduate of the University of was runner up in last years masters and finished third in with All of the 24 lanes in Sheridan Bowling Center in muscular Dan Novak of who comes close to destroying the Backstop in the pits with his explosive had the packed House cheering in the first of six Abc the 20yearold Novak from started with eight strikes in a Row in route to a High 267 game and second place with one of the Fine comebacks was that of Giessen Bennie who started with a 128 game and rebounded with the Aid of a 253 for last years wisc Allstar All events Winner and a final five spun games of 179 and 169 for eleven pins behind Jordan was upper he Fords Astrid Mcedwards with Wiesbaden sue Burnette had 723 and hahns Jean Brooks thanks to the first alternate of the Abc and John Martino of Mannheim and Diana Monroe of Heidel were pressed into a failing to appear were Robert Christie of Berlin and Tanya Wallace of the tournament was to continue sat urday with the Abc Field rolling at and the wisc at the Abc was to Roll six games and the wisc the mens Field was to be Cut to 16 after 12 the women Field was to be Cut to eight after 12 the remaining 16 Abc bowlers were to Roll another six games at 6 from which the Field would be trimmed to those eight will bowl six More games Sun Day morning in order to have the Field Cul to the final five the women were to bowl another four games saturday night and six sunday the Roll offs begin at the 32nd and final Abc qualifying spot for the masters was 3412 189 one of the lowest totals in the owner of it was Zweibruck cons Bob Tom Linson his first time in the Lutes wins singles Poretti takes Al events by boo Odem staff writer Germany some prominent bowlers took turns at trying to Knock Don Lutes 1243 singles score off the Leader Board they All a civilian from is the singles Champion of the american bowl ing Congress european Allstar Champi Lutes rolled his winning singles score last monday on lanes 17 and 18 with games of and 243183 who sports a neatly trimmed is remembered for driving 3vz hours to Mannheim and Back to get a Ball he used for Only five frames before ditching at Lutes a native of who spent four years in the air became one of the oldest winners of the Abc singles but the right handed who carries a 185 didst bowl Well enough to qualify for the european which began Here Friday Lutes 3358 total 186 average came up Way Mike Sarff of Lan Stuhl won the Abc singles last year with this year he had Lutes Victory was Worth in winning the who has been Bowling 30 used an am a civilian contractor in comm has lived in Europe 19 the closest anyone came to him was 1238 by Mildenhall Bob who had games of and 187 third for the Mas ters with 3546 197 defending Champion Jack Paxton of Heidelberg fashioned 1215 in singles and tied for even though he automatically qualified for the finished fifth in Al events with 3537 196 surrounded by army and air Force Brussels Dick Poretti of the unknown and swept the Al events title with 3621 average Over 18 a master chief Petty officer sergeant major or e9 is a computer Whiz and also a Bowling judging by the Way he i dont know about Poretti chief of computer operations at nato 43yearold a native of was True to his i told you before that i came Here to i said who refused to accept congratulations until the final singles shift a bowled 1151 in 1267 in doubles and 1203 in Poretti had a shot at the singles needing a 241 last he ended up Short with this will be the first masters for Poret who rotates to Macdill in i finally made it on my third at when he called Home to Tell his of his Good All she said to me was How Are you doing on your diet How do you like that for gratitude said who joins the ranks of former Al events winners Brian Voss and Lee both now one of Porettisr two is a senior at Brussels High school and a three year Letterman in wrestling and Porettisr 243 and 204 games to Start the final set put him on the Road to equally As excited As Poretti was Hei de bergs Ely who unloaded a 1232 in singles and gained his third masters berth in three tries with 3470 192 an Mcaa doubles Champion in 1972 with Colorado was so close to taking the singles needing a 237 in the last to who was stationed at Kaiserslautern last started with a had a left the seven nine spared and struck in the eighth and ninth needing two More strikes and a High got one but it came after the he finished with a it was brought to Tomines who is the father of Triplicate that he needed a a  Bowler with a 187 said i knew 1 needed 1200 to everyone bowls to get into the so i am i came close to checking out of my said the native of the Philippines who Calls Colorado Springs Heidelberg Billy Williams produced the highest game Friday a 264 with a double and a seven two what a difference six weeks Neu ulms Danny Weikel finished 14th in Early april in the Usa eur Champi 12 pins out of the Weikel qualified fifth in his first at tempt at the masters with 3495 194 aver comes from and was the 1985 Vii corps doubles and Al events Weikel was upset with i set a goal of 3500 and came up five pins two Well known casualties who will sit on the masters sidelines Are Voge Wehs Bob Richert and Don members of the Tea winning the other two members Fred Fin Gers Walton and Jerry Neff made but at some who finished third in the last two ripped open his thumb in the first Frame of the last game of the Walton might not have qualified if he haunt picked up two splits in the last he converted the four Severnine in the eighth Frame and the four five in the Mahler rules no with 70 Mark Cincinnati up Rick Mahler int the kind of Pitcher who causes opposing hitters sleepless in these Days Hes giving nothing but pleasant dreams to Atlanta braves manager Eddie a Doest have the Speed to terrorize the oppo when it comes to the Art of pitch his name might As Well be in the first five weeks of the no Pitcher has done better than who has won All seven of his Mahler has developed into a Good pitch he Doest beat says Houston astros manager Bob he changes speeds id Sav that his ability to change speeds and his control have made him a Fine Only two years ago it didst appear that Mahler had a future in professional base Joe then the manager of the Mahler  pitch in the majors and banished him to Richmond of the International he would have been traded if not for the intervention of club owner Ted who ordered the team not to Deal any More although not a favorite of Mahler got a Chance to become a starter last season when the braves staff became riddled with he developed into the most depend Able starter on the staff and finished with a 1310 record and a by the end of the Mahler had even converted who was starting him every fourth the braves scored just 14 runs in his 10 so the record could have been More Mahler throws an 86mph fastball that but his Best pitches Are a a slow curve and a he has one of the Best curves in the when he throws he has a powerful follow through that makes it appear Hes throwing a 95mph his curve is extremely it floats to the plate and away from the and he excels at spotting the Ball and keeping the Batter Hes the thinking mans you have to Admire he Doest have All that much natural and Hes had a lot More Downs than ups in his but Hes made himself a Good big league says Dave a former major league infielder who coauthored the scouting report for since he is not a Power Mahler depends on Good defense to so the braves have played Well behind the team has played exceptional de sense behind the infielders have been supporting me i give up a lot of ground said unlike last when the club didst play Well behind the braves offence has been giving Mahler plenty of youre a better Pitcher when your team is getting you some runs Early in the said Houston Joe this year against they Atlanta got him nine and eight runs in two once you get youre a better television baseball Detroit tigers at Chicago White 7 pro football Portland Breakers at Birmingham 4 radio pro basketball Aba playoffs Den ver nuggets at los Angeles baseball Minnesota twins at Balti More