European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes june 1985 hot flashes make soccer a Washington hit by Sara Rimor new York times Washington the score was i tin fans were going la was a Tough match Between the reigning four time league champions and a team of Gully several players had taken one had punched another in the Chest in retaliation for being kicked in the re faced and shouting from the the coach of the to ranked and now threatened team berated his players youre doing too much Sissy kicking liven in the Washington suburb of Montgomery where soccer is the sport of High status suburban this was no Ordinary weekend these players were vying for the championship of an unusual soccer the Montgomery founded three years ago by a few frustrated soccer All of whom were Over 30 and none of whom had Ever kicked a soccer Ball in their the i lot As one of the hottest teams in the league chooses to Call was defending its title against the grapes of the Only team to take a game from the hot flashes in five sea sons of play like so Many Washington far More than athletic prowess was at this soccer with More than its share of women who Are married to High powered government workers or arc themselves High powered govern ment Burns not Only with Zeal for kicking a Ball but also with issues of democracy and its the whole excellence said Hallic a 37yearold psychologist who plays for a team from the town of Garrett Park and was cheering for the from there Are two conflicting goals Are you going to be the or Are you going to have fun endless discussions have not resolved the question for fifth ranked Garrett we arc very conflicted about Lovett the one team that does not seem conflicted about winning is the hot who win anyone who doubts How fervently this group from embraces soccer should have heard Virginia a customs broker who plays Tell How even the heart attack her husband suffered on a Friday could not deter her from her regular sat urday he told me from his Hospi Tal bed i want you to and i want you to Semmes the hot flashes did the hot flashes coach is demanding but beloved by his especially by the right Wing Gail his i expect these women to make a commit said the John a his is the Only team that holds which offends those who prefer democracy in All even the Selec Tion of athletic shouting at the hot flashes to get after the Ball youre letting her beat you Hiser is viewed among some of his opponents As the classic male author Ity on the other Side of the sweetly cajoling her players in an ankle length flowered was Myra a 53 year old biological Laboratory technician for the department of its important not to make them feel she Nelson raved about the grit of players like Mary a 52yearold nurse who ran Down the Field in a shirt proclaim ing 50 i didst Start playing soccer until 1 was Lach said Between the i was widowed and sitting around feel ing sorry for i needed something new and soccer was new and an estimated 800 women Over the age of 30 now play organized soccer in the Washington the soccer fed which keeps no exact says the number nationwide is still relatively Small but the women Over 30 National now in its fifth has twice been won by the Mclean redskins from for All her Well intentioned speeches about winning not being Nelson admitted she would not mind beating the hot resplendent in his tropical flowered print shirt was Nel sons amiable assistant Keith an army warrant officer from the British who signed on with the grapes this at first the women what do we need a Man for Nelson but Fowler won them and his Home made in which Beer meets Are now their preferred Post game the game ended in a 22 giving the grapes of Wrath the Back to his regular Goodhu Mored self once the game was hugged the grapes hugged Nelson and one an it was time for the hot flashes to Wax Judy the psychologist who is their Center offered the closing statement this builds British soccer chiefs Call ban unfair London a British soccer chiefs in a Despon Dent mood Friday reiterated complaints that a worldwide ban on English clubs in reprisal for rioting last week that killed 38 spectators was but the football the administrative body for England 92 professional held its annual meeting Here without discussing the league Secretary Jack Dunnett said there was no Point in discussing the ban until details had been studied of the announcement thursday by the International soc cer the football a separate administrative said the first English club threatened by the Tottenham hotspur now on an australian had been mariners place Langston on disabled list Seattle a Lethander Mark who set a club record with 17 victories As a Rookie in Friday was placed on the Seattle mariners 21day disabled at the same the mariners called up Veteran reliever Robert Long from Calgary of the triple a Pacific coast league to take Langstone spot on the teams club spokeswoman Carol Dylan second to teammate Alvin Davis in al Rookie of the year voting last became the sixth player on the mariners 15day and 21day disabled lists this compiled a 31 record with a earned run average in Calgary this he had five saves and 32 strikeouts in 19 games and on the mariners sent Langston from where they were winding up a Road to for an Elbow examination with one of the nations leading arthroscopic James after an xray and Andrews concurred with the mariners that Langston has a strained flexor tender and that the Pitcher would need 21 Days Trainer Rick grif Fin he was optimistic he didst think it was anything Griffin he said it was just tissue damage and that rest should alleviate the Langston has a 56 record and a Given a 72hour reprieve and would be allowed to play its final match in Melbourne on the situation is that the football association of Australia will not receive official notification of the ban until next and so Tottenham can Complete their said football association press Secretary David Bloom the Iron curtain does not come Down until next outside the football league meeting in several club managers expressed anger about the were All Arent we we invented the Damn game its said sir Arthur chairman of nor an East England Ken chairman of London Chelsea whose supporters have a bad reputation for de scribed the ban As quite i think a lot of people who have done nothing for too Long Are now jumping on the bandwagon in an attempt to get some kind of spurious i think it reflects double Bates told the fifa move followed a ban announced last sunday by the european soccer on English club teams playing in the bans were imposed after a May 29 riot at the european cup final in Brussels when supporters of the English invaded a grandstand occupied by supporters of the italian instant replay Appeal a says Usel up photo Seattle Mark Langston Laid up with bum Elbow Era this season with 34 strikeouts in 64 innings As a he posted a 1710 Mark and a and was the american league strikeout King with 204 strikeouts in 225 Langston became the fourth mariners Pitcher on either the 15day or 21day disabled right hander Mike designated hitter Gorman Thomas and Catcher Dave Valle Are on the 15day disabled list while right handers Salome Barojas and Mike Morgan Are on the 21day disabled new York a despite a controversy that has a direct bearing on the playoff chances of the Memphis show United states football league officials say the use of televised instant re plays to oversee officials decisions has been a were very Happy with says Usel communications director Jim its added another element to the i think the fans enjoy i think the people watch ing on to enjoy i think the players enjoy the Rule allows coaches one Challenge per half with a timeout charged if the Appeal is they can not Appeal penalty but can Challenge Calls when the status of the Ball is involved such As pass incompletion or interceptions whether the Ball has penetrated the goal line t whether a kicked Ball has been touched by either or whether a play is out of in the first 15 weeks of the regular according to league there were 46 challenges to officials of 34 were upheld by an official in the press Box who viewed the and 12 were still is a decision by commissioner Harry usher on an Appeal by the showboat of a Call by the press Box official that they maintain Cost them a 17 14 decision to Portland two weeks Memphis went into Friday nights game against Orlando at tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the 14team the play involved was a 67yard punt return for a touchdown by Memphis Henry Williams Early in the fourth port land coach Dick Coury claiming Williams had stepped out of Bounds and was upheld by the official who viewed the Memphis was held to a Field goal on the but Steve president of the asked either that Memphis be awarded the Victory or that the final 10 minutes of the game be the Rule int even supposed to Deal with this at he its supposed to be used to decide the status of the Ball like whether he was inbound when the Ball was that not even the question he was in Bounds when he caught the he supposedly stepped out of Bounds 25 Yards or so later and that not what the Rule is supposed to be instant replay also will be tried this sum Mer in nine nationally televised National football league exhibition but rather than have coaches an official stationed in the press Box will determine which Calls Are to be