European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 sky Kings take Safe up title by Tracy Tanner staff writer Torrejon Spain the upper hey Ford sky Kings swooped Down on the san Vito crusaders to scoop up their first Safe fast pitch softball title in a 20 game Here the crusaders had won their earlier games and upper Heyford from the Confer ence put up a Roadblock saturday to san Vitos quest for the the fire Dup sky Kings took the sat urday contest upping their tourney record to 41 and Matching them against the Mediterranean sports conference team in the championship scoring both of upper he Fords runs in sundays title contest was shortstop Bryant who was named the tourneys most valuable a is a Ball of fire on two he played an energized Brand of bail throughout the getting nine hits in 19 at bats and scoring nine As Lead off laser had one and he made Only three errors in the fou Day upper he Fords runs were scored in the first inning when laser went to first base after being hit by a Thomas Smiths sacrifice grounder to Pitcher Al Stailey moved laser to Sec first baseman Kenny Greenwood caught Stailey throw for the but Greenwood hobbled the Ball in an at tempt to throw out the speeding who moved on to a wild pitch was All Heyford needed to Send laser Home with the games opening laser reached first on an error by shortstop Mike Mobley in the third to set the stage for the sky Kings other in the dashing style which has become laser he stole Sec a deftly placed bunt by Cente fielder Thomas Smith put runners on the Cor Randy Mcneilly sacrifice Fly to right Field scored laser with the sky Kings insurance the games winning Pitcher was Jim who allowed Only four hits and struck out the left handed Brown from was also named the tourneys most valuable upper Heyford coach Juan Miller said his team won the game for three we won it for our play said to increase the sports offices interest in fast pitch softball and to take the up championship because weve never had it four sky King players were named to the Al tournament with san Vito and Rhei main getting three berths apiece and Mildenhall the Al tourney As picked by coaches from each consisted of Catcher Chris Solarek of upper Greenwood of san Vito at second baseman Brian Lollis of san third baseman Russ Seeley of laser at shortstop out fielders Thomas Smith of Rob Perkins of san Nick Gill of Rhei main and Rob Martin of Rhein and designated hitter Jim Goins of Miller was named As coach of the Al tourney defending Champion Ramstein had won the title for the past four years but did not qualify for the tourney this v corps Young Sang Fop Usa eur Meef Mannheim charge into a league title series Germany Northern division runner Mainz cruised into the championship series of the German american league playoffs on the Arm of Santos Ramirez with a 41 Triumph Over Bamberg to wrap up the Besto three semifinal series in two managed by Angel cytto will face the defending Champion Mann Heim Klee Amigos in the title the Amigos swept a doubleheader from Nuernberg sunday in Ramirez shut Down the South Ern division on two hits while his teammates tagged starter and loser Bryan Stevens for 11 Kris Fox had a big Day at the plate for Mainz with a Solo Homer in the fifth inning and a single in the ninth that scored Angel Vasquez with the final besides Dan King and Ramirez had see a on Page 26 Berlin Strack and Young those names were being bandied about the most at the Usa eur swimming and diving championships which wound up at the Andrews Barracks Pool Here Between Gabriella Judith Strack and Lisa Young Sang rewrote the record accounting for seven individual titles while being in on two relay Marks As Vii corps completely dominated the today Quigley added the 50meter backstroke and the 200meter individual Medley record to the 100meter backstroke Mark she had established Strack collected a record in the 400 meter freestyle to go with the 100meter Butterfly Mark she broke saturday and army swimming Young Sang set the 100meter breast stroke record after breaking the 50meter breaststroke Mark in the first Days a the 200meter individual Medley event featured Quigley doing a Solo since no other swimmers she raced the lopping minutes off the record v corps Donna Thomas set seven years ago with a she came Back to snap her own 50 meter backstroke reducing it from to in a heated Battle with v corps Susan Strack won the 400meter freestyle in a cutting of Vii corps Dorothy Joyces seven Earold record from to a 17yearold swimmer with Only seven months in churned the 100meter breaststroke in eras ing the Standard of set by teammate Heidi Brown last Quigley and Young Sang swam legs on both record setting relay Strack and Mary Schenck swam the last two legs in saturdays Medley Victory and Pam Felkner and Brown joined Quigley and Young Sang in sundays 400meter record setting performance of the old record was and Brown and Quigley also were on that team last we knew we had Good chances at get Ting More records again it was a Challenge to Lisa and Strack following her Effort in the 400 these times arc still quite but the women program in Usa eur is improving All the 1 feel great thai we could play a part in that one other Usa eur Mark was re corded notched that one in the 100meter freestyle with a Vii corps Debra Gray set the original record of five years the Vii corps domination was almost an absolute Blanket in the women compe Vodrazka Victory in the 100meter freestyle was the Only no Vii corps Triumph her win in the 50meter freestyle and teammate Kelly maund is Triumph in the 200meter freestyle were the Only Nonell corps achievements on sat in the other sunday it was Strack winning the 50meter Butterfly and Pamela Smithers taking the 3metcr springboard diving records were conspicuously absent in the mens but there Arent any swimmers in Europe right now with the Overall Talent Ted Kanamine possessed when he was competing for Heidelberg of the 21st support come and v corps from 1978 through Kanamine still holds records in the 400and 800meter freestyle events and in the 100meter Butterfly and 200 meter individual he also is listed As one of the swimmers on the 200meter freestyle record relay the 800and 200meter freestyle relay events Are no longer Vii corps John Morris and Kevin Mckenna and v corps Clay Brock were the Only multiple mens individual Morris set a record in the 200meter free style saturday and won the 100 and 400 in those categories he also anchored the victorious 400meter freestyle relay team Mckenna took the 100meter breast stroke and 200meter individual Medley championships and Brock prevailed in the 50and 100meter Butterfly compete other winners sunday included vi1 corps Harry Argo in the 50meter Back stroke and Art Sturgell in the 3meter springboard the outstanding performers in the Usa eur championships will be recommended for consideration for the Conseil internationale do sport Militare cism championships those nominees Are expected to be announced no later than Oinanen fastest in Fulda Marathon by Tim Boivin staff writer Germany the rain cleared but the skies didst at the Usa eur Marathon held in conjunction with the run in the Rhoen the Cloudy sans the were just Fine with Augsburg Joseph Perske and goes Wingens Randy who took advantage of the Ideal running conditions to Lead the pack of a physical education set a record Pace of 2 seconds to Lead an runners in the Rhoen compete despite running in these Nioras 3039 division was still the first Usa eur runner to clocking a wild Rieckens Michael Plaisted took top honors in the Usa eur mens open Divi Sion with a while Stuttgart Mike Mcdonell captured the Crown in the masters with a Frankfurt Eileen Muholland turned in a for the Usa eur women open title and Roseanne manner ran a to take the seniors in the run in the Fulda Ferdi nand Groesch won the mens seniors with a and Eite Felds Klaus Burger took the masters with a both Perske and Oinanen were using the Marathon As a Warmup for the Berlin Marathon although both were pleased with their efforts at they Felt they could improve on that once Berlin Rolls i want sure if i was ready to Perske i ran two weeks ago in hurl and had a i was pleased i was Able to do because of the difficulty of the course with the i want to be under at and this was a Good Warmup for it May be a Little because in not sure if i can make it my is expecting a baby around that Oinanen was pleased with the consist ent Pace he i ran a pretty controlled i usually slow Down three or four minutes in the second half of the but this time 1 was Able to run a in the first half and a on the second the native Oinanen has been Busy this also taking second place in the meters at the Usa eur track and Field championships 4 at except for a Oinanen admitted the weather conditions  have been much the wind slowed me Down going up the with a Cloudy Day and the temperature just you  have asked for anything he who was defending the mens open Rhoen improved upon his 1984 Mark of he agreed with Oinanen about the this was the Best weather conditions Ive seen since Ive been running at Perske if it was i probably would have run a As it i dont have any and i dont feel As devastated As i would if the Sun was an sports radio baseball los Angeles dodgers at new York