European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes August 1985 Merrill from Page 25 wrestling championships and 1977 with the Usa eur basketball Tournai won by nowadays us Reurs 1st personnel with Chuck Large heading the sports overseas 40 communities and conducts 22 championships and 13 clinics every we kept adding Power lifting was swimming and diving was Merrill the sports directors had to sell All of this to the we wanted to provide Spectator activities for troops on of duty commanders bought this and supported they were by Merrill was the Force from v he proved it during the Muhammad Al Richard Dunn heavyweight title fight in who prides himself on German american used his Ger Man language skill and unabashed methods to help hundreds of soldiers see the eighteen hours before the Merrill Learned v corps was allowed 379 How could he distribute them to the troops Merrill rushed to picked up the tickets and gave them he had a prob Lem More than 379 soldiers showed so Merrill went to the German promoter and convinced him to let the rest of the troops in for just about everyone got Merrill i was thinking of the theres nothing 1 wont do talk to any general the Ive never had a bad Herbert who was v corps acting commended Merrill for your Cando How bold is Bill Merrill he once con Vinced the notoriously Stern George former pro football to stay awake one More hour for an interview with a local Allen later called Merrill an Iron Man in the big game of fitness and during the recent Usa eur track Vii corps women coach Walter Fruhauf saw Merrill meandering around the infield and Hes making people when people say there not being Nemmers the Best Way to de scribe him is Hes a hell never when Bill Mer Rill checks on Peoples they dont take kindly to but theres nothing wrong with that its for the betterment of the Nemmers he was a Bear to work Hes a he forces sports directors to do their when i was in v Merrill standing right was in the forefront of teaching fundamentals during an army basketball clinic in the Early i had never run wrestling or track and Field meets and i was forced to run one year they Merrill and assistant Van Stokes would help us and the next year wed run very Parker Tough on people who didst he thought a lot of people who worked with the those in just for the Bill had no use for Parker related stories of Merrill buying dinner for the Baum older mens and Gies sen women basketball teams during Usa eur both teams went on to win the Parker also recalled setting up the 1982 Usa eur wrestling championships in i thought 1 had everything in it was going to be a great Tournai then Bill came in and where Are the signs for the gym i Felt like hitting i had to i was so but he was i you wanted to get to the you find i guess after 40 years you find All the said he Hast veiled at but i have seen him hell stand up for the Soldier athlete v corps officials pay a Price for merrills Hes almost a but sometimes he bugs the hell out of said who has worked under Merrill for two its easy if he has things to if hell come in and i dont like that update his intention is Hes for the sol but he comes Down on he says you want to be As professional As Possi if theres no use wasting your his Means of doing things i sometimes object Well be starting a race and hell grab you by the Arm and pull you away and say he Doest like the color of the that puts people Mulligan admits he turned Down an opening at v corps two years ago because Bill is Tough to work he accepted it last Bills like a mangy cat that you throw out of your car in the desert and he beats you Back to your Mulligan ill Back Merrill but ill come i just dont belittle from 1980 to Merrill expressed Little respect for Usa eur sports chief Jim and it Merrill could be seen shouting at Wilson at Usa eur he pushed Wilson around because Jim was weak on Hlavacek hed take advantage of there would be some ragout Bill would go at it and the other sports directors would say come Merrill answers with people should is he right that the Bottom i was looking out for Wilsons How did Bill a bespectacled forge his Strong personality William Robert Merrill was born May in Wypinger his Mother died when he was with his father unable to take care of Bill grew up in two Long Island Foster i was Merrill i had exposure to i went to summer Camps As an orphan and scout Merrill carried his sports enthusiasm into High school in where he played handball and ran at Cornell University he played football two after graduating in Merrill joined the new York department of Parks As sports he worked with hard ened finding recreation for them and Landing tickets to Yankee games for i would get the kiwanis and rotary clubs to pay for their transportation to Yan Kee Merrill i Learned that nothing get four decades of army sports Mer Rill i Learned from those kids in new its the same in the army Many of the Guys Are right off the i can relate to i Tell be a Good if youre a Good i can do a if youre a i cant Becker adds fresh dimension to open Field by Peter Alfano new York not until any talk about the changing face of mens Tennis sounded like Idle speculation or Wishful until Boris Becker became the first unseeded player to win the worlds most prestigious there want any reason to suspect that John Ivan Jimmy Connors and Mats Wilander would lose their hold on the grand slam even in Bjorn Borg was customarily a bigger topic of Conversa Tion at Wimbledon than All but the to seeded but Beckers Youthful enthusiasm and overpowering serve gave the mens game a needed dose of a predict and that alone should add to the Appeal of the which was to begin there Are other players the fans May deem Worth watching All capable of advancement in their the big names Are still listed at the top of the rankings but their grip is not so firm and upsets May no longer be reported As if they were acts of the same cannot be said for the Gabriela Sabati m has captured the imagination of fans this year and other Young players such As Zina Steffi Claudia Kohl Kilsch and Helena Sutkova have made significant but the big tournaments still Are a showcase for the Long running rivalry Between Chris Evert who is seeded first and Martina who is Only the enigmatic Hana Mandrikova who won the French open in 1981 has broken their hold on the grand slam events in the last five Becker stole the headlines at Wimbledon but Kevin cur Anders Jarryd and Henri Leconte were All excellent in supporting in the Connors and Wilander were eliminated before the Wilander did not even make it past the first the Odds still favor the big especially who has won four open singles titles and rebounded from his crushing defeat to Curren at Wimbledon by winning championships in Vermont and Montreal on hard court surfaces similar to those at the National ten Nis Center in Flushing Mcenroe May come across As More but he is still fiercely competitive and intimidating on a Tennis he did not enjoy the Public humiliation at the hands of currens express mail delivery he was beaten but vowed to come in Mcenroe half of the Wilander and seeded third and offer the stiffest Wilander is one of five swedish players ranked in the top 16 and opponents have said he has begun to develop the net game needed to win the Wilander won the French open before his disappointment at Wimbledon and has the Talent to Excel on All Borg was frustrated because he failed to win the open in 10 at tempts but that May have been because he tried to win them from the Wilander is not so stubborn and has worked although at a More leisurely Pace than Borg did to develop a Serveant Volley the recognition Factor will make it difficult for Becker to repeat his Wimbledon fans will crowd the courts for a look at the 17yearold who probably won Wimbledon three years before his he appeared impervious to pressure at Wimbledon and basked in the waving to the after each if the pressure of living up to his Advance notices Doest beat he should Advance to the fourth where he could meet Joakim Nystrom of who is seeded Mcenroe awaits in the the Bottom half of the draw is More Lendl must overcome the stigma of losing in the grand slam his Only Victory in a major championship was in the 1984 French when he beat Mcenroe in five sets after losing the first that was considered a Lendl has had difficulty controlling his temper of late and is sounding he has played in the final of the last three which proves he has the game to but for he is his own worst Connors has won five open titles on three surfaces and although he is beginning to he is a dangerous player who performs especially Well in new where his Street fighters style goes Over but who is seeded fifth and has two convincing victories against Connors at May be too big an Stefan seeded has the potential to duplicate Beckers Wimbledon feat in the and improving americans such As Scott Davis and Tim who Are at Home on fast cannot be but this will be Mcenroe Opportunity to silence the speculation he May have lost interest in Tennis and to return the mens game to its natural
