European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 12, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep pick s cancellation should hardly be considered Dodds sports Competition. 1985-86 Vintage list Urr scene last Wick the Germany Tennis and Golf fronts and every event that was staged was reported properly with first names Etc. Thanks coaches for doing a great Job. Let s keen it up As the year progresses. The original schedule called for 13 Tennis matches one Gic Ssan at osterholz was not held. I was told that neither school had a full team and since the match did t count in official league standings it was cancelled. Bob Kubrack principal at Gissen which was elevated Only this year to High school status said that that was basically True but there also were other circumstances. In june when i advertised for coaches i did t get any response from any of the faculty members and there really was t that much student  Kubarek said monday. Last week we Only had four players and they were beginners. So-1 called Oster Holz and said we would t be Able to come. If we had had even one skilled player the team would have gone to Oslo Sholz. Since school has started i have found a sponsor Peter Beau and we have recruited a couple of More players so we expect to be competing from now on. The rest of our sports program is progressing quite Good added Kubarek. He said that Charlie Toth had Between 50 and 60 boys out for football and that the other coaches were working with fair sized squads. Bob Stewart has volleyball and Bill Renigen in coaching Cross country. Another reason cited for saturday s cancellation was the savings for Dodds the claim that it would t be logical to spend All that Money to Send half a team that far to compete against another half a team. That is All Well and Good. However what is to Stop Gic Ssan or any other team from not making Long journeys because the games Don t count in the standings or because there is Only half a team or that it would save Dodds Money that of course would t happen in football but it could happen in Cross country. Ulm sent Only half a team to its Tennis match at Munich no boys played last week but still the school was represented. True Ulm to Munich in t exactly the same As Gic Ssan to osterholz but fulfil Ling an obligation is important. The schedule makers knew of travel problems and expenses when the program was finalized at that time it was deemed logical deemed worthwhile to Send a coach and 12-15 players All that distance Al Dodds expense. The Dodds sports program is so curtailed As it is As Little As four football games a limited Basket Ball schedule As few As three track meets Etc. That cancelling anything hardly should be considered. Logical or not. The object is not to save Dodds Money but to give the students All students not Only athletes the Best program possible. Although Only one Wick of fall Tennis has been played one principal already has voiced the opinion that moving the sport to the fall venue has Hurt the other fall sports programs. We sent Only half a Tennis team to  Ulm s Gordon Gartner said. We have Only one boy on the team. Two other boys who played Tennis in the Spring arc playing other sports one football and one Golf. We had trouble recruiting Tennis players since school has started but in the Spring we Don t have any trouble at All getting them. I personally like to think of Tennis As a Spring sport because the kids can continue to improve their games and have the Opportunity to compete in several tournaments throughout the summer added Gartner. The Converse of course is that people can claim Tennis is better in the fall because the kids will have developed their skills played through the summer and will be at their Peak in september. And another thing he continued is that you just can t compete against football for Talent. There Aren t any Glamour sports in the Spring and the Young athletes Are More Apt to come out for individual sports at that time when the school spirit Complex in t As Strong As ii is when school is beginning in  congratulations to the Heidelberg cheerleaders. They won the award of Xcell Cnoc from the National cheerleaders association for their outstanding performance at the recent inca Spon so Rcd Dodds summer workshop at  on the basis of their technique Unity friendliness cooperation leadership and sportsmanship. More than 200 cheerleaders fro. 30 Dodds schools participated in the program. The Victory at  automatically Quali fied the Heidelberg girls Tanya Arnold. Mimi Smith Susan Mck can. Kim Collmer Kris Wright. Michelle Foster and Liz Wilcox for the inca 1985-86 High school cheerleaders National championships in Florida in december. Sponsor Linda Shahan said sunday that she was t positive the team could make it to Florida. We Haven t really decided what we re going in do yet she said. But if we do try to go. We re going in have to work very hard to raise enough Money id make the  last year the Heidelberg wrestling team raised enough Money to make a trip to the Stales Over Christmas. There the grapplers competed in a tournament that gained them much experience which contributed to making the season highly successful. It would be fantastic if the cheerleaders could rep resent Dodds in such a prestigious event. Football starts this Wick Wilh iwo  games Alconbury at  and London Ai Croughton and that meant s prognostication time again. Last year i lied the All Lime High with ii9 right picks and wound up Wilh the third Best Percy Nungi Ever. In 1981. The log read 119-36-1, .768 the fim year on the Job of. A illion years ago. When there were fewer schools and far fewer picks to be made the final reckoning was 65-20-3. .764 last year in was 119-37-4, .763. Going into this week s picks Alconbury oct Lakin Halh 18-14 and London Over Croughin 20-is the 16-year record stands Al 1,339-543-78. .713 tics arc not figured in the  Start and Strim almost maniacal in striving for perfection Bench proud of sex teammate Rose by Milton Richman Cincinnati Dpi of All those who Ever played with him and shared As much time in the trenches with Pete Rose very few know him better or Are any Hap pier Tor him than Johnny Bench. He s on the Brink of accomplishing what no other Man Ever has and i m proud of him says Bench a teammate of Rose for 10 Yean with the Cincinnati reds and who like Rose is headed for the Hall of Fame. For a Long time Bench and Rose were two of the most productive cylinders in the big red machine along with Joe Morgan and Tony Perez and they were even partners for a while in two business ventures that did t pan out. There s nobody quite like Pete said Bench who retired from the reds two years ago but has t ended his association with baseball. He does the game of the week for lbs radio and still hosts the Long running instructional to show called the baseball bunch.". As a ballplayer he s almost maniacal the Way he strives for perfection Bench says of Rose. He s As prideful a Man As you la Ever see take the Field. We All need different Levels of satisfaction. Pete s is just a Little bit higher than everyone else , a native of Binger okla., lives in Cincinnati. He does t come out to River front stadium that often but he thought it wan a Good idea to attend monday night. Just in Case. Up photo Johnny Bench. Knows Rose As few do Rose did t Start because left hander Dave Dravecky was on the Mound for the padres but there was always the Chance the reds 44-year-old player manager might Pinch hit and break Tycobb s record Wilh his 4,192nd hit. If he had. Bench wanted to be there to congratulate him personally. Seldom have any two ballplayers been As popular in the same City As arc Rose and Bench in Cincinnati. Both men had their own individual style on the Field. Rose hustled and base hit the enemy to death. Bench a two time map specialized in Power and almost brute Force. He hit More Home runs 327, than any other major league Catcher and handled the most chances 10,106. The fact that Rose and Bench enjoy so much popularity locally has Given Rise Lope rodic whispers that deep Down they Aren t actually such Good friends and that Bench is envious of the attention Rose is getting. Bench says that s not so at All. I think we re very Good friends he says. I think each of us has enormous respect for the other s ability and what he has done in  Rose is the one in the limelight now not Bench. 1 asked him if he had any envy maybe even a Little. No he answered evenly. Sure yes he said because i accomplished All the things wanted to. And if you get into the business of comparing yourself with other people All that it shows is that you re vain. There arc greater and lesser people than All of us. Ill Tell you something else about Pete Rose and myself. A lot of people misinterpreted the relationship Between us. He s married and has a family. I m single. He has his life to live and i have mine. We each served a role and had a purpose on the Ball Field and we played the same Way. I Don t think Many people know Pete and i arc still partners. We have a couple of farms in Ohio and arc represented by the same attorney. Reuben  Bench says hell always remember Rose most for his love for and obsession with the game and his uncommon determination nobody wants to lose but i Don t think Pete Ever so much As sees defeat Bench asserts. Rose insists there will be no letdown for him after he Breaks Cobb s record. Here Bench disagrees and goes along with Hank Aaron who says he had a big let Down after breaking babe Ruth s record. Bench says Rose should expect a similar one after passing Cobb. Hank Aaron is right Bench says. I think Pete will be Able to enjoy the re wards and keep the memories of being the Man to gel the most hits but. At the same time after he docs it All the reporters won t be around anymore. There la always be stories written about him. But there won t be i Host daily boxes in the paper showing How Many hits he needs to break the record. 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