European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 17, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 pre Pickin s it s showdown time in prep football All or a is . Ii,.ii.�n Simc. The first Ever . I  pm Milfs ire scheduled fur saturday null semifinal mines it crop Ishlon Dalcon Btry. Silai ii pills ils  24-Jmme winning siring in i he line in while is expected to be the Ben nor title decider it Isit even though it comes  timely Early in the air. Undefeated Kaiserslautern invade . Rota can Clinch the Spain championship by beating Torr Jon red and Naples can Clinch at least a tie for the Italy championship with a Triumph at Aviano. But Down in Turkey it s not showdown time. It s finally football Lime.  4-0 won the . Regular season championship saturday by overcoming a 16-0 word Bridge Lead in a Battle of the undefeated winning 34 16. In the playoffs the lancers invade no. 4 Crough ton 1-3. Wood Ridge 3-1 entertains no. 3 Alcon Bury 2-2the defending . Champion. The win ners vie for the playoff title. The loser of the Woodbridge Alconbury game plays last place London in a so what contest. The loser of the  Croughton contest is conveniently ignored. So shape is gunning for ils fourth win this year its 25th in a Row and its fifth straight Over is. But Only its sixth Triumph Over the raiders since is took up football and was permitted to compete with Dodds schools in 1971. Shape prevailed that first year but is took the next nine games. The raiders 4-0 this year had a 12-Gamc winning skein of their own from the last game of 1972 through the third game of 1974. That Streak went unnoticed because Frankfurt was in the midst of chalking up its 20-Gamc winning re Cord that shape broke Wilh a tic breaker Victory Over Bamburg in the Small schools playoff game last november.  and Wiesbaden arc both 4-0 for the year. 3-0 in Germany aaa strife. The red raiders beat Pitburg in a non conference opening game and then toppled Stuttgart Frankfurt and Heidelberg the warriors beat Ramstein Heidelberg and Stuttgart following a non league win Over Mannheim. In the last 12 games it has been 8-2-2 in Kaiserslautern s favor. Rota 4-0 is the Only team in Spain Wilh fewer than two losses with Only two weeks left. So the admirals can do it this week. Naples is 2-0 in Italy action Wilh games against Aviano and Vicenza re Benabram mailing. A win Over Aviano guarantees the wildcats i worse than a lie going into the season finale at Vicen a next week. Naples Lias won i i straight and is undefeated in its last in games.  players of Tiik a Kkt yets More interesting As the season progresses. This week four players ran for More than 200 Yards. The easy Way out would be to name All four and  the Lisl and get More names in he paper like coaches have been known to do when making All conference selections. Hut nothing comes easy and the nod goes to lies sen s Chris Beasley. Who had 2.12 Yards in 19 carries including a 90-Yard touchdown Jaunt As the Ciri fins set a record of four straight wins at the beginning of the season for a new Dodds school. Beasley was honoured in the second week of the season for his defensive skills with a five Soui six assist one interception two sack performance against Ulm. Wiesbaden s Darrin Wilder earns defensive recognition for his 15-Solo. Eight assist one sack Effort against Stuttgart saturday. Another 13-8 week on predictions certainly did nothing to enhance the chances of Matching last year s Fine record. In fact things keep tumbling Down the 13-s, .619 performance leaving the year s standings at 54-30-1, .613. The season goes around the Halfway Bend this weekend so things better Start getting better and this looms As the toughest week yet. Having delayed Long enough. I go with Frankfurt 33, Stuttgart 8 Heidelberg 18, Ramstein 14 Wiesbaden 20, Kaiserslautern is Hii Viau 20. Pitburg 18 Mannheim 22, Nuernberg 16 Lucr Burg 24,  22 a upholder 27, Ansbach 18 Patch 33, Berlin 8 Munich 12, Oslo Sholz 8 Bud Kreuz Nach 20, Karlsruhe 12 Giessen 27, Bamburg 22 Fulda 27, Vilsick 18 Brussels 19. A pm 16 Luhn 25. Sorsoli Rhita 6 shape 2 1. Is in Naples 22, Aviano 12 rot i .12. Terr Conn red 26 Rajjo a 36. Torn Jon White 20 i Mir 12. Ankara k aus re 2k. Urn ii  25, Croughton 14 Wood Brill be 22, Alconbury 16 As you can see by the close picks. I m not betting anything on great prognostication. I went with is i api on the premise that you slay with a Winner until he s been beaten. I also have a few qualms in picking had Kreuz Nach and ii Essen because 1 feel they might be looking ahead to next week s probable title showdown at Chi Essen. The Augsburg Ulm game is a Friday night game. The Frankfurt Stuttgart game will be played at Schwac Bisch Hall. We have quite a few students who come in every Day from Schwac Bise Hall and the people in the Community asked if they could stage a game for us this year Stuttgart athletic director Leo Palmer said tuesday. We agreed and they Tell me they have everything ready to go for saturday. We certainly appreciate that kind of Community  Showie owns a knt Peculiar to football this weekend. The Italy volleyball and Cross country championships take place at Aviano. And the Spain schools conduct their finals in those same sports at Torrejon. On the Germany front it is the first fall Tennis championships Wiesbaden playing the Host role at nor Denstad. Boys volleyball has become part of the program in Italy. Dodds med people have labelled it As a test program so Only the dodos schools have been Al Lowed to compete. That s Loo bad because notre Dame Mary mount. American overseas school of Rome and Milano have played key roles in making Lite american schools in Italy program As successful Asil has been Over the years. I m sure those teams especially since they Don t compete in football would have made valuable contributions to the program. But half a program is better than no program at All. And it s Good to see the boys voile Ball program devel Oping. People in the . Long have been Strong advocates of coed volleyball and those programs also have played prominent roles in making the whole program better. The Start and Stripe Fry claims Iowa playing veal no. 1 Iowa City Iowa a Iowa foot Ball coach Hayden Fry says his no. I ranked Hawk yes will play the real no. I team saturday when they meet no. 2 Michigan. Michigan has without question the Soun dest football team we be seen since i be been  pry said. From a defensive standpoint they re pretty Dang near perfect. They be Given up a total of one touchdown in five games against Quality opposition. That s truly incredible in modern Day  the coach said it s been difficult keeping his players on an even keel after three weeks atop the polls. I be mentioned to them the Pitfalls that could happen if they believe that stuff the polls and Don t think they have to practice hard or practice in order to win on sat urday he said. Fry said that even though the pollsters have ranked Iowa no. 1, he thinks Michi Gan deserves that Honor. To say that we re impressed with Michigan would probably be the under statement of the year. They certainly at this Point have earned the right to be no. I As far As i m concerned Fry said. I sincerely believe we have a Chance to win if our Guys just keep playing like they be been playing. But if they gel out on Cloud nine and so Forth we might As Well surrender Fry said tuesday at his weekly press conference. And Fry said there s More to the solve Bohr s Hayden Fry. Concerned Over Pitfalls rings than just the no. 1 ranked defense in the nation. This quarterback Jim Harbaugh is not Only a Strong runner but he throws the Ball much More than Michigan teams Hae in the past. He s a very accurate Quarter Back and he has a real Knack of getting the Ball in the end zone he said. But if Fry is worried about the wolverines Michigan coach to  also has a few concerns of his own. Iowa s the Way they be looked the last few years. They re a tremendous team extremely Well endowed they be got a great quarterback and a fantastic running Back Schembechler said. The problem with Iowa quarterback Chuck Long is that he s such an accurate thrower they always have a Chance to catch thai Ball when he throws in and it s Tough to Rush him. He s just Tough to Han dle there s no question about that. We feel though that we have an equal fear of Iowa running Back Ronnie har Mon. We think he can Hurt us equally bad. It s the combination of the two that makes it extremely Tough Schembechler said. Long who is third in the nation in pass ing efficiency called saturday s game the biggest of his life. It s a big Challenge and i like the Chal Lenge. This is what it s All about and i m glad to be part of it he said. Fry also called the game a Challenge the Type of Challenge he said he s been try ing to create since arriving at Iowa in 1979. That s what we be been striving for Here at Iowa to come out of the Depths of the Cornfield and get things on the front Burner. We got it going now and we re going to key it up and play with enthusiasm he said. Fry said when he first came to Iowa Michi Gan did t even know the i Laws existed. When we got up Here everything was the big two and the Little eight. We have at least established respectability and obviously they know we exist now and they be got to prepare for us. It s great. We got a Chance. That s All we asked for he said both coaches agreed that while sat urday s game has gotten a lot of attention it holds no More weight than any other con Ference contest. It s one game. One game. Thai s All i think in would be incredible for anyone in the big ten to get through undefeated. In other words regardless of whether Iowa wins or loses or Michigan wins or loses i think both of these teams will definitely still have a shot at the championship Fry said.  said this game this Early in the season is not going to determine a conference Champion. It s a big game no question about that probably the biggest game of the week. But As far As the year is concerned there arc a lot of Tough games left he said. Arn sports television baseball no playoffs came. 7 if necessary St. Louis cardinals at los Angeles dodgers 1 30 a.m., Friday