European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 8, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary air Force football s hype and Gripe As the air Force football world recovers from Hahn s upset of Pitburg make Way for the third annual stars and gripes awards. A preface. I saw games Al seven Continental sports conference bases missing Span Dahlem and Camp new Amsterdam and Only two Sites in the . Never mide it to the Mcd. The envelope please. Best gome  at Hahn. The warriors fought Back from a 28-6 deficit on the uncanny pass combination of de Vinable to Tommy Williams. But the Hawks held on to win 31-24 and Advance to the playoffs. Worst game Cna at Pitburg. The Barons won 70-0. Enough said. Saddest game Lakenheath at Alconbury. The spartans lost 13-2, blowing their easy Road to the . Title and leading to this tie breaking Meu. Up a special Hahn at Pitburg. The Hawks have shocked plenty of teams Over the years but this was heir greatest Victory. Playing their first playoffs ame the Hawks came Back with a nerve Racki Grive in the last five minutes to beat the mighty Barons i4-i3. Best team Pitburg. The Barons arc out of it but they displayed the Oest football Over two months. Then in the playoffs their starting quarterback Ray Ransom est offensive player Dwayne Harp and Best defensive player Al Hunter disappeared. You would t think this of Pitburg. But in football and basketball since 1981, the Barons Haven t been Able to win the big one. Worst team san Vito. Even Aviano clobbered the crusaders. Luckiest team upper Scyford. The sky Kings had to Pray Alconbury would take a dive for the up Canth year and the spartans obliged. Now the sky Kings a learn that lost 39-0 to Alconbury in the opener have the hottest hand As the . Playoffs approach. Most surprising team Chicksands. From 0-8 last year 10 7-3 Ami Champion of the .1 National division. Most disappointing team Grenham common. The pirates were the lock of Safe. They won the . S weak National division last year and opened with a 32-18 Torch a this season. Somehow their of sense fell apart and they went 5-5. Guts est team Wei Bruecken. While their held continued its slow motion reconstruction the warriors hit the Road and fell seven Points Short of the playoffs. Best running backs Pitburg. Fullback Ernie John son blocking for tailback Freddie Miller. Then full Back Miller blocking for tailback Harp. Tough to beat. Best quarterback Jeff Wilson of Ramstein. Strong Arm stronger Confidence. The Man s a Leader. Best receiving corps Hahn. The Hawks survived by the pass even without a Strong Quarter Back. Flanker . Baker would have been the Csc s most valuable player if the Hawks had finished higher than fourth. One reason he started so quickly was the heavy coverage on split end silk Iddings the perennial All Star. Now tight end Kurt Oxley is com ing through in the clutch. Best offensive line Tilburg. 1 he Biu on a holes through every team. Worst offensive line Span Dahlem. The sheiks rushed for Only 58 Yards per game. No room to run. Best defensive line Pitburg. The Barons yielded is Yards Rushing per game. Part of the reason is All the sacks they amassed. Worst defensive line Fairford. Best linebackers Simbach. Stan Hayes and Garry Marchman hid defensive weaknesses on a 6-2 playoff team. Worst linebackers Binl Waters. The phantoms did t co. W close to replacing . Mosley. Phil Grauberger and . Lewis the stars on last year s . Champions. No wonder they went 3-7.  secondary Hahn. Darrell Dykes is still about the hardest hitting safety in Europe. And some games he did t Start. Worst secondary Mildenhall. The marauders did t go 2-8 for nothing. Best coached game Al Carter s squeezing one More championship Effort out of Chicksands against Grenham common. The fighting Chicks responded with a 10-7 Triumph to claim the division title. Worst coached game Reggie draw Ray s Lank Job As Rhein main lost 2-0 to Wiesbaden in the season finale. The rockets uninspired yet again tripped Over themselves All Day. Most quotable coach Jim Ousley of upper hey Ford. Least quotable coach Drewry of Rhein main and Ernie Pryor of Wei Bruecken for close mouthed performances. Drewry would t talk to me Early in the season and Pryor refused comment after his last game. Too bad. Because they were capable of offering Good insight. Best stadium Sembach. Worst stadium Wei Bruecken. No stadium. Best uniforms Rhein main. Worst uniforms Zwic Bruecken. The warriors say they la look the part of winners next year. Finally. Most enthusiastic fans Wiesbaden. The flyers have fielded some of the Saddest teams Over the last decade yet their fans keep coming out. They re prob ably reliving the glory Days of the 1960s. Least enthusiastic fans Rhein main. This year i can t blame them. Most vicious fans Pitburg. Baron fans save their meanest cheer for when enemy players go Down. They do 8 countdown then yell you re out Best cheerleaders Zwic Bruecken. No group touches them for innovation. Best Public address Ramstein. Dave Horndasch picked up where pal Mut Arielli left off last year. Worst Public address Mildenhall. Best National Anthem Ramstein. Slan Reed sings like he s Al inc opera. Worst National Anthem Sembach. Too Long. Best refreshments Rhein main. Worst refreshments Ramstein. Best statistician Dan Guillory of Pitburg. Worst statistician arc Cham common. B sea son s end the pirates did t even have one. Best press Box Hahn. Worst press Box Ramstein. Can t Wail to cover the Safe final there. To stir ii Semi Europe takes world cup boxing Crown Seoul South Korea a Brilliant performances by soviet boxers gave Europe its first team title in the world cup Amateur boxing championships wednesday As the europeans won six Gold medals in 12 weight  european learn made up of fighters from East Germany and Yugoslavia As Well tas the soviet Union had advanced eight boxers to the finals four each from the soviet Union and East Germany. Only two 4 germans failed to win Gold medals. The j i team also won four bronzes. A Host South Korea placed second by i winning three Gold and four Bronze med u als followed by North americal with one Gold five Siler and three Bronze / medals. Is eighty four boxers from 20 countries competed on the regional teams Europe to North Ameika-1, North America-2. Asia i Africa Oceania and South America a while Host South Korea fielded us own team in addition to pulling boxers on they asian team