European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes Yzaguirre raising a Racket by Allen Cowan staff writer  the spongy Blue h la floated upward hit the ceiling shot Down Ward and rebounded to the Back Wall. The nit skidded to the ground beyond the player s reach. I int. Game and Racquet Bali sol to jut. Key Agurre. The lunch time workout had ended with a ii Auirre hardly breaking a sweat in Tiik Injo six of seven games. The victim1. A relatively Good Mil it player. Victories like unit arc common. Yzu t liar re pronounced us Guire is the reign ing military woman racquetball Champion. What s Mure she can hold her own against men. Her Rise to the lop came in four Yea to ii oui so much As one minute of lessons. I think i m Good enough to be a pro she wild. I d dedicate myself. I d to Nln Mure. I just have the  on duty Yew Aguirre is a specialist 4, a lurking in administration in the office of the . Commander of Berlin. Off duty h s Likely she s on the court. She practices which is unusual. Most Pluymen go out and smash the Ball without regard a form or technique. Yzaguirre drills to improve her Eye to hand coordination und her endurance. She jogs. She runs marathons covering 26.2 Miles in a personal Best of 3 hours 45 minutes. She plays Innis winning the Berlin singles title in i9b4. In addition Yra Guhrt runs Cross country combat Cross country and competes in volleyball softball and Bowling. Hul racquetball u her passion. The reason 1 love racquetball is i never i in a coach Yzaguirre said. When i first started t watched this men. I d look. There was nobody else in the gallery just me.  she studies her game and works on her Hinlle every Lime i hit a Ball i know what i did she said. I know when i m off bal Ance. I know if i followed through. I know what  she watches her opponents searching for flaws. In the lunchtime game her opponent wus weak on lob shots to his Back hand. Yetf Aguirre hit plenty of lobs to his backhand. I think it s a head game Yzaguirre said. I be played men who Are fit and i can make them run around the court. 1 watch through the first game and then 1 know How to play  she has the uncanny ability to Antic Pale Shojii moving toward the Bull before it s hit. She has the Talent to Sec a Maneu us demo of  biker Berlin s inter Wrice Champion Jackie Yzaguirre. "1 think i m Good enough to be u pro ver and then duplicate it no matter the dexterity required. It s easy she said. When i watch someone play i watch their technique and try to make it into something i m Comfort Able  she spends hours observing men Racquet Bailers. She analyses then incorporates like a computer consuming data. Take the forehand kill shot the Power players the men who Flat out crush the Ball cock their wrist and then snap it on Impact. They Bend their Knees letting the Ball drop just inches above the court and then crunch. The Ball Flics like a Bullet its trajectory never More than an Inch or iwo above the Hardwood i hits the front Wall close to the ground und Dies. It s impossible to return. Yzaguirre makes that shot from any where on the court. Then there s the backhand kill shot the Bane of most players regardless of skill. The killers twist then wrist before Impact to generate torque and hence More Power. Yzaguirre makes that shot from any where on the court. Her repertoire includes a ceiling shot to the Back Wall a soft drop shot into the front court and Pinch shots into the Corners. Her piece lie resistance is the z shot where the Ball hits the Side Wall then shoots sideways 10 kiss the front Wall and die. Yzaguirre s court attire includes socks of different length und colors and unmatched brightly coloured shoelaces. It distracts people she said. They think i m weird she s Good i a Nim really Good said George Scamihorn a Darmstadt Racquet Bailer. He should know. Scamihorn a retiring in March and expects to earn his keep As a teaching pro at a posh club in Virginia. He has beaten bul not routed Yzaguirre and he has watched tier in Lourna menu. She plays More like a Man because she plays men All the time Scamihorn said. She know the fundamentals. She knows strategy. You can t play her As a woman. Play her like you would a Man or Shell kill  a Aguirre 24, was t always a killer and does t much resemble one a 5-fool 4, 129 pounds Yzaguirre s Taeuu Coball Ody swy began in i is i while watching men play Racquet Ball Al Rhein main and. I was watching this unc Guy my go iroc said. He Hud some Good looks and stuff and i was watching. I wanted to  although she was t in the military her Brothers entered her in the base tournament. I was t seeded she said. "1 wus a  she finished second to Jane Vigil. She und Vigie represented Rhein main in u tournament in Athens Greece where Yzaguirre finished second to Vigie. Site returned to Germany and finished second in Safe s tournament. Bui then the hoax was up. Before she could represent the air Force in interservice Competition officials discovered Yzaguirre was a dependent. Her military Rac or bal career was temporarily halted. The returned to California got additional schooling beyond her four year de Gree from Loma Linda University and began her Active duty army career in 1982. That year she was Champ at fort bin Ning. Ga., then stateside army Champ and finished third at All army. In 1983 she repeated As stateside Champ and All army and Cuttle in third in inter service Competition. In 1934, she was Usa eur Champ All army Champ and second in inter Scricc. In 1985, she won it All. She s the reign ing Usa eur Champ the All army Champ and the incr Scricc Champ. She won that title in May at Chan ulc fab 111. The championship scores were 15-7, 15-7. Ironically Vigie was her victim. Yzaguirre s goal is to repeat As inc scr vice Champion and then enter the National finals for civilians and military. She wants to be the Best in the world. She plans to leave the military this year and plans to stay in Berlin and instruct. Shell run clinics sponsor tournaments and try to interest others in the sport she loves. Racquet Ball a Ball of fire what a this Mcque Coball which Berlin s Jackie Yew Aguirre dominates it s a fast paced game played with equip ment resembling a sawed off Tennis Racquet and o Tennis Ball without fuzz. Joe Sobek. A Connecticut Tennis and Squash teaching pro created the game in the Laic 1940s. Today More than 6 million people play. It s a game of Speed stamina strength agility and strategy. Play it singles or doubles. Cutthroat ii also played Pilling a server against iwo opponents. Racquetball is great Tor the heart. One hour of strenuous playing Burns about 600 calories the Cru Rilent of jogging is Miles. Players must Caver the court. That Means Hustle because it s 40 feet from from Wall to Back Wall. 20 feel from Side Wall to Side Wall and 20 feel from door to ceiling. If you be seen a handball court you know what a racquetball court looks like. They re identical. Floors Are Hardwood. Walls Are plaster or Glass so people can watch. What s needed a rubber bait soft hollow and spongy. It is 2l i inches in diameter and weighs 1,4 ounces then there s the Racquet. It s about 18 inches Long with a head of about 9 inches and a handle of 7 inches. Frames Are alumni num steel fiberglas or composites. String should be gut.  Nylon graph Ite plastic Metal or a combination Strung at a tension of 23 to 35 pounds. Goggles to prevent Eye injuries Are mandatory. So you re dressed and on the court. What now action begins with the server inside a Box near mid court. A Good serve must first hit the front Wall then Bounce beyond a serv ing line. If it hits the ceiling three Walls or the Back Wall on the Fly that s a no no. The serve goes Over the server gets two chances and then loses his turn. Players serve and Volley Wilh the Racquet. It cannot be switched from hand to hand during play. Once in play he Ball has to be returned to the front Wall before hitting the floor twice. It Cun be returned on the Fly. It can carom off any number of Walls or the Ceil ing. It can t hit the floor twin. If the server wins the rally it s a Point and the right to continue serving. If the defender wins the rally no Point is scared. The defender has won the right to serve. In other words Only the server can score. Strategy keep the Ball away from your opponent. Players cannot interfere with an oppo nent s attempt to reach the Ball. That s a hinder. The Point is replayed. Tournament games Are 15 Points Best two out of three to a match. Tiebreaker arc 11 Points. Have fun Allen Cowan Debusschere shocked stunned. Hurt Over firing new York a Dave Debusschere said tuesday he was shocked stunned and terribly Hurt by his Dis Missal As general manager of the new York kicks and said he received no explanation for the move. Debusschere was replaced Friday by Scotty Stirling of the National basketball association office. There was not any reason Given nor had there been any indication of dissatisfaction prior to Friday of the direction and plan that had been discussed and agreed upon by All Levels of management both at Madison Square Garden and to Parent. Gulf & Western Debus sch re said. Had 1 known that a new direction or approach had been mandated i would either have agreed with management on the proper Way to go or i would have respectfully resigned my  Debusschere painted a picture of decision by corporate committee. He said every decision the kicks front office made required approval from executives at Gulf & West Ern the conglomerate that owns the Garden and its two teams the kicks and National hockey league new York rangers. I was never never Given the Opportunity to truly exer Cise my Good judgment on basketball matters in the pre sent organization run by a big business machine he said. "1 was not the person responsible for signing Billy Cartwright to a six year contract. I was Noi the person responsible for Patrick Ewing s contract t was not the person responsible for the delay in signing Albert King or the decision to sign Albert King. I was not the person responsible for the delay in signing Louis Orr. I participated in All of those decisions but. If i could have operated under a Normal Structure different results would have  Cartwright who missed All of last season with a broken foot broke the foot again in his first exhibition game after signing a is Millton per year contract. Ewing the no. 1 draft Choice signed a Rich contract with Debusschere acting As Little More than a conduit Between the player s agents and corporate management. King a free agent was signed to a Rich offer Sheet that was matched by his team the new Jersey nets who retained him Orr also a free agent missed training Camp and the season s first eight games All losses. On Orr i was dictated terms and conditions what i could and could t sign him to Debusschere said. On Cartwright everybody in the room agreed it was the right thing to do. The doctor kicks team physician Norman Scott was asked if he would recommend the signing if cart Wight was another free agent and he said absolutely. He s 100 percent on Ewing it was frustrating. We were negotiating with his agents about what he wanted and with our own people who were dictating whal we could do. The final Deal we made by Gulf i Western not by Garden president Jack Krumpe and  Debusschere was asked what criteria were applied by the decision makers. They d ask it he a Good player " he replied. It was in Imp who informed Debusschere last Friday that we be decided to make a