European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 11, 198b the stars and stripes Page 26 Spring training is near despite wintry weather the National a Benw tag close. The Spring baseball Camps la Sarasota fat blow is a map of the Sites for the Florida based teams. Indy grinder is top Bof nation s prep stars T i Aby David Barron Dallas up quarterback Jeff George of Indi Anapolis who set three High school passing records in 19857 running Back Tony Vanzant of Hazlewood mo.,and lineman Mike Kohlmoos of Visalia Calif., May be the nation s Best College football prospects of the 1980s,according to a Survey of College coaches conducted for United press , Vanzant and Kohlmoos All rank As fran Chise players destined for All America or Heisman trophy Success in College according to National High school recruiting analyst Max Emfinger of Houston who compiled a list of the nation s top 100 College prospects for gathered evaluation reports from almost 30 colleges nationwide to compile the top 100 list which includes athletes from 28 states and the District of co Lumbia. Wednesday feb. 12 is the first Day colleges consign High school prospects to National letters of intent California leads the list with 16 prospects followed by Texas with 15, Florida and Pennsylvania with eight each. New Jersey Georgia and Ohio with five each and Michigan with four. More than 40 of the 100 top players were tabbed by coaches As having All America potential but George Vanzant and Kohlmoos Are easily ahead of the rest of the Field Emfinger year will be known As the Jeff George Tony Vanzant recruiting class be said. Jeff George for example probably has the Best release of any High school quarterback in history. I Don t think there s Ever been better High school quarterback. He s phenomenal. Tony Vanzant has been a great player for three Yean the Only question coaches have about him is if he will be Able to establish his eligibility. And Kuhl pos i just an awesome lineman fast Quick feet he s a dominant George who played for Warren Central High in Indi Anapolis set National High school career records with 543completions in 967 attempts and a single seaon record with 45 touchdown passes in 1985. He led the warriors to two straight undefeated seasons and two straight state titles finishing his career with 8,121 passing Yards and94 touchdowns. Two College coaches rated George a "10-plus on pm Finger s 10-Point scoring scale and his 10.14 composite average was the highest recorded by any player in the four years Emfinger has been rating prospects nation , who is the leading scorer for Warren Cen trial s basketball team and last year hit .489 for the baseball team reportedly is considering Purdue. Luft and Miami Fla As College choices. A i want to go to a Good baseball school to play and a school that has a passing tradition in football be who announced earlier this Moll he will attend Missouri rushed 284 times for 2,734 Yards and36 touchdowns in 1985 for Hazlewood s Missour state 5a champions. Named As Parade Magazine s High school player of the year his career totals were 6,1 38 Yards and 91 touchdowns. ,. Kohlmoos. Meanwhile fits the Proton pict scholar athlete old combining Quick feet and Fine technique on the Field with a 3.7 Grade Point average in the classroom. Also listed As top prospects were defensive Back Cleve land Colter of Mcclintock High in Tempe Ariz. Run Ning Back Pierre Goode of Tow Creek Ala. Quarterback Bernard Hall of Detroit defensive Back Mark Carrier of Long Beach Calif. Wide receiver Percy Wadde of col Umbus Texas linebacker Darrius Frazle Fla us exas Neace Aru Ler of a tackles Clarence Jones of Islip. N.y., and. Arenc. To. Osman of North Hills pa., and quarterback Dan Mcgwire of Claremont Calif. Enfinger s list includes 1 7 running backs. 16 quarterbacks 12 linebackers 1 1 defensive tackles. 10 offensive linemen and defensive backs eight wide receivers seven defensive ends. Rye tight ends two kickers one nose guard and one All around most prospects Are still considering several scholarship offers Urcla is a Good bet to haul away the richest recruiting crop of 1986. The Rose bowl champions have a commitment from one top 100 player and Are being considered by 20 others More than any other school. Other popular choices include notre Dame which has one commitment and 14 possibilities Texas and ,13 possibilities each Oklahoma and Nebraska with 11 each Texas am with 10 Penn state with one commit ment and seven possibilities Arizona slate with seven Georgia with one commitment and six possibilities an Louisiana state and Michigan with six each. Emfinger s top ranked player a year ago was running Back Aaron Emmanuel who signed with us. Two of his top three players in 1984 were running Back Eric Ballof Ypsilanti. Mich., who scored four touchdowns in the 1986 Rose bowl for Urcla and tight end Keith Jackson of Little Rock ark., who caught a touchdown pass to help National Champion Oklahoma to an Orange bowl Victory. Bubka created current pole vault interest Rutherford no. A Call it the Bubka Factor. It s the soviet influence that bringing pole vaulters Ever nearer to the once unimaginable 20-foot plateau while Malang record breaking performances a weekly Sergey Bubka though. I keep giving him alot of credit he changed the Outlook of you wanted to compete in this event and stay anywhere close to competitive you had to do some of the thugs he was Reck and Field fans Are straining their necks to see it and athletes Are flirting with Fame and injury on every jump be try 8 Tightrope that for now is Camung three people obon and Joe dial. And no one is losing his the biggest change was where the vaulter grabbed the pole. Bubka raised the in times within 39 Daw the world into Best in the pole vault has Frauen. Including twice saturday. Bubka Mapp Edse record dial set a week earner who a vault of 19 feet 5 inches at the soviet indoor championships and obon raised ii Mark by one half an Inch noun Latersa the visit sir olympic invitational Trad and Reid meet at the Brendan can too. I Sun sudden grip holding the pole higher from the base. He also increased the Speed at which be approached the pit there Are drawbacks Olson 27, said. If Yon Are not running excellent an being technically efficient you re going to land on the ground or break your neck or both. When Yon Are holding the pole at 16-6 or 16-10 or 17 feet which is what Weare holding now we re walking a Tightrope right now. You just physically can t hold alot higher than we Are holding but that in t going to Stop people from jumping higher said Olson who failed miserably on two attempts at 19-8 4, one Quarter of an Inch higher than Bubka s world outdoor record of i9-8m."i know two Guys can jump 20 feet now the texan said. I mean i know ican do it i could t say that a couple of years ago. I remember last summer i Saton the grass and watched Sergey jump 19 7 and i said i could t even do that i said that to myself and that was a sad feel a feeling changed though As the nagging injuries that had hounded Olson the past two years and almost caused him to retire healed suddenly. It All came to Gether in Saskatchewan Canada on dec 28 when Olson broke the indoor Best witha vault of 19-2%. Bubka upped the record by one Quarter Inch on Jan. 15 and tied his new Mark two Days later. Olson got the record Back by leaping 19-3m on Jan. 19 and dial sur passed that by an Inch on feb. 1.ironically, Olson quipped saturday that his record would probably last 10 was almost right. The judges re measured the bar after his leap and discover edit moved a Quarter of an Inch making the jump 19-5%, and that s the Way meet officials recorded it after the event was Over. However the record fell to 19-514 Sun Day when the National governing Board for track and Field said the officials erred citing a Rule that stipulates Fiat moving the bar during a jump can Only lower the final height not raise it. So for this week the record is teetering at 19-5%, with a matchup Between dial and Olson on the horizon Friday in the Wanamaker millrose games at Madison Square Garden. All three Star vaulted rescheduled to compete in the Usa Mobil indoor championships at the Garden on feb. 28. Who knows what the record will Bethen the Vitalis us. Invitational also marked the return of double olympic Gold medallist Evelyn Ashford. Competing inner first meet in More than 17 months after time off to have her first child she captured the women s 55-meter dash in6.68 seconds. In record setting performances Diane Dixon lowered her american indoor re Cord in the women s 400 meters from52.20 to 52.13 and Jim hiring matched his american indoor Mark in the 1,500-meter.walk, clocking 5 27.18. Ireland s Marcus of Sullivan Defeated Eamonn Coghlan for the second straight time winning the mile in 3 57.33, while Carl Lewis extended his record Long jump winning Streak indoors and outdoors to 45, winning at 27-5w. Lewis finished Only third behind Lee Mcrae and Emmit King in a special 55 meter dash. The race was arranged after Lewis withdrew from the scheduled race because he thought it would Only be run Asa final. Canada s Ben Johnson who has claimed Lewis has been ducking him won the scheduled 55 in 6.05, a meet record and the third fastest time Ever indoors. Other meet records were set by Johnny Gray in the men s 800 1 46,35canada s Lynn Williams in the women s mile 4 30.78 and Dennis Lewis in the men s High jump 7-6v4. Ten sports television Bowling pro bowlers tour 10 30 . Tuesday tape delayed
