European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Cage May laurels on the line this week Dodds basketball teams and wrestlers continue the Parade Down the tournament Trail this weekend with the staging of the big and Small schools Cage tournaments at Mannheim anal Patch respectively and the Central european mat meet at shape. Tournament Competition actually began last week when the Bennor advancement tournament that feeds into the Small schools tournament and the wrestling regional at Wiesbaden accent Nuernberg and Ansbach were held. The Stuttgart boys and Fulda Girts became the last two teams to qualify for a shot of glory tuesday night when they won playoff games after finishing tied for third place in their respective leagues. Stuttgart and Frankfurt were 3-5 in aaa play and Fulda and dim were 8-4 in a Silver action. They play the top rated teams in their respective tournaments. Stuttgart going against Wuerzburg in the big schools Competition with Fulda taking on Baum older in the Small schools tournament. Wuerzburg which finished second to Baum older last year in the big schools tourney was 10-0 in a action and 13-1 on the year. Baum older went 14-0 for the year 12-0 in league. Ulm stands Between Baum older and a share of the Dodds girls consecutive win record. Jack Dougan s charges swept through a 17-0 Campaign last year beating also undefeated Frankfurt in a thrilling comeback for the big schools title and then going through this year s official slate unscathed. That gives the bucs 31 straight victories. Bonn which is second seeded at Patch won 32 in a Row in the late 70s to set the Mark. Munich came close couple of times but never could Clear that final hurdle. If Baum older gets past Ulm it will meet the Vilseck Brussau Winner in the possible record setter. The Vil seek girls enjoyed the Best season in the school s history going 11-1 in route to the a Silver title and 11-3 for the season. Added strength in the Small schools girls tournament is provided by Munich which posted a 10-2 league Mark and a 12-2 season record. The Mustangs have lost Only twice in their last 45 games two league " losses to Baum older in a Battle of a Silver  he Odelberg girls went undefeated in their offi Cial schedule while breaking Frankfurt s three year regular season undefeated Streak and romping to the aaa championship to earn top seeding in the big schools girls tournament. The Small schools boys tournament also should be exciting. Bennor Champion shape 12-0 in league action is top seeded and Baum older 124 in league play and 13-1 on the year is second rated. Also in the Field Are Giessen which prevailed in a Silver with a 1&2 record and bad or Cugnach 9-3 in a Silver and a Victor Over Baum older in their non conference Battle. Since the Germany and Bennor schools Are wrap Ping everything up this week on the court All those coaches Snow Ltd be getting their stars and stripes All Europe nominations completed and submitted. I would recommend doing them now while everything is Sti relatively fresh. If you wait until next month when Al the other divisions finish their season there is a Good Chance that things might be overlooked. The deadline for making recommendations by All coaches will be March 18 not postmarked then but in the is office. Please Send Complete statistics and photo to sports department the stars an stripes Apo 09211 or to sports department the Sta Sand stripes. Up Sfach 11-10-34, d 6100, Darm Stadt 11, West Germany. Reports that i received on the wrestling re Ginals following my mid season trip to Florida where All the kids grandchildren and great grandchildren helped my parents celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary were glowing. The tournaments were All successful and the Competition was very keen. And some More of the same is anticipated again this week at shape. Ramstein Frankfurt Nuernberg and Heidelberg took the Tea championships at the Western. Northern Southern and Central regional respectively All repeating 1985 an Reneau Berlin s Mike som san Kaise Ria cum r Eric  accent s Tea Dewing Are among last years champions Dan 1986 Competition. Many of the wrestlers will get some added Corn Peh Tion March 7-9 when they compete in the Al Europe championships at Naples. That meet uns Anc on a by Dodds will be staged by the Naples boosters club and parents of the wildcats grapplers. Comes a note from Joe Leffen who coached football basketball wrestling and track and Field for More than 20 years a Dodds schools in Kaia Tern Karlsruhe. Ankara and Aviano As Well As several places in the Pacific. Joe and his wife. Helen who used to keen All the football statistics and wrestling summaries for Joes teams spend most of their time playing Golf near their Home internet. Calif these Days but they keep in touch with their former friends and game time Saver Gary Flannery who used to coach wrestling at Madrid Wei Buecken and Kar Mursel is in the elementary school at Seoul and John Metzger. Stiffen s Formeria Distant at Kaiserslautern is the football coach at  former Kaiser Lautem coach Cage Mentor War Ren Moyles. Also is in Korsa. He s principal  and Moyles successor at a town Curt Price is now a sports coordinator for the Navy at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Price handled basketball and was to Brant principal at Zama Japan before casting his lot with the Joe said he was pulling for Washington to make it to the super bowl because one of the players he coached at Santa be High school in Whittier calif., in the mid sos was redskins coach Joe Gibbs and i still get a letter from him once in a year Joe and Helen stay fit these Days by competing in special events in California. He took a first in the 65-69 bracket in the 25-Yard backstroke and Helen finished second in the two mile walk in the old timers olympics in Southern California last fall. They Send their Best regards to the old guard still Here in Dodds. To Sun ind a pm mail Rose Battle with Olson Bubka dial. Be achy for pole vault showdown Listow Inmeei by Bert has enthral new York a Joe dial accused of dodging the Best pole vaulters is jumping into the Competition against Billy Olson and Sergey Bubka in the Wana maker millrose games Friday night and says Well find out who s the  i Don t have any reason to be ducking anybody dial said tuesday by Telephone from Norman okla. It does t make sense to me. I just go out to jump and have some  has been jumping in meets at Oklahoma City and Columbia mo.,where he set a world indoor Best of 19 feet 4k inches feb. 1 instead of competing on the grand prix circuit. That has caused Olson his chief Ameri can rival to comment i be seen Joe jump High but i be never seen him jump 19 feet. He Only done that at Backwoods or Back a re uicctsi1 in Friday s nigh class millrose games at Madison Square Garden dial will face both Olson Otto now owns the world in Dow Best of 19-5w, and the soviet Union s Bubka. Holder of the world outdoor record atl9-8w.my anal is to come up there and win the meet said dial. American outdoor record Holder at 19-2w. I m sure Bubka and Olson want to do that. Too. I m sure the world record is going to  broken again. I Don t know by whom gut it going to be broken. I think i ran is i of thing i have Over them is that i jumps higher height 19-9 in practice. And i be come real close to it. I m not worried if they stick the bar up to 19-6 or 19-8 or even 20 feet dial said. I have Confidence i can make it. I m sure they have Confidence too but i m not planning to come up there and  pole vault has been the Premier event this season with new the indoor bests set seven times. Olson has done it four times most recently last saturday night at East Rutherford n.j., Only hours after Bubka has soared 19-5. Bubka has broken the record twice. Dial  is one of the few vaulters to have beaten the 22-year-old Bubka. That was at an indoor meet two years ago at Cleve land when he cleared 18 feet and Bubka missed three times at that height. Olson Calls the Garden the most unsafe place to jump on the circuit indoors or outdoors Beca  of its Short narrow the millrose record for the pole vault is 18.8h, by Olson in 1984. And the Garden record for the event is 18-8k, set by Olson and Dan Ripley in the 1983 Usa championships. Dial has jumped three times in the Gar Den. With a test of 1 7-4 in 1 983. I was scared i would land on the track each time i jumped he said. While dial agreed the pit area was Small he praised the runway. It s really great one of the fastest he said. And now that i be heard they be put a mat on it i m really fired up. I think the record will be broken two times Friday night. I m sure that Bubka will break it. But i plan to come out on top either Way. That s the intention. If i beat him i la know i be done something dial said because i think he s the Best athlete in the world in any sport. If he Breaks the world record and then i come Back and break it i know he s capable of breaking it on his very next  improvements Are being made. He Enron ?ede8ias favat Lac but i m going Kamikaze style ally Tatt ? &. Tuesday. We be improved it to the Best of our ability. I Hope it s enough to satisfy him and the other vaulters. I spoke to Billy yesterday and he said it is like a daredevil event Schmertz added. I Don t want him or anyone else Tobe concerned about that Friday night. I Don t think the incidence of injuries is 4 higher there than any other place. Of a  is the Best in the world. Want that to be me Atn sports radio College basketball Kentucky at Ala Bama 2 a.m., Friday