European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s Munich girls title thing still in motion last year about this time i wrote the Winner and still Champion Munich. Ernie Butler s girls have a thing about tournaments. They like to play in the championship game. When they do they generally  what s new saturday they Defeated Baum older 42-32 in the Small schools basketball tournament title game. It was their fourth straight title Matching the Dodds record. Livorno won the Italy girls laurels the first four years girls basketball was a Dodds varsity sport. It also was Munich s fifth championship in six years and its sixth since girls gained varsity status in 1975. Three other times the Mustangs finished second. In the finals nine times out of 12 not too shabby not too shabby at All Munich generally wins even when it s not in tournament situations. The Butler its lost twice in mid season to Baum older and the bucs  to establish a Dodds record of 33 straight wins before run Ning into the Mustangs again. Munich had a 13-ga.nc whining skein of its own going into the first Baum Holder Battle. The Mustangs finished with eight straight regular season triumphs and then won three straight in the Monument to establish another modest 11-game win Ning skein. This year s 15-2 record gives Butler 112 wins and Only nine losses a Glossy .926 percentage starting till the 1979-80 Campaign. Heidelberg swept through its Dodds girls Schcik unscathed chalking up 14 regular season victories my three easy wins in the big schools tourney. The Lions of Rich Bennett finished the 1985 Campaign by winning the big schools third place game. They currently own the longest winning string in Dodds basketball at 18. What it just quite could t manage in football. Gissen achieved in basketball the Small schools championship. The Griffins outlasted bad Kreuz Nach 57-55 to Ben Abrans take the boys title last weekend at Patch they had won the a Silver title previously by beating out the Bra reals. In football the then unbeaten charges of Charlie Toth captured the a Silver title the key win also being Over bad Kreuz Nach when both were 5-0, and the Germany a championship with a Victory Over previously perfect a Gold Champion Augsburg. However they fell victim to International school of Brussels in the Small schools playoff game. And Wurzburg was in a class by itself in romping to the boys big schools Crown. Steve Perkins wolves played outstanding defense in chalking up three one sided victories and capped a 17-1 Campaign with an impressive 49-32 Triumph Over Nuernberg As the defense once again took charge with 6-foot-7 Center Steve Hutchinson intimidating the eagles with nine rebounds and nine blocked shots three in the first two minutes. Boys and girls champions shape and Bonn respectively placed three players apiece on the 1985 86 Bennor All conference basketball teams selected by the coaches. Winning the recognition for shape were de Muniz Mark Newton and Pat Wilson. Others named to the squad were accent s Hank Wendling and David Anderson Hahn s David Perry and Ben Var done Brussels Mike Telfer Bonn s Andy Agnew and soc Sterberg s George Pilimai. Alix Ronka Kristina Beilharz and grisly Stolle were the Bonn selectee on the girls team. Rounding out the cast were accent s Cassey lord and Liz Wilson Hahn s Kim Oral offend Carleen Johnson Brussels Toni and Tonya Ingram and shape s Trish Grant. Charlie Axton the a announcer worked out some interesting statistics during the big schools basketball tournament at Mannheim. Checking the Ros ters of All the competing teams Axton determined that 36 states puerto Rico the user Thailand Greece Iceland and Canada were represented by the competing athletes. Texas led the list with 19 and Georgia and North Carolina were next with 15 each. Frankfurt s Gia Cooper was born in the soviet Union. Orchids go to Heidi Heller for her super tournament organization. With the exception of a couple of drag Ging games Over which she had no control things moved along very smoothly. She had less than a month according to Mannheim people to accomplish a very difficult task. Mannheim has established a splendid reputation As a Community for supporting its sports programs and that support was obvious once again. The Mannheim military Community in conjunction with the City of Mannheim has staged the renowned Albert Schweitzer tournament Over the years and that always has been a big event. Mannheim peo ple already arc working on the 1987 tournament. A new floor is expected to be installed at the Benjamin Franklin sports Arena by then. The International school of Brus Sels baseball team did some big travelling last year but that journey to Cairo was like a trip downtown in comparison to is baseball s Orient express Ven Ture coach Loren Bennett has lined up this year. The raiders open their 1986 Campaign with a 15 Day it game trip March 21-april 4 to Japan. They finish official Competition in the shape invitational tournament May 30-Junc 1. Bennett writes i am Billing it As the no. I nigh school sports trip in the world and notes that the National federation of state High school associations is aware of the trip. Need an official scorer Loren to Stin ind sir Len Yonks reach Accord for 86 with Mattingly new York a Don Mattingly the american league s most valuable player in 1985, avoided salary arbitration Early tuesday by agreeing to n one year contract Worth $1,375,000 with the new York Yankees the new York times re ported. After new York mets pitching Ace Dwight Gooden agreed to a one year 11.32 million Deil bit Friday the Yankees made the same Dollar offer to Mattingly. The Yankees bad submitted a $1.25 million offer for arbitration. Mattingly who had filed a $1.5 million figure seemed headed for a bearing tues Day after weekend negotiations Between his agent Jim Krivacs and Yankee officials were unproductive. The times said Krivacs made a proposal to the Yankees monday night and Woody Woodward the dub s executive vice presi Dent called Back shortly after with a coun or proposal for $1.375 million with no Bonus provisions. The Deal was made shortly after Midnight. "1 feel great Mattingly said. I m glad it s Over. I preferred a three year contract something for the Yankees to say to us we know you re going to be productive Over a period of time but it was t going to Hap  last season Mattingly 24, hit .324. While hitting 35 Home runs and leading the league with 145 runs batted in. Mattingly also hit 48 doubles the most by a Yankee since Lou Gehrig s 52 in 1927, and was a Gold Glove Winner at first base with a .995 Fielding percentage. All i wanted the Yankees to do was meet me. Halfway on a one year Deal mat Usel preparing to go with seven dubs in 86 a photo Don Mittia grrr -. ,. Gauged on Gooden tingly said. In 1984, Mattingly s first full season with the Yankees he fed the Al in batting with a .343 Mark with 23 homers and 110 rib. When the Yankees renewed his contract they raised his salary from $130,000 to $325,000, a figure Mattingly was known to be unhappy with but helpless to fight since he was not yet eligible for arbitration. The Yankees used Gooden s Deal As a Type of Dollar barometer in their most re cent dealings with Mattingly. The mets 21-year-old right hander shared the superstar spotlight in new York with Mattingly with a 24-4 record and the National league s by Young award. Gooden and Mattingly join los Angeles dodger Fernando Valenzuela has players who bad filed for is million or More and reached a settlement. Valenzuela agreed to a 3-year $5.5 million Deal with the dodgers last saturday. There Are still five other players who have filed for $1 million or More including Boston s Wade Boggs who is asking $1.85 million. Of the 159 players who filed for arbitration 114 have settled. By Dave Goldberg new York a commissioner Harry usher said tuesday that the United states football league is prepared to play next fall without the Champion Baltimore stars whose owner suggested that the Usel consider scrapping the 1986 season. We be been drawing up a seven team schedule if it comes to that usher said. We re working on the Assumption that Well have an eight team league but if we have to play without Baltimore we re pre pared for that  the commissioner s comments came As the Usel already Down to eight teams from 14 last season prepared for meetings Here wednesday to plan its first season in the fall following three in the Spring. Originally called As a procedural and housekeeping session the session was presented with a new and explosive Issue last week when Myles Tanenbaum owner of the stars told Susan Reimer of the Balti More Sun that the Usel should consider remaining Idle until its $1.32 billion suit against the National football league is resolved. That led Herschel Walker of the new Jersey generals one of the league s last remaining High priced stars to say he would join the nil s Dallas cowboys if the Usel did not play in 1986. Tanenbaum the Usel s last original owner has contended in the past that the league s survival depends on the lawsuit rather than what has happened on the Field. Asked by Reimer if that could mean sitting out the season be replied that s got to be a question. The real Issue is the lawsuit and All of its ram Ifica  Tanenbaum could not immediately be reached tuesday and usher said he had not spoken to the stars owner and did not know his intentions first hand. But the commissioner said that having read Tanenbaum s comments he had begun plans for a seven team league minus the stars. He also said the league was prepared to hold a dispersal draft of Baltimore s play ers who include such Bluc chippers As run Ning Back Kelvin Bryant nose tackle Pete Kugler and offensive tackle Irve Alman. Beyond Tanenbaum there appeared to be no other advocates of staying Idle and resuming play in 1987. That would be More than two years after the last Usel game last july in which the stars beat the Oakland invaders for their second title in the three seasons. Everything i hear is that Myles opinions which he has t articulated completely Are Only Myles usher said. I think the rest of the owners want to play this  i think Myles is having an anxiety at tack said Lee Scarfone owner of the Tampa Bay bandits. We re going for it even if we have Only seven  usher conceded however that the Usel s plan for Long term survival depends on what is essentially a Token season in 1986, which will be played head on against the nil without a network television contract. The Usel will depend instead on esp Cable and whatever to contracts the individual teams can negotiate locally. Am sports radio collect Basl Uldall Michigan state at Mic Falgie 1 Jouk Friday