European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Ramstein gears for Bowling meets Abc wisc and masters tourneys scheduled for May by boo ode staff writer Bowling s three major tournaments of the season will be held during a 11-Day Span at Ramstein air base s Bicentennial lanes in Early May. They Are the european american con Gress Bowling Abc All Star and the european women s International Bowling Congress wisc All Star and the subsequent european masters. These tournaments wind up the 1985 1986 Bowling seasons for . Military and civilian Kegler. Eight Hundred bowlers will take part in what has become the highlight of the cur rent Bowling Campaign. Jim Moynihan the Abc wisc euro Pean director and also the 1st per com Bowling chief has returned the three tournaments to the 32-Lane Ramstein House. The Trio of tournaments was held in Ramstein in 1978 and 1979. Also Ramstein hosted the Abc All Star in 1977. The Rhei Pfalz men s and women s Bowling associations numbering Over 3,000 members and the largest Bowling Organiza Tion outside conus will assist Moynihan and his efficient staff in running the tournaments. The wisc tournament which will num Ber 240 women or 60 four member teams kicks off the Bowling festival thursday May 1 at 10 . And will run three Days. On sunday May 4, group 1 of the Abc will compete for the next three Days and group 2 will begin its three Day Competition on wednesday May 7. There will be a total of 560 individual Abc entrants or 140 teams. The top 15 wisc and 31 Abc All events finishers from their respective tournaments plus the two defending masters champions if available will qualify for the european masters scheduled saturday and sunday May 10-11. Since Ramstein s Connie Cornell last year s wisc masters Queen has gone Back to the ., the top 16 wisc All events finishers will earn masters berths. But Abc masters Champ Dan Novak of is photo by boo Odem Bremerhaven s Dan Novak. 85 Abc masters Champ Bremerhaven will return to defend his Crown. To participate in the All Star tournaments a Bowler must compete As a member of a four person team and also be a Quali fied member of a local military Bowling association chartered through the Abc wisc european office. Individual entries will not be accepted. The Abc meet is limited to the first 140 teams and the wisc to 60 teams. Competition will be scratch in team Dou Bles and singles events for which Abc and wisc state championship emblems will be awarded. Six games will be bowled in each event and the All events standings will be deter mined by total scratch pinball Over the 18 game stretch. Any four members of the same local Bowling association May form a team Aen try. For the Abc meet three of the four Kegler must hold a 170 average or More for 21 games in sanctioned Competition As of March 23. For the wisc tourney three of the four bowlers must own a 140 average or More for 21 games As of March 23. Waivers on averages will be considered upon request. The Abc and wisc have different rules concerning participation. An Abc member who belongs to More than one local Bowling association must bowl with a team from the association where he resides. Wisc members May Only belong to one association and therefore must participate on a team from the local association in which they hold their membership. Teams from out of country will be scheduled their first Choice of dates. And teams travelling Long distances will have priority of dates Over those teams located within a three hour drive of Ramstein. Reservations will be accepted on a first come first served basis with scheduling priority determined by the tournament director. The team entry fee for either Abc and wisc meet is $200.00 $12.50 for three events plus $12.50 for the masters events. That s $50 per Bowler the breakdown of the $12.50 is $7.00 for prize fee $1.00 for expense fee and $.50 for Bowling fee. Prize fees will be returned 100 per cent at the prescribed ratio of one Price for every 10 entries. Based on 140 Abc teams top prizes will be team $1,000 doubles $500 sin Gles $300. Based on 60 wisc teams top prizes will be team $600 doubles $400 singles $200. There will be no Cash awards in All events since there is no prize fee. The Abc masters Champ will be awarded $500 and the wisc Champion $300, and both will receive a special sym Bolic sports coat. All masters participants will receive at least $50 in position Money. Association secretaries have the task of coordinating local team entries and assign ing in numerical sequence an entry registration number Ern to each team formed locally. The Ern must be recorded on the official entry application which is to be signed and dated by the Secretary or designated local represent Ive prior to sub Mission to the european office. For publicity and scheduling purposes each team is required to identify the local military Community from where the team originates. To wit Augsburg burgers Bent Waters big macs Vicenza Queens Etc. Numerical designations will not be accepted such As Ramstein 5 or Stuttgart 3 plus 1. Short team names Are urged. Unacceptable identification names will be re named by the tournament director. According to Moynihan use of local association funds to sponsor a team or an individual is prohibited since such use does not Benefit the majority of members of the local association. Abc entries open tuesday april 1 and close at noon Friday april 4 or whenever the first 140 teams Are registered. Applications received prior to opening Date will not be registered until april 1. Entries received after april 4 Are subject to space available. Wisc entries open tuesday april 8 and close at noon Friday april 11 or whenever the first 60 teams Are registered. Applications received prior to opening Date will not be registered until april 8. Entries received after april 11 Are subject to space Avail Able. Dates and times will not be confirmed before wednesday april 9 for Abc teams and tuesday april 15 for wisc. Only association secretaries May obtain scheduling information on the dates indicated Between 2 . And 4 . By calling the european office at Schwet Zingen 06202-80 6273/7703 or ets 379-6273/7703. Entry forms can be obtained from local association secretaries or at local Bowling lanes. Military billets arc extremely scarce in the local Ramstein area but there Are Many commercial hotels within a Short driving distance. If Given sufficient Advance notice the Host Bowling association and facility management will be pleased to Render billeting assistance. Those bowlers requiring assistance can Contact Henry or Evelyn Foeckler at Ramstein civilian 06371-62510. The Ramstein Bicentennial lanes number is ets 480-2117/5547 or civilian 06371-47 2117/5547. The 4 teams that would t collapse by Dick  sports writer for Memphis state Oklahoma St. John s and George town it was t the end after All. After losing superstars none was picked to win its con Ference basketball title in preseason coaches polls yet each is ranked in the top 20. Memphis state playing without Keith Lee is quicker and shares the scoring wealth. St. Johns minus Chris Mullin has a flashier leading scorer in Walter Berry. Oklahoma which lost Wayman Tisdale just gets the Points from different people. And Georgetown which May never be Able to replace Patrick Ewing in the Middle moved outside and plays with a four headed Center. The reason they re still up there is we re talking about programs not teams said lbs sportscaster Billy Packer. They always have someone else coming  i m really surprised we won our first 20 games said Memphis state coach Dana Kirk whose seventh ranked tigers have shown they can get along without Lee the leading scorer and rebounded in their history. We re not As big but we re quicker said Kirk. Lee 6-foot-10, lacked stamina and frequently got into foul trouble late last season. But he was an outstanding half court player because of his size hands shooting and rebounding ability. I d say the biggest difference is that we re a longer defensive team said Kirk. We play 94 feet of the court instead of 64 feet. I can t say anything but Good things about Keith. We got to the Finai four with him. This is just a different  Memphis state led by 7-foot Center William Bedford and Point guard Andre Turner leads the metro Confer ence and had a 24-3 record through thursday s games. When Tisdale a three time All America and the Lead ing scorer in big eight history left a year Early for the National basketball association Many predicted it would Send Oklahoma into a tailspin. But the 24-6 sooner Are ranked no. 14. We went to Wayman a lot said Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs but with or without him we have a lot of Good players. The key fact is that we have the same sys tem. We never change anything offensively and defensively. We recruit to fit the scheme of things so we Don t have a big drop off when someone  the sooner play run and shoot and Are one of the nation s highest scoring teams with a 91.3 average. Four players Darryl Kennedy Tim Mccallister David Johnson and Anthony Bowie Are hitting in double figures. St. John s coach Lou Carnesecca lamented the loss of Mullin s intelligent play and scoring punch which made him the leading scorer in redmen history. Players like Mullin come along once in a lifetime he said before the season. Also gone in the first round of the Aba draft was 7-foot Center Bill Wennington. A ranked in the preseason top 20, St. John s ranks no. 8 with a 27-4 record behind the 6-8 Berry an outstanding shooter and rebounded. The redmen also have four role players who Are producing beyond expectations. Junior Point guard Ron Rowan who saw Little action behind Mullin last season is deadly from the outside and free throw line and is the redmen s no. 2 scorer. He s meant More to this team than anyone can under stand through scoring timely scoring passing and de sense Carnesecca said. As for Carnesecca in his 18thno. 8 despite loss of Chris Mullin season with the redmen Many feel he s doing his Best Job. A photo Walter Berry has shot St. John s to 27-4 record