European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Vogel Weh s a team sets Abc record by boo Odem staff Riler Ramstein if there is such a thing As a meltdown in Bowling the vog Chweh a team displayed the certainly of one in the team event of the american Bowling Congress european Aii Sta tournament Here sunday. Remember the a team . It won the team title last year in the Abc meet in Augsburg and marched off with ,000. The a team is near another grand and Only one More shift of30 teams late sunday night stood in its Way. With a score of 4780 that s 20 pins shy of a 200 aver age the a team rocked and rolled its Way to a record Selling performance As group ii 332 bowlers look Over for inc next three Days of the six Day tourney. Rolling on lanes 25 and 26 of the Bienn Tonial lanes the a team looked at the leading score of 4535 of the Pri masons Poorboy of group i and easily shot it Down by 245 Slicks. Jerry Naff a three time finisher in the top five Roll offs of the exclusive masters tourney that follows Here this saturday and sunday led the charge with a 608-6141222 total Fol Lowed by Bob Rich res 623-572 1195, Fred fingers Wal ton s 676-5121188 and Don Johnson s 601-5741175. All the four arc stationed at Ramstein but bowl at to Gelwich. The 4780 total 199 average is said to be a record performance in the Abc Tournai Mcnol that dates Back to 1953. The a team can also become the first Back to Back team champs in the history of the Abc tourney. Each of the a team members is being identified with the famed to gang fingers is Hannibal Smith Bob is . Caracus Jerry is crazy Murdock and Don is face. In fact. Fingers like Hanni bal docs was smoking a Cigar in an apparent Victory. But he was Quick to add we Haven t won Richert s wife Cheryl believes they should change their name to the radiation boys judging from the Way they burned up inc lanes. Things heated up when it was Learned that the Heidel Berg aces headed by two time masters Champion Jack Paxton were on the same lanes As the a team during sunday s morning shift. Ramstein s Iris Jordan knew about it and spend much of her time saturday giving put invitations to come watch the big Rolloff. Iris promotion worked and close to 150 spectators packed in to watch the confrontation. As Paxton said later we got acid right out of the tournament. The Way they shot we might As Well not showed the a team led off with an 863 with Richer shooting 246, Johnson 214, Walton 205 and Naff 198. The aces managed 752. Monday May 5, 1986 is photo by Dave Olulo Don Johnson foreground red Walton left. Jerry Naff and Bob Richer pointing of the Vogel Weh a team headed by Walton s 256 game the a team spit out a 867 game to the aces 750, Naff carded 23i, Richert 218 and Johnson tailed to a 162. With Paxton Only scoring an 602-5061108, his chances of gaining one of the 35 masters slots May be in jeopardy. That is the lowest 1 have Ever bowled in the team event said the native of Tampa Fla. Tomorrow i need to execute and hit my Mark said Paxton about monday s doubles. I need a pair of 1200s 10 breathe easier. But two 1190s will gel me into the moving into second place 42 pins ahead of the Poorboy was Lowen with 4577. A hefty 1246 total by Anchorman Leon Irvin paced Lowyn. Irvin was smoking with 221-210-180611 and 237-198-200635. Other Lowen members were Bob lives que 607-5521159, Bob Tomlin son 539-5541093 and Tim Mccur Cody 532-5471079. The aces Are in fourth place with 4517,10 pins ahead of he Simbach . S and 15 in front of the Simbach tigers. Don Monroe s 1185 led the aces followed by Dieter Arnold s 1137, Paxton s 1108 and Harvey Fox s 1087. Irvin s 1246 is the third highest 6-Gamc set so far in the tournament. The Leader is the current singles pacesetter Tony Martinez of Sembach who unravelled a 1277 score on inc final group i singles shift saturday night. Martinez was close to awesome on lanes 12 and 13 with games of 225-206 218649 and 202-191-235628. In a group i team event Neil Sanford of the Simbach . S delivered a 600-6541254 punch with High games of253,218and212. Hahn s Mike Smith the All events Leader of group i had a 1245 in the team event for inc third highest. Hahn s de Cole is second in singles with 1243, and also second in All events. Minus Naff inc of her three members of the a team have had earlier successes this season winning the Continental sports conference travelling league and the Mannheim grand prix that included 62 International teams. It marked the second year in a Row that the a team won the Mannheim up. Strikes and spares Mannheim s Don Lutes the reigning Abc singles Champ started off in High Fash Ion with a 1229, aided by a 241 game. One of Lutes teammates Ralph Anderson had a 168 Triplicate. An excited Bowler is Heidelberg s Lenny Brown who is currently eighth in All events with a 3474 193 average. Brown for years has been seeking a masters Slot. Many observers believe a 193 average will make the masters Cut. Last year it took a 191.9 average. Lou Morrison of Gic Ssan one of the two oldest bowlers in the tournament whipped up a 579-5711150. Morrison is 62 years old. A teammate Bannic Johnson who made the top five in last year s masters Roll offs had a 1091. Angels Jackson questioned on tavern scuffle Milwaukee a police questioned baseball Star Reggie Jackson after a tavern scuffle that sent an autograph seeker to the hos Pital for treatment of facial injuries. Jackson sitting with California Angels teammates at a table on sat urday was accused of grabbing a Man who Tore up an autographed paper and slamming the Man s head on a table. Jakcson later told an interviewer he had Only seized inc Man s shirt and asked him to leave. Donald we incr 26, was treated for forehead bruises and a Chin Cut that required stitches and released said a Hospital spokesman. Police said investigators had located Jackson later saturday night and questioned him about the Inci Dent and he was not taken into Cus Tody. They said the Mailer would be reviewed monday by the Milwaukee county District attorney s office. Ramstein takes Csc tournament Rhein main a Germany break ing Loose for eight runs in the fifth inning Ramstein s rams went on to Hammer the Rhein main rockets 17-1 Here sunday to win the Continental sports conference pre season baseball tournament. Rob drug Van Gyrkin and . Carter combined on a four hitter for the rams. With the score tied 1-1 starting the fifth Frame Ramstein collected six hits off starter Tony Paige and two relievers. The Rock ets contributed three errors that helped fuel the big rally. Paige yielded an rib Hil to John Doig in the first inning and Rhein main s Chad Sumner hit a Solo Homer in the fourth to tic the score. But before he departed the rockets loser was charged with six hits and five runs. Reliever Jim Blakely gave up two More safeties and failed to retire any of five hitters he faced. The rams also roughed up Mark Sherman before . In the inning Doig got his second rib Jim suds ill knocked in another run and Tony Bickham hit a two run double with six of the eight tallies being earned. After Sherman got in trouble in the sixth David Jones came in to finish up. Ramstein scored four times each in the sixth and eighth innings with Jones giving up two run homers by suds ill and Clint Marvin in the eighth capping the rams 17-Hitattack. Sud still was 4 for 6, driving in three runs Marvin and Doig both had three hits and three rib. Doig wound up 14 for 19 for the tourney drug pitched the first five innings yielding just the Home run to earn the Vic tory. He struck out five rockets and walked none. Gerkin blanked Rhein main for three frames striking out two and walking two and Carter pitched the ninth walking one and fanning one. Amigos win twice to capture a a meet Mannheim Germany Miguel Lucinaris went 5-for-9 Here saturday to Lead the Mannheim Amigos to victories Over the Ansbach Angels and Mainz rangers in route to the German american baseball league preseason tournament title. The Amigos toppled Mainz 7-4 to win the title after scoring three times in the Bottom of the seventh to eke out an 11-10 verdict Over the Ansbach in the semifinals. Mainz Eai cd the title came with a 16-2 Victory Over the Gic Ssan wolverines. In the semifinals Mannheim ii Ansbach 10 Ansbach broke an 8-8 tic in the seventh inning on Mike Fleming s single a walk a passed Ball and a single by Dan Register but a walk singles by Peter Jackson a passed Ball and Trent demons double pulled out the Victory. Tim Bowers had a two run Homer for the Amigos. Mainz 16, Giessen 2 Mainz reached the title game by Pound ing Giessen in the late innings following an injury to Wolverine starter Cliff Easley. Radio Aba playoffs Milwaukee Bucks at Philadelphia 76crs, 1 30 . Tuesday
