European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shot selection position make Yellen Winner Wybren Dacoster staff writer Rhein main a Germany he s been clock Dat speeds of ii5 and 129 Miles per hour. In some sports that Speed would make him a Defi Nite Winner but Speed alone in his sport in t what s important. Control mixed with Speed is the key he says and he should know. He is Mike yell in the . National racquetball Champion. Yellen who has been ranked no. 1 the past fou years thinks the High percentage game style he was taught is the key to his Success. Shot selection and court position Are the main stays of my game Yellen said. More so than trying to hit the Ball hard and hit the perfect serves and kid shots. That s the style i grew up with and then i added some Power to go along with that but my number on emphasis is always on shot selection and court Posi  Yellen is conducting clinics on military base throughout Germany this week to help promote the sport and give local players some tips on the game. The 26-year-old from Southfield mich., has Bee playing the professional racquetball circuit for 10 years and won his first National championship just six Pearson the tour. Yellen said gaining championship status in six year Sis not a major breakthrough considering that the sport which started its upward swing about is years ago does t have a Large generation of players to draw from. In several of my first few seasons 1 had to play when Guys like Hogan Marty were dominating and winning several National championships 1978-81 Yellen said. I was playing fairly Well and finishing most of those seasons As number tvo but it still was worthwhile career even up to that Point. I just happen to be competing at the same Tim against a Guy who was a Little further ahead of everybody. Fortunately i was Able to win my own title after a few  Yellen said he thinks he should be Able to dominate the circuit for the next three or four years despite what the racquetball Media says about the Competition. After Hogan lost to Dave Peck in 1982, they said they could t see anybody winning it two years in a Row. They thought there would be a new National Champion every year said Yellen. However he proved the experts wrong winning it four straight times. Varying workouts and playing different sports Are tuesday August 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 to us photo by Lynda spark racquetball Champion Mike Yellen serves to sex Safe Champion Lou Souther during a Rhein Maln workout. Part of Yellen s physical and mental preparation for Competition. Too much of anything can Wear on you mentally and Drain you he said. It s real important for me to add other sports to my workout otherwise 1 get men tally fatigued and have a hard time getting geared up for  he plays Squash and basketball and conditions him self by jumping rope jogging and lining weights. About 10 million people have taken up the game of racquetball since the late 1970s. Yellen said one of the major reasons for the increases that the rules arc easy to learn and it s simple to play. People also get a Good workout and have a lot of fun at it in a relatively Short period of time. It also was one of those sports that came along with the increase awareness of physical fitness he said. Yellen advises the up and coming players to read alot about the game either in books other players have written or in racquetball magazines and perhaps Finda videotape of a player whose game style is similar to theirs and then pick up some tips and try some Drill from those sources. I would also encourage those players to get in prac Tice time schedule off court training time and develop the mental aspects of their game As Well in order to become better players he added. He said that military players have questioned him often concerning proper facilities and availability of equipment to use or Purchase. I think it s great that the service members get the Opportunity to play and have the facilities to do it in. He  coming Here is healthy for the sport yell in  m always Well received and i always enjoy helping others learn More about the  fees Europe is sponsoring Yellen s tour at Mili tary bases for the second time. He appears at vog Chweh gym in Kaiserslautern today from 5 30 to 8 30. Theresa of his schedule aug. 13 Heidelberg Patton Barracks gym. 5 30-8 . Aug. 14 Wuerzburg Gie Belstadt air base physical readiness Center 5 30-8 . Aug. 15 graft Woehr gym 5 30-8 . Aug. 16 Stuttgart la Dundorf Kaseric gym. I 3 30 . Aug. 17 Augsburg Sheridan Cavern sport facility 1-3 30 . A retrieving after 50 years of something most marathoner gets pub pc recognition Bymark Evje Culver City Calif. A see ing his proper name and nationality placed on a City plaque honouring olym a c Marathon winners Means More to be Chung Sohn than winning the race. Servicemen offered tickets at half Price Amsterdam tickets Are being offered at half Price to . Military personnel attending the american style football playoffs in the Netherlands this week. The games sponsored by Usa today Matching championship teams trom eight european countries at various locations throughout the country continue through Friday. Persons desiring admission to the games must present an id card and a copy of Usa today or a logo from copy to get the half Price reduction. The South korean now 74 years old won the 1936 olympics Marathon in Berlin in 2 hours 29 minutes and 19.2seconds. But Japan which occupied Korea then forced Sohn to compete under the japanese name of kit i son and the conquering country s Flag which is How the race results went into the re Cord books. On the 50th anniversary of the 26-mile, 385-Yard race this los Angeles suburb became the first governmental body outside South Korea to officially recognize the True identity of the win  s a retrieving of something that was lost for a 50-year period Sohn said saturday. I feel this is a More precious moment a More significant event than my own personal Gam of having won the Gold  however the ceremony was largely symbolic since Culver City has nothing to do with official olympic records. Sohn who still jogs a mile or two every Day and climbs mountains near his Home in Seoul said he s satisfied even though the International olympic com Mittee has refused so far to take similar action. Even if the Ioc does t change it records ultimately the fact that Culver City changed it today Means it s gone Ona Public record that my name and nationality have been rectified Sohn told reporters through interpreter Yoon he Kim. But from what happened today feel confident that Given time it will be a natural progression for the Ioc and West German government to rectify  the South korean olympic commit tee sent the first such request to the Ioc in 1947, two years after the Japa Nese left Korea and has petitioned the body unsuccessfully several times sub sequently. But Sohn currently an adviser to the Seoul olympic organizing committee that will stage the 1988 summer games says the official record change needs to begin with the ones who caused Themi up. It s a matter that needs to be decidedly the japanese first since i did run under that country s Flag he said add ing that several japanese newspapers have started calling for such governmental action. He said the wrongful identification still brings Back painful memories. I Felt that sports was one Way to Beable to show to the japanese that Al though we had lost the identity of Korea i could overcome the situation said Sohn the father of five and Grandfather of two. Television baseball new York mets at Phila Delphia Phillies or sail Francisco giants at Cincinnati reds 10 to ., tuesday. Tape delayed