European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 22, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page s3 commentary . Puts together Strong fest team basketball in August the unique Rheinland Pfalz sport fest in Kai serb item Friday and saturday ticks off the Mili tary basketball season in Europe a full two months before the command s regular season. In addition to basketball there will be volleyball and track and held. Teams of . Personnel stationed in Riemland Pfautz end squads from the German bund swear. Ponies and sports bund will be competing. The fest is one of the results of the Rheinland Pfalz government trying to improve us lies with .forces stationed in hat state. We Iacre approached by the minister president of Riemland Pfalz in 1984 about what could be done to get . Forces More involved i h the people in the area said Steven Cochrane regional . Forces Liaison officer for Rheinland Pfalz and Saar land. This was one of the things thai evolved fro Mihm. It s a real solid gesture by them to reach out to Soldier and airman athletes in the for the test the . Forces have put together unimpressive array of Talent drawn from 21st support come v corps and Continental sports conference communities in Rheinland Pfalz. The men s basketball coach Fred , grabbed the Pir Masens duo of Grant Robinson and Mclvin key in the backcourt along with Semba Cli s Robert Martin to key the quickness he Hopes will offset he european s physical game. All of them Are excellent three Point shoot ers Clark did. And Martin is a lot like Ransaw in that he s deceptive and fast Ransaw is Greg Ransaw the Star guard for Baum Holder last year. Ransaw won t be Able to make the fest because he is attending the primary leadership development course. For men s volleyball. Coach Dexter Villaverde win have s Mark Ballgae a four time All Safe selection along with Buchel s Rodney Peterson who was All air Force. The women f volleyball coach Lou Paleafei of Ramstein will have Cheryl Robinson who was a division u Alt american at the air Force Academy. Soldier competing in track and held events in clude High jumpers Clyde Harp of Baum older who is also an alternate on the basketball team and Dex Heim s Chris Grady the air Force is tending John Noland who won the 5,000 meters at Safe and Dave re Neissen the air Force Champ in the 10,000 meters. Top thai kit with Wei Bruecken s theron Brown Tirri Pivin As p who b had Grady Baum older a Clyde Harp will High jump in sports Fisl who won the 110 and 400-meter hurdle events and the 400 meters at Usa eur. Not that All of this has t come off without a glitch Here and a hitch there. Anytime something new like this is tried there s always a hesitancy among bureaucrats to support it. Support has been very Good in some places an then again not so hot in others. Consistency is not the key word Here. While the 17lh air Force Headquarters has Placeda High priority on the games and gelling athletes involved some of the army communities not been so supportive. We Only have three communities thai arc actually in Rhein und Pfalz Joe Mulligan of the v corps sports Offit said. When you try to gel he workout to the communities the first thing they ask is where s your authority once we got that then they turned around and said the athletes Are Mission another person who Felt slightly let Down by some of the support he received was Clark. Clark wanted some of the Tough nuts from like swing Man Anthony Gray on his team. We sent letters out to these communities called them asking for these athletes to come o the tryout Camp. We wanted to get the Best learn possible Clark said. Nobody from Kaiserslautern showed up for the Bryom Camp 21st support come s Glen skims says that s be cause the sports fest caught the a town athletes Al a bad time. Two were doing the stateside Sofis hoc and others were involved in Sof Liall playoffs. Clark makes no Bones about the fact thai Ransaw can t make it Clark an army sergeant understands hat there Are solid military reasons Why some scr ice members won t be Able to attend. Csc s George Heggerty understands the frustrations Clark and Mulligan feel. He feels Lucky having he support he does. I had one unit that was Silling on the Fence about releasing someone far the sports Fisl. Then i told them that Gen. William a Recliner the commander of the 17th air Force wanted to talk to All of the athletes before the fest he said. Now they re re considering. Some people have Tunnel vision Heggerty added they think their Mission is the Only Mission in the world. V corps has a problem in that they Only have a couple of communities in the Rheinland pea and this might not hold Loo High of a priority with Ihm. Bui sports events like Icse arc also a military Mission. It s a Way of fostering Good relations with the Host the admission fee is zilch. The Cost to athletes i zilch. The Rheinland Pfalz sports ministry fools the Bill. The German police Academy is hosting opening night festivities for the athletes and Vii s. It s also housing a lot of the athletes. These folks the service members hosts Are sincere about making this a lasting event Selling a precedent for others to follow. One German slate taking a look at running a similar event is just happens to be where a lot of v corps communities Are located. We re already making plans for participation inthe Hesson sports Fesi next year Mulligan said. Maybe then Mulligan won t have to put up wit communities asking where his authority crimes from. You should t need anybody s authority to be a gracious guest and Good neighbor. Mccallum from Page 2t by stressing that in was consistent with its general policy on civilian employment. The Navy allows its personnel to hold second jobs As Long As there is no conflict with military still the decision Marks a major de parture from naval traditions regarding professional athletics. Such previous Navy football standouts As Roger slam Bach and Phil Mcconkey had to com plete five years on Active duty before joining the pro football ranks. It was not immediately dear wednes Day whether the raiders would be will ing to use Mccallum during the pro sea son since he will be available Only on weekends and cannot attend regular practice sessions. Mccall urn is a Supply officer aboard the amphibious helicopter Carrier Pelt Liu which is now assigned to Long Beach calif., just outside los Angeles for an overhaul. Lehman s decision was described by one source who requested anonymity a something of a Compromise. There is a faction within the service that foresees potential recruiting benefits for the Navy if Mccallum ii used on the weekends by the raiders the source said. There is another group thai stresses nothing should interfere with the Mili tary obligation incurred by individuals who Are educated at taxpayer expense at military academies the source said. The Navy said Mccallum had in. Formed the service thai he would expect the raiders to Bear the Cost of any medi Cal treatment should he be injured while playing football. The Navy does not object to this arrangement the service said. However Ensign Mccallum has been directed that detailed medical treatment information is to be provided to the Navy for inclusion in his Mccallum in an interview last week with the Washington Post said he had High Hopes that the Navy would authorize his play with the raiders. I m grateful for what the Navy and the naval Academy have done for me Mccallum said at the time. If they say i can l do in i la be upset but that s a decision they have to la have to follow Mccallum Iii he sought tote exemption after Al Davis the raiders Man aging general partner told him the team would really love to have you nil scouts have been saying that if Mccallum had not been facing the five year military commitment he probably would have been the second running Back drafted behind Auburn s Bajackson who chose baseball instead. Although it was not unprecedented Mccallum had already received one Spe Cial dispensation from the Navy. After being forced to miss most of his senior year Al the Academy because of an injury he was allowed to return for a fifth year in order to Complete his College football eligibility. Al from Gabil creased his a Reading total to 186, while walking a sea son High six. He also lowered his league Best Era to 2.54. Jim Rice Don Baylor and Dwight Evans hit Home runs to Power a 14-hit attack by the red sox. Rice who drove in two runs also rapped two doubles. Wade Boggs added a triple double and single and Bill Buck Gerhad three 7, royals 1 Kansas City to. Charlie Hough tossed three hit Ball for 8vi innings and reliever Dale Mohor Cic tied a major league record in getting the final out As Texas downed Kansas cily. Hough 10-8, ended his four game losing Streak. He threw a run scoring wild Pilch in the first inning but went on to retire in straight Bailers. Mohorcic tied the record set by los Angeles Mike Marshall in 1974 by pitching in his 13th straight game. Blue jays 4, White sox 1 Toronto Lloyd Moseby connected for a two run Homer and Joe Johnson pitched eight Strong innings a Toronto Beai Chicago for is fifth straight Victor Johnson 3-1, shut out the visiting White sox on five hits for eight innings before leaving after allowing a Lead off single in the ninth. Yankees 5, mariners 2 new York Don malting a and Dave Winfiel hit two run homers and new York broke a three game losing Streak by beating Seattle. Winfield hit his Jools career Home run and his 19th of the season in the second inning to put the Yankee ahead 2-0. Mal Tingry hit his 23rd Home run in the third off Mike Moore 7-11. Brewers 6, indians 3 Cleveland Rob Deer and Ernest riles hit three run homers and Bill Wegman combined with iwo relievers on a six hitter As Milwaukee last in the Al East Gorback 10.500 by beating Cleveland riles connected in the second inning and Deer hit his 2sllt in the third giving the visiting Brewers a 5-0lead. Wegman 4-9, gave up five hits and did not walk a Batter in seven innings. Dan Plesac went 1 is innings Fortis loth save. Scott Bailes 9-b, took the loss
