European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 in Pickin s coach labels 8-Man football a joke playing eight Man football in t the Best thing for the bin engr conference. It s almost a joke something like playing three Man basketball on a full court or five Man soccer or a one pitch softball tour the speaker was Steve Scnill shape football coach who following his team s tint venture into inc eight Man Field last week against Brussels was taking exception to the claim that Brussels going into eight Man football u the Only Way we could maintain our Bennor conference Structure and that is a primary made by commissioner Loy Morrow two weeks ago. Sherrill claims that eight Man is a completely Dif Ferent game and that the 11-Man team coming into such a game is at a decided disadvantage. It s an entirely different game Sherrill said. It definitely is advantageous to the eight Man team. For instance Brussels is using the eight Man formal All the Lime and can develop a set offence of you have just a couple of Good kids you can do quite All right. And Brussels has a really Good kid in Quarter Back Keith Phillips As a couple of other really big players it took us three Days to set up our game plan for Brand. My players All had completely different play and assignment to learn. It was � Complete deviation from the routine. Also we came Olfan 11 Man game against accent and did t get an Opportunity to work on our real game and make any Nec Essary revisions. Then this week we go right Back Inlo an 11-Man game at Lakenheath and we almost have to Slart from the beginning again Sherrill added. Hahn Mentor Daryl mood echoed Sherri s words i remember a few years Back when we Only had about 20 players on our team but we played 11-Manfootball. We took some beatings but we also won some games. It s an entirely different game going 10 eight Man. A coach Mig have some big kids who can play in the line on an. 11-Man Cam while they would be lost in eight Man because they Aren t Quick enough to adapt to the game mood said. Sherrill also was Puzzle because he said that Brussels had 19 players last year and inc two teams played an 11-Man varsity game and an 11-Man a game. This year Brussels brought is players to shape for the eight Man game. He added that shape has a 42-Man roster but said that s because we never Cut any body at shape. I could Cut my squad Down to the 20 or 25 Best players. But 1 feel despite the fact thai some four younger smaller players would be belter off in the shape youth program where they would get More game experience that if they want to try to play High school football Well keep them on the also pointed out that Brussels always has been quite Small but that the school had an excellent football program when Mike Lasalle was coaching thai the brigands had won two straight league championship and one playoff title with Only a slightly bigger enrolment Lasalle is a civilian who owned a couple of bars in Brussels and some people objected 10 a Saloon keeper coaching a High school Levoi. Others claimed he was too football minded and a was dropped. Morrow indicated in he previous column that Spe Sterberg and Bonn were checking into the possibility of going the eight Man route if it should be come necessary because of numbers but Bonn has played 11-Man football against Hahn and Soester bet this year. I Hope Bonn and Oesterberg can continue to play 1 1-Man football the Resl of the season because changing in mid season in t really the proper thin to do Sherrill said. I suggested that those schools slay with 11-Man football and play the big schools Jav teams if they thought they could t handle vanity status but that was turned Down. Perhaps a better program would have been for Brussels Bonn and Oesterberg go eight Man from the Start and play each other Home and Home for an eight Man championship and let the big four shape is accent and Hahn do the same for their championship. Under the current arrangement the Brussels kids really Don t have any thing to shoot for he can t win a league championship and i Don t really see How any of them Ever can be in Contention for All conference recognition not even to mention the thought of stars and stripes All Europe consideration. What statistics arc we going to use choosing the winners apparently in t my cup of Tea. I followed a mediocre 13-8-1 first week with an even worse 12-8-1 log last week. That leaves me with a season record of 25-16-2, .610 re Cord. Far below pre season aspirations. However this week 1 am going to Start that tedious climb Back to respectability with these selections Heidelberg 12, Frankfurt 8 Karen Pauleni 20, Ramstein 18 san Etgart 16, Mannheim 6 Baum older 18, Patch 14 Pitburg 19, Nuernberg 12 Ziti Bracken 16, Wuerzburg 14 Karlsruhe 20, bad Kreuz Nach 16ciesstnxi, bar Lens Ostic Bolz 24, Pallia 12 ansbuhl�,vilseckl4 Munich 24, Bamberg 22 is 33, Bonn 0 Akon Bory 6, London 0 wooded Dot 16, Croughton 14 vlcetut32, 25 Rota 32, tour Jan White 28 Torrejon red 33, Zaragoza 20 Wiesbaden 19, Hanau 14 Brussels 18, accent 8 shape 25, Uke Heath 18 shape is the second Bennor team to Cross the English Channel this year is opened Ai London. Shenill informs that the shape boosters club is picking up most of the lab because this is one of those at no Cost to the government he said that the players contributed to their Cost of the ferry passage. The concern Scnill cd pressed Over selecting the Bennor All conference team at the end of the season bothers me not at All. No one playing eight Man football or playing on a team that plays against an eight Man squad will be considered for the stars and stripes player of the week. I introduced last year the polio of not recognizing right Man Thiim players As potential Sis All Europe players. It still stands. However any player on an 11-Man team is still eligible for such consideration along As the majority of his games arc of the 11-Man format. His eight Man game achievements shall be eliminated from the All Europe statistics. This week the offensive player of the week is Kari she s Pau Eubanks. He rushed for 263 Yards in 26 carries and scored the last touchdown and the two Point conversion As the knights fought Back to to Mansbach 10-10. On defense there is no individual. That recognition goes to the Ansbach team which allowed to Banks to run at will Over most of the Field but nailed him once in the end zone for a safety and stifled him on several other occasions when a touchdown would have meant defeat. The defense contrary to last week s column cannot score on the Mcaa tiebreaker. 1 just missed that Section in the Rales last week and Dodds Ger Many athletic coordinator Tom Leblanc dropped me a note to remind me. Leblanc also said that the Dodds High schools arc using a slight modification and Are kicking off from the 40-Yard line not the 35 As prescribed in the 1986 rules i believe the Kicko twas changed to the 35 by the Mcaa because so Many of the College kickers were booming the Ball out of the end zone and it was necessary. We just Don t have that kind of kicker Sowe Are sticking with the old 40-Yard Kickoff Rule Leblanc said. I have had reports of officials not allowing the Dodds schools to begin i hair games from the 40.1 saw it in fact last week at Patch. If i had t been there and explained the situation the officials were going to go from the 35." once again Dodds a Trneny is experience problems determining a site for the Small school volleyball tournament. The meet is Only a Short time away and no site has been located As yet although Leblanc said thai Munich officials Are checking into the possibility of playing the Host role. The big school meet is at Kaiserslautern. Sites have been determined for inc Cross country events Germany aaa at Heidelberg Germany a at Frankfurt International school Germany a at Munich Bennor at at is and the Centra euro peans at accent. Bookies want mets for Lively series Las vegas Nev a Legal bookmakers Here Are hoping the new York Mett add some spark to world se-1 ties belting by living up to their roles As 8 i favourites Over the Houston astros. A Een Acu playoffs most Oddin Uken agree. I Don t think the astros jul really create the interest in the world series among bettors Mel Esber owner of the Las vegas dub said. The mets with an the press they get will bring the bet tors in for the world the men have the Charisma agreed Sonny Reizner of the Castaway. Tie ecu against either the Angels or red sox would be a Good most sports Book operators Cay. There has been Only sporadic Belling action on the league Playo Fli but expect the vol ume to pick up considerably once both playoffs Are wrapped up. Still betting on the world series pales in comparison to the millions of dollars bet on the super bowl and even has Slough time against weekly National football league Garnet. It comes smack dab in the Middle of football Jimmy Vaccaro sports boo manager at Bally said. People watch the world series but they Don t bet on u. Baseball has Tuch a Long drawn out Mason that it turn people Vaccaro said Many fans who Don t normally bet baseball Donl understand Bow baseball is bet unlike football games where a comparatively simple Point spread a used a baseball team might be cited As a Pltu-160 underdog meaning a bettor would bet $10 to win is 6."baseball still confuses people with the Money line he Laid. Tell someone that a 16-10 favorite Breaks Down to 8-5, they doot understand. If you Tell them the raiders Are a three Point favorite however that bin bookmakers still say there it some Hope however particularly if there is an exciting world series that goes to seven games. Nothing compares to the super bowl but if it goes seven games and two exc ing teams with great pitching and Bitting Are in it it would be like the basketball playoffs. Something of that nature Reizner was More optimistic probably because his sports Book has always booked n Tot . When the world Serien re people come out of the Wood Wonc to bet. On it exber said. It s not like the super Bow but the people that Don t normally bet baseball will bet these games. Well do All television baseball game 2, Nide us Leggtte Serin tit York mete thew Ryan astros,1 in Friday Bambu Tbell go 2, National Cape Sheet a
