European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. December 23. 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 25 America s cup Luster dims in Freo to some even s one Greaf bloody fizz a . Australia up George a retired Longshoreman Anih led Down the stairs from his room at the newly remodeler Fri Manlic hotel and gruffly Wurt cd out to the reporter. The whole Lown s been spoiled George turned in his tracks and disappeared Back up inc stairs. Apparently Ion angry 10 answer any More question1,. Across inc Road watchmaker Bill Mir. 57. Looked out from his shop Onlo the virtually empty sidewalks Oft Ligh Street in the heart of Ilio America s cup port town and wondered where have All the customers gone As far us i m con Rik disc America s cup has Heen i big n Fremantle. A town i tilt by convicts in inc Early i Loos and now Host to the world s greatest sailing Axilla some folks v. Ish the America s up would go away. Anil although a i a minority View of the town s 33.0uo Molly Consi Taine Huluc Collar residents it s one that triggers a flood of emotions among a Small Cross Section of the population who were happiest when Freo was a sleepy though rundown Backwater on inc Indian Ocean. The complaints include the displacement of hundreds of elderly persons who were forced out of Low rent hotel rooms to make a for renovations aimed at Belling top Dollar from an expected flood of International tourists Many local businessmen have left Fremantle be cause they could t afford jacked up rents for build Ings now transformed into dozens of trendy restau rants and offices for the foreign syndicates vying for the Price of Beer and Coffee have skyrocketed and traffic jams and inc Scarcity of parking arc blamed for keeping Many local residents away from the Central shopping District. Complaints also arc growing Over the biggest of All economic factors of the America s cup tourism. It is becoming increasingly evident that projections of tourists visit my Western Australia during the lengthy cup Competition from october to february arc proving Cabarras Only optimistic. Yes. It has Hoen a disappointment so far and milled heroic Hoyt is president of the Fremantle chamber of Commerce. It is definitely Down on the estimates bul we Hope it will pick taxi Driver Paul Van Den held. 3h, said the stale government put out an urgent Call earlier in the year Lor 1,000 taxis 10 work curl sively on the cup Trade. Now that number is Down to 300 taxis and most of those arc standing Idle. We Are struggling Van Den Appato stately procession of cup has t produced the Stream of profits Fremantle s merchants hoped for. In id says. The America s cup has been a big bust. I blame the state government. They overreacted and did t do Isdr Homework As far As the numbers of people com ing for the cup. The Only America cup Trade i be had is picking up news people and the staff of the the unexpectedly Low visitor turnout has prompted Hor Ford shows Promise in Long delayed debut Miami a ally Hugh his team lost Tito horford1. Lisl College Basket Ball game for Miami held prompts of a winning future. Hor Ford s going to he Dart Mouth coach Paul Cormier said sat urday night after his team spoiled the 7 foot-1 freshman s debut with an 88-86 Victory. Hor Ford scored 17 Points and Ted Miami in rebounds with 10, assists with eight and blocked shots with two. He hit eight of 19 shots from the floor and one of five from the foul line. This is not going to be my Best Gimme Hor Ford promised thai s just As. Well. Hurricanes coach Bill Foster said. The worst thing that could have happened is that Tito would gel about 30 Points Foster said if he had had a Blowout opener where would he go from there the game which ended an in month forced Layoff from College Competition for Hor Ford. Dropped Miami s record to 1-5. Hor Ford Mosi impressive in passing to teammates when lie was double and triple teamed was nol deflated by the loss. I wanted to win hut i m not that disappointed he said. We won t lose that Many games playing the Way we did tonight. Ever body on inc team is going to keep getting better. Things will be Dartmouth. J-2, was led by a 40-Poinl performance from Jim Barton. The big Green also got 2 Points from Lett Banc Lak and 12 from Bryan Randall. The new three Point Field goal made the difference As Dartmouth hit 12 of 24 from three Point Range six each by bar ton and Bazelak. Eric Brown led the hurricanes with 23 Points. Kevin Presto had 12 and Tim Dawson 11. Hor Ford one of the most highly re cruised players in the country two years ago played High school Ball in Houston and enrolled at the University of hous ton in 1985. The Mcaa ruled him ineligible because of recruiting violations by the cougars so he transferred to Louisi Ana stale. He left Lii after an argument with coach Dale Brown and came to Miami last january. The no a ruled him ineligible at Miami until the end of the first semester because he had accepted room and Board and expense Money while playing on a club team in the dominican Republic his Home country. Miami s Tito Hor Ford. Going to be great hotels to slash rates and operators of the Tuci of spectators boats who hoped to charge $50 a Day have now More than halved their a look out the front now says Walth maker Miro motioning from his shop to the nearly deserted High Street. You can Sec How empty the town it s Only Days before Christmas and this Street should he packed.""1 always said the America s cup would he one great bloody fi/7lc, and that s exactly Whai it has been. I think the excitement is . If inc kiwis win you can kiss the pc Nige of the America s cup goodbye. If Sny country other than the United Stales wins it it will just Librn into another yacht the Fremantle hold where topless barmaids poured Beer before a More conservative new zealand group took Over inc hostelry task year. Cniikk1 Mitchell 73. Wearing a pork pie hat sized up his face Lei. Inward the cup."1 have no interest in the cup whatsoever. I had an Opportunity to have a look Al inc yachts the other Day. But i would t walk from Here to the a incr Side of the Road for it it just does t suit me. 1 love horse raves eating meal pics and drink ing but cookie who used to unload wheat for a living says the cup will be a Good thing for Fremantle. If Australia can retain it is permanent then i think it s Gand for fre Mantle. But. If the cup leaves in will he like a ghost the new restaurants will go hike and fre Mantle will revert Back to its sleepy old Fremantle became Home to the America s cup three years ago the Federal government Lias poured $20 million into the a dramatic transformation dilapidated old hotels and other buildings of the victorian and georgian periods have been completely renovated and turned into my scum like show pieces with sparking new Coats of Pai no. Many of the 30 new restaurants Hae a european flavor to reflect the multinational c up Competition and some provide Breezy Mulc outdoor dining on the warm nights of the Southern Hemi sphere s must be the Pelt inst Little Pon in the says Gordon Vickers. Most ports just grow old and nobody Al the old railway station and the a Rand House which used to be the convict prison and that hotel used to be a dive. They re Beautiful now if we lose the cup they re not going i car the buildings Down. Ii will still Ca Hounsl 8/ffner ends w. German cup drought Hinte Stoder. Austria a unheralded Armin dinner scored his first world cup ski Victory sunday giving West Germany its first men s slalom Triumph on the circuit in seven a ars. The 22-year-old Bittner was limed in i minute 50.14 seconds for his two runs with Veteran Bojan Krizaj of Yugoslavia second in 1 50.94. Italy s Oswald Tomisch finished third in 1 51.10. Richard or Nolton of Italy finished sixth and took the Lead in inc Overall world cup standings with 118 Points after 13 races six Points ahead of Switz Erland s Pirrin Zurbriggen. Zurbriggen failed to finish he first heal flagged with 69 gales on Artif Kal Snow. Other favourites among the 79 starters who either fell or were disqualified included swedish Veteran Ingemar Slen Mark and Mark us Wasmeier of West Germany. Bul Wasmeier remained third Overall with 104 Points. Krizaj s showing enabled him to re place Lenmark As the world cup slalom Leader after four rates. has 69 Points nine ahead of Stenmark. Bilinear s Victory gave him 3s slalom Points and lifted him into third place. He is 11th in inc Overall standings. I just cannot believe he said
