European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. May 10, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 269 lifts Benchic into Abc Lead byte Bolvin staff writer Augsburg Germany news Flash Guy gets Lucky thai s what Span Dahlem s Mike Benchic said after saving the Best for last to take Over the singles and All cd cols leads saturday at inc american Bowling con Gress european All Star tournament at he Sheridan Bowling Center Luck Schmuck Bunchie s Luck rested in his s the old saying Talent makes its own Luck that was inc Case with this 28-year-old fair bom Ohio native saturday. Benchic needed a 260 in his last game of the Day to overtake Schweinfurt s Stan Clay for the singles Lead and a 251 to overtake Giessen s Ripper Smith for the All events Lead. But there was t really any Luck o it. Just solid strikes All except for one. Benchic Strung together eight straight strikes before leaving inc 3-pin in the ninth Frame of his last game. He finished with a 269 for a 1272 set on series or 632and 640. That gave him the singles Lead Over Clay who up to that Point led with a 1262. And Benchic s 3572i a game Tola gave him an 1b-pin Lead Over Smith. Bencic did it alter finishing his fifth game with splits in the ninth and 10th frames. Not exactly the kind or Confidence builders the senior airmen needed going in to he last game. After that fifth game a Guy came up o me and said you Only need an 1150. Just throw 12 Good balls so i went out and threw eight in a Row that stayed clean Benchic said. Well not really. The first sin were bul his strike in the seventh Frame had All the makings of a four split something Benchic had been flirting with All Day. Just when the end seemed to be near flashes of the ninth and 10th Frame in the fifth game flashing to Aduja Vul state of mind among the onlookers the pins collapsed. If it was from nothing Rise it was from the sheer drama hanging in the air. All other Bowling atthe Sheridan Center had either finished or slopped to watch this Telephone maintenance Guy try to wire a 300 game. Benchic came Back to blast a solid strike on Lane 20in the eighth Frame but left thai Lousy three on Lane 19 on a Ball that looked just As solid As his other admitted he had been having trouble on 19 ail Day. It seemed like the left lanes were Lough All through the tournament he said. Still it seemed like a cruel method of payback but Benchic did t care. He knew his Luck would have Socatch up with him sooner or later. A1 least this time it was t in the ninth and told frames. I got 99,000 Breaks said Benchic not seen dutch ing a four Leaf Clover bul certainly acting like he wanted one "1 was very Lucky All the 10 pins it ii. Eve when i was t in the Pockl inc 10 Benchic said his Bowling saturday was a reversal of his efforts the first iwo Days in the team and doubles events. My first two Days i missed 16 spares Benchic said. But i got stronger and the Csc and i Safe 18 game sets helped me because every any got Betler. Iwasyn t throwing that Good of a Ball but the pins Benchic s Strong finish overshadowed Kirch Goen Smike Allen s Tough Effort in i m singles. Allen had a 579 first series then Strung together 205-23il-j3sgames for a 674 final 5eru" Tonish wild a 1253 set that earned him third place its. J Benchic and Clay. On another Day Allen s 674 would be the big news but Benchic s teetering on the Edge of a 300 game took the spotlight away from Allen Benchic s efforts still have to stand up against he Bowling of Heidelberg s two title masters Champ. Jack Paxton and the defending masters Champ Fred fingers Walton who kick off the toughest shift of Bowling Hombres Wilh the team event sunday. They Lecompete in doubles monday and finish up with singles tuesday. Then Well see How Lucky Benchic s blasting really hardship cases find Aba Tough by Hal Bookap Sporta writer it used to be called the hardship draft. The term was never More appropriate ban now. The difference College undergraduates who turn to pro basketball these Days Are finding their hardships in then a. People Don t understand How go odour league has become said Marty Blake who operates the Aba s Ops Outing service. Maybe the players have. Maybe they figure they Aren Tready to go against the pros for Haj reason fewer underclassmen arc declaring themselves eligible for the Aba draft. In the last five years 48 undergraduates have entered the draft but in the Days leading up to Friday night s dead line for 1987 filings Only Vincent Askew of Memphis slate Norris Coleman of Kansas state and Derrick my they of Ala Bama asked Cut. Pittsburgh s Charles Smith the a Bie East Center said he would file and then changed his mind. Derrick Mckey of Al Obama the Southeastern conference player of the year chose to stay i school but when tide officials said Fri Day he could t play his senior year be cause of dealings with an agent he entered the draft. The hardship draft first was instituted by the Aba in 1971, so named because College undergraduates were supposed to show financial hardship to be pretence Long since has been dropped bul of her pretences still exist. They include instant Fame and for tune Freedom from exams and Power Over one s own destiny. Too often in re cent past however pretence has Given Way to failure. And frequently those who fail realize later it was t by their own decision. A lot of agents go out and encourage kids to come out agent Bob Wolff they lion t come out on their Oun. Rarely does a Guy come out who does t have somebody advising him Lodo to 1981, the first three players select Din the Aba draft were undergraduates Mark Aguirre of Depaul picked by Dallas Josiah Thomas of Indiana who went to Detroit and Buck Williams of Maryland chosen by new Jersey. In 1982, North Carolina s James worthy went no. I to the los Angeles lakers Mcpaul s Terry Cummings was chosen no. 2 by san Diego an Georgia s Dominique Wilins was picked no. 3 by Utah then traded to Atlanta. Seven of the first nine players could have stayed in College. In 1983, the Early entry class yielded five of the first 14 picks. In 1984, a seem Olajuwon left hous ton a year Early As a no. I pick of the Houston rockets. North Carolina s Michael Jordan was the no. 3 pick by Chi Cago and Charles Berkley departed a Burn for Philadelphia As the fifth selection. Five undergraduates went in the first round in 1985 and five More in 1986. Not every undergraduate though is magic Johnson or a Jordan or an Olajuwon. Stardom or even Success can take longer. Ask Wayman Tisdale the three Lime Alt american fro i Oklahoma who sting de with the Indiana pacers after leaving College a year Early. People look and Sec that More anymore rookies Aren t playing a lot said Rick Sund director of player personnel for the Maverick the pros Are trying to encourage kids to stay in school. If they do they come in More polished and More kids drafted As seniors Lake two or three years to get going in the Jerry West Hall of Fame player and general manager of the los Angeles Lak ers. For an underclassman it May Lake four years and maybe the team has this did t seem to deter some of Tasi year s Washburn left North Carolina stale and was the third player drafted picked by the Golden state warriors. He admitted to a drug problem in mid sea son spent Lime in a rehabilitation Center and played just 35 stale s William Bedford was the sixth pick selected by Phoenix. Injuries slowed him and he was subpoenaed in the grand jury drug investigation of the team. He average Etc 6.7 Points in 50 games. A photo Argentina s Gahr Itla Subrini celebrates her first Victory Over Martina Novra Lilova. Sabatini stuns Navratilova Graf also gains italian final Rome a fourth seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina Defeated struggling Martina Navratilova saturday and advanced to the final of the $150,000 italian open against Steff Graf. The 16-year-old Sabatini played nearly flawless Baseline Tennis in beating the top seeded Navratilova 7-6 7-26-t. On the slow Clay Center court of the Foro Lla Lico. Graf a 17-year-old German who is the no. 2 seed overpowered third seeded Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6 3 to win her 26th straight match. Sabatini beat Navratilova for the first Lime after five defeats. Navratilova the world s top ranked player now has failed to win any of the four tournaments she has entered ii year. And she has lost Mare matches this year than All of 1986, when she dropped Only three. Sabatini ranked no. 9 in the world rallied from a 2-5 deficit in the first set to outclass Navratilova before a vocal sell out crowd of 8,000, an sports television Aba playoffs Atlanta Hawk at de troit pistons or be stun celtics a Mil Waukee Bucks 7 . Sunday. Radio baseball California Angels at bos Ion Hud soil 7 , sunday Aba playoffs los Angeles take sat Golden state warriors Midnight Sun Day
