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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 11.1967 the stars and stripes Page 25 Graf boats Sabatini for italian title Rome a Steffi Graf of Germany ranked no. 2 in the world Defeated Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 7-5, 4-6. 6-0 to Winthe italian open women s Tennis tournament sunday. The Victory Wii Graf 27th straight and gave to a fifth tournament title in a Row. Sabatini seeded fourth had knocked out top seeded Martina Navratilova on saturday. At the outset of sunday s play however Graf Chance s appeared dim. She fed behind 2-5 in the firs set and the 16-year-old Argentine had tour set Point the 17-year-old Graf dug in however and found her  kept her Pov Kerful forehand in the Conn to no out at 7-5, with the packed crowd cheering tar on Santini rapped cd and found her Yunc . A Toto by Chi into of Ujj however in a a matted by five service Breaks but or Tontini prevailed and won 6-4,, who bad not won in five previous matches Between the too Tat her tame completely in to third let. Graf breezed through to win 6-0 and end the nearly two her veto by was Worth j 30.000. Israeli upsets Mecir in final Tokyo a Amos mans Doit of Imel no upset top seeded Jimmy Connor a the tint round beat second seeded Milos us Mic ctr of Czechoslovakia 6-2,6-4 sunday and won the men s sin Gles title u the $200,000 Gunz world Tennis tournament. In the Al american women final Zion Gannon Defeated pm Shriver 6-7 4-76-1. 6-j Ramstein s Nofs capture Lead in Abc team event Boytim Boivin staff writer Augsburg Germany a Bunch of Bowling clowns from Ramstein calling themselves the non Bowling fools took Over first place in the american Bowlin Congress european ail stars learn event sunday with one shift of bowlers led. The Nofs did it by strafing 4812 pins a 200 average and that was enough to insure the two time defending Champion Vogel Weh a team would Noi repeal this year. The a Tea vol which qualified All four of its bowlers for the masters last year the first team Ever to do so stands in third place with a 4614 192 average. In second Are the we Bruecken Sher Pas with 40b3 195 average. The Sher Pas known for guiding expeditions up the Himalaya mountains Are known for scaling some Lough Heights these Sherpa were no different As they followed the guide of Ron Tillman who threw a 702 series the first 700 series of his life. But it still was t enough to reach the Peak of the Nofs led by a 1303 Effort from unlink ask Anchor Mike Abdul Smith the Nofs picked a the Slack when the court Jester of the pm. Rick Joachim stong bottomed out with a 1049 Effort his 175 average was the Only average on the team that was t above 200. I was bad. I tried 11 different lines 75,000 different speeds to balls and i still never lined up stong said jokingly after the set. Gut thai did t Mailer because Bis three teammates were Busy making their own adjustments and those tinkering were successful enough to hide stong s weak link. Witness Randy a Ahmaad Corey who finished with a 1225 for a 204 aver age "1 watched the shift in front of us and they were working the inside. I tried that and it  the team he watched on the prior shift was another rams Cin squad the Pentagon Federal credit Union team. After posting a 4569 to claim first place following the first contingent of three squads of bowlers sunday team Captain Anchor sponsor and chief bottle Washer Ron Nelson said a Don t know Ifil will hold up but if it does to i Hope the a team keeps the title in the a town area. 1 sponsor them in the travelling  the a team tried bul it was t lie one that gave the title Refuge in the Kaiserslautern metropolitan area with one shift of bowlers left to go later sunday night the a team bowled consistent enough with three 1100s and Jerry Neffs 1201, but it was t consistently spectacular like the Nofs. How spectacular try three successive 800 games the Nofs put together in the Middle of their set to set off the fire works. The a team could Only Nab two goo games As did the Heidelberg solids who stood in fifth place. Nobody else had More than one. Each 800 game by the Nofs featured a Strong finish by Mike Muhammad Garncarz the Cadott Man and Smith the Anchor. The Jbf opence their Day with nondescript 744, but followed that with solid s3i, 811. 866, 787 and 773 games. In the 866 High game Smith finished with eight strikes and a 258 game to Dath any Hopes the a team or Sherpa May have had of catching up. He was helped out when Garncarz tossed in a 244, Bis High game of the set in the 787 game Garcarz closed Outwith four strikes for a 223 while Smith tallied a 202. It was like that All Day Rij Jii to the finish of the set when Smith had to put a 210 on the Board to put the Nofs Over the 4800 Mark. He snatched a 222 and took a bowlers c Cost la vie Atti tude toward the entire extraordinary turn of events. We Don t worry about the scores around us. There really in t any pres sure. Just throw the Ball and if you make Amigos braves split in a a league Mannheim Germany. The de fending Champion Mannheim Klee Ami Roj who had rallied for two runs in their final torn it inc plate in sunday firs game against the Bamber braves came up Short attempting to come from be Hind in the Nightcap Asir  
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