European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 12,1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 Hahn golfer leads Safe tourney Branske fires one sub Par opening round by Ben Abram suit writer Torreon a Spain Don Branske. Who plays "99.5 per cent of my Golf at Hahn took a liking to the Torrejon Golf course Here tuesday and turned in a one under Par 71 to Lake inc tint Day Lead in the open division of the Safe championship. The Csc Fred Mills playing out of Raff Stein fired a 74 to grab a one stroke head Over defending Champion Bob Rodriguez of the Mac and Zargoza in the master s division and Tina Anderson in Alcon Bury golfer representing the ., shot a 78 to move out in front of the women s Competition. The first three open division and Marten perform ers and the top two women competitor in this tournament which rum through Friday qualify for the air Force worldwide tournament at Eglin fab Flau Start ing aug. 28. Branske leads the .1 Ron membrillo by one stroke and his Hahn teammate Dave Raymond by two. Alconbury s Membrilla turned in two nine of 36 for his Par equating 72, and Raymond went Over Par by a shot on the front nine and matched it on the Back for a 73. This ii a fantastic course Branske said. It it much different than Hahn which is a Short nine Hole course and in t in the condition that Torrejon is. 1 hit Noll hurdles apparent loss of no. J pick by the associated press Rod Woodson the Pittsburgh Steeles first round draft pick and a no show at training amp planned to travel to Europe to compete in a track meet but sleepers coach Chuck Noll said be does t care. Good Noll said monday at St. Vincent College where since july 26 the teeters have been training for the 1987 nil season. He s in his life s wort. I Don t want to know anything about Guys that Aren t Here. His schedule is his scheduler Woodson s agent Eugene Parker said the for Mer Purdue comeback will return to the dotted nil Roundup stale at Toon As he has a contract with the steel in but until then he plans to pursue a career in the 110-meter High hurdles. Holding out now that tight end Rod Bernstine. 24th Over All draft Choice has failed to obey san Diego s ultimatum to report to Camp or be traded the chargers Are softening their stance. We want Bernstine with the chargers Al Ortmayer director of football operations for the nil club did monday. But Ralph Cindrich Burnstine s agent said we re about at a Walkaway Point right now. We re dose on lot of things and we re going to give it one More shot. But i think that s n. Sling up Tony Eason who led the new England Patri ots to the 1986 super bowl signed a one year contract for a reported 875.000 plus incentives that could put his boost his pay Over $ i million. He made $450,000 last year. The St. Louit cardinals signed defensive end Al Bubba Baker to a one year contract Worth reported $250,000. Baker led the team with 10 Tacki Lail season. The cardinals also announced that nine year Veteran offensive guard Joe Bostic had agreed to terms. The Cleveland Browns announced the signing of first round pick Mike Junkin. The former Duke linebacker had been holding out. Second round pick Ray Berry a linebacker from Baylor we to begin workout tuesday morning after signing a series of one year Coo tracts with the Minnesota Vikings. The Ball straight at the Hole All Day. The whole game was there my drives were Good 1 h it 14 greens and i putted fairly Well. I made a couple of Good really Good Birdie putts. One was about 18 feet on the sixth Hole and the other was a 15 to 20-Fooier on 16." Branske bogeyed the fourth and fifth holes three putting the latter for his one three putt Green of the Day. Membrilla said i got it up and Down All Day. Iwasyn t really satisfied with my driving but i chipped quite Well and putted great. I had about a 20-Fooler for i Birdie on 15.1 had Only 28 put which i thing was super for this course. The greens Are Slick and you have to read them Well to do any decent  defending Champion Jim goodnight of the Csc and Ramstein was six strokes off the Pace following the first Day s action. Between the leaders and him were the , a Jim Carey and the Csc s Mike Arnold with 74s, the us Jack Clark with a 75, and the  S Bob Taylor and Dave Carlson and the macs Charles Morgan and Tom Overby with 76s. I played very steady game All Day. I did t do anything spectacular Mali said of his first Day Mas Ter 9 Lead. I drove Well 1 went to the Green Well and inputted Well. It was a very satisfactory Day. I la take exactly three More like that Birdie Wise it was a very frustrating Day for Rodriguez who has won four of the last five Safe Mas Ter s championships. He could t buy a putt. I cannot remember when i failed to get at least one Birdie Rodriguez said i had the putts on line All Day but i was leaving All of them  the Csc Bill Williams 76. Mike Connors and Glen Gehlker the macs Bob Higginbotham and the - s John Creason All at 77 and the macs Jim Cook 78 Are in closest Pursuit of the master s Leaden. The 78 was Anderson s first sub so score in tournament Competition and she was ecstatic. I feel great really great she said. I made Only one Birdie All Day but i played a very steady game. I was hitting All of my shots and made Only a couple of mistakes. Anderson holds a five stroke Lead Over her  Teammate Pat Hauck of Wethersfield. Hauck Eagle the Par-5 fourth Hole with a drive nine Iron and 10 foot pull. "1 made that Good putt for the Eagle and another id footer for n Birdie on 10, but they were about the Only Good putts i had All Day. I three putted seven holes including the last three and that really  she finished with an 83, and the Csc Ellen con nors playing out of Span Dahlem was in third place with an 89. It was terrible out there. I could t do anything right Connors lamented. Wisher be Zouzias dominate /s Mannix keeps Pace Bydon Sauer Start writer Ramstein Germany if the Csc s top pair of Rich Wisher and Rick be Zouzias constitute company then Dave Mannix of the  Conference would dearly love to make it a crowd. Continental sports conference titty Holder Wisher and runner up be Zouzias regarded As favourites for this year s Safe Tennis championships open singles Crown breezed to opening match victories tuesday. Equally impressive though Given a tougher tight be fore prevailing was Mannix. The left handed Wisher bounced Don Knight of the Mediterranean sports conference 6-0, 6-1. A Emutan also a Southpaw did it in reverse order 6-1, 6-0 against tray valmont of the  In one of the better matches on a perfect Day for Tennis sunny and warm with Light breezes  Champion Man Nix a Veteran of several Safe tournaments had to work hard for a 6-4, 6 3 Triumph Over Csc no. 6 Mike Fowler. In a Day that produced Date Mai mix no surprises the other open Champion Paul Farrow from the Mac outlasted the Csc s no. 5 Curt Cavern 7-6 8-66-3, but did t display the Power game to indicate he could Challenge the three top contenders. If 1 can play Wisher in this year s tournament i la be quite satisfied said Mannix who last year rallied from the Brink of defeat to Stop Wisher in the Quarter finals this time he must get past four time air fire worldwide team member be Zouzias in the semifinals Here to get that Opportunity. Wisher and Peroulas despite the one sided scores of their matches each had Praise for his opponent it was a Good match did Wisher stationed with the 3slh tac missile Wing at Wuesch Heim just North of Hahn a. He Knight hit a lot of Good shots and it was really a much better match than the cores indicated said the 30-year-old serve and vol Ley specialist who played four years at Limestone College Iri Gaffney s.c., before coming into the service. Be Zouzias a 25-year-old who prefers the  for Hii full repertoire of shots said of valmont he s a Good player. He just gave away a lot of Points on or us aft Tennis it was a tougher match than the scores indicated added the nco1c for the cargo movement Section at the 66th trans so at Sembach a. I believe i m ready now my game is in a lot better shape than at the Csc tournament. I beat wish or on saturday 6-1,6-4, but practice does t count does it he said with a Grin. Mannix had too Many shots and proved a bit More consistent in prevailing Over Fowler in a Battle of serve and Volley. Farrow s quickness and a bit More consistency turned the tide against Cavern who like Fowler was playing his second match of the Day. Cavern rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the opening set to tie it at 5-5, but two games later Farrow prevailed b-6 in the tie break and went on to dominate the second set. Others to gain the open division quarterfinals were James Sisneros of the Mac Mark Mumaw and Jay Thill of the  And George Boyle from the Csc. Mumaw was the Only one forced to three sets edging Richan Boyd of the Mac 5-7,6-3,6-3. Action was lighter in the other divisions but one of the highlights was a near three hour masters division 40 Yean and Over struggle in which Mac title Holder Dave else Ridge outlasted . Garrelt of the  6-2, 3-6,6-2 to gain the semifinals. It takes us older Fellows a Tittle while longer to gel things done said a smiling Elveridge who lost to eventual Champion bin go Daniel of the  In last year s semifinals. Daniel the Lakin health dentist who once played collegiate Tennis at Texas tech. Drew an opening round Bye. Also posting a masters quarterfinal Triumph was  Tom Lightfoot of the Csc and Greg Luchers and James my Lunid of the  Triumphed in seniors division 35-39 years action to reach the quarterfinals. Luehrs needed three sets to Best rip Bowdon of the Csc 6-4, a 6-2. Defending Champion Roger White of the  And Ben Waier and 1986 runner up Bill  from the Csc and Wiesbaden both Drew opening round byes. Sue Gillespie of the Csc. Lisa Rayburn and Ann Wellon of the  And Jennifer Perry of the Mac gained the quarterfinals. Welton and Ruby St Chonai Lis of the Csc staged a near three hour Marathon with the former rallying fora 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 Triumph. Play begins at 10 . Today with the men s open quarterfinals. Scheduled to action for the first time re top ranked players in the seniors masters and women s divisions