European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 17,1988 the stars Ano stripes pre pickins no love letters in the Sand or Pool they we rent actually love letters in the Sand 1 received concerning the column i did on the european forces swim league competitors ram ing High school varsity letters two weeks ago. Parents coaches and Fesl officials made a big splash intimating that i did t think swimming was an accepted sport claiming i should have been sex lolling the Virtues of inc Fesl thai granting of varsity letters was not a violation of Dodds regulations and my insistence on adhering to the rules was wrong among other things. It was claimed that. Participation require ments for Fesl people earning a varsity letter will be twice As stringent As for other sports. That participation in practice should be 100 percent of the time. I Don t know of any Dodds coach who does t insist on his athletes making practices practice games Etc Etera. It was also pointed out that there arc some coaches at some Dodds schools who Are not Dodds faculty members. That is True. However a Dodds faculty member has to be a sponsor in that Case to handle Alt administrative duties. The one Point Ihm most of the idler writers apparently missed was the statement i made saying that i Felt the swimmers should be rewarded for their endeavours to wit there is no doubt Tut participants from the 18 clubs that comprise the Fesl practice diligently train sincerely and compete �1lh intensity. Tiey certainly should it rewarded for heir strenuous endear ors but not with High school varsity  the reason being of course that the Swimme Sweren t swimming for their schools. And so Sandmy ground. There Are two sides to every Coin. Several administrators and coaches the people who really know what effect the awarding of letters to non High school athletes will have called to Laud the column. The Tetter writers were so intent on getting their Point across thai they neglected to report the results of the european forces championships last week at Munich. The Berlin Bear-a-cuda5 won the team championship with 1,333 Points. The shape seals finished second with 1.298 and inc Kaiserslautern Kingfish placed third with 1,281. It looks like Torrejon s loss will be London s gain. Although the . Does t have to vacate Torres Nab until 1991, Torrejon High school will lose in dorm students in september according to Dodds Mediterranean director Robert Manring that s definite Manring said when 1 visited his office but week during the Spain High school Basket Ball tournament. Starting this fall our dorm will be closed and the kids will be going to London , we will continue to operate like we have in the  Manring Dave Labuhn Dodds Mcd special projects coordinator and i also chatted briefly about the eight Man football program Ini Italy and the changes necessary for the Italy football players to earn stars and stripes All Europe recognition or a least consideration. Labuhn pointed out Hal nothing had been decided officially but reducing the size of the Field was being considered. He also said that playing Day  at Vicenza and Naples was being checked in to As a Way of reducing transportation Choju. Reducing the size of the Field would be one Means of giving credence la such All Europe consideration. Spain coaches picked their nil conference performers prior to the Dodds a incr season end ing basketball tournament. Chosen for the girls team were Ilham Chamine Sonya Stoos and Juliet Perkins from Champion Rota Zaragoza s Tina Price and Torrejon s katrina Hollo Way. Making the boys squad were Andre Richardson and Craig Heartter of Torrejon Chris Botolinski and Nice hindi of Rota and Zaragoza s Ben Carpenter. The Turkey coaches also have submitted their All conference teams closing the Book on Hal topic. Chosen for inc girls team were Ankara s Heather Almborg and Jackie Lapchuk in Ciurlik s Crystal Robinson and Christine Lashway and Izmir s Ste Phanie Reynolds. Ankara s Gary Evans and Ronny Zirm Ankara Woody Hodges and Dion William and Izmir s Jose Cabana were named to the boys squad. Several coaches have turned in stars and stripes Alt Europe nomination since last week. Those who Haven t and might want to do so have another week to get them to the sport desk. No Telephone Calls please. Tabulations at the end of the Winter sports Campaign show rams Cin Gie a n and Munich leading both the boys and girls divisions in the irrespective leagues in the Dodds Germany Alt sports Corn petition. Rams Cin leads the aaa girls standings with 387.5 Points and the boys Competition with 545, Thegla Ssan boys have scored 490 Points and inc girls have tallied 330 in a Central action. Munich s boy shave racked up 520 Points and the girls 390 in a South reckoning. The Patch girls and Nurnberg boys Lead the a standings with 370 and 520 Points respectively. Loyola rides fast Lane into Mcaa tourney by berm Wilson los Angeles a Paul West head s fast break has reached classical proportions at Loyola mar mount using a blend of transfers from Urcla and Southern Cal and players returning from what was the worst team in the West coast athletic conference tast sea son the Lions have become the country s most productive major College basketball team. They have the longest winning Streak 24 games and the top scoring average around 110 Points per game. That s a 3-Point shot Short of the Aba s los Angeles lakers who happen to practice at Loyola Mary mount s Gers in Pavilion and used 10 be coached by was Licad. Weslh cad a shakespearean scholar favors programmed rapid offensive exe cution. Quoting from Macbeth he draws this correlation if it were done when tis done then there Well it were done  so wellhead is not surprised with i ther the Streak or the scoring average. We Are a totally committed fast break team Westhead said. Our win Ning and losing ultimately resides in Howell we run the Ball. We think we run it very very Well. The combination of scoring and win Ning is Ideal. If we had to choose we rather win than score he added. Out that s not going to happen to us because we can Only win by scoring. That s All we know How 10  the Lions last toss was 117-116 in overtime at Long Beach slate on dec. 13.they enter Mcaa tournament play against Wyoming on Friday 27-3 Overall after going 14-0 in the wac a Confer ence of eight Small private universities that is usually overshadowed by the Pac-10 and Pacific coast athletic  Lions allow almost 92 Points a game but was Licad 49-30 in his third year sit leu says that s hardly an indictment of their defense. Our offence is so Quick in firing shots that we shoot the Ball less than seven seconds after Possession was head said. Well make or miss Fiat Means you re going to have the Ball  you play against us you automatically have Many Many More posses Sions to score than you would in what would be considered a Normal game. So if you have Many Many More posses Sions it should i be surprising that a team that gets say 65 Points in their nor Mal game now gets 90. H s like they replaying a game and a  Loyola Mary mount was 12-16 tast year and last in the wac Al 4-10.the addition of Point guard Corey games from Urcla and Center Hank Galen and shooting guard to Kimbl Efrom us All of wham Sal out last year under Transfer rules has been  example Forward Mike Youst the co leading scorer in the wac last year at 19.3 Points is fourth on the team this year Al 17.1, behind gathers 22.6kimble 19.7 and quincs 18,9. But the Lions depend just As much ony Oei. Forward Mark Armstrong and Junior guard Enoch Simmons. Youst and Armstrong the league s co leading re Bounder last year Are four year starters. The three new additions were All a crucial positions wellhead said. Thai s an obvious change. The other seven though we went through a Digap Loyola Mary mount s pull Westhead. Totally committed to fast break pointing year last year  key Guys Back so we have three very experienced players meeting up with three Brand new players with a whole Bunch of Talent. It s like equals meeting equals. It s Hie perfect  gathers inside play hit earned him the nicknames Hank the Bank and paint he agrees that the three trans fers Aren t solely responsible for Loyola Mirit Ioune s  and Mark Are the Backbone of the learn. We probably could t function without them. We play roles and they Arete leaders gathers said. Gathers and Kimble Are Sophomore from Philadelphia where Westhead played Al St. Joseph s and coached Al Pasalic longhorns Don t Lack candidates Austin tews