European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 21,1988 the stabs and stripes Page 25 sports letters Fox stripes should heal themselves Dew editor on june 3,1988,1 read the sports guru Buccy Fox s article sports skinned under aftos i found or. Fox s commentary both enlightening and Well spoken for All sports enthusiasts. However before Buccy attacks his Media counterparts 1 suggest Bucky and stars and stripes re Vatu at their own reporting of sporting events. Can armed services All stars. This was the first Stop for the Usa s top bowlers who Are competing to qualify one woman and one Man to go to the 1988 summer olympics in Korea. This year is the firs year Bowling has been included As an exhibition sport most bowlers were expecting an and arts to show the event but where were stars and stripes sports reporters Bowling despite being America s no. I participation sport got Little coverage and not even an article discussing the significance of the the week Long Competition Here. The stars and stripes representatives did your sports department and the bowl ing communities throughout Europe a great injustice. Ducky keep up the Good constructive criticism of your counterparts. Maybe someday you la practice what you preach crag Disbrow Rhein a in As West Germany an Mode Best decisions dear editor have enjoyed Bucky Fox s commentaries for years and i think the main reason is because sports is As much a pan of the heart As the brain. It Wouldhave to be for some people to keep picking the Yan Keesta win a world championship. Yesterday s column though provoked More than just a few thoughts which i d Tike to share from my heart. During the three plus Yean i spent at an i can t think of anything that was More satisfying than put Ling together a Good radio sportscast. All of us Ron Bruschi Dave Bowen Jane Hendricks would be pulling material and gathering scores right up until air time. I remember times when i was jumping into the Booth As Jan Wood was closing out the last10 seconds of his weather report and hitting my opening cart As i popped on my headphones Ana sat Down just in Lime. Our goal of trying to provide the most entertain ing most diverse and most current sportscast especially in the morning was never forgotten. We constantly tried to lop ourselves every Day every cast. We were proud of what we did and How we Aid it. And if you As a listener enjoyed the cast half As much As we enjoyed putting it together we succeeded in our Mission. But As rewarding As our radio work was it was never our primary responsibility. Lei s face it All of the commentaries All of the interviews and All the information came from the arts satellite. Andall you need to hear that is a Good Short wave radio or a relay station. The a in sports staff was there for one reason command information. Thai line you mentioned about timely distribution of regional command and Community information is the whole Ball game wrapped in a single line from the Bonscore. An sports never did its Job its Mission better than when it functioned As a medium to inform promote and report on activities opportunities events and facilities that were intended to improve on the physical and mental readiness of the soldiers in he command. An was the link that made people aware of what was out there but More than that an look you to Mel the people who were part of the sport who showed that you could get out of the Barracks out of the club and be a vital living breathing part of something that would improve your body you mind your Outlook your life with budget cuss and personnel restraints Deci Sions Are being made in every organization on How to maximize resources. I worked with the professionals who arc making these decisions. I know that the decisions to alter the sports programming were difficult for men of integrity like Milt Fitz water Paul Van Dyke Watty Cornelison Tandoi hrs to make. But regardless of who made them if the Bottom line is More and better local coverage local command information local information availability then they made the Best decision possible. Yes i too would like to hear an sportscasters present sports. But i would rather hear them re porting on something of i mme Divite and local inter est to me than on the Yankees latest loss using a wire copy apr interviews and lbs commentary. I feel better now. By the Way Roger Clemens will win 25, and my red sox will take the Al East by two games. Stan Kosmoski Frankfurt omission Dis honors Roll dear editor i was bitterly disappointed when 1 did t see my name on the High school track and Field Honor Roll Friday june 3. My winning 1,500-Mcler time of 4 12.9 was fast enough to be on the Honor Roll but was nevertheless omitted. My 4 12.9 1,500 was run at the . Championships and was printed in the stars and stripes a expected As 4 12.9. Why was t it printed in your Honor Roll on june 3? a lot of work went in to achieving this Lime and i deserve some recognition. Chris Khedouri London swim letters surface again Dew editor the european forces swim league Sefl is flattered by or. Abrams avid interest in the Issue of Dodds varsity tetters for qualified High school swimmers. Unfortunately his numerous columns on this Issue March 3, March 10, March 17, april14, May 12 and june 16 fail to recognize several significant concepts 1. The Sefl has 17 teams throughout the euro Pean command Neucom that Are now pan of the varsity sports programs of local Dodds High schools. Standards for participation discipline coaching and awarding of letters ate the same As for other varsity sports. Faculty sponsors Are being appointed. Additionally varsity and Junior varsity let ters Are awarded Only upon approval of the High school principal. 2. The Sefl conducts a rigorous program. During a seven month season approximately 1,200 swim mers practice for two hours five Days a week and participate in an average of 12 regular swim meets As Well As a championship meet. 3. Through the cooperation of the Sefl and Odds Germany High school students have been provided an additional Opportunity for excellence. This is particularly significant at a time when fund ing is being reduced for Many Community and family support activities. Though or. Abrams wrote six negative columns about the Sefl i do not believe he attended any of the 73 swim meets sponsored by the Sefl during the 1987-88 season. Parents swim coaches and Dodds officials throughout Neucom arc proud of the accomplishments of our High school student swimmers. If or. Abrams could take the Lime to be objective and learn More about the varsity athletic program developed by the Sefl and Dodds Ger Many i am convinced he would become a Strong advocate. Heidelberg swim club suits up its Side dear editor we Are the swim club at Heidelberg High would like to thank All of the people and organizations who helped get athletic letter recognition for our High school swimmers. Included in our thank yous Are Dodds director John Stremple Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for family support Barbara Spyridon Pope officials from Headquarters Usa eur the european Congress of american parents teachers and students the advisory coun cil on dependent education and the National Mili tary family association among others. The receiving of a varsity letter is very significant to the swimmers of Heidelberg High school. We feel it is an Honor to be known As a varsity athlete jus like the other varsity athletes in our High school. These letters not Only help us in getting scholarships but also look Good on our transcripts when we apply to colleges. Our swim club feels thai the stars and stripes has not presented the varsity swim letter Issue fairly. We wrote to the stars and stripes Afler Ben Abrams first negative column on swimming in March and our letter was not printed. Instead we relieved Aletter from the editor saying that both sides have been fairly Well presented and we will close olt the however since our unprinted letter,.Abrams has printed five More columns in which swimming was treated nag actively. We feel that if the stars and stripes is going to allow Abrams to print his negative View of swimmers we feel we should be allowed to print our Side also. By closing the debate did you mean that you were now Only going to print one Side of the Story Abrams Side one of Abrams big complaints is thai Dodd docs not have control Over inc awarding of letters without a faculty sponsor. We have a Dodds faculty sponsor of our swim club who makes sure All Dodds regulations Are met when nominating est swimmers for letters. We do not think it is any Dif Ferent than when a Community person coaches foot Ball and a Dodds faculty sponsor merely lakes care of Fth it is not our fault that Dodds will not sponsor a competitive swim team for High schooners. There fore we Are swimming with the next Best . Our Heidelberg swim club practices hard and we meet All the requirements that any of the other Dodds sport program meets. Our Only Handicap is that Dodds will not invest any Money in our sport. We would appreciate it if you would print our Side of the Story. The Heidelberg High school swim club Sullivan returns to indy car Winner s Circle Portland Ore. Danny Sullivan took the Lead with a Quick pit Stop two thirds of the Way through the Portland 200 on sunday and then pulled away in his Brand new Fenske pc 17 for his first indy car Victory in two years. The 38-year-old Louisville ky., Driver Wheeling a Road course version of the car he qualified on the front Row of the Indianapolis 500 last month beat run Crup Arie Luyendyk by 17.18 seconds. Sullivan s average Speed for the 104 laps was 102.25 Mph Wuh 10 laps run under yellow caution Flag. More Auto racing on Page 27 Sullivan began the race on the pole in the Chevrolet powered pc 7, but lost the Lead on the 14th Lap when he was forced into the infield while trying to tap Rocky Moran. Luyendyk and Al Unser it. Slipped past White Sullivan dropped to third. Sullivan stayed close then took the Lead again after a 14,2-Sccond pit Stop on the 70th Lap of the 9.22-mile, nine turn Portland International raceway course. Luyendyk needed 16.1 second for his final pit Stop and dropped to second while Unser fell out of Contention with a 32.8-second Slop caused by problem with the left rear wheel we screwed it up in the beginning and Ihen the Pil Crew gave in Back to me at the end Sullivan said. He officially took the Lead for Good on the 74lh Lap when Emerson Fittipaldi the last of those on the Leader Lap made his final pit Stop. With Sullivan s Victory the pens face team won its third straight indy car s teammate. Rick mean won the indy 500 and the Milwaukee 200. Can with the suddenly dominant Chevrolet engine have won All five indy car races this year
