European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Agassi still on a Roll Stratton Mountain it. A the Way things were going it should have taken Andre Agassi one More Yea to win the Volvo International Tennis years ago at age 16, be was a Quarter finalist playing his first tournament. Last year he made the semifinals before losing to Ivan year he expected another confrontation with Lendl in the finals. But Lendl the world s top ranked player was ousted Early and on sunday Agassi ranked fifth Overall and no. 1 among american players cruised to his fifth grand prix singles title this year with a6-2, 6-4 win Over Paul Annacone that was Worth $114,000. Annacone seeded 13th and ranked 48th, took Home $57,000 from his first final since 1985.Agassi, 18, appeared on the Tennis scene two years ago at the Volvo where he entered As a and appealing in Denim shorts and Long Blond hair he surprised everyone by ousting Tim Mayotte in 1986 before losing to John Mcenroe. Year later he beat Wimbledon Winner Pat Cash in route to the semifinals. He struggled Early in this tournament taking three sets to make the second round and the quarterfinals. Agassi said he d had trouble adjusting from Clay and play at sea level to hard courts and a higher on sunday he could do no wrong employing powerful forehand passing shots and a looping lobs to beat Anna Cone in 65 could have done a few things better. I could have broken him Early on in the first set Agassi said. But you can complain. I mean in general i was play ing just Good Tennis. I think it just goes to Back up How i be been feeling about myself the Las few months said Agassi who has also won this year in Memphis Charleston Forest Hills and Stuttgart West Ger Many. I m capable of keeping up with anybody out there and playing consist had trouble with his serve Early on. He double faulted twice in the first game and twice in the third the second time giving the game to Agassi. In the second set both held serve until the ninth game when Agassi broke witha passing shot on a service return. He won the match when Annacone went Long on a service then threw up his Racket and tossed a Ball to the crowd. He dedicated his trophy to his father for All he has sacrificed for his kids growing Check is mine though he added and then presented his coach Nick Bollettieri with a birthday cake. Agassi who will spend a week at Homeland a week in training before playing in Livingston n.j., and the . Open said he la be working on his serve and play at the feel this was the Best i played All week he said noting that Stratton definitely brings out the Best of tuesday August 2, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Tuson Cary says goodbye Affer 14 years of rhe no cd Bybe Abrams staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany the big Happy glad to see you Smil ing face is still there. However it was t difficult to detect degree of sadness in his voice As Tuson Gary packed his gear in Prepa ration for departing his beloved Rhein Blick Golf club. After 14 years at Rhein Blick local military officials have decided not to renew my contract said the affable Cary. So i m packing up. I m not Goin very far i just won t be working at this Golf course any More. I m disappointed of course but iwas in the military Long enough to know that things change. A new Guy comes in. He has some different ideas and the change is actually Cary has been working at Rhein Blick As a civilian Only the past seven years. But he finished the last seven years of his military career Arthe Niblick serving three separate years As club manager in addition this other duties As teaching profession al and club repair specialist deluxe. When i retired from the army iwas asked to stay on at Rhein Blick As a teaching pro and to run the Golf repair shop Cary signed a contract agreeing to pay the club 10 percent of my earnings. I had to furnish my own equipment but i al ready had invested in Good equipment on my own and the decision was rather routine. I liked it Here so i he said he recently had been offered ua-7 position but the limitation on club repair time made it impossible to their arrangement i would devote Only 5 percent of my time to club repairing and i would be using my own equipment. You could never do any club repair working half a Day a week. That s a time consuming venture. I would also work 50 percent of the time in the pro shop and would have 45percent of the time for lessons with All of the club repair and lesson Money going to the club. It would be a five Day 40 hour a week Job with weekends off. That just did t make too much sense to me. Anyone familiar with Golf knows it in t a Cut and dried setup like that Cary added. Cary indicated that he knew of peo ple in other military Golf clubs in the area doing the same Job who were on at least a ua-9 scale and were allowed to keep a portion of their lesson Money. They also Are not involved in repair s club repair talents Are re it to Tuson he can fix any thing the word spread from golfer to golfer from club to club Over the years. They came from ram Stem Stuttgart Nurnberg Berlin wherever american golfers swung. His name became famous at German Golf clubs too people from Feld afm Frankfurt Kroneberg Hanau bad Ems etc., All took their work to his shop and he also did repair work for commercial to Het or Fri # �., is gusschuettler""""a1 " " " " " is Gus scat Tuson Cary has aided Many golfers with their swing or by fixing broken clubs. Golf distributors in Europe. Tender Loving care is the Cary came to know that he was t going to slam bang things together Andrush the club right Back. He always has treated other people s clubs like the were his own working with skill and patience. They also came to know that if areal emergency existed and if immedi ate repair work was necessary he would do his Best to take Good care of customers. I grew up around a Golf course in Alabama and i Learned the whole thing cad dying Green keeping club management fixing clubs he said. People always taught me to nothings right in the first place because then you won t have to do it again. Always have tried to follow that advice. I really enjoy fixing favorite clubs for two week club making and club fixing seminar at the Wilson sporting goods co. Factory at Levine Scotland helped hone Gary s skills. Golfers in Europe still will be Able to take it to Tuson he can fix any Golf club whenever a club needs repairing. He will be operating from the base ment of his House in Limburg As soon As he gets All his equipment moved out of have really enjoyed meeting All the great golfers at Rhein Blick Over the years and i look Forward to continuing serving them even if i m not Here any More he played High school Golf before going into service. He also played serv ice Golf winning the 6th army and 3rd army div championships. He was recreation Coic in the 3rd army div following a stint with the special forces in also was with the 82nd airborne div earning a jump master s rating with More than 100 jumps in every thing from a cd 19 the 3rd army div assignment Cary spent a year in Yuma ariz., Ashe Post Coic recreation supervisor before returning to Europe and his Golden Days at Rhein Blick. Those Days Are no Gary s departure will be Rhein Blick s loss. Arena football Lead Rosemont 111. A if every thing goes according to plan the Arena football league will nearly double in size next season commissioner James Foster said. The 2-year-old league which has franchises in Detroit Chicago Pittsburgh los Angeles new York and Providence r.i., plans to expand to 10 teams in 1989. Every team will be Back and we re seriously looking to add four teams Foster said. We would like a team on the West coast in Florida and Texas and Hope to go Back to Denver and Washington. None of our teams will make Money this year he added. They la each lose about a half million dollars. Being a new league we re Low on the pecking order and we understand that. When we re going head to head with baseball we re the product is fun Foster said. Peo ple like it because it s different. We re not trying to imitate the Best football in the world the nil. We be created a different game at a different time of the year with a different Type of
