European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 21,1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Rodriguez eyes 4th straight titles a Gus Schuettler Bob Rodriguez has taken Safe s masters division title five of past six years. By Ben Abram staff writer Berlin West Germany Ron Membrilla is Back to defend his Safe men s open Golf championship but alleges will be on Ken Curvin and Bob Rodriguez when the 72-Hole tournament gets under Way monday morning at the Berlin Golf and country club. Curvin who came to Ramstein from Pope fab n.c., this year Tore up the Continental sports conference Field at Ramstein last week turning in a 66-64-73-74277 card to win the qualifying tournament by 17 strokes Over teammate Len Patrick and Hahn s David Ray mond. Patrick also turned in a 64 in his third round to match Curvin s second round course record. The Mac s Rodriguez will be gunning for his fourth straight masters 40 and Over championship and his fifth in the last six years. He had a bad year in 1984,finishing second two strokes off the Pace. Alconbury s Membrilla had to Settle for second place in the United kingdom sports conference tournament this Yea rat Raf Lakenheath after losing a Sud Den death playoff to upper Heyford Steve Seward. Both turned in a 72-Hole total of 296, Seward gaining a tie an forcing the playoff with a last round 75 while Membrilla was shooting a 77. The top eight men s open competitors the top six men s masters 40 and Over and the top four women competitors from the Csc  and Mediterranean sports conferences were eligible to Advance to Safe but the Field was reduced to 48 because Only one woman entered the . And Mac tournaments. The top three men s open and to two men s masters and women competitors qualify for the air Force worldwide tourney at Pope fab sept. 4-9. Safe Golf other top open contenders include the Csc Richard goodnight Dick but Ler John Stevenson Ron Cornette Androgen Higginbotham the . S Robert Crowe Robert Williams and Tom Nance and the Mac s Mark Mikus and Greg Hendrix. Raymond and Ramstein s de Burges both finished in the top eight but were unable to Advance to Safe Raymond because he was posing and Burgess be cause of duty commitments. Following last year s Triumph at Torre Jon some of the other golfers asked Rodriguez when he was going to retire and give the rest of us a Chance the perennial Champion from Zaragoza smiled and said maybe next  next year has arrived and Rodriguez continues to Rule the Mac masters  shot a final round 74 Friday for a 294 total to better second place finisher Chris Ashley s 315. The . S Harold Sharber Larry bar nes and Lewis Adams appear to be the main obstacles Between Rodriguez and still another Safe title. Ben Waters Sharber Alconbury s Barnes and upper Heyford s Lewis Adams turned in 295,297 and 302, respectively at Lakenheath and the Best Csc performer Robert co Lella of Florenne won with a 311. The 1987 women s Champion tin Aanderson of the . And Alconbury in t Back this year. So it looks like a three Way Battle be tween Csc competitors Georgia Catoe Ellen Connors and Susan Mendal for the two air Force worldwide positions. Catoe who played at the air forc Academy and arrived at Ramstein too late for last year s tournament took the Csc championship with a 341 total three strokes better than the others pos Ted. Tigers from Page 23 32-Yard Field goal in the second Quarter that Cut the tigers deficit to 6-3. Now he could win it. Pedro Morales snapped the Ball Tim Dufresne placed it and Snyder swung. Wide right. But wait. A Flag the 24th of this penalty riddled game. Referee Harold Speed ruled both teams jumped. Play it Over. In the huddle the tigers weren t say ing much just screaming and hollering said Snyder. I remember saying i won t miss a second  he did t. Morales snapped Dufresne held and Snyder kicked it High and dead Center. Guard Mark Hardeman also said our defense is incredible which is an other Way this game was decided. The tigers overcame their six lost fumbles because of a defense that held Hahn to seven first Downs and 94 total Yards. When ends Kenneth Rawlinson and Stan Hayes weren t chasing Hahn quarterbacks monster Back Raymond Bost was living up to his or. Mckasty nickname against Hawks running backs. Bost a 185-Pounder, lit into fullback scrappy Edmond with such Thunder on third Down Rush in the fourth Quarter the 220-Pound former guard Lay pros trate for a minute before running off the Field. Hahn s defense spearheaded by end Gary Tomlin and Orlando Gates kept Sembach to 137 total Yards and 12 first Downs. That Fumble gobbling d made William Cotton s 3-Yard touchdown keeper stand up for a 6-3 halftime Lead. Sembach surged ahead 9-6 on Dejones 32-Yard to pass to flanker Derek Green with 6 29 left in the third Quarter. Mannheim Mainz Post playoff wins Mannheim West Germany Bil Dickmann hurled a two hitter and ran his record to 10-0 saturday to Lead the Mannheim Klee Amigos to a 10-0 Victory Over the Bamberg braves in the firs game of the Best of three German Amer ican baseball league s Northern Divi Sion final series. The game was originally scheduled a Bamberg but had to be moved to Mann a a baseball Heim with Bamberg taking the Host role because the braves were excluded fro their Field because of a softball tournament. The series continues sunday with the Amigos assuming the Home role in a nine inning game. A Bamberg Victory would Cre ate a seven inning showdown game. The Amigos wrapped up the game in the first inning when they scored twice on an error Dave Daniels double and Richard Jackson s single. They added a single tally two innings later on an error a walk and Peter Jackson s double. A walk Daniels second double Peter Jackson s single a single by Curtis Ken Nedy and an infield out added three More Mannheim runs in the fifth inning. The Amigos sent the crowd Home Early because of the 10-run Rule with four runs in the top of the seventh. They came on an error singles by Richard Jackson and Istvan Dejesus a walk passed Ball and George Bull s two run single. Mainz 7, Firnberg 3 Mainz West Germany Greg Wolfgang s two run Homer in the fourth erased Niernberg s 3-2 Lead and Wayne Kirk shut Down the pirates the rest of the Way As the Mainz rangers Downe Nurnberg in the first game of the Ger Man american baseball league South Ern division Best of three finals. Luis Rivera continued his hot playoff hitting by going 4-for-4 with three Dou Bles and three runs scored to Lead the rangers 12-hit attack. Rivera is now 9 for-13 .692 in three playoff  Lopez hit two run scoring sin Gles and Rick Serrano hit an inside the Park Homer in the seventh. Mainz took a 1-0 Lead in the second inning when Rivera doubled and Trent Rushton singled him Home. The pirates moved ahead 3-1 in the fourth on Scott Harrison s three run Homer. Harrison s blast to left followed singles by Gordon Bierschenk and losing Pitcher John Ries. Rivera started the winning rally in the fourth with a double to Center. Lopez single scored Rivera and Wolfgang Fol Lowed with his Homer to left Center to put Mainz up 4-3. Espada Baldo s rib double later in the inning made it 5-3. Lopez added another run scoring sin Gle in the fifth and Serrano s Homer ended the scoring. Kirk pitched an eight hitter with 12 strikeouts and two walks. Ries gave up six runs and 10 hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked two. It s important to win the first Gam because we did t want to go to Nurnberg Down 0-1," rangers manager John Martinez said. Now we have Towin one of those at Nurnberg the pirates Host the second game of the series sunday starting at 1 . If Nurnberg wins a seven inning game will decide who advances to face the Winner of the Mannheim Bamberg series. An sports television baseball Chicago White sox at de troit tigers 7 30 . Sunday. Radio baseball new York mets at Sandiego padres 10 . Sunday