European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 8, 1389 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s go of Tennis open Dodds action Here we go again school has started and Itiat Means the 1988-89 Dodds sports activities cannot be tar behind in fad Competition begins Friday with Germany Golf and . Volleyball. Germany Ventnor Tennis and . Crass country Bow in on saturday. Footballs still a week away. So. As i Start my 10th full year As the stars and strip i prep sports editor 1 want to Lake this Opportunity to Greet old friends and extend a Hearty Wel come to All newcomers and anyone coming ban into the system Afier an absence. What is in store for principals athletic directors coaches athletes and fans my goals Are the same As in the past to make the. Column interesting and fair to present All sides of an Issue whenever possible to carry reports informer Dodds athletes who arc carving niches else where to congratulate when Orchid Are merited and to chide when the situation Calls for onions. Prep Pivin s wishes at the Best for All the Tea Sand All the individuals involved in Dodds sports during school year 1938-89. As usual some revisions have been made since june altered formats a High school at Grenham common different principals at some schools vet eran coaches leaving the system other coaching changes it Cetera. Football is All Shook up. Germany aaa is an eight learn league Only five Are competing in a. The by Tenor has two divisions with accent. Hahn International school of Brus Sels and shape competing in the big schools category and bad or Cugnach Donn. Brussels Karls Ruhe  and Ulm in the Small schools Competition. Baum older which Only a few Short years ago made mincemeat out of the bigger schools in football playoffs has plummeted to Germany a Emral. The Germany by Tenor big schools and . Divisions will Send their top teams Forward to playoff Competition but the Bennor Small schools arc out on a limb with someone sawing away at the other end. As of right now the Small schools Champion in t scheduled for any playoff Competition said Bennor sports commissioner Loyd Morrow. The big schools Winner plays the . Champion but the other schools Are done at the end of regular season play. It would be Nice if something can be arranged in the future the top two teams in Germany aaa and a vie for the Germany big schools championship. The top two clubs in a Central and a South Battle for the Germany Small schools championship. The . Stages a Post season playoff for the league championship and that Winner is matched against the Ben nor big schools lit Lisl for the Dodds Atlantic championship. The Elevation of Grenham common to High school status gives the  six Dodds schools now. The crusaders will compete in the entire program according Loed Watson who has succeeded Bill Elstran As Dodds Atlantic Region athletic coordinator. Tom Leblanc and Guy Abramo remain As athletic coordinators for Dodds Germany and Mediterranean regions respectively. The ninth and 10th graders from Grenham common have competed successfully with Al Lyle from other . Schools in the past in individual events and i feel the High school will be very competitive in team sports Loo Watson said recently. An institution has departed shape Ai Allen who served As football coach for 13 Yea Sand basketball Mentor for eight during his 21 year tenure has left shape to take a position in Panama where he will coach football and teach physical Edu cation at Cristobal High school. Allen said he would have taken the football Job at shape again following the decision by Steve scr Rill to leave the system and Lake the head football position at Campbell county High school in Gil in Lac wyo., but none of the people Here seemed interested in an old Fossil taking Over  Allen won three outright football championship sat shape and shared one title with accent. He also won a football and league basketball title a Karlsruhe before coming to shape. It s difficult to pick up and go after being in on place for so Long and i will miss the place and Many of the people Allen said. However the program has changed considerably and some of the newer things i won t miss. No one seems to know what s going on now. I liked it when i came into the system because the schedules for All the Dodds schools in Europe were hammered Oul at Karlsruhe. There did t seem to be the problems that exist today when Ray Sparks Dond Vona and Bill Houston were in charge. Of the coaches moaned and groaned but everything usually got ironed out to everybody s satisfaction Allen added. Monkey sees Monkey  that s what my Mother used to Tell my Sisters Brothers and me when we were growing up and wanted something someone else had. That rationale exists in Dodds Loo. Last Spring the european forces swim league  Dodds Washington into forcing the nigh schools to award varsity monograms to swimmers of High school age for competing on non High school teams. As of july 29, Dodds Washington officials have ordered the High schools to award youth activity baseball and Sod Bill participants who arc attending High school in the Dodds system and Are Scholasti Cany eligible with varsity letters. It was inevitable that the baseball and softball people would set up a clamor for such recognition once the swimmers crashed the Barrier. Let s hear it from the skiers bowlers joggers Volks marchers. They Aren t High school sports either but maybe you can make a Point for your cause. Since the the door has been opened step up and gel your peanuts.  everything about Cordero is big league  Jamestown . A every thing about Wilfredo Cordero from the Gold script necklace Reading Wilfredo to the cocky swagger says he s a big league baseball player there s practically nothing to indicate he s just 16 and several minor league seasons away from the majors. As a shortstop with the class a Jamestown expos Cordero. The youngest player in , professional baseball is on the first step of what he Hopes will be a Short night of stairs into the big Lime. I be Only got to get stronger and work on my throwing Arm said Corder through his Friend Tea male and inter Preter Idaberto Echo Arndia. I be got every other capability of making it Uherc in three or four  the treatment he acis from lie Parent Montreal expos makes it evident they feel the same Way he has so much athletic ability about him said Frank Wren the expos assist ant director of scouting he s got great physical tools Good hands a Good Arm he s big and Strong and he handles the Ball away very Well Jamestown general manager Tom pro Haska is a Little More Blunt we Tell people make sure you get this kid s autograph because you re looking at a Star of the future " he said. This kid s really going to do things and everybody in the organization from the lop Down believes it. Thai explains Why the expos were Quick 10 sign Cordero for a 1100,000bonus May 24, the Day he passed his i Len Grade Eli Valency exam and became Clig ble to play professionally. He s been a pretty big sur As an am Tuer in puerto Rico for Many years said Wren who added the expos Edise rious about Cordero after he hit .340 Las season in Semi pro Ball. He did t just turn up. He s no overnight sensation it also explains Why at least one and possible several other major league teams protested when the expos moved so quickly to sign him. They contend that the expos paid to Fly Cordero to Florida before he was signed and he was signed before he was eligible. The Flap caused Sal Artiaga president of the National association of professional baseball leagues the minor leagues governing body to suspend Cor Duro for nearly two weeks while he investigated the circumstances surrounding the signing. Raniaga finally ruled that the expos Dudin l pay for Cordero s trip and they had waited until he was eligible. My information shows that they were aggressive in their scouting efforts said Aliaga. They went about in in a Low key Way. They sold the organization to the player before he signed with  said Wren " we took the approach jus become the kid s Friend if the kid is interested in being an expo hell let you know other organisations were pushing hard and that turned him  Cordero said he signed with Montrea because i like the Oga Bizalion and they offered me More Money than any other  Cordero will need the Money. He is engaged to marry 17-year-old Yamir Byron whom he met 2 � years ago in his Hometown of Mayaguez in october and a child is on the Way. Byron began the season with co Deroin Jamestown living in the Home of a away on Road trips. She stayed about z month and a half before leaving to live with Cordero smother in new York City. Prohaska said his Fiancee s departure seems id have had a positive effect on Cordero and his play. As the season started he averaged iwo errors a game said Prohaska. At one Point. People began to expect in. He would go eight innings with no errors he d make two in the  after the contractual thing and. A mire left he s Cut Down on inc errors a lot he added. He s very Conci Catious about his  the Cal Ordinary treatment also included a five Day visit by his Mother. He s got special treatment Only in the fact thai he s 16 years old and we wanted to gel him extra guidance Wren said. A 16-year-old is not necessarily Able to handle what s happened to him. Cordero is hitting .262 in 47 games with 22 Bis. He s also made 31 errors and although he has Good Speed has Only stolen three bases. He s also capable of base running mistakes such As during one recent game against St. Catherines. Running from first on a hit and run play Cordero had second base stolen costly when the baiter missed the pitch and the Ball squirted away from the Catcher. Thinking inc Ball had been fouled off Cordero calmly began walking Back to first and was stunned when he was tagged out. I be had a lot of other players make mistakes like thai said Jamestown manager Roger Lafrancois. Hell learn As he goes up because he s that Type. When you Tell him something he s Gonglo keep Inal in  added Lafrancois he a a Fine Youngbok. Or  his bal particularly intrigues the expos Wren  handles the bal very Well and he drives the Ball to All Fields he said. A lot of 16-year-old kids Are susceptible Lothe fast breaking Ball. He has the ability to sit Back and hit to All  obviously Cordero is not your aver age 16-year-old. He s not but then again he is said Wren who will be the Best Man at Cor Duro s wedding. 126 journalists Beijing a China will Send 126 journalists to the summer olympic games in Seoul this month the largest chinese press group Ever to travel  official English language China daily said wednesday the group rep resents 32 Media organizations including China Central television Xinhua news Agency the people s daily Chin sports daily and the China daily it said China sent 86 journalists to the los Angl it games in 1984, the first Lime chinese athlete participated in the olympics in 32 years. An sports radio baseball Detroit at new York Yan Kees 1 30 . Friday