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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 10,1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s Only two perfect 11-Man teams left Only two 11 Man football earns in Dodd remain undefeated and untied and by a week from saturday when the final score has been settled not More than one can possibly exist maybe i Herwon t be any. Germany aaa Champion Heidelberg and Ger Many a Champion Mannheim attempt to retain their perfect records in the dig schools semifinals in the feature games on this week s playoff Agenda Hei Delberg entertains a runner up Numberg Friday and Mannheim will Host aaa second place finisher wet Ryburg saturday. Kukoff Tor both games is at12 30 . The winners vie next week for the big schools championship which Ramstein has won he past two years. Number beat Heidelberg in last year semifinal game both Nairn Borg and Wal Ryburg Lake 6-1 records into the weekend each having lost close verdicts to i hair respective league champions. Small schools Competition also is scheduled for this weekend but those playoffs Lack inc glitter of having undefeated United teams in the Field. A South Champion Augsburg is at Home to a Central co Champion Fulda Friday and Berlin which Shareda Centra i laurels with Fulda but earned the lop seed by virtue of its league Victory Over the Falcons will entertain Ansbach which finished second in a South on saturday. Both Small schools semifinals Are scheduled for 1 . Kickoffs. Both Augsburg and Berlin lost semifinal games last year the apaches to eventual Champion Gies Sonand the bean to Munich. Augsburg and Fulda take 6-t records into the weekend action Berlin is 5-1-1 and Ansbach is 5-2. By Tenor division i Winner Hahn hammered Woodbridge 40-14 in last week s Dodds Atlantic championship game and knocked the warriors out of the perfect ranks. Hahn finished Competition undefeated but lied at 6-0-1 Woodbridge was 7-1, having won the . League and playoff championships the Only other undefeated team in Dodds this season was Aviano which posted an 8-0 record in Italy s eight Man football Competition. The Hahn Woodbridge game was the Only one missed in last week s predictions. The 10-1 record lifted the season Mark to 131-30-3, a Glossy .814 record for the season by far the Best Ever. There Are eight games remaining the four playoff games Friday s season finales in Italy and next week s championship tussles. A perfect finish would leavemcal.822,. I Don l think the big schools showdown will be Battle of the undefeated. Heidelberg Stu beat Nymberg 22-16 an Dunburg will end Mannheim s perfect Campaign 28-20. In the Smalt schools action it will be Fulda 25, Augsburg 18 and Berlin 17, Ansbach 12. The Whites will prevail in Italy with Vincnza while top pling Vincnza Gold 36-23 and Naples White con quering Naples a attn 40-22. And next week it s Loo Early o go out of that final 1988 limb. Bad Kreuz Nach and Bonn shared the bin nor division ii league championship. That was the Only ii Man football league which was deprived of playoff Competition. It s too bad something could t have been arranged. The other league Champion was Rota which won the eight Man Spain division. Rota beat Zarsoza last week to avoid a three Way tic Between the Admi rals. Toros and Torrejon White. There was an error in the Story Larry Harrison caught the touchdown pass that got Zaragoza close he did t throw it the reception was his 17th to catch of the season. It would have been Nice if the Italy and Spain champions could have met for the Dodds meddler Rancan title since they Are the Only eight Man Divi Sions in Dodds. Only handful of couches whose team ply Man football Hare submitted nominations for Sta Sand stripes All Europe consideration so far. The deadline is Friday Germany a a Central and a South had regular Senson game last week Bat Germany aaa and both by Tenor divisions have been finished for two necks now and the  wrapped up regular season strife oct. 22. Those Early finish nominations Shin to hate reached me by now. I Hope to make the selections by thanksgiving certainly no later than the first week of december. Former Frankfurt coach Lynn height called to inform us that the losing Streak the eagles snapped in their last football game against Stuttgart was 15 games not 18 As originally reported. Frankfurt lost the last two games in 1956, Al seven in 1987 and the first six this year before beat ing Stuttgart 13-12," height wrote. The last team Frankfurt bad beaten also was Stuttgart in a 21-12game. Its been a Good fall for Heidelberg on other sports fronts too. Rich Bennett s volleyball team posted a 30-0 re Cord in winning the Germany aaa league and tournament titles and Hen taking the big schools Crown in a rugged Battle with Hanau. The lady Lions dropped Only eight of 87 games. It was Bennett s fifth conference title and the two 19b8 tournament victories brought the Turoa Mcnol title to live Loo. The Lions were sparked by All tournament performed Kirtlen Keller Karen Dan Dridge lome Dundas and Katja Fletcher. The other starter were Cindy cab and Alison Hough. I be had several Good volleyball teams Over the Yean Bennett said tuesday but this one has to be the Best because it is so big. Kirsten is 6-2 and she was an outstanding Spiker cabe is 5-11 and she was an excellent seller she was an All conference Basket Ball player in the  Bennett said the Overall Caliper of play was not As Strong this year probably because Dodds did t have a summer clinic As it had in the past. We have had a very Fine clinic the past few years and the girls have always benefited from those ses Sions. This year we did t have one Heidelberg was t Hurt so much because we had several players returning and we had cabe Transfer in. Hanau wies Baden and wet Ryburg were All very Strong we had to beat Wiesbaden 16-14, 17-15 to get into the semifinals. Bui he rest of triple a and All of the Dou ble a teams weren t As Strong As they have been. Think a clinic would have made them All  one of the reasons Hanau was so Strong Bennett said was the presence of Chongha Cho who was named the big sense tournament most valuable player for the third straight year. The Lions won the big schools championship and Tim Kaplan took medal honors in the Germany coif tournament at Berlin. Kim Schwerdtfeger won her third straight girls singles title and her fourth championship to Lead the dons to second place behind big schools Champion Patch in the Central euro Pean Tennis tournament. And Sieve Stephens won the boys race in the Central european Cross country finals. The most impressive performance in the Central european Cross country meet was turned indy Stuttgart s Juli Cyrus. She set her seventh record of the season with an 18 45 clocking Over the 5,000 meter Munich course As she loped to a 21-second Victory. Bal was her closes Nee of the year Accord ing to coach Paul von Handy All throughout her career Juli has had problem with her legs and stress injuries von Handy said tuesday so this year we tried to change her train ing program. We be had her doing a lot More station Ary biking and less hard running and it has helped her immensely. She really dominated he Competition this  " oilers Smith Bills Garner suspended s Doug Smith banned for 30 Days new York a Doug Smith of the Houston Oiler and Hal Garner of the Buffalo Bills received 30-Day sus pensions wednesday for second Tim violation of the nil s substance abuse policy bringing to 22 the number of players disciplined this season. In keeping with the league s policy nil spokesman Joe Browne did no disclose the substance involved nor go beyond the terse three paragraph announcement that has accompanied the others.". During their suspensions the players will be placed on the reserved non football injury list required to undergo treatment and not allowed into their teams training facilities the suspensions come two weeks after commissioner Pete Rozelle said he hoped the problem had slackened off following the suspension of 18 players in August and september. I think the suspensions Are having an important Impact on players who might be tempted to do something with drags he said Ai an nil meeting i Chicago. Because there has been a Slack period i would hopefully assume there Wilt be fewer cases the rest of he  Smith the starting nose tackle for the 7-3 oilers has been having the Best season of his  he missed two practices in september then was sent Home by coach Jerry Glanville when be finally showed up. ,.\ a Day later after a meeting with general manager Ladd Herzeg he re turned to practice and said be had passed a league administered drug Lesl. Glanville and Herzeg refused to com ment. Garner is the third member of the 9 1 Bills to be suspended ibis year the most for any team in the league. The first two were All pro defensive end Bruce Smith and running Back Rob Briddick. Of the 22 players suspended 21 were barred for 30 Days or four games. In most cases Rozelle has allowed the players to return to practice on the wednesday following the fourth game. The other player running Back Tony Collins of Indianapolis was suspended for the season for a third time Viola Tion. Under the nil s drug policy players can be tested at the Start of training Camp or for reasonable cause such As first time failure or erratic behaviour first time violators May continue to play second time violators get 30 Day Sand third timers Are suspended indefinitely with the right to apply for re instatement after a year. Most suspensions this year have involved cocaine or marijuana use Al though one player Charles White of the los Angeles rams was suspended for excessive alcohol use. White had previously bad a history of drug use. Two weeks ago Rozelle announce that next year the policy will be extended to steroid use. At the same time the nil players association raid in was considering Fil ing suit to Slop the drug suspension practice although no such suit has been filed. Am sports television hockey Quebec it Washington , Friday. Radio hockey cig any it Philadelphia 1 Jown. Friday  
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