European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Stanley knew he could coach football now that the Rhein main rockets Are 11-0and the air Force champions of Europe the ques Tion about their coach is answered. Can Warren Stanley coach football ditch those doubts. Forget for a moment ital Stanley is a Sharp businessman with every hair in place every stitch in his wardrobe jus right. Ignore for a second his Glam Orous wife Topsy snapping pictures of pipe smoking clipboard holding Warren on the sideline. Peak behind the Glitz and you see this the Mandan Flat out coach. You want numbers i. Stanley owns six Safe championships More than any coach in history. His basketball rockets won titles in 1977 and 79, his baseball rockets from1981 through 83. Here s How rare winning a Safe title is before last sunday s final not one Active football head coach owned a Safe championship. 1, Stanley s football record is 28-11 in tour sea sons. Thais a .718 percentage. Only one Active coach with As much experience lops that and that Spang Dahlum s Dave Lockwood at .755, yet he has never even won a league title. 3. Stanley took a 3-7 Rhein main team and turn edit into 7-3 his first football season of 1983. In 1987, after a two year exile he returned to turn a 2-1bunch into 4-5, Ihnn 11-0 this year. I Haven t checked but that s probably the first time a Safe football coach turned a losing record into a perfect one in one season. As if his record weren t unique enough Stanle has two rare traits. He s a Nice Guy who finishes first. He s a Nice Guy when he loses. Take 1983. Week 3. The rockets venture trams Terri for a meeting of 2-0 teams. Rhein main gets waxed 53-7. It s especially crushing because the first half was scoreless. I enter the rockets dressing area. Their assistant coaches grouse mumbling  Stanley he smiles shakes hands and takes me aside for an interview it s just one loss he says. Six weeks later Stanley s rockets have rebounded to stand 7-1, one game behind Ramstein in the divisional race. They play again at Rhein main and the Bucky Fox rams prevail 7-6, no thanks to a missed rocket extra Point. Stanley could be devastated. He s not. He smiles shakes hands and chatters amiably. Fast Forward to 1987. Rhein main is in trouble. I stupidly kept Stanley from coaching football two sea sons and the rackets paid by going 4-13. He Resur faces for 87, but the rockets lose their opener 42-2 to Scroback. Next up is bit bunk which will go on Towin the Safe title. I ask Stanley for his Outlook. We re looking to win replies or. Pep. 1 pick bit Burg by 43. Stanley s rockets win 22-14. And now this. Eleven and of. With a Rhein main team that had to be a 1 to to one shot to win it All. With a rocket Bunch that temporarily lost anal Star tight end Scott Wil Berall Star linebacker Ira Washingto  Sar defensive tackle Omega Edwards and its top pass rusher Marty Andres. With an offence that lost its All Star quarterback Tor Hill for the playoffs. With a defense that lost its All Star nose guard Mike Drew for the Safe final Stanley had built such a machine the rockets Only Rose higher. They swept the playoffs with ease winning 21-0, 31-15 and finally 34-0 in sunday Susaye title game at Raf Lakenheath England. La Ken Halh assistant Jim Kelly who has Over a dec Ade s Worth of Safe coaching experience called Rhein main one of the Best teams he has  34-Point Romp was the biggest spread in a Safe final since 1969, when Rhein main  49-7. It was the most convincing shutout since 1966, when Wiesbaden whipped  49-0. ". V such is Stanley s Way. He s 64 in Safe  it s playoff Lime this Guy coaches up As he  feel if i m in the playoffs 1 become a very goo coach said Stanley at sunday s Victory party. I m Good in one game situations. I Start to go for the jugular. I told the Guys get me in it and i la show you Bow to win one of these things " t did he Ever. Gamblin Stanley appeared in the Continental sports conference semifinals where his fourth Down play calling Ted to Rhein main i second touchdown against Sembach. He returned in the Csc title game ordering fourth Down run at the 2. To turned into the key to against Ramstein in the Safe final Stanley called for three Wakefield goats. The second one worked for a touchdown which really finished  Stanley seemed like on a Mission that because he was. He was sick of that firing after the 1984 season and tired of the questions Over his coaching skills. I had a personal thing i wanted to resolve he said. I knew i could coach football. Others did t think i could coach football. This is probably the most Gratifying of All my championships because i finally gained credibility As a football coach.11 Stanley is especially Brilliant at mobilizing a foot Ball learn. Me understands the key to military Ball convince commanders their airmen arc crucial twinning and must find time to practice. Stanley is a master of dealing with those commanders. Stanley also has this Genius tolerance it allowed him to wave off his 1984 Battles with assistant Bill Carey and rehire the Brilliant line coach this year. It also allowed Stanley to forgive Hill who was ousted because of a drug test but can return in 1989. Said Manley of the maligned quarterback debtors Pris on went out years  most Safe coaches would show their shallow Ness and eject Hill. Not Stanley whose depth is obvious. This Man of55, who was bom in Minneapolis who grew up in Gen Rock n.j., and played both ways on nearby Ridgewood highs first undefeated football season in 1950, showed Safe How to win big. And what the Heck he looked Good doing it "  Auburn s Fate in Alabama s hands Birmingham Ala. A the bowl plans of seventh ranked Auburn favored by More than a touchdown to defeat Alabama for the third straight Lime will be decided in the annual Infra Sale Southeastern conference contest Here  coach Pat Dye said Alabama 7-2 and 4-2 in the conference with losses to leu and Mississippi might have the psychological advantage at legion  s team leads the nation in defense against scoring 6.9 Points a game. The tigers 9-1 Overall and 5-1 in the Sec have not Defeated the Crimson tide three limes in a Row since the 1950s. If Auburn defeats the Crimson tide Auburn will be co Champion with Louisi Ana state of the Sec and probably will be picked by the sugar bowl As its hos team against no. 5 Florida state in the Jan. 2 game. But an Alabama Victory or a tie would Send Auburn to the Hall of Fame bowl the same Day to meet Syracuse the team it tied in the sugar bowl a year ago and leu would go to the sugar bowl. Is handed Auburn its Only loss 7-6. Alabama coach Bill Curry said that Tiger quarterback Reggie Slack the top rated passer in the Sec in his first years a starter and the play of. Auburn s defenders have answered the Only two questions the tigers had going into the their offensive line which everybody knew was Good has gotten better Curry said. Their skill people Are fantastic and they be improved their special  described Alabama As a might hungry football team and a very Good football  left handed quarterback David Smith directs the tide offence. Well have to pass some to be effective he said. We throw Short More times than Long and if we can control Heball that Way we have a Good Chance to  Alabama holds a 30-2 m Lead in thes cries including nine straight victories from 1973 through 1981 under the Lamebear Bryant. Auburn has won four of the last sin  nips shape Cologne West Germany Bun Dis Liga Champion Cologne nudged the us. Shape basketball team 106-102here wednesday -. Dieter Kacir paced Cologne with 22points. Ben Mitchell scored 15 and Steve Mitchell had 13. Grant Robinson was High for shape with 19 Points. Clovis Mcdowell added is and Marlon Perry scored 14. Luht Pricins in Den olympic Champ boxing Mannheim s Markl Anlon earned a shot at an olympic Gold medallist and Darmstadt s Natha Niel Green lost a close decision during opening action wednesday night in Den Mark at the ninth Copenhagen International boxing cup competition1 Landon won Over Radulovie Miodrag of Yugoslavia when the referee stopped their Light middleweight bout after 42seconds of the second round. Green a bantamweight dropped a 3-2 decision 10deiter Berg of East Germany lamer will now meet vat Cha Lav Janovski of the soviet Union in a Semi final bout Friday night. Janovski won cold medal in  division at the Seoul olympics. Grcen and Lanton Are two of cig i local Roundup Usa eur. Boilers representing the United slates in the. Five Day tournament. More first round bouts we rescheduled for thursday with the Semi finals Friday and saturday the finals Are slated to Start sunday at 1 . M basketball both men Sand women s teams Are being sought for the annual Vicenza Christmas tournament dec. 19-21. Entry fee for the double elimination Competition is 195 per team and the entry deadline is dec. 14, tournament director Doug Umer said that billeting is available at the Camp Everte facilities for s3 a night per per son. Further information can be obtained by calling Urner or Nora Clouse at Auto on 634 7887 or 7009, powerljft1ng nine usar eur soldiers Are competing in the All army Power lifting irial Camp this week at for Indiantown Gap Puhn soldiers selected from the Camp will go on to compete in armed forces championships feb. 12-17 at Long each naval station Calif. Usa eur athletes competing at the army Camp in the 122-Pound class Are Bamburg s Roosevelt Thomas or. And Stanley Ferguson in the 132-Pound class Usa eur is represented by Tinati tabling of the Shim in the women Competition and Mainz s Anthony Slater in the men s Competition. Wurzburg s Kristine Jordahl is usar Eury Hope in the 146%-Pound class while Nora deutschland s Michael Han cock is competing in the. 165-Pound class Gies sons Ezekiel Brown is lifting in the 213-Pound class with Bamberg j James Bornhop at 238 pounds and Pir Masens Svia Noa Faamausili or at 251 pounds rounding out the team. 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