European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 5, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 19 prep Pickin s new Dodds season opens Friday f i7df n a v 1c t f i of tit Citi l nor. It Ufi Friday is like the Start of a new win Ter sports season for most Dodds hoop sters an grapplers it s been so Long since the last official Competition. Most Dodds Germany and Bennor teams mad their Winter sports debuts dec. 9-10, but that was the Only scheduled action before Christmas. When the balls Are tossed up for the opening tips in Fri Day s basketball games almost a month will have elapsed. On the Agenda this week Are 24 basketball game Sand 13 wrestling matches. Home coaches should Call the results into the stars and stripes sports depart ment As soon As possible following completion of the Day s Competition. We managed to get All the results of the dec. 10 action in the respective editions but a couple of coaches really pushed the deadline. For Germany aaa basketball ers it is a bran new season that conference having been denied the Opportunity for Dodds sanctioned pre Christma Holiday Competition. Spain and Turkey Competition does t begin for three More weeks. Coaches of the Germany aaa teams should try Socall their Friday events in Friday evening. It also would be appreciated if the girls games Are reported immediately instead of waiting for termination of All the action. The Bennor and Italy teams were involved i conference strife and the Germany a a Central a South and . Teams battled non league foe dec. 9-10. Everyone in action this week is in con Ference Competition. The a sits out this week. The wrestlers hit the Mats dec. 10 and were sup Benabram posed to be off until this saturday. However Nurnberg Giessen and accent grapplers were Back in action dec. 17, their regularly scheduled Jan.7 meet being moved up because accent operates under an International schools Agenda and is still on Christmas vacation until next week. The Ramstein boosters club officials thought a month s Layoff would be of no Benefit to , they saved the Day for some 150 wrestlers by sponsoring a Holiday tournament. No team scoring was reported but accent Greg Paul won outstanding wrestler recognition by registering three first period pins. He beat Baum Holder s Chuck Marshall in 1 13 to win the 171 Pound division title. Kaiserslautern s Russ Seedyk did t win a title but he had the most pins in the quickest time four in 13 14. Other champions included Niernberg s Tony Lan none 152david Slivka 160 and Gary Mccartney unlimited Stuttgart s Anthony Hall 119 and Edga Lang 130wiir Burg s . Werner 125 and Kevin Surrat 189heidelberg s Jason Savage 135 and Rich Rollo 140kaiserslautern s Gary Cole Man 103shape s Sean Egge 112 and Laken Heath Smik Pugh i45. Some of the schools also got in some basketball Competition. Shape sponsored a four Tea girls tournament and a four team boys meet. Heidel Berg shape accent and a belgian team St. Ser Vais de Namur competed in the girls meet. St. Ser Vais beat Heidelberg in the title game. The Host spartans won the boys tournament other teams were accent Brussels and the Bel Gian team cues Mes. I was glad we were Able to get in some games Over the holidays Heidelberg girls coach Rich Ben Nett said tuesday. We got to play two games an that experience has to be Good for us. The shape people ran a very Good tournament. I m sure every one benefited from having the Opportunity to com  Wiesbaden staged a four team boys tournament during the dec. 9-10 weekend. Other teams in the tournament were Heidelberg Frankfurt and  beat Heidelberg and Frankfurt conquered Hanau in the semifinals and the Host warriors and Lions prevailed in the title and third place games respectively. Heidelberg also took part in Agerman tournament during the holidays. I Don t know of any other tournaments but those athletes who got to participate have to be ahead of those teams that took the holidays off. Not having any Competition for almost a month is like having two different seasons. Certificates for the stars and stripes All Europe football selectee have been completed an mailed to coaches of the teams with players on the squad. Everyone should have his within a week. The stars and stripes fiesta beats Rose in to ratings by less than expected att Elf  / � we a . New York a Abc s fiesta bowl telecast beat Abc s Rose bowl Gamin the overnight ratings but the margin of Victory was narrower than expected. Notre Dame s 34-21 Victory Over West Virginia in the fiesta received a 15 rating in major markets across the country while Michigan s 22-14 win Over Southern Cali fornia in the Rose earned a 12.7 rating. Because the National championship was at stake in the fiesta it was expected to overwhelm the Rose in their head to head meeting on television. But apparently Many viewers switched from the fiesta to the Rose after notre dam took a 23-6 halftime Lead. Michigan edged us in the final minutes. It was the first Rose bowl telecast Forab which last summer signed a nine year $100 million contract with the country s oldest bowl. Abc had shown the game for 37 straight years. According to the overnights the third highest rated bowl monday was Abc s Orange which received a 11.2. It was Fol Lowed by lbs Cotton at 10.2, Abc s sugar at 7.6, Abc s Hall of Fame at 7.1 and Abc s Citrus at 6.3. For Jan. 5-6-7-8 unless otherwise dated 1 the Continental sports conference swings into 1989 and its next to last weekend of the regular season with Friday saturday and sunday games. On Friday night Oesterberg visits Sembach Span Dah Lem is at Lindsey in Wiesbaden Pitburg plays Atzie Brucken and Rhein main is at Hahn. The Csc s saturday matchup Are Rhein main  at Hahn Lindsey at Wei Brincken Hahn at Pitburg and Oesterberg at Sembach again. The Soester Berg women s team has dropped from the league. Men play at 8 ., women at 6  Both nights. On sunday Ramstein visits Sembach in makeup games at 6  Women and 8  The Csc s Small unit basketball championship open monday and continue for four Days at Ramstein. Games Are scheduled from 7 . To 11  Monday tuesday and wednesday with the championship con test set for noon on thursday Jan. 12. Sixteen teams Are entered in the double elimination tournament. V corps resumes its schedule with two double headers Friday night Frankfurt at Hanau Cardwell gym and Fulda at Wil Flecken. There will also be two matchup saturday Gies senat Mainz Mcculley Barracks and Baum older at wies Baden air base and two More on sunday Baum Holder at Fulda and Frankfurt at bad Kreuz Nach Dex Heim. Women s openers Start at 7  Friday followed Hymen s games at 9  On saturday and sunday Tipoff times Are at 1  For women and 3  For men. 21st Talcom also resumes its schedule this weekend with games on Friday saturday and sunday. Mannheim plays at Worms and Wei Brincken at Pir Masens Friday with the women s games at 6  And men s contests at 8  On saturday we Brucken hosts Kaiserslautern a Kreuzberg Cavern and Karlsruhe visits Mannheim at Benjamin Franklin Village. On sunday it s Karlsruhe hosting Kaiserslautern at Smiley Barracks and Worms at Pir Masens. Saturday sunday Tipoff times Are i .for women and 3  For men. 7th army training come has two men s double headers and one women s twin Bill scheduled for Sun Day. Hohenfels hosts Grafe Wohr with the women playing at 11 . And 3  And the men clashing at 1  And 5  Amberg s men visit Bundlach for games at 11 . And 1 30  In the German Bunde Sliga Bamberg Giessen Ulm and Charlottenburg of Berlin Are All at Home for saturday games against Gold Star Hagen ludwigs Burg Braunschweig and Cologne respectively. The Bamberg game starts at 6 ., Giessen and Ulm at 7 30  And Berlin at 8  Also on saturday Bayreuth plays at 1860 Hagen 7p.m. And Munich is at Leve Kusen 8  Bowling Stuttgart s Pattonville Bowling Center will Bethe site of a King and Queen of the Hill tournament sunday with shifts starting at noon and 2  The to five will Roll off at 5  For the men s tournament a $500 first prize is guaranteed based 9n 45 entries. A women s first place award of $150 is guaranteed based on seven entries for More information Call civilian 07141-85956 the Pattonville Bowling Center is also planning combination tournament Jan. 14-16 and 28-29, with 9 pin no tap scratch and 3-6-9 no tap games. Munich s 9-pin tournament which began thanksgiving weekend and continued in december will wind up sunday at Mcgraw lanes starting at 11a.m. Enhance fee is $15 or 30 Marks with multiple entries permitted. The Csc s base level schedule resumes saturday with Competition at Span Dahlem and Wiesbaden s Lindsey As. Hahn Pitburg we Brucken and Spang Dahlem will each bowl two matches at Spang. At Wiesbaden Sembach Ramstein Oesterberg an Lindsey will Square off in four matchup. Bowling starts at 1  At both Sites. Soccer the world indoor soccer championships will be held this week and next in the Netherlands with the United states one of 16 National teams entered. The tournament divided into four groups for round Robin play a ill open thursday with Denmark playing the Netherlands at 2 15  In Rotterdam. The . Team will compete in group d with Australia Italy and Zimbabwe. The americans opener will be against Australia Friday at 9  In Amster dam following Italy Zimbabwe at 7 45  The other . Games will be against Zimbabwe at 7 45 .saturday in arnhem and against Italy at 3 45  sunday in arnhem. Algeria Denmark Netherlands and Paraguay Are Ingroup a Brazil Hungary saudi Arabia and Spain in group a and Argentina Belgium Canada and Japan Ingroup c. The canadians group schedule is Argentina at 9  Friday in s Herto Tenbosch Belgium at 6  Sat urday in Leeuwarden and Japan at 3 45  Sunday in s Herto Tenbosch. The second round Matching first and second place finishers in group play will be held Jan 10-11-12, with semifinals Jan. 14 at Rotterdam and third place an championship games Jan. 15, also at Rotterdam. Bischo Hofen Austria will Host the final event of the International four Hills tournament Fri Day. Practice jumping starts at 11 45 . And the com petition begins at 1  . And Canadian jumpers Are entered in the tournament which began last week at Oberst Dorf West Ger Many and continued sunday in Garmisch and wednes Day in Innsbruck. Skiing the world cup Alpine schedule which was disrupted last month be weather conditions and Lack of Snow still has problems in january. The two mens downhills and a super a scheduled for Garmisch West Germany this weekend have All been shifted to lax Switzerland. Garmisch has enough Snow for a slalom or giant slalom but not for the longer races. The world cup women Are scheduled for two giants atoms at Schwarzenber Austria Friday and saturday