European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 26, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s who s on first or who s on the mat what is happening on the wrestling front judging from the weekly reports there have Beena lot of exciting matches this season and Many out standing wrestlers Are beginning to Peak As the sea son moves along toward tournament Competition the four Germany Bennor regional Are two week from saturday and the Central european championships Are feb. 17-18. Other in country tournaments Are scheduled Between that weekend and March 11. But there seems to be a Little bit of the old Bud Abbott Lou costello who s on first routine going on on the Mats too. Coaches from two different areas called me Sun Day and monday complaining that people who had t wrestled were Given credit for victories or were charged with defeats and people who actually had competed and won were not mentioned in the reports filed by the Host coaches. What gives the immediate reaction is to blame the official scorer. However that the vast majority of times is placing the blame on the wrong person. The official scorer could not have the wrong peo ple wrestling. He she is handed a card listing the opponents and the scorer s sole duty in any partic ular match is to record each wrestler s achievements As the official awards the Points earned or the final time of a pin. A scorer being human might acc Dently record the Points on the wrong Side of the Ledger once in a while or an official might accidentally raise the wrong  in recording Points in the heat of an exciting match but most of the time those mistakes Are caught and rectified. I talked with Veteran wrestling official and former coach Mannie Davatelis about this and he said that coaches often have two or More boys weigh in at Given weight and then decide at the very last minute who will compete in that bracket selecting the Grap Pler with the Best Chance of winning the match and picking up some team Points and moving the other boy up to the next weight. Strategy of course plays a big role in Good coach ing but it certainly behoves a coach to inform the official scorer exactly who is out there on the  virtually every meet a triangular or quadrangular it hardly is fair for a visiting coach to expect the scorer to personally know every competitor from every school. Accurate match sheets Are necessary because tournament directors use the weekly Competition results to determine the official seedlings for the championships. Those seedlings in turn determine the offi Cial pairings. A boy charged with a loss he did incur could be mismatched when the official pairings Are made conversely a boy credited with a win Heddin t record might be Given a better pairing than he deserves perhaps even a Bye into the next round. Coaches would you please Check All results this week before you Call or have your manager Call in the results thanks a lot. 9 Frankfurt s Mike Kinder and Wei Brincken James Mcknight share this week s boys player of the week accolades. Kinder scored 28 Points an grabbed 12 rebounds in Frankfurt s Victory Over Ramstein and enjoyed a 21 Point night  on saturday As the eagles ran their win Ning Streak to four straight games. Mcknight scored 18 Points and grabbed 18 re Bounds against Pitburg and followed that up with a 21 Point 11 Board game against Niernberg As the trojans ran their record to 8-0. The girls honors also Are split Between Heidel Berg s Cindy cabe and osterholz s Twana Ross. Cabe had 17 Points and 16 rebounds As the lady Lions conquered the Wiesbaden warriors in a Battle of undefeated aaa titans on Friday. She came Backwith 12 Points and 10 rebounds As Heidelberg ran its 1988-89 record to 6-0. Ross scored 30 Points and came up with 1 3 steal Friday night and increased the totals to 35 and 15, respectively on saturday As the Blackhawk remained undefeated in a Central strife by taking a pair of wins from Karlsruhe. A clarification is needed on an item in last week s prep Pickin s. Only seniors not All players born on or after Jan. 1, 1971, Are eligible for the Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament tryouts March 1 8 at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena in Mannheim. Once again Ramstein track and Field coach Bruce Steffensmeier is trying to update a Dod Shonor Roll. He began the project a couple of years ago but he really got into the meat of the program extensively late last year. Over the Christmas holidays Steffensmeier spent several Days checking out the stars and stripes sports files and he has compiled the most Complete Honor Roll i have Ever seen on the Dodds track and Field program. It includes the Best times distance Sand Heights recorded in any reported meet since i started running the is Honor Roll in 1 969. Unlike the stars and stripes Honor Roll which because of space limitations lists Only the top three athletes and ties Steffensmeier s log includes the top10 and ties for every event boys and girls. And As Bruce says in a letter he has sent to Ever school in Dodds in Europe the stars and stripes carries Only winning results in the Honor Roll. Many times the people finishing second in any one event Inone meet have better statistics than winners in other meets. And an outstanding athlete s non Best achieve ments Many times Are better than other competitors Best efforts but Only the elite one is printed. It would be really great if All the coaches would respond to Bruce s request for Aid. Once a completed Honor Roll has been established it becomes relatively easy to update. 9 9 9former is All Europe eager Mike Hanson is cutting a wide Swath on the collegiate front. All Europe As a Junior at Torr Jon Hansen enjoyed a Good senior year at University Heights High school in Hopkinsville by. He attracted som major College attention but none serious enough soon enough and signed a letter of intent for the University of Tennessee at Martin. In a feature Story about him in Gigantes Del Bas Ket the leading Spanish basketball Magazine Han sen said North Carolina s Dean Smith eventually showed some serious interest but that it came too late. Gigantes Del Basket did the Story on Hansen because he grew up in Madrid and played on the Spanish National Junior teams infantile for 14-15-year-Olds and the juvenile for 16-17 and his big ambition is to help Spain win the 1992 olympic Gold medal because it would be the Best prize i could give my parents for All they have sacrificed for  / his Mother is Spanish so he has dual citizenship. Tennessee Martin is a Mcaa division ii school but it plays some division i teams like Louisi Ana state. Leu hammered  128-89 at Bato Rouge s Pete Maravich Assembly Center but the tigers could t handle Hansen. He hit on 12 of 21second-half shots including four 3-pointers, to wind up with 40 Points a fieldhouse record for visiting player. The old record was 37 by Mississippi s Dave Shepherd in 1975. After 12 games Hansen is averaging 25.5 Points game for Tennessee Martin. He had seven 3 pointers against the Lexington ky., aau team an six against West Georgia and is averaging 4.2 for the season. A copy of the Story and some clippings fro american newspapers detailing Hansen s achieve ments were sent along by David Labuhn special projects officer for Dodds med. News of achieve ments of former Dodds athletes is always appreciated. Thanks Dave. And there s a familiar name in first place in the women s Long jump in the Mobil indoor track and Field grand prix standings updated weekly by the associated press. Former stars and stripes athlete of the year and Dodds record Holder Nena Gage from Karlsruhe has 10 Points. The stars and stripes Foster decks Seoul memories in pro debut by Earl Gustkey los Angeles times great Falls Mont. The nigh before Todd Foster s pro boxing debut his Mother Vicki Foster approached Bob Spagnola her son s manager. Look i m his Mother of she  Tell me How much i have to worry about this Guy he s fighting. In other words How Many times do i have to throw up tomorrow Vicki Don t worry about it at All Spagnola said. Todd will take him out of there in two maybe three  it was two. So Vicki Foster threw up for nothing. But two was too much for Chris the gangster Alvarado who was nearly doubled Over by Todd Foster s Thun Derous body punches in the first round. Foster went on to win in smashing fashion before his Hometown crowd of 3,470 in a Chilly great Falls hockey Rena and an esp television audience. It was the first nationally televised boxing show from Montana since Gene Fullmer beat Joey Giardello in Boz Manin 1960. In the main event former International boxing federation middleweight Champion Frank Tate gained a unanimous decision Over Jimmy Bills in an Over the weight Trout. Tate is now Boxi Gas a super middleweight but came in at 176 pounds for this one. Tate seemed slow was not Sharp an heard Only Boos when the decision was announced. Really the main event was bout no. 3,Foster s six round under card bout. And the crowd in a sense was i search of revenge. Or at least a Chance to cheer their Guy Todd and maybe makeup for some of that unpleasantness at Seoul South Korea last summer. They had watched last september when Foster was forced to defeat the same South korean opponent twice Inone Day at the olympic games Only to then lose a decision in the quarterfinals to an australian on a decision that still makes folks go purple faced in these parts. Now this was a Chance to let off some steam. Foster who trained for two months in Houston for his debut came in at 138pounds, Alvarado 139. Vicki Foster was t alone in worrying about Foster s first opponent. Alvarado appearing More fearsome than he is be cause his face and Throat have been scar red in an Auto Accident came in with a13-4 record. The Phoenix Boxer had also gone 10 rounds four times. Not to worry. Foster leaped on his opponent As if Hewer still fighting amateurs using his left Jab and following it with a right hand tothe body. With that first right hand to the body i knew i Hurt him because he kind of sighed Foster said. Alvarado agreed. He s very Good Alvarado  s Quick and he put a lot of pressure on me Early and i just was t ready for that. The body punches Hurt a  the bout became one sided a minute into the first round. Alvarado was Down twice in the round bouncing up quickly for standing eight counts. The first Knockdown was from a Short right inside the second from a counter left Hook. Foster caught Alvarado in his own Cor Ner Early in the second and landed about 10 punches to the head and referee Kevin Mccarl waved Foster off and gave Alvarado a standing eight. Foster charged in began More of the same and a Towel sailed in from Alvarado s Cor Nermen at 1 13 of the second. At that Point Foster leaped happily into the arms of his co Nermen Trainer Kenny Weldon and Foster s father Vern  crowd stood and cheered for several minutes until a couple of politicians stepped into the ring to give him an award. Then the cheers turned to Boos. No one in great Falls had Ever see Foster in the ring without the tank top shirts that amateurs Wear. Or headgear. Standing in there before it started not having that headgear on no tank top and wearing eight ounce gloves instead of 10,1 Felt great he said. I Felt like this is my game " an sports radio College basketball Duke at North Carolina state 3 . Friday