European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 3. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary sponsors could save Safe skiing the problem the air Forte in Europe says Lack of Money could push in ski championships off a Cliff. The solution collect commercial sponsorship and the Safe ski championships will be on top of the Mountain again. Sometimes these equations Are so simple. The Money runs out Cut Back and generate More Bucks. Safe sports solved the subtraction this Way last summer. Since it said 14 percent of its budget had to be slashed it axed four championship level events skiing boxing Power lifting and track plus the All Star football game. Off with heir Heads. And when Safe kills an event it stays dead. Just ask that endangered species. The air Force baseball player. Safe skiers knew thai. So before Headquarters in Ramstein could Bury them with that 14-percent Snow Job he skiers climbed out of the Crevasse and shouted for help. Its a Good thing a couple of Safe Champion skiers Dieter Krause and Graham Smith did the shouting. Thanks to them air Force skiers raced this week in Garmise. Thanks to Krause and Smith air Force skiers will race against their  counterparts in next week s All services meet also in Garry tech. ."-.-., -. That Avalanche from Garmisch has jarred the original a swinger Safe sports chief Dick mul Lins Inlo saying i see skiing alive next year at least like his. If it gels support it would be like before perhaps. I have no intention of idling it  that s the Good news. Here s the bad news since the Safe meet sur Vives because of big funding from its skiers lower Bucky Fox enlisted airmen can no longer afford to compete. The races have become the elitist Alpine championships. At last week s  Nim with Usa eur pay ing for hotel lift passes and entry fees the lop racers were a specialist Jim Krall of Gar Stedl and a Pri vate first class Melissa Campanile of Hohenfels. At this week s air Force meet with Safe pay ing for virtually Zero the top racers were a first lieutenant Mike Balfany of Torr Joir. A Captain John Skinner of Span Dahiem and a major. . Krausch a lieutenant colonel out of Oberammergau who won two Bronze medals says to  ski ing is very special. I love the sport. Bui i want to make it affordable to the lower enlisted. If we gel no sponsorship then the lower enlisted can t  -. How expensive was it air Force skiers shelled out a $40 entry fee $10 to $20 for each night in the hotel 117 each Day fora lift pass and More for Iran portion. Throw food in there and these skiers belter have a Good salary. How did Safe help it sent a sports specialist Cynthia Christmas to make the races official. Ii Al Lowed the skiers to go on permissive toy so they would t be charged leave. And a couple of bases. Zwic Brucken and Hahn paid its skiers entry fees. What do Krausch and Smith and the rest of the skiers want Safe to pay for i. Entry ices 2, awards 3. An official overseeing the races. Notice the skiers Aren t asking for free hotel and lift passes. Safe started picking up those labs in 1985, and As Krause says they priced themselves out of the business. They had a Good thing in mind but it  Milf ins figures if his office paid the hotel Bill the Safe meet would Cost about 16,500. Which brings up that solution commercial sponsorship. As of 1988, military sports can draw Money from companies. For the arc open ski championships this Winter Michelob forked Over $10,500 and or. Pepper 13,000. While Krause and Smith lobbied Safe last fall to keep skiing alive this commercial sponsorship item surfaced. Miller Lite approached Mullins. The Beer outfit offered $6,500 which would have Cov. Ered the entry fees lift tickets two Days of training medals the Safe official s toy plus the All services races which Are Safe s turn to run. Mullins answer backing by alcohol or tobacco companies is taboo. How about if a soft drink company offered to sponsor the Safe ski championships Mullins said that would work. Thars the answer. Get those sponsors Bucks and Krause and Smith won t have to scram ble for Safe s attention. They won t have to re Cruit skiers at the last moment like they did this Winter. Safe could bring Back the team concept which offered Light Competition. Safe could bring Back nordic racing which failed to land enough skiers with enough Money this Winter. Sec How easy in is local round Heilbronn Frankfurt a Augsburg compiled by kl1nt Johnson assistant sport editor baseball what s new in the German american baseball league for .1989? three new teams,1 two new Spon sors and television. The Heilbronn masons Frankfurt giants and Augsburg athletics arc in the league for 89 while the Bamberg braves and Ramstein rams arc out. Masons coach Bob Rushing said thursday. League founder Claus Helmig has lined up Easton in provide aluminium Daisv and Rawlings which will provide balls gloves and other baseball equip ment to the learns at a 40 percent Dis count. Rushing said. Tele 5, the Munich based Cable Channel will tape highlights of selected games to be shown on wednesday nights Rushing said. The addition of the three new teams and the loss of Bamberg and Ramstein would bring the league up o 10 teams if the financially troubled Giessen Brewers stay in the league. The do funding Laguc Char Pion Mannheim Amigos i Darm Stadt comets Mainz rangers Norn Borg pirates Stuttgart Blue sox und bad Tcruz twins Fields of teams in 88. The league is having its organisational " meeting Larch 19 at 12 noon in the Hail Bonn officers club on wha Tori Barracks two team  clings have been arranged. Rustling s club will meet March ii at ii . In the Wharton Barracks gym. Rush ing ran be reached at ets 425-3780 or qti3i-i6q53&. The Stuttgart Blue son will also meet March l 1, in the Robinson Barracks gym at 2 . Contact coach Greg Brown at 07141 -80069 for More information. Basketball Safe has Nam -10 players including three from Champi on Rhein main to represent the euro Pean command in the March 19-24 air Force women s championships at Wrighi Paite sort fab Ohio. Rhein main head coach Johnny Gardner and the assistant coach Trainer Wilbur Carey will guide the team. Rock ettes Jennifer Anderson Forward Angela Mccullough and guard Vicki Witherspoon also made tic team. Safe tournament most valuable player Cynthia Cummings a Center for runner up Span Dahiem guard Lovic Williams of we Brucken Forward Annie cousins and Center Veruschka Holley of in Ciurlik Turkey guard april Harding of Comiso Italy and forwards Sharon Joyner and Renic Dawkins of upper Heyford England round out the team. The . Conference will also pc rep resented by Stan Burton of Alconbury who was selected to officiate at the air Force Toumey three Safe players have made the All air Force team for the armed forces men s championships March 12-17 at the Presidio of san Francisco. Named to the air Force squad were Bonnie Day of Binl Waters England Dan tar Williger of Chicksands England and Darryl Ferguson of Aviano Italy. Safe finished fifth with a 3-4 record in the eight team air Force men s tournament at Travis fab Calif. Unified come uni commode up of several com mands too Small to Send a team won the Toumey tide skiing Safe capped its Alpine meet this week by nominating skiers for the arc Alt services championships Safe will rate against Usa eur in Garmisch. The giant slalom stuns at 10 . Tuesday with the slalom at 10 . Wednesday. The air Force will choose six men s open skiers from this group John Skinner and Jim Durtschi of Span Dahlem Mike Balfany and Scon Sander of Torrejon Robert Neufer of Owci Bruckn Vannur Hegbloom of Hahn George Curley of Grenham common Edmund gains of Alconbury fat Arnone of Sembach and Jim out Cleof Lindsay. Itic other three division can each and Vance , Safe s seniors 30-39 year Candi dates Are Mark Lindstrom of Torrejon Mike Minard of Hahn Brian Campbell of Aviano Eric Lorentzon of Sembach Mike Mckenna of Spang Dahlem end Douglas brakes of Lindsay.  s masters 40 and Over come Graham Smith of Zwic Brucken. Rauli Karjalainen of upper Heyford Dieter Krause of Oberammergau Bill Stod Dard of Rhein main Richard Lobacz of Hahn and Bernard James of Brussels. The women s open candidates Are Ellen Borg Gran of Flora ones Judy Wanke of 8rcmcrhaven, Kathleen Wulsch of ecu Brucic Dawn Thurston of Sembach Jen Nifer o Bryon of Ramstein and Adrienne . Safe and Usa eur will each Field an in skier team in the All services Alpine meet which will take 50 skiers that caves 14 spots open to id card holders. Spots arc also open for the nordic Long distance event at 10 . March 10. The entry fee per race is j10. Pre Regis ration deadline is 4 30 . Today. Call Garmisch ets4402-591. Soccer Edward Bellion an inter nationally experienced referee and Nick Zlater a director of coaching for the . Federations East Region will conduct the Usa eur soccer coaches and officials clinic March 14-17 at Rose bar Racks in bad or Cugnach. Those certified by the clinic will be required to conduct followup clinics. Deadline is March 6 for clinic registration with Community sports directors. Two coaches and two officials arc permitted from each Community. Clinic students should report to the Rose Barracks fitness Center by 8 30 . On March 4 for registration and payment of a s25 tee. Contact Chris re Mann at ets 379-7818/6007 for More information. Softball Walter Sparks a member of the National umpiring staff who has been umpiring for 25 years will conduct the Usa eur softball officials clinic March 21-24 at the Tomp fins Barracks recreation Center in Schwet Zingen West Germany. The clinic is designed for experienced officials and Only two from each com Muni a May Alk and. Incr Eliud umpires should Contact Community sports directors by March 13. Those passing the course will be required to conduct Fol Low up clinics in their own communities. Check in time will be from 7 30-9 . March 21 and a $25 registration fee is due. Then. Con Lac Reid Man for More in formation Power lifting the  team captured the 1989 armed forces Power. Lifting championship at Nas a dig Zwich. Calif., with three Usa Keur lift ers contributing medal finishes. James Boshop stationed a Bumbra West Germany won the 242-Pound Divi Sion with a 2094-Pound total. Roosevelt Thomas of sch Cinfio placed second in the i 4-Pund class with a 1,02s-Pbund total Rand Pir Masens Michael Hancock was the 165-Pound runner up with 1,570.14 pounds. Safe lifters earned i Rcd third places. John  took the 114-Pound Bronze medal with a total of 902 pounds Laken Halh s Michael Barber lifted 1,826 pounds in the is1.5 division and Richard Stewart of . Greece had a 1,908 Lota in the 275-Pound. Class also. Rhein main .242-Poundcr Michael Drew placed fourth with 1,991 pounds  Defeated air Force by winning seven Gold medals and totalling 46 Points most Ever in the championships. . Wilson of fort Bragg . Paced the  with a 1,003-Pound squat Mark and a 2,430w-Pound total both National records. His 551 Pound Bench and 876u dwt Iii broke armed forces records. Afri sports television Aba basketball Dallas at Boston or Mil hockey Pittsburgh at washing Ion 2 ., saturday. Radio College basketball Florida at Ala Bama 1 30 ., saturday