European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 27, 1969 the stars and stripes Paga 19 for april 27-28-29-30 unless otherwise dated Bowling the annual european Abc tournament opens monday at the 24-Lane Pattonville Bowling Cen Ter in Stuttgart with 140 teams and 560 individuals competing in the nine Day classic. The first squad will Start Wilh team Competition monday at 1 15 ., followed by the second squad at6 30  The doubles Cuenl for the first group follows on tuesday and singles on wednesday with the same two Start ing times each Day. The second group takes Over on May 4-5-6, with 9 . And 2  Starting times each Day. The final and biggest group Rolls on May 7-8-9, with 9  2 .and7p.m.squad limes. Following the add Competition the women take Over Al Pattonville with their european w1bc championships scheduled for May 10-11-12. The masters for both Abc and wisc will also be held at Patton Ville. May 13-14. ". " defending Abc and wisc All events champions Fred Walton of  and Nortina Newborn of Heidelberg arc both entered in this year s Turna  " the Marlboro handicapped mixed foursome tournament begins its three weekend run saturday and sunday at the Benjamin Frankllin Village Bowling Center in Mannheim. -. Shirts begin Al 11 ., 2 ., 5  And 8  Each Day with the tournament continuing on May 6-7and 13-14 at Bov foursomes must be composed of two women and two men Handicap is based on so per cent of 110,  a total of $7,000 in prize Money is offered based on200 team entrant with first place guaranteed Al s1,000. Four Bowling balls will be Given for the highest three game team score. Entry fee is ji250 per  Are permitted but the same foursome can Cash in Only once. Call j80-7613 or 380-6528 for reservations or More information. The Vocel Weh Bowling Center in Kaiser slam Terri will hold the third of its three Moonlight no tap tournaments in april on saturday night Sig  begin at 7 30  For the 8  Shift 9 30  For the 10  Competition and 11 30  For. The Midnight shift. Baseball the Tele 5 German american league will stage us pre season Pink Clacker cup this weekend at Mann Heim and Mainz. Ten teams Are entered in the two Day single elimination  plays Stuttgart in the. I .1 opener sat urday at Mannheim s Woods memorial Field followed by Mannheim is. Bad t6lz at 2  Augsburg meets the game i Winner at 5  At Mainz saturday s schedule has Darmstadt playing Nilon Borg at 11 ., Frankfurt meeting Heilbronn at 2  And Mainz facing the game i Wihn Cral 5p.m. On sunday three games Are scheduled for Mann Heim with the game 2 and. 3  Mainz playing at 11 30 . And the game 2 and 3 Mann Heim survivors clashing at 1 30 , in the semifinals. The championship game is slated for 5  At Mann Heim. Automobile racing  will stage its annual Eifel run non program  with the lop races to in clude the third round in the German touring car championship and the opening race in the International super cup series for sports cars. All of the lop learns Mercedes Bow Ford. Opel and other plus Many ranking International Drivers Are entered for the Louring car race while private entry porsche and factory Mercedes and Jaguar sports cars will highlight the super cup event. Races Are also planned for opel Lotus cars. Formula 3 can. Porsche 944 turbos and formula Fords. Al races will be held on the new apr Burgering Cir Cuil the racing  starts at 10 . And ends about 6  Practice is scheduled for All Day on Sal urday. The  May be reached from i he Koblenz Trier autobahn exit Ulman Nur burping the track is about 10 Miles from the . Motorcycle racing t11f second round in the German National to Lorcy Clini championship series will be held sunday  with races for All classes of motorcycles plus cycles with sidecars. The City of Hock lie in is located Southwest of Heidelberg. The Spanish grand prix for motorcycles fourth round in the world championship and the european. Opener following previous grand Pris races in Japan Australia and the United states will be staged sunday on the new Jerk circuit in Jerez do la Frontera Spain. All of the world s top riders will be competing with races scheduled for the so 125, 250 and 500cc Divi Sions. Practice will be held on Friday and saturday. In Hungary the second round in  world Champion series will be held sunday on the new Hunga Roring outside Budapest. Volleyball snorts Calendar platen housing area Fields i and 2 in Frankfurt. First games arc scheduled for 10 ., following a coaches meeting Al 9 . The championship games Are set for 1  On sunday. For More information Contact Community sports offices. Soccer the 21sttaacom s invitational indoor tournament will be held saturday at the police Academy i Wenkenbach near . Competition will begin at 9 . Teams from  Karlsruhe,.Mannheim, Miclau 1 i Masens and Zweir Lycken Are entered. A single round Robin with two groups will be played. First and second place Tennis in Inch group a Vanceto the semifinals which will be followed by the cheap Manship and third place games Contact 483-7617 for More information. The Continental sports conference season continues saturday with the following games Ramstein at Pitburg  Al Kline Brogl Lindsey at Rhein main Simbach at Spang Dahlum and Hahn at Berlin matches Start at i  In the German league saturday the 27th play ing Dale of the season vib Stuttgart visits Frankfurt Earsl Ruhr is at Mannheim. Hanover no Munich. Dort Mund Al Stuttgart kickers. . At Nilon Borg lev Crusen at cur Dingen. Hamburg at bochum Bremen at St. I Auli of Hamburg and monchengladbach at Cologne All nine matches Senrt at 3 30  In the second German league is games will replayed on thursday evening Blair Weiss Berlin at Mainz Aschaffenbur at Darmstadt Braunschweig Balsaar Brocken Aachen Al Hertha Berlin map pc Al Zweig Hockin and Mannheim will Host the 2lsl Talcom travelling league matches this weekend.  Mannheim and Pir Masens will play Al Miclau saturday with men s matches starting at 10 , and 11 . And women s play beginning ii noon and i , " "  Franklin Village , Mann Heim will play Karlsruhe and Worms with i be Start ing limes for men arid women the usage championships for. Men and women Are being held this week in sch Nikon in Xvi the tournaments started wednesday and wind up on sat urday. " /. Softball. A Onk i itch. Double elimination tournament will be held Friday St Turda and Sundu us Llano in s  sixteen teams from All Over Germany arc entered in the tournament which is sponsored by the Lanau chapter of the . Army warrant officer association. The tourney opens Friday at 6 ., with games con to Guingon the lighted Ltd until around Midnight saturday s games begin at & ., also running . On sunday the tournament will continue from 8 . Until around 9 1 s pm. A Competition Tor the most Home runs hit during the tournament is also scheduled a raffle will be held an Concession stands and overnight camping will he Avail Able. V corps will hold a preseason slow pitch tournament for men and women slur Dot and Sundus on the Fortuna Cologne. Basketball hoops Are still alive Iti Vii corps which will hold ils company level conference championships this weekend at four Sites. Community champions will play double elimination tournaments at gripping in Cooke Barracks for the Baden Wor Temberg  Kalterbach gym for Iron land Schweinfurt Conn Barracks for Marne land and Neu dim Nelso Barracks for South Bavaria. The tournaments open Friday at 6  And continue on saturday at All four places. The Ansbach and Schweinfurt tourneys conclude saturday while the competitions lit Chipping in and Neu Ulm wind up  teams will be vying for berths in the  May 12-14. Football in German american Hess in Rheinland Pfalz division saturday Wieburg plays at Offenbach Eschwege at Koblenz and Neu Isonburg at Frankfurt horse racing eight tracks ofter racing during the Long week end in West Germany. is the Only one operating on saturday. Saar Bruckn Cologne and Hanover will have racing . On monday the May Day Holiday Bremen. Mann Heim. Munich and Miil him will have thoroughbred programs first races Start Al 2 pm at most tracks. Muth Cim will also have racing next wednesday. Cha pushes 16-team playoff to replace bowls Denver a the College foot Ball association says ii is still working out the details for its plan to replace College bowl games with a 6-team championship playoff and May Hac Othra Ternali pcs if the bowl plan fails. Dave Percan assistant disc for of the Cha television committee. Said that members have expressed cautious optimism about the plan but he said no decision will be made until the membership votes on it during the an Nual meeting june 2-4 in Dallas the playoffs Ore not a new idea. This has been discussed from Lime to time especially around december when bowl games a Gin. He said it s the committee s feeling that now is the Lime to examine the alternatives and decide if now is the time 10implement changes or put it off for the  he said. Ogrean said some details of the plan Are still secret bul he said the outline of the program Calls for a 16-Lcam Field chosen by a selection committee using some of the Standard selection criteria used in choosing contenders for the Mcaa basketball playoffs. He said details have not been decided on who will join the selection com Mittee but said it might be patterned after the television committee who re there arc representatives from each of the five confers news and the two inde pendent College groups. The five conference members in clude the Atlantic coast i con Terence the Southeast conference the South. West conference the big eight and the Western athletic conference. Independents include the Northern colleges such As notre Dame and Penn state and the Southern members Suchias Florida stall Louisville and Mem Phis state. The big ten and Pacific to conferences which arc hot Cha. Members would be excluded. Criteria for choosing the participants would include the ".won-los5 record strength of schedule and head to had Competition Ogrean said the change would mean More Money for participating schools under inc current Bow system schools last year earned $.1.1.5 million. Orcan said earnings projections Are secret bul estimates Range irom $50 million to so million he said replacing the bowl system with playoffs would be Ideal in an Effort 10 keep the number of games played k Low As possible. However he said if the bowls object there arc other alternatives including a revised playoff schedule. Ogrean said the proposed Pla off schedule Calls for 16 teams id be chose by committee including seven earns thai  automatic qualifiers one from each Cha constituent group nine teams would  at Large the e first round games would be held the first two weeks of december on Campus. The quarterfinals would he held around new year s Day. And the semifinals would be a . The championship game would be played the week before the super bowl Ogrean said the Money would be divided among All 63 members of inc Cha with special weight Given to the 16 teams taking part in the playoffs. Chuck Neinas executive director of the Cha presented the plan to bowl representatives last week in Atlanta