European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 3, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Nealis Johnson duo leads doubles by Walt morr1ssette stuff writer ludwigs Burg West Germany the Neu Ulm outlaws Are the team leaders after the first group or 40 teams an Donald Calis and Bennie Johnson of Gic Ssan arc in first place in doubles following action tuesday in the american Bowling Congress All stars Competition at Pattonville s King pin  second squad of 20 teams threw their team games monday night. The first squad of 20 teams that rolled the team Competition monday afternoon rolled into doubles tuesday afternoon. I got Lucky Nealis said after firing a 691-686 1377 shift for a Sterling 229.5 pinball average. It was one of those Days when i could have thrown the Ball up in the air and the pins would fall  Nealis Strung out a 245-190-256 in his first series and a 247-214-225 Gem of a second set. Johnson s 586 569-1156 gave the pair a 2533 Good enough for a 28-pin Lead Over second place Ramstein inn s Eric Boucher and Damian Estevez. Nealis 691 is the new High series and Ernest Smith of Frankfurt broke through with a 279 for the new High game. Smith rolled the 279 in his last game 10 strikes a spare in the second Frame and nine pins on his last throw. Nealis put it into perspective. We All know the Best bowlers Are going to bowl last. I just wanted to give them something to shoot  the outlaws overtook first shift Leader and defend ing Champion Ramstein inn with a 2201-2385-4586 monday for a 191 average. That bettered Ramstein s 2302-2266-4568 by 18 pins. The outlaws pulled out smoking guns from their holsters for the sixth game of their series. Dave Shadle 205jackie Bradley 215stephan Bair 223 and Douglas Perkins 199 combined for an 842, a 210.5 average. Coming in third was Stuttgart beneficial with a 2323-2163-4486,8 186 average. Stuttgart s players put together a red hot game two in their six game series. Tony Myers 222dave mocks 201ken Brooks 235 and Steve Cook 190 produced an 848, a 212 average. The Rhein main cruisers cruised into a tie for third with their 2334-2152-4486, a 186 average. Greg Dis brow fired a 239 in game two of the first series to Lead a 832 Effort. Leslie Goodwin shot a 205, Orville Schu maker threw a 196 and Mike Mays cranked in a 192. The High game and series for the doubles belonged to the fifth place Sembach Short rollers. They put together an 854 third game of their 2383 first series. First Day All events Leader Bob Carnahan hurled a 246 and Jerry Michic 213. Dave Morgan 201 and John Spencer 194 turned in outstanding supporting performances. The rollers rolled Back to a 2101 in their second series to fall Back to 4484, two pins out of third. The second group of teams begins thursday. Strikes and spares James Monn of the sch Sobisch Gomond strikers fired a 267 monday night to take Over High game honors for the tournament from incl Lingen s Bob Calta Irano who had a 256 monday afternoon. Monn s High game was the first in his second set 267-180-171-618. His 527-618-1145 left him 22nd in All events. After monday night s shift his team is seventh Overall. Computerized lanes have revolutionized Bowling in recent years. In earlier Days someone always had to keep score. So the Bowler would take turns picking up his Bowling Ball or his Wax Pencil. For this Abc event All the bowlers Here have to do is punch in their names and team name if necessary into a console behind the Lane and the computer takes Over from there. All the Bowler has to do is bowl said tournament director Oscar Lenz. The color Monitor Over each of the 24 lanes tracks the bowlers Progress throughout his game. It even gives congratulations for spares strikes doubles six packs All with the bowlers name flashed on the screen. The Beauty of this for the fan is he or she can walk up and Down the Width of the Bowling Center watching the screens and can Tell at an instant if someone is on a hot Streak a siring of Bright red a strikes or if someone i stinking up the place by failing to pick up spares. Rangers orioles biggest surprises april really fooled baseball world new York a a team that had a seven game losing Streak is tied for first and its record is Only .500. The team it s tied with went 1-22 Las. April. Cincinnati leads the National league West despite the daily controversy Over the Fate of its manager. St. Louis leads the no East despite a largely disabled pitching staff and the Texas rangers who have never won a division title Lead the american league West. The Al by Young award Winner is 0 4. The Al map has t played a game. The no map is on the disabled list. What s going on it s like a Golf tournament califor Nia manager Doug Rader said. At this Point you re just playing the course As opposed to looking at the Leader  the Leader Board is wackiest in the Al East where the new York Yankees who lost seven straight games after winning their opener and the Baltimore orioles losers of their first 21 games in 1988, are12-12. That s the top of the lot. It s great to come out of april at .500 and be right at the top Yankees second baseman Steve sax said. It s a Good  Only in the Al least where no team is Good and every one has a Chance. Jeff Ballard of the orioles is 5-0, Best in the majors along with Oakland s Dave Stewart. I m As surprised As anyone by my record Ballard said. Frank Viola of the Minnesota twins the Best Pitcher in the american league last year has the most surprising record of All. He is 0-4, with All the losses in the metronome where he was 14-2 last year. His earned run average is 5.26. It was the worst april i be Ever had Viola said. But i be got 30 to 31 starts left and believe me i la be  it s a Little too Early to panic although the twins already Are seven games Back in the Al West. Think we should Send him to port land Minnesota manager Tom Kelly said sarcastically referring to a twins minor league team. Oakland is second in the Al West de spite the absence since Spring training of injured Jose Canseco the 1988 Al map after becoming the first major leaguer tobit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season. The team the athletics Trail by a game is Texas off to a 17-5 Start the Best in the majors. When you re going like we re going you hate to take a Day off rangers manager Bobby Valentine said. The rangers amazing Nolan Ryan 42, is 3-1 with a 2.06 Era two car no hitlers and a major league leading 49 strikeouts in 35 innings. I think people think i do something different than anyone else has done Ryan said. It s not True. I Don t have some secret  the biggest secret in baseball has been the Pete Rose watch. What did the Cincinnati reds manager do and when did he do it did he bet on baseball the reds will he be suspended. When everywhere he goes network cameras follow. Me and my shadows Rose said. I feel like a fresh piece of  St. Louis is 13-9, atop the no East despite missing pitchers Danny Cox Greg Matthews and a late april injury to Joc Maranc. That s three of five Down cardinals manager Whitey Herzog quipped when Magrane got Hurt. Kirk Gibson who hit a memorable Home run in game i of the 1988 world series hobbled onto the disabled list of the world Champion los Angeles Dodg ers Over the weekend after getting Only two homers and eight Bis in 50 at bats. Last season Gibson was the no s map. The Pittsburgh pirates May be last in the no East but they Lead the league in injuries. Sid Bream Andy Van Slyke Jim Gott Mike Lavalliere and Benny Distefano All have been disabled. Everybody knows we re banged up pirates manager Jim Leyland said complaining that other teams were offering one sided trades. There were some ridiculous  honk Allen went from horse hide to horse flesh by Larry Stumes san Francisco chronicle Louisville by. Hank Alle has gone from indifferent Success in major league baseball to a starring role in a different sport training a horse that will run in saturday s Kentucky  of the three Allen Brothers who made it to the majors Hank languished in the Shadow of his brother Dick who was a superstar in the 1960s and 70s. Dick Allen batted .292 in his 14-year career and belting 351 Hohe runs. Hank played off and on from 1966 to 973 _ mostly with the Washington senators now the Texas rangers but also with the Brewers and White sox. He never had More than 292 at bats in a season and finished with a lifetime aver age of .241 and six homers in 881 games. Another brother Ron baited Only 11 times in the majors and had one hit a Home  can say that when i retired i was not missed Hank Allen said on monday morning at Churchill Downs after the horse he trains Northern Wolf worked out five furlongs in a Fine 5925."i have no illusions about my base Ball  s Prog Sion from horse hide to horse flesh was predictable. My Grandfather had a big 120-acre farm in Virginia with a lot of horses Allen  was like having automobiles today. You had Good looking horses and buggies to go to Church in Allers father moved to Wampum pa., before the three Brothers were  bought some horses for us to give us responsibilities and to keep us together As a family Allen said. We All got into baseball but we were smart enough to look to get into something else and that was  when alien retired from baseball after the 1973 season with the Whiteson he went to Arlington Park to learn the horse racing business. I started with the oldest Trainer inthe . Nate Cantrell Allen said. "1 mucked out stalls and rubbed horses. I followed him around and i picked his brain. He was 97 and never did anything else in his life but train  Allen 49, took put his Trainer s License in 1976 and is now a regular on the year round Maryland circuit. He has never had a horse in the Ken Tucky Derby and did t even consider this year s run for the roses until Northern Wolf won the deputed Testi Mony stakes by 5 i2 lengths april 22 at  was the Roan Colt s fourth Victory in 10 career starts and his second in three races in 1989.Northern Wolf is owned and was bred by deep Silver stable a partnership of psychiatrists Howard Hoffman John mocks and Allen Ca Hill. The last race made us decide we could come Here Allen said. We re coming in with an open mind. We want him to perform to his capabilities. It s Good Competition Here. I Hope our horse runs