European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 12, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary everybody plays Frie betting game Wanna bet of course you do. In the aftermath of the Ken Tucky Derby and the crazy math of Pete Rose we All play the betting game. Surely when the horses posted for saturday Derby someone in your group said i wonder what horse Pete Rose bet on Good thing none of the stallions was named Home run or hit and run or steal Home. Rose might be been tempted to bet his 1989 West Divi Sion championship ring on one of them. That s How compulsive Rose is about gambling if those investigation reports Are True. The baseball commissioner will soon Rule on Rose s betting habits. If Rose wagered on baseball he s out fora year. If he bet on his Cincinnati reds goodbye for life. Gambling is against the Law in most states and certainly Ohio. If a Guy in Rose s position worries More about beating the spread than beating the dodgers baseball strikes out. Some gamblers probably think what s the big Deal. They read about a Rose bet of $30,000 and figure the Guy is minor league. After All big league bettors can put up a million Bucks at super bowl time. On who wins the football game Don t be silly. Gamblers Don t care about that. They bet on who s leading by halftime. Or on Joe Montana s touch Down passes. Or on the number of hot dogs sold in the third Quarter. That s gambling for you. It s like drinking. Bettors chug a few Bucks and can l quit. Bucky Fox they bet on the nut Tiest things. An old family Friend used to bet on whether the next person walk ing through the doorway was a Man or woman. He fed his addiction by flying to Las vegas on a whim. And the Guy lived in Germany. Gambling is an easy addiction. Before the Derby each member of my family is supposed to bet a Nickel on a favorite horse. I could t help myself. I bet twice on Awe inspiring and triple Buck. My grandmother Ever conservative and religious bet strictly on sunday silence. Her prayers paid off. What else is there to bet on plenty. To wit a Nickel says sunday silence Bucks jockey Pat Valenzuela and wins the Preakness alone. Here Are 500 Ball bearings on Rick cars winning another indy then dropping from dizziness. You would too after going 200 times in a Circle. This Tom Seavor autograph says the acts will score another run by the end of May. I bet my can of marbles that the european Bowling tournaments will finish by the end of May. Two to one that Andre Agassi will have the guts to compete at Wimbledon by 1995. Five to one that Steffi Graf will meet Competition at Wimbledon by 1999. Put this Willis Reed autograph on the new York kicks in five games Over Chicago. That is if Michael Jordan misses a couple of charter flights. Throw these old kids on the Seattle supersonics in seven games Over the los Angeles lakers. It a help if magic Johnson takes off for memorial Day weekend. Three to one that the German american All Star football teams get within 50 Points of Albany stale when the College team visits Germany this month. Five to one that Mike Tyson has a Lough fight. With his next wife. This ragged pair of Etc last says the next Ray Mercer to Rise from the army is Marlon Simp Kins the Mannheim machine who churned through the Usa eur Light heavyweight division last week end. Here s a 1970 Boog Powell card on Jose Canseco the first 40-40 Man joining the 4-4 club. When he quits bashing his wrist. Put this bottle of aspirin on Ben Johnson in the Barcelona 100 meters. The comeback Canadian clocks 5.3 seconds marking a Golden Day in medi Cine. Ten to one that George Bush famous for horse shoe pitching brands Jim Wright in a showdown at the White House pit. The Odds of Rose the All time Leader in hits surviving that gambling rap probably 4,256 to i. 1 Hope he beats them. Thi Sun and Sampei College Grid Cage teams invade Europe compiled by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor football the site for one of the two games Between the state University of new York at Albany and German american All Star teams has been moved from Hanau to ecu Ulm. Because of the unavailability of the Wilhelm bad stadium in Hanau the Sec Ond Albany game on May 27 has been shifted to the Mutte Holzle stadium in ecu Ulm according to Shelly Almager a spokesman for the sponsoring merchants Bank. The opener in the two game series with the a a All stars will be played May 20 at the Mains cd sports stadium in . Near Offenbach. Both games Start at 3 . Albany an Eastern collegiate athletic conference team leaves for West Ger Many on May 17 with a party of 50 41 players plus head coach Bob Ford and his eight assistants. The Albany team will also conduct foot Ball clinics for Junior and senior High school players at Frankfurt s Edwards sports Field on May 19 and 22. The similar clinics scheduled for Hanau High on May 23 and 24, Are still scheduled despite the shift of the Hanau game Almager said. Tickets for the game at Heussenstamm arc on Sale for $3 or 8 Marks at Mer chants Community Banks at Drake Ca sern the army regional medical Center the Abrams Complex and the shopping Center in Frankfurt As Well As Mcnair Cavern in Hochst and Aschaffenbur Bacn Hauson Budinger Darmstadt Friedburg Gic Ssan a Olnhausen and Wiesbaden. Tickets arc half Price for Stu dents 12 to 16 years old. Children 11 and under will be admitted free. For More information Call ets 325 7173 or civilian 069-1541-7173. Basketball the Arizona wild cats will tour Europe for games against european clubs beginning tuesday. The tour tips off with two games in France next week. The first game is tuesday against Lyon then on thursday the wildcats will be hosted by Limoges the 1988 european club Champion. On May 20, the wildcats travel to Lim Burg West Germany to take on the West local sports German National team at the Heinz Wolfe Halle. Advance tickets for that game Are 12 Marks for adults and 8 Marks Lor children. Tickets at the door will Cost 2 Marks More. To order tickets Contact Randy Hoo scr at ets 334-2642 or 06431-74833. The two teams go at it again the next afternoon May 21, in Stuttgart. Then Arizona plays the Spanish team Esau Dianics in Madrid on May 24. On May 27, the wildcats will begin a visit to the Canary islands for a week during which they will have two games against Spanish teams. Firm dates have not been set for the Canary islands games because of the Spanish league s playoff schedules but one will be played on Tenerife Island and the other on grand Canary Island. The final game will be on june 4 against the Spanish National team in Madrid. Golf the Wiesbaden Mainz Uso will Host its third annual tournament May 20-21 at Rhc Niblick Golf course in Wiesbaden. The tournament is open to All american and German golfers. Entry fee is $60 or 120 Marks with prizes Worth 10,000 Marks available to the winners. All proceeds will go to the sponsoring Uso. For More information Contact the us s Manfred Munz or Janet Grug Shat 06121-721010/702879 or John Chomko at Rhc Niblick 339-3889 or 06121 823889. Racquetball Karl Ginyard of Alconbury England captured two Gold medals in the seniors division to help the air Force win the men s team title inthe armed forces championships at Chanute fab 111. Ginyard twice a runner up in the air Force championships climbed the armed forces winners Pedestal for the seniors singles and doubles. He came out of the losers bracket to defeat air Force teammate Richard Sorenson twice in the singles final. Ginyard teamed with so Renson to take the doubles title. Tonya grander of Spang Dahmm a helped the air Force also win the women steam Crown with a Gold medal in open Dou Bles and a Bronze in singles. Grunder teamed with singles Champ Barbara Faulkn bar by to win the open doubles. Two Usa eur players were medallists for the army which finished second i both men s and women s Competition. Lynda Jones of  won the women s 30-and-Ovcr doubles title with Vivian Brown of fort Monroe a. Oscar gon alas of Ansbach earned a Silver medal in open doubles with Daniel Fowler of fort do vans mass., the singles Champ. Gonzales finished third in open singles. Softball a memorial Day slow Pilch tournament will be hosted by the Vicenza. Italy military Community May 27-29. The entry fee is $95 per team with a deadline of May 19. Campsites Cost $5 per tent and athletic billeting is $4 a night per person. For More information Contact Doug Erncr or Jerry Douglas at 634-7889/7009. Vilsick. West Germany is also planning a May 27-29 tournament As part of the grand opening of new Rose Barracks sports Complex. The Vilsick open invitational memorial Day tournament has a $65 per team entry fee with the Field limited to the firsl16 teams that Register. Checks made Paya ble to eco 2103, should be sent to sports director hic 7a cat Box 414, Apo 09112, no later than May 22. Contact Worth Putnam at 476-2500/2906 for More information. Room reservations can be made by calling 4762-555. Bicycle racing the v corps critic rim Bike races will be held june 4 at the Gissen general depot in West Germany. Open to All . Id card holders the event will include children s races for Ages 3-10 and youth races for 11 to 17-year Olds As Well As adult races for men s open division 18-29 years men s veterans 30 and Over and women s open 18 and Over. The distances will be 40 Kilometres for men s open 35 pm for men s veterans and 30 pm for women 5 pm for youth and 1 pm for children plus a 50-Yard tricycle dash for 3-5-year-Olds. Prizes for the adult winners include two racing bikes valued at $900 and $600. A critic rim race is run on a closed Cir Cuit of 1 Kilometre. Riders must Supply their own equipment including helmets. Adults registering before june 2 pay $10 Laic registrants pay $12. For entrants 6-17, the fee is $4. Children 3-5 May enter for no fee. For More registration and race details Call Gic Ssan outdoor recreation Al 343 6750 or civilian 0641-402-6750. Track and Field an invitational track and Field meet is scheduled at Darmstadt s Burgh Park on saturday. Registration is open to All id card hold ers and will be from 8 30-10 30 . With a Cost of $2 per three events. The meet is held in conjunction with the Usa eur Irack and Field clinic. For More information Call 348-7359. America s cup sent to nyc new York a the America s cup is being returned to the new York yacht club according to a published re port thursday. The appellate division of the new York state supreme court has ordered the san Diego yacht club to give the trophy Back to new York on Friday inc new York times said. The Sale supreme court which oversees the Ameri Ca s cup deed As a charitable Trust ruled the 158-year-old trophy should be held by the new York yacht club for Safe keeping until a Legal Battle Over the prize can be settled. The court ruled in March that a race series last september Between Dennis con Ner s stars & stripes catamaran and new zealand s traditional Mon Hull was invalid. The decision also stated that the san Diego yacht club failed in its Crspo Sibil try As guardian of the trophy to race fairly. The. America s cup will be stored in a Manhattan Bank vault Frank Snyder the new York club s Commodore told the newspaper. We Felt it should t be on our premises and it should t be viewed by