European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 26.1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Kenny Ellis top prep gymnasts by tract Tanner staff writer Frankfurt West Germany first Day results in the Central european gymnastics championships held no sur Prises for the top two competitors in the senior s compulsory class i division held thursday at the Fabrik sport Halle. Heidelberg s Jackie Kenny finished first in the All around division and Fulda s Tif fancy Ellis was second just the Way they had finished earlier in the season. During regular season i won on the bars against Jackie said Ellis. In tact she placed first in that even in every regular season meet this year. And i won on the beam floor and vault said same held True in first Day action As the two competed for the coveted title of class in senior Champion. Ellis added to her golds the most important uneven bars first placing this year with a 9.30 Kenny finished third with an 8.70. But Kenny dominated each of the three remaining events scoring a first on the beam with an 8.90 and an 8.65 on the floor that was Good enough for a seven spot. Although neither girl placed in the top 10 on the vaulting event Kenny still edged out her closest competitor with a 9.0. To Ellis 8.95. Despite the High placings by each girl neither Felt that she had done Well enough for the top two spots. I would have been Happy if i d placed sixth All around Kenny said. It s competitors like Giessen s Rachel Martinez that Kenny and Ellis worried about. Martinez won the floor exercise Competition with a 9.35. She also per formed consistently Well on the remain ing events to place fifth in the All around. And Heidelberg grabbed plenty on the six place lineup for medals in the division. Along with number one Kenny Katy Rueb took third Kris Scroggins look fourth and Kjrsten Williams took sixth. Lori belts of Hahn scored 9.45 on the vault Good for a first. Then she came out on the uneven bars with a 7.50, for a tenth placing. Those scores put her in the run Ning for the All events title but she caved in prep gymnastics on the beam and the floor exercise. In the compulsory Junior class i division it was Hahn s Jessica kindle who managed to squeak past Fulda s a Canna Rios for the All around title. The Only thing separating these two competitors was a .2. Kindle scored 33.10 to Rios 32.90.the Only first placing from either of them was a 9.20 Effort on the floor exercise by kindle. Otherwise both managed consistent showings in each of the four events. Kindle scored a 9.10 on the univ cons a 7.70 on the vault and a 7.10 on the beam. Usually she explained my Best event is the bars. Today i did better on the kindle said her mediocre showing on the vault was because she did t get enough Spring on the Board. Although gymnasts Pride themselves on their imaginative excuses for not doing Well and even have excuse to shirts that they Wear. Kindle said being less than five feet tall is no hindrance in her vaulting. Being so Small you Fly Over the horse. I just did t get enough Spring and i skimmed the top of the horse with my , a self confessed goof off during her first year of gymnastics with the Frankfurt team says her move to Fulda under the coaching of Melissa Mauser has made All the difference in her attitude and put her in the second spot this year. She s such a great coach Rios said. Without her we d be nothing. Without her we would t have a got the Fulda gymnastics team started last year and saw her daughter Amanda take the Gold in the class i senior she likes winning As much As the next coach Hauser enjoys seeing the Joy her girls feel through their accomplishments. Rios was unable to Complete her Back Handspring in the regular sea son and Hauser was not going to let her compete in the All around Competition of this meet. She knew what 1 was capable of and i got it Back Handspring because she knew i could said Rios. Rick piling shown praying during 1988 playoffs it s going to be a our Pitino still ponders Kentucky s Job offer Lexington by. A Rick Pitino said wednesday he has been offered the head basketball coaching Job at Kentucky but will not make a decision until next week. The new York kicks coach who has been in Kentucky since monday said he will let University official know monday if he accepts their offer. I be Learned from experience a few times that the Best thing to do is to go Back and think about it and not gel carried Pitino said at an Impromptu news conference at Wildcat Lodge. It s like a student athlete s 48-hour visit when you go to College you can t gel carried away during thai visit and commit to a Pitino said that he is Lorn Between his current position in the Aba and accepting the Kentucky offer. I really mean that he said. It s going to be a Tough Pitino said he plans to discuss the Opportunity with his wife family and members of the kicks before announcing his intentions. Pitino fuelled speculation that he might become Kentucky s next basketball coach when he decided to spend an extra Day in the Blu grass Region getting a belter table of the area and meeting with school officials. The More people you meet the More enticing it becomes he said. I think people make the place great. Maybe i be seen All the Good and not the bad so to Kentucky athletic director . Newton said in a statement release wednesday afternoon through the University. We have reached a Point in our discussions where we have asked Rick Pitino to become the basketball coach at Schramm begins world Grid pitch Frankfurt first Stop to sell proposed league new Orleans a Tex Schramm the missioner of the new worldwide american football league left wednesday for his first foray to Europe where he will try to create a Niche for America s game. Before Schramm headed for Frankfurt West Ger Many where the eight Day trip will begin he briefed nil owners on the new venture and insisted that a 10 to 12-team league would be ready to begin play in april. Schramm. Who folded the Dallas cowboys into America s team before a change in ownership led to his resignation As president said a Spring opening was the least of our we be got the television interest we be got the Basic mechanics. We just have to get the specifics Down he said. The specifics include where the teams will play and their owners. But Schramm said a minimum of six teams will be based outside the United states. That would include Montreal and Mexico City considered prominent candidates for franchises. But the Only City that is firm is new York which Schramm described As a must mandated by the networks. He said there is interest in the league from All three major . Networks plus the four major sports Cable outfits esp Turner broadcasting Usa and spor Tschannel. An american network might package the teams for overseas or they might be sold separately to overseas on networks. Depending on whether it has 10 teams or 12, the league will play a regular season of 10 to 12 games with two playoff games running from the beginning of april to around july 4, with the playoffs going perhaps beyond that. That would bring it up to the opening of nil training Camps allowing players who wanted to try to get into the major league the Opportunity. Schramm s trip to Europe will be spent primarily with television and marketing people. From Frankfurt an attractive Market because of the number of Ameri can servicemen in the area around there he will travel to Milan Madrid Paris and London the last perhaps the most Likely european site because of the four years of nil exhibitions there. Schramm and Mike White the former University of Illinois coach who is working with him As his football expert have already put together a preliminary Struc Ture for the league. Under the plan the league would effectively control All the players free agents nil backups Low round draft choices and others looking for a Chance. They would be distributed among the teams probably by a draft. Right now the league is being financed by $50,000 from each of the 28 teams. But Schramm indicated he is close to a Deal with one or More networks. I think we could have something within 60 Days he said. Schramm was vague on the amount of Money he might gel and suggested that it would depend on the franchise fee from each club. But he also said that unlike the Usel and the old world football league the Wall would t go beyond its budget. There Are a lot of variables he said. How much we get from television How much we have to pay the players whal other revenues there arc How much the franchises pay to get in. But the Spring is a limited Market. If we be Learned anything from those others it s that you have to control
