European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 Heide Berg Mannhe a tops schedule sports activity picks up this week As the Germany Bennor and . Volleyball and Cross country teams make their 1989 debuts and most of the Dodds Germany bin nor and All four Spain football teams Sec action. Golf also continues and Tennis becomes full time around Germany bin nor As the remaining leagues join Germany aaa on the courts. By next week when the Italy and Turkey schools open their activities things will be happening on All fronts. Heidelberg the Only undefeated 11-Man football team in 1988, launches its Campaign against Long Lime rival Mannheim in a non conference encounter in one of 18 games on saturday s slate. The Lions who went 9-0 and won their fourth big schools title last year will be operating under a new coach. Tom Wahl comes in from Palmer Alaska to replace 1988 slurs and stripes coach of the year Floyd Leighton. Who has a new Job and does t have the time he previously had to devote to the football program. The Lions were 18-5 in three years under Leighton. Wahl is one of several new football coaches this year. Others that i know of arc Glen Porter at Halm former Pitburg air base Mentor Joe Green at . Jim Kilmartin at Nairn Borg. Jeff. Krohse at Augsburg. Bill Mcclosky at Hanau and Ted Davis at i atch. Last week 1 picked Frankfurt to beat Hanau in the Only game on the schedule but the panthers prevailed easily. 27-6, to ruin Charlie Toth s return to the High school coaching Field after a year s absence. This week. Then will be the first extensive Prog nost Cating for 1989 with in games on the Agenda. Hoping to get off to a Good Start in an Effort to match last year s super 138-31-3 .817 performance. I go with acid clerk 16. Mannheim 12 Rumstein 21. Pitburg 16  14, Zwic Brocken 12 Friday nit lit Wisl cuke 20, Hanau 12 narnliorrl6,warzburrl2 slut Kurt 18, Patch 12 Fulda 18, orc rho 12 Karlsruhe 16, him 12 bad Kri Uin Nch 12, Bonn 8 Brussels 12, 6 j Lessen 16. Augsburg 12 Ansbach 20, la flan 12 Baughn Lucr 12, Berlin 8 Munich 12.1kb 8 siial�k19.v ilscck6 Ai a kit 16. Bomb Titi 12 until 22. Tar Cjon White 16 Terr Rynn red 22, Zarago a 12first-week predictions in Dodds. Where no coach generally knows whom he s got Back irom those who arc supposed to return until practice begins is a difficult chore. So. 1 would t recommend wagering the House and car on the above selections. To Sun mid so opel Zimmer s March Hare style has cubs hopping b Jim litre Chicago a with All the Plas tic plugs already embedded up there it s a wonder Don Zimmer has room enough in his head for All the Wacky notions that zip through it. But snap crackle pop zip through it they do. And Biff Bam Boom oops bunt the Chicago cubs keep turning Over Trump cards for the Gamble Gisl manager still making a living in baseball. I be been around a Long Lime and never played for a manager quite like Zim. He likes to play risky baseball Andre Dawson said tuesday night be fore the cubs subdued Montreal s  2-0, widening their National league East Lead to 4 i games. Suicide so acc a. Safety bunt hit and run just about anything any time. I be seen him Hii and run with the bases loaded and i be Only seen that Isicc in my entire career Dawson added shaking his head. Zimmer both  in fact no part of the team is Safe from that Bowling Ball at 5-foot-7, a diet has brought his weight Back to 190 in Chubby. Cubby Blue pinstripes. Zimmer uses the Hook on his pitching staff with a Zeal unmatched since Vaude Ville thinks nothing of taking the Ball from his most consistent Ianc mining re Liever in mid count and handing it to his wildest and already doled out More intentional passes this season than the backers of a Broadway play Roas cd by inc critics on opening night. He plugs rookies and retreads into the lineup in the heat of a race with equal aplomb then tilts Back the chair in his office until in and his Back Are against the Wall and wails for the second Guys scr to Beal Down the door. Bui even the Ihrcke Billy goals never Mel a Man so Gruff. Sometimes you have 10 face the music Zimmer began bul Hal does t bother me. If i never do nothing i can t get Cril Ici Cal. Bul because we do so Many things we re going to gel caught looking pretty silly some  what am i supposed to do fold up the Lenl let me Tell you something he continued. Nothing i do out there is going to affect How i sleep at  Zimmer were taking such chances Wilh a last place learn it would be one thing. But doing in in a race Wilh already certified Gen discs Hilcy Herzog of inc cardinals and Darcy Johnson of inc mels on his Lail is another. Cyl from whence All this daring Springs is anyone s guess. Here however Are several in comics Zimmer s own round nearly Bald head was splintered 36 years earlier by a caning in the minor leagues the Plas tic plugs hold together his cranium and the delayed reaction is just now be coming apparent. The 1978 Boston red sox club he managed blew a h a game Lead while Zimmer stood Pat. Losing inc Al East Crown to the s Ankers in a one game playoff Hal made Bucky Deal a Folk hero and the delayed reaction is just now becoming apparel. After being fired from the same Job in san Diego Boston and Texas and either leaving or being shown the door to the coaching Box in Montreal san Diego Boston new York Yankees. Chicago and san Francisco Zimmer Fig ures there Are another 20 cities where he might still find a Job. Necessity. I did t have to make no moves in 1978. I almost could t make any be cause i had nine Guys Iacre having great years. But All the moves with this learn arc made Oul of necessity Zimmer said. I had three outfielders go on the disabled list Early otherwise i might never have seen Dwight Smith and Lloyd my  As Zimmer talks the late afternoon Sun begins sinking and a Cool bocce is blowing into Wrigley Field off Lake Michigan. His impatience shows As he begins scratching patterns in the dirt with the handle of a fungo bal. I m nol going to stand Here and Tell you i knew what those two Guys could do any More than i know whal s going to happen in the fourth inning a ought. I just do what i think fits our bal club. They Don l All work Bushat Zim mar told a reporter around him is Whai we Vegol you Guys  truth be told a surprising number of his fits have been nearly perfect a this past weekend proved again. Earlier this year Zimmer shrunk his Don Zimmer. Never a second guess Starling rotation from five pitchers to four and after splitting the first two of a three game series against the close pursuing cardinals changed his mind yet again. Just before sunday s game arguably the most important one of the season Zimmer decided to give Ace Greg mad Dux an extra Day s rest and so elevated Rookie Middle reliever Steve Wilson a lefty to no. 5 starter. The last time Zim mar did thai Cpl. I against Allan la Wilson failed to retire a Bailer. Impulsive nol cd ally. Turning St. Louis most dangerous hitlers to the right Side. Wil son promptly struck out 10 and the cubs won going away. Maddux a right hander then mowed Down Montreal s right handed muscle on monday and what could have been a close shave in the no Easl began to show some stubble. Even such successes however have been hard for cub fans baseball s most insecure to enjoy. Cpl. 10 was the last Day at the top for the infamous 1969 cubs who folded that season like an accordion before the Miracle acts. It May yet prove to be nothing More than Consolation bul in arc is most cer mainly method to Zimmer s madness. He simply won l own up probably be cause he loves second guessing himself so much. Right nope he said  after All Why waste the space of s Dowis makes Mark on ground by Sean March ant Colorado Springs. Colo. A if air Force quarterback Dee Dowis continues to soar like he has in his first two games hell rewrite the Mcaa re Cord Book by season s end. Dowis the 153-Pound senior wish Bone quarterback who has almost single hand edly Given the Falcons their two Vic tories this season became the school s All time rusher sunday night. His 2,776 career Rushing Yards puts him atop air Force s All Lime Rushing list bettering the old Mark of 2.726 Yards set by John Kurshner at the Start of the dec Ade and leaves him just 524 Yards from breaking the Mcaa record of 3,299 Rushing Yards by a quarterback set by Fred Solomon of Tampa from 1971 -74. At his current 225-Yards-a-Gamc clip Dowis is poised to add that record to his repertoire in three weeks. Dowis already owns the record for most Rushing Yards in a season by a quarterback with 1,315 in i9s7. With 450 Yards on just 34 carries in two games this year he is Well on the Way to smashing that Mark. He s got that ability in the open Field air Force coach Fisher Deberry said of the 5-foot-10 Dowis. You d bet Ter gel him before he gels started but air Force opponents arc too late. He s already started. In fact he s off to the races. In the season opening 55-36 Victory Over san Diego state Dowis darted past and sidestepped Aztec defenders for six Rushing touchdowns an Mcaa record for quarterbacks on just 13 carries and amassed 249 Rushing Yards. During sunday night s 45-7 Romp Over defending Western athletic conference Champion Wyoming Dowis totalled 201 Yards Rushing in 21 carries and two More scores to become the first air Force rusher to Rush for Over 200 Yards in Back to Back games. Dowis in keeping with his a shucks attitude said that credit should go to the rest of the team. Everybody on the team docs their Job. Nobody thinks thinks they re the Star he said. "1 just want to think about