European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 22, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 19 Imamura delivers a spelling lesson by Bucky Fox staff writer Garmisch West Germany in Case the army european ski championships still could t spell Mica Imamura s name he offered an easy Moniker wednes Day a in be a. Imamura earned it by winning the giant slalom with Case. The Stuttgart speedster clocked 51.13 seconds Dow the first run of 32 Gates and 1,200 meters. He came Back for a 51.19 second run. That gave Imamura a 1 42.32 total More than two seconds ahead of Phillipsburg s Brad Mcclave 1 45.08 and three seconds in front of Stuttgart s Ste phen Hughes 1 45.76. Mcclave. The teen terror of this two Day army meet sizzled to a 51.92 first run. That looked like it would hold up through the first session. Until Imamura the third to last skier Dew Down the Krecu Zankl course. Imamura s 51.13 pushed Mcclave to second Imamura produced his nearly identical 51.19 second run he had his fellow Solidus wondering a seniors Champ Bob Hickman said. Who is that Guy or As tuesday s slalom Champ Hughes said the Joy of these races is Good racers arc coming out of nowhere Imamura would t Call Littleton. Colo.,the Denver suburb where he grew up nowhere. Nei ther would he Call Winter Park. Colo., where relearned to ski at age 3 and race at 9 from his parental ski instructors nowhere. Then again Imamura ignored ski racing 11 straight years. Preferred Squash at West Point where he graduated in 1987. Haifa year after Landing in Stuttgart. Imamura 25,returned to the land of Gates and timers. On tuesday he placed second in the men s open slalom. That really was Imamura even though the starting list spelled his army ski Irr Bob Heck min Lurry Smith name if that weren t confusing enough he switched bib numbers with his Stuttgart buddy Larry howl. On wednesday the starting list spelled Imamura right. He wore the right number. And he won. Despite borrowing skis from Stuttgart seniors skier Jim beam. My edges were shot so i had to borrow them Imamura said of the Volkl p9s. I love them. I buying some next week for the Vii corps that s March 6-7 at . Imamura a Mil itary intelligence first lieutenant plans to study for those races. In the slalom you need a lot More he said. For the giant slalom you can just come kind of like Schweinfurt s Heckman. He crashed inthe tight fitting slalom but bounced Back to dominated the seniors 30-39 years skied a first run of 1 00.39. Much easier than i thought he said during the break. Heckman 32, from St. Cloud minn., look seconding the 1989 Usa eur giant slalom then swept the All services slalom and of. He figured wednesday s second run would produce faster times. It did for him a 59.57 for a 1 59.96 total 10 seconds faster than Stuttgart s Joe other racers slowed Down As the Sun turned the Snow to Mush. Heckman who complained about last year s slalom course praised this is setup. He did Gripe about the shallow depth of 39 skiers three women five Mas ters seven seniors including one Navy skier John Martin of Stuttgart and 24 open racers including us afe s clock busting Jim Oullette of Wiesbaden and his 1 39.30 and the Navy s Frederick Walkley of Naples. Too bad we Don t have some of the great skiers like last year said Heckman. Recalling the last usar eur sanctioned ski meet before Usa eur championships were axed in october. The open has Good skiers but the seniors arc the women s division tripled from tuesday s sol performance of Stuttgart s Lori Bond. On wednesday. Bond dropped to second As another Stuttgart skier. Karen White arrived. White an also ran in the 1989 Usa eur Alpine races said she missed tuesday s slalom because command a company and some things arc More important than the military intelligence Captain from fall city.wash., took command of the giant slalom. She clocked runs of 1 06.82 and 1 10.69 Lor a 2 17.51 total. That beat Bond by More than 18 seconds. Nurnberg s Larry Smith Cut it closer but still won the masters 40 and Over title by More than 3 seconds. Or. Sas you might Call this dermatologist skinned Thefield with runs of 58.04 and 58.60 for a 1 56.64 total. Smith a 48-year-old colonel from Jackson miss., made sure to avoid his Wip cout from tuesday. "today1 just made sure i did t Hook a Gale and finished the sports Calendar for feb. 22-28 unless otherwise dated basketball the Dodds Small schools championships for Central Europe will be held at Baum older s Hall of champions thursday Friday and saturday. Thursday s schedule starts with a 10a.m. Girls game Between Munich and hosting Baum older. The boys opener will match bad Kreuz Nach and Hahn at 11 30 . Six More games Are on tap thursday International school of Brus Sels Augsburg girls 1 . Augsburg g Lessen boys 2 30 . Bamberg hah girls 4 . Berlin Munich boys 5 30 . Vilseck Brussels girls 7 ., an Brussels Bamberg boys 8 30 . The single elimination tournaments continue on Friday starting with the first girls semifinal game at 11 . Third place and championship games Are to Start at 9 . Saturday. The 21st Talcom league swings Back into action after a weekend off. Karlsruhe visits Worms and Wei Brick in plays at Pir Masens in Friday games women at 6 . And men at 8 . On saturday we Brocken entertains Karlsruhe at Kreuzberg Cavern and Kaiserslautern goes against hosting Mann Heim at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena. Sunday s games Send Worms to Kaiser Lautem Kleber Ca sern and Pir Masens to Mannheim Bov. Saturday and sunday ripoffs Are . For women and 3 . For men. V corps Community level league goes into its next to last weekend with Mainz at Hanau Darmstadt at Wiesbaden Giessen at Wil Flecken and Frank fun at Fulda on saturday. On sunday it will be Hanau at Darm Stadt Babenhausen Wiesbaden at Mainz and Giessen at Frankfurt and at Baum older. For All but three v corps matchup women play at1 . And men at 3 . Darmstadt has joined Wil Flecken and Fulda in drop Ping from the women s league so at those three Sites men tip off at i . In the Vii corps league. Augsburg plays at a Springen and Nurnberg at Neu Ulm saturday women at 1 . And men at 3 . On sunday six men s games and five women s contests arc scheduled with cop Pingen at Ansbach ecu Ulm at Bamberg Heilbronn at Wiir Burg. A Schaffenburg at Stuttgart. Schwabish a mind at Schwin Furt and Munich at Numberg. All the Sun Day action involves doubleheaders women at 1 . Men at 3 .except a Nurnberg where the men play the Only game at i . In the German league s first Divi Sion All games Are on saturday when i860 Hagen visits Ulm 7 30 . Bay Ruth is at ludwigs Burg 7 30bamberg at Giessen 7 30cologne at Gold Stanhagen 7 30. Charlottenburg at Langen 8 . And at 8p.m. Ansbach. Trier sch Abing Bayern Munich Wurzburg and Climen All Host Sec Ond division games saturday at 7 30 . Hockey the armed forces ice hockey club a team also know Nas the main Street warriors has a Rhein land Pfalz German league playoff Dat Friday at est Kaiser Lautem. This game was moved up from next tuesday and the site switched from Wei Brincken. A fisc plays the Pitburg Blades Sun Day on the warriors Home rink Atzei Brincken. Both games Start at 7 . The German league s Post season playoffs involving the top eight team from league play opened tuesday and continue on Friday with dts Meldorf at Munich Cologne at Mannheim Rosen Heim at Frankfurt and Berlin at Schwen Ningen All starting at 7 30 . The Best of five series resume sunday at 7 ., same matchup with Sites games if necessary Are scheduled for tuesday. Power lifting lifters Usa eur wide arc invited to compete in the Bamberg invitational meet saturday at the Juk gym on Warner Barracks. The meet starts at 11 . Awards will include Best lifter Best Bench Best dead lift and Best squat for men and will be from 8-10 . Entry costs $5 and Spectator admission $2 children under 6 free. Tennis the Stuttgart classic a $1 Mil lion at men s tournament continues through the weekend at the Hann Martin Schleych Halle near the soccer stadium. Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker arc the top seeds in the tournament which includes doubles As Well As singles. German television will carry matches live on thursday and Friday at 1 . And apart of the mid afternoon sports shows on the weekend. For information on times and tickets Call 0711-2589452 or 0711-561565. For information on times and tickets Call 0711-2589452 or 0711-561565. Soccer after a Winter break that extended Back to mid Decemb a the Ger Man league resumes regular season play this week. Fourth place Cologne hosts league leading Munich Friday at 8 ., an fifth place Stuttgart visits no. 3 Frank Furt saturday at 3 30 . In the week end s featured games. Dortmund plays at thursday at 8 . To open the Spring round. Friday s other game is St. Pauli a Homburg Saar 7 30 . Other sat urday games include Kaiser Lautem a Mannheim at 2 30 . And 3 30 . Kickoffs for Uerdingen at Hamburg la Verhusen at Karlsruhe Bremen at m5n-Chcngladbach and Diss Oldorf at bochum. In the German second plays at Stuttgart kickers. Darmstadt at Bayreuth Essen at Frei Burg and Aachen at Unte reaching All on saturday at 3 . Blau Weiss Berli hosts Braunschweig sunday at 3 . Skiing Safe will hold its Alpine championships next week with a giant slalom scheduled for monday and a slalom on tuesday at Garmisch. Both arc scheduled to Start at 10 . No nordic Rac Esaie slated this year. A super giant slalom fifth race in the six event arc cup series will braced saturday at Garmisch at 10 . To Register and for site information Call ets 4402-591. V corps youth services ski Jam Boree is scheduled for Friday through sunday at the Kippel Bach ski area Insil Flecken. Slalom and is events Are planned for boys and girls in two age divisions 13-16 and 17-19. This event will be held Only if Snow conditions per Mit. Call Doris Mackey at 326-3957 for latest information. Bowling Vii corps will hold its championships at Kitzinger starting monday and continuing through Friday March 2. Boxing Darmstadt Cambrai Fritsh Ca sern will be the site battalion level fights saturday starting at 6 . The admission fee will be $2. Horse racing Gelsenkirchen on saturday an Mulheim on sunday Are the Only West German tracks operating this starts at around noon at both places. Dortmund is the alternative sit for Mulheim
