European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 1, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 prep picking Sun sinks info Winter sports horizon the Sun sets on the Dodds Winter sports universe saturday. When the . Basketball tournament and Turkey Cage and wrestling champions Are determined the Only chore left unfinished before the Spring sports program hits full stride will be the selection of the 1990 boys and girls stars and stripes All Europe teams and the players and coaches of the year. Nominations deadline is March 12, and i expect to announce the selections March 22. The american school of London girls will be gunning for their sixth straight . Tournament title and the Alconbury boys will be after their third straight championship. The in Ciurlik boys and girls arc the defending Turkey basketball champions and Ankara is the defending mat Champion. Neither the Asl girls nor the Alconbury boys won league championships this year As those honors went to Lakin Heath and Asl. Both in Ciurlik teams won Turkey league championships. The Asl girls who had compiled a Dodds record 79 straight victories lost three games to Dodds foes this year two in conference play. However they finished Only one game behind Champion Lakin Heath and de Laddys eagles can to be discounted in the tournament at Alconbury. The dragons finished third behind Asl and Lakin Heath in the boys Competition with five losses and a third title would have to be considered a major upset. I Hope that history does t repeat in Turkey. Of. It does t matter to me who wins a in Ciurlik Ankara or Izmir. Its the manner of winning that could be bothersome. Last year s girls Champion was decided on a forfeit. And that a no Way to determine a Winner. Coach Arman Klatt refused to allow his Ankara girls to play a third game on the same Day citing Dodds regulations. He filed a protest through Turkey Region supervisor Edna Brower to Dodds Mediterranean athletic coordinator Guy Abramo. A we won t play three games in one Day a Klatt had warned at the coaches pre tournament meeting. True to his word. Klatt refused to put his girls on the court after they had Defeated Izmir and in Ciurlik to Force an if necessary game. A Dodds regulations limit specifically the playing time for any basketball player to eight quarters if two tournament Garner Are played the same Day a Klatt said at the time. A a we be already played two games today and i have to think about protecting my players from injuries if they were forced to play another game. The tournament simply Wasny to set up Ben Abrams properly.�?�. Klatt had the backing of Ankara principal Rex Burgett on his protest. A i support arming a decision wholeheartedly a Burgett said. A the first thing that has to be taken into consideration is the safety of the athletes a and Armin is right. Playing would be in violation of Dodds  coach Bruce Donohue Sankara boys team would have been put in a similar position As the girls squad had they duplicated the girls Victory Over in Ciurlik that Friday afternoon. Donohue said he would have done the same thing a refused to play. A Zarmin and i talked Over All the possibilities and i agreed not to play the if necessary game if we got by in Ciurlik in the afternoon a he said. The protest was denied by Abramo a on May 12, More than two months after it had been lodged. So As i said it would be better if history does no to  a a the Small schools basketball tournament at Baum older was a smashing Success a so much so that Brig. Gen. John p. Otjen Baum older Community commander said that the Community would be willing to stage it again next year. A fall Dodds has to do is let me know in time so i can Block it off on the Calendar and not put another event there at that Date a Otjen said saturday before the championship games. A the Community support was spectacular. Everything we needed we got a said Baum older athletic director and tournament director Rick Stanford. A it was the first time Baum older has had a tournament in quite a while and we All wanted to do it up  Stanford said that the tournament had been in jeopardy because a windstorm in late january had damaged the roof of the Hall of champions building. However the damage Wasny to that severe and repairs were made in time to permit the tournament to run As planned. Once under Way the tournament flowed smoothly. Most games started on time and everything was completed in time to permit teams travelling great distances to get an Early Start Home. Most of the coaches i spoke to were extremely pleased with the billeting arrangements at Hambach Tal and said they would t mind going Back there even though it was about a 30-minute bus ride from the Arena. A the billeting setup was tremendous a Munich and Tom Manuel said. A they did no to charge too much about $40 for three nightstand the facilities were excellent. The kids got reduced rates on the use of the swimming Pool Etc Etera. It would be great to come Back to the same  the big schools tournament at Mannheim the previous week also was very successful but the Mannheim Community is used to sponsoring the event. This was the fifth straight year the big schools tournament has been at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena and because of the Large Field of 13 boys and girls teams the past two years at Sullivan  a a another sex Dodds luminary has made an impression on the High school folks in the san Antonio area according to the latest clipping i received from Dick Strockbine of incarnate word College. Damon Johnson a stars and stripes All Europe basketball performer As a Sophomore at Karlsruhe has been starring this year at Judson High school in District 27-5a Competition in Texas. He was featured in a recent Story by prep writer Mike Collins of the san Antonio express news. Collins wrote that transfers usually done to make an immediate Impact but that Johnson has opened a lot of eyes in the District. A in my 15 years at Judson this is the first player in be seen who has stepped in and made an immediate Impact. He was a very pleasant Surprise a Collins quoted Judson coach Jim Stephens. Johnson carried a 19.4 average and was hauling Down 11.2 rebounds a game through feb. 10. His Best performance came in a 110-106 Victory Over Judson archrival East Central when he chalked up 38 Points and grabbed 24 rebounds. The first sex Dodds performer to earn rave notices in the san Antonio area was sex Fulda Star Sha Quille of Neal in his Junior and senior years at Cole High school. I happened to flip the clipping Over and i noticed that David Ennis another former a amps All Europe performer from Ramstein had scored 12 Points against Mary Hardin Baylor University in a losing Effort for immaculate word. The stars and stripes late bloomers Flower in openers by de Schuyler or. A boxing writer Colorado Springs. Colo. A youth usually dictates the beat in the . Amateur boxing championships but a couple of Golden oldies have made the hit Parade this year. The composers arc Harold Brooks a 36-year-old mortician from san Antonio Texas who is the oldest Boxer in the tournament and Ronald Deberry a 35-year-old roofer from Las vegas. The 6-foot-5 Brooks a father of four children who took up the sport at age 31, scored a 5-0 decision Over. Durrell spanks of Oakland calif., in a 178-Pound bout monday night. Deberry a father of three who has been boxing on and off for 23 years stopped Grover vines of the Navy at Norfolk va., at two minutes of the second round in a 201 Pound bout on the afternoon card at the olympic training Center. A i wanted to give it a try a Brooks said of his decision to take up boxing. A a in be been an athlete All my life basketball and i grew up liking Muhammad  Brooks first appearance in the . Championships will be his last. He will turn 37 in october and will no longer be allowed to Box by the Usa Amateur boxing federation. Deberry used an overhand right to end his bout with vines.. Amateur Boxin he was wobbled by a four punch combination that included a deep dish beaut of a right hand. A if someone hits you hard you hit him Back harder a Deberry said. So he threw the right that dropped his opponent with a crash. Vines struggled up at eight but the referee stopped the bout. Deberry who resumed boxing three years ago is making his fifth appearance and first since 1981, in the championships. A big upset occurred at night when 20-year-old Terron Millett of St. Louis stopped 18 year old Tonga Mcclain of Racine wis., at 1 55 of the second round. Mcclain was a Bronze medallist at 132 pounds in the world Amateur championships in september at Moscow. A right to jaw knocked Down Mcclain who claimed he beat the 10-count. There was no 10-count, however. The referee stopped counting at five and signalled the match was Over. The Only four defending champions in the tournament also won. Chris Byrd a 6-foot-1 left hander opened defense of the 156-Pound title by pounding out a 5-0 decision Over the much Shorter Eric Benford of St. Louis. Also at night Jeremy Williams the 178 Pound Champion from fort Dodge Iowa scored his second Victory of the tournament. He battered Allan Cromp of Liverpool n.y., with blows to the head and stopped him at 2 32 of the second round. Champions winning in the afternoon were Shane Mosley of Pomona calif., at 132 and Javier Alvarez of san Antonio Texas at 201. Mosley counter punched his Way to a 4-1 verdict Over Kevin Childrey of grand rapids Mich. Alvarez peppered Armando Alvarez with a variety of punches from close Range and won 5-0. In bouts involving Usa eur and Safe boxers tuesday winners came in All  106 pounds David Sellers of Mildenhall stopped John Ridley of Flint Mich., at 2 52 of the first round and Bradley Martinez of in Ornburg won when Krisam Francis Paterson n.j., retired at 2 24 of the third. Adrian Mitchell of Baum older won a unanimous decision at 119 pounds Over Melvin Lewis of Miami and Wurzburg 201-Pounder Randal Crippen claimed a 4-1 verdict Over Stacey Stamper of Lewiston Idaho. But Mildenhall a Jose Ramirez was stopped by Sean Eigenberger of Billings mont., 29 seconds into the third round of their 132-Pound matchup. Complete results on Page 20. Minor Hope Pitcher Dan Petry Fields a come Backer tuesday during a workout in in Lakeland Fla. Petry attempting a comeback himself is signed to a minor league contract with the tigers and is therefore not affected by the lockout of major leagues who remain stalled in their contract talks with the owners