European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 17, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25m/sfemannenmannedv l  Rob Staggenborg staff writer hello fans and Welcome to mister manners a a forum that offers sports etiquette tips and answers w Eird questions from weird people. Dear mister manners what a with this new Lycra spandex craze seems like anyone and everyone is squeezing into these Lycra shorts. You go to the gym to work out and its Wall to Wall Lycra. Whatever happened to the old jocks a no socks Barry b., Augsburg. Hey you i done to know. I done to care. Dear mister manners who has the Best shot at winning this new a army european basketball championship a you going with Mannheim Pir Masens Wiesbaden Ansbach Goliath d., Niernberg. Hey you the Crystal Ball is screaming Niernberg but when you really think about it who cares its Only basketball. Its not nuclear physics. Dear mister manners when stepping into the batters Box is it permissible to spit tobacco juice on Home plate also is there really a Rule that pro ballplayers cannot spit unless its during a nationally televised game please help. In  got a Steak dinner Riding on this one. Billy Bob bad Kreuz Nach. Hey you it is never permissible to spit on the plate. I say this for Many reasons. First spitting a a to eject saliva from the Mouth a As websters new world describes it a is an Art form of major league baseball players. From Little league through the professional ranks spitting is As much of a time honoured tradition As pilfering from your dads Beer stash. The polite or preferred area to expect rate is the dirt area surrounding the plate. The tobacco juice blends in with the Clay and does not act As a visual annoyance. Spitting is optional during a major league baseball game though managers encourage their players to spit on camera on Cue. Order the filet mignon. Dear mister manners Joe Montana. What can you say about him he a great Ain t he Tom q., Frankfurt. Hey you greatness is relative. Also a a ainu to is not proper grammar in the English language Pinhead. Dear mister manners if an the Power network a Rock whatever you Call it offers two free tickets to that critical army european Ping Pong tournament and i won would you go John x., the Barracks Grafe Wohr. Hey you John get a life. No i  go. Dear mister manners when you play basketball and you a sky a which is the preferred foot to step off from Darnell v., Pir Masens. Hey you in the National basketball association the defenders foot is the preferred foot for launching. When Landing it is Best to break your fall  Landing on the defenders Kneecap a thus removing him from the contest and for the season. In local army hoops the preferred launch foot is whichever one Isnit in the Way or tangled in your shoelaces. In air Force hoops saying is banned unless you play for Pitburg. Dear mister manners you never see much a bout hockey in the stars and stripes. What gives these Are great times for hockey. They even televised the All Star game on that an there. It was great please a splain. Joseph c., Cakmak i Turkey. Hey you All 1 saw during the All Star a a games was a Bunch of players skating in circles. The puck was nearly invisible. Face it Joseph hockey Isnit a to sport yet. When they inflate the puck so the viewer can see it then it la catch on More. Done to give me the Gretzky russian connection Brett mull Bull puck. Sure hockey is one of the Best Spectator sports in the world. As for the coverage in the paper. I just work Here. Dear mister manners bring Back the wave. Maurice z., Kaiserslautern. Hey you Why dear mister manners i was out at the game the other Day when i found my calling in life i can stuff a hot dog with Mustard up my nose. My Girlfriend says in a grotesque but my buddies think it s a Gas. What Day think Todd b., sch Libisch a mind. Hey you dump the girl. She obviously does t respect your talents. Shell just bring you Down in your quest for stardom. You Todd  indeed have a problem. I  found that Mustard can irritate the nasal passages especially if it s the German Sinf. Try real Tomato Ketchup or a Dollop of Mayo. It works wonders. My advice make a videotape of your feat and Send it to David let Turman. There has to  a Job in show business for you somewhere. You make a Good Mascot. Dear mister manners Are you any relation to miss manners Jill y., Rhein main. Hey you no. Are you then done task. Dear mister manners who made you the expert what Are your credentials Don .1. Spang Dahlem. Hey you Don you re a real smart Aleck. Dear mister manners i am a Boxer. What is the Best Way to ease an uncomfortable itch when you  got the gloves on Rocky b., holy Loch. Scotland. Hey you you can to. Letting your opponent beat your face to a pulp Wili divert you from the discomfort momentarily. Dear mister manners what Are the Early Odds on that nil game that s going to  Here in August in a taking the rams  seven Over the chiefs. Pete p., Wiesbaden. Hey you you mean people actual hot on preseason football for heaven s Sake Pete. Preseason is worthless. Preseason is Boring. Preseason is unreal. Take the rams  a Field goal at Best. Dear mister manners what is the proper serving technique for brie Saundra a. Ben Waters. England. Hey you wrong column. We answer serious questions Here. V corps quarterfinals break fast  Walt Morrissette its amp of writer Darmstadt West Germany a the corps playoff participants seemed to  evenly matched going into thursdays Best of three quarterfinal open ers. Wiesbaden 10-3, picked up a first round Bye As the Western Region Champ. Frankfurt 9-4, got the same As Eastern Champ. Wil Flecken 9-4 and second in the East played Darmstadt in one quarterfinal. The demons went 8-5 and tied for second in the West. Baum older which tied with Darmstadt at 8-5, played Giessen in the other quarterfinal. As the Only team in the playoffs with a sub-.500 record the wolverines were third in the East at 6-7. Here Are How the army a Early Early playoffs opened although Wil Flecken closed to 2 Points on three occasions Darmstadt led from Start to finish in the 122-98 rout. Darmstadt Center David Mcnealy had 22 Points and 17 rebounds. Timothy Goss helped out on the boards with 11 rebounds to go with his 18 Points. Hank Thompson had 24 Points and six assists and Acott Graham scored 22. Solomon Clift led wild Fleck Mth Points but Wilbur Jones was held to 2-for-1u shooting from the floor and finished with 7 Points and 12 rebounds. If Darmstadt can win either game 2 at Wil Flecken saturday at 1 m. Or the if game the demons would nost Wiesbaden in the opener of the semifinals tuesday night. The mountaineers Are expecting a big weekend Home crowd to help them survive to Host the  a ending corps Champion eagles. I moving Over to the other quarterfinal Baum older a lost its last three regular season games to fall from to 7-5, before a 2-0 forfeit Over Mainz gave the a a ars f i Nal 8-5 Mark. So no one could have predicted Nat the bears did at Giessen thursday night. The bears mauled the wolverines 121-87. Jimmy Avis inc ageless papa Bear led Baum older with 23 in a Lister Dupree scored 19 and Robert Huff had con ? Arvin Robertson scored a game High 31 for Gies us with the bears leading 64-37 at the half there was t much he could . Giessen has to recover from that 34-Point whipping me to try to take two from Baum older saturday army basketball in the packed Hall of champions. That a a tall order for any team. This series Winner hosts Frankfurt in a semifinal opener tuesday. Wil Flecken coach Fitz Warren had every reason to  confident before the game at Darmstadt thursday night. The mountaineers had already won there during the regular season. So who a the team to beat in the corps playoffs Wiesbaden a we Are a Warren declared. A not to sound conceited or anything but nobody can beat us unless we let them beat us. A Frankfurt is one dimensional a Ronnie Manuel and everybody else. Wiesbaden lacks balance. Lamar Oden is a great player but they done to have Good guards. We lost there  three. A we done to think anyone in corps can beat us As Long As we Are playing consistently on both ends a Warren said. A Willie Barrett and Wilbur Jones have been on the Community team for three years. We look for big things from them on this last go  the mountaineers definitely lacked that consistency when they dropped their season finale at Hanau 115105. The hornets finished 5-8 this season  beating Fulda and Wil Flecken in their last two games. A the two week Layoff before Hanau for Field duty Hurt us a Warren said. A but the loss to Hanau was positive because it helped us get rid of the big head and get Back Down to basics. Coach Sandy Biles of Darmstadt had different things to worry about a the Jekyll and Hyde personality of his team. A a we re the Only team to beat Wiesbaden twice this season a Biles said. A but we gave one to Frankfurt gave one to k., and we gave one to these Guys the mountaineers. A i done to know what happened at Fulda. They went 1-12 and they got that one against  so which Darmstadt team would show up the one that beat Wiesbaden twice and won the Rhein main Christmas tournament or the one that lost to last place Fulda the former team showed up. Biles was asked who were his key players and he would Only say a i depend on 12  he did no to say 6-3 Center Mcnealy played even with Oden in the victories Over Wiesbaden. A amps Tvu ditto wild Flecken a Keith Walters shoots Over Timothy Goss