European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 prep picking springtime sports get Back on track its Back to work time in Dodds. The easter Holiday is Over and the Dodds athletes Are ready to resume Spring sports As track and Field soccer and Tennis return to the scene and gymnastics makes its 1990 debut. And they really jump right into the thick of things with 39 soccer matches eight Tennis matches 14 track and Field meets and three gymnastics meets on the Agenda from England to Turkey. Five weeks from saturday another Dodds sports year will be completed and All the team and individual champions will be a a gymnastics bows in at Frankfurt Numberg and Ramstein a with an added division and a new Cycle of routines. The skill categories according to Frankfurt coach Pat Farrell Are class 4 compulsory is for beginners class 5 compulsory is for intermediates class 6 compulsory is for advanced gymnasts and the optional for the expert group. The skill degree progresses upward numerically under the latest revision. Previously the More skilled performer was in the lower numerical category. A we added class 6 this year in Dodds because there were some gymnasts who were Good enough to compete on a level higher than the intermediate category but weren to quite skilled enough to do Well regularly in the optional a Farrell said. A the More advanced class 6 people will be allowed to choose whether they compete in class 6 compulsory is or in the optional routines this the Cycle of routines is revised every four years by the United states gymnastics federation and Dodds will switch to the 1990-94 compulsory routines starting this week. A most of the powerhouse gymnasts from the past couple of years Are gone and the new routines should make for Keener Competition within our framework a Farrell added. A i think the teams should be very competitive in All four the gymnasts will be competing at the same stations this year a vault uneven bars balance beam and floor exercise a Only the routines will differ. Regular season Competition goes for five weeks with the Central european championships scheduled at shape May 24-26. Ramstein s Heather Forbes is Back to defend the senior division optional class All around title she has taken the past two years. Heidelberg a Rusha Kouril who dominated the Junior action the past two years and had the Best All around score of All the competitors in last years meet at Frankfurt will not Ben Abrams Heidelberg a Alison Hough Heidelberg a Cathy coppitt be competing in the senior division this a a this could be the Pivotal week in Germany aaa soccer. Ramstein which is leading the boys Chase with a 3-0 record and six Points is Idle. Frankfurt which is 2-1 with its loss to Ramstein. Finds itself in a must win situation when it visits Wurzburg 1-2. Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern have Only one loss and Wiesbaden and Stuttgart join Wurzburg in the two defeat Field. The Heidelberg girls can take a giant step toward their fourth straight conference championship with a Victory at Wiesbaden saturday. Wiesbaden 2-0-1 holds a one Point Lead Over Heidelberg 2-0-0 going into the fray. On paper it looks like Heidelberg coach Dave Pope has the makings of another championship team. Pope says he has three outstanding seniors in Alison Hough Cathy Coppit and Mindy Cash and a a lot of Young Talent As Well and we Are really gunning for not Only the conference title but the tournament trophy that eluded us last Hough and Coppit have been playing soccer practically All their lives both play on a German women s team and Pope is confident they can make it on the College level. A i am usually reticent to recommend Dodds players for College sports a Pope said. A but these girls will have my full backing in going on to College. They have been to several soccer Camps and have been most Pope said that former Heidelberg High school soccer Star Tom Maxon who has several partial scholarships to offer is coaching at St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City Kan. He is starting soccer programs for men and women and he wants to build his women steam around Hough and coppitt. Maxon plans to attend the girls Germany aaa tournament at Heidelberg May 19 to take a first hand look at some of Dodds other talented performers. Cash has been offered a tryout at James Madison University. A she has been advised that there will be about 30 girls trying out for 24 spots Quot Pope said. A but both Mindy and i Are confident that she will make the a a Tennis big Impact is in the fall when the Germany Bennor schools Are Active. The ., Turkey. Spain and Italy schools still play Tennis in the Spring. London s Matt Rowe and Laken Heath s Amy Beck. 1989 Perfect record boys and girls singles champions return for the 1990 Competition but my Source reports that Croughton should be the regular season team favorite because of such luminaries As Tiffany Keenan Kristi Trawick. Ann Macghee and Junior Jeff decl. Rowe missed London a opening match against Lakenheath but he posted a 6-0, 6-0 Victory in the bobcats win Over Woodbridge. Beck has won both of her matches so far. Decl won his opening singles match. Trawick teamed with Angie Courin Tor a doubles Victory and Mac ghee paired with Zach Brown for a mixed doubles Triumph to help Croughton to a win Over Alconbury. The Conference is the Only one in Dodds that plays mixed doubles As an official part of its a a and that brings us to track and Field. It s probably just As Good that the thin class had the two week Layoff. The Beautiful weather we enjoyed throughout March disappeared and april s weather has been bad. And bad weather affects the track and Field athletes and the Tennis players More than it affects soccer. Track meets and soccer games virtually never Are victims of the weather. But it is More feasible to play a soccer game because the players can adapt to the conditions More readily than say a High jumper or a pole vaulter or weight men who might be More prone to slip and be injured. The stars and stripes London a Matt Row e sportsmanship drops out of today a by George Breazeale Cox news service Austin Texas a sportsmanship once meant winning without gloating losing without complaint. While authorities Stop Short of saying the win at All Cost philosophy has produced a crisis situation in High schools they say it is getting close. A the Lack of sportsmanship is a steadily growing problem one that seems to be More acute every year. The saying that a its Only a games simply does no to seem to exist any More a said Bailey Marshall director general of the University interscholastic league Uil which governs High school sports in Texas. At the National level officials say All sports Are involved and education is what is important. E no pm its arc immune a said Dick Schindler Secretary of the National federation of state High school associations m Kansas City. Nature of the game a like basketball fans being close to the court the physical Contact in sports like football hockey and soccer a possibly contributes to the problem. A there Are a lot of people concerned about what kids Are learning from sports about the educational aspects of sports a Schindler said. A fall the things involved Arentt Good. Sports has become More like a War than a game. A the Root cause of the problem May be a Lack of leadership a from coaches principals superintendents athletic directors and parents. By not telling kids not to do something that perhaps sends a permissive signal to them. A a we be encouraged the state athletic associations to put sportsmanship education programs in place perhaps set up sportsmanship trophies. However what we considered Ordinary sportsmanship 20 years ago might be Good enough to win a sportsmanship trophy now a Schindler said. In Texas Marshall said a a we be had More problems this school year a from crowds players coaches student bodies a than we have Ever had. Our committees have had More cases to Deal with in this one year than in the last six years put examples in Texas alone of the accelerating National trend include a state executive committee review last month alone of 17 incidents in which game officials were involved. A a basketball coach who last week was disciplined by the Uil state executive committee after allegedly threatening game officials a a in be whipped larger men than a soccer programs that generate More problems that any other sport a so Many in fact the Uil is considering dropping it As a sport. A a we be dealt with cases in which an athlete hit an official others in which they bumped or made physical Contact with officials a Marshall said. A there was one in which a baseball coach and an Umpire got into a fist fight. Basketball and soccer seem to be the most numerous but we have problems in almost every there was a nationwide educational program this year to encourage sportsmanship but Marshall said a judging from the experiences of our state executive and District committees there Are no indications that it is having much Bruce Howard in charge of the federations sportsmanship educational pro prep scene Gram in Kansas City said improvement in attitudes a will take a Long time if it Ever happens. I know several states in the last few years have passed rules enabling them to take action against coaches who Are involved in infractions. Right now. The federations focus is on education not Donald Jay executive Secretary of the Texas High school coaches association Tosca in Austin said. A i m not sure what the Root causes Are a maybe the excitement the pressure of Jay believes younger coaches Are More prone to involvement in incidents because a a they be been exposed to so much on television and sometimes they May feel they have to emulate someone. Ana maybe sometimes they lose their Cool when an older coach would Northcutt sees societal changes As a Factor in the dimunation of sportsmanship. Quot the Public sees examples on television in colleges and the pros the reaction of coaches to officials Calls. I think this also brings up questions about what influence this behaviour has on Young coaches just getting into the
