European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 31, 1990 the stars and stripes prep Pickin s Dodds 89-90 slides into history another year of Dodds sports came to a conclusion saturday with the staging of the big schools and Small schools soccer tournaments and the Central european gymnastics championships. The Wiesbaden boys and Heidelberg girls won the big schools soccer titles shape s boys and Munich s girls prevailed in the Small schools realm. Wiesbaden did t loom As potential champions in regular season strife finishing fifth in the aaa standings with a 1-4-1 Mark. But the warriors Quali fied among the top four in the conference tournament and then won impressively in the big schools meet at Ramstein. They beat a runner up Wei Brincken and aaa third place Heidelberg in the first Day s Competition and then stunned a Champion Pitburg which had sailed through the Campaign unscathed to take the laurels. Munich s boys were supposed to be the top dogs in the Small schools meet but shape surprised them in the Pool Competition and the spartans went on to whip Brussels in the title game. The Heidelberg and Munich girls were supposed to win and they prevailed by completing undefeated campaigns. Ramstein s Heather Forbes continued to Domi Nate the senior gymnastics. She triumphed at every station As she won her third straight senior optional All around title. Earlier last week two records fell As the Central european meet at Augsburg wrapped up the track and Field Competition. Wiesbaden s Trina Lattany took a tenth of a second off the 400-meter record with a 57.7 clocking and the Fulda sprint Medley team took a tenth of a second off the old 3 34.1 time. A third record was established a week earlier in the a qualifying when Niernberg s Tarreka Smith turned in a 5-foot, 4%-Inch High jump. So the Only thing remaining to put the icing on the cake is the selection of the stars and stripes athletes of the year. The in office deadline is saturday. Dodds Germany sports coordinator Tom Leb Lanc and Frankfurt football and track coach Charlie Toth have agreed to serve on the committee with me to make the selections. Several athletic directors called to report that their schools had made selections for their athletes of the year but that they would t be submitting any Nomi nations for is recognition because they Felt their athletes did t meet the higher standards associated with Europe wide recognition by the is panel. Exactly a year ago Rodger Bowman passed away. Bowman was involved in Dodds coaching Only a Short time but his Impact was a Strong one on Patch High school football. His first team As varsity coach won Only one game but the next year the panthers posted a 5-2 record. He had gained in that Short time the respect of the Community the Patch athletes and other Dodds coaches. Bowman s achievements at Patch will be Long remembered. Dedication ceremonies renaming the Patch High school athletic Field Bowman Field were scheduled for thursday by Bowman s Vaihinger Community friends. The dedication also will Honor All other volunteers in the Community. Bowman s widow Beverly and his children Tim Ashley and Marcus flew in from the states wednesday for the ceremony. It is indeed a fitting tribute to a Man who contributed so much to a Community in such a Short time. Space and time problems necessitated omitting the Small schools All tournament soccer team from sunday s editions. So better late than never Here they Are the boys squad is composed of shape s Lars Riis Claus Jensen and Bill Bourland Munich s Ryan Vienes Andy Reardon and Dan Levasseur Bonn s Saif Maiga and Jared Hughlett Ulm s Rich Ard Ward Brussels John Ryall and osterholz Pat Rick Donalds. Reardon was map. The girls team consists of Munich s Michelle Marker Tammy Malone and Carrie Dugan is s Lindsay Obrig Kristen Lampe and Jeanette Ward Augsburg s Quinn Carter Giessen s Kate Snittjer Baum older s Lustra Mageo Bonn s Stephanie Hughlett shape s Linda Guberg and Karlsruhe s Heather Freeman. Also very belated is the announcement of the a South All conference boys soccer selections. Munich s championship team placed four players Reardon Vienes Derick Ibsch and Kevin Kerker on the roster. Others selected to the squad were ans Bach s Scott new Marcus Novachek and Chuck Renshaw Augsburg s Greg Ernst Steve Melito and Rich Brolly Bamberg s Jimmy Saraglow Steve ptas Nik and Nathan Dall and Vilseck s James Rush and Andy Romero. Hahn enjoyed the Only monopoly when the final standings for the Dodds Germany All sports trophy Winner were determined following the completion of regular season Competition. The i Hawks won the a North laurels the boys chalking up 605 Points to beat out Berlin by 10 and the girls enjoying a 590-555 advantage Over Giessen. The Baum older girls and Giessen boys placed third. The aaa accolades went to the Wiesbaden girls 550 and Frankfurt boys 570respectively. Heidel Berg was second in both divisions and Ramstein was third in each category. The Patch girls 545 and Pitburg boys 585 beat out Mannheim and Nurnberg in each a group. The Bonn and Karlsruhe girls notched 495 Points apiece to share the a Central honors. Fulda was third. Bad Kreuz Nach won the boys Competition with 575 Points. Fulda and Karlsruhe trailed. The Munich boys matched Hahn s 605 total As the Best in Germany to take the a South Crown and beat out Ansbach and Vilseck. In the girls Competition Vilseck won with 525 and Munich and Augsburg followed the Mustangs. Atman May miss 2nd trip to Germany by Walt Morrissette staff writer Rhein main a West Germany when Irv Eatman starting offensive Ackle for the Kansas City chiefs flew nto Frankfurt on wednesday with Cleveland Browns quarterback mike3 Agel during a tour of air Force bases in Europe it was supposed to be the first of to trips to Europe this summer. His second trip is supp9sed to be for he american bowl in Berlin on aug. 11, Natien the chiefs play the los Angeles rams. Right Well i m not signed yet the 6-foot-7, 294-Pound tackle said. And if i m not signed i m not coming. One of the reasons took advantage of this trip was because it Light be the Only time i come Here. I like to Peel and i wanted to visit Germany and it might be my Only  Eatman a four year starter said Veter is often sign during training Camp. It s just like the irs you Don t pay until you have to so they Don t sign us until they have to he said. The chiefs Camp starts july 22. He knows his chances of moving Are limited. Free Agency for basketball and base Ball is in the 20th Century while football is still in the Stone age he said. The 29-year-old Bachelor was born in Birmingham ala., and was a prep All America lineman in Dayton Ohio be fore going to Urcla. He was All Pac 10 on the defensive line for the Bruin team that won the Rose bowl following the 1982 season. He switched to the Offen Sive line for the  was a first round draft Choice by the Usel Philadelphia stars and Walsall pro for the stars three straight league championship seasons. The Berlin game if he plays won t be his first game in Europe. I was with the stars when we played Tampa Bay at Wembley stadium in Lon Don in july 1984. That was two years before the nil came Over Here he said. The chiefs drafted Eatman in the eighth round of the nil s 83 draft while he was still playing for the stars. Eatman joined the chiefs in 1986, after the Usel folded. He said his career highlight was going to the playoffs with the chiefs in my Rookie year. Although we played badly in the wild card game everything was going like i thought it was supposed to. We won the Rose bowl in my senior year won three straight Usel championships then i got into the nil  then came the 1987 and 1988 sea sons. After going 10-6 under John Mack Ovic in 86 behind Superb play by the special teams the chiefs fell apart. Mackovic was fired and special teams coach Frank Ganz took his place. Those were the most debilitating and disappointing years of my life Eatman said. We won eight games in two years. It would have been difficult for any coach to come in and succeed under those circumstances. I think Frank Ganz was in a Little bit Over his head. We did t need a Novice in that  chiefs rebounded to 8-7-1 under former Cleveland coach Marty Schotten Heimer who was brought in by new club president Carl  always had Talent Eatman said. Coach sch Ottenheimer had a stabilizing effect on the team and that allowed us to is Ken George chiefs Irv Eatman at Rhein main. May not sign before Berlin tilt maximize our potential As players. He s a proven coach who was in a similar situation in Cleveland. We were just getting Good with his system when the season came to an end. We won three out of our last four games. The nicest thing about this season is that Well get a second year under a new  Eatman said draft picks rarely make an immediate Impact. But last year s first round pick Alabama linebacker Derrick Thomas was an exception and a big Factor in the team s return to respectability. He came in and got a lot of sacks right away and made a tremendous Impact. He created havoc every time he was out there. He was defensive Rookie of the year and that Speaks for itself. The difference this year is that there is no Surprise element but hell have a year s experience  the chiefs drafted quarterback Mike Elkins out of Wake Forest but Eatman said Steve Deberg is still the Man going into training Camp. He ended the season As our starter when we won three of our last four eat Man said. People keep counting Steve out. We Call him Freddie Kreuger because he keeps coming Back from the  Eatman also enjoyed blocking for the nil s leading rusher last season the nigerian Nightmare Christian Okoye. He s an amazing combination of Power and Speed Eatman said. He s starting to learn just How Good he can the chiefs who will play their first Mon Day night game since 85 next season Are looking for wider exposure Eatman said. Peterson wants us to be More than just a regional franchise " he said. We have fans who Don t know which state we play in either Missouri or Kansas. He worked real hard to get us into that game in Berlin because we need the exposure for the  As he ended the interview Eatman offered a tribute to the military. I have a lot of respect for people in the military Eatman said. My brother spent 20 years in the 82nd airborne div going All Over the place. People think we re the he roes. But they Are the real