European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 22, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary names make a world of difference chapter one they Are the world. The world league of american football raises plenty of questions. And answers most of them. When does the season Start March 1991. Who will play mainly Guys who just miss the nil. How Many teams twelve. Where on two continents Europe a Barcelona Frankfurt London and Milan. North America a Montreal new York Orlando Birmingham san Antonio Sacramento Mexico City and either Memphis or Nashville. So it went monday at Tex Schramme a latest foray into Europe. The former top Cowboy Cor rated Frankfurt As his seventh official franchise. A Herd of reporters filled the downtown press club to hear him and City officials put Frankfurt on the world league map. If that weren to enough thick press releases detailed More about the latest Spring league. One Section provided 22 questions and answers. They covered everything from ownership to the draft however vaguely. Everything that is except the most helmet rattling scoreboard shattering Issue of All nicknames. What will these teams be called the Montreal exposes new York muts Orlando tragic Birmingham Bells san Antonio slurs Sacramento sings Mexico City slickers Memphis hounds critical stuff. We can thank an for Riding to the Rescue. Its reporter on hand Jim Higgins cornered Schramm with the first question from the press corps what about nicknames the world league president squirmed out with a a that a up to the franchise  Schramm added that the nicknames should represent their teams areas. Fair enough. Only the owners whoever they will be might need advice. Ideas. Names. The nicknames should reflect team areas the league will have four european teams you live in Europe done to you time to brain storm and cast your vote even if the owners have their own Agenda. Here Are a few options Bucky Fox name that team it amp what would you name the four european teams in the world league of american football which kicks off in March 1991? i Barcelona i. Frankfurt London Milan i Leacu mail to name that team the stars and stripes Apo 09211 the Barcelona. Bulls matadors olympians. The Frankfurt. Hot dogs mainers financiers. The London. Bridges Kings beefeaters. The Milan. Models millionaires meds. The race is on. There a your ballot. Chapter two High on Heidelberg. Heidelberg High school held a reunion this week. Heavy numbers showed up namely 300 alumni and natos biggest Bazooka Gen. John Galvin whose wife Judy was from the class of 1959. The alums came from As far Back As 1951 and As far away As Hong Kong. They were working in such weird Fields As awning production and sports writing us class of�?T73. One Field that held us All together was sports. Go Lions go. We might be forgotten theatre class one act plays. Nobody forgot the games. Football basketball. Its amazing How real live grownups years removed from classroom lectures stay tied to High school sports. There was Bill Tryon the 1966 quarterback. And Bob Bissell the 1969 stars and stripes athlete of the year. And Howard Williams the 1971 All Europe basketball Star. And Kent Paul who led Heidelberg to three straight Europe wide hoops titles from 1969 to �?T71. And Linda Stater Heidelberg Stop girl athlete of 1976. So Tryon is Way out in Albuquerque . Bissell is sunning it up in Tampa Fla. Williams is a major at fort Gordon a. Paul is resisting pressuring his 10-year-old son to follow his hoops ways in Denver. Stater is a Mother of two in new Hampshire. Does no to matter. They recalled their Heidelberg High stardom this week As if they were still students. If they forgot anything Rich Bennett was there to remind them. He might As Well go by or. Heidelberg the Way he organized the reunion and the Way he keeps in touch with sex Lions All Over the Globe. Bennett was an All conference Forward for Heidelberg a hoop sters in 1966. He eventually returned As Heidelberg a first Alum on the faculty. Bennett is still producing at Heidelberg. He has coached the girls basketball team to three big schools titles. That equals the number of championships of his old hoops coach Dave Craig who directed the 1969-71 Blitz. Craig flew in for the reunion All the Way from Martinez Calif. He a the Guy with the awning business. Its no doubt lucrative but can to grip him the Way his High school basketball teams did. And still do. Its times like this week when you wonder what Sticks with us longer than High school sports. Not much. Tho stars and Stripe Rhein marts Hill sacked football a Tor Hill who sparked the Rhein main rockets in their last two Safe championship seasons is in the army confinement facility in Mannheim. He landed there after a court martial convicted him of marijuana use according to Rhein main Public affairs. He was sentenced to 45 Days of confinement starting May 21. Hill who played football at the University of Akron and Rose to senior air Cal Roundup wan was hit with a reduction to airman Basic and forfeiture of $482 per month for two months. Rhein Mains Public affairs office said he was Given a bad conduct discharge and will be released from the air Force after his prison term. Softball a the pre fourth of july menus slow pitch tournament is scheduled june 29-july 1 at shape. Team entry fee is $75. Dealine is today. There Are no restrictions on team members. Civilians Are Welcome. Call ets 423-7168 or 7175. Baseball a Donovan Gaspard pulled off an unassisted triple play thursday in a Bantam 10-12 years league ame at Erlanger West Germany. Gaspard an 11-year-old second baseman for fair the a Bantam b Brewers produced the rare play in the third i Mug against the Erlanger exterminators. With runners on second and third Gaspard caught a line drive stepped on second base ran to third and tagged that bag for the third out. Torrejon Ramstein kick into semifinals Eckenbach West Germany a Torrejon and Ramstein advanced to the Safe soccer semifinals with victories thursday. Torrejon 3, Ben Waters 2 Torrejon came Back from a 2-0 deficit with 13 minutes left in regulation and won it on Jose cobol a overtime goal. Kevin Freswick of Ben Waters scored in the 23rd minute on Tony an Tonelli a assist for a 1-0 halftime Lead. James Hicks made it 2-0 for the phantoms with his score in the 26th minute of the second half. John Lawler scored on a pass from Dave Hewitt in the 32nd minute to put Torrejon on the Board. Five minutes later Hewitt tied it 2-2 off of cobol a assist. The teams battled through two mandatory 10-minute overtimes. Cobo scored the Winner six minutes into the first overtime and Torrejon made it stand up for the win. Torrejon had 27 shots on goal including 10 by Hewitt. Ben Waters had 10 shots for the game and had no shots on goal in either overtime. A amps Ken George Ramstein 2, Lakenheath 0 Tor Hill in better Days just four minutes into the game to. Confined 45 Days Morris knocked in a pass from Eddie Safe soccer Barry and Lakenheath never recovered. Tom Thomas scored on a penalty kick in the 17th minute of the first half to end the scoring. Lakenheath had a goal disallowed in the 23rd minute of the first half. Todd Tourbin a goal was negated because Tourbin stepped on goalkeeper pcs of Kane a leg before kicking in the rebound. Of Kane finished the half then gave Way to Scott Olson who finished the shutout. Olson subbed for the Normal backup goalie who was on try. Lakenheath could Muster Only two shots on goal in the first half 10 for the game. Ramstein had five in the first half and six in the second. Ramstein had several missed opportunities. Mike Gibbons got past goalie Rick Womer for a 10-Mctcr shot at an open net in the 34th minute of the first half but Richard Hall of Lakenheath came out of nowhere to deflect Gibbons shot. Saturdays semifinals match Wei Brincken and Lakenheath at i ., and Ramstein and Torrejon at 4  The winners meet sunday at i  For the Safe title