European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 12.1990 the stars and stripes a a a a Page 19 fsr i amp a r to a ill Affifi i t Fea. Iwo i Limsi amp aft Quot or Ltd i a few a tit ladle near july 12-18 unless otherwise dated soccer a the  european championships Bounce onto in Imberg a soldiers Field featuring corps level champions Nimberg Hanau and Mannheim and positional Winner Heidelberg. The tournament opens Friday with both games starting at 2 . A Nimberg is. Mannheim and Hanau is. Heidelberg. The double header format continues at 1 . Saturday with Nimberg playing Heidelberg and Hanau facing Mannheim. Sundays 1 . Games feature Nimberg against Hanau and Heidelberg against Mannheim. In Case teams tie for Best record in the round Robin meet four factors will be used in the following order to break the deadlock 1. Head to head result 2. Goals for and against 3. Total goals scored 4. She tout. A baseball athe Tele 5 German american league swings into its playoffs this weekend. The quarterfinals Start saturday with Mannheim visiting Frankfurt a Edwards Field at 2 ., followed by three 4 . Games a Mainz at schw3bisch Hall Augsburg at bad Tolz and Giessen at Stuttgart the Best of three series continue sunday with Frankfurt at Mannheim Schwabish Hall at Mainz Augsburg at bad Tolz and Giessen at Stuttgart. The nine inning games Start at noon followed by if Nec Essary seven inning third games.  the at Tours Mercedes cup goes monday through july 22 at Stuttgart a Weissen Hof Tennis club. The tournament has drawn the worlds no. 1 player Ivan Lendl plus French open Champion Andres Gomez italian open Champ Thomas Muster and Sweden a comeback Hope Mats Wilander. Mondays first round starts at noon. Prices Range from 45 Marks to 55 Marks. The Vii corps tournament runs tuesday through july 20 at Garmisch. Each Days matches Start at 9 . The top four men s open finishers and top two from the Junior vets 35-44 year seniors 45 and Over and women a open Advance to the  european championships aug. 2-5 in Berlin. The 21st Talcom championships will be contested wednesday through july 22 at the Nide Raur Bach Tennis Center near Wei Bricken. A Safe a Continental sports conference will run its tournament wednesday through july 22 in Wiesbaden at the air base Lindsey As and Amelia Earhart hotel courts. Matches will Start at 8 . Daily. A racing the British grand prix eighth round in the 16-race run for the formula one world driving championship will be staged sunday on the Silverstone circuit in Central England. Practice takes place from 10 to 11 30 . Friday and saturday with final timed qualifying set from 1 to 2  both days., sundays grand prix of 65 laps 193 mile starts at 2 . Several supporting races including rounds in the British National formula 3 and touring car championships Are also on the three Day program. Silverstone is located Southwest of Northampton. Truck racing the fifth annual International and a truck grand prix of Germany sixth round in the european truck racing championship will be held saturday and sunday on the Nair Burgung circuit with fireworks and country music planned to accompany the racing. Car races Are also on the program. Practice for trucks and cars takes place from 10 . To 6 30 . Friday. Saturdays program includes practice from 9 . To noon followed by four truck races and two car races. These events arc scheduled for 1 to 6 . Six truck races plus two car races arc scheduled for sunday with the action starting at 10 . And ending about 5 . Combined three Day tickets Range from 40 to 60 Marks while sunday Only tickets Range from 25 to 40 Marks. Saturday Only tickets Range from 20 to 30 Marks. Youngsters pay half Price and those under 12 will be admitted free. To reach the curb urging take the Koblenz Trier autobahn a48 and exit at us men curb urging. Motocross the German grand prix for Motocross in the 500cc division eighth round in the world championship will be held sunday at Goldbach near As Chafi Enburg with the worlds top 500ce-class riders  and qualifying races in the German Moto will be held saturday. National races will also be held for bikes in the 125 and 250cc class. Goldbach is located just North of . Off the Frank Furt Wor Eduig autobahn exit Ascha Finburg Ost. In the Netherlands the fourth round in the world Motocross championship for cycles with sidecars will be staged sunday in Lightc noorae with supporting Motos also on the program. Practice and qualifying will be held saturday. Lichton Voorde is located about 20 Miles East of arnhem in Eastern Holland near the dutch German Border. Track and Field the Continental sports conference holds its championships saturday and sunday at the Wiesbaden High school track. Competition starts at 9 . The first Day and 1,0 . The second. Kit Zingen a sick Grund stadium is holi fing a meet saturday. Registration runs 8-10 ., followed by Competition. Entry fee is $4. For More information Call Tony Faison at ets 350-6306. Softball the Safe slow pitch tournaments run sunday through wednesday. The men play at Aviano a. Italy and the women at Raf Ben Waters England. Golf Ramstein s Woodlawn Golf course is holding a tournament through sunday. Running berlins Maifeld is the starting Point of the fourth Anglo German 10-Kilomctcr race at 11 30 . Sunday. Entry fee is 12 Marks with registration starting at 10 . For More information Call  Lawton at 030-3094482. Horse racing the German tracks at Munich Millheim and bad Hartburg will ofter racing on saturday and Frankfurt Dusseldorf and bad Hartburg will be operating on sunday. The bad Hartburg track continues its meeting on tuesday while colognes track has racing on wednesday. I  a rom Marr Imam no i a a a a. Maradona repeats mafia claim a _ _. M a. It no a a 4 no i Llyl Filc Izol i lie Buenos Aires up a Argentina a Star Center Forward Diego Maradona tues Day repeated his charges that the winning penalty in the world cup soccer final was fixed by the underworld a i done to want to fight against this any More a Maradona said in an interview with radio Mitre of Buenos Aires he said that counting the expulsion of two Argentine players and the injuries of men still on the Field in the final against West Germany a a it was five or six of us playing against 11 of  a after we held on for 80 minutes a Man came along and said there had to be a penalty kick a worst of All it was the  Maradona also repeated his intention to retire from the Argentine National team and said he was a very sad at Argentina a defeat in the final a i wanted to give the cup to the argentines and i return to my country with nothing after so much suffering and after having to suffer the italians and so Many ignorant people who booed our National  asked Why on sunday he refused to shake the hand of Joao Havelange president of fifa the world governing body of soccer Maradona said a i did no to Salute him because he took away something i had won the world championship a in Rome sunday Maradona first launched his accusation that the soccer final against West Germany won by the penalty kick was fixed. A it is too bad that i am not sure enough to name names a Maradona said then in a television interview. A there there was a Black hand at  a the referee de Rdo Codesal of Mexico was afraid that Germany would have to win by penalty kicks. The German team was faltering and this was a distinct possibility. I was hoping that the Black hand this Power would not be so  Maradona was seen close up on global television muttering an oath in Spanish As the roman crowd jeered and whistled during the pre game playing of the Argentine National ant Nam. He also said in the heat of defeat that he had played his last game for the National team. The High profile controversial multimillionaire has hinted in the past that he often feels that he is a Handy target for the brazilians and Swiss who control the Zurich based International football federation fifa. The Star was also the target of heavy tackling throughout the month Long tournament As rivals sought to limit his dangerous scoring potential i. A tournament. He played Hurt most of the Naples City leaders have now mounted an initiative to make the Stocky Argentine an honorary citizen of the City where he has been a cult figure since he signed with the Napoli club in 1984. A we Are serenely at the Side of Maradona Quot said Napoli club president Corrado Feria no. A we followed the terrible whistling and the persecution of the other night. I a a v referee Edgardo Codesal. Yellow card for Maradona a in 41 la 1 Iii uv>11 9u1 1 Al ii tru 444 a i a d. World cup ref defends bitterly contested Call Quot in Rvin he was called but if i intended to Montevideo Uruguay apr the referee who awarded West Germany the penalty shot against Argentina that decided the world cup final said tuesday he is convinced his ruling was legitimate despite the uproar it caused. Edgardo Codesal a nationalized mexican who was born in this South american nation told the newspaper a Tel Paisa that he and International soccer federation officials later watched taped replays of the Call Quot we All agreed it was a foul a he said. Argentine defender Roberto Tansini brushed against attacker Rudi Voeller on the right Side of the penalty area As Voeller was about to shoot. West Germany was awarded a penalty shot which Andreas Brehme kicked and made. The final score sunday was West Germany 1, a coct Esal was criticized severely first by the Argentine squad and then by newspaper columnists and soccer followers in Many countries. In the interview with a Tel pais a he rejected accusations that he was biased in favor of West Germany. A if i wanted to Hurt Argentina it would have been much easier to Call a penalty for example on an earlier play in which Argentine goalie Sergio Goscoe Cha tripped a German a who was approaching the goal Codesal was quoted As say ing. No penalty was called but if i intended to Hurt Argentina i could have a he said. The red card expulsion of Argentine defender Pedro Monzon which left Argentina two men Down with nine players was for Overly aggressive play Codesal said. A play that Argentine players insisted should have been a foul called against a West German who Side swiped midfielder Gabriel Calderon a was not a foul a Codesal  referee said he intended to stick with his decision to retire. He had announced his retirement before the world cup final