European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 13, 1990 the stars and Stripe sin the world to name a a a Page 25commentaryisay, Ole mama Mia Yandach do libber we found this robust Rascal on Oua Doorstep now for. So ome names so a a Scimoni. Che 3�ll0f can i kick. He what a in a name plenty. Mention a City and a sports fan will think of its nickname quicker than you can say Miami heat. Lets play word association. Green Bay. Packers. New York. Yankees. Montreal. Canadians. Chicago. Jordan. Or is it air nicknames stick with a City or school forever. Unless its Stanford which erased indians in favor of Cardinal nearly 20 years ago. That a the color Cardinal not Ozzie Smith. Best to research a nickname deeply. Which is what teams in the new world league of american football will probably do. The world league has an opening Date a March 23,1991. It has teams four in Europe and eight in North America. It has backing from the National football league. It has millions of dollars from Abc and Usa television. But nicknames not yet. The world leagues franchises will no doubt ask their computers for the Best names. The safest names Money can buy. Boring names like the Orlando magic and Philadelphia Phillies. Better to ask the fans. Which is exactly what our a name that team Coupon did last month. The Coupon asked readers to concoct nicknames for the four european teams in the world league a Barcelona Frankfurt London and Milan. A name that team Drew 39 responses. They came from Spain Germany England and Italy. So All four european countries in the world league Are represented Here. Who had the Best names Ted Welfelt of leghorn Italy produced this fearsome foursome Barcelona swordsmen Frankfurt blitzes London towers Milan forza. Right behind him was one d. Armacost of Geilen Kirchen whose Coupon read Barcelona boleros Frankfurt flamingos London royals and Milan Sharks. The most original again from Italy where Rome a Sharon Mayers mailed in Barcelona brahmas Frankfurt turf dogs London trailers and Milan makers. The wackiest Kenneth Plummer of Heidelberg started innocently with Barcelona bandits then sounded off with Frankfurt Bie meisters London broilers and Milan mafia. Some readers specialized in certain cities. Robert Combs of Moehringer wrote Barcelona Blade runners. Lloyd Wynn of bad Kreuz Nach offered Frankfurt kaisers. Richard Stephenson of Aviano came up with London spitfires. James Williams of Bromer Hayen proved to be a geographical wizard with his Milan Lombardi ans. London dominated the fun name department fog by Tim James of Pir Masens. Patriots by Tammy Muszynski of Imdorf scots by Julie whited of Sana Hofen. The ones you have to wonder about Frankfurt bavarian by a Sandoval of Schwabach. Frankfurt red ants by Ramon Gonzalez of Mainz. Milan Trees by Harold Clayton of Hanau. My favorite nickname is the London Light brigade sent in by John Fields of upper Heyford. After that its the Milan Lynx written by a Jimmo Ohahn. One brainstormed Josh Pachter of Erlanger rained in with Barcelona rangers Frankfurt buns London Blitz and Milan Kunderas plus this letter a wok so granted the buns and the Kunderas Arentt exactly your traditional team nicknames. But lets face it in order for the world league european franchises to Fly they re going to have to reach out to a wider audience than the traditional american Blue Collar worker with a Beer belly. Given the results of a recent Survey which indicates that fully 84 percent of All women who watch football list As their primary reason for doing so the fact that a those jocks sure do have cute Butts a Nick naming Frankfurt s 11 after that particular portion of the players Anatomy seems like a logical Way to increase the ranks of lady fans besides baseball has Long had its cubbies to cuddle and now at last football will be Able to Field a team of bunnies. Similarly the Kunderas should bring our Eastern european friends out to the stadium As Well As the intellectual contingent and will have the added advantage of allowing sportscaster every time there a a Flag against Milan a offence to clip a gag about a the unbearable rudeness of clipping a or whatever. A meanwhile what about the North american teams in some cases the appropriate nicknames arc obvious like the Montreal stars the Orlando mice. Imagine the headlines every time Orlando wins a game a the mice that roared a new York Well maybe its time we quit ignoring the obvious and Call Mem the new York bets. I mean Pete Rose May have been banned from baseball but maybe Tex Schramm can bring him in to manage his bets. And think of their headlines every time they drop a game a bets Are  in several cases i confess myself at a loss fora workable Moniker. The Birmingham burgers the Sacramento patients the san Antonio Landos nah and Memphis forget it. Memphis should be permanently banned from putting on any professional sporting events whatsoever except for Tennis see a not really. Unless he Means the Memphis strings. Of it 5last and 5tnp#italy�?Ts Schiappucci speeds to Lead in tour de France defending Champion Greg Lemond. Fourth in Overall standings Villard de lans France apr Italy a Claudio Schiappucci took the Overall Lead in the tour de France thursday by placing eighth in an individual time trial. His 57-minute, 57-second time on the 20-mile climb from Fontaine to Villard de lans put him 1 17 ahead of Frances Ronan Pensec the Overall Leader after the two previous stages. Pensec finished 49th in 1 00 42. The 2 45 deficit More than erased the 1 28 Lead that Pensec had Over the italian entering the stage. Eric Breukink of the Netherlands won the time trial with 56 52. Pedro Delgado of Spain was second 30 seconds behind. Miguel Indurai another Spanish rider was third 43 seconds Back. Defending Champion Greg Lemond of the United states was fifth at 57 48, and slipped in the Overall standings. Breukink is third 6 55 behind Schiappucci. Lemond is fourth at 7 27, with Delgado fifth at 10 44. I the stage was marked by two moderate climbs one rated second category and one third category just before the finish. It was the second Lime trial within a week for the cyclists. Last saturday Raul Alcala won the stage but has since faded from Contention. After a Day off Friday the tour will head into the final stretch of nine stages. Pensec took Over the Lead after the 10th stage finally passing Steve Bauer of Canada who led through the first nine stages. Tour Titbit two years ago Delgado won the time trial Here but was found to have traces of Proben Icid in his system. It is a masking agent and was on the International olympic committee list of forbidden substances. However at the Lime it Wasny to on the cycling federations banned list and Delgado was cleared. Quote of the Day a when you done to have your legs you done to have your  a Pensec after losing the yellow  Fox