European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 16,1990 the stars and stripes it a Page 25hanau a ties up dec Crown by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Nornberg West Germany a Hanau backed into its third consecutive european soccer title with a 0-0 draw with the number knights in sunday s army european championships giving 10-year Hornet coach Pete bom his sixth european title in his final season As coach. Bom s hornets finished the dec tourney at 2-0-1 in the round Robin while Numberg followed at 1-0-2. Hanau v corps league Champion came into the contest needing Only a tie to win the championship while Vii corps Champion Numberg faced a do or Aie win nor take All predicament. 1 but it was the hornets who nearly got stung in the 80th minute when Nomberg s Roberto Aparicio almost beat Hanau keeper Jim Ryan inside the right Post Aparizio s Bullet found the net the Side of the net Hanau Slack of offence Drew elongated yawns from the stands. In an earlier match Hanau topped Mannheim by a dizzying 7-1 score. The hornets finished the season undefeated at 25-0-5. Past tribulations were put aside Early in the match As Numberg put the grudge match into perspective. The two squads have faced each other five times prior to sundays title game a 3-1 Hanau Victory in 83, a 2 2 tie in �?T85, a 1-f draw in 86, a 4-2 Numberg Victory in the 87 title game and a 1-1 tie in 88. European Little league army soccer Numberg set up the eventual title match with a 2-1 Victory Over Heidelberg saturday. This year s match provided fewer surprises than in past matches. Both teams employed Banshee tactics Early in the game trying to draw first blood. Hanau did a literally. All army Forward Oscar Navarro spiked Numberg sweeper Mike Elbaum under it Baum a left Eye. Elbaum patched up the deep a and confined to play though Elbaum and a Gash. _. Najarro came to blows after the final whistle. Najarro was never a Factor after that. A superstar of bygone title games Najarro mysteriously made himself a non Factor Early As did fellow All army midfielder Gary Fil Tzanidis. Play. Chord Hanau s Backfield shutting out Aparicio and striker Mark Boyd. Quot towards the second half we weren t getting the first step on the Ball Ervin said. A we brought Back a couple of midfielders and played More of a defensive game. Numberg was Down our throats the whole game. If it did t end after 90 minutes i think they might have scored a maybe in the 100th or 110th. We would have liked to have gone for the win but we ii Settle for a tie. That s just smart  still Elbaum Wasni impressed with the hornets the decided favorite coming into in the contest a fall army done to mean nothing in a game like  he said referring to the Hornet roster which is filled with six All 8wd�l feel we lost this game. They  beat us to win this tournament. They tied us. We Feci like we were the better team. We just could t get a Good finish on the Ball. We controlled the  r bom admitted that his hornets could have suffered a stinging they d never forget. A i thought it would be a Little easier seeing As How Numberg Nad trouble with Mannheim and we beat Mannheim 7-1. Numberg was ready for us a said bom who is stepping Down from the hornets Post and taking his six titles to a Las vegas  i would have loved to win this game 3 or 40,�?� he said. A i  even watch the last 10 minutes of the game. I had to take a walk around  a a a. A in saturdays editions Najarro was incorrectly cred led with one of Hanau s seven goals in the rout of Mannheim. Chaldo Lovos notched the net off a Fiji Zanidis Cross in the 82nd minute to give Hanau its sixth goal. Kmic wins 3 in juniors Ramstein a West Germany a David de Luca was the hero at the plate and three pitchers yielded Only eight hits Over 21 innings As the Kaiserslautern military Community team won its first three games in the european Little league Junior division championship. De Lucas most important hit was a bases loaded single in the Bottom of the final seventh that gave Kmic a 2-1 Victory Over Brussels sunday. He also went 5 for 5 in a 31-3 Kmic route of Spang Dahlum saturday. Kmic a which combines a town Lan Stuhl Ramstein and Sembach a finished off the weekend with a 15-0 Romp Over the United kingdom As Jason Phillips tossed a of hitter. Jeff Scobee hurled a four hitter against Spang and John Loiselle produced a three hitter against Brussels. Trailing pm cd a 3-0 in the five team tourney for 13-year-Olds, with one sunday game unreported were Brussels and shape at 2-1, Spang Dahlum 0-2 and the . 0-3. Saturdays games Brussels 8, shape 3 winning Pitcher Chad Able went 3 for 3 while hurling a five hitter striking out 10. Kmic 31, Span Dahlem 3 Scobee coasted to Victory with a 10-strikeout Mound Effort and 3 for 3 at the plate. Loiselle and Phillips were also 3 for 3 for the winners. Brussels 18, . 4 Phil Rosenbaum was the winning Pitcher As Brussels cruised to its second win. Able went 2 for 3,5 for 6 on the Day. Shape 37, Span Dahlem 17 Robert Baker went 4 for 6 and Matthew Mcdonough 3 for 4 for shape. Kmic 2, Brussels 1 Loiselle and Brussels Alex Board Man staged a Superb pitching Duel. Boardman yielded Only four hits. Shape 20, . 19 Mcdonough a base hit drove in the tying and winning runs in the seventh to give himself the Mound Victory. Kmic 15, . 0 Phillips received outstanding defense from outfielder do Luca and to fielders Josh Marullo and Barry Colvin. Travis Hemline was 2 for 2, with 4 Bis and David Kellog 2 for 2, with a triple. Giants rangers a s sox Wing a series Ramstein tops big league tourney Naples Italy a Ramstein Bene fitted from Back to Back three hitters by Terry Brennan and Chris Herider As the rams routed Pitburg and Rhein main to take command of the european big league championships. Brennan blanked the Barons late saturday with his inc strikeout three hitter As Ramstein won 11-0. Keith Boswell s 3-for-4 and Tom Fuhrmann a 2-for-3 off losing Pitcher Jason Tiede paced the rams against Pitburg. The rams came Back with another one sided Victory in sundays opener see Ramstein on Page 26 the German american baseball league playoffs now go into the divisional title series As the Frankfurt giants and Mainz rangers took Northern division wins and the Augsburg athletics and Stuttgart Blue sox advanced in the Southern division sunday. The divisional matches Are set for next weekend. Winners will Square off for the a a title a week later. Stuttgart tops Giessen Stuttgart West Germany a Stuttgart swept Giessen 10-6 and 7-3 sunday in a Southern division playoff twin Bill. A fiery fourth inning pushed Stuttgart Over the stubborn Giessen team in the first game As the Blue sox pulled up six runsiora9-5edge. A Jason Baker Lance Guyton and Jerry Nelson each had a pair of hits and a pair of runs baited in in route to the win. Nelson also pitched the game striking out seven and improving his record to 7-0. Pitching look Over in game two As Eric Wallig fanned 14 and gave up six hits to improve his record to 4-0. Scott Smith and Roger Olny each had two hits in the winning cause. Giessen normally a Northern division team was moved to balance off the Southern division playoffs. Augsburg drills bad Tolz bad Tolz West Germany a it was a sleepy Day for the bad Tolz twins defense and that sleep turned into a Nightmare for manager John Rademacker who watched his team get hammered by the Augsburg athletics 15-3 saturday then 12-1 sunday in their Southern division playoff Best-of-3 series. W Erman american league Augsburg stood by saturday As bad Tolz racked up 10 errors three wild pitches and one passed Ball. The twins mishandled six limes had four passed balls and aired out four wild pitches. Athletics Pitcher Barry Clark held bad of Liz to Only three hits while Gary Briggs and Sam Simon each went 2 for 3. Frankfurt edges Mannheim Mannheim West Germany a Dan Caufield drilled an 11-inning double to score Mike Frigault and Richard Jackson busted a single to score Caufield As the Frankfurt giants downed the Mannheim Amigos 11 -9 to sweep their Northern division playoff series 2-0. Giants right fielder Olaf Ellrich pumped up the Frankfurt squad by turning in a diving catch in the right Field Corner to close Down the 10th inning. Frigault led off the top of the 11 the with a single Caufield drilled his two Bagger and Jackson followed with his hit. Frankfurt a 16-hit attack was led by Joe Esparza. Dan Caufield Mike Frigault and a Stewart who All had three hits apiece. Caufield replaced giant starter Sylvester Herrera in the fifth inning and finished the game for the win. Mainz wins by Walkover Mainz West Germany a Mainz Advance to the Northern division title series by virtue of a forfeit sunday Schwabish Hall leading 7-6 in the fifth inning forfeited after a player was injured and several players were ejected. On saturday Mainz beat Schwabish Hall 12-10. Spang Ramstein men Triumph twice at Safe Aviano a Italy a the Safe menus slow pitch softball tournament took a Continental turn As the Continental sports conference tandem of Span Dahlem and Ramstein won two games apiece to Lead the six team pack after sundays first Day of round Robin play. Ramstein had a lethargic 5-4 win against upper hey Ford in its Fust game then muscled past in Ciurlik 11-1. The rams trailed upper Heyford 4-2 going into the final inning until Joel Obman cracked a seventh inning Homer. Span Dahlem kicked the tournament off by skulking in Ciurlik 11-0, then finished the Day by clipping Fairford 12-2. The Days Only other Winner was san Vito which overtook Fairford a 19-9. Fairford led 8-0 after three air Force softball innings before san Vito rallied with a bang. On the Day four homers were hit two by Rainstein a Obman. Four seems like a Low count until fans Factor in the 300-foot Fence arcing the Field. The round Robin play continues through tuesday. Top two teams from the round Robin action Square off at noon wednesday for the championship. First Day standings have Ramstein and Span Dahlem at 2-0, san Vito 1-0, upper Heyford 0-1 and incur Lik and Fairford 0-2. Eagles stun lady rams Raf Ben Waters England a defending Safe women a slow pitch softball Champion Ramstein staggered at first then regained balance in sundays first Day of round Robin action. The lady rams took to on the Chin As the Laken health eagles flew to a 9-6 win. But Ramstein rebounded handing in Ciurlik a 9-0 Goose egg the first of two Continental sports conference defeats levied on the Mediterranean conference team. We Brucken also put the shoe to in Ciurlik 13-7, then blanked Alconbury 4-0. The other Days Winner was Comiso Italy which rocked Alconbury 8-1. Standings after sundays five aame slate Are we Brucken 2-0, Comiso and Lakenheath 1-0, Ramstein 1-1, in Ciurlik and Alconbury 0-2