European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 4, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 25 . Shape Michael a air Quot Jordan will Cross paths with the . Shape team aug. 28 in Hochst a suburb of Frankfurt a air Quot will judge a dunking contest at half inc of the game Between the defending champions of the shape International military basketball tournament and Steiner Bay Rulh of the German first division. The game is at the balls Orthall at 8 . Admission is 20 Marks. More details on the Jordan tour later. The basketball game is part of a new summer program for the . Shape All Star team. Ramsten s Bob Abbott who coached the shape team to Victory Over a much taller italian team in the championship game in december is Back to head the first summer program. A we wanted to Start the summer program to make it More interesting for these Guys who come out to the team. There a a lot of banging in International Ball a Abbott said. A this summer program is a carry Over As a Benefit for the players who made the last shape team. Anyone who wants come out this summer can but the priority goes to the players that were Here last year. A in late november everybody starts from scratch in our training Camp for the next shape tournament in the first week of december a Abbott said. Sunday the . Will visit Gold Star Hagen of the German first division at 3 . In the Scheland sport Halle. Hagen is near Dortmund it should be a firm test for the americans. Gold Star Hagen has joined forces with first division team tvs Hagen 1860 and will play As one team in the first division for the coming season. A Gold Star Hagen has 6-foot-10 Sylvester Kin Cheon who started 16 games As a freshman for Mississippi Seminole Junior College in Oklahoma and ended up at Oklahoma state in Nis Junior year before coming Over Here a Abbott said. A a they also have the three Point shooter from the russian olympic team Riaf Kurtinaitis. Well have to put a lid on him somehow. The Only Good thing is he a 6-foot-7 but does no to like to play inside. But 1 done to blame him the Way he can shoot a Abbott wait Morrissette added. Then on aug 11-12, they go to Koblenz for the Rhein aflame tournament where the players will get a front scat to the Rhein aflame display. Next up for the . Is the coca cola Touma mint featuring All the German first division teams at Herten near Dusseldorf on aug 25-26, followed by the a Jordan Quot game aug. 28. Then its on to Speyer for a tournament with some first division teams sept. 1-2. The team is changing its name to a american jazz starting the summer of 1991. A that Way when i Contact these european teams to play us  know who we Are a Abbott said. But sleeping bags on the Road a a we la use Sleppin bags for the tournaments except that coca cola is providing hotel rooms for its tournament. That a Good because that a the Way the europeans do it. They bring sleeping bags and sleep in a nearby school gym a Abbott said adding that it a gets pretty interesting  four veterans from the championship team had Strong games As the . Beat mtg Giessen of the German first division 105-85 May 26. A a mtg is a Young team that barely survived relegation to the second division a Abbott said a but they did no to have the americans they re allowed to have. But  have them when we see them in  Wiesbaden a Lamar Oden led the Way with 25 Points. Bonnie Daye who moved from Ben Waters to Ramstein scored 22.  a Darryl Reeves popped in 1.8, and Pir Masens 1 Grant Robinson 15. A this action will provide unprecedented seasoning for the . Shape team. And no previous . Shape team has been Able to get tips live and Inco Mentar s meet aug. 28 person from a a air himself. Players who would like to try out for this team should Call Abbott at ets 480-6595 or at Home at civilian 06374-6311. A even though the s jape players have priority a lot of times they can t make it a Abbott said inviting players to try out. A that s when we go to the other Guys trying  Jordan will be in Europe on a promotional tour sponsored by the sporting goods firm Nike. Jordan a halftime slam Dunk contest in Hochst will have eight participants winners of base contests sponsored by Nike and , Nike spokesman Kirk Graham said Friday in Darmstadt. The Hochst Winner will be eligible in a second contest also to be judged by Jordan during  s sports fast at the Munich Olympia Halle sept. 4. The Germany Winner will go against Dunk Kings from Spain France and Italy for a trip to the 1990-91 Aba All Star game at Charlotte n.c., next feb. 10. If you wish to participate the eight slam Dunk contests will be Hula at 2 . At the following bases a Wiir Burg Leighton Barracks gym aug. 18. A in Imburg ii Rah Darby Cavern Casey fitness Center aug. 18. A Hanau flick Cohorst gym aug 19. A Augsburg Sheridan gym aug. 19. A Rhein main fitness Center aug. 25, a Stuttgart Panzer gym in bib Lingen aug. 25. A Giessen Miller Hall aug. 26. A Kaiserslautern Vogel Weh fitness Center aug. 26. . Shape players who want to participate in the aug. 28 slam Dunk contest have to be one of these eight winners Graham said a a we should get some pretty Good basketball players for this Competition a Graham said. Jordan is also scheduled to travel to Spain France and Italy to select winners for the Munich showdown where Nike will unveil its Spring �?T91 line. Remember you can meet Jordan aug. 28 in Frank Furt Hochst or sept. 4 at the Munich Olympia Halle. For More information about Jordan a european tour you can Call Graham at Nike at 06151-867137. Tha St re strip Kmic saudi Arabia clash for title by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Ramstein a West Germany a when clutch time arrived James Lowry put his Best hand Forward. Lowry an ambidextrous Pitcher Catcher tossed a no hitter to launch the Kaiserslautern military Community into the european Little league finals by pounding Germany 13-0 in Friday s semifinal action while six Lime defending Champion saudi Arabia ousted Norway 9-2 in the other semifinal game. Saturday s final is set for noon at Canon Field the Winner advances to the Little league world series in Williamsport pa., aug. 20-25. Lowry pitching Lel handed Friday baffled Germany hitlers relying on a haphazard combination of breaking balls of Speed pitches and fastballs. Germany represented by players from the Saarland Little league fell behind Early 3-0 in the second. The Lead inflated to 4-0 in the Bottom of the inning when Trevor play Ford drove in Justin Baltazar. Balta a ripped a a fourth inning Little league Homer a a two run shot a to augment pm cd a Ever increasing Lead to 12-0. By the time the dust had cleared Kmic added another run for the 13-0 Victory. A the Pitcher just kept us off balance a said Germany coach Rick Chapman who saw Mike Griego his no. 1 hurler go Down in flames in the fifth. A it would have been better if we had lost on a on or two hitter. Kmic is a great Ball team. We did our Best. If we weren t any Good we would t have been Here. I just feel bad for my  Lowry did to laughing quietly at Germany a awkward swings at his deceptive Hook. �?o1 was just hoping to do Good a said Lowry who said he opted to pitch left handed because a i done to have much control when 1 pitch right handed a i just thought it would be  Lowry fanned five through the first three innings alone yet Kmic coach John Campo credited the Kmic defense with the win. A the had eight strikeouts so we must be fielded the Ball Well. More than one half the outs were defensive  Lowry got help offensively from Eric Schmidt one of pm cd a pleasant surprises in the tournament. Schmidt banged out a 2-for-3 game that yielded four Bis and three runs scored in fridays other semifinal saudi Arabia 9t Norway 2 a pumped by a first round loss to Kmic saudi fought its Way Back to Cam a rematch in the tournament s ultimate game. Mike Rad rapped out a 3-for-4 game w Ith a pair of doubles to Lead saudi to its third consecutive finals berth Rael and the saudi offence chased Norway starter Aaron Dumsch who had been hampered by a sore Elbow. Saudi built a 5-1 Lead in the Bottom of the third. Rad greeted Norway reliever Dan Jacobs with a one out double to the Canter yield Fence. Heath Sunley lined a double to left to score Rael giving saudi a 3-1 Lead to work from. Casey Wahl singled to put the runners at the Corners. Kuniey scored on a passed Ball to give saudi a 4-i advantage. Eric Hebert slapped a single to score Wahl and give the defending champs a 5-1 Lead. Saudi exploded for three More runs in the fourth led by Rad s rib double. Norway struck Back in the fifth on Jason Borgert s rib single but the damage had been done. David Hatchett the Only returnee from saudi s 1989 Williamsport team said saudi took the rising Norway team us it lightly. A i had to Tell them to get pumped up and think about this game. Kmic does t come unless we beat Norway first.�?�. Hatchett said the Norway win sets up a heated grudge match that dates Back to last saturday when the saudis dropped a 3-1 decision to Kmic on a last inning Homer by Kmic Pitcher Jeremy Francisco. A Williamsport does no to count now a he said. A a Kmic is All that counts. First we have to get this game then Well talk about  in thursdays late action Israel 10, Italy 9 Michael Weinstein went 1 Hir i and Tomer Solomon and Tomer Hunt each contributed 2 Tor-2 games As Israel earned its first Victory m the , Carlson vie for dec Tennis title by Hon me Kennly staff writer Berlin a Scott Poirier and Sten a Arisen continued to win in the army european Tennis championships. Advancing to the menus open singles finals v. Als straight set wins Here Friday. Poirier the defending Champion appeared to be on top of his game As he whipped Clint Osborne 6-3. 6-3, and Carton played unevenly in beating Keith Soanes 6-3. 6-4. Both Poirer and Osborne Field serve through the first five games of the first set until Poirier broke Osborne a serve with a backhand passing shot and an Olsen save lob. Both players then held serve to Complete the first set. _. In the second set Poirier broke Osborne a serve a As Well As has spirit a three times As he cruised to Victory. A i was solid everywhere and did t do anything poorly so that s encouraging a Poirier said. A i feel real Good about tomorrow s prospects even if lev still double faulting a Little bit a he said. Quot a did no to feel like my rhythm was there today Quot said Osborne who at 6 feet. 2 me lies makes up lire Shorter half of v corps twin towers. Quot the big key to the match was m returning his serve. That a whal kept me Down Quot it Osborne Saul. Soanes originally an alternate for 21st 1 a by played brilliantly to Forte urls on to play on the defense. A Carlson who at 6 tool 4 inches is the other halt of the v corps i win towers cruised to a vib Lead in the see Tennis on Page 27