European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 commentary Garrison on a straight a Oakland a teetering athletics could use someone with Power Speed and resilience these Days. Someone like Zina Garrison. Garrison is displaying her skills this week at the porsche Tennis grand prix in Fil Derstadt Germany. That a about 10 Miles South of Stuttgart. Or 4,000 Miles East of Cincinnati where the a slacked Zinas Zap. Or 7,000 Miles East of Oakland where the a a better Man their Garrison or face losing their baseball championship. Garrison showed Oakland How its done monday. The Houston hit woman suffered four straight double faults to drop the first game to a woman you never heard of Radka a Bubakova. Just like the a a in game 1, Garrison was embarrassed. Rather than sink Zina Rose to a 7-5,6-2 Triumph. Two Days later Garrison again choreographed How to swing Back. She struggled Early against another name Only her Mother can spell Nathalie Guerere. Then the worlds no. 6 Tennis player danced to a 7-5, 6-3 Victory. That exactly How the worlds no. 1 baseball team Hopes to step through the rest of this world series. While the a a and reds have been available to us on to and radio Garrison can be seen live if you can get to Southern Germany. And if you can handle the outrageous 90-Mark ticket Price. No Tennis is Worth that especially with the Dollar stinking against the Mark. Garrison cushions the Cash blow by giving a Money performance. She Hustles for Corner shots. She blasts against Short lobs. She concentrates with the nastiness of the Cincinnati bullpen. Garrison has patented that concentration. Its the Zina Zeal. She turns it up while awaiting serves a arms and legs spread like a bump and run cornerback. Zina Garrison a a in a a plate. Or Patrick Ewing Sage at the foul line. How did Garrison invent such a tense stance i asked her that after her monday Victory. A a it a just a habit a she said. A habit she developed with her coach. She uses the gimmick to Point at the Ball and keep it in front of her for hard returns. It sure worked at Wimbledon this year. Zina zipped through the grass for her first grand. Slam title match appearance. She produced two huge upsets along the Way. First she ousted Monica Seles she of the 36-match winning Streak. Then she kept Steffi Graf from reaching a grand slam final for the first time in three years. Garrisons Wimbledon Bash finally ended in the final. She lost to Martina Navratilova 6-4,6-1. Even so Wimbledon vaulted Garrison onto the women a title Road which is one Busy freeway. The traffic Jam is loaded with teens Seles Arantha Sanchez Vicario Mary Joe Fernandez and Jennifer Capriati and Young champions Graf and Gabriela a Batik. You could group Garrison 26, with Navratilova who turned 34 thursday. Not that Garrison is close to Navratilova a class. Zina owns Zero grand slam titles. Still her Wimbledon performance her Victory in Chris Evert a last . Open match in 1989 and her All out court assault make Zina Garrison a Tennis draw. And a target. A people play you tougher a Garrison said of the Wimbledon effects. A people Are gunning for Garrison gunned the United states to the federation cup title soon after Wimbledon. Then came a couple of semifinal losses and quarterfinal losses including a quarterfinal sweep by Sanchez in the . Open. Really a decent year considering her Dow classic title in Birmingham England and her $487,193 in prize Money. Life could be a Ball if she wins this week collecting the first prize of a take your pick a $70,000 or a new porsche. Right Zina a a in a never Happy a she said monday. A you think i was Happy today the Good thing about Tennis is there a always another level you want to reach. In be had a Good career $2.6 million in prize Money but by no Means a great career. No Way am i satisfied with my career. In a a Garrison probably wont reach no. 1. Not with Graf Navratilova Sabatini and Seles around. Zinas monday victim a Bubakova praised the texans Speed a a i never finished a Ball that she did no to touch a but also said the big four Are better. Claudia Porwick a tall German who towered Over Catarina Lindqvist in mondays first round said of Garrison a she can play so Well but sometimes can play so bad. She plays with Loose strings on her Racket for her net play but that makes it difficult to get it under control. If she can be consistent she can be very very not exactly the stuff of dynasties. Which again brings up the Oakland a a who need production fast to live up to their dynastic Billing. They also need a hunger to Bounce Back. That a Garrison at her Zenith. A a a speaking of dynasties one is hanging on in the Safe football playoffs. The Rhein main rockets who Are shooting for a third straight Crown blasted one of my predictions last week by hurtling Hahn 2120 in the Continental sports conference quarterfinals. Where does a prognosticator go from there this one keeps picking Rhein main to lose. The rockets will finally crash at Sembach on sunday by 10 Points. In the other Csc semifinal Ramstein will spank Span Dahlem by 7. In the . Sports conference semis Lakenheath will Discolour Greenham common by 21, and Benwa ters will Down upper Heyford by 8. The stars and stripes Ramstein soccer players dominate Safe group soccer a nine Safe players including four from Ramstein have been chosen for the air Force soccer training Camp at Patrick fab Fla. Eddie Berry Mike Gibbons Steve rfcs and Hugh Brown were the Zamstein players selected. Also named were John Garcia and Cris Man of Wei Brincken Russ Lapiano of Ein main and Kevin Roberts and Brad Kennedy of Hahn. Ramstein the Continental sports con a ence Champion was originally limited Kadi player a but by Mcgregor of Avail i lamp on Lakenheath was unavailable because of saudi duty. Leap and br0wn played in a German s a Turr was a Safe All Star goal air i year and Lapiano made the orce team previously. From to member Eam will be picked air for players in the Camp for the a amenthe the armed forces tour fi0\vling a Bicentennial lanes i local sports Ramstein a is planning two tournaments in coming weeks. A King of the Hill tournament will be held oct 27-28, with divisions for bowlers with averages of 171 and higher and 170 and below. Entry fee is $30. The second annual International tournament in november will have team and individual competitions with $17,000 in prize Money available. Entry fee is $75 per Bowler or $225 per team. Call 480-5547 or 06371047-5547 for More information. Boxing Frankfurt a fight night originally scheduled for nov. 3, has been postponed to dec. 8. The event will be held at the Mcnair gym. Basketball the kaiserslautern/21st Talcom preseason Community level tournament is scheduled for oct. 31-nov. 4 at Kleber Cavern and Lan Stuhl. The tournaments Are open to army and air Force teams with the first 10 women a and first 10 menus teams eligible. Sign up deadline is oct. 24, with a $100 registration fee per team. Call l. Thilo Williams at 483-8289 or 0631-411-7469 for More information. A Wei Brincken hosts the fourth annual top gun tournament thursday through oct. 28 at the Kreuzberg gym. The Nurnberg knights the army european champions last season will Battle against the three former top gun champions for this years title. Baum older the 1988 top gun Champion and dec runner up will seek revenge on the knights. The Pir Masens roadrunners the winners of last years top gun event Are also entered along with the Mannheim Mustangs 1987 top gun champions a own Yor towners and warriors the Ramstein rams and an International squad from shape Belgium. Action starts at 5 30 . Thursday and Friday 10 . On oct. 27, and the championship at 11 . Oct. 28. For More information Call ets 4947253/6381 or 486-3653/3797. Softball a entries at $100 per team Are being accepted through nov. 5 for a 16-team veterans Day menus slow pitch tournament in Aschaffenbur. Play in the bring your own Ball double elimination event is scheduled for nov. 10-11. Call the Aschaffenbur sports office at ets 323-8869. Martial arts a Hahn hosts the second annual Hunsuck martial arts tournament on oct. 27 in the Sohren Burge Halle near the air base. The tournament is sanctioned by the armed forces martial arts association. Semi Contact preliminaries and finals run from 10 30 . To 4 30 . Full Contact Competition runs from 7-9 30 . Registration for the event starts at 9 . And costs 40 Marks or $20. Spectator fee is $1 for practices and $5 for Competition. For More information Contact Gerald Curry at 450-7214
