European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 8, 1990 the stars and stripes it it a Page 25commentary army May tackle air Force teams the Day May come in this decade when Darmstadt will play Rhein main for the Continental sports conference football championship in a serious. With the ice thawing amid prospects for the army air Force basketball championships the Lane is open for All kinds of interservice leagues and series on this Side of the Atlantic. You see necessity is the Mother of invention in this Case. As the draw Down continues and both services lose communities we May see sports alliances not thought to be possible a few years ago. A Darmstadt plays Community level football a with pads a to Safe sports director Tom Burkett said. Quot i did no to know about their program until Isaw the stripes Story. I eventually see Darmstadt joining our league. Football is a big morale Booster and if they can play Community level i see no reason Why they can to join our a Safe a Csc and . Football loops lose Wei Brincken and Greenham common for 1991, plus Lindsey is on Dick Cheney shit list. Usa eur is consolidating into 12 a a Hub communities. A if it comes Down to How both of us can survive we have to work together a Burkett said. That could mean army football reaching the air forces level in Europe like the old i a Sjaver Here in the �?T60s and Early �?T70s when the army dominated football Over Here a Burkett said. A Baum Holder Munich and Frankfurt were the powerhouse the army dropped tackle football in 1970 because of expenses and injuries. But the Csc has Many army players on its rosters and the Darmstadt Community is paying for its football program. Despite the smaller customer base football can still survive Here a with other options. I a Csc teams make Money a Burkett said. A they sell tickets they sell concessions. As we draw Down Well get less Money but More sponsorship. Football is expensive but you can make Money at Ramstein football was by far the largest Money wait Morrissette maker in Safe. The rams packed All five of their Home games at $2 a head for adults and $1 for children. And Ramstein did no to even reach the final. That was held in England where Lakenheath played Host to Rhein main. Said Burkett a your marketing people did a great Job in hyping the Safe championship game to the sponsors. Darmstadt can consolidate the fan support it had for its intr Community games and bring sponsors on Board a plus use the ticket sales and concessions from army and air Force fans at its Home games. A Darmstadt team in the Csc would thrive. Imagine a Darmstadt Rhein main football rivalry and games with Ramstein Sembach and Hahn which Are All within a 90-minute drive Pitburg is three hours away Oesterberg a Marathon. Imagine an Esa Neucom sports association with the current Csc teams in the air Force conference and teams representing the Usa eur Hub communities in the army conference. You could even put army teams in the air Force conference to even the split a just As the nil did when Cleveland and Pittsburgh agreed to move to the acc during the nil Al merger in 1970. If the nil teams can move in a sure our teams can. Then army air Force championships in basketball football softball a whatever a would be reality. With enough sponsorship maybe baseball could make a comeback in Neucom to either merge with or play against the Tele 5 German american league in eur series. A a there Are a lot of possibilities a Burkett said. A it All depends on commanders and How they View a a. V sports rightful place on the priority stove is on the Burner behind the persian Gulf future crises Don t forget Berlin Berlin Heidelberg 7th army training come and possibly 5th Talcom Italy will also have a hand in determining the army european Champion in basketball. They were left out of the stars and stripes report earlier this week on plans for an army air Force basketball championship series for men and women in Europe. A the Winner of the positional tournament containing those commands advances to the dec semifinals with the v corps Vii corps and 21st Talcom champions. Although 5th Talcom is eligible for the Posi Tiona tournament it did not have the Money to Send its menus and women a teams to the 1990 tournament in Germany last coach to visit Harold Johnson the All army basketball coach the past three seasons will scout Kaiserslautern a Holiday tournament for his All army trial Camp Usa eur sports director Jim Brown said. A towns tournament runs dec. 14-23, and Johnson will be there dec. 14-16. Anyone who wants to try out for the All army Camp or wants More information about the tournament should Call the a town sports office at ets 483-7115/7469. We All know the Gulf crisis wont be the last on and the draw Down. Bit sports in a smaller american Community in Europe will be just As vital to troop and family morale in the coming years As it is now. This joint basketball championship is a Welcome first step toward the new. Reality i Hope its a sign of great things to come in air Force and army sports in Europe. The 8l�r and strip a a a a a in semis by Walt Morrissette v staf writer shape Belgium a Italy has More experience in playing combat basketball and it showed Friday might against the shape tournament United states in the shape International military basketball tournament. The italians ambushed the americans 100-86 in an ugly riot that was disguised As an International basketball game. The shoving hacking and tackling underneath that the referees allowed in the second half made this a sickening game to watch Italy a opponent in the final saturday will be Greece which rallied past Belgium 88-79 in the other semifinal Friday Belgium led 77-74 when Myrtle Beach s.c., native Sam staggers fouled out with three minutes left Greece promptly ran off 14 of the last 16 italians won it because they were Able to shoot better under duress. They got balanced scoring from 6-7 Mario Sar Tori 18 points6-6 Andres Brignon and Claudio Pilutti 16 Points each and a vide Bianchi 13 Days led the with a game High 22 Points and seven assists Charles Caldwel added 18 Points Darryl Reeves had 14 with four treys Charles Bates had nine Points and a game High 13 rebounds Olaf gives London a $48 Walt Morrissette Andrew Marshall. . Loses 100-86 and Gerald Davis had nine Points on three straight three pointers Early in the second half. _ International basketball is supposed to be physical but not life threatening. The , resorted to shooting three pointers with limited Success when Caldwell Bates Clyde Harp and Andrew Marshall weren to mugged underneath Daye summed up the americans plight Best when be said Quot this will go Down As the year the americans did no to get any Calls. We did no to get any in the whole tournament Quot in fridays consolations Netherlands downed the United kingdom 113-63 and France stopped Germany 95-63, London a they re the London monarchs. The world league of american football made London its first european team with a nickname thursday., the league which will kick off in March also announced the London teams ownership. The monarchs will be owned by a consortium headed by restau ranter Bob Payton. Payton owns 23 restaurants throughout Western Europe that feature food As deep dish pizza Chicago sports Memorabilia and videotapes of games featuring teams As the bears with its first season three months away the Olaf is already considering Sites for expansion Olaf president Mike Lynn said the league which will Start with seven North american and three european cities is looking at Moscow Honolulu Tokyo and other european and Pacific rim cities As possible Sites. The league has held discussions with a potential franchise owner in Europe who As connections with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and is interested in placing a team in Moscow Lynn said. A your growth is really unlimited a he said thursday. A a but we want to make sure we done to grow too fast and make sure we have a stable 10-Teara league first a its the inaugural world bowl on june 9 could be held in one of the european ies with league clubs a a Frankfurt Germany Barcelona Spain and London a or in another european City. A we have an International league and our expansion is geared toward International cities so it is appropriate to have the world bowl in Europe a Lynn said mentioning Moscow Ana Helsinki Finland As other possible Sites for the championship game. The league kicks off March 23 with teams in new York Montreal Birmingham Ala. Sacramento Calif Orlando Fla san Antonio and Raleigh Durham n.c., As Well As the three european rite. After a 10-week regular season the three division winners and a wild card team will move into playoffs june 1-2. The nil sponsored league will have its games televised weekly in the United states by Abc and the Usa Cable network Ana in Europe by the eur sport network. V. Quot. picks pm Birmingham. Ala. A the Birmingham team in the world league of american football announced that Michael Huyghue 29, a five year Veteran of the nil s management Council will become the first Black general manager of a professional football franchise. The Olaf also announced the teams t nickname is the fire and its colors Are Burnt Orange Navy Blue and Light Gold. A coach will be chosen following interviews with the top candidates from a list of 20 names provided by the league office. S
