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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 17, 1991 the stars and stripes Pago 21 we. A a Cholet applications Are on the Way once again Dodds Germany has been in Vitco to participate in the Cholet France International cadets basketball tournament. A the 12-team meet scheduled March 30-april 1, is for youths born in 1972,1973 and 1974. The Dodds Germany team will be chosen from youths who have a legitimate Chance of earning Al conference recognition this season according to a re lease front Dodds Germany coordinator Tom lab Lane who will be the head coach again. Applications have been sent to All Germany Region schools and selected players. The schools will be notified feb. 25. Leblanc and assistant coaches Rick Kendall of Wei Brincken and Len Tarnoski will conduct tryouts March 1-2 at the Frankfurt High school gymnasium. Cuts will be made after the first Days trials and. After the first of two workouts March 2. The 12 finalists will also practice sunday morning from 9 . To noon. Players must make their own arrangements for transportation and billeting the first night at Frankfurt and for transportation Back Home. The team which will play several warm up games against German clubs the weekends of March 8-9, 15rl6 and 22r 23, will depart for France on March 28. In past years four club teams from France Dodds and teams from seven other nations have comprised the Field for the tournament. This year Leblanc said wednesday the French entry has been reduced and Russia and Sweden have been invited to compete. Leblanc did no to know if they had accepted. Dodds will be making its sixth appearance at Cholet. It has two second place finishes to its credit. The first team in 1985 lost to Turin Italy 76-74, but Dodds Rodney Harrell of Bamberg was the tournaments most valuable player. Dodds also finished second in 1989. The team was third in 1987 and Wurzburg a Mike Brown was the map. Both Harrell and Brown won stars and stripes player of the Earben Abrams recognition. For the first time last year seniors were eligible for the Cholet tournament As Long As they met the age requirement this year the seniors will have to decide Between Cholet and the Albert Schweitzer tournament because the dates overlap. Performers used to make the Albert Schweitzer team but As of two years ago Only two Dodds players were selected because the stateside contingent was. Increased to 10. In past Schweitzer the Dodds players generally saw limited action coming of the Bench Only when the score was lopsided. A a if Dodds talented seniors want to Hobnob with some of americans elite basketball players a but ride the Bench or Schweitzer a the Way to go. It  to get in on lots of action the path to Cholet is the one to take. A v a a a a a a. History repeats As Ramstein a Deon Moyd and  a James Mcknight share boys player of the week accolades for the second time. Moyd had 17 Points 12 assists and 8 steals in a win against Kaiserslautern and 17 Points and 9 steals in a loss to Frankfurt. Mcknight sizzled the nets for 31 Points and pounded the boards for 28 rebounds As Wei Brincken toppled Wiesbaden and followed that up with a 22-Point, 15-Board Effort in a losing cause against Giessen. Also sharing the honors this week is Heidelberg a Lamar Cox who had 24 Points and 15 rebounds and 16 Points and 12 boards respectively As the Lions posted victories Over Wiesbaden and Kaiserslautern. I Wasny to being chauvinistic last month when i made my last player of the week selections. I completely forgot to list the girls a 1 guess i. Was thinking too much about my upcoming Christmas vacation in Florida and hitting some goofballs around some of that states Beautiful courses. I actually selected them. Anyway better late than never those accolades went to Quot Ramstein Smika Brown and Heidelberg a Caroline Kirsch. Guess what so do this weeks aug no with Brussels a Georgia Bottoms and Masquida James. Brown racked up 29 Points and 13 rebounds against Kaiserslautern and 17 Points and 16 boards against Frankfurt. Kitsch scored 19 Points against Wiesbaden and followed that with a 24-Point, 17-Board game against Kaiserslautern. Bottoms scored 26 Points and pulled Down 19 rebounds in the brigands a a Friday night Victory Over shape. Saturday she had 31 Points and 11 boards against the spartans. In those games James tallied 31 Points and had 8 steals on Friday and 18 Points and 6 steals on saturday. A. A a of cent a Scott Lynahan continued his perfect wrestling Streak in Europe last week with two More pins As the Lions ran their winning skein Oyer class a. Opponents to 68 matches. The senior front Canada posted a 23-0 record last year. This year lie stands at 11-0, including winning the accent Christmas Holiday tournament. Accent coach Jim Abraham reported that the tournament featured some outstanding Competition. The tournament Drew 13 teams and 148 wrestlers including Lakenheath a outstanding team. A a because of the bad weather in late december we did no to get As Many teams or wrestlers As i had anticipated a Abraham said. A but it was a Good meet and there were some outstanding individual performers. Bit urge a 189-Pounder, Brian Nazelrod for instance had four pins in Only four minutes and 44 seconds.�?�. The Start and strip Garrison Graf solos win Down under i a a. A a nov pm name a a to a a by Larry Siddons Melbourne Australia a Zina Garrison used the resilience of a grand slam Veteran to hold off a Strong Challenge from a Young japanese player and Advance to the third round of the australian open wednesday. Garrison runner up at Wimbledon last summer and an australian open Quad Ter finalist or better five times won the last five games of the match at the loss of just seven Points and beat Nana Miyagi 26,6-0,6-2. Miyagi won the last six games of the first set but did not hold serve from there i on against the women a eighth seed. The worlds 112th-ranked player was plagued by errors on her two handed grounds strokes and fell quickly after her impressive Start on Center court As Garrison i slowly got her game in gear. F. A a in a still learning to play on this sur face a Garrison said. A you can to attack All the time. You have to pick your moment have patience and Good  v the match was one of few highlights on o the tournaments third Day when doubles filled the outside courts and the show courts for the most part were turned Over to unseeded australians. The Star of the Day May have been a loud Mouth fan who exposed her breasts during Boris Beckers match before she was escorted from the stadium. It also was a Day on which Steffi Graf pushed the bad memories of 1990 farther into the past. _ on an outside court buffeted by winds As her life and reign As no. 1 in women s Tennis were socked by family problems and rising stars in the last .12 months Graf destroyed Maya Kadowaki of Japan to reach the third round. The troubles of the past seemed far away. Graf needed just 41 minutes to Complete the match 6-1, 6-0, lost Only 10 Points in the second set and got some More practice with the topspin backhand she a added to her repertoire. She now has lost a total of four games in her first two  it was the idea that this could be the Start of something better that the plague of �?T90 could be turning into another Bountiful year that appealed most to the 21-year-old German. A it is difficult to forget a whole year a Graf said. A there is nothing i want to forget a Well a few things. But it has happened and i cannot put it out of my past. I try to learn from  there have been plenty of lessons. Her family has been jolted by allegations of an affair Between her father Peter and a topless Model. After winning her third consecutive australian open last january and taking a tournament in Tokyo she returned to Europe and promptly broke her thumb while trying to escape from photographers on a ski run. A when she returned to action she found that a pack of teen age players led by Monica Seles was nipping at her heels and All too often that once a returnable forehand came flying Back at her. She failed to win another grand slam title. It added up to an abrupt end of a time when everything in grass. Life seemed to be right. Even with the worst Over and time to think about things she still finds it hard to discuss. A what 1 have Learned. It is difficult to say it a Graf said at her Post match news conference. A but its been difficult to work with people and to be with some people. It was the kind of year when there were Many things that i had to Deal with by myself and it was difficult to really talk with somebody about it and discuss it. I knew i had to Quot do it by myself and had to stick with myself. V n v Zina Garrison won the last five games to take out Nana Miyagi wednesday. Apr i am the kind of person who thinks alot about what in a doing. I know myself pretty  Well enough she said not to be worried about Seles who won 6-0, 6-0 in 37 minutes Over German Sabine Hack i us Day night or any of the other challengers. A a in a Hungary on the court always the same Quot Graf said. A at the moment i done to really feel any pressure at All. I think the focus is really on her and not on  Garrison won the first two games of the opening night match then ran into trouble with her shots and the ability of Miyagi 19. A Seattle native who lives in Okinawa to run Down everything. Miyagi held for the set. That was her last service game win. Garrison picked up the Pace in the second set and after the two exchanged  2-1 Miyagaw in the third Wenton the decisive tear coming to the net More and pres bring her opponent  
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