European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 16,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25commentaryto Tampa a the world league of american football has guaranteed year round football from the nil. The world league draft and Combine is ongoing in Orlando. The world league kicks off March 23. Rocket Ismail a nil draft is in april. The world bowl championship game is june 9, the nil training Camps open in july. The preseason and american bowls run through August. The regular season zips from september through december. January wraps up with the playoffs and the super bowl. February kicks off with the pro bowl. Then you re Back to the Olaf Combine and. You get the picture. Pro football heaven. At the world leagues lavish International Media conference in Tampa a Brand new performing arts Center the Day before the super bowl nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue said 7 a we began out season with american bowl games in London Berlin to Kyound Montreal. Over 200,000 fans witnessed the action and excitement of our game. We re planning those games now for August �?T91 and Well announce the teams in a few weeks. We want the Best teams in the nil to play our games in Europe. And a v a ,. This was followed by a Roar of approval from the throng of sports Waters from Tokyo to Sacramento to London to Darmstadt. Olaf president Mike Lynn said a soon great Bri Tian Germany and Canada will see the Type of action you la see Here a in our league a it seems the Olaf can make football go round the Calendar plus round the world. Can teams in Japan and ahem Moscow be playing against Frankfurt London and Barcelona within five a years 7�?~� a Aback in the Days of the cold War a soviet team in an american football league would have been unimaginable. Soviet hockey teams played exhibitions in the states since the Early �?T70s. But not in football. Olaf president Mike Lynn mentioned the league could expand to Moscow and Japan in the coming years during an interview in the fall league vice president Jeny Vanisi told Usa today wednesday a a we a like to get to Moscow sooner than later. The nil is very popular in Japan. Wed like to get to Hong Kong and China too a at the Olaf news conference in Florida last month Moscow was indeed represented a by officials of the Moscow bears football team. Vladimir Gomelsky is the Swank vice president for Public relations for the Moscow bears and the com wait Morrissette me tatar for Aba telecasts in the soviet Union. His father Alexander Gomelsky coached the soviet team that beat the . 51-50 in the �?T72 olympics. Vladimir Speaks English with Only a mild accent and served As. Rny a Alexander Victorenko is a soviet cosmonaut and president of the american football league of the soviet Union. 160 consecutive Days aboard the Mir space station from september 1989 to february 1990 and was aboard the Mir when he accepted his invitation1 to Lead the league via a Call from Moscow. More on that later. Michael Zaharya a sporting goods manufacturer specializing in bicycle tires is the owner and president of the team. /. A there Are a Little More than 20 teams in the american football league of the soviet Union a Gomelsky said. A cur team the Moscow bears has won the league championship the Hist four years. We have a team in the Moscow bears but we re looking Forward Toa world league talk of Moscow competing against the Frankfurt Galaxy and the new York knights or the Raleigh Durhan sky Hawks May seem premature since the league does no to play its first game until March 23. It s too Early to mull Over questions like a How would americans feel about playing for a soviet team in Moscow a a would Moscow Bear players have an exemption from the 2-hour line in the Mcdonalds on red Square a could they go straight to the counter a but it May not be too Early because these bears have already played american teams flow Good Are these Guys a a the Moscow bears went 1-4 in the summer of 1990 against Semi pro teams in the minor league Alliance a Gomelsky said. Quot the Alliance is a league of 40 teams in the United i asked him about the russian National team that came to Darmstadt Germany last fall and lost in a rout to the Darmstadt diamonds of the German american leagues first division. A we beat that team 56-7 indie s r Quot Gomelsky said a but we lost to the Berlin Adler in 1 he Adler is the defending first division Champion in Germany. A a /. A a a. A. soviet football officials Vladimir Gomelsky and Alexander Victorenko in Tampa last month. How did. The cosmonaut get involved in football Zaharya said through Gomelsky that Victorenko got a Call from a colleague in the soviet army Yuri Shutov who is a representative of the soviet sports federation and who started the league that the Moscow bears play in. ,. A the made the Call from Moscow up to the spaceship and asked a would you be interested in being president of our football league a a Zaharya said. Quot his answer was a Quick yes and he was elected univ v if Mike Lynn can make this league work who a to say a team in Moscow can to work but tin waiting to see if the world league will Cut the Mustard in attendance and Quality of play world league Combine update the Frankfurt Galaxy hired Tom Colt As the team Trainer thursday. Colt 21x is a 1986 West Virginia graduate who worked As a student Trainer for football and basketball for three years in. Morgantown and As a graduate Trainer at Arizona state from 1986-88. He returned to West Virginia in 1988 As ail assistant Trainer. A. A a a a v a. The Orlando weather report Courtesy of Galaxy spokesman Kent Lingef Quot sadly we suffered with some High thin Cirrus Clouds today thursday which kept the Days High 4 Emp nature Down to 72 degrees one degree linger than stars and str pm $ a 1 a a a 4 a. 1 4-0 tourney Raf Chicksands England the Hahn Hawks stayed unbeaten and the Chicksands fighting Chicks suffered their first loss thursday in the Safe worn ends basketball championships. Hahn won its fourth straight by whipping upper Heyford 76-54. Chicksands edged Ben Waters 71-70 for its third win in a Row but then fell to upper Heyford 62-56. The Host Chicks who were the fourth place . Team in the regular season entered the tournament As a late replacement for Ramstein which bowed out due by d Uty comm time its. Chicksands 71, Ben Waters 70 Chachi Jackson hit a 14-foot Baseline jumper with seven seconds left to win it for Chicksands. She had been 0 for 8 from the floor prior to hitting the winning shot. The Chicks secured the Victory when Benwa Safe women ters turned Over the in Bounds pass final seconds. Helen Johnson led the Chicks with 25 Points and 16 rebounds while Renata Mills compiled 18 Points and 14 boards. Bent Waters Kim Sutton led All scorers with 28, followed by Jennifer turnips cd with 15 Points and 15 rebounds. Val Felton added 12 Points and grabbed a game High 21 rebounds. Chick Sand won despite making Only 13 of 25 free Heyford 62, Chicksands 56 Chechick suffered their first loss. The sky Queens led 30-28 at halftime. The last tie was at 47-47 with 5 14 left before Tina Weekes scored six straight the Chicks resorted to fouls but Heyford ended the game with eight straight free throws and hit 14 of 20 from the Char Ity Stripe in the second half. Sherry Joyner led Heyford with 26 Points Weekes had 18 and Robin Streng added 12. Stephanie Dobbs topped the Chicks with 14 Points and 16 76, upper Heyford 54 Hahn led 37-25 at the half and pulled away. Heyford fell to Hahn before rebounding to Knock off Chicksands. Heyford dressed Only seven players for this game because of duty commitments and lost starting Point guard Renee dark Ings to emergency leave. Hahn won it with dominating inside pressure. A the lady Hawks placed four players in double figures. Sheila Lumar and Netta Burbridge gathered 19 Points and 13 rebounds apiece. Trey Tolbert had 16 Points and 15 boards and Amy Breeze 15 Points. Joyner led everybody with 32 Points and 23 rebounds but so e do it alone she was hey Ford a Only scorer to crack double figures. The next leading scorer was Weekes with nine. Mildenhall 74, Lindsey 57 the marauder tics rambled to Victory behind Sandy Barrows 28-Poinl performance. Crystal Weekes added 17 Points while Betty Littlejohn and Tammy Morrow chipped in 10 each. Sharon Ashley led Lindsey with 25 and Tammy Bradshaw added 12. The lady flyers led 26-17 at halftime despite suiting up Only five players Only to get bombed 57-31 after intermission. The flyers flew Only six players across the Channel and lost one of Teneni with a leg injury wednesday. Athe tournament standings going into the final Day of round Rohin Friday Hahn 4-0, Chicksands 3-1, Mildenhall 2-2, upper Heyford 2-2, Ben Waters 1-3, Lindsey 0-4.wlaf drafts tons of 300-Pound offensive linemen Orlando Fla. A the opening Day of the arid league of american football draft w As Short on l names but not on big people. Eight of the first 19 Ivers taken weighed More than 300 pounds. Under the new leagues draft plan it was offensive Emen Day and the teams went for beef headed by Jerk Nua a 6-foot-6, 374-Pounder from Hawaii who was chosen ninth Overall by the Sacramento surge. Caesar Rentie a seventh round selection of the Chicago bears in the 1988 nil draft was the we aft a first draft pick chosen by the new York knights. Rentie who played at Oklahoma spent one season with the bears. He was signed As a plan b free agent by Buffalo in 1989, but was released in training Camp. He was released again by Indianapolis last year. A a they told us that we Are pioneers for the world league so you can just Call me a Lewis amp Clark a Quot said Rentie the first of 110 players picked by the.10 Olaf teams during 11 rounds of drafting. 11 is selection wont mean instant wealth because play Erwill receive a base salary of Only $20,000
