European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 4, 1991 the stars and Stripe memories pop up in no name draft Page 25 5 by Dave Goldberg. A football writer when the world league of american football opens in three weeks it will have two former Heisman i trophy finalists three Guys who were first round draft picks in the nil a quarterback not babe Laufenberg in his fourth pro league the inv Vitable kicking Zende Jas brother. And 394 Guys heard of by virtually no one outside his immediate family and Circle of friends. For the past three weeks the 10 teams in five countries stretching from Frankfurt to Sacramento have been drafting players for the first new major football league since the Usel last played in 1985, an International offshoot of the nil a a triple a developmental league if you will a the Olaf is being financed by 26 of the 28 nil teams. Unlike the Usel its got no Herschel walkers or Doug flutes or Reggie Whites name players paid seven figure salaries that eventually helped bring Down the league. Nor does it have pretensions. A most of these Guys have had a shot. Not much of a shot but a shot a says Chet Franklin a former player personnel director Tor the san Diego chargers who is the we aft a scouting coordinator. A a lot of these Guys can play although whether they can play in the nil is a question a says Jerry Vainisi who has served As general manager of the Chicago bears and now is the we aft a vice president of football management. A a they re just an example of How much room the nil does no to the nil Hopes that at least a few will show this Spring that they can play in the fall that the Olaf can develop unknowns the Way the Usel did. More than a dozen former Usel players have made it to the pro bowl. Not just Walker White Keith Millard and Gary Zimmerman but such non marquee names As Kent Hull Bart Oates and the idol of every Olaf player Sam Mills of new Orleans. Mills was Cut four times by nil and Canadian league teams before making it with the Philadelphia Baltimore stars. So who Are these Guy Barcelona has the two Heisman finalists a quarterback Tony Rice and running Back Paul Palmer. Palmer Kansas City Stop pick in 1987, bounced from the chiefs to the Lions to the cowboys to oblivion in Par because of a reputation for not working too hard. Sacramento has the passing combination o f Ben Bennett to Calvin Muhammad. Bennett once Boomer Esiason a archrival in the Atlantic coast conference is a television analyst for acc games and has already played in the nil the Usel and the Arena football league. The 32-year-old Muhammad last played for Washington in 1986, his sixth nil a he a my Guy a Vainisi says of Muhammad whose Best years were with the raiders. A a in be had a Rule again St Guys Over 30, but he was by far the Best Man on the Field at our new York tryouts. The no. 1 picks Are Palmer and defensive tackle Shawn Knight of Sacramento who was taken by new Orleans in. 1987 and bounced to Denver Phoenix and Minnesota. A third in 33-year-old Bruce no. 1 pick 01 Green Bay in 1982 and a 1984 pro bowl player at _ new Orleans who has been retired for two years. Acc passing Leader Ben Bennett tries pro league no. 4. He was drafted As one of several a coaches choices players by Jack Bicknell who wanted to add some veterans to his Barcelona dragons. Bicknell also took his old Boston College nose tackle Mike Ruth Cut by new England in 1989. Some other oddities in the Olaf a two of the first nil players Ever suspended for steroid use Sean doctor and Mark Mraz a two Guys with super bowl rings Rollin Putzier Montreal of the 1988 and �?T89 san Francisco 49ers and Solomon Miller Frankfurt of the 1986 giants a a group of foreign athletes who have never played football before like running Back Guillermo Gomez of Barcelona safety Hans Ulrich Riecke of Birmingham nose tackle Olaf Hampel of Frankfurt and linebacker Vladimir georgics of Raleigh Durham. _ a and Max Zendejas formerly of Green Bay and Washington. Brother of Luis Alan and Joaquin and Cousin of All those names be enough to sell the league Franklin Hopes so. A maybe they re a tenth of a second too slow in the 40 or 10 pounds too Light for their position or maybe they just Lack the Overall ability a he says. A but they have something that makes them football players and i think some of them will turn into stars for top youth swimmers by Walt Morrissette. A. Staff writer Munich Germany a the Kaiserslautern Kingfish arc just that in the european forces swim league Pool for 1991. The Kingfish came Here 12-0 for the season and won their title in their Lucky 13th meet of the year sunday in Munich a olympic Pool. Russ sch Covitz broke a record and won three Gold medals in the boys 15-19-year age category for the champions and Wellington Gooch brought Home three More golds for Kaiserslautern in the under-11 boys. The winners amassed a whopping 218-Point margin Over the shape seals last years runners up to the Stuttgart piranhas. Shape was within shouting distance of the Kingfish two thirds of the Way through. Kaiserslautern led shape by 94 Points 1019-925.5but the Kingfish padded their Lead in the later events. A a a a a a a. A. The final team tallies were Kaiserslautern 1,421 Points shape 1,203v, Berlin 1,066v. Lahr 951, and Heidelberg 927v. Rounding out the top 10 were Wiesbaden 504, Stuttgart 456, Geilen Kirchon 436, Hahn 328v and Mannheim 310. Wurzburg was in uth at 309. Results on Page 24. Scherwitz helped the Kingfish Clinch it by setting an Fesl record in the 100-Metcr Butterfly. His time of 1 00.62 broke the record set in 1989 by his big brother Mike. Scherwitz also won the 100 backstroke in 1 07.15 and the 200 individual Medley in 2 20.03. The other record breaker sunday was Geilen Kirchens sedia Nuberg. She broke the -11 12s 50-meter freestyle record with a 29.66. That topped the 30.21 swum by Stuttgart Sarin Ballard in 1986. Nuberg also won the 100 in in .1 14.53 and took second in the 50 Fly at 33.74. _ Gooch won the 50 free in 33.39, the 50 Back in 38.29 and the 50 Fly in 38.74. Heidelberg had a pair of 13-14 triple Gold medallists Matt Stark and Anne Marie Adams. Stark won the 100 free in 59.84, 100 Fly in 1 10.13 and the 200 in in 2 35.01. Adams won the 100 free in 1 07.56, the 100 Fly in 1 15.06 and the 200 in in 2 45.87. Hahn a Tiffany Wood took three golds in the girls under-1 is. She won the 50 Back in 41.81, 50 breast in 44.96 and the 100 in in 1 35.98. Boys winning their age groups were Gooch in the under-1 is Andy Pfannes and Ethan Cohen of Kaiserslautern who tied in the 11-12s Stark in the 13-1.4s, and Scherwitz in the 15-19s. On the girls Side Wood topped the under-1 is Nuberg and Wiesbaden a Tori Vanderweyden led the 11-12s, Adams won the 13-14s and Jodie Nelson of Stuttgart placed first among the 1519s. A v. A. A from wire reports even before arriving in Florida or Arizona major leagues had methods of their own to prepare for the season. Seattle Pitcher Keith Comstock used kinetics a a form of stretching used by Ballet dancers a in conjunction with weight training to rehabilitate a pair of bulging discs in his Back. A i did t want Back surgery a the 35-year-old Pitcher said adding that his off season Effort was hard Comstock said his flexibility had. Quadrupled since october. Mariners Pitcher Mike Jackson who has undergone knee trends for 91 already taking shape surgery the past two years trimmed 12 to 15 pounds in the off season and now weighs about 210. A this is the Best shape in be been in since Back in �?T87.with the Phillies a Jackson said. The Detroit tigers spend much More time stretching before their workouts at joker Marchant stadium in Lakeland fla., and most players have been on extensive weight training programs since the end of the. 1990 season. Its a concept brought to the club by tigers president to Schembechler the former Michigan football notes the idea says Brad Andress hired by Schembechler As the tigers first Ever conditioning coach is not Only to make the players stronger but to increase their flexibility and ennui once. A a it a been accepted a undress said. Quot baseball has progressed in the area of wondering it seems unfair but Atlanta Rookie of the year Dave Justice will make less Money this season playing in the majors than Deion Banders will earn in the minors at Richmond. Justice who hit .282 with 28 homers and 78 Bis. Will make $300,000 while Sanders got a Deal for $650,000. \ last season Sanders hit .158 with three homers and nine Bis for the Yankees. A on the Road again no official announcement has been made but this is the Pittsburgh pirates 23rd and final Spring training in Bradenton. The pirates almost certainly will relocate to Winter Haven about 90 minutes from Bradenton in South Centra Florida Halfway Between Orlando and Tampa. The Boston red sox have trained in Winter Haven since 1966 but have become increasing in disenchanted with the aging facilities. A. A. Winter Haven has promised the pirates a new Complex of playing Fields a players dormitory and improvements to historic Chain of lakes Park but a final agreement could be weeks or even i months away. Martnez dodgers Settle Ramon Martinez agreed sat urday to end his holdout after settling with the los Angeles dodgers on a one year contract. Martinez 20-6 last season with a 2.92 Era had been asking for about $500,000 while the dodgers were offering approximately $400,000
