European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 8, 1991the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary chapter one the magnificent Vii. Vii corps driving. Vii corps taking on the guard. Vii corps winning big. That could be been basketball arty other time. It could be been Niernberg running the Vii corps Flag to the top of army Europe hoops. Or Stuttgart. Or a i Heilbronn. . V. Last week it was War. Live in Iraq. Vii corps manned by soldiers who in peacetime might be shooting basketballs rumbled into Iraq with its soldiers shooting from my Al tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles. This was no game. This was life or death. More life. For Vii corps anyway. Military analyst James Blackwell predicted the corps would suffer 15,000 casualties. Instead the number was 28 dead according to. Arm times. Those were the soldiers sacrificed As Vii corps bulged East through Iraq toward the kuwaiti Border during the United states sacking of the iraqis in the persian Gulf War. Make that persian Gulf rout. Thanks Mucho to Vii corps the ground fight ended in 100 hours. That a four Days which is about what Vii corps Niernberg knights spent sweeping the army european championships last year. Vii Corpis is everywhere. Winning sports in Germany. Winning a War in the Mideast. If you Are a Soldier in Vii corps or Are related to one or even know one you had to feel like Yelling a listed yeah when hearing of the corps Triumph. Those Guys simply ran the iraqis silly. On feb. 24, Day one of the invasion Vii corps broke North into Bucky Fox Iraq. The next two Days the corps went face to face with the Republican guard and made it look like a bad shooting guard. By feb. 27, Vii corps was sprinting into Kuwait. Garbage time. No contest. When the shooting stopped Vii corps had blasted More than 1,200 pieces of armoured equipment and rounded up 10,000 pos. Give Vii corps the Triumph. You wonder exactly who comprised this plucky Vii. Maybe a Brailen Motley the Aschaffenbur Center whose Basket with 19 seconds left clinched Vii corps first Usa eur a a menus basketball title in 1984. A r a maybe a Patrick Elmore whose 27 Points helped give Heilbronn and Vii corps a sweep of Hanau in the 1986 Usa eur finals. Maybe a Beverly Morris the Man with the woman a name who pumped in 22 Points As Stuttgart gave Vii corps a third Usa eur title this time against setae in 1988. ,. Vav maybe a Caesar Harris whose 26 Points paced Niernberg in the 1990 final against Baum older and vaulted Vii corps atop the first army european championships. Vii corps knew it All along. In hoops in track in boxing in wrestling Vii corps proved it could be no. 1.add this one in War. Chapter two the prognosticator. A Paul Kachurak Wax the Best statistician in Safe. A football in 1987 116 was stationed at Ukhiv a a Germany Back then. A f a m Quot a when the storm hit the desert. He. Was a taking care of business with the 354th tac fighter Wing. That show this staff sergeant phrased it in recent letters. His latest missive came this week a month after he wrote  loaded it with predictions. Here they Are Vav a a i think Indiana will win the Mcaa and the bulls will finally get theirs. Portland will get by he lakers and wont even make the finals. A a a i think your acts Are finished but that division is kind of weak now so they May still have a Chance. A watch out for the Phillies. Quot the a a of course will win the Al West and water out for the orioles. Glenn Davis May make a a the difference. A a a a a so i guess my picks Are the a a giants Phillies and orioles. \ it a a the giants will win the world series probably Over the  a v take heed. Kachurak also predicted a a this thing should be Over by the end of  he meant the War. It ended feb. 28. That should make any Indiana Chicago and san Francisco fan feel Good. -7&Quot tit Star and strip a by Bert Rosenthal a v a track writer Seville Spain a the image still is vivid in Greg Fosters mind so much so that he does no to have to look at a tape to recall the moment. Fie and Mark Mckoy of Canada were hurtling Down the Middle of the track in the 60-meter High hurdles during the 1987 world indoor championships at Indianapolis when suddenly Foster lost his balance crashed into Mckoy and the two went tumbling to the track their Gold medal Hopes dashed. They ran the fastest times in the semifinals and were favored to Hattle it out for the top prize. Instead Mckoy did not Fin ish and Foster was disqualified a it was my fault knocking Mark Down a Foster said As he prepared for the world indoor championships Start-., ing Friday. Foster and Mckoy missed the 1989 indoor championships at Budapest Hungary. Foster was out because he had broken his left Arm playing basketball while Mckoy was on suspension by the Canadian federation. A afterwards i apologized to him a Foster said. A the was mad. A it happened Between the second and third hurdles. Sometimes you lose your balance. You can to avoid it. That a what happened then. I put my hand out to try and regain my balance but it was too  a that was one time i probably got out of the blocks too  Foster 32, the two time world outdoor Champion and the 1984 olympic Silver medallist in the 110-meter hurdles does no to have to work on his Speed anymore. If he has a weakness its his Start. A i have to improve my concentration at the Start a he said. A i am not listening for the gun As much As i  he Hasni to missed the gun often this season. He has been the worlds most 1 Seville Spain up Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson thursday said he will retire from track and Field after the 1992 Barcelona olympics. Johnson recently returned to the sport after testing positive for steroids after finishing first in the final of the 100 meters at the 1988 Seoul olympics. Fie received an automatic two year Nan. A the Canadian will run the 60 meters Friday at the world indoor track and Field championships against a Field that includes european and Commonwealth 100-meter Champion and 1988 olympic Silver medallist Linford Christie of Britain Fiu Roponen record Holder Vitaly Savin of the soviet Union and cuban Andres Simon. A this race is very important for me a said Johnson. A Tokyo 1991 world out Greg Foster runs into the world indoor championships which Start today in Spain. Consistent hurdler winning four of five races including the . Indoor title for the sixth time a Victory that earned him a place on the american team for the world championships. Foster holds the world indoor record of 7.36 seconds in the 60-meter High hurdles set at los Angeles on Jan. 14, 1987. Based on his experience and performances this season he goes into the championships As the favorite in the event. He was also the favorite in 1987, Only to lose out in the collision with Mckoy. And he was the favorite at the 1984 los Angeles games but got upset by teammate Roger kingdom hard Luck has dogged Foster through out his illustrious career. Prior to the 1988 olympics he fractured his left Arm the same one he broke a year later. He has broken other Bones and served a three month suspension last year for using Over the counter stimulants. A i think my experience has helped my longevity Quot he said. A i done to do As much As i used to. Because of my experience i know what i have to do to get ready. I done to have to Pound my body As much As before.�?�. When Foster was running for Urcla years ago he was strictly a Power runner. A now its Power and technique a he said. A i done to lift weights with my legs anymore. I keep my Hamstrings Strong my Knees Strong and i work on my upper body. A i Hope i am getting better with  in an unusual scheduling quirk Foster is to compete three times saturday in the heats semifinals and the final. The first two races Are five hours apart. The second two Are 3�?~/ hours apart. A a in a not worried a he said. A was Long As we have enough time Between races. And we do.�?�. Door championship Barcelona and Seville Are the three biggest races of my life right now after Barcelona i will finish track and Field a it gets hard when you get older. In a 29 right now. In be got two big years left and that s where i want to leave  with Many of the worlds leading athletes skipping the world indoors to concentrate on Tokyo in August attention has focused on the menus 60 meters and particularly Johnson. A it it hould be a Good Field with Simon and Christie a he said. A Christie ran 6.55 seconds at the same time i ran 6.58 last weekend a the 60-meter indoor world record of 6.48 seconds was set by Leroy Burrell of the United states at Madrid on feb. 13, but he turned Down the Chance to race for the world indoor title. British coach Frank Dick said he Felt Johnson should have stayed out of track after failing the dope test. A i personally thought he should never have come Back in the first place a said Dick. Quot at the end of the Day the Competition Here is the Johnson kind of image versus the Linford Christie kind of image and i Hope the Linford image