European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 22, 1991 the stars and stripes 1." it Page 25commentary win five four three two. One More Day and the world league of american football will kick off. London at Frankfurt 8 . Saturday. Maybe the Galaxy a German kicker Stephen Maslo will be the first Olaf player to foot the Ball. Maybe the absolute opening Kickoff will come from Frankfurt a other kicker Tom Whelihan of Missouri. On the monarchs Side that historical Honor could go to English kicker Philip Alexander or former Nufler Max Zendejas. A a trivial matter. And yet its amazing the world leagues Ball will get off the ground on schedule. Of so when Tex Schramm gave birth to this league he promised a Spring 1990 opener. He revised that As soon As he awoke to a couple of problems. Like he needed teams. Not to mention owners coaches and players. By the time Schramm crammed last october the world league had a base. But lacked pillars Mike Lynn took Over As president. Five months later the Olaf is on the eve of Kickoff. Go ahead. Scoff at this league As another Usel Spring fling. Jeer at the players As nil rejects. Brush it off As a Bush league. Wonder aloud who the Heck will attend the games repeat the Baltimore suns John Eisenberg who wrote a i keep forgetting if the Olaf is a football league or a wrestling  also do this credit the Olaf for seeing the world. For conceiving trans Atlantic football. For corralling cities owners coaches players uniforms planes hotels. For giving european players a shot. For plugging into european to namely eur sport England Schannel 4, Germany Stele 5 and Spain a tv3 Cataluna. The Olaf might stand for we laughed at follies in a couple of years. It might Flop amid Usel like empty  Fox then again it might spark crowds from March to june through firecracker football. The Olaf is so obsessed with keeping european fans awake it shifted into a higher gear. No huddle offences 35-second limit Between plays coaches and lbs talking through helmet radios. The message move it. /. A a a. The Olaf is also tuned in to american fans. That Roar you hear is for ditching the instant replay con a  v a a a a other world league winners 1. In overtime the first team to score six Points wins. 2. If a runner does no to return a Kickoff from the end zone the Ball goes to the 10. 3. Teams can go for two Point conver a Sions a a this is fans football. The world league sees its questionable standing with Consumers. It must sell itself recruit followers. Which explains healthy moves like opening practices to the Public. You want to see the Galaxy go to Frankfurt a workouts for free. A a a a you can to miss Galaxy players. They have trouble squeezing into Mercedes. According to a Olaf a press release Frankfurt a behemoths rigged out on fast food during their Winter workout in Orlando ordering daily dishes of 300 pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken 150 big macs 30 Large pizzas and 80 heros. If you re weighing All this Frankfurt a first draft pick guard Gariy Frank expands to 6-foot-2, 292 pounds. Perhaps frisk will Block his Way to the National football league. For All the Olaf talk of maintaining its own stars every player wants to use the world league As a trampoline to the nil. Its dollars and sense. The nil pays hundreds of thousands the Olaf about $20,000. That a a player concern. For football fans the Olaf is right now. This weekend. London at Frankfurt Raleigh Durham at Sacramento and Montreal at Birmingham saturday new York at Barcelona sunday and san Antonio at Orlando monday. The Olaf this weekend is about quarterback John Witkowski trying to make it with London after bouncing Between the Detroit Lions and Houston oilers. Tony Rice trying to win with Barcelona the Way he Quarter backed notre Dame to 23 straight wins front 1988 to �?T89coach roman Gabriel trying to win with Raleigh Durham the Way he won 1 while quarterbacking the . Rams two decades  league is about giving Brent Pease a Chance with the Birmingham fire after two Bench sitting years with the oilers. Seeing if Kevin Sweeney can Wing it for the Montreal machine like he did As an All America at Fresno state. Following new Yorkus Tony Jeffery who rushed for 343 Yards in one game for thu in 1986watching Sacramento a Ben Bennett quarterback in his fourth league the Olaf is about three swedes a nose tackles David Caldwell and Stefan Ohrvall and Strong safety John Hyl Liermark a playing for the san Antonio riders. Three germans a defensive end Helmut Joder tight end Steffen Nagurski and linebacker Dirk Reesing a playing for the Orlando Thunder. Players coaches teams. The Olaf actually exists. Starting saturday Well see for How Long. The Star and strip a n e. Runs East Rutherford . A there were no cheering fans banners or Media crush on hand. Even the Airport Security at Newark International Airport seemed to be ignoring Eastern Michigan on its arrival at the Mcaa East regional. The lowest seed remaining in the Mcaa tournament breezed into town unnoticed. Ben Braun and his Huron did no to seem to mind. A we understand a Braun said wednesday night while waiting near an Airport Carousel for his Luggage. A by comparison we Haven to had that Many tournament appearances. But our record Speaks for itself. Our performances during the season speak for the self. We have earned everything we  the Job gets harder Friday. The 12th-seeded Huron 26-6 meet top seeded North Carolina 27-5 in the regional  at the Meadowlands. Tenth seeded Temple 23-9 will face third seeded Oklahoma state in the second game. The surface the Eastern Michigan North Carolina game appears to be a mismatch the tar heels of the Atlantic coast conference Are bigger deeper and my be exper ended than Eastern Michigan of the mid american conference. _ North Carolina looking for its first final four berth since 1982, is making its Lith straight Sweet 16 appearance. This is the second Mcaa tournament berth Tor Eastern Michigan an Early 13-Point underdog bucking tournament history. The Huron Are the seventh team seeded. 1.2th or lower to reach the regional semifinals since the Mcaa expanded he. Tournament to 64 teams in 1985. I it one of the other six got any farther. Put players believe in themselves and  other a said Braun who has turned the Huron since taking Over in ? think that a the key to any championship team. You have to have a deep sense of belief in  Huron senior guard Lorenzo Neely dribbling into regional semis there is a lot of belief among the starting five of Carl Thomas Kory Hallas Marcus Kennedy Lorenzo Neely and Charles Thomas All of whom arc averaging in double figures scoring. A a we re not. Going to hand Carolina anything a Charles Thomas said. A a they re going to be in for a  this might be one of Dean Smiths deepest tar Heel teams in recent years and he is using almost everybody. A the Best thing about this team is that we Are Loose and feel really Good about the Way we Are playing a said senior Pete Chilcutt one of four Carolina players averaging in double figures. A it s not overconfidence. Its just the tact that we Are playing really  so is Eastern Michigan. The Huron have won 11 straight games the nations second longest winning Streak next to univ with 43. By Walt Morrissette a Start writer Bowling the Abc wisc  european masters tournament is set for May 6-19-at Augsburg a Sheridan Bowling Center. The american Bowling Congress Al stars Roll May 6-14. The women a International Bowling Congress All stars bowl team on May 15, doubles May 16 and singles May 17, the top 32 men and 16 women bowlers including both defending champions Advance to the masters May 18-19. People who want to enter the tournament should Contact their local association Secretary or Call the Sheridan Bowling Center at ets 434-6306 or civilian 0821-448-6306. For More information Call Mahler at ets 434-5753. Basketball the Navy took the armed forces women a title for the first time in 18 years last week at Cample Jeune . The army finished out of title Contention after winning the tournament 16 of the previous 18 years. Army opened with a 105-56 Triumph Over the marines but dropped the next two games a 73-58 to air Force and 7060 to Navy. A the Usa eur Junior b boys tournament runs this weekend at Hohenfels Post Field House. Teams include Erlanger of Vii corps Babenhausen of v corps Wei Brincken of 21st Talcom and Hohenfels of 7th at. Boxing Wildfi Ecken will Host the v corps championship 1 thursday through sunday at the Post gym. Weigh ins Are set for 10  thursday with bouts beginning 7 . Each night. The finals take place 2 . Sunday. The Cost is $2 per event or 55 for the entire meet. Contact the v corps sports office at 3205503/7310 for More information. Baseball a a european Little local league Region coaches certification clinic will be held saturday arid sunday at the Ramstein High school gym. Little league coaches and managers throughout Europe will receive certification upon completion of the clinic. Registration begins 11 30 . Saturday. The clinic starts at noon and continues until ? . Call Gary Marullo european Little league Region director at 06371-44383 after 5 . Weekdays. Softball a Patton Field in bad Kreuz Nach will be the site of a 24-team slow pitch tournament april 12-14. Entry fee is $100, with april 5 the deadline to sign up. A awards will be Given to the top five finishers. To sign up or obtain More information Contact Rick Thornton at 49061.77 or 0671-609-6177. Afna a sports weekend television Mcaa division i basketball tournament a Ohio state is. St. Johns 1 30 . Saturday followed by Connecticut is. Duke Southeast regional final 10 . Saturday East regional final 9 40 . Sunday delayed Midwest regional final 11 05 . Sunday delayed. Mcaa division ii tournament a championship game joined in Progress 8 40 . Saturday. Radio Mcaa division i tournament a Ohio state is. St. Johns 1 07 . Saturday followed by Temple is. Oklahoma state Southeast regional final 10 07 . Saturday West regional final 1 . Sunday delayed East regional final 9 50 . Sunday delayed Midwest regional final 11 50 . Sunday delayed