European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21hanau comes to the four a a a 1 a. A a Najarro lifts hornets to 4th in Row by Mike Bowers staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany a the Hanau hornets captured their fourth consecutive army european soccer championship with a 2-1 Victory saturday Over the Schweinfurt magicians. Hanau finished the round Robin tournament with a 2-0-1 record while the magicians finished at 2-1-0. The 7th army training come trainers 1-1-1 finished third followed by the Kaiserslautern panthers at 0-3-0. Oscar Najarro scored both Hanau goals upping his tournament total to four. Schweinfurt took the Early Lead on a free kick by Alfredo Martiz 27 minutes into the second half. Najarro tied the game two minutes later on a penalty kick. Rossel Guifarro fed Najarro for the winning goal with just 10 minutes remaining in the game. A it was a great game a said Hanau a coach Pete born who has 11 dec titles to his credit. A it could have gone either Way. We substituted for Speed in the second half hoping to take advantage of them being tired. It seemed to work. Also we assigned defensive specialist Guifarro to guard their Superb scoring Forward Marko Hakama a born said. The locked up third place with a 5-3 Victory Over Kaiserslautern. T dec soccer panthers coach Hamilton Lindsay was forced to guide his team using a Headset in the bleachers after getting re carded Friday for a a vividly protesting an officials Call. He claims that two penalties were the i reference in firday a 4-2 loss to the Schweinfurt mag asians. Lindsay sat helplessly and watched the trainers strangle his panthers on the Way to impressive 3-0 advantage at the half with on e of the goals coming off a penalty kick by Jim Geoghegen. A i can to blame the officials today a said Lindsay at the half. A this Isnit the Kaiserslautern team that played so Well against Mannheim to gain a berth in the dec tournament. A this Isnit like us at All. Maybe the Guys expected too much of themselves because nothing is happening for us today or at any Point in the tournament a Lindsay said. Victor Duran on a assist by Ruben Ortiz Drew first blood for 7th at at the 19 45 Point of the first half. The trainers scored their next two goals two minutes apart As Gogh Egony a penalty kick made the score 2-0 at the 40-minute Mark followed by Duran a second goal off a pass from Geoghegen. Ortiz also coach of the trainers knew at the half his team could hold on for the Victory. To we feel very comfortable with the Lead. We Are playing Calm and in control of the Ball on both ends of the Field. We Are in a Good position to place Well in this tournament a Ortiz added. Ortiz was More than Correct in predicting his team could cling to the Lead. Duran netted his third goal of the game Eft the teams second penalty kick for a 4-0 Lead just two minutes into the final stanza. At the 9-Minutc Mark Brian Foley a unassisted goal put the trainers up 5-0. At that Point Ortiz pulled his starting goalie Andy Shay who had turned Back 10 panthers shots. It was Only then that Kaiserslautern got on the scoreboard but too Little too late. Ken Wisniski scored two goals for the panthers on assists by Nick Mah Akalis and Tony Bush. Jose Horta netted another goal off a feed from Mark Snyder. A we fell apart after falling behind a said panthers Forward Wisniski after the game. A they trainers played Well and simply outclassed us. Wco a be Back next year and 1 look for a better  Lindsay admitted he was just glad to score some goals. A thank god we scored and salvaged some self respect. Winning was just not to  memories in perfect hands with touring ambassadors by Mark wonders staff writer Frankfurt Germany just because your Day starts off on the wrong foot does no to mean it will end up that Way. Just ask former Cleveland indians Pitcher Len Barker who pitched one of Only 14 perfect games in major league history May 15, 1981. A it was a Rainy Day. I was going to the Airport to pick up my brother and ended up being late to the Ballpark a said Barker one of 10 former major league baseball players currently on tour in Germany with the ambassadors of baseball. A but i Felt Good during my  Barker admitted he did no to think of actually accomplishing the feat until the last inning. A in the ninth i finally Felt like i had a shot at it. But you never know. A walk or a hit batsman can end it right there a Barker said. Barker who pitched 11 years in the big leagues with stints in Texas Cleveland Atlanta and Milwaukee compiled a career Mark of 74-76 and led the american league in strikeouts twice. He says a number of ingredients go into making a strikeout Pitcher besides having the ability to throw a 95 Mph plus fastball. A you need to have an additional pitch a Barker said. A a change up or curve Ball adds effectiveness to your fastball. Also you have to be a conveniently wild a meaning that you can to let the Batter in the Box dig in a wait for his pitch. You have to keep the Batter guessing a he added with a smile. He said today a Best fire Baller is Roger Clemens. A a he a definitely been the Best Pitcher in the game Over the last seven or eight years. He a a consistent 20-game Winner who makes a lot of Kos and has been durable going nine innings on a lot of his  Barker also has a definite opinion on the recent movement in baseball to rescind the designated hitter Rule in the american league. Ditch it. A it would be better for baseball to get rid of the Rule a Barker said. A although it has been beneficial for me and other pitchers by keeping pitchers in longer for More opportunities for decisions its belter not to tinker with the  Barker is dismayed by the recent situation in Cleveland where his former club recently traded away Star Pitcher Tom Candiotti and rumours abound that another top Pitcher on the staff Greg Swindell is on his Way out. He feels it May be a Lack of commitment on the part of management. A it looks like the same situation it was when i was there a Barker said. A we either had Good pitching or Good hitting a but never both. It also has to do with management. They the owners never commit either Way. They need to sign the Young players on a Long term basis or sign and keep their veterans if they Are going to be  another Pitcher on the tour is familiar with club problems both on and off the Diamond. De Figueroa survived new York the Bronx zoo and George Steinbrenner to become the first and Only native puerto rican to win 20 games Ion a season. He feels Steinbrenner got a bum rap by the fans and the press. A to me he Steinbrenner was a great owner a says Figueroa. A the was Good to the managers and the players. The new York press was so negative toward him but he really was a Beautiful Guy. A we had a lot of clubhouse problems in the 1970s, but we still got out on the Field and got the business . He blames most of the problems from the famous Thurman Munson Reggie Jackson feud on Jackson. A when he came to new York he told Munson then the team Captain and the others that he was going to be no. 1that he was going to be everything a Figueroa said. The Ciales puerto Rico native is proud of being the islands first and Only 20-game Winner but feels Milwaukee a Jaime Navarro and Texas Jose Guzman could soon make this list longer than one. He stresses that winning 20 games is not that easy even with today a Relief specialists waiting in the bullpen. A it takes three things to win 20 in the majors a Figueroa said. A you have to pitch a lot and that Means you have to stay injury free All year. Second you have to have a Little Luck and third you need plenty of hitting and defensive  former Cincinnati reds outfielder Bobby Tolan another player who made an appearance saturday at the Frankfurt shop Center to sign autographs. Sail the key to team Success similar to that enjoyed by the big red machine teams of the Early seventies is simple a play to a amps Mark wonders Len Barker. Perfect game in�?T81 your potential. To him this one important ingredient is missing in some of today a stars. A we played the game the Way it was supposed to be played. We had no big league stars save for Johnnny Bench Pete Rose and later Joe Morgan but we All played to our potential. Maybe its the big salaries but it seems like a lot of today a stars done to go the extra  the ambassadors of baseball have scheduled stops in Heidelberg on monday Karlsruhe on tuesday Ramstein on thursday Heilbronn on Friday Augsburg on sunday july 21, and Munich july 22. Ott string London a Merle no Totcy the undisputed Queen of women a sprinting for the last three years extended her 200-meter Streak to 36 consecutive victories Friday night in a grand prix meet. Ottey had a time of 22.24 seconds the fastest Ever run in Britain to defeat Germany a grit Breuer by nearly eight tenths of a second. Ottey 31, who has ruled women a sprinting since Florence Griffith Joyner dominated the 1988 Seoul olympics and then quickly retired also has a Streak of 52 straight victories in the 100 meters. Leroy Burrell who set the world record in the 100 meters last month suffered a rare defeat in the 200, the Best race of the evening. John Regis the european Champion at 200 meters held off Burrell in the closing stages to win by three hundredths of a second. Regis finished in 20.40 seconds. A i think i ran 180 meters Well and 20 meters badly a Burrell said. A coming off the turn is where in a vulnerable. John got me thei a and held me