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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 14, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b. The stars and stripes wednesday August 14, 1991 Roy Salvetor of Switzerland swirls around the Stuttgart velodrome tuesday during qualifying at the world cycling championships. Young s drive for 5 begins Stuttgart Germany up German sprinters Michael Hubner and Bill Huck posted fastest times As expected and american Connie Paraske Vin Young began her quest for a fifth women a title slower than desired during tuesdays opening session of the world cycling championships. Hubner the reigning professional world Champion led 14 flying Start 200-Metcr qualifiers with a time of 10.491 seconds on the 285-meter indoor wooden track at Hanns Martin Schleyer Hall. World cycling australian Stephen Pate Bronze medallist at the 1990 championships in Japan qualified second in 10.548, with compatriot Carey Hall third in 10.554. Huck defending his Amateur world Crown paced a Field of 41 in 10.183 seconds. Canadas Curt Harnett runner up to Huck last year was second in 10.282. Jens fielder of Germany was third in 10.288. Young whose four world crowns Date to 1982, qualified Only seventh fastest in 11.560, nearly two tenths of a second behind olympic Champion Erika Salu Maic of the soviet Union who was timed in Field Best 11.374. Young the reigning world Champion who a not known for her time trial strengths said her rear wheel slipped and fish tailed on her final Lap. American Renee Duprel second in the world to Young last year qualified sixth among the Field of 19 in a career Best 11.542. Fulda it out by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Fulda Germany a a Case of gender Jumble caused a mix up for Fulda Marathon officials when it came to awarding women a trophies for. Sundays race. Race organizers in Fulda said tuesday that the real Winner in the women a category was mistakenly registered As a male runner so when trophies were presented Sun Day the no. 2 woman finisher Ste Fanie Kristin Cain of Berlin received the no. 1 award. However official race results printed the same Day showed american Deborah Snowberger of Wurzburg the defending women a Champion clocking 3 hours 32 minutes 3 seconds a 51 seconds better than Caine a 3 32 54. According to Peter Timander of the Fulda sports office the mistake occurred when Snowberger registered before the race sunday morning. He said her name was correctly entered into the computer used to keep track of runners but a code used to identify gender was wrong. Her name went onto the menus list. Timander said the mix up was corrected and Snowberger was notified tuesday that she was indeed the first woman finisher. He said she will receive the trophy and certificate to prove . Marksmen aim for Good relations by John Jeansonne new Day Cogorro Cuba a its True. There is a Small band of . Military personnel in Cuba on this almost isolated piece of land just East of Havana and they have guns. And they done to miss. But wait. Hold your fire. The Leader of this outfit is air Force Captain Bill Roy 33, and All he wants to do in Cuba is perform Well in the pan american games shooting Competition and make a few friends. A this is an Opportunity for me to be anything but an ugly american a he said. In fact when Roy completed a run of 2tm consecutive hits monday in skeet shooting a the first individual world record set in any of the 31 sports in these 16-Day Western hemisphere olympics a he was loudly cheered by some 500 cuban spectators on the shooting Range located half an hour from Havana. A local woman hugged Roy and gave him a bag of Iresh fruit. An old one legged gentleman told Roy that he himself had hit 200 skeet targets 51 years ago. Others crowded around to shake roys hand and watch him be interviewed for cuban television. A i done to belong Here a Roy said in modest protest. By a there Quot he meant the pan am medal stand not Cuba a a in Man English professor. I teach English composition to freshmen and English literature to sophomores at the air Force Academy. In a a fighter Pilot. In a not a world class skeet  in the funny Way his sport is scored Roy walked off the Range tied for the Best two Day score in skeet a 224 of a possible 225 flying Clay targets including that world record 200 in a Row a but ended up with the individual Bronze medal. That a because his Only miss came in the final round of 25, w Hen the score has a weighted importance. Both Alfredo Torres of Cuba and Dean Clark of Vista calif., were 25 of 25 in the final round and Torres nipped Clark for the Gold medal when Clark missed the 19th shot in a sudden death shoot off. All three shooters finished with 224 Points a world record. Roxanne Thompson a member of the women a pistol team posed a question for the record. A Marine based at Quan Tico a where her Job last year was marksmanship training for operation desert storm 9mm, m-16, at-4, m-203 and two different types of machine guns Thompson wanted to know a Why Isnit Fidel Castro Here he a a military  Al Comandante surely would have appreciated roys skill with his Browning 12-gauge. Roy turned Clay disks a travelling at 90 Mph a into Pink dust Over and Over and Over a a he a been on fire for about a month even in practice a said Mike Schmidt of Eagan minn., who combined with Roy and Dean sunday for a world team record a 445 of 450. That Means Only three world records have been set in the first 10 Days of the pan am games and Bill Roy has his name on All three. A i was so much in a zone a Roy said a that in practice i was trying some things taking the target a Little sooner or a Little later just to see what kind of corrections i could make. And i   a but look he said. This is a just a Hobby. A a in a 33 years old. In a the father of three children next week the father of four. Next week ill be at the Academy talking to the students about Beowulf and his search for Fame. And no i done to see a parallel. In a very proud of the fact that if you lined up 100 Guys and put me in there and told somebody to pick out a world record Holder i would never be picked. A but in a very proud of this world record too. My Grandfather who raised me was a Hunting guide and Hunter a Duck geese squirrels Rabbit a and taught me to shoot. My heritage is american Indian a the Sauk tribe a and shooting skeet is something my ancestors would be proud of. A so he does belong Here. Anything but an ugly american in  East strolls to opening win Over Kmic Kissimmee Fla. Kaiserslautern military Community pitchers found the target a Little too Small in their opening game at the senior world series on monday. Starter Jeff Scobee and reliever Dave Roser each surrendered but two hits but combined to serve up 12 walks As Kmic fell 62 to Usa ease in the double elimination event for 14-15-year-Olds. Losing Pitcher Scobee issued eight of the passes against a tightly called strike zone bunching Many of them in the fourth when Usa East scored four senior world series runs on just one single to erase a 2-11 deficit. The winners added single runs in the fifth and sixth against Roser who pitched the final 3w innings. Tight defense let Scobee escape real basis on balls damage prior to the Pivotal fourth. Kmic shortstop Harvey Hargrove and second baseman Chad Hillberg turned a pair of double plays in the first two frames. Kmic jumped out 2-0 in the first off winning Pitcher Alex Cruz. Hillberg walked and was sacrificed to second by Sean Straw. Hargrove then tripled Hillberg Home and scored himself on Justin links ground out. Cruz settled Down thereafter allowing four hits fanning five and walking one in going the distance  
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