European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 c the stars and stripes Friday August 23,1991galaxy by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany the Frankfurt Galaxy will hold tryouts at five different Sites in Germany for prospective operation discovery players according to coach Jack Elway. He said earlier this week that the tryouts will be held oct. 6-20 at Sites yet to be determined in Frankfurt Drissel Dorf Hamburg Berlin and Munich. Interested players Are requested to Send a resume to include any and All recommendations from football coaches or former football administrators to Frankfurt Galaxy attention Marshall Happer Escher Scheimer Landstrass 526, 6000 Frankfurt 50. No phone Calls will be taken Happer said. Elway is in Europe conducting instructional clinics around Germany and a to see the country. Last time i was Here i was a Little Busy. Did no to see much of the  operation discovery is the world league of american footballs program to develop football Talent abroad. Last season each team was Given four roster spots to fill with Talent milled from foreign soil. The program yielded a pair of soviets several germans a finn a norwegian and a handful of brits. Next season the league will allow european teams five local players if a proposal to nil owners is approved. Youth clinics the Frankfurt Galaxy coaches have scheduled youth clinics set for this weekend in Frankfurt Hochst and at Stuttgart High school in the Patton Ville housing area for aug. 31-sept. 1. The Galaxy has charged 80 Marks for German youths to participate in their earlier clinics but the team will let Stuttgart and Patch High school players participate for $15 each. Call the Stuttgart High school principal Stutt Gart coach Leo Palmer 07141-89460 or Marshall Happer the Galaxy a special events coordinator 069-5309935 for details. The Galaxy also has a youth clinic set for saturday and sunday on its astroturf practice Field in the Frankfurt suburb of Hochst an open players tryout on oct. 13 and open cheerleaders tryout on nov. 16. Call Happer for More information. The Galaxy employed germans Stephan Maslo a kicker Olaf Hampel a nose tackle and Gerald Olszewski a guard. Wide receiver Keith Craig an american Soldier from Wiesbaden also made the team but played Little due to injuries. Craig was a Continental sports conference Star who led the air Force football league in pass receiving last season before signing a contract with the Galaxy. His base salary for less than five months of work was about $20,000. Craig a Story is one of the More interesting among the operation discoveries the Olaf employed. A weapons specialist he attended a Small tryout last Winter and signed with the team on january 23. He was the Only military member employed by the league. He attended a scouting Combine in Orlando fla., at the world leagues expense and played in front of some of the largest crowds in the Olaf. His contract specifically stated that Craig could play for no other team except Frankfurt due to a letter from his command to Galaxy general manager Oliver Luck and to the Olaf Headquarters in new York. This year Elway is hoping to see Craig Battle with some of his former Csc colleagues during the tryouts. A we want the Best players in Germany coach pins Down attributes needed for mat Success amps period a Elway  the four we have now Are the Best so be it. If not then we should see some Good  though Elway was pleased with his operation discoveries he regretted he did no to have As much time to work with them As he had hoped. The team arrived in Frankfurt just two weeks before the first game in March and Elway and hit staff were trying to form some semblance of a team from the players drafted. Elway expressed an interest in looking at wide receivers a who can catch the goddamned Ball Quot referring to several games where Galaxy receivers muffed up to eight passes a game. Other concerns revolve around his backup line backing corps. A what we want to do is essentially have our four players compete to keep their jobs. That a what you need. That Competition. Someone breathing Down your neck. A these clinics have shown me there Are a lot of Good football players in Germany who could play for us. Did we make the right choices last year i done to know but considering the time constraints we had to work with before the season Ever started we had to go with what we  exact tryout times and dates will be Given in the stars and stripes. Applicants that the team is interested in having try out will receive a letter from the club directing them to specific tryouts. Local sports Thomas by Mike Bowers staff writer Darmstadt Germany a Here a the formula for Success you need the endurance of a marathoner the strength of a weightlifter and the agility of a gymnast a and those Ingre dicots must be combined with techniques. That combination along with Good work habits will produce an All army National or possibly an olympic Cali Ber wrestler according to Anthony Thomas the army a wrestling coach. Thomas is conducting the 1991 Susareu r wrestling clinic at Cambrai Fritsch casern., a this year the objective is to discover olympic Caliper athletes a said Thomas who was an alternate in the 1984 olympics . National Greco roman Champion in 1988, and . National sumo title Winner in 1984. A a we re looking to replace the army a corps of wrestlers that has been lost through attrition desert storm or whatever Quot Thomas said. The More than 25 attendees were subjected to drills that had them twisting stretching and groaning to satisfy the watchful Eye of Thomas who was striving for perfection. A before you can accomplish anything in wrestling or in any sport you be got to Drill a Thomas said. A a you be got to get the basics Down Pat a Drill Drill Drill you must Drill your techniques 10,000  Thomas insists some of his unusual drills that done to look pertinent to wrestling Are quite the contrary. A a you be got to have agility and know where you Are at All times a Thomas said. A everything we do is wrestling related. I explain everything and its relationship to wrestling and How to apply it in their  Thomas coaching style has paid dividends for the army. Since he took Over in 1989, the army has won two of the last three armed forces championships breaking 13 years of domination by the marines. His sole Job is training the select wrestlers who Are assigned to fort Benning ga., As part of the army a world class athlete training program. Those wrestlers Are ranked among the top 60 in the nation. Thomas uses clinics like the one Here to judge the military Talent available in Europe. A military wrestlers dominate the Greco roman style Competition in the nationals a Thomas said. Quot each year since 1964 we be had at least one or two armed forces champions win National titles. There were two olympic champions in 1984. Military wrestlers will have an Impact on the 1992  one attendee of the training Camp who has sights set on the next olympics is Bart Meuse of Baum older. He is in route to fort Benning to join Thomas in the world class program. 31 will a Riwen in "1 a amps Jim d6fh�lm All army wrestler Bart Meese rear drills thursday with Dennis Tate. Meese a 105-Pounder, was invited to the army Camp two years ago As a workout partner. He surprised everyone and beat the ranked wrestler. Next he won the 19-20-year-Olds National championships in 1990 and this year won the 2023-year-Olds University championships and was Bronze medallist in the olympic festival. Meese who just turned 20, still finds the training clinic challenging. A this is a Good Camp a he said. A a we re learning the fundamentals and being introduced to proven techniques that will improve our wrestling  David James of Sembach a agreed with Meese. A the clinic is great a we re really getting Back into basics a James said. A a it a great to get on the mat with one of the Best Thomas in the  participants will get an Opportunity to apply their new techniques at an meet which concludes the clinic on Friday. Anyone on Active duty May enter for a $5 fee per style. Freestyle begins with weigh ins and physicals from 1-3 . Friday. Greco roman begins 10 30 . Saturday with weigh ins and physicals from 7 30-9 30 . Tips off basketball Baum older a inaugural european All Star tourney runs today through sunday at the Hall of champions. Teams from Kaiserslautern Wiesbaden Pir Masens Hahn Mannheim Ansbach bad Kreuz Nach Sembach Wil Flecken shape we Brucken army Span Dahlem and the Host Community Are entered. A Hanau a labor Day tournament runs aug. 30-sept, 2 at Pioneer and Cardwell gyms. Entry fee is $85 per team for the first 16 teams that sign up by the aug. 28 deadline. Call ets 322-8578 or 06181-15088. Tennis a usar eur players Sten Carlson of Darmstadt Levander Kelly of Bamberg Glen Anderson of Frankfurt Erin Majury of Wiesbaden and Semisi Nina of Hohenfels been selected to attend the All army trial Camp which fun sat urday sept. 1 at fort Eustis a. Racquetball Hanau a labor Day meet costs $15 per player which includes a to shirt and runs aug. 28-sept. 2 in the menus open menus b and c skill Levels menus seniors age 35 and Over women a open and women a b. Call ets 322-8578 or 06181-15088