European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 5, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21prep Pickin smore competitors hit Dodds trails golfers and harriers join the netters As the 1991-92 Dodds sports program continues to unfold this weekend. The golfers who compete Only in Germany hit the links Friday at Stuttgart Kitzinger with Wurzburg the Host school and Baum older. Except for the Competition at Ramstein next thursday they will play mini tournaments at three Sites every Friday during september and determine their 1991 champions oct. 3-4 at Wiesbaden a Rhein Blick Golf course. The a a golfers Are using a new format this season too the modified stableford a working up a Point for a double bogey to six Points for anything better than a Birdie. The top four Point makers will count in the team compilations. To Speed up play and avoid the 5�?T/2-hour games of recent years any one who has not holed out before reaching double bogey status will simply pick up. Cross country Competition begins Only in the . This week when Croughton stages an All schools meet. The . Teams also see action next week but the other Dodds teams done to hit the trails until sept. 21. The Volley Allers and football teams Are still practising. They make their debut next week. Mannheim and Patch get the jump on the rest of the Grinders because they re playing a Friday night game on Mannheim a Brand new  a a there a some very Good news on the harrier front. Tracey Losi is Back. The sensational Bonn Long distance runner has fully recuperated from a severe basketball injury that kept her out of track and Field Competition last Spring and will be gunning for her third straight Central european Cross country title. A everything is Fine with Tracey again a Bonn coach Bob freed said monday. A she has been working very hard to get Back in condition again and she has been running with a local German club and is approaching her Best running   outran Hahn a Teri Duthie in the 1990 Central european Cross country championships and Duthie took Over Losi s domination of the distance events on last Springs track Agenda capturing the 800. 1,500 and 3,000-Metcr championships in route to winning the girls most valuable runner award in the be track and Field meet. Duthie also is Back for the 1991-92 Competition but Shell be wearing Ramstein a colors this year and because of schedule differences the Only time there can be a head to head Losi Duthie confrontation will be in the be championship meet nov. 9. The Central european championships originally were scheduled for Munich. However Dodds Germany sports coordinator Tom Leblanc reported monday that he had been advised by Munich officials that the school would be unable to hold the meet because of the effect of the military  a a it took Only a few plays for freshman Eric Zeier to make an impression in his first appearance As a College quarterback. Zeier.  and stripes offensive player of the year As a Sophomore quarterback at Heidelberg in i98n. Passed for 172 Yards and two touchdowns As Georgia overwhelmed Western Carolina 48-0 saturday. The associated press reported that Quot Zeier. A highly touted recruit from Marietta ga., High school was sacked on his second College play and threw incomplete on the next play. A but. The h-toot-2, 200-Pound Zeier then went to work picking the Catamount secondary to pieces. He completed 15 of 22 passes. A Quot his touchdown passes covered 17 Yards to Paul Etheridge in the second Quarter and eight cards to Rodney Mccoy on the first play of the fourth  a Zeier left Heidelberg after his Sophomore season when his father was transferred to fort Benning. A. Eric played the next two seasons at Marietta High school in spectacular fashion. He was named to the Parade All America team and was High on everybody s recruiting list. Quot he decided to go to Georgia because bulldog Mentor Ray Goff had indicated that he was going to revise his offence to stress the passing game. Zeier actually completed his High school work a semester Early and began his studies at the Spring break so he would be on hand for the bulldogs Spring drills. He impressed the coaching staff enough to move into the second string quarterback Slot by the end of the drills. Perhaps he convinced them enough last week to earn the starting assignment saturday against Louisiana state. Tim Star and strip a Baltimore s rebound pulls . Past soviets 104-101 Athens Greece a bit urge a Ralph Baltimore rebounded Michael Parks missed shot and followed with a free throw with 19 seconds remaining in the game to give the . Cagers their Only Lead of the second half Here thursday As the americans toppled the soviet Union 104-101 in their group d title game of the 1991 Conseil do sport Militare basketball tournament. Both the ., which ran its record to 5-0, and the soviets now 4-1, Advance to the semifinals which Are scheduled for thursday. The . Will play the group e runner up the soviet Union is matched against the Champion. The third place and title games Are scheduled for Friday. The soviets got another shot off after Baltimore a conversion but missed and Parks grabbed the rebound. He fascism basketball fouled and converted one of two for the final score. The game took on the aspect of two runaways. In the first half it was the . On an apparent lopsided route. The americans led 34-20, but the soviets fought Back and caught up at 42-All on Oleg tends jumper. The soviets took the Lead at 48-46 with 1 42 remaining in the half and led 54-51 at intermission. The . Scored the first two baskets of the second half before the soviets went on a Binge. Led by Kouri Jouk Nenkov they soared to a 13-Point advantage at 75-62 with 14 15 in the game. Melven Jones got hot at that Point and led the . Comeback scoring 14 of his game High 25 Points Down the stretch. The soviets got into foul trouble in the final 10 minutes and the . Took advantage at the line Canning 24 of 29 free throws in the second half. The . Converted 34 of 42 free throws during the game. Baltimore followed Melven Jones in the . Scoring with 17 Points and Samuel Jones and Parks followed with 13 apiece. The americans managed Only 12 Field goals in 34 second half attempts after going 18 for 34 in the first half. Jouk Nenkov scored 17 of his 24 Points in the first half including 7 for 7 from the free throw line. Ten tallied 10 Points. In tuesdays other games Bulgaria beat Senegal 116-83, France Defeated saudi Arabia 99-77 and Belgium nipped Greece 96-93. Anew Champion is assured because 1990 Champion Italy failed to make it out of the preliminary round. A amps Ken George Melven Jones. Sparked . Comeback Holtz supports arrested Irish quarterback South Bend ind. A Lou Holtz bolstered his support for quarterback Rick Mirer on tuesday saying the team leaders arrest on allegations of Drunken and disorderly conduct stemmed from a a very innocent  Holtz earlier said Mirer and starting linebacker Demetrius Dubose who was also arrested a were the victims of the situation and not the cause of  the coach added to that during his weekly news conference citing his conversation with an apartment Security guard whose Call for police ended in the arrests. A the Security Man who called the police told me that there was no rowdiness that there was no problem no destruction a Holtz said. Quot it was a very orderly crowd. A but he had received instructions from the landlord who was out of town that if the crowd became Large to Call the police and disperse it. And that a the reason the police came. \ Quot the police did not come in answer to a complaint or a  Mirer and Dubose were arrested Friday night at an off Campus party that attracted about 500 people police said. Mirer and Dubose admitted drinking Beer at the party but denied police allegations. A i m aware of the fact in a living in a fishbowl and my actions Are seen by Many a Mirer said. A a it a unfortunate now people across the country have a false impression of the Way i am. A a i m trying to be a Good person and do the right  no formal charges have been filed. Both players have been ordered to appear in court oct. 9. Details of the incident remained sketchy even four Days later. Police refused to release the arrest reports and Mirer declined to discuss specific actions. Mirer and Dubose escaped suspensions for violating team rules but Holtz said they still Lake disciplinary measures. The matter could be reviewed by the University office of student affairs for further action. The arrests have sparked a squabble inside the City a police department. An internal memo written by an acting shift commander criticizes a police spokesman for siding with Mirer according to a report published tuesday. It. David h. Shock acting shift commander during the incident said the spokesman s statements to reporters and to the arresting officer violated department rules. Shock said it. Norval j. Williams attempted to intimidate arresting office Robert Culp into releasing the players and dropping the charges. Williams told reporters that Mirer and Dubose did not appear drunk. Notre Dame opens its season saturday at Home against Indiana