European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21prep Pickin s Blue plate special arrives Early Only one week of a South conference foot Ball has been staged but already a mid season title showdown situation has been created. The Winner of the Berlin at Augsburg confrontation saturday should be in the Catbird a scat because judging by Early season results Berlin and Augsburg appear to be the Cream of the crop in that conference. They Are both 4-0 on the season while the other teams already Are a combined 3-13, with Karlsruhe at 2-2 the Only other club As Good As .500. An Early season showdown also takes place in a Central Competition saturday when bad Kreuz Nach 3-0 in league play and 3-1 for the year invades Munich 2-0, 3-0. Hahn 2-0, 3-0 also looms As a title contender. The i Hawks meet Munich at Home and bad Kreuz Nach on the Road the last two weeks of the Campaign. A North Competition also appears to be a two team race a three time Small schools Champion Fulda and shape. They too Are both 4-0 with Fulda Riding the Crest of a 17-game winning Streak. Shape which has suffered through two straight losing campaigns went into this season with 11 straight losses including forfeits in the last two 1990 games. However the spartans have turned things completely around Ala the Minnesota twins and Atlanta braves. Unlike saturdays Early season Augsburg Berlin confrontation Fulda and shape done to lock horns until oct. 26, the next to last week of the season when they collide at Fulda where the Falcons Haven to been beaten since 1987. Elsewhere on the Gridiron Wiesbaden 2-0 and Frankfurt 1-0 Are the Only undefeated teams in aaa strife Niernberg and Giessen hold similar positions in a Woodbridge can win its sixth straight . Title with a Victory at Lakenheath on Friday and Aviano can Nail Down at least a share of the Italy Crown by beating Vicenza on the Road saturday. A Woodbridge win and an Alconbury Triumph Over London both highly probable would create a situation where one team in the . Would be 4-0 and the other three teams that qualify for the league playoffs would be 2-2. All would have lost to Woodbridge but the other teams would be in a a you beat me i beat him he beat you situation and a tiebreaker would be necessary to determine the playoff  a a its repeat time for player of the week reckoning. Wiesbaden a Duba Flowers was the outstand ing performer As the warriors rolled Over Hanau 4419 in their aaa Battle. Flowers scored on 55-, 16-and 39-Yard runs while Rushing for 192 Yards and also caught a pass on a 37-Yard touchdown play to grab offensive player laurels. Defensive accolades Are split Between Berlin s Derek Woods and Heidelberg a Craig Kutier. Woods a Middle linebacker had three sacks among his 12 Solo tackles. He also was credited with eight assists As the bears beat Ansbach. Cornerback Kiebler intercepted four Wurzburg passes and returned two for touchdowns to Lead the Lions to their aaa Triumph Over the  a a things Are looking brighter on the prognostication front. Germany aaa continued to be a problem with two misses in three games but the rest of the picking was very Good with Only one other bad guess leaving things at 15 right 3 wrong As the season record improved to 48-22-0, a .686 Mark. The Berlin Augsburg Blue plate special throws a Roadblock in the Way right off the Bat but the Edge goes to Augsburg 27-24. So seeking at least a repeat performance of last week the rest of the Chart looks like Frankfurt 25, Heidelberg 20 Wurzburg 16, Hanau 14 Wiesbaden 27, Ramstein 18 Niernberg 25, Mannheim 12 Stuttgart 12, Patch 8 accent 12, Oesterberg 8 Munich 18, bad Kreuz Nach 16 Hahn 36, Brussels 6 Fulda 27, Baum older 6 is 16, Wei Brincken 14 shape 26, osterholz 14 Karlsruhe 20, Ansbach 16 Vilseck 25, Bamberg 0 Alconbury 20, London 6 Woodbridge 33, Lakenheath 18 Aviano 25, Vicenza 12 Kaiserslautern 24, Pitburg 19 still another outstanding competitor has burst upon the Cross country scene. Heidelberg s Jessica Cafferata Only a freshman won her first three races this season and she really proved her championship Caliper Mettle last weekend when she beat Ramstein s Teri Duthie by 13 seconds touring the rugged Hanau course in 21 21. That was actually her worst time of the year she won at Kaiserslautern in 20 53 and at Wurzburg in 21 10. Bonn s Tracey Losi turned in last weeks Best time when she won at Home in 20 34. Other Fine efforts were recorded by Naples Libby Testwuide 20 55 and accent s Jennifer Varga 21 17 a a a it took a Long while but Wiesbaden and Hanau finally completed their sept. 28 Tennis match which was shortened by a heavy rainfall. Wiesbaden s Beth Johnson Paige Krasker and Debbie Mosley Katy Rupley tandems Defeated Lanau s Chrisia Brzozowski Amy Appleby and Carrie Goff Susan Detheridge duos tuesday afternoon at Hanau. The doubles triumphs gave the warriors a 5-4 Victory and left the Wiesbaden girls undefeated in regu Lar season strife going into saturday s season finale against Ramstein. A split of those doubles matches would have Given Hanau the decision and would have created a three Way tie for the Lead Between Wiesbaden Hanau and  a a defending Small schools volleyball Champion Berlin is off to another Good Start this year. The bears victories Over Augsburg and Bamberg ran their 1991 record to 9-0.�?� a sex Heidelberg luminary Eric a Cir bounced Back from a mediocre showing against Alabama two weeks ago by leading the Georgia bulldogs to an impressive upset win Over Clemson with a sparkling performance on an to last saturday. Zeier completed 15 of 33 passes for 249 Yards and two touchdowns. He also had a 56-Yard pass that set up a Georgia Field goal and a 49-yarder just prior to his second to Aerial.  sex Dodds performers Adrienne Gott and Danny Ott arc carving niches for themselves in College soccer. Gott who excelled at Heidelberg As a Junior and at Ramstein the next year is one of four freshmen to make the new Hampshire College women steam. Ott an All conference performer at Wiesbaden in 1989, is a starter on the Sonoma Calif state team. The Stan and strip a tip mouthed own words by Hal Bock the associated press on the Day after Leo Durocher died Minnesota manager Tom Kelly put his new Media image on display in the american league playoffs. Leo the lip never needed anyone to Tell him what to say or How to say it. Kelly a attempt to smooth out some of the rough spots in his relations with the press is a function of modern baseball s concern with its image. His team even hired a Media consultant for him. Durocher never needed a Media consultant. Once in a casual dugout conversation with some writers when he was managing the Brooklyn dodgers Durocher motioned across the Field at giant manager Mel Ott who was burdened at the time by a team struggling in the leagues lower Echelon. A see Ottie Over there a Durocher asked. A a he a the nicest Guy in the world. But you know what Nice Guys finish  Durocher went directly to Bartlett a that Day. And he did no to have a Media consultant leading the Way. The sports homily that goes a a it a not whether you win or lose its How you play the game a did not suit Durocher who argued it Wasny to How you played the game that mattered As much As whether you won. That attitude made some enemies for him and contributed to keeping him out of the Hall of Fame. He fell just one vote Short last february. A the was absolutely the Best manager i Ever saw on the Field a said Hall of Famer Monte Irvin who played Tor Durocher a giants from 1949 until 1955. A you might not want a father or brother like him a except on the  Durocher was an expert nerdier and Bench jockey. And when he coached his teams from third base he knew How to distract the other Guys. A i remember once we were playing Cincinnati and Ewell Blackwell had us shut out 1-0,�?� Irvin said. A in the seventh inning he struck out the Side. Leo came in and said not to worry that head fix Blackie. A in the eighth he went out and called him every name in the Book. You know a a you big so and so Why done to you put something on the Ball a a stuff like that. Blackwell started looking Over at him. The next thing you know he walked the bases loaded somebody got a base hit and we won 2-1. A that was  Durocher a greatest managerial Job had to be in 1951 when he cajoled the giants from 13/2 games behind to overtake his old club the Brooklyn dodgers. A the did no to put any pressure on us a Irvin said. A this favorite phrase was a lets see How close we can  that kept the pressure off. The next thing you knew we had caught  in the ninth inning of the last playoff game against the dodgers Durocher came Down the third base line to talk to Bobby Thomson. Leo always maintained that he was reminding Thomson of what he might see from Relief Pitcher Ralph Branca. Thomson a version is that Durocher said a Bobby if you Ever hit one hit one  a i told him Leo you must be nuts a a Thomson said. Durocher was hospitalized in Palm Springs last thursday on the 40th anniversary of Thomson a Homer. A the lips Leo Durocher debates with the umps in 1946