European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes Friday june 5, 1992local sport sex us Are or boxers reach trials compiled by Rob Staggenborg staff writer three former Usa eur boxers have qualified for the . Olympic boxing trials the armed forces sports office announced this week. Former Mannheim fighters Marlon Simpkins and Mark Lanton join cd Nurnberg Boxer Bradley Martinez in the trials set for june 10-14 in Worcester mass. The final Box off will take Jace in Phoenix ariz., on june 26-28. It divisional winners will qualify for the olympic team. Simpkins who fought As a 178-Pounder at Mannheim moved up two weight classes to super heavyweight 201-plus pounds during his olympic training. Simpkins a Usa eur Champ at 178 pounds in 1989-90, left Usa eur last year for fort Huanchu Ca ariz., As part of the army a world class athlete program. He qualified for the trials during last weeks regional olympic qualifiers As did Lanton. Lanton the 1989 Usa eur Champion in the 178-Pound class also qualified for the trials. Lanton left Mannheim in 1989 for fort Rucker Ala. Martinez a 106-Pounder, left Niernberg last year for fort Hua Chuca As part of the army a world class athlete program. He is considered to be one of the Best 106-Pounders in the nation. Other military olympic trials qualifiers Are fort Hua Chucan a Mario Bueno at 106 pounds Byron Moore fort Bragg . At 112 pounds the Navy a Sean Fletcher Nas Norfolk athe Marine corps Sergio Reyes Cample Jeune . And the army Santonio Orozco fort Carson Colo at 119 sounds Navy a Julian Wheeler Nab ittle Creek athe army Sclay Jenkins Offutt fab neb and the air forces Kenneth Friday Offutt fab will Battle for a spot at the 125 pounds division. The army a Datris Biagas from Schofield Barracks Hawaii is the armed forces Lone 132-Pound representative. At 139 pounds the army a Orlando Hollis fort Hood Texas and the air forces Larry Wheeler Lackland fab Texas Advance to the trials. The army a Ronnie Johnson fort Campbell Ken and Cassius Matthews fort Hua Chuca head the 149-Pound division. Lanton will be joined at 156 pounds by the army a Keith Mullings fort brag the Marine corps Robert Allen Camp Pendleton Calif and the army a Jeffrey Clark fort Bragg. The Marine corps Michael Demoss Camp Lejeun Ethe army a Eric Wright fort Hood and the air forces Ronald Simms Langley fab a fight in the 165 division. The Marine corps Germaine Thedford Kaneohe Bay Hawaii is the Lone rep at 178, and Jeffrey wooden fort Bragg is the Lone entry at 201 pounds. Simpkins will be challenged at 201-plus by the Navy a Reginald Blackmon is san Diego. The air forces Osmar Alaniz will be the olympic boxing teams head coach joined by the Marine corps Roosevelt Sanders As an assistant. Military boxers have fared Well in olympic Competition and have gone on to successful professional careers. Former Baum older fighter Ray Mercer went from lugging m-16s to hoisting an olympic Gold medal overhead at the 1988 games in Seoul. Mercer is currently a ranked contender for the heavyweight Crown. World heavyweight Champion evander Holyfield is also a product of the armed forces boxing system who fought in the 1984 games in los Angeles. Soccer a Hanau is gunning for a fifth straight dec championship when the semifinals begin saturday with the hornets battling Wil Flecken. That game starts 11 . At Erlen see a sports Center. The other matchup has Kaiserslautern hosting Schweinfurt 1 . In Sie Bulbach. Softball a the Vicenza military Community will Host a fourth of july softball tournament open to teams in menus and women a divisions. Entry fee is $95 per team and billeting or Camp Sites Are available by calling . Moore at 634-7009/7887. Registration deadline for entry into the tournament is june 19. A Hanau a fourth annual double elimination Midnight madness tourney is scheduled for june 19-21. Entry fee is $100. For information Call Greg hol Zinger ets 322-1740 or 8656 or civilian 06181-15088 or 15089. Volleyball a Span Dahlem is hosting the 1992 Safe championships for men and women which began yesterday and end sunday. Six menus teams Span Dahlem and Lindsey of the Csc upper Heyford and Ben Waters of the Ruksc and in Ciurlik and Aviano of the Mac and six women a teams Ramstein Ana Span Dahlem of the Csc upper Heyford and Laken Heath of the Ruksc and in Ciurlik and Aviano of the Mac Are vying for the crowns. Today a menus games begin at 9 , the women Start at 3 . On saturday the time slots Are reversed. Sunday the women a championship begins at 10 . The men follow at noon. If necessary matches Are scheduled to follow at 2 . Women and 4 . Men. Track and Field Wurzburg is conducting a meet saturday june 13, at Sicke Grund stadium in kit Zingen. Athletes Are invited to enter a maximum of three events relays Are not counted in the total for a registration fee of $5 per per person. For information Call ets 350-7378. Football the 1992 Safe clinics Are scheduled for june 17-18 at Raf Mildenhall England and june 22-23 at Rhein main a Germany. Conducting this years clinics Are Forrest Gregg athletic director at Southern methodist University and Ken Faulkner Southwest conference commissioner of officials. The clinics Are open to players coaches and officials from any level of play anyone desiring to officiate at the Safe championships must attend one of the clinics. Auto racing the 24 hours of the Nair Burgering is scheduled for saturday and sunday june 20-21. The program begins wednesday june 17, with practice for one of the supporting races the German touring car championship which gets the Green Flag at 2 . Thursday june 18. Also on the card Are the porsche Carrera cup also on june 18, and a German touring car trophy race on the morning of june 20. The 24-Hoiir race gets underway at 4 . Saturday june a participation helps Templeton through non baseball Days sex major league shortstop Garry Templeton flags Down recipe for a Bill retirement. By Scott Miller the los Angeles times Poway Calif. A a this Way a Garry Templeton says veering toward his right after answering the door. A we might As Well sit in Here. This room never gets  Templeton never walked so much As glided and his Silky smooth moves Are As a Coful As Ever. Even in retirement As e walks into the living room of his custom built 6,500-Square-foot House he covers ground More smoothly than the porsche that sits in his garage. It is 11 on a Bright sunny morning and on any other Given May Day the Only room Templeton would be concerned with would be the clubhouse his team happened to be using. When baseball is your life May is games and ballparks and who a pitching tonight. It is not leather sofas and easy chairs and free Days. When the new York mets gave him those cold hollow words last november a he did no to fit into their plans a his future suddenly included spending More time in his living room. This after 15 years 2,079 games 7,721 at bats 2,096 hits and a lifetime batting average of .271. How do you say goodbye / Quot the adjustment has been easy simply because i keep myself somewhat Busy a Templeton said. A running Golf going to the kids practices and games. I Partick at in a lot of stuff and that keeps me Usy. A the Only time it really bothers you is when you have a lot of time to yourself and you watch the ballgames on  it was with the St. Louis cardinals in 1979 that Templeton became the first switch hitter in major league history to collect 100 hits from each Side of the plate in a season a one of the proudest accomplishments in his career. But he played in his Only world series in 1984 with the san Diego padres spent some of his happiest years in baseball with the padres and has made san Diego Home for himself and his wife Glenda and their three kids a Garry ii 13 be Rome 10 and Genae Nicole 7. Ask him whether he considers himself a Cardinal or a padre and the answer comes quickly. A a padre a he said. A the majority of my career was spent right Here in san Diego. I came up a Cardinal but i spent 9w years with the padres. How could anybody say i m a Cardinal a i wanted to retire a padre but unfortunately it did no to happen. Some things came about. In a just Happy 1 had the Opportunity  Templeton was part of the out with the old movement when general manager Joe Mcllvain and manager Greg rid Doch embarked upon their first fur summer together with the padres last year. He had harsh words for Riddoch and his parting was one of the few things about Templeton that Hasni to been smooth. A i done to have any regrets but maybe one Day  give me a Call and say they want me to come Down so they can give me a retirement party a Templeton said. A i always hoped id retire a padre and that id have a place to fit in somewhere in the organization. A when the new management came in they had heard bad things about me that 1 Felt weren to True. A lot of things happened that  and As so often happens when a Veteran is told to hit the Road the Hurt initially overshadowed the memories. A to be honest yes there was some Hurt a Templeton said. A i spent some Beautiful years in san Diego and 1 met some Beautiful people a Jack Mckeon mrs. Joan Kroc former padre owner they knew what kind of person i was. There was some Hurt. One thing 1 Learned from All those years of playing there Are a lot of business decisions made. You have to go with the flow. A i got Over the Hurt but i still Felt i did t get proper treatment from the padres. I did a lot of Good things for the organization. A a it a Over now so in a just sitting Back with the kids and having a Good