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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 25, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 talented Dodds girls Sef for Fri it could be he Best Talent Ever assembled on ado dds girls basketball team that got to play a  s the Prospect for the Dodds Germany by Tenor All stars who will be playing a series of games april 6-12, using International rules against girls teams from the former East Germany communities of Potsdam and Magdeburg Over the easter a  for the team Are scheduled Friday sat urday and sunday at Frankfurt High school an head coach Karen Snyder of Frankfurt expects to have the elite 1992-93 Dodds per formers International school of Brussels Georgia Bottoms Hei Delberg s Carolyn Kirsch Bonn s Liat of if and her own Aundria Sparrow among the athletes vying for one of the 12 berths on the  tour is a great Opportunity for the Snyder Dodds Young ladies to compete against other teams under International rules Snyder said tuesday night. All girls in our leagues who earned All conference or honorable mention recognition this season Are eligible for the tryouts and it is a great Opportunity and an Honor Tobe asked to coach the Best girls in Dodds Germany on a special All Star  Dodds boys have had the Opportunity to play in International tournaments and this should bean exciting adventure for the girls Snyder continued. We Nad a girls team go to France several year Sago for a tournament but they were playing out of their age bracket and did t fare too Well. I under stand the teams we will be playing on this trip Are in our age  girls interested in trying out for the Dodds All stars should report to Frankfurt High ready to compete at 4 . Sessions also will be held saturday and sunday. The team will be selected by Snyder an assistant coach Tom Richards of Hahn following sat urday s drills and will run through a three hour workout sunday morning. Practice sessions Are planned every weekend in prep Pickin s Benabram big schools tournament i was always taught to put pressure on the opponents who were hurting your basketball team the , i had just about made up my mind to Tell my kids to Start guarding the off Terete Anonymous coach whose team won. March except next weekend. That s when the boys will be using the Frankfurt High school facilities for tryouts for the renewal of the Albert Schweitzer tournament scheduled at Mannheim s Benjamin Frank Lin Village sports Arena april 10-17, and for the Dodds team which will compete in the chateau Roux France cadets tournament april 30-May 2. Further information can be obtained by calling Snyder at her office military 320-6427 or civilian 069-151-6427. Dodds basketball except for next week Sturkey finals at Ankara has been concluded for 1993 and Only the announcement of the stars an stripes All Europe team players and the coaches of year remain on the Agenda. Already one nomination Replete with All the Vita data height class Complete game statistics and a photo has been received. Other coaches arc reminded to get All their Nomi nations submitted As soon As possible lest they forget and some deserving girl or boy eager winds up being deprived of the Opportunity of at least being consid ered for such honors. The civilian address is All Europe stars an stripes Postrach 11 14 37, 6100 Darmstadt 11, Ger Many the military address is All Europe stars an stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211, 1989 stars and stripes girls athlete of the year Jenny Ryall is still earning accolades at Purdue. A boilermaker Tennis Star the former Brussels ten Nis basketball and soccer sensation was named to the academic All big 10 team for an unprecedented third time during halftone ceremonies at the Purdue wis Consin basketball game feb. 9. Ryall who will be seeking her fourth Tennis letter this Spring recorded the highest Grade Point average of any Purdue athlete. Her picture will be mounted on the honors Wall at Mackay Arena Purdue s Field House. Antic Henry an outstanding runner As a freshman and Sophomore at Lakin Heath set the record in the 100 meters 200 meters and Long jump in the Nebraska state High school championships White competing for Bill Vuc West of Omaha last year and will be gunning for new Marks As a senior this Spring. Henry ran the 100 in 11.79, the 200 in 24.76 and Long jumped 18-11v. As Good As those Marks arc Only the 11.79, if it was electrically timed would be a Dodd record. The respective Dodds records Are 11.8 by Nairn Borg s Sondra Thomas and Frankfurt s Brand Givens both in 1975,24.2 by osterholz Vickie Buford in 1980 and 19-2 v by Karlsruhe s Nina Gage the 1984s&s athlete of the year. Henry also enjoyed outstanding Success while com Peting for the Cor Husker track and Field club in her specialities last summer. Still another cd Dodds luminary Ramstein Sheather Forbes is starring in gymnastics at Western Michigan. Forbes recently finished second on the in even bars in a dual meet against Kent University. Her 9.45 score was a season High for both Forbes and the Broncos. The Start and strip Austin opens comeback with erratic win by the associated pres Indian Wells Calif. Grateful for another Chance to play tournament Tennis at age 30, Tracy Austin pulled out an erratic Victory tuesday in her first match in four years. Austin Defeated australian Renna Stubbs 7-5, 6-4 in a first round match at the Evert  was nervous but 1 was also very eager to take on the Challenge she  s wonderful to win your first  neck and Back injuries forced Ustinoff the circuit in february 1984, five years after she be came the . Open Winner. She broke her leg Ina car Accident in 1989 and left Tennis again. I did t eve really retire it was injuries she said. The competitiveness was Neve Austin really gone. I m More appreciative  Austin s game occasionally looked As though it had t been nine years since her last match Vic tory. She rarely missed on defensive lobs that sent Stubbs furiously backpedal Ingrom the net. Like old times she danced on her toes the Baseline on the service return her Ponytail bouncing. The crowd was around Tennis Tours staunchly in her favor. And that fore hand one of the most lethal in the women s game before the arrival of Steff Graf was nearly As accurate. Much of the match though was less than Stellar Tennis. The first set featured seven service Breaks and numerous in forced errors by both players. Austin s first Winner did t come until the second game when she cracked a backhand Down the  needed 20 minutes and 12 deuces to hold serve and even the second set 1-1.Austin committed mental errors against Stubbs that were rare when shews ranked no. 1 in the world in 1980. It was 3-1, advantage Austin on her serve when Stubbs hit two winners and Austin netted a  s when i used to get tougher and take charge Austin said i let up an you can t do  Stubbs broke for a 3-2 advantage handheld a 4-3 Lead. But Austin won the final three games to close out the 1-hour, 50-minute match. Austin was Happy to win in front of he parents Fiancee Scott Holt old coach Rob Ert land Dorp and other family  know i have a Long Way to go to be match Tough she said. I won and that the important  top seeded Mary Joe Fernandez s Sec Ond round match against unseeded Rachel Jensen was suspended until wednes Day because of rain just As the pair began the decisive third  won the first set 6-2 and served for the match twice in the second set but Jensen battled Back and ultimately won the set 7-6, winning the tic breaker 7-4. Fernandez led 30-Iovc in the third set when officials decided to suspend the match after a 90-minute rain delay. Women s tour loses sponsor Rye Brook . Kraft general foods said tuesday it will end its sponsorship of the women s professional Tennis tour after 1994, also ending Vir Ginia slims $2.5 million contribution tothe players Bonus Pool Kraft a division of Philip Morris Usa has been the tour sponsor since 1989, while Virginia slims a Philip Morris cig Arette Brand has been involved in women s Tennis for More than 20  director of event marketing Tom Keim said the company s decision was based in part on economics. Becker lend withdraw Rotterdam Netherlands Bori Becker top seed and reigning Champion and no. 3 seed Ivan lend both pulled out of the $600,000 an Amro indoor Tennis tournament Here tuesday. Becker ranked no. 4 in the world gave no immediate explanation for his withdrawal but was to travel to Rotter dam wednesday to explain his decision to the tournament director spokesman Rene Van Elict said. The German Star dropped out of Las weekend s euro card tournament in Stutt Gart with flu symptoms. Lindl currently ranked ninth in the world also gave no formal explanation for pulling  withdrawals leave the Bie serving croatian Goran Ivanisevic As official favorite for the event in the ahoy Arena. In tuesday s matches Sweden a and ers Jarryd ranked 148th in the world and a wild card entrant swept past eight seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa in a Little More than an hour 6-2,6-4. Agassi Rolls in 51 minutes Scottsdale Ariz. Top Seede Dandre Agassi needed just 51 minutes to rout Sandon Stolle of Australia 6-0, 6-0tuesday night in the opening round of the pure Tennis championships. Once or twice in a career you have match that goes that Way said the reigning Wimbledon Champion who recorded his first professional shutout in 366 matches. Agassi 22, ran Stolle off the court com Bining his relentless attacking Baseline game with a booming serve which produce seven aces. Stolle scored Only 26 Points in the match. Earlier Pete Sampras the no. 2 ranked player in the world withdrew because of a stress fracture in his right ankle. Sampras who could be out of action for two to four weeks is returning Home to Tampa to res the injury  
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