European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 11, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 a is is 1 �5open Spring sports action Spring sports Start saturday. Birr Germany Bennor soccer players take to the pitches to inaugurate the Spring program Quot and it Isnit even wont be until the kickers have waded through two weeks of Competition. S division Iii teams for the most part will be playing conference games saturday the others get to play at least one game before they Start their conference Competition. A the . Gets the jump on the rest of the track and Field competitors a week from saturday when they stage an All schools meet at the new River sports Center outside London. Germany Bennor athletes first hit the track March 27 Italy makes its Spring sports debut april 23, when the soccer and Tennis performers go at it Italy s track and Field does no to commence until april 24. Everything in the and Turkey terminates the weekend of May 1415, . Tennis and girls softball at Woodbridge soccer at Alconbury and track and Field where it begins at new River stadium. Both of turkeys championships Tennis and track and held Are scheduled at incur he. Gymnastics is staged Only in the Germany Bennor Region. It begins april 17 and the Central european championships take place May 20-22 at Nomberg. Germany track and Field championships Are scheduled in Augsburg May 2122, Ana the May 20-22 soc cer tournament Sites will be determined by league standings and conference meets. The top four teams in division i and ii tournaments qualify for the big schools meet top four Iri division Iii North and South wiil Advance to the Small schools tournament. Italy a soccer and Tennis players hold their championships at Aviano Livorno to it lays Host to the cinder championships. A. A a a a a As it was for the girls last week so it is for the boys this time around. The most valuable players of both the big schools and Small schools tournament head the cast of stars selected to the team which will represent Dodds in the chateau Roux France cadets basketball tournament april 30-May 2. Pete Dunn a member of the two time big schools tournament Champion Heidelberg Lions was big schools map Augsburg a Deco Rich walked Oft with the Small schools award. Kaiserslautern and Bonn led the selections with two players apiece. Red raiders making the team a it prep Pickin s Ben Abrams m r prep Spring sports championship Germany Bennor gymnastics May 20-22 at numb org. Soccer big schools Small schools May 20-22 Sites to to determined by league stand \ Ings ,. Track and Field May 21-22 at kingdom Girts softball May 15 at Woodbridge. Soccer May 15 at Alconbury. Tennis May 1415 at Woodbridge. Track and Field May 14-15 at new River soccer May 20-22 at Aviano. Tennis May 20-22 at Aviano. Track and Field May 21-22 at Livorno. Turkey Tennis May 14-15 at in Ciurlik track and Field May 14-15 at in Ciurlik. Ass were Charles Ford and Willie Yarbrough Bonne a selectee were git Yaniv and Sean Mcaloon. Other players chosen by head coach Tom Leblanc and assistants Jim Cole and Bill Whitaker included Soester bergs a Justin Cole Mannheim a Mike Balistreri Frankfurt a Mikka Hardwick Fulda sed Mcgee Hanau Scory Whitaker and Giessen a John Campbell. Quot the Competition was fierce a head coach Tom Leblanc said monday. Quot we had 35 players try out for the team. We Cut to 15 after Friday nights action and then Down to the final 12 after saturday s late the Chat Auroux tournament replaces the Cholst tournament on the Dodds All Star Agenda. Dodds teams went to Cholst eight times and finished second thrice. But this year Dodds Wasny to invited Back because Riverside an outstanding new York City team which captured the last two Cholst titles is now considered the Best american entry. Leblanc speculated that Cholst does no to need two american teams now and the Dodds All stars were Given the Quick shuffle. Tryouts for Dodds two slots on the 1993 Albert Schweitzer tournament team were conducted simultaneously with the chateau Roux workouts a and Balistriri and Whitaker were selected. Quot everybody who tried out for the chateau Roux team except for three players who were born in dec. 1974 and were too old was trying out for Schweitzer too a Leblanc said. Quot All in All it was an exciting weekend for High school at 5-10, Balistriri is the second smallest player on the 1993 Albert Schweitzer team. Only 5-8 Shan Duc Mcneill of archbishop Molloy High school in new York City at 5-8, is Shorter. Whitaker 6-5 finds himself in the Middle of the cast. The Schweitzer team As always is a big big one ranging from 7-0 Evan Eschmeyer of new Knoxville Ohio Down to Balistriri and Mcneill. Other big kids include Michael Stewart Kennedy High school Sacramento 6-11tim Duncan St. Dunstan a High school Christi Anstadt St. Croix la. 6rl0john Thomas Roosevelt High school Minneapolis 6-9 and Jaha Wilson Riordan High school san Francisco. Also picked were Chianti Roberts Oklahoma Christian school Edmond okla., 6-6mcneilles Molloy teammate Jason Hoover 6-5johnny Miller Forest Hills High school Jackson miss., 6-5and Edward Gray John North High school Riverside Calif. Balistriri Hoover Mcneill and Miller Haven to signed letter of intent As yet but the others have. Whitaker is heading for Hampton a Wake Forest gets Duncan Northwestern was Eschma Ycre a Choice Gray has tabbed Tennessee its Oklahoma state for Roberts California for Stewart Minnesota for Thomas and Southern Cal for Wilson. To Star and ttr1p��falcons woo White with politicians Atlanta a the Atlanta Falcons took free agent Reggie White to meet gov. Zell Miller and Georgia a legislators on thursday. A i Hadnot expected to be wooed not Only by the coach of the team but by the politicians also a said the Philadelphia eagles defensive end who got a guided tour of the Capitol from Alcons coach Jerry Glanville. White sat in Millers executive chair and had his picture taken with senators. At the podium of the Senate the 6-foot5 White towered Over it. Gov. Pierre Howard. Glanville also planned to take White and another free agent Miami dolphins guard Harry Galbreath to see the Georgia dome the Falcons Home stadium. The players met with Falcons officials and toured the team a a practice facilities in suburban Suwanee monday. Quot every place i visit in a particularly interested in the inner City Quot said White a Baptist minister. A i feel in a Here for a higher calling. I feel Atlanta is a City that a White is seeking a contract in the neighbourhood of $14 million for four years but he said it will take More than Money to persuade him to sign. Quot its a total commitment to winning Quot White said. A look no matter where i go they re going to pay me. But in a so hungry for a championship its team owner Rankin Smith said the High Price tag for White did not scare the Falcons. Quot we did t just bring Reggie and. We Down Here to tool around. Quot fre knew the Price going in a Smith said. White is the Only player in nil history to have More quarterback sacks 124 than games played 121. He and Galbreath were the first of several free agents planning to visit the Falcons this week. Detroit Lions cornerback Melvin Jenkins and new Orleans saints running Back Craig Heyward were scheduled to arrive wednesday and Buffalo Bills linebacker Carlton Bailey and Phoenix cardinals offensive lineman Danny Villa Are expected Friday. Meanwhile Falcons guard Houston Hoover visited with Browns officials in Cleveland on monday. Fat $ \ a a Reggie White file49ers deny giving Montano of to shop around san Francisco a the san Francisco 49ers denied a report tuesday that they have Given permission to Joe Montana a agent to shop the 36-Yearold quarterback around the nil. In a Telephone conference Call club president Carmen policy said the team Hopes Montana Quot remains a 49er until the end of his the san Francisco chronicle reported tuesday that Montana a agent Peter Johnson has been Given permission to talk to other teams. Quot that is not the Case a policy said. A we have been talking to the agent and we have been discussing various options and alternatives a policy said from Youngstown Ohio where he is meeting with team owner de Debartolo or. He had no comment on another chronicle report that said Johnson has asked nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue to void the remaining year on Montana a contract and make him a free agent. Tagliabue issued a statement tuesday that the league had been asked by Johnson a office to interpret Montana a contract and found that the player Quot has a valid contract for 1993.�?� policy said he Hopes the matter of Montana a future with the team can be resolved by the end of the nil owner meetings that begin March 21. Montana has played Only sparingly since the 1990 season because of a series of Elbow operations on his throwing Arm. Coach George Seifert has said he wants to keep Montana and quarterbacks Steve Young and Steve Bono with the team this year
