European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 12, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Kmic players thinking Only baseball  staff write Ramstein a Germany base Ball is not just the main topic of Conversa Tion at Home it s the Only one said parents of players on the Kaiserslautern military Community All Star team headed for the Little league world series in Williamsport a. The Kmic All stars won a bid to rep resent Europe in the series by Downing the saudi Arabi team 6-0 on july 31 in the european championships for 11-12 year  Ball players two coaches plus a 15 i person entourage i will be headed from Kmic to watch the opening game aug. 23 against the far East Champion Thompson which still has no been determined. Baseball baseball baseball that s Al they talk about said Janie Thompson wife of the coach and Mother of Pitcher and infielder Landon Thompson. We re thinking about nothing but baseball said col. James Prouty father of Nelson Prouty shortstop. We re eager to have the Opportunity to go Back and win some games this  year the team was eliminated from the Competition  re very enthusiastic excited and ready to play coach Joe Thompson  Kmic All stars went undefeated in the european championships unde Thompson s leadership. The coach credits a Large part of the of the team s Success to assistant coaches. Bobby Enfinger is the manager and Over sees practices. Kurt Bicunas acts is infield coach and Ray Petty handles the out Field. Al Stuhlmiller helps with the catch ers and Mark Mcclanahan coaches hit Ting. The team has been Able to Benefi from the assistants Many years of coach ing and playing Thompson  several of the european entrants such As saudi Arabia and Rota were competitive a couple of teams had More heart than Talent. That won t be therase in Williamsport a. It s hard for me to visualize but the level of Competition will dramatically in crease Thompson said. He expects no coasts in the world series. Far from intimidating his team it has motivated them. We emphasize to our team that the 8&9  Little leaguer Ryan Blevins takes bunt practice with manager Bobby Enfinger. Other teams Are the Best of the Best an for us to be competitive we have to step up to their level of play Thompson said. Practices Are four hours a Day on weekdays with an abbreviated session on saturdays. They Are conducted at Don Nelly Field on the air base. It May be Little league but it looks More like Basic  round Robin training focuses on Fielding pitching and hitting. We re doing the Basic things that will help prepare us for the level of Competition Thompson said. Practices Are fun but Tough. You have to Hussle All of the time Nick tru Dell  an incentive when players make especially Good plays they can record their names on a poster called world series  our coaches Challenge us to get read for the world series. If we Don t do it right they make us do sit ups right fielder Kenny Rogers said. According to the players they do a Lotof setups. And not just for doing some thing wrong. Sometimes just because there in t anything else to do at the to  is As important As ability the coach said. We stress from the beginning to play with class. Whether you win or lose we show class Thompson said. The players Don t downgrade the other team or play ers we encourage our own players Todo their Best the coach  atmosphere of the practices i challenging and Rig Orous on the pre teens but very Posi Tive said the play ers parents. The coaches doa lot to build them up As a team arid Trudel not just As individual players. They work together and boost up one another Kathryn Lund said. While the topic of baseball May Domi Nate the pre teen s lives they still Are  still do kid things and get to horsing around like 11 or 12 year Olds Thompson said. But when it comes to time to get concentrated on the game they do very  one Parent de scribed the contrast Between child an athlete. He does som kind of transformation from being this easy going soft hearted kid int someone who concentrates puts in alot of Effort and works hard out there. He takes it Rogers seriously said Lund said of her son Matthew. Players May have earned a bid to the series but it in t free. Families had to put up $500 per player to be a part of theall Star team. To pay for the players trip the families have been fund raising since the be ginning of june by having bake sales bag Ging groceries at the commissary and operating the Concession stand at the european championships. A couple of organizations within the Community have also contributed to the trip. Some families Are going to the world series As their vacation Lund said. She said that while some parents willbe travelling with the team others Are using miliary Airlift command flights Roget there and Back. Families will Bear the Cost of the flights the rent a cars eating and other  s exciting anytime someone you care about is doing something they really want to do Prouty said. Browns owner upbeat despite 30-Point loss Cleveland a in spite of the Cleveland Browns 42-12 exhibition loss to the Washington redskins the team s longtime owner predicts a successful  Modell said this is the Best Browns team since the 1986 and 1987teams, which reached the acc championship game. His Only championship came in 1964. The last three seasons the Brown Sare 16-32, and coach Bill Belichick beginning his third season is looking for his first winning record. I m not discouraged at All not even by the lopsided score Model said  be just got to make some adjustments and some corrections and maybe shift some people. But i m absolutely positive we re going to be All l u Rhodell was encouraged by the offensive line which was playing with out Veteran Center Jay Hilgenberg. It was their first time together an they la take some time to jell he said. I thought Steve Everitt made a Fin debut and i liked the Job right tackle de King did on Charles mann.". Modell said the team is not Overly concerned about the cornerback Posi Tion despite Washington s 272 passing Yards. It was a typical preseason game Modell said. R there was Good and bad and i assure you we will improve in Short order.". The Browns play their second exhibition game saturday in Toronto against the new England patriots. Dolphins lose Graver Humphrey still unsigned Davie Fla. A the Miami dolphins lost at least one running Back and perhaps another for the season tuesday when Aaron Craver suffered a knee injury and unsigned Bobby Humphrey walked atan ultimatum from management. Craver Tore the Anterior cruciate Liga ment in his right knee during practice. Hell require surgery and is Likely out forthe season. Dolphins general manager Eddie Jones said the injury won t affect his Tough stance with Humphrey who waste team s top receiver and second Lead ing rusher last season. In a 20-minute phone conversation with Humphrey Jones urged him to re port for practice wednesday. If he failed to show Jones said the dolphins offer of $650,000 for a one year contract will be substantially reduced. I Don t know that i made any Progress with Bobby Jones said. He did t Sayat the end of the conversation what he in tends to do. It was my sense we were Noton the same  Jones said Humphrey still wants a $1.2million Deal. We left Flat Bobby you d better get in Here,1" Jones  Humphrey signs Miami s offer will be reduced again monday Jones said adding at some Point he s not going to be useful to  Humphrey s value increased however with the injury to Craver. The other run Ning backs on the depth Chart Are Mark Higgs Rookie Terry Kirby and Bernie Parmalee who had six carries last  Byars the starting fullback could also play running Back in a Pinch. Craver suffered his injury while run Ning in the open Field. I made a hard Cut and when i did heard something pop he said