European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 34 the stars and stripes sports 3 Friday november 5,1993 local notes rams barns in a knot for playoff berth by sue Harper staff writer this weekends air Force football games Are the last of the regular season and therefore last Chance for the Bottom three in the Continental sports conference to make the postseason Field. Going into the final weekend the 45 Pitburg Barons had scored two More Points than 4-5 Ramstein during the season 175173. A Points for is the first tiebreaker to determine a playoff berth and both teams enjoyed a touchdown or better Edge Over 3-6 Sembach which plays 5-4 Oesterberg on the Road saturday. That puts the tigers coming off a momentum building 39-24 defeat of Ramstein in a deep but not necessarily terminal Hole Sembach needs to Light up the scoreboard again tomorrow in Holland and have the rams and Barons both lose to claim an unexpected playoff Slot. But Pitburg has some momentum of its own. The Barons gave their chances a shot in the  by beating Csc Leader Rhein main on the Rock else Home turf 26-22 last saturday. They play bitter neighbourhood rival Span Dahlem 5-4 at Home saturday. Ramstein entertains 6-3 Rhein main on sunday and should the rams and Barons or rams Barons and tigers finish the weekend tied in record and Points scored the attention turns to the a Points against  that would Likely turn against the Barons who have allowed 59 More Points than the rams 219-159 going into the weekend and Sembach which has surrendered a league worst 226 Points. In the United kingdom upper Heyford plays t Chicksands on saturday and Lakenheath a at Milden Hafi on sunday. All four teams plays Nave qualified for the . Playoffs a Only wingless Alconbury which is Idle missed the Cut. Next weekend in each conference the no. 3 finisher plays at the no. 2 on nov. 13, and the no. 4 plays at no. 1 on nov. 14. The conference championship games Are to be played nov. 20, with the Safe championship game nov. 28 at the Home of the Csc Champion. A a 1. A. Here and there. A unit level basketball tournament is scheduled for dec. 4-5 at the Patton Barracks gym in Heidelberg. Teams must have a signed roster from the unit commander verifying that All members Are assigned to the unit. Register no later than dec. 1. Registration is $125 a team. For More information Call the Heidelberg sports at 370-6460. The Kaiserslautern Christmas basketball shootout registration deadline is dec. 3. Entry for the dec. 17-22 double elimination tournament costs $100. The 13th annual shootout is open to the first 32 menus teams to enter. Call Dan 483-8289/7061 a Schweinfurt wrestling tournament starts at 11 . Saturday and sunday at Conn Barracks Finney gym. Registration is $5 per wrestler. Weigh in will be 8-10 . Saturday for freestyle Ana 8-9 . Sunday for Greco roman. Admission is free. Call Tom Lumley at Dan 354-6670/6216 for More information. Turkeys and trophies go to the winners at Heidelberg a nov 20-21 softball tournament on Tompkins Barracks. Registration which ends nov. 17, for the double elimination tournament is $100. Call Bob Vogt at Dan 370-6460, or 8032 for More information. Registration deadline for the 1993 Karlsruhe open basketball tournament scheduled for nov. 11-14, is monday. Registration for the double elimination tourney is $75 a team. Entry is limited to 16 teams comprised of no More than 12 players two nonpaying coaches and one statistician. Games run from 10 .-6 . At the Smiley Barracks gym. Call Joe Jones at Dan 376-6162 or Civ 0721759-6162. Raises As by Ronald Blum new York apr concern about baseball economics certainly Wasny to evident in the Detroit tigers actions this week. Detroit a spending spree continued wednesday when the tigers agreed to a $3 million one year contract with shortstop Alan Trammell. _ since listening to management labor negotiator Richard Ravitch forecast decreased Revenue during the general managers meetings monday morning the tigers have guaranteed $31 million to three players. On monday they gave outfielder Eric Davis a $3 million one year Deal and on tuesday they agreed to give infielder Travis Iyman $25 million Over five years. Three More players filed for free Agency wednesday Kansas City right hander Mark Gubicza Toronto shortstop Tony Fernandez and Montreal infielder Randy ready. Eighty nine have filed thus far and up to 14 More can file by sundays deadline. The list of those still eligible decreased wednesday when Texas exercised a $500,000 option on outfielder Chris James. And in a late Deal tuesday night first baseman Todd Benzinger and san Francisco agreed to a $700,000, one year contract an increase from his $500,000 base salary in 1993. During the general managers meetings at Naples fla., there were reports that former new York met manager Jeff Torborg has become the front runner for the vacant Houston astros managers Job. But those were denied by Houston general manager Bob Watson and Torborg. A i know nothing about it a a Torborg said. A i have spoken with no one in the organization since my interview in  a there also were reports the astros were considering trading Pitcher Xavier Hernandez to the new York Yankees who for now have dropped out of talks to obtain reliever Bryan Harvey from the Florida marlins. A Felt Veteran Alan Trammel a one year contract pushes tigers spending total for the week to $31 million. Among the free agents Rickey Henderson appeared to be getting Little interest with Only two teams talking to his agent so far. Although free agents can talk with new teams they can to Start discussing Money until monday. The Yankees also were said to be unhappy that Danny Tartabull went to Europe for a three week vacation and did no to have his shoulder examined to determine whether surgery is needed. The team fears he might not be ready for the Start of Spring training if surgery is required. Sampras Becker move on by the associated press Paris a top seeded Pete Sampras and three time Champion Boris Becker advanced to the quarterfinals of the $2.1 million Paris open Tennis tournament thursday with straight set victories in the third round. Sampras out fuelled big serving Marc Rosset of Switzerland 7-5. 6-3. Becker kept his Paris open Streak alive As he Defeated Karel Novacek of the czech Republic 7-6 11-9 6-2. In a sense Becker has never lost Here. He won in 1986,1989 and 1992, did not compete in 1987 and 1988, and forfeited in 1990 and 1991 because of injury and illness. He is third seeded this year. Sampras meets the Winner of the Goran Ivanisevic Michael Chang match later thursday. Fourth seeded Michael Stich beat no. 13 Todd Martin 7-6 7-36-1, in the first match thursday afternoon. In today a quarterfinals Stich meets Stefan Edberg who won the night before. Stich beat Edberg in the quarterfinals at the Stockholm tournament last week. A also eighth seeded Andrei. Medvedev of Ukraine outlasted Henri Leconte 7-5, 6-7 3-763. Medvedev is against Mark Woodforde of Australia in the quarterfinals. Woodforde beat swede Magnus Gustafsson 6-3,4-6,6-3 in another third round match. In wednesdays Lone third round match sixth seeded Edberg overcame 13 double faults to defeat no. 12 seeded czech Petr Korda 4-6,6-4,7-5. A it was very emotional on the court Quot Edberg said. A it was almost heartbreaking. It was a hard fight but maybe it Wasny to great Tennis. Edberg went up 2-0 in the third set but Korda battled Back to even it at 5-5 before Edberg went on to win just before Midnight. Sampras expected a tougher match from Rosset than he got in a 6-4, 6-2 Victory Over David Wheaton on wednesday to Advance to the third round. A a March a got one of the Best serves in Tennis. On indoor courts you just basically Roll the Dice a Sampras said. A and i Hope the Dice Roll my Way. A a match like that can just be determined by a couple of  pro Tennis Sampras has clinched the no. 1 world ranking heading into the at finals starting nov. 16 at Frankfurt. Jim courier who was trailing Sampras in the rankings lost to Sweden a Magnus Gustafsson tuesday night. Sutkova wins easily Quebec a Helena Sutkova her opponent Over matched at every turn routed Canadian qualifier Stephanie Tibbits 6-2,6-1 wednesday in the first round of the $200,000 Bell Challenge. The Star czech seeded no. 1 and ranked no. 12 in the world was to play Patricia by of Canada in the second round thursday. In second round matches no. 2 Natalia Zvereva of Belarus downed Caroline Delisle of Canada 6-1, 6-4, and no. 3 Nathalie Tauz iat Defeated Maureen Drake of Canada 6-4,7-5. Joining Tauz iat and Zvereva in the quarterfinals of the 32-player event were no. 8 Linda Harvey wild of the United states and Angelica Gavaldon of Mexico. Harvey wild ousted compatriot Chanda Rubin 6-1, 7-5, and Galvadon eliminated Erika Delone of the United states 6-1,7-5. In the quarterfinals Zvereva will play the Winner of thursdays match Between no. 5  Shriver of the United states and Helen Kelesi of Canada. Tauz iat will face Harvey wild in the Quarter. Davenport Bounce Back Oakland Calif. A fourth seeded Lindsay Davenport got shut out in a first set tiebreaker but came Back to defeat Ginger Helgeson on wednesday in the Bank of the West classic. Davenport 17, led the first set 5-4 As Helgeson battled Back to Force a tiebreaker. Davenport did no twin a Point but collected herself in the second set and rallied to win 6-7 7-06-2,6-3.no. 6 seed Lori Mcneil Defeated Rosana de los Hios of Peru 6-4, 6-1. Mcneil will face the Winner of thursdays Mary Joe Fernandez Meredith Mcgrath match