European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 34 the stars and stripes sports thursday May 12,1994 soccer compiled by sue Harper staff writer. Raf Alconbury England a Alconbury High school senior Kris Selstrom has played soccer since the fifth Grade and has competed with boys since tic eighth Grade. She says she enjoys playing soccer on a boys team because for her it is a bigger Challenge. A you have to prove yourself Ever game not just the championship game not just once a she said. Proving herself every game is a double edged sword. She enjoys and sometimes resents the Challenge. Happy to do it and sometimes at the same time angry that she feels that she has to. The main difference Between playing for a girls soccer team and a boys team is the team work style said Selstrom who played for a British girls soccer squad while also competing for the Alconbury varsity squad t a. A a a a a Quot a a a a a girls team pulls together and the players support each other. You May have totally lost the Point but they Are like a we can come Back and work on that a but mess up on the boys team and they All jump on  she got a taste of that More critical style her first year on Alconbury a varsity squad last year. Some of the boys on her team who have since moved or graduated made her participation on the team a struggle a she said. / a lot of the times they weren to the nicest people to be around a she said. A they would blame me for things that were not my fault. One time the coach look me out at the third Quarter. Later when the other team scored they blamed me. A it was hard for them to have a girl on their team. Guys on the other teams teams we played against were very supportive. Maybe it was easier for them the other players to show support because i Wasny to on their team. Last years team did no to like it a girl of varsity at  she took heart in that the coach decides who plays on the varsity and who does no to. Title in does no to require the coach to actually play girls who Are on his team or put them on the varsity she said. A the believes in me a she said. A that i have the skills to play on the varsity  the soon to be University of Colorado freshman chemistry major is enjoying playing for Alconbury which has a 4-1 record and one is enjoying her team More this year. A lots of the Guys who caused trouble for her last year graduated arid moved so this year is better this year s team is supportive. Its still hard for a few of them to pass to a girl but most of them feel More Pride to have me on the  americans in German fast pitch Worms Germany a a Wiesbaden a Black Hawk Crew chief and Mechanic sparkled for the Mut Gerstadt Vikings saturday As German  softball leagues got into full swing. Steffi Goforth hit two doubles made five a big a and stole four bases As her Worms cannibals basted the Vikings a 24 to 6. Another american Trish Cherie pitched three innings allowing no earned runs and also had two hits and three stolen bases. . Women can play on German fast pitch softball teams and men can play baseball in the German local notes league. The cannibals Host an International baseball tournament May 21-22 Call Tom Greer for More information at Dan 382-5109 or 621-779-5109.softball leagues open some of the military softball conferences Start Sab urday. Vin the Rheinland Pfalz league the Miessau men visit Heidelberg at 11 ., and the Karlsruhe men and women play Wiesbaden at the air base starting at it my. Kaiserslautern men meet Worms at Mannheim a Spinglli Barracks at non. Pir Masens will be the site of the following games Stuttgart is. Pir Masens men at 2 30  And 3 30 ., women at 11 and noon Mannheim is. Land Stuhl men Only at 11 30 and 12 30  Bad Kreuz Lacfi is. Mannheim women Only at 2  And 3  a a a a a the Frontier league softball seasons kicks off saturday and sunday when Babenhausen visits Darmstadt and Frankfurt goes to Hanau. Binding in visits Fliege Horst on sunday Only. Women play All their games at noon men at 1 15 .Feller to sign autograph Ramstein a Germany a former Cleveland Indian pitching great Bob Feller will tour european commissaries with the legends of baseball sweepstakes. A. A the Hall of Fame Pitcher is scheduled to appear at the Ramstein commissary june 1, Heidelberg june 2, Hanau june 3, and Vilseck june 4. All of the sessions Are scheduled for 1 30-4 30  Free autograph cards Are available at each signing sessions. Autographs Are limited to one per  wants volunteers Kaiserslautern Germany a Kaiserslautern special olympics needs volunteers to help with More than 400 . And German participants at pm cd a 12th annual special olympics May 20 at the Vogle Weh sports Field.  years and under will participate the same Day in the noncompetitive Kinder olympics. Call 486-8390 for More information or to Volunteer memorial Day softball Kaiserslautern Germany a a memorial Day menus Community level softball tournament starts at 6  May 27 at the Miessau army depot athletic Field. Registration for the two Day double elimination tournament is $100. Deadline is May 20 to Register Call 486-3653/3797unit-level tournament Heidelberg Germany a registration deadline for Heidelberg a unit level softball tournament May 21-22, is May 18. To Register teams need $125 and a team roster signed by. The unit commander. Units May not Combine to form a team. Air Force teams Are Welcome. Awards go to first and second place individual and first and third team 10 All tourney individuals and one most valuable player. 1 a amps Dave Didlo Al Donbury a Hris Selstrom gets a Boot out of soccer but says a you have to prove yourself every game a ryans finish 1-3 Oesterberg Netherlands a former mile record Holder Jim Ryan 47, finished third behind his 21 year old son Ned in an exhibition 2-mile run on a Road course Here wednesday. The younger Ryan won in 10 minutes 39 seconds while his father clocked. 11 38. A Jim Ryan will be guest starter of the 1,500-meter races saturday in a High school meet at Heidelberg a Patrick Henry Village. River raft race coming Schweinfurt Germany a the 16th annual Rowdy River raft race the oldest raft race in Europe is june 19. Call Silvia Joiner at 355-6270 or 09721-88451 to  run at Darmstadt a Darmstadt Germany a the Frankenstein Castle monster run is August 12 at 9  Everyone is Welcome to participate in the 13-Kilometer race. The course starts at Cambrai Fritch Cavern a a flagpole in Darmstadt and Rolls through the Foothills of the Odenwald climbs up the face of the Mountain and ends at the Steps of the Frankenstein Castle. Pre Register for the Tun by july 30, the fee is $10 afterwards the registration is $12. The first 1,500 runners receive to shirts v sign up for the Frankenstein Castle run at the 440th signal in building 4025 Cambri Fritsch or Call 348-7370 for More  Hanau mud races Hanau Germany a if a member of your household had to Rush away mothers Day and was Muddy and smug when he returned he probably went to the Hanau mud races. Its your turn noon june 12, july 10, aug. 14 and sept. 11 at the Hanau Rod and gun club. Hicle registration starts at 10 30  And costs $20 or 30 Marks. Admission fee is $5 or 8 Marks. Youcan win prizes trophies or crowd giveaways while having fun in the tug of War contests and foot races through the mud pit. Food and beverages Are a ass or additional information Call Dan 322-8960 or 06181-88-8960. The Rod and gun club is located in building 685 on bet Strasse near Gros nauheim Cavern. With Luck nil promotes football in Europe rfr1 in apr the. Nil k or i. A Berlin a the nil is pushing football in Europe again with big Hopes for the future. A the world is getting smaller a Oliver Luck the a Fly a Point Man in Europe said tuesday. A there arc no Bounds for this  Luck was promoting the leagues aug. 13 exhibition Between the san Diego chargers and the new York giants the fifth annual Berlin american bowl and the first overseas game for both teams last years game Between the Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills Drew a crowd of 67,000 to olympic stadium. Finding fans in such big numbers in Europe has not been difficult. Getting youth teams organized has. Hence a double barrelled approach the return of an nil backed league and More sponsorship of prep level football. Luck the a Fly a director of european affairs outlined key elements of the plan a the nil has invited Junior teams from 10 countries Austria Denmark Germany France Italy Spain Switzerland England Sweden and Finland to Berlin to compete in a european championship. Its final will be played on aug. 13 just before the american bowl a the world league is coming Back in april 1995, with teams already organized in London Frankfurt and Barcelona Spain. A 1991-92 attempt failed Beau while three european teams Drew up 60,000 fans per game the seven Arne can teams struggled. This time plans c for an All european league of six teams with Rupert Murdoch As a partner to time the nil is investing a tens of Millio of dollars in the new league according Luck. It was Murdoch a Fox to a Etc that outbid lbs for the rights to in games beginning this fall