European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 27,1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 Lions face to by sue Harper staff writer Kitzinger Germany when the dust settled on last year s Dodds Central european big school Volley Ball championship the Heidelberg Lions had spiked their fifth title a to go for six straight crowns Heidelberg is going to have to get to the championship game scheduled for 2 . Sat urday at Kitzi Rigen s sport centrum Sicke Grund. This year however that could be Tricky. Heidelberg is seeded 13th out of the 16 schools that made it to the tournament. First round Pool games Are set to Start at Kitzinger s Harvey Larson Barracks and sports Entrum Sicke Grund thursday at 1p.m. There will be no separate Small and big schools tournaments this year. Only one team will be Champion. For the first time All the schools play together despite enrolment numbers. The Small schools have the physical ability to beat the larger schools said Ramstein coach Bruce Stephen Meier there Are a lot of unknowns in this tour / some of the known Are two of last year s big school top four finishers. Second place finisher Frankfurt is the first seed for this year s championship with a 12-1 record. Third place Ramstein nips at the eagles heels with the second seed and a 11-1 record Ramstein retains last year s Dink and Block master pre Cious Rogers who had six dinks and four blocks in a Victor that led. To the royals third place finish last year. But Ramstein lost Spiker Karen Hassebrock and no player has stepped up to fill her shoes. We Don t have that superstar hitter said Stephen Meier. I Don t think you la High school volleyball Rogers Abbott see Many superstars at the Stephen Meier says Ramstein is a defense team. At 5 foot ova Rogers leads the digs also pacing the defense is Taleka Harris 5-6 and Kyla Nases 5-1. And the team is not Long of height. The tallest player is 5-foot-8 Laura Myers. She is a setter. It think we will be the shortest team in tournament. We Are starting four girls that Are setters Stephen Meier said nevertheless he is not sweating Frankfurt which has two tall spiders and in his words the Best setter in he came close to beating Frankfurt which rallied to win Infix games. / a a a Ramstein and Frankfurt Are not in the same Pool. If the two teams meet Frankfurt coach Karen Snyder said it will be characterized by Long volleys and Long matches. Ramstein can dig up just about anything put at them she said. If we were to play it would come Down to which team makes the most mistakes she said. Stephens Mier said Frankfurt has the strongest offensive team. They have the Best setter in the tournament Amy Abbott does t quit. Shell never Stop on a Snyder is pleased with Abbott who has been the Cornerstone for rebuilding a new team for two straight years. I have height i have a big Bench and i have Amy Snyder said laughing but Only half joking. Snyder said the one of the big factors in the tournament would be height. She has that in 6-foot Harriet Williams 5 8 Cass Moisant and 5-9 Leah Haley. The other big Factor would be team endurance and depth. Snyder has ability and height sitting on her Bench including Angela Green a 5-foot-Lo Central european High jump Winner endurance is needed because most of the teams will play three games in the first round. Late Friday morning the top two teams of the four pools Start playing the quarterfinals Yvo " a said it would be a mixture of grit and Luck for coach Rich Bennett s Heidelberg team. He has just one re turning starter. V a v he does t have the height Snyder said this is prob ably one of the shortest teams he s had Bennett said not to count his team out. He also said Thefield is wide open this year and almost All of the teams should be considered a threat is third seeded Nurnberg which coach Norma Kaes says has its strength teamwork Down to science. We have a Complete team Kaes said the girls play extremely Well together no Torre survives Cord shakeup no Extension by the associated press St. Louis Joe Torre gets to keep his Job As manager of the St. Louis Cardi nals but he does t have the contract Extension he d been seeking. T Torre emerged intact from a front of fice shakeup tuesday giving him a sea son to prove himself under new general manager Walt Jocketty. Jocketty named oct. 14, resisted the temptation to bring in his own Man. He had two lengthy face to face discussions with Torre spaced a week apart with the last meeting on monday but there was no mention of a contract Extension. Torre s contract runs Only through next season which will put the heat on him to produce now. No i did not get my Extension Torre said. But i m pleased to be Back to two of Torre s coaches weren t so Lucky. The contracts of pitching coach Joe Coleman whose staff had a 5.14 Era and third base coach Bucky Dent were not renewed. The cardinals replaced Coleman with two pitching coaches Hall of Famer Bob Gibson arid Mark Riggins. Gibson will be the bullpen coach and Torre s assistant and Riggins the pitching coach at Louis Ville the last five seasons will be the designated pitching coach. Rangers drop 4 coaches Arlington Texas the Texas rangers who recently hired a new Man Ager and general manager will not renew the contracts of pitching coach Claude Osteen first base coach Mickey Hatcher dugout coach Jackie Moore and third base coach Dave Oliver. The rangers also announced tuesday that batting coach Willie Upshaw and defensive coach Perry Hill have been offered other positions to be determined in the team s organization. In honors Bagwell St. Louis Houston astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell is the sporting news Choice As baseball s player of the year the publication said tuesday. Bagwell hit .368 during the strike shortened 1994 season with 39 Home runs and 116 runs batted in. Frank Thomas of the Chicago White sox was run world notes Ner up. Montreal s Felipe ainu was named National league manager of the year Buck Showalter of the Yankees was chosen As the top american league manager and Cleveland general manager John Hart was named executive of the year. Lions tie Japan series Tokyo Makoto Sasaki singled Home the winning run in the Bottom of the 12th inning As the Seibu Lions edged the yom Iuri giants 6-5 wednesday night tying the Best-of-7 Japan series at two victories apiece. Robinson ends holdout Portland Ore. Clifford Robin son ended his 11-Day holdout tuesday and returned to the Portland Trail Blaz ers without getting the contract Extension he wanted. Robinson agreed to return after meet ing with blazers owner Paul Allen Mon Day. Blazers president Bob Whitsitt said the team s position had t changed that there would be no renegotiation with Robinson until after this season. Meanwhile the blazers announced that guard Terry Porter would undergo surgery on his right ankle for the second time in five months wednesday and will be sidelined for at least four weeks. Colts to Start Majkowski Indianapolis Indianapolis Colts coach Ted Marchibroda wednes Day announced that Don Majkowski will Start at quarterback sunday against the new York jets. Majkowski will replace Jim Harbaugh who has started All eight games this year and is the acc s no. 2 quarterback with a 91.2 rating. Majkowski former starter for the Green Bay packers has seen limited action As Harbaugh s backup. Worley put on Reserve list Lake Forest 111. The Chicago bears Aren t saying much about what caused running Back Tim Worley to miss the team flight to Detroit and subsequent loss to the Lions. But they have placed Worley on the re serve non football injury list and filled the opening with receiver Kenny Shedd from the new York jets practice squad. The bears said tuesday they Don t know when Worley who they say is at tending to personal matters will return to the Active list. Neither the bears nor Worley s wife Becky even knew where Worley was until sunday. Worley met monday with bears coach Dave Wannstedt. Cotton Holiday link up Dallas the Cotton and Holiday bowls have linked together in an agreement that gives them Access to teams from the big 12, Pac-10 and West Ern athletic conferences As Well As an Opportunity to Host notre Dame. Before the Ink was dry on that Deal lbs announced wednesday it plans to televise the Cotton bowl for the six years of the new agreement which was announced tuesday evening. 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