European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes Friday february 27. 11 Safe Northern boxing champions determine favourites Advance in Berlin Cage tourney fur Sty obie win openers in playoffs Furstenfeld Bruck feb. 26 special the Furstenfeld Bruck eagles Defeated the Erding Arrow Heads 54-42, in the opening Gam of the Safe Southern division basketball tournament being staged at Furstenfeld Bruck. In the Nightcap of the twin Bill racked an easy Triumph Over the Landsberg rams 58-31.the eagles who lost but one game in league play got off to an Early Lead in their tilt with Erding holding a 16-10 advantage at the arrowheads began to find the hoop in the second Quarter and after moving to within one Point of the eagles 25-24, at intermission grabbed a three Point Lead Early in the third Brunner paced the victors with 14 Points but scoring Hono Swent to Erding s Muriel Jackson who Buck eted 17 markers. It was obie All the Way in the Nightcap. The hornets started with a Rush that netted a 34-18 halftime advantage and they coasted in from Manship s 16 Points was tops for obie. While Dick Schwartz a death was around the Corner counted for Point total. 13 of Landsberg s five year contract. The newspaper reported Wilkinson offered Yale coaching Job oklahoman claim Oklahoma City feb. 26 a Charles Bud Wilkinson has been offered the head football coaching Job at Yale or. George Cross presi Dent of Oklahoma u., said. The daily oklahoman said that had offered the sooner coach that a member of the Yale alumni Board approached Wilkinson and told him if you want the Job it s yours. We will recommend you and the recon emendation will be Wilkinson did not deny the report but said at Norman he planned no trip East to Confer with Yale officials. Wesleyan coach claims no interest in Yal Middletown conn., feb. 26 Norm Daniels coach of the Wesleyan football team which has not lost a regular season game since 1942, said he is not a candidate for the Job of head football coach at have decided to remain at Wesleyan said Darnell. The Yale Job was left open when Howie Odell resigned to become head coach at Washington. Daniels bad been generally considered As a candidate for the vacancy. Shea turns Down Large yank offer new York feb. 26 a Frank spec Shea right handed Pitcher who won 14 games with the new York Yankees last year rejected another contract after conferring with general Ranager George Weiss for an hour. We made Shea am Barouki s eyes reveal the fear that came after he had been hit with a left and right by Ezzard Charles. The 20-year-old Boxer was Kod in the 10th round and died six hours later. Acme dates set for Cage tourneys leading to olympic trials Chicago feb. 26 a the National collegiate athletic association s basketball championship will be decided March 23 in new York after completion of the Eastern and Western playoffs. We Stern playoffs will be held March 19-20 in the municipal auditorium. Kansas City to. Eastern playoffs will be staged in new York s Madison Square Garden March 18-20. P the Winner and runner of the f j of to we 111 co Stab tilts Mcaa tournament will move into the final olympic basketball trials at new York opening March 27. Eight selection committees will j choose the teams representing each of the four Eastern districts and the four teams representing the Western districts in preliminaries. Koly Cross and Kentucky already have been selected. The six other Mcaa berths will be decided mainly on the finishes in the various conferences. Baylor already has Cap tured the Southwest conference title and is expected to be invited. J Al Bat a Trail by the United press Scranton 57, Mansfield 55st. Francis 58, Newark 23 Florida 77, naval air station 59schenectady 67, Mohawk 59 Bucknell 63, Gettysburg 55georgetown 64, Villanova 46 Rensselaer 61, Rochester 50wesleyan 58, Williams 28 Wofford 74, Charleston 53notre Dame 72, Marquette 55 Colby 58, Maine 57st. Lawrence 70, Queens 44 Staunton 52, fort Union Mil. 45vermont 7v, Middlebury 45 Hofstra 63, St. Peter s 43georgia Tefo 50, Auburn 43 Columbia 61, Vale 54syracuse 58, Cornell 52 Lafayette 65, Rutgers 52colgate 64, army 44 Navy 48, Virginia 41mercer 80, presbyterian 37 Lawrence 55, Chicago 35montana Normal 44, Montana mines 42 Springfield to 74, Missouri mines 51memphis state 61, Southern 59 Arizona 93, Texas mines 50depaul 47, St. Joseph s 33 Chattanooga 72, Springhill 60morehead 60, Kansas Wesleyan 52 Emporia chrs. 57, St. Benedict s 45teas 32, Baylor 29 Muhlenberg 99, Lehigh 50loyola bait 77, Johns Hopkins 41 Crelghton 49, Omaha 37 the Best offer Ever made to a Sophomore with the dub Weiss said. Infantrymen maps take Wurzburg playoff openers Wurzburg feb. 26 special the 371st inf. Regt. He. And the 537th-385th maps scored opening night victories in the Wurz Faure my battalion level championships. The infantrymen paced by Don Hawkins with 24 Points had an that ends our negotiating with easy time with the 58th to bn., Shea fee added. He could either j 50-37, while the maps took a thriller take or leave it and Shea decided from the 25th Apo 41-37. Tony Prus tet leave it cello led the attack with 20 markers. Stuttgart feb. 26 special the 6th so. Maintained its slight first place margin Over four teams that Are deadlocked for the run Nerup spot in co Stab s Eastern league by Regis ring an easy7220 Victory Over the Lith regt. The 2nd brig., 2nd regt. And 42nd so. Stayed close to the Sopwith impressive triumphs. The 2nd Brig dumped the 51st sq.,65-62 the 42nd trounced the 66th sq., 89-52, Dale Hall leading the Way with 30 Points and the 2nd ftegt., paced by Ken Payne s 31 tallies scalped the 2nd sq., 59-30.the 1st so. And the 97th Sig. So. Remained in a deadlock for the Western league s top rung the 1st walloped the 10th sq., 72-24,and the 97th rolled Over the 15th regt., 74-35.in other league tilts the 27th so. Downed the 14th regt., 73-32, with Gene Dehaven contributing 30points, and the 15th so. Edged the f Berlin Lindsey score triumphs in 1st round by rat met slew Sta of correspondent Berlin feb. 26 is the 3rd bn., 16th inf. Regt. Green hornets of Berlin and Camp Lindsey s commanders of Safe survived first round contests As expected today in the three Day Neucom in Kation basketball tournament. The hornets showing an amazing display of Basket accuracy easily whipped be s highly rated Navy quintet 56-42, while the com Manders downed a surprisingly Strong flak Kaseane five of Munich 68-53_ the most thrilling affair How Ever was provided by co Stab . Tips. And the 7702nd so. In. Of he. Cmd., Neucom. In a nip and tuck struggle All the Way co Stab won in the final minutes 40-39. Spirited contest the 33rd a in. Surprised the 1,500 fans who jammed Madiso Square Garden by overwhelming the 81st engr. Depot co. Of Heidel Bergm a 77-49. In the co Stab Frankfurt fracas the Lead changed hands six times and the score deadlocked on four occasions. It was Hansell William son who put co Stab in the Lead at the outset of the second half and Buck eted the last two baskets. Co Stab although never ahead in the first half kept within three Points of Frankfurt until William son and Paul Byerly made it 20-18 at the Start of the third Quarter. Desco Winninger knotted the count for Frankfurt at 25-25 and again at 35-35, but then Tom con Nerly connected with a Long Fiel goal and Williamson with a Charity toss and a Layup to Clinch the verdict. Two score 49 Points Williamson led co Stab s scoring with 14, with teammate Horace Yancy buckering 12. Winninger garnered 14 for Frankfurt. Frank Perdue and Bob Finley. Berlin s Sharp shooting forwards and Center Gene Wolfe were too much for the boys in Blue. They accounted for 49 of the hornets 56 Points Perdue leading the Way Wilh 18 and Finley close behind with 17. Norman Kelly was High Pointer for Navy with 12 Points. Camp Lindsey with Superior height did not have it easy against the T
