European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                10 the stars and stripes March 1948 major tourneys draw nations Best quilts new March 1 basketball fireworks began popping j below the Mason Dixon line today As the Southeastern and Southern conferences readied tournaments to declare their those games which have been peppering the sports scene since the waning weeks of the football season do not count in the olympic figure skaters give exhibition scribe names 3 commanders Onalle five by Ray Musleh staff correspondent March 1 safes Camp Lindsey com Manders returned Home today in a Joyful following their impressive sweep of the Berlin invitation basketball which definitely established them As the 1 contender for the Neucom the commanders now boast Vic tories Over the pcs top including the 1st was unable to make the Berlin trip because of its league second half they have an enviable record of and it is a Safe bet that Lone upset will Bette Only Black Mark on the air mens record after the dec coaches failed to select an All Fourney As they did in the stars and stripes has put together an aggregation which should stand a fair Chance of repeating on the Allec there is Little doubt that Many of the fans overflowed Madison Square Garden saturday getting the two elimination Tournai Durham and the Southeast tourney begins wednesday at Durham and the Southeast Ern Nieset gets underway thursday at the favourites to win the two tourneys already have been invited to the big National championship of the Sec to the Mcaa playoffs and North Carolina state of the Southern to the Madi son Square Garden Tulane makes a bid in the Southeastern for a berth in the the new Orleans quintet carts shining 212 record into the Louisville and a creditable if Ken Tucky wins the land the club in new Nyu risks perfect slate the tournament line ups were shaping up Michigan and Iowa meet tonight at Ann Arbor for the big nine a situation set up by Michi Gans 4036 Victory Over Ohio state and Iowa 5450 Triumph Over Minnesota the Champ prob ably will go to the the Only major undefeated team in the faces notre Dame in another spotlighted game no matter what the Nyu seems assured of its Mcaa or the in with the Mcaa probably Naglit would select merely the five regular but Allstar teams Are not chosen thut our Al tourney team puts Ron Garber of Lindsey and Jack Finley Berlin at the John Turko of Lindsey and Gene Wolfe of Berlin in a dead heat at and Murrell Darnell of Lindsey and Julius Robertson of Munich flak Kaseane at the and Finley Are natural both Are excellent shoot defens Emen and Ball it is hard to leave either Turko or Wolfe off any Allstar so we give them both the Wolfe tops Turko on target accuracy and Ball but Rangy John is by far Bettev on the boards and is a More capable his shooting does not compare with wolfes but he gets Loose often enough to run up a fat Point Darnell is the underrated com Mander whose Brilliant defensive play has been one of the top reasons for Wiesbaden while Robertson is an expert Ball floor Man and set shot Delong pots 72 in tilt River March 1 a Nata River Falls College scored 72 Points As his team Defeated Utah apparently sewed up the Rocky Mountain representation in the Mcaa with a 6348 Triumph Over Brigham Young won the conference title but is going to the Naib meet at Kan Sas coast title undecided Oklahoma won the mis Souri Valley Crown with a 3627 decision Over Kansas state could Clinch the big seven title by Downing Kansas and the Mcaa bid for the midlands Terri tory would go to an aggie Kansas state playoff unless one or the other California of the Southern Divi Sion must play off with the North Ern division Winner for the Pacific coast conference title and the eighth Mcaa Oregon a game and a half ahead after beating Washington state twice Over the needs to beat Only Oregon saturday to Clinch the Northern olympic stars Eileen Seigh above and Karol and Peter Kennedy audience at Garmisch Winter land ice stadium olympic skating stars thrill tils by Joe special correspondent March 1 an overflow crowd of olympic Eileen John Lelle Garver and the Karol and staged the finest figure skating exhibition that has appeared in the Winterland ice stadium since the Days of Sonja despite the fact that transportation difficulties caused a previous cancellation of the the Winona Stuttgart to hold Golf meet March 1 there will be a meeting of the Stuttgart Golf club on Friday March to which All officers and civilians and their dependents Are invited it has been will take place in the Stuttgart shopping Center snack bar at commanders on Al tourney team the skaters flew from Copenhagen to Munich and arrived in Garmisch a few minutes before their scheduled Star of the show was Pete Ken whose comedy antics Drew uproarious laughs from dressed in the uniform of an army Kennedy sat in the stands when his came on the he yelled at the top of his tingling youve got 2ver Hows about a Date two maps promptly entered on the scene and told him to keep from All outward appear he was in a slightly Tipsy after a few words from both exchanged in a not too quiet the maps picked him up by the arms and started to escort him from the Karol rushed across the ice sex that my and with Pete broke jumped the sideboards and went out to put on his he was drawn Back to the ice for three Calls after Blond Eileen Seigh was the first to appear on the dressed in an Aqua velvet costume which Drew Many ohs and has from the she was called Back after finishing amid applause and Karol Kennedy appeared next in a Solo exhibition and was later joined by her Broth much to the Surprise of two Lettengarver then put on his part of the show and was Given a Fine he was unable to return to the ice after finishing because he had been ill All the Way from Copenhagen to Garmisch and was still in a very weakened Eileen Seigh came Back for an other appearance and danced on skates to the strains of the Kennedy finished the program an exhibition of doubles 604th tac trips 116th in Munich tourney March 1 604th tac came from behind in the last half to capture the opening game of the Munich company level basketball Tournai defeating the 116th tac went into the third period trailing by but outscored its 27 to in the final two Frank Calcagni led tac with 16 and flip Correa was High for the 116th with John Pickens 16 markers provided 7773rd its margin of Victory Over 7822nd 7773rd trimmed 370th behind the shooting of Jack who chalked up 22 in the final Karls Feld walloped 1st British skiers top team March 1 by Geoffrey who navigated the slalom course in the British army of Austria Defeated an american army team by a total of in the dual com ined downhill slalom following Sparrow to Annex second place Over the 400 meter run in was de sports who took first place in the Sparrow finished second in the downhill in third place was Guy Chilver shiver at the British team with the american team took fourth and with Charley 8th who suffered slight concussion saturday morn no after a bad spill during practice and was still quite being locked in Ray Johnson of Ramisch ran the course in with excellent visibility and icy now britishers Tony Dobson came in and Amer cans Lothar Wurslin of Garmisch need 7822nd events and Safe ring meet begins tonight Ron Garber left and John Turko sparked Camp Lindsey of impressive Triumph in Berlin invitation basketball tourney March 1 two Safe command Champion boxing and and the Northern and Southern division Squadron level basketball playoffs Are scheduled this fifty five boxers have entered the ring championships at which open tomorrow night and continue through both Novice and open titles Are at the tourney will consist of the finalists of the recent Northern and Southern division six open class champs will defend their they include flyweight Robert skeets Bantam weight Joe featherweight John lightweight fran Cisco lefty middleweight Robert Mcduffie and heavyweight Harold defending ice hockey is favored to retain the Crown when it meets Furstenfeld Bruck on the Garmise rink thurs Day through saturday in a Best  teams competing in the Northern division Cage which starts tomorrow night at in clude the 22nd it 25th 2039th 84th air 15th troop Carrier and 1058th my nine will vie for the Southern title at with play starring they in clude 5th 1409th my of 45th 92nd a 18th it one team each from Neu Biberg and and a second team from