European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1952, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes december 19j1 zone sports thrill packed in 952progra the stars and stripes sports picture of the year Airt ground Man Euver Emmet fullback for the 13th aaa up scored a touchdown against the Stuttgart stallions in just this manner to beat the la thriller and afford stars and stripes staff photographer de Kupack the photographic Opportunity which As witness above he didst m year saw new the year fast drawing to a was a big Tot Usa eur and and fans it was a year that saw records new faces Bow into the and a few of the Long reigning Kings leave command Battles for others to win or the year produced changes the Usa eur athletic office announced the of basketball played on a level higher than company at almost the same introduced soccer to the sports the Usa eur boxing lost one its longtime Star per formers when Austin gentleman Jim Jones took his Light heavy weight laurels to the i and army Little Carl weight did in big de for years a standout in cinder path circles As Well As a Keyman on the old a Atzingen Kavalier three time Neucom basketball de parted and left a throughout the other new competitors took Over and the show went on with out a single Roundup stories on this Page Complete briefing on just what they Mosely sparkled to Grid 63 of teams made grand slate Nineteen Hundred and fifty two figured from the Start to be a Banner year in Usa eur and to Safe Sod it was just that with a total of 63 army and air Force teams making saturday after Noons stateside like it would have been difficult not to live up to preseason and there were thrills not All of them were provided by the top numbers of Stout hearted eleventh which never got even close to the two championship clashes provided More than their share of crowd leasing and the along about were i Well aware of for Hartinger what was do doubt one of the finest football games of this other year in the com Mand was played Down at ludwigs Burg when the 12th aaa rams the Stuttgart the 4th div in a thrill packed finish that had sitting in open mouthed Buton the it was the top finishers who provided the greatest number of it usually for one Jim of the 6th act winners of the 52 Usa eur Trent other John 98th won Theu Sarteur Tennis championship with a bar fought five set Victory Over de aug in the doubles Adams teamed with Bob Evans to defeat Hyden and Gordon Gardiner and bring the doubles Crown to aug Jurgen performing for the 1st took individual honors in the Usa eur ski meet at Gar Jim Mosely the Arm of Victory or the combination of Dean Trent and Jim Hartinger of the Champion Mosely put on what was undoubtedly the finest individual afternoons performance of the football he passed the highly regarded 28th div up tips into Complete submission to carry almost the coveted Usa eur and that display of Aerial artistry came but two weeks after big Jim had led the unicorns into the Semi finals by Downing the Only other undefeated squad on the army arty red Hartinger and to Pace a Fine team into the us afe title by completely outplay in the 3d air dive Burtonwood bullets before 000 and american fans at London famed Wembley to a surprising 77 dead lock at Trent and warmed up to the task in the final stanzas produce three More touchdowns and win in a on the air Force Side of Gridiron eve its were others besides Burtonwood and fusty which were outstanding in the Neu Biberg now Lan Stuhl raiders came to within two Points of carrying the 13th air Force Crown away from the ing to eagles outshone Safe Grinders the raiders had mine through the regular of season undefeated but tied once by the Wiesbaden the aforementioned former understudy t o West Points famed Arnie spelled the difference in with a Well placed Boot right Between the army Wise there were Thev Munich Broncos who had to play off a Western conference tie with Strong 12th aaa Rama before go ing into the semifinals and to the and the As left a lasting impression with Usa eur fans with their triple Dick and Howard other winners in various conferences who went on to compete in postseason playoffs were the 18th regt vans in the Central and the Rhine Post in Rhine i Falcons ruled Over court the Stuttgart the 1807th macs Falcons and he 109th Colts proved the Powers in the 1052 hooped former All America from West led his Stutt Gart commando teammates to the second half Crown in the Carmy basketball league and then snowed the Augsburg first half Cham pions in the three game play off to win the the 5 Beach Inch who was a teammate of George Mikan on the Minne Apolis paced All the scorers in the league with 709 Points and was almost a unanimous Choice on the Allstar team picked by the sports staff of the stars Falcons squeeze by the Falcons squeezed by the Rhine main rockets to win the 12th air Force title and then went through the Safe double Limi nation tournament undefeated to cop that Little Jerry Bob Ebelhardt and Vern May were the big men in the scoring machine and powered them through the tourney and Back to the states for the Ajr Force wide tourney at Offut Back the Falcons get by the losing to a quintet from Memphis the a company level team that would do most College quintets never tasted defeat in any game last Vince a former Nyu and Marv a Muhlen Berg sparked the Colts to the Usa eur company level a prolific scorer and murder under the and who directed the play while contributing Many stormed continued on Page 11 Field records set interest in track and Field events in the command was heightened the past summer by Competition entered around olym Pic games tryouts for army and air Force personnel in while Only one member of the Usa eur squad eventually reached wag Roland who finished third in the 400meter hurdle interest in the sport continued in the regional and Tal combined with a Jaunt into Denmark for inter Allied Competition at Copenhagen French and British army entries added interest which was climaxed by the 1952 Usa eur track and Field held at numbered soldiers an estimated filled grandstand seats to watch As record after record fell by the cinder during the course of the afternoon no less than eight new Usa eur Marks were established and one old record several outstanding performances were Frankfurt George Terry turned on a tremendous last Lap sprint in the continued on Pope 11
