Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                I fog 20 the stars and stripes sunday february 15, 1959 Ramstein tops Freising As Fields bags 41 by George Ridge staff writer bit Burg Germany is dynamic Jim Fields s c-6 r o d 41pointsincluding 31 in the second half As the r a m s t e i n rum handed Freising its first defeat in Tye Safe Germany District basketball tournament 87-75, hero Fri Day. Thanks to the Fields Day ram Stein forces the double elimination meet into a sudden death championship Battle Here saturday. Eyelash Quick the 5-foot, 10-Inch Fields was a master of every facet of his game. He fought for re Bounds with men that Tower Erl Over him by six inches. His Field goal was homing like n sidewinder missile. But perhaps Fields most important contribution was his dribbling exhibition during the final three minutes that bewildered the Tuco neers and provided him with 12 free throws. It seemed a shame that Only goo spectators were on hand to watch one of the old masters in Safe basketball strut his stuff. Freising s last previous loss Wason Jan. 9 at the hands of ram Stein. Since then the Taco neers had won 10 straight in a string that included three in a Row. Ove Ramstein. Actually the Taco cers Streak extended into Lovi games. Freising Jim Fields. Is Points in he half was in command at halftime 47 39, but the second half belonged to Fields. With a history of frustration against the Taco neers havoc Bent Fields blasted the nets for .12 of the 14 opening Points following intermission. By the time he had finished the rams led 53-51. Then he started All Over again with the score tied 67-67, and in minutes remaining in the game. Two Fields goals made it 71-67, an other and the score was 73-67. Five men fouled out in the bruising Elbow swinging contest. The loss most keenly Felt by Freising was Dick Hockenbury s departure in the final five minutes. Still sporting a weakened knee follow ing a collision with two Ramstein players earlier in the meet Hock was the heart of the Freising team and the Only Man to give Ramstein a fight off the backboards without Hockenbury there a us no team. It was while he benched himself with three fouls that rum Stein first caught the Taco neers. He came Back to rally them then but was t around when the big Gest rally was needed. Ramstein Fig it to fhei8ing Fig it to Linn f a Lumblo. F Ward o Klahws bowl g a third. G Toung fit Duff r Wilmot. O Holt a total 8 83 ii team Stela Rami Frol Ilat Taeo neen Hook Subury f a Achi f Carruth. O Mccaulou it i to Bioko g m in nil Moor f Phillips r Pitula Lill. R a 17 s 184 12 5 118 18 0 0 totals 20 913 70 39 4-7 47 2875 rangers boat Dreux for Franco Cago title Kirk us Frances a love m rangers fought off a last minute Dreux rally to gain a 66 63 Victory and wrap up Theu hafe Franco District Basket Ball championship Here Friday night before 1,100  led All the Way during the cont fat. However it wag no runaway for the Ranger. They walked off the court porting a 35-hl advantage at the half. The victors net a fast Pace in the second session and took an la Point Lead Midway through the period. The plan Hynen closed Fust and managed to have the margin to one Point 64-03 with seconds remaining. But Curt be Nihon clinched things for the rangers by winking two free throws inthe dying moments. Jim Noii Wuh the game s top scorer with 24 Points. Dick Len Lingford added 15 and Dave Ryan 14 to tie winning cause. Billy Byrd and John Heller paced the losers with 16 and 15 Points respectively. France bouts called off chateau Roux Frances a Safe France District officials Friday called off the 1959 open boxing championships scheduled Here saturday night after Only nine fighters showed up from four bases. Automatic champions were Der cleared in nine weight  were no flyweight entrants. Laon won the team title by default with a four Man squad one More than the Etain team  and chateau Roux each put up one Man. It marked the second Safe District ring meet to be curtailed within a month because of a dearth of fighters. The Germany District was Able to stage just four final bouts earlier in february. Among the untested champions was. Chateau Roux Jim Hall a France District 1958 Light Middle weight open Winner who scaled Down to welterweight this week. Chris Clay Etain lightweight who won District Novice honors last year also was  Marchner Laon a top Novice Light heavyweight Las month dropped to middleweight for his titter Bantam Charles Chandarlis and. Jerry Sloane two other Laon boxers who gained France District Novice crowns,.alsowent uncontested. Sloane a Light weight in the last tourney picked up the Light welterweight  fighters who Are slated to go on to Safe matches at sem Bach Germany feb. 25-28, include Light middleweight Bobby Wil Liams Etain Light heavyweight Dick Brown Chaumont and har Ley Cooper Etain heavyweight. Giants site stot Winooski it. A the new York giants 1958 Eastern division champions of the National football league i l return to the St. Michael s College Campus for pre season training this year. Central Region fighters capture 7th army support come tourney by Ralph Bennington staff writer Kae Fertal Germany is the Southwest Region s Clyde lard uncorked the punch of the night but it was a pair of heavy weights that furnished a slam bang Climax for the 7th army sup port come open boxing Champion ships Here Friday. A crowd of 3,000 jammed into the Kae Fertal sports Arena for the10-bout tournament finals. Seven of the matches went the distance swing away the Eastern Region s Burleigh Briggs left above glances a left off the head of Jimmie Fletcher Southwest Region while getting clipped on the Chin during their heavyweight match in the 7th army support come open boxing finals at Kae Fertal Germany. Briggs won a decision. The referee is Wesley Caron. Below Rufo Estalo Northern Region flyweight almost gets Down on All fours to get away from a left thrown by the Southern Region Sherrie Dale Morgan. Morgan a 1958 All army Champion to n the match on a decision. Is photos by Burguss Little league meeting scheduled March 6 bit Burg Germany is representatives of Little league baseball will Convene March 6 in Wiesbaden to discuss plans for 1959 playoffs and determine a cutoff Date for accepting new franchises it was announced Here by Joe Romano the Little league s euro Pean director. Romano said he would like to have a representative attending from every league now under franchise plus anyone contemplating such action for the 1959 season. European Little league baseball stretches from Turkey to the azores. The meeting will be held at the Lindsey a gym. I expect this meeting to solve a lot of problems Romano said. He was in Pitburg to officiate the Safe Germany District Basket Ball playoffs. Romano also Hopes to line up representatives for each country at the meeting. Although no definite action will be taken until the con Ference Romano expects the Cut off Date for franchises to be around april 1. In order to be eligible for the Little league play offs a league must possess the Blue affiliation card from Little league Headquarters. A league May affiliate by writing the National Headquarters for Little league baseball Williamsport a. Affiliation costs $35 5 for a six team Cir Cuit. Romano May propose a break Down into districts for leagues in Germany and France where the concentration is heaviest. This Means a team must win its District tourney and then the country championships before reaching the european meet. The Winner of the european tournament will go to Williamsport for the Little league world series. But there was plenty of action. The Central and Eastern regions each won four individual titles but Central earned the team Champion ship with a total of 25 Points. Eastern was next with 16. The Southwest and Southern regions won the other two titles and finished third and fourth respectively with 11 and eight Points. The Northern Region had four Points and the Western three in th6 final team standings. Gillard a 164-Pound Middle weight from High Point n.c., and the Southwest Region had eth e shortest workout of the High As a result of his show stealing punch. It was a whistling Short uppercut that travelled no More than 12 inches and finished off Robert Jennings Central Region after 32 seconds of the opening  a technicality kept Gillard from getting credit for a to. He landed a flurry of Good punches in. The opening Exchange before the big punch that flattened Jennings near his own Corner and brought out a Towel from handlers. Referee Joe Hidalgo did t even get a Chance to Start counting and waved the bout Over when the Towel came in so it went into the books As Atko. Central Region Light welter weight Paul Overstreet and East Ern Region welterweight Carl Mathes got the other Kos. Overstreet a Short and Stocky fellow with a Sharp left Hook and Power in both hands chased the Southwest Region s Clarence Parks for nearly three full rounds before the referee signalled a halt after 1 45 of the third. A left to the Chin dropped Parks in the second and another to the stomach buckled his Knees follow ing a Long barrage in the third touring on the finish. Mathes used a potent right As his main weapon against Central s Mike Curtin. The Eastern Regio belter landed three Good shots in the first but got his foe Down just before the Bell. Two More rights dropped cur tin twice in the second. Handler threw in the Towel As he. Was dropped on the seat of his pants the second time and that was al with Only one minute gone. Bruising bout but it was the heavy  that proved to be the night s Best scrap. Burleigh Briggs fight ing for the Eastern Region nosed out Jimmie Fletcher Southwest Region for the decision. The two big Fellows Brigg weighed 206 and Fletcher 197 took turns beating each other space during a bruising and bloody display of punching Power. Flet Cher s main weapon was a Lon right while Briggs relied mainly on a Good left Hook. Other fighters wining individual titles on. Decisions were South Ern flyweight Sherrie Dale Morgan Central bantamweight Frank Hermosillo 1 i g h to middleweight Willie Young and Light heavy weight Dempsey Clark and the Eastern Region s featherweight James High and lightweight Jose Valentin. The results flyweight8hrridle Morian Southern Deslon a Rufo a Tael Northern. Bantamweight Frank Hermo Lillo. Can trial Deli loved James Cobb. Southern. Featherweight Jame Eliji. Eastern. Deli cloned Gary Alexander Northern. Lightweight Joe Valentin Eastern do al cloned Harry react Central.  Paul Overstreet. Central Tod Clarence Parks Southwest 1 45 3dwelterweight Carl Mathes. Eastern Tod Mike curtain. Central 1 00 2d. Light middleweight Willie Young. Central Deli loved buddy Morrison. We torn. Middleweight Clyde Gillard 8wth. Wet Tod Robert Jerin Lii Central. 0 32 lit. Light heavyweight Dempsey Clark Central Deli cloned Raymond meant Southern. Heavyweight Bur Lelih brim eat. Mil Dick slowed Jimmie Fletcher. Bouth Weitort