Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday february 1,9, 1959 Laon ousts wheelus scorpions top mildew shall in Safe meet my Leo in Clink Zilaff writer Wiesbaden a Cruny is Laon dropped who Olus from i Ikusa la h a 8 k e t h i i i tourney wednesday night As Tho rangers handed the nomads their second defeat of Tho double elimination off nor fit Tho  air station gymnasium 79-.r 4, in the first Gam of a . Bon jul orig captured its second Victory of i he tournament beating the us District s Mildenhall 83- if in Tho Nightcap. The scorpions representing the Spain Morocco District built up a 3&-29 halftime Load. Ben Gueriri to Mildenhall k i top Rii Nii. R Hull. Nah Lei. K Illch Liml. X Gilill Shlim k o 8 2 1 Nice r ,1 0 i o Lar Lii. R h 11 "27 met Kiili. C 248 Collum. A r 2 12 Tho Mich k it 0 4 knit jul. C Iii co. C 0 i 4 i 1 1 i 0 18  a nitric scorpions Milln Nihill marauder Tot n in 3 1 29 7 2 1 1 2 i k 1583 g05 Laon 1 i Chi r Umili. R Himell Olill u ill Riklin. K la m null k  0 Iii och k . F i Wall f Smith. K i 1 5 i 7 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 i .1 to u 2 1 1 it & 14 12a 17 7a 2 4r, wheelus in , f in Miro. F Holt Flor. U / Oli-4 a Thomas As though he were Dis cussing his chances of crossing Tho Street. I was disappointed that Idin t do it in the now York . Meet. I Don t know what happened to  Thomas rejects Paris invitation Boston up High jumper John Thomas of Boston University has turned Down an invitation to compete in an aau track and Fiel meet in Paris March 15 against a French , the 17-year-old freshman who holds the world indoor record of seven feet said he was very flattered by the invitation but would prefer to devote More Timeto my  Thomas will take the month of March off from compel i Ion after taking part in the National aau meet in new York saturday night. Retired Pollard added to Laker Reserve list Minneapolis a Jim pol lard one of the greats of pro basketball during his heyday has been placed on the Minneapolis lakers Reserve  retired in 1055 after play ing eight years with the lakers he coached at Lasalle College in Philadelphia for three seasons be fore quitting last year. He is Back in Minneapolis As a car Salesman. After Clearing 7 feet he s still the Only Man alive to make the height indoors Thomas tried for 7-1 i. He barely touched the Cross bar on the second Effort. I feel a lot better now that be clone 7 feet twice he observed. I Don t feel so nervous about  in the Short space of a month Thomas has gained a lot of Confidence lie has lost none of his modesty but now seems to be aware of his mighty potential. Slight muscle full lie did t mention it but he Hada slight muscle pull As a result of winning the hurdles in the new England aau championships. Had it been any worse coached Flanagan probably would not have permitted him to compete. Lie also had a couple of psycho logical blocks working against him. John has a rigid training pro Gram said a Boston u. Spokesman and does not like to deviate from it. On wednesday he does his serious training. Snow hits practice Well last wednesday it snowed and he could t jump. That made him unhappy. He also was disappointed tha Charlie Dumas first of the world s 7-foot jumpers did t enter the new York meet. He was t sur How Good he would do without Dumas to push  even if he never does beat 7feet, Thomas Mark is certain to be Mocogni de by the aau. When he jumped 7 feet for the first time inthe millrose meet officials forgot to measure the crossbar in the confusion. This time a whole horde of them raced to the crossbar As soon As Thomas went Over. It was very official. Ben Gueriri got a late scare when Mildenhall went ahead at 48-45 after eight minutes of the second half. In the last six minutes Ben Gueriri outscored Mildenhall 19-3. Mildenhall Drew a Bye opening night and was making its first appearance in the tournament. Laon and Mildenhall clash thurs Day at 7 pm in a loser s bracket contest. Ben Gueriri and Ramstein both unbeaten in the meet Are featured in the 9 pm Nightcap. Laon looked to be vastly improved Over tuesday when the rangers dropped a 65-53 decision to defending Champion Ramstein. Tho France District entry was in much better shape than wheelus my controlled the game from the Start. Johnson or non Star with Arizona Veteran Roger Johnson on loan from Chaumont and former Utah floor Man Curt Jenson leading the fast break Laon opened a comfortable 10-Point Lead after 13 minutes of the first half and coasted Home. Jenson who finally got his one hand jump shot working led Laon with 17 Points. Dave Ryan who was also effective on the fast break added 14 More. Shape s Jim Singleton accounted for 12 markers mostly from underneath and Johnson chipped in with another 11 in addition to running the Ball club. Joe Ditmire the erstwhile Butler player borrowed from Athens was High Man for the night with 18points. Jefferson tallies 17walt Jefferson the Mediterranean District team s Southpaw shooting player coach had 17. Wheelus had not played As Fulla schedule As their rugged opponents. This was one of the deciding actors. Only Norman Tahan who the nomads picked up from Izmir Turkey was Able to slay with the speedy rangers. Tahan accounted for Only two Points but played a outstanding floor game. Laon opened its biggest margin with less than three minutes to go when the score reached 77-50. Planned Grid Loop sets new meeting Memphis a disappointed promoters of a new mid America professional football league decided to put off their organizational meeting until feb. 28 at Miami. Plans Call for a 12-team circuit split into Eastern and Western divisions. Mentioned for possible berths in lie East were Atlanta Miami St. Petersburg Fla. Charlotte . Shreveport la. Louisville Buffalo Columbus Ohio Brooklyn Dallas Mobile ala., and new or leans. Western cities mentioned were Denver Kansas City Mem Phis St. Louis Indianapolis Phoe Nix Elpaso Tex. San Antonio Tulsa Houston and Minneapolis. Giants sign pair Tallahasse Fla. A quarterback Vic  and end Bill Kimaier first stringers for Florida state last season have signed professional football contracts wit the new York giants. Making Points wheelus Forward Bay Coleman leaps Highto score Over the protests of Noii s Jim Singleton is and Dave Ryan 22 during Tho Safe basketball tournament at Wiesbaden Germany wednesday night. Despite Coleman s Effort Luon runaway with a 79-54 Victory ousting the nomads. Is Burguss round table in Good shape May enter Santa Anita Cap Arcadia Calif. A round table galloped in impressive fashion tuesday brightening his chances of running in the $135,000 guaranteed Santa Anita Handicap feb. 28. The big horse showed no signs of trouble from a Small Quarter crack which showed up Mondi a in his right front Hoof. Exercise boy Carl Rizzo galloped round table a mile and one Quarter Over the grass course the ailing Hoof protected by a bar plate. The work was not timed but observers said the rider virtually pulled out of his Saddle in the final Furlong As the horse of the year in 1958 seeded up the Pace on his own volition. Trainer Bill Molter and r. John Peters personal veterinarian for the Star of the Travis m. Kerr stable said they were highly pleased. Round table walked off the track and Back Ftp is stall in a Normal manner. Peters said he showed no evidence of soreness. They plan to Gallop the 5-year old Money winning Champion again wednesday and set him Down for rocket Richard May stay grounded All season Montreal a doubt arose tuesday As to whether Maurice rocket Richard will be Able to return to the National hockey league wars again this season. The rocket Veteran Star of the Montreal canadians described the injury that sidelined him a month ago As not very  he suffered a fractured ankle during a game in Chicago Jan. 18. Two Days later the leg was put in a cast. During the last few Days i be been bothered with a rash that developed under the cast said Richard. I told the doctor about it and they decided to remove the cast and take a look at the injury. They found it had t healed very Well and they have to put on another cast in a few Days. When they put on the new cast i la have to Wear it at least two or three weeks. That will take me to the Middle of March. It does look  the regular nil season ends March 22, and. The Stanley cud playoffs Start a couple of Day Slater. A formal workout on the grass thursday if All goes Well. Molter monday indicated round table had Only a 50-50 Chance of running in the Santa Anita Handi Cap. Round table won the Santa Anita feature last year and is the  favorite in the Call Ente future Book betting to be come the first horse to win therace twice. Pittsburgh prep coach joins Arizona Grid staff Pittsburgh a Ron Marciniak 26, St. Justin High school coach has accepted the Post of line coach at the University of Arizona. Marci risk a graduate of Kansas state played professional football with the Washington redskins in 1955 and with the Toronto Argo nauts in 1956 and 1958. He coached the it. Bliss army football team in1957. Russ stars off rink until they re off drink Moscow up stars Alex Ander Cherepanov and Aleksei Kutch sky have been excluded from the soviet All Star ice hockey team for hitting the Vodka bottle the newspaper so Viet sport reported. Chief Trainer Antoli Tarasov said Kuchevsky s playing had been spotty while Cherepanov s worsened sharply and he eve showed signs of cowardice on the ice. Both men were promised reinstatement if they gave up their harmful