Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Tog 20 the stars and stripes Friday february 20, 1959 rain Stein defeats Ben Gueriri to enter Safe finals Laon edges marauders 82-80, on closing rally Baum older schedules Handicap pin tourney Baum older Germany Spe Cial the Baum older Bowling association will stage a Handicap tournament Here March 2-8 wit members of the association Eli Gible to compete for the team doubles singles and All events laurels entries which May be made at the Neu Bruecke Strassburg or Baum older alleys will be accepted until feb. 23. Entry fees for six Man teams will be $6, with doubles costing $2 and singles $1. . F , f Kuril. O of Niilyn s ram8tein Fig it to 7 15 . F 4 2 b 1n 2 Trad i al Nihon f Holt o y of Iii x herhold. F Totaj remit Len 12 0 0 0 1 00 0 0 0 10 Kurik t 11 Hull o 12 Hii Lilard 28 a Potuin k 2 mkt in. F 0 Enli Tuum. 2 kit f 0 in tue f0 Ben Gueriri Fig it spa 6 0 4 8 "15 5 101 in i a i o 0 2 10 84 Rami Ben Gueriri Scorp Loni Tot Ami 43 30 21 14 72 4184 4272 Laon Fig it to , r 1.1 Wlsh 0 la Iimori k Johnson k Salni Lolon o i will f of Mutli f totals  a Macc o  " Fig it to 22 i 10 14 4 2 a Trion. F Union f thou in it kill lit k so 10 h2  Manuit Lorn total in 4 1 44 is 24 42 -821 1-80 811 by Lex a Kink staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is Ramstein s rams the defending champs continued to swamp opposition in the Safe basketball tournament Here with an 84-72 Victory Over the Ben Gueriri scorpions. The Triumph puts the rams into saturday s final game set for 8 30pm at the Lindsay air station gym. Ben go Orr unbeaten in two previous tourney outings drops into the loser s bracket and will play the Laon rangers at 8 pm Friday to decide who enters the finals against . Germany District s powerful rams pulled into a 43-30 half Lime advantage Over the scorpions representatives of the Spain Morocco District. The rams Jim Fields the driving Little guard was the offensive spark with 28 Points. For the scorpions Joe Hall with 19 Points was the High scorer. Ramstein broke out of an 8-8 tie after Gas minutes were gone in the opening Quarter and then in creased the margin. Big Rangy Ramstein held As much As a 23 Point Lead with nine minutes to play in the game. Laon look a thriller in the opener of the twin Bill As the rangers eliminated Mildenhall from the double elimination affair 82-80. The bigger supposedly rougher France District entry was out fought almost All the Way but Man aged to come from behind in the closing minutes for the decision. Duane Dewall s one hand jump shot with four minutes loft in the game rave Laon a 71-70 Edge. The rangers never again foil behind.  a Bulg Mildr Liall the us District quintet was led by Travis Grace a terror under lie boards All night and Trio Man who set. A Lourn Hmoih High in this Oik with 34 Points. Grace borrowed from Hric nor ton hit for 10 Field goals including several Tricky underhand Pivot shots and made 14 free  Utah Star Curt Jenson Laon s mainstay during i lie regular season and the France District playoffs showed the Way once again with 2g Points. Jim single ton added 17 for the rangers. Laon was behind by As much As seven Points in the second Hal find the marauders took a 54-47 Lead with 16 minutes to play. Jen son and Singleton then combined to narrow the margin to 58-55 in the next three minutes. After Grace scored for Milden Hall Jenson and Dewall hit to make it 60-59. Neither squad had More than two Basket Lead from then until the closing seconds. After Dowell put Laon ahead a few minutes later Singleton Jen son and Jerome Smith scored to give the rangers an 80-7 5 Lead with1 19 to go. For All practical purposes it vans Over then As Laon started to freeze the Ball. Player coach Dick Riecks Sank a pair of foul shots for Laon s final two Points while Grace also got two from the free throw line and Jerry Knight hit a Layup for Mildenhall with five seconds left. 4 top 58 teams expected for Field of naia tourney Kansas City up four of last year s top eight seeded teams and two of the four Semi finalists look like sure bets to again be on hand for the 21st annual Nai Cage tournament Here. The 32-team tourney will be staged in municipal auditorium March 9-14.loading the pack of returnees is Tennessee a i which has won two straight crowns. In the latest United press International Small College Cage ratings the tigers were rated no. 1.other teams which appear to be Hack this year include Georgetown ky., fourth last year Pacific lutheran seeded no. 4 last year West Virginia Wesleyan ranked fifth , Ohio seeded eighth in the 1958 meet. Graceful Entrance Mude Nhaisi Travis Grace who went on a 34-Point scoring ram Page thursday night slices Between two Laon de fenders to score one of his spectacular underhand Pivot shots in the Safe basketball tourney at Wiesbaden Germany. The defending bangers Are Duane Dewall left and Lloyd Lewis. Favored Laon edged Mildenhall 82-80. Is Burguss Snow blankets Squaw Valley for ski races Squaw Valley Calif. A Snow continued to pile a Dee while Blanket Over Squaw Valley s ski courses wednesday but Winter games organizers were confident facilities would be in excellent condition for pre olympic test events this weekend. The storm which already has deposited More than 12 inches of fresh Snow on top of the three feet already covering the Valley floor was expected to let up by thurs Day tapering off to Light intermit tent snowfall. It varied from heavy to Light pattern tops nil in pass stealing Philadelphia up Jimmy Patton of the new York giants was the Champion pass interceptor in the National football league during 1958. Official league records showed the former Mississippi Back grabbed off 11 enemy aerials Dur ing the Campaign to finish two ahead of Veteran defense Star Jack Butler of the Pittsburgh Steeles who filched nine. Baltimore won the team championship with 35 interceptions Fol Lowed by los Angeles with 28 and Pittsburgh with 24. Snow showers and Many of the competitors already Here including the russians japanese an chileans took it easy checking their gear indoors or wandering around getting acquainted wit the Sierra facilities. It s wonderful said Vincente Vera Veteran chilean team skier who competed in the 1956 olympic games at Cortina Italy. You have Trees Here while i Chile we race mostly on open slopes but the courses Are Excel Lent Vera said. He found the kt-22 downhill race course a Little bumpy but Snow has since covered Many of the bumpy spots. With visibility limited to 5ft to 100 feet recoilless rifles were bang ing away on the kt-22 women s downhill course shooting Dow possible Avalanche slopes. Although forecasters indicate the storm would Abate by thurs Day officials admittedly were sweating it out confronted with More Snow than they have any use for and a tremendous Job of pack master jumper new York up Newell Banks Detroit perhaps the most famous checkers Champion in his tory played 10 games simultaneously while blindfolded of sept. It ,1925, in Newark. He won nine games and lost one. Ing the slopes so they can be use for races. The men s slalom and the ladies slalom Are featured events on saturday s opening tests. There also will be an exhibition ice hockey game Between local teams. Other Alpine events this weekend will include the men s and ladies downhill races sunday. The following weekend there will be the nordic events and the North american biathlon championships along with the International invitational Speed skating Competition All designed to test the courses for the 1960 olympics. Russian skiers tried out the courses tuesday shortly after arrival. The finnish ski team arriving in Reno wednesday was expected to proceed to Squaw Valley thurs Day. The finnish team include Veikko Hakulinen Winner of the Gold medal in the 30-Kilometercross-country event in the 1956 olympics. Rhein Blick to open membership drive Wiesbaden Germany special memberships cards for the Rhein Blick Golf course will go on Sale March 1. The rates will be the same As last year $25 for an individual and $30 for a family membership. Green fees will be 50 cents for weekdays and $1 on weekends and holidays. Fordham gains berth in nit new York up Fordham which upset St. John s last saturday in a bid for top local basketball honors wednesday became the fifth quintet named to the 12-team National invitation tournament a Madison Square Garden March 12-21. Previously picked for the 22d an Nual Competition were St Johns Villanova Oklahoma City and . Fordham coached by Johnny Bach also had been reportedly under consideration for a berth in the Mcaa tournament. The rams who have won six of their last eight games and have a 13-3 record will be appearing in the nit for the third time. They finished fourth in 1943 last year they Defeated St. Francis a83-59, in the first round but lost to Dayton 74-70, in the quarterfinals