European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday a weary 23, 1959 the stars and stripes Ramstein retains Safe basketball title i rams use fast Start to defeat Laon 86-62 by Leo Levine Sta Safe action above Slaon s Jim Singleton 31 is guarded closely by Ramstein s Jim Ward As he eyes the Basket. The rams Mike Reed watches the play. At left Ramstein s de Mccauley bursts through a pocket of three Laon defenders to go up for a Basket. Below Laon s Dick Riecks conies up with the Ball from a scramble involving All players from both teams. Ramstein won 186-62, to win the Safe title for the second straight year. Is Burguss Wiesbaden. Germany is the powerful Ramstein rams Wal loped Laon 86-62, Here sunday to win their second straight Safe basketball championship. The v showdown game of the double elimination tourney was an abrupt reversal of form for both teams As Laon had upset the Ger Many District titleholder 83-80, saturday night to Force the Europe wide event into an extra game. The rangers were no match for an aroused Ramstein five which built up a comfortable 45-26 Lead at halftime and coasted Home. The rams led by player coach and tournament most valuable player George Linn thus became the second team to take the us afe championship two years run Ning. The other club to do so was the 1807th macs which represented Erding in 1952 and 1953. Linn also became the first Man to win tire map trophy twice. Ramstein even without the serv ices of speedy Jim Fields was More than a match for the tired France District Kingpins who were forced to play six games in As Many Days As a result of their being dropped into the losers bracket tuesday when they lost to Ramstein by a 65-53 count. To Ludecke Mccauley Star. De Mccauley the Freising player coach imported for the tourney by Ramstein ably took up the Slack left by the departure of. Fields due to an ankle injury in practice. Mccauley and Rhine main Star Al Ludecke another borrowed player on whom the rams leaned heavily scored 21 Points apiece. Mccauley Ludecke and Linn who ran the club As Well As usual and picked up 19 Points in addition were the three deciding factors in the game. Big Jim Ward with 11 Points and numerous rebounds and Mike Reed with 14 Points also helped out. Jenson scores 32 the tired rangers Curt Jenson put on almost a one Man show As he tried vainly to keep Laon within striking distance. The 5-foot, 10% Inch former Utah Star accounted for 32 Points most of them on one hand jump shots from far out. Jim Singleton brought Over from shape for the tourney added 17 markers but Singleton and Jenson could t do it by them selves. After a hot shooting night saturday sunday found the rangers with he two notable exceptions almost incapable of scor ing. In the first half Rumstein hit 20 times in 44 attempts while Laon counted on Only nine of 36 shots and there was the Ball game. Overall Ramstein scored 35 Field goals in 86 tries for 41 per cent a More than respectable average in any league. Laon mainly thanks to to e n s o n s uncanny accuracy scored 25 Field goals in 71 shots for 35 per cent. Neither Loam was outstanding from the foul line or even Normal for that matter. Laon was 12 for 25 and Ramstein 16 for 29. Jenson despite his heroics from the floor made Good on Only two of seven top 12 Fields Ranu Tein Grace Mildenhall Linn rms join Hall Ben Guerr Jonson Laon Dit Niiro wheelus Singleton non Funk Bon Gnorik Mcculey rants teen Jefferson theolus Hubbard. Ben Guerr Ludecke. Rom Stern final. 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Bowl head re elected new Orleans up the new Orleans mid Winter sports association sponsor of All sugar bowl events has re elected Claude Monk Simons to his second term As president
