European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fog 20 the stars and stripes a Usa eur Cage quarterfinals open on your by Dick Piton Bratt writer five Down and seven to  s the Battle cry As the Usa eur basketball playoffs Wing into the quarterfinal round wednesday night with series open ers set for Verdun France and three German Sites Kirch Goens dlr Dorl and Moehrl Ngen. Topoff time for the Best of three series lifters is 8 . First round action concluded last weekend reduced the original Fieldon 13 league champions to eight. Three of the clubs scheduled for action this week Berlin s up tips All stars. Setas. Vicenza red knights and Naco s Usa sae big Blue were Walling in the wings during the preliminary hostilities. Toe big three the big Blue. Vol corps 2nd target acquisition in owls an the 3rd army div s 36th inf hang ers loomed As the big three inthe pre tournament seed Ings. While the big Blue was marking time and the owl were breezing past the Saco commanders 97-71 and 83-65. The rangers had towage an Uphill struggle to slay in the  Al Griffith s scrappers dropped their series opener to corps 54th engr in blazers. 82-75, but came Back Over the weekend to win two straight on their Home court at Kirch Goens 71-69 and 79-72.and in the quarterfinals the rangers won t have that two to on Home court Edge going for them As they take on Willie Thomas and mates from the 24th inf div. The rangers Host the first one wednes Day but then travel to Augsburg his 24th div tvs Mustangs team for the saturday and if Nec Star sunday affairs. The Mustangs now 35-2 for the season following their conquests of the 3rd inf div s 38th in Vikings 71-65 and 87-60, showed no serious ill effects front the late season departures of two starters via rotation. Thomas had outputs of 37 and 20 Points in the sweep past the Vikings and received Abl assistance from Carl Cephas Joe Johnson and Juan Rodriguez in the scoring  rangers 27-4 Hope to off set the exploits of Thomas wit the scoring finesse of guard Tom Hayes. Center Ray Pryear also discounted upon heavily in this department but managed Only 18points in the first two games against the blazers before hitting for 23 in the Windup. The 6-foot, 6 Inch Pivot Man and 6-5 Forwar Cliff Tinsley give the 3rd army div team Strong  Don Barthlomew s big Blue with an All Star cast headed by Ron Davis Frank Allen Leo Orestad and Rich Williams carries 44-7 season Reading into its series with the red hot 22nd Artyann sneers of the 4th army div. The canno neers also used the Home court advantage to pull out its series with the 8th inf div s68th Armor tankers. After drop Ping the opener 80-79, the Cannon ears won handily at Home 88-69and 102-58. They re hoping to treat the Blue men rudely wednesday and then come away with the one More Winat Frankfurt s Blozis Hal in the weekend games. And carrying much of those Hopes is Center Jack Medrano who had a 74-Point Seri against the tankers. Gene Lennox and Lee Hunter Are other key figures for the 4th army it five which is 25-8 for the year. The Naco entry would be in much better position to meet the Cannone i Challenge if Ace guard Williams were healthy. Suffering a strained Groin muscle the play maker s status is Stilt in doubt. Bob Boothe s talented owls Fig ure to have the easiest Road to braves Dukes crusaders Reinen bid for nit semis new York up revenge Bent Bradley tangles with Swift Duquesne and St. John s tries to Stop Jack the shot Foley of holy Cross in quarterfinal games of the National invitation tournament at Madison Square Garden tuesday night. The tuesday winners will meet in a semifinal game on thursday when Dayton and Loyola of Chica go will clash in the other , Johns rated the top team in the East is the Only school to Winthe nit title three times. Bradley judge announces week delay in decision on Al nil Case Baltimore up a fed eral judge said monday he would hold in abeyance for about a week decision on whether the Ameri can football league suffered an injury As a result of the National football league s beating the Aalto the punch in granting a fran Chise to Minneapolis the delay was made by judge Roszel Thorn sen in the Al s $10million antitrust suit against the older nil. Thomson said Las thursday he would Rule on the Nutter  monday Thorn sen also granted a defense motion dismissing conspiracy and attempted monopolization allegations against the Washington redskins. The judge also reserved a decision on whether the redskins champs crowned in National Junior ski Competition Whitefish. Mont. A san dra Bower in of Auburn me., and Roger Buchika. 17, haverhill.mas., won the girls and boys giant slalom events winding up the 15thannual Junior National Alpine ski  was miss Bower s third year in the National races. She will be too old to compete next year. Age limits Are 12-18. Miss Bower placed second inthe girls downhill event and tied for 14th in the regular slalom giving her the apparent Lead in Overall Points for girls. Buchka placed third in the regular slalom. Toe a. Eastern Amateur ski association won the Kalispell ski club travelling trophy with seven Points computed on an International system in which the smallest number of Points is the Best the Pacific association encompassing Northwest states had 11.02 Points followed by the far West association with 82js3, Southern Rocky Mountain 85.80. Inter Moun Uin 104,74, Northern Rocky Moun Tain 142.74, and Central 175,82. Will be included in any Relief the court might Grant for the two year old Al. Such a Grant would be made if the court finds thut the older Lagut tried to monopolize professional football. One of the Al s chief claims with the trial now in its fourth week is that the nil expanded into Minneapolis and Dull us in an attempt to prevent formation and development of the Al. Sex Star on stand one of monday s witnesses was Davy o Brien fort Worth drilling contractor former Fri agent quarterback for the Philadelphia eagles in 1939 and 1940 and later a coach for the. Eagles. Included in his testimony was a statement that the Lute nil commissioner Bert Bell was completely cooperative an said he saw no reason Why the new league should not to  Brien also told How Al founder Lamar Hunt sent him Tosee Bell in july 1959 to Tell him of the new league. O Brien said retold Hunt he would go Only if a second meeting were arranged a which Hunt would disclose to com missioner Bell the owners an cities of the new league. O Brien is now a so called Tele vision color Man and announcer for the Dallas cowboys of the nil Canadian squads Trade Grinders Montreal up the Mont Rea Alou ettes of the Eastern foot Ball conference and the Edmonton eskimos of the Western football conference have announced a Trade hic will Send Ray Ball Lle to the Western club in return for George Ray and an undisclosed amount of Cash Ray. 23. Is a 230-Pound offensive guard and defensive end and a brother of Ron Ray of the a Chamilton Tiger cats. He was All conference selection at Howard Payne College in Texas in 1960. Bauble 27, had been with the Alou ettes for two years and was used As a Middle linebacker last season. Ean equal thut record by winning the Crown this year but first the braves from Pearln ii have to Settle a score with Duquesne which upset Bradley 73-72, during the regular season. Bradley is led by 6-foot. 6-Lnchall-America Chet the Jet Walker and has additional height in 6-8dick Peterson and 6-5 de Wodka. Duquesne s biggest Are Clyde Arn old and Paul Benec at 6-6, but the Dukes stress Pat making and de sense with 5-9 Sophomore Willie Somerset the key Man. Bradley and St. Johns As seeded teams will be making their first appearance in the tournament. Duquesne gained this round with a 70-58 Victory Over Navy in the first round White holy Cross scored a 72-71 Squeaker Over Colorado state two Foley not one that game showed me we have two fotes to worry about not one said red men coach Joe Lap Chick about the holy Cross Triumph. Jack Foley runner up to Utah Billy Mcgill for the National scor ing championship with a 33 Points per game average scored 34 against Colorado state. But Bob Foley no relation was the big Surprise when he ignored his seven Point average and scored 21. He did t look like any seven Point Man to me said lip Check. Against Foley und co., Lap Chick will Send a Brilliant first team headed by 6-10 Leroy Ellis one of the top prospects in the country. Not Only is Ellis five inches taller than any crusader but he is amazingly fast and con Taining him will be a major prob Lem for holy Cross. Lapchuck is expected to assign 6-4 Willie Hall to guard the 6-5jack Foley and 6-3 Kevin Loughery is Likely to wind up against 6-3 Bob Foley. Maybe i should just Tell my five Guys to cover the other four Guys on holy Cross and let Jack Foley roam said Lapchick with a wry smile. After All. He s going to score 30 to 50 Points anyway no matter what we  California entry Winner of Reno s Crapshoot Reno Nev. A Don Moreda Petaluma calif., won the Overall 400 Handicap Champion of the Spring Crapshoot at Harold s gun club North of  broke 98 of 100 targets in the Windup for a total of 376. Gay Ford Cue Layton Utah and Tommy Vincent 15. Of Point Arena calif.,tied for second at 72x100, Gene bar Hurt Kansas city.kan., won All around honors on his four event total of 389x400. Joe Devers Reno was second at 386 and Dan Orlich of Reno was third at 376. More than Iso leading trn shoot ers competed in the four Day tour Ney for $7,500 added Money and 120trophies. Travel in the entertain Moerth Genove to Italy the  owls. Of a finalists last after lacing the have Long been forsaken i divid big team  of this can Hurt to Roland Skelton. Cavitalo Bob Comer Bobby Joe Likely to do handicapped by doubtful plenty of Talent Onno the red kalg Octif Likely to Roll Over but by the same to abilities of such a Vern Coulter and seem unlikely to be Iset the owls a phases of the game. The biggest que terminal series fit Berlin Verdun pairing played plent of great driving guard i Man while disposing army support com Hosp jumpers 79-79.-coach Frank have come on Strong month. They had to game to claim the i the Eastern league to win four straight honors in the com 20-10 in league petition the cards a series jump in we at Home but the hands full with the the series shifts tothe Berlin come a 42-5 record and Ising a 24-win Streak Adams has a balanced similar to the owls we sey. Bennie Mosley Dan Rodriquez and the key  addition to the Ning Quick Coleman. Be Joe gotten Lee shoot Shepherd Jim Shaw Bunch of  March 28, 31, finals pits the Berlin veer against t h a. My rangers and the bigger survivor against Eit or the  the two victorious lock horns in the series billed for apr after which it will be and one Champion. Chirk. Comets capture open fit Security tourney9 Darmstadt Germany special the Chicksands fighting Chicks squashed the 6937th cd Road run ners. 85-66, tuesday night to kick off division a play in the 1962european Security Region bask flt Ball tournament. The Host Darm Stadt comets of the 6910th rom overpowered we Bruecken s 6901stscg jaguars in the Nightcap of the evening doubleheader 81-60. In a pair of afternoon contest which pried open the lid on Divi Sion b Competition the Rhine main Rhel ners of the 6916th rsm nipped the Wiesbaden Junior Fly ers of det 6, 6910th rom. 57-64. In overtime and Bremerhaven s6913th rsm Hawks clipped the Hof hustlers of 6915th rsm 66-42,the fighting Chicks represent ing the 6950th rom recently Cap tured the Safe . District championship and made it to the Safe finals where they lost to Hahn s Hawks 71-70.starting the same five that opened against Hahn in the us afe title decider last saturday coach Tony Trovato s Chicks race to a 44-34 halftime bulge and then continually widened the Gap in the final half to win  Williams. Chicksands Ster Ling 6-foot, 8-Inch Center who was named most valuable player of the Safe tourney sparked his team s attack with a 27-Point Del Uge. Williams mates on the Chicks front line Ronnie Vaughn and Jesse Oliver added further punch to the winners onslaught by pumping in 21 and 16 markers respectively. Zach Powell took scoring Honor for the Road runners by flipping in 18 tallies. Laverne Heel had 12, George Colebrook 11 and Bobby Ingram 10. The Darmstadt club which finished second in the Germany District regular season race and bowed to Hahn in the Loop s semifinal playoffs had five players in Dou ble figures with the unrelated Wilsons Larry and Bill showing the Way with 18 Points  Turner bagged 17, Charles George had 11 and Harvey Pelzer added 10. George Casey scored 23 for the jaguars who trailed at the half 44-32. Dave Kelley had u a Dcarlton Preston 10. John Hoch provide the scoring punch in the session to give the club its Victory. The i on the Short end of time count but pulled end of regulation Force the extra period. Hoch and Jerry Cooper in 11 Points for  game honors went Toron Carlson who for 17  la three others in double Allyn tootle got 12, Tan and Marshall Bryan 10 Bremerhaven had chalking up its Victory division double Timin Ament although Willie 1 gave the Hawks some fit Iling 29 Points throng to the Hawks who Enjo Shalf time Lead were to Daggart. Who totalled Mcfeders and Del t a i rendered chief support digits each. Three losers bracket slated for wednesday 6 . In thursday comets and Chicks clash