European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Fag 16 the stars and stripes monday smash rangers to win Usa eur Crown by Bob Wicker staff writer kerch Qwens. Germany is the 2nd target acquisition in owls hitting on 51 per cent of their Field shots and 27 of 37 foul line attempts walked Over the 36thinf rangers 101-79, Here saturday night to win the 1962 Susareu basketball championship. The owls unperturbed by some 1�og fans who turned out at Waln Wright gym to Root for the 3rdarmd Oil Champion rangers took a commanding 55-32 half time Lead in route to their eighth win with out defeat in the playoffs. The Vii corps to Luizia took the opener of the Best of three finals serie on their Home court at Moehringer Germany last wednesday 57-5s. Forwards John Hoffman and Bob Boothe poured in 23 Points apiece to Pace the we a lanced owls to their 34th straight Triumph. The smooth working Vii corps outfit Usa eur runner up a year ago wound up a season with a Lusty 45-4 Over All record. Although the owls dumped inmost of their shots from the Field it might have been a different Story except for 27 Ranger fouls that were cashed in by the owls were guilty of Only 15 personals and those miscues weren t very costly As the rangers made Only seven of their 18 foul shots. From the Field the winners held Only a 37-36 Classy owls were simply too hot to handle in the opening period As they broke the game wide open. With Hoffman setting the Pace by hitting five of six baskets and scor ing 14 Points they pumped in 23 of 37 shots from the floor for Afine 62-2 per cent showing. The too hot to handle 2nd Tab Hoo Tho f it or 3gth i Fifo s Mason. A or to la. C whims f pit pm. O s3 tartar. F tinier f if i Romr Aii a a hts. T 5 Uyai a As g a Minuit a r i Hunt t ii 0 10 4r o 0 o 1 is0 0 1 31 0 i 8 it i 0 1 to Tawi 31 St 101 2nd to owl 36th inf Rani a totals 34 t of s3 41 of 32 47 7� rangers hit 34.1 per cent of their shots during the half and they were All but out of the game when Piny opened in the second half. After former Bradley univ Erst Star Bobby Joe Mason dropped in a foul shot to give the owls the first Point of the game the rang Era took their Only Lead of the evening on a tip in by 6-foot, 6inch Center Ray Pryear the owls went ahead 3-2, on jump shot by Roland Skelton tha found its Mark from 12 feet of after 1 13 of play Hoffman then went to work scoring eight Points during a hot rally that put the owls ahead 13-2, with 16 04 Lefin the half. While Hoffman and co. We building up this Early advantage the rangers missed on 10 of the first 11 Field their Early slump the rangers trailed by at least nine Points the rest of the Way. They own xxx sucobs8playvr-Coacn Bob Booth 11, above loft of the to ferret in own draw a Bead one Ball while Hemme la by a to Taylor 89 and Tom Mongu of the Mutti inf by Cwm. Kot a buy Pryer 81, abort Rig act game High Point nun Wllis fete Between Bop the mud Boland Skelton right to More As teammate Mungiu 13 and John Hoffman 34 of the onto watch. Bob Gilhaus 23, below beats Tif Lugtu to rebound with Hubert Phipps 25 and Pryear jockeying for position on the other tide of the Banket the onto won 101-79, to Clinch the Cha bub championship. Is photos by Heater Scholz Kos " v. In 6th Berlin a Germany s Gus Tav Bubi Scholz floored Ameri can Jesse Bowdry five times Here saturday night and won by technical knockout in the sixth round of a to round Light heavyweight fight Scholz the ninth ranked con tender for Harold Johnson s Aba Light heavy title caught Bowdry the tint time in the second round with a left Hook to the head. Bowdry went Down for an eight count v in the third Scholz knocked Bowdry Down twice with the same left but both times Bowdry got up Bowdry was Down Tor another sight count in the Middle of the sixth. Scholz then felled him again and the count had reached five when the Bell minded. Bowdry a handlers announced he could t answer the Bell for the seventh., Calif. Heavy Champ retains Ulle on pkg Itu Cisco Oak land Roger re sch retained his California title by knocking out Howard King of stot Klon in the 12th and Fine had pounded his ibs Pound toe Witer Loyld left the body and hockey mentors select Kelley As year s top coach Utica . A Jack Kelley of Colby College has been named coach of the year by the american hockey coaches association Kelley s cot by team posted a 19-6record this year and was a Semi finalist in the Eastern College ath Letic conference tournament at the end of the regular season. Also announced at the same time was the 1962 All America team. Following their customary prac Tice the coaches named six men to an Eastern team and a like number to a Western group. Michigan tech a finalist in the Mcaa championship tournament placed four men on the Western team. Colby landed two men in the Eastern team. Hungarian welter wins Minnesota Crown St. Paul Minn. A Lazlo bag 144, a hungarian import ill no in Minneapolis won the Minnesota welterweight championship out pointing Don Weller 145, Stpaul it was a split decision with both Udics voting for bag and referee Billy Mccabe going for Weller by one Point in the 12 Rounder were behind by As Points before subset Gus hit two straight trim the deficit to left from that Point on Little excitement for rooters. The owls Mason and boo theall the scoring tallied Points for a 19-Polnt Reserve Forward b o came off the owls the first period and kept rolling by pumping in shots from close Range. In minute of the half he Layup and Boothe co jump shot to put tile Down by 23 Points. In the second half Thor were outscored. 47-46, As i ers refused to give up Hustle of the Home the Alviset by its personal foal ability to match the strength of the visitors find the to tatty t Tom Hayes who had Sjef and wound up with 241 off games for the found the Range Early in Ond half after missing on first 17 shots in the game to a the rangers to within 1� 67-48 with 13 43 left. That was a close As Toca ers got in the second Nawf owls coasted Home with the Plo ship. The vol corp t which is guided by Boothe. Held its fattest81-53 with 9 53 left. Boothe racked up tit 100th and 101st Points bin a pair shots after foul from cell Souza Piffl ones Story of the second told at the foul line. The missed Only five of 23 Charity while the rangers mad three of eight attempts went o-for-5 at the line second half and 2-for-10 Skelton a Veteran 6-5boothe 6-3hoffman $4 Gilhaus 6-4 dominated bounding for the owls game s top scorer with was the rangers big Man boards As usual. But he numbered. Backing up Hoffman an in the scoring for the Skelton and Gilhaus with 1ft and Mason with 12.17 Points was th3 Only or in double figures. The owls 51 per cent Effort included 37 Basket attempts. The rangers on 36 of 97 shots fro for 37 per cent. Coach Al Griffith s six of 10 playoff games. A shed up the season with Stover nil record. Mostardo Kent Spring c Kent. Ohio Cupi Tardo. Defensive Back Forne Sota Vikings of the. Football league has Bearr to handle Spring training coaching duties at Kent varsity. Mostardo a former _ til player replaced Dav on who resigned to a son a head football Washington University 8c Mostardo played soar to ent and was named to state mid american team in 1950. He was. Defensive Back by the _ 3 towns in 1960 and went Vikings tha next Yew. Cards Cut Down to 25 St. Petersburg fut the St Louis Cardinal heir roster to the player limit by shortstop Jerry Bucholc ent to their minor Homestead fla., for
