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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 3, 1964

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Cogs 70 the stars and stripes december 1964 olympic medallists saluted at White House Safe Cage Roundup Washington a presi Dent saluted in Ameri can olympic games medal win ners at a White House lunch con tuesday in a precedent shattering recognition of the surprising showing the United suites Mude at i doubt u there has Ever been a finer representation of the essential he the United states won so 91 seconds and 28 thirds it Tokyo compared to 90 31 and 95 thirds for a disappointed this is the first time that american olympians have been honoured with a White House homed this has been a great moment in our lives which 1 am sure we will cherish said Billy Mills in respond ing to the Mills up set Victory in the run was one of the biggest sur Prises at because of conferences with ambassador Maxwell Taylor and Cabinet members on Viet the president was unable to attend the luncheon and Johnson presided in is when he arrived after the luncheon and spoke to the ath letes in the Bast room he appeared solemn and but afterwards he stood at the door and Shook hands with flashing a warm Boca every member of a winning such As the basketball the Vesper eight cared and the relay teams in swimming and track receives a the United states has 195 individuals who won a total of 150 Host of those missing from the luncheon Are touring in but a few missed out such at Dallas Long who could not leave his dental classes at the University of Southern most of the athletes wore heir Tokyo Parade uniforms the Dou a Star Washington a Presl Dent Johnson missed the struck Lumalu or some thing tuesday when be introduced Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall to win ners of olympic the medal winners were White House luncheon afterwards the president made speech and introduced Mem Bers of the government who had been Well known including Udall Ai a Sar guard on the baseball team that won a championship for the univer sity of Arizona in but when the Oft Icli transcript a it had Udall on the foot Ball Udall played on the basketball girls in Blue velvet while and jackets the boys powder Blue jackets and Gray a few had olympic medals handing from ribbons around their and the athletic records came tumbling Down As All Good records said the pres of course i will say nothing about the Brilliant run of medals soul Era California coach John Mckay displays Relief after upset of notre Dame proved a Partt wrong in Mih won by the american but perhaps i will be forgiven if i note thai the slur spangled Banner was played so often that people in Tokyo went around humming it like the number one hit hint of the the american people Are proud of their ism olympic proud of what you have accomplished and still More proud of what you you have symbolized for us americans what taking part a dedicated fallout Tak ing part can and we Salute you for it with a Pride that carries a full measure of Gratis the waited for he president 95 minutes in the East and then were told by Secretary of the Interior Ste wart Udall that he would be unable to break away from his they then filed into the state dining room for the no alcoholic beverages were after the luncheon the team went Back to Thi East room for the Brief Kenneth president of the uni Ted states olympic gave the president a Gold med Al of the Johnson and vice presi Dent elect Hubert Humphrey joined the president in shaking hands with the entire Mckay chosen ups coach of week los Angeles up the football experts Slid no team could move the Ball on the ground against notre Dame so coach John Mckay Southern California trojans ran against the and the opinion prevailed that no quarterback was a match for notre Dames John Huarte pass ing so Mckay called on his quarterback Craig Fertig to throw in the late stages of saturdays game and the Trojan out passed the Irish Star when it for his boldness in working out a plan of action that knocked notre Dame from the ranks of the undefeated and out of a National Mckay wednesday was named College footballs coach of the week by United press beating notre Dame 9017 has to be one of the biggest wins Ive Ever been associated with at a Mckay said when of is i just wish it could have had the same Reward that last weeks coaching selection last week Michigan Chalmers bumps Elliott was named up coach of the week and his team was selected to represent the big ten in the Rose if Mckay gets to the Rose bowl on new years Day it will be As a Spectator because the Pacific athletic conference picked Ore gon state to represent the in preparing for the notre Dame game we Felt our club had been running Well against most of our he against Urcla the previous week our ground game was the key to our in studying scouting rams9 rally tips comets Germany pc Cial the unbeaten Ramstein Kams rallied from a three Point deficit at halftime to overcome the Darmstadt Cornell 7105 in a spirited Safe Germany con Ference encounter Here tuesday Down 1431 at the rams Buck eted four straight shots in the opening minutes of the second Hull and were never headed the rest of the both squads had four men in double figures with rams teens Barney Watkins Saunders Paci with 21 and Virgil Lemons with 16 and per Nell Hamlin with 13 were lops for the ing and the William winners Sylvester stresses importance of sports Washington assist ant Secretary of defense for pub Lic attain Arthur Sylvester told military medallists of the 1004 Tokyo olympic that International sport is now recognized us an effective Bridge to International understanding and Sylvester welcomed the military athletes to the Pentagon tuesday in behalf of Secretary of detente Robert to told the i am u is the Secretary of de sense and our at the contributions made by our Mili tary toward attainment of that Secretary Sylvester said he believed the outstanding perform ances by military athletes Are traceable to the Broad physical training and programs conducted by the military depart services Are pro Viding the High level Competition to vital to the development of world champions not Only in snorts but in every Region of a he he explained that these physical training and sports programs not Only contribute to bettor physical troop morale and enhancement of the world wide prestige of forces but they teach 1 the important Les son that Victory in any contest training and Sel Sacri the Secretary said these pro Grams Are vital to the combat readiness of our combat More importantly each individual the Secretary Sylvester pointed the goals of International ath letes competing in the successive olympiads Down through the have been greater faster and Ever increase ing of the i the Secretary you have achieved these olympic and i congratulate aim welcoming the medallists to the Pentagon were assistant Secretary of defense for Man Power Norman Secre tary of the army Stephen undersecretary of the Navy Paul assistant commandant of he Marine it Gen Charles and air Force director of military personnel maj Gen we found that the other notre dump Felt they had to double team their in which allowed their linebackers Freedom of our strategy was to use Manf Ormun Block although Southern California was Able to run against the Irish in spurts during the first Luartes passing game led notre Dame to a 170 Lead at i want convinced that our running game  during the halftime intermission i told our kids it they could go out and score we could win the Mckay we were sadly disappointed in not being selected for the Rose Mckay but beating notre Dame made it a Good sea son Tor considering the Manv key injuries we theres no question that it was our Tough est game of the tigers tip Wiesbaden in overtime Germany Spe Cial Wilh Bill Knight and substitute Forward Jim by Thea putting on u woman sem Baths tigers rolled up 14 Points in the five minute Over Lime to Down the Wiesbaden Fly in a Safe Germany conference contest Here tuesday in Klit hit h pair of Field goals and three free throws and Bethea a fielder and four Charity losses to account for 11 of the tigers 14 Willie hit Hall of his 19poinl total three baskets from the Field in the Over time fur the but it was not the contest was close All the with sem Bush holding a m11 Hal Flinte Bonnie who tapped All scorers with hit u Field goal with 94 seconds left to lie at the end of regulation fouled at the be Mouchk Abe Mack missed free throw attempts utter time had expired and the flyers failed to convert on a technical also after the clock ran and an overtime had to be Farr topped the winners with 93 followed by Bruce perrys ii and 15 each from Mack and besides the flyers Hud Carl Euly Wil Liams and Harry Watkins 11 in double the Victory lipped Sembach record to 79 in league play while Wiesbaden dropped to Claxton bags 29 Points a Barons clip Hawks Germany Spectra Bill Claxton potted 91 16 in the first to Lead the Blob org Barons to a 7161 quest of la non in a Safe Ger Many conference till Here tues Day Claxton broke open a tight Ball game at the close of the first hitting a pair of Field goals and two free throws to Widen a 3098 advantage to 3698 at in it was Blob rugs sixth Victory in eight and dropped Icahn to besides Tom Baton hit 14 and de settles and Ai Dix on 19 each Tor the pacing the Hawks were Harold brim with 14 with and Shelby Johnson big Blue Rolls past cardinals celtics Down 10684 Germany special pulling away in the closing the Sasae big Blue rolled to us 12th Victory in 13 Downing a stubborn 3rd brigade of the 3rd inf div Cardi in an exhibition con test Here tuesday Dave Varnado hit a six foot jump shot with remaining to put the big Blue ahead for Good at and the defending us a r e u r champions gradually widened their they at each team had six men in Dou ble with Varnado Hilling 37 and Gary Daniels 20 to Pace the Blue John Obrien rum 14 and Herb Edwards and Dulton Epting new editor Detroit Detroit news has announced that Veteran executive Robert has been sports succeeding Doc who switched to the editorial 11 each for the Ai Hampton paced the Cardi now with 17 followed by Art Sanders Ted 19 each for Al male Vaughn and Jirry Walker and u by Herm Heidelberg special opening their season on a win Ning the Usa eur up tips celtics handed the 547lh engr in raiders their first defeat of the in an exhibition game Here tuesday the Usa eur runner up celtics enjoyed a 15polnt Lead at the raiders had toppled three foes before meet ing the Jim Monroe of the celtics hit 28 markers to tie for game honors with Willie Baker o the other celtics in double figures were Stan Chandler with Jack Wicker de Franklin 14 and Herb Banks Jerald Willis with 17 and Tyrone Belcher with 13 paced the  
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