European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 24, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 21 . Conference opens raiders rockets spartans phantoms Nab victories Wethersfield England special Wethersfield s raid ers made the two Point conver Sion pay off with a 14-13 us afe . Conference Victory Over Chicksands fighting Chicks Here saturday. Theodis Davis made the con version Jaunt following the raid ers second to both of which came in the third period. Larry Sims scored both of Wethers Field s touchdowns on Long runs. His first score was an 80-Yardreturn of the second half Kickoff and the other came on a 75-Yard run on a reverse play. Chicksands took a 6-0 Lead inthe first period on Don Wesley s five Yard run which capped a 62-Yard drive. The Chicks second score came on a 15-Yard end sweep by Carl proud. Jim Leclain kicked the extra defensive units took control for the final 15 minutes an neither team threatened again. The game was the conference opener for both clubs. Wethersfield out gained the visitors 190-100, in Rushing plays and Chicksands had a 49-19 advantage in the air lanes. Chicksands 6 0 7 013 Wethersfield 0 0 14 014chickwesley 5 run kick failed Weth Sims 80 Kickoff return kick failed Weth Sims 75 run Davis run Chick proud 15 run Leclain kick London special Lon Don s rockets utilized two Fum ble recoveries one on the open ing Kickoff and Hung on to Edge upper hey Ford 14-12, Here sat urday in the Safe . Con Ference opener for both opportunist rockets Over came the sky blazers despite two ads from quarterback Larry Leger to Del Riley and a com plete statistical margin in a game dominated by rain and allow Slippery Field. The opening Kickoff actually gave the rockets their winning margin As sky Blazer receiver Eddie Perkins just touched the Ball As it bounced past at the18-Yard line. But none of the upper Heyford players made an attempt to go after the Ball which had rolled into the end zone and Ben Blacknall made an easy recovery and six Points forthe winners. London quarterback Willie Holmes swept end for the two extra Points that eventually made the difference and the rockets never trailed. Standings Safe Germany conference Rhine main Wiesbaden Sembach saturday results Rhine main 50. Ramstein 0hahn 35, Spair Dahlen 12 Only games scheduled won lost tied 300200 210110 020020 020 Alconbury London Lakenheath Mildenhall Chicksands . Conference won lost tied upper Heyford 0saturday s results by Atwaters 27, Laken Vuth 0alcnnhury 03, Mildenhall g Wethers a old 1-1, Chicksands 13london 1-1, upper Heyford 11 us Keuk 3rd army div conference Wen lost div arty. 2nd brigade1st brigade. 3rd brigade saturday s results2nd brigade i1st brigade 13 Only Kami scheduled no conference football i 3d, Karlsruhe 0 Giessen 22, Vild Luecken 0 upper Heyford finally broke through in the third Quarter Fol lowing a kicking Duel in be tween. Riley took Leger s 10 Yard pass and bounced off four tacklers in route to the end zone on a 32-Yard scoring play mid Way through the period. The drive covered 52 Yard following a Short 22-Yard rocket punt and Willie Davis lugged most of the Way including one 18 yarder. But a kick failed an London still led 8-6. The rockets boosted it to 14-6early in the fourth Quarter As tackle Mike Brown outstanding on defense All Day recovered a Fumble at the upper Heyford 48to Start things. An 18-line pass from Eddie Perkins to Johnny Sanders carried to the one foot line and after two plays lost Back to the eight Holmes passed to Dick Wood for the score. A attempted run for two Points was stopped. The sky blazers came backplate in the game driving 68 Yards mostly on Short tosses from Leger plus a 15-Yard pen Alty for roughing the tallied from the 30 on a Short pass when the London de fender slipped on the wet turf. But on the crucial try for two Points another Fumble again killed upper sky blazers had an Edge in every offensive category 11-6in first Downs 115-88 in passing and 145-8 in Rushing. Willie Davis the big upper Heyford spark plug got 117 of those running Yards. However most of the sky blazers yardage came in the Middle of the Field As the failed to penetrate the rocket 20-Yard line other than the two times they went for scores. Upper Heyford 0 0 6 612 London 8 0 0 614lonblacknall recovered Fumble in end zone Holmes run us Riley 32 pass from Leer kick failed Lon Wood 8 pass from Holmes run failed us Riley 30 pass from Leger run railed Alconbury England Spe Cial quarterback Dean find Ley fired four touchdown passes to Doug Houston and kicked a pair of Field goals sparking Alconbury to a 63-6 rout of Hap less Mildenhall in their . Conference opener Here saturday. Findley hit Houston on tosses of 26, 19, and 45 Yards for the first three spartan scores the later added another for 49 Yards. His Field goals of 26 and 34yards, opened scoring in the first and second half for the win ners who were in double figures in every also added a pair of to passes by Reserve signal caller Bernard Haas in the last Quarter a 32-yarder to Jim Bell Iron brigade edges scorpions 19-13, in 3rd army div struggle Kirch Goens Germany special quarterback Greg croon fired a 42-Yard pass to Sam Thomas Wilh three minutes left breaking a 13-13 tie to give the 2nd brigade Iron brigade a 19-13 come from behind Victory Over the 1st brigade scorpions in 3rd army div action her saturday. The winning score came three plays after Joe Kelly s 56-Yard punt return for an apparent touchdown was called Back on a clipping penalty with the win ners taking Over on the 1st Bri Gade 48-Yard line. The tally was the second inthe last Quarter for the Iron brigaders now 1-1, who went into the final stanza trailing 13-7. The first came on Roger ventus 14-Yard run As the visitors went 43 Yards on three plays. Thomas sets up to Thomas set up the tying Toby roving 26 Yards on a reverse to the 14 from where ventus bolted Over. Croon had passed for a first score to knot the contest in the second Quarter with Thomas again on the receiving end in a 45-Yard scoring play which ended the first half. The Roll out pass was deflected by a defender but gathered in by Thomas nevertheless. Ventus kicked the Point after. A pair of scoring passes from scorpion signal caller Ted Nuuanu accounted for All the 1stbrigade scoring. Beaver Pilot honoured Seattle Wash. A port land Beaver manager Johnny Lipon who guided his team to a first place tie in the Pacific coast league s Western division has been named manager of the year by a vote of the baseball writers and broadcasters covering the league. Nuuanu guided the scorpions now 1-2, 81 Yards in 10 plays aided by a pair of 15-Yard penal ties. The payoff heave went to Bobby Ingrin from the 15, wit another for 20 Yards highlighting the March. Don Voorhees kicked the Point after. Then Nuuanu put the scorpions head in the third stanza by fir ing five Yards to Oscar Scott to Climax a 60-Yard push in eight plays. A fourth Down Aerial to Scott Good for 14 Yards to the 19 Yard line kept the drive go ing. The margin could easily have been greater for the 2nd brigade. Besides the punt return Callenback the scorpions twice stopped the winners with first and goal inside the five. They did it in the first Quarter from the three and in the second Quarter with but two Yards to go As fullback Dave Williams was stopped right on the goal line. In addition after the scorpions had taken that 13-7 Lead a 70 Yard pass play from croon to John Fitzpatrick for another apparent score was nullified by still another penalty. The 2nd brigade had a sub Stantial Edge in the statistics out gaining the losers 195-62 on the ground and 130-109 through the airlines. 2nd brigade 0 7 0 1219 1t brigade 7 8 0131st Brig Ingrin 15 pass from Nuuanu Voorhees kick 2nd Brig Thomas 45 pass from croon ventus kick 1st Brig Scott 5 pass from Nuuanu kick failed 2nd Brig ventus 14 run kick failed 2nd Brig Thomas 42 pass from croon kick failed cards conquer spartans on last Quarter splurge Karlsruhe. Germany Spe Cial the Aschaffenbur cardinals of the 3rd div conference scored 29 Points in the fourth period Here saturday to overwhelm com z conference opponent Karlsruhe 39-0, in a non conference game. Jim spikes tallied two of the four last period touchdowns for the cardinals one coming on a48-Yard return of an intercepted pass and the other on a 37-Yard pass from Jim Lumpkin. Lumpkin also tallied on a 38-Yard Roll out play and Henry Wil Liams notched a fourth Quarter score on a 10-Yard run. Earlier quarterback Joe Brinkman had rolled out for a 15-Yard score and Luther Knight had kicked a20-Yard Field goal. Karlsruhe could t Muster an sort of an offence against the stubborn Ascha Fonburg spartans pierced Cardinal territory Only twice during the contest. The Victory evened Schaffen Burg s non conference record at 1-1. Karlsruhe has won once an lost twice. Aschaffenbur 0 7 3 2939 Karlsruhe 00000 Asch Brinkman 15 run Knight kick Asch Fig Knight 20 Abc Lumpkin 3s run Knight kick Asch Williams 10 run Knight kick Asch spikes 48 pans interception Ging pass from Smith Asch spikes 37 pass from Lumpkin Knight kick Jencks joins Montreal Montreal a Bob Jencks a place kicker in the National football league for three years Lias joined the Montreal Alou ettes of the Canadian foot Ball league following his release by the los Angeles rams. And one for 27 Yards to Willi Weems. They tossed in a pair of safeties for Good measure. On came on Thomas Jefferson s tackle of Mildenhall quarterback Robert Wirbel in the end zone and another on a Center out of the end zone As the losers at tempted to punt. The other scores came on me Colbert s 18-Yard run in the Sec Ond Quarter and Cecil Cheek nine Yard dash in the third stanza. 47-Yard scamper the Only Mildenhall to came with 9 pc minutes left in the game on a 47-Yard scamper by Ernest Matthews. Otherwise the losers never got inside the Alconbury 49 Yard line. Findley who completed 4 of5 passes All for ads. Also kicked the first two spartan Points after. Houston added seven catches for 182 Yards and col Bert ran for 100 Yards in 10 carries for the winners. Alconbury totalled 236 Yard through the air lanes on 16 completions of 31 attempted an added another 159 on the ground. Mildenhall got 112 Rushing Al most half on their Only to dash and failed to Complete a pass i four tries. The spartans had an 18-3 Edge in first Downs. Mildenhall 0 0 0 Alconbury 17 14 18 14 Alcon Fig Findley 26alconhouston 26 pass from Findley Findley kick Alcon Houston 19 pass from Findley Findley kick Alcon Houston 46 pass from Findley Hernandaz kick Alcon Colbert 18 run Hernandaz Hick Alcon Fig Findley 34 Alcon safety Wirbel tackled in end zone Alcon Cheeks 9 run Alcon Houston 49 pass from Findley kick failed Alcon safety Ball entered out of end zone Alcon Bell 32 pass from Haas kick failed Alcon Weems 27 pass from Haas kick tailed Mil Matthews 47 run run failed Lakenheath England special Jim Geist scored two touchdowns and passed Forone other Here saturday As the Bent Waters phantoms whipped the Lakenheath eagles 27-0, in a Safe . Conference engagement. The game inaugurated Confer ence Competition. Ben Waters now owns a 4-1 season record while Lakenheath is wingless in four attempts. The two teams battled through scoreless first period but Ben Waters wrapped up the game with 14 Points in the Sec Ond Quarter. Dave Bridges capped a 57-Yard drive by Plung ing Over from the three to breathe scoring ice. Later in the period Geist hit Jim Kelly on a 67-Yard pass play. Bridges ran the two Point conversion across. Geist scored on two Quarter Back sneaks in the final period the first coming from the thereto Complete a 47-Yard surge and the second from the one. That plunge climaxed a 38-Yard drive. Ben Waters 0 14 0 1327 Lakenheath 0 0 0 0 Bent Bridges 3 run kick failed Benl Kelly 67 pass from gins Budge run Bent 3 run Igelski Kaki Bint Irist 1 run kick failed w in d f lec k e a Ger Many special the eagles chalked up two Quick touchdowns in the first Quarter and went on to defeat the wild Flecken wildcats 22-0, Here saturday in a Usa eur non conference encounter. The Victory was no. 2 in a Many outings for the com 2 con Ference eagles. The lord div conference wildcats Are now 0-2.quarterback Bruce Carlyle tossed two Short to passes an Jim Dailey accounted for four Points with his kicking to Lea the Lessen offence. The eagles wasted Little time in getting on the Board As car Lyle connected Atli Joe Rudolph on a five Yard shot or six Points. Maurice 1 Arr raced four Yard for another first Quarter to and Dailey added the extra Points. Carlyle s other to strike was a four murder to Eddie Shehter in the third period. Daile missed on the Pat kick but he came Hack Wilh an is Yard Fields Nal in i hi1 final period Lorti est a s final three Points. , u c e & dle Ken 0 0 0 0 to i in i ill h pass Fruin i .n\.i. I a thu 1 Arr i run t i Hisiu a Kii k i Lii s. 4 pass Fri Iii i ii it Kijik in i i
