European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 21, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 21 rams sky blazers take 2nd straight victories in Ramstein Cage meet Ramstein Germany special the Host Ramstein ram Sand the United kingdom s upper Heyford sky blazers came through with second round wins Here thursday to remain the Only two undefeated teams in the Ramstein invitational basketball tournament. The High scoring rams Over the Century Mark for the second straight Day piled up a 52-42. Margin in the first half and then i2nd in gamers top 3rd boxing smoker the Hustler Dave Riswick of upper hey Ford England sits behind the wheel of the Hustler a Chevrolet powered roadster which he drove to Victory in the super eliminator race in the . Drag racing championships in Bedfordshire. At left is tiie car s designer Mark Stratton. Kenneth Blake right of upper hey Ford helped construct the engine. Of photo another prize capt. Robert b. Franklin jr., holds his latest trophy the one he got for accumulating the highest Over All score at the Ramstein air Force base drag strip. Franklin driving his Shelby gt500, also won the a Stock automatic and a sports laurels at Ramstein and the a sports title Trahn. N photo 4 Ilai Iii Drivers enjoy hot year Hanau Germany special four officers from the 18th aviation in Here have concluded abuse and successful season of drag racing at the Ramstein an Hahn air Force base strips. Most successful of the quartet was capt. Robert a Franklin jr., battalion adjutant who Cap tured the High Point Stock trophy for the Best Over All score a Ramstein. Franklin also took the a Stock automatic and a sports laurels at Ramstein As Well As the a sports title at Hahn. While Franklin s 1967 shelbygt500 was not the fastest individual dragster at Ramstein twas unofficially rated fourth it was the most consistent Point getter. The Shelby is a modified Mustang and the gt500 Mode runs a 428-cubic Inch Ford engine with twin four barrel carburettors and a souped up automatic trans Mission. Capt. William c. White jr.,battalion s-2 officer won the of Stock automatic trophy at Hahn with his 1965 Mustang. Capt. Kenneth e. Tompkins Ramstein Germany Spe Cial the final drag racing session of the 1967 series will highlight the second annual Ramstein air Force base sport festival Here sunday. Trials for the Quarter Mil racing program Are scheduled for 11 a.m., with the races to run from noon to 6 . A variety of other sporting events including boxing foot Ball and Tennis Are also on the Day Long Agenda. Assistant operations officer waste i Stock titlist at Ramstein with his 1967 porsche 911, while2nd it. James a. Snyder motor officer of the 66th aviation co took the a Stock trophy at Ramstein in a 1967 Camaro. Riswick nabs Auto honors on . Strip upper Heyford England special Dave Riswick of up per Heyford driving a Chevrolet powered English roadster named the Hustler captured top Honor sin the . Drag racing championships by winning the super eliminator title at the Santa pod raceway in outraged a Jaguar modified Austin in the super eliminator finals winning by four lengths. He was timed in12.438 with a Speed of 115.61 Miles per hour on the Quarter mile strip. Riswick qualified for the super eliminator by winning the com petition altered divisions. His est time in the division races was 109 . In 12.127 lost Only one race in the s car is powered by a 283 cubic Inch engine with Aram log intake manifold with two Holley four barrel Carbury tors and an output of 250 horse Stratton an englishman from Northampton built Theca s body while Dave and two of his fellow upper Heyford air men Kenneth Blake of Sham Rock tex., and Bill Correia of Boston constructed the engine. Riswick is a native of Santa Monica calif., and works in the upper Heyford Post office. Relearned his drag racing on the courses around los Angeles an this was his first race in Europe. Penguins replace 2 injured players Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh penguins of the National hockey league called Bill steer and George Konik from their Baltimore farm club thurs Day to replace two injured men. Defens Eman Dick Mattiussi cracked a Bone in his left fore during the penguins 3-3 tie with Minnesota wednesday night. Left Wing Billy Dea Cut his left forearm. World series on aft Ramstein Germany is armed forces television will show the first and last games of the 1967 world series Between the St. Louis cardinals and the Boston red sox sunday starting at 12 30 . Scored even with the Hof hustlers after the intermission to rack up a 108-98 win and Force the hustlers into the losers bracket of the double elimination meet. Jerry Curtis paced the rams attack with 26 Points and Joe Williams contributed 19. Roy Witthoft with 26 and Don Alley with 24 were High for the the other winners bracket contest the sky blazers also pileup an Early Lead and held on to win against the Wiesbaden flyers. Upper Heyford led by Ron Gholdson held a 48-34advantage at the half and won 87-66.gholdson had 24 Points while Dave Wimberley hit for 17 forthe losers. In losers bracket play the Sembach tigers and the palatinate defenders stayed alive by eliminating the Rhine main rockets and the Torrejon raiders respectively. The tigers took a 43-20 Lead into the dressing room and came Back to coast through the second half to a 66-51 Victory Over the rockets. Gary Hicks had 22 forthe winners and Dan Wooten tallied 12 for the defenders got the Best individual scoring performance of the Day from Albert Jones who tossed in 34 Points As his team pulled away to win in the second half by a 98-75 count after leading by Only four Points at the half. Wings get Talbot in 4-player Deal with North stars Detroit a the de troit red wings obtained Veter an defens Eman Jean Guy Talbot from the Minnesota North stars thursday in a four player National hockey league Trade. Talbot spent 12 seasons wit the Montreal canadians before he went to Minnesota last june in the nil expansion draft. Detroit also got left Winger Dave Richardson. He will be assigned to fort Worth of the Central league. The wings gave up defense Man Bob Mccord and right Winger Duke Harris a member of their fort Worth team. My card started the season with the wings but was benched in wednesday night s 3-2 Wing Victory at Toronto. Harris never has been brought up to the nil in six years As a pro. Haidau club slates Hunting classes Hanau Germany is Hanau Rod and gun club will conduct a series of Hunting classes from oct. 23-30. All interested persons Are invited to attend. Club officials remind sports men that in order to obtain a German Hunting License a certificate must be produced in proof of one s having graduate from a Hunting school. Additional information on the classes May be obtained from the club phone Hanau civil50052. Gellhausen. Germany special entries from the 2nd brigade won five of the nine Novice division bouts in the Hird pre season boxing smokers aged by the 3rd div 1st brigade also had five winners two of them in the Only pair of open division craps staged. In those former division middleweight Champion Mike Howell out pointed the 3rdbrigade s Fred roman and 245 Pound 1st brigade heavyweight Alexander Akau took a verdict Over the 1966 division Light heavyweight King Dennis Fletcher from the 2nd one bout on the program failed to go the distance As 1stbrigade welterweight Mark Goins scored a to Over Dis of s Vincent Ricardo after Only 25 seconds of the first round. Fighters from the 1st, 2nd and3rd brigade were to join forces and participate in an invitation Al smoker against 3rd inf div entries saturday in Kitzinger Germany. The next 3rd div smoker is scheduled at the Ray bar Racks gymnasium in Friedberg Germany this coming tuesday night. The results Novice division bantamweight Dan Granado 2nd Brig dec Wayne Watson 3rd Brig. Featherweight Jimmy Adams 2ndbrig, dec Tom Trent 1st Brig. Lightweight Orlando rebels 2ndbrig, dec Don Harris 3rd Brig. Welterweight Mark coins 1stbrig, Tod Vincent Ricardo disco 0 25 1st Light middleweight Clifford Rich Ardson 1st Brig dec John Napierkowski,3rd Brig John Frey 2nd Brig dec Mel Vin Garland 1st Brig. Middleweight Steve Williams 2ndbrig, dec James Hern div arty Arthur Floyd 1st Brig dec Robert Willis. 3rdbrig. Heavyweight Howard Brown 3rdbrig, dec Melvin Maxwell 2nd Brig. Open division middleweight Mike Howell 1st Brig dec Fred roman 3rd Brig. He a Vav weight Alexander Akau let Brig dec Dennis Fletcher 2nd Brig. Kansas Mother wrapped up in i prep contest fort Scott Kan. A mrs. Don German of the $ fort Scott High school fat ult asked to be excused j and was from taking her turn at Selling tickets to the school s football game this Friday night. She if 14 Jwj wanted especially to watch j the game because her daughter is a Candi Date for Homecoming Queen to be named at the game a her son is the team s punt or her husband is the coach. 4
