European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 18, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 21 Marne men Wallop setae in Usa eur basketball by Bob Wicker staff write Vicenza Italy is the tall confident 3rd div Marne men held off the onrushing setae Lions in the second Hal to grab a 93-80 Victory Here saturday night As both team launched action in the double round Robin Usa eur Basket Ball championship. Coach Ken Galbreath s mar Nemen never trailed but they looked ragged on Many Occa Sions while tossing their first test in the month Long tournament. Led by the shooting of Roland latin Tom Gordon and Reggie Greene the visitors from Ger Many soared to a 44-31 halftime local sports beat quintet eyes of mat title Wiesbaden Germany is five Safe wrestlers Are Oom Peting in the air Force world wide mat championships which opened sunday at Shaw fab 1 . And will run through thurs Day. Among the contingent representing Safe is defending worldwide and interservice middleweight Champion Peter Morris now stationed with at slog unit at in Ciurlik Turkey. Other members of the Safe team Are featherweight Alan Thorpe bantamweight William All viands Many hands go up for this rebound in the 8thdiv-com z opener in the Usa eur basketball tournament at Frankfurt saturday. The hands belong to from left Herb Edwards of com a Jim Sindab and Girardeau Kennedy of the 8th div and the big Blue s Bob Lohse. Also visible is Desmith 42who topped Ali scorers with 27 Points. Com z won with ease 94-67. Is photo by Grandy impressive in opener com z coach warns care foes Well get better by Don Sauer staff writer Frankfurt is the coach of the com z big Blue has some bad news for future  Blue after an easy 94-67 Triumph Over the 8th div in sat urday s opening round of the Usa eur basketball tournament will keep improving with ame coach Jim . It was pretty much a stand Ard same for us Wilder explained. But since we have been working together Only a week i can t help feeling we Are going to  went As planned the game went pretty much As be had planned. We got their big men in Early foul trouble and that rave us the room  the Blue playing before smallish hut enthusiastic crowd of about hug was on top by only10 at halftime but broke the Ranie open at the Start of the second half and widened the margin gradually the rest of the Way. They got help when the 8thdiv s biggest starter 6-foot-5 Charles Jones collected his fourth personal seconds into the second half and Ron Stokes starting Forward got his fourth shortly after and left with no. 5midway through the period. Wilder had special Praise for is big Man 6-6 de Smith an sex Loyola of Chicago eager who pumped in 27 Points 19 in the first half. Old played very Well for us last hit. To was getting open a lot " id driving Well As Well As doing � excellent Job on the  the key to the team s sue i is  that its players Are Only inti i veil in winning and doing what is necessary  Ai u a biggest Factor Wilder a Lams. "1 Vas especially pleased with our defense we played very Well 1we were switching effectively and talking to each other real Well the Blue Mentor commented. Our outside shooting was abit off i like to feel that we can hit More effectively from outside but we were Able to work the Ball  conditioning satisfactory Wilder was Well satisfied wit the team s Over All physical conditioning and its successful run Ning game but disappointed in first half play though the Blu Ewas leading by 10 at the break. On the other Side of the Ledger 8th div coach Greg Ball was not at All  lost our poise at the be ginning of the second half bal said and it showed. Until we Deary slate for Usa eur Diamond clinic Munich special Bernard Deary returns to Germany april 22-26 toc o id us t  Usa eur baseball clinic it Rose bar Racks in bad Kreuz Nach. Deary an instructor atthe 1967 Clink is assistant to the administrator for the professional Umpire development program. Sixty command baseball officials from Germany and Italy Are expected to attend the clink1 which will feature rules interpretation training films officiating mechanics and methods of o 11 d u c t i n g follow up clinics. Can conduct ourselves in a games we have in practice this team is not going to win very Many Ball games was the Blunt assessment of the path finder  simply have to develop More poise on the court. We Are too Small to go one on one out there we have to learn to work our  Ball was disappointed that his cagers did t stick to their Pat terns in fact lost Confidence in their offence not in them  they tried to go one on one and that did t work either " was Ball s summation. He explained that the Blue successful fast break worked be cause the 8th div s big Mendin t get Back on defense. He added that the pressing defens Ewas largely not effective. And he conceded that Smith Hurt us a  thought Smith fouling but i thought that Smith was committing a lot of offensive fouls his first move was directly at our defensive Man no fake no nothing right at him but he was t called on it and that Hurt  Only Bright spot for the pathfinders was the Stellar  Ond half play of Reserve Center Inos Martin who scored 10iwints for the losers. Ball prom ised that Martin would see alot of action when he Learned to control the Ball  was also pleased w i t i Lartin s steady Over All defensive play. Bengals sign big ten rivals Cincinnati up1 two former College rivals Center Bob Van Pelt of Indiana and defensive halfback George Cata Valos of tin due have become the Davidson middleweight James Howell Light heavyweight Paul Rasmussen and heavyweight Stephen Doster a 6-foot, 4-inch235 Pounder from Alconbury England. Howell and Davidson Are also stationed in the . At Laken Heath and Ben Waters respectively while Rassmussen is based at Hahn and Thorpe a Wiesbaden. Hanau Germany is middleweight Samuel Biglar of the 93rd signal in captured his individual title As Well As out standing weightlifter honors atthe 37th engr up invitational tournament Here sunday. Biglar lifted 781 pounds in the three olympic lifts snatch press and clean and Jerk More than any one of the 32 participants even in the heavier weights. Other champs included Light weight Thomas Egan of the 28thbpo, 550 pounds Light heavy weight John Hillock 7310madron, 737 pounds Middle heavyweight Andy nees 8th div,780 pounds and heavyweight George Leggett 14th Field hos Pital 770 pounds. Wiesbaden Germany is the Safe Continental Confer ence volleyball championships will be staged Here for three Days starting tuesday March 19 with six and possibly seven teams , Ramstein h a h a Pitburg. Rhein main and Host Wiesbaden Are definite for the tournament Field while either Aviano from Italy or wheelus from Libya is a possible entry. Top three Advance the top three teams from the Continental conference tournament will go on to compete in the Safe championships scheduled for Alconbury eng land from mar. 2 5-30. Each of the three Continental clubs May augment three play ers for the Safe tournament. Three More pickup players will then be authorized for the air Force worldwide meet by the teams advancing to that level of play. Colo. State s Tomasini inks pact with Atlanta Ati Anta a the atlant Falcons " Width round draft Choice Mike Tomasini. Has signed forthe 19tis season it was announced , a 6-foot, 3-Inch, _24t Puiul defensive tackle from c olo Lead. But that advantage almost vanished As the Lions gave the crowd at the Camp Ederle gym something to cheer about Early in the second half. The Lions came out hot and cashed in on a cold spell by the Marne men to pull within nine Points at 57-48 with 13 31 to go in the game. Then themar Nemen who had hit on Only six of first 21 shots in the  Ond half took Over again and coasted to Victory. Latin a smooth working 6-foot, 4-Incher from Prairie View led All scorers with 29  was backed by Gordon s 26 and Green s 21. All ten men on the 3rd div roster saw plenty of action and All but Dav Sacharski broke into the scoring column. The Lions ably coached by Lou Mckenna had four players in double figures. Dough Ruch who stands Only 5-7, connected for 20 markers on Long shot Sand turned out to be a real crowd please. Fleming Rich mond used his 6-6 Frame to Good advantage under the boards an pushed in 15 Points f9r setae. Willie Wade also hit 15 a Dcharles Davis added 11 for the losers. One week s Drill the setae Crew had worked together As a team for Only one week and they made several costly mistakes during the first few minutes of play and promptly fell behind 5-0. The Lions missed their first eight shot from the floor and did t g e t into the scoring until Davis Hiton a jumper with 14 38 left. Latin pitched in 18 of his Points during the Marne men s big first half. He hit nine of his 13 shots and the 3rd div showed 18-for-39 for a 46 percent shooting Mark prior to intermission. The Lions hit 13-of-37 for 35 per cent in the first half. Gordon and Greene took up where latin left off in the first half and carried the Load for themar Nemen in the second half. Greene who played College Ballat Kansas pulled the team to Gether with some fancy pin Point passing and  the Good second half by the Marne men Seta played the visitors on even terms As each team tallied 49points in the half. Ruch. W h o was not a starter chalked tip12 of his Points after intermission and Wade netted 11. Poor on charities the Marne men were guilty of 24 fouls but the Lions made Only 10 of their 27 gift shots. The 3rd div hit 15-of-21 from the Charity strip coach Galbreath s Marne men will return to their German Home court at Leighton b a r Racks gym in Wuerzburg Mon Day night for a game with the Berlin bears who got into the win column saturday by beat ing the 24th div Lions. 9,-St setae plays at Home again monday at 8 . Against t h e com 7. 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