European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes March 22, def Tilers top Asl of i As lit stars by g e r Many is the 32nd army air defense command defender knocked off the 3rd div Marne men hero wednesday night 93-86, to tie the Marne men a n d three other teams at the to of the Usa eur championship tournament standings. The game left both sides with2-1 records in the first half of the double round Robin tournament. The 8th div com z and Usa eur seventh army troops Are the other clubs involved inthe first place scramble after wednesday night s action. The 3rd div and 8th div will have it out for their shares of Delacy staff write right at the Buzzer. The Marne men with latin put Ting on a fancy display of out Side shooting gradually lookup the Slack and pulled into the Lead at 70-69 with 8 14 remain ing in the game. T h e n it got exciting for awhile. They traded the Lead five times in the next four minutes the defenders getting it for keeps at 3 56 when two free throw by Dave Scheetz made it 81-80. The foul problems which so of ten plague teams playing catch up in the late going got to themar Nemen and the hustling Aad com Crew won going , a Burly 6-foot-6 Center seemed to always replanted under the Basket when anybody shot. His aggressive Ness was As impressive As la tin s perfectly Polinsky Syle Points came when he shot an missed took the rebound tried and missed again took the re bound again then put it up and to Stop him netted Polinsky 10 shots from the fou line and he made nine of them. Helkie with the Aad com club Only three Days was also usually in the thick of things under the Basket. He scored 11 Points in the final 10 minutes follow continued on Page 22 Perry Polinsky. 33 key Point the Lead Friday night at Lee Barracks in Mainz. The next Aad com Stop is at Berlin 1-2 Friday afternoon. Perry Polinsky was the big defender weapon against themar Nemen. He scored 33 Points for game honors one Point More than the 3rd div s Roland latin. Substitute Bill Helkie was the Only other defender in double Fig ures. He had 24. Things were a bit More balanced on the Marne Side. Tom Gordon scored 18, toy Fitzger Ald 14 and Reggie Greene 12. The Aad com Crew made Amess of the 3rd div s zone de sense in the first half cleverly working around and through it for Short shots to build a 13-Point Lead with four minutes left. Out went the Marne men zone and their Man to Man tac tics put an effective halt to Theta com fun. The defenders were Ninepoints up at the half getting two of them on a what a there to lose Hal court bomb by Helkie How they stand won i it army 2 i .1 Mil inv 1 ,. I i i n lost j 1 1 1 1 pet 007 Mil 1 1v Recine widay b or Cults i Sakki k i m army i i. i Halx j Toni in m. Ii div 7u is. 1 Al to. lil. 1ki Lyth Aniny at Skital. Ai " i a at i 11/1 i jct /. Al i i l a in i Man celtics outscore big Blue 121-113 five clubs tied by John Williamson staff writer Heidelberg of Theu Sarteur seventh army troops celtics put on an inspired exhibition of team basketball Here wednesday night to Down t he previously unbeaten com z big Blue 121-113, and threw Bot teams into the five team traffic Jam at the top of the first round of the Usa eur championships. Both teams now have 2-1 rec ords in first half play. The 32nd Aad com defenders handed the3rd div Marne men their first defeat of the tourney to include both of those teams in the pile up and the 8th div pathfinders run their record to 2-1 with a win Over the 24th div Lions in other wednesday action. Dewey Williams. 27 rebounds Roy Sipp. Top Celt scorer setae trips Berlin on late spurt 96-94 by Bob Wicker staff writer Vicenza Italy is Doug Hruch and Bob Lee dropped in a foul shot each in the final minute of play to give these Taf Lions a 96-94 Victory Over the Berlin bears Here wednes Day night in a Usa eur tournament thriller. It was nip Ancl tuck All the Way but the Lions had to rally from four Points behind in the final three minutes of play to pull out their first Victory after two defeats in the eight team double round Robin Champion ships. Both teams had a Day of thursday but return to action again Friday. The Lions will Enda four game Home stand against the Strong Usa eur seventh army celtics 2-1 and the bears now 1-2, will return to Berlint Host the 32nd Aad com de fenders 2-1 tied seven times the Lions and bears were Allied up seven times and the Lead changed hands six times before Etaf made its game winning spurt in the final minutes. The score was knotted at halftime 47-47.a three Point play by e r i c Sorenson gave the visitors fro Germany a 92-88 Lead with 2 58 to go. But the Lions Carne backs Iii baskets by Lee Lincoln Gray and Charles Davis while the bears countered with a pair of free throws by j. J. Smith to set the stage for the pressure packed last minute of foul by Berlin s de Mallett sent Little 5-foot-7 Ruch to the free throw line with 35 seconds left. Ruch dropped in his first shot to put set a i 1 ahead to stay nit missed the next one. Smith was fouled by s t. E v e Whistler As he brought the Ball Down court but he was unable to Cash in at the Charity line. Davis took the rebound an passed off to Lee who Drew an intentional foul from Smith with19 seconds left. Lee made one of his two shot Sand that was All of the scoring. Bill Russell who scored 18points in the second half for the bears got off one last Shotat the Buzzer but it bounded off the rim. The Victory starved crowd atthe Camp Ederle gym went wild. It was sheer Hustle that paid off for coach Lou Mckenna s Lions. They repeatedly drove through the Berlin defense handout rebounded the taller bears. Mike Rubinsky pitched in 23points from Long Range to set the scoring Pace for the winners. Herman Boldwin and Willie Wade turned in Stellar jobs rebound ing and added 17 and 16 markers respectively for the Lions. The bears playing conserva Tive Ball and out shooting the Lions from the floor were led by Russell s 27, Ray Thomas Iacavazzi Sells bulls to eliminate conflict new York up Cosmo Iacavazzi has divested himself of one of his two hats by Selling his Westchester bulls of the at lactic coast football league to Roy Bijoc a 38-year-old Darien,conn., manufacturer. Viacava i sold the team to eliminate any possibility of a conflict of interest because of his recent Elevation to league com missioner. The Sale was believed to be for More than $100,000. The bulls Are a farm club of the National football league s new York giants. 22 and Alex Taylor s 17. Thomas got 16 of his Points in the first half while hitting on seven of 10 shots from the went ahead 10-2, Early in the game and that was the biggest Lead by either team the rest of the Way. The bears stayed on top until Gray hit on a Corner shot to put setae i front 41-40 with 3 22 remaining in the was also Gray who tied it up seconds before intermission with another Basket. Lead changes hand with Russell handling most of the scoring the bears moved ahead by five shortly after intermission and held a slim advantage until a Long shot by Rubinsky made it 64-03 for setae with 13 40 logo. The Lead swapped hands three times Down the Home stretch with the biggest Lead by either team being a Mere four b e a r a playing for the easy shot hit on 36 of their79 shots from the floor for a Fine 46 per cent. The Lions took 12 More shots and connected 37times for 41 per cent. Poor foul shooting proved to Bethe downfall of the bears. They went 22 for 35 at the free throw line while setae connected on 22 of 30. Derl.1n Taylor Smith i in a i a a Elm by i of Al la Lam in l. q 8 0 2-3i s u l 1 8etaff t 1-1 17 Hubli 35 21 h it Why u-7. Ii Lulu 7-11 15 Chivis 2 h Iii wiil 0 .5 46 2 2-4 u 0 u 1 3 4 u do to 4/ 47 w 4/ 4u 96 pc k t Alii. ski of a Only a herculean 45-Point it by de Billy Smith l the com z club in the same the celtics out ran out Pojl out shot out rebounded and not scrapped the big Blue from the opening whistle to the Delieah of the standing room Only Crow that elbowed its Way into thl Campbell Barracks Sandbox a veto watch the contest. By Roy Sipp Ken Alcorn and to Bradley hit Early buckets Forl the celts and they never trailed com z managed to pull into a Itie shortly before the end of the first half but another spurt Fea tured by three out of three Short Hook shots by substitute Roger Johnson enabled the Home team to leave the court at intermission with a 57-53 Edge. Id Point margin All five starters Frank Tay Lor and Dewey Williams joining i Sipp Alcorn and Bradley hit for Quick baskets at the Start of the second half As the celtic built their margin to 10 Points before Smith brought the Blue Back into the contest with three driving layups. However four Points was As close As the visitors Ever got in the second period. The widest Lead the celtics managed to open up was 12 Points with about four minutes remaining. Seven celtics scored in double figures As Sipp led the Parade with 21. Bradley had 17 As did Clarence Gray another non starter who topped his team in the second stanza with 12. Tay Lor counted 16, Williams hit for 15 while Johnson and Alcorn had 14 each. Seven blocked shots the 6-foot-7 Williams was the big Man for the winners under the boards As he pulled down27 rebounds and blocked seven com z shots. Taylor and Gray also worked Well off the boards against the blues Bis pair of Smith and Herb Edwards. Edwards was the second top Point maker for the com Quint with 25. Loston Benton contributed 18 and Bob lose added 13the Victory was a big one for coach Bill Dildine s Capers a they were coming Back from a two Point overtime defeat at the hands of the 8th div. A team that the big Blue downed Hanii the opening night of play. Coach Jim Wilder of com expressed displeasure with the performance his team put on and stated i Don t know whether the Sio of the gym had an thing to do with it or not of it sure is celtics took off thursday morning for Vii a n where they will meet tie Taf Lions on Friday Quint. 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