European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes tuesday March 26,c Check r b by John Williamson staff writeriik1dklbkrg is the Usak Kur seventh army troops celtic a Riding a big Early Lead fought off a determine second half thrust by the 3rd div Marne men and downed the Visi tors. 105-92, Here sunday night to retain their share of the Leadin the first round of the i Sah Al r basketball playoffs with a4-1 record. Only the celtic s and the com zbig Blue remain tied for the top spot after sunday s action that saw the 8th div pathfinders drop a game off the Pace As the lost to the 32nd army air de sense command defenders Avo Jelweh. The big Blue walloped the Ber Lin bears at Frankfurt to main Tain the the Marne men it was their third loss in a Row after having won their first two audit dropped them into a tie for fifth place with the took a hot hand by the celts Roy Sipp in the second half to keep the even hotter hands of Reggie Greene and Tom Gordon from turning the tables in favor of the hit for 22 Points after the intermission while Gordon was tossing in 24 As the 3rd div coming off of a 17-Point halftime deficit pulled to within five Points of the celtics with about five minutes to then took control and ran off six straight Points in Les than a minute to raise that five Point margin to 11 with 4.joshowing on the clock. He then tossed in 11 of the 18 tallies the winners counted in the rest of the game while Greene was scor ing .12 and Gordon four to account for All the 3rd div scoring. I i.til7 limit walks Over bears by Ron Delacy staff write Frankfurt is the com z big Blue with six player scoring in double figures Clung to its share of the Susareu tournament Lead Here sunday night by merrily walking Over Berlin s bears 113-87. The top spot had its list of claimants trimmed from three to two the Blue and Usa eur seventh army cel tics both 4-1 in the first half of the double round Robin 8th div fell behind the Pace by losing to the 32ndaadcom. Com z had no trouble handing Berlin its third loss in five games. The Blue led from Start to finish and Drew coach Jim Wilder s Praise for working to Gether As a team for the first time than As i Dividu. The teamwork was reflected inthe scoring. Chuck Washington led with 21, Loston Benton added Curt Critten 19, Bordon 15, Lohse 17, Smith 11 and Herb Edwards 10. Six others Sar action for the Blue and five of them , Crittendon and Ben ton led the Way in the first half defenders overcome pathfinders final minutes for 83-81 verdict by Don Saver staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany is grabbing a Lead with less than three minutes remaining the 32nd army air defense come defenders Hung on gamely to Edge the 8th div pathfinders 83 81 Here sunday night in usar eur basketball tournament a Brown connected on a fast break to give the defenders 76-75 Lead they never lost de spite a pressuring defense by the pathfinders. Perry Polinski added a pair of free throws tomake it 78-75 with 2 22 remain Jim Sindab his a 15-footer from the Side to narrow the Gap to one Point again Leroy Kennedy connected with another two Charity tosses to push the mar Gin to three again at 80-77.Chatman hits Bill Chatman reduced it to on again for the pathfinders with two free tosses of his own Nutbrown countered with a pair from the Stripe and it was three again. Ron Stokes follow shot Cuttle margin once again to a sin Gle Point but that was As closes the visitors could get. The pathfinders were unable to Getoff a shot to tie or go ahead and Brown added a free throw pad the margin just a bit. The game was tied Numero times in the second half after the pathfinders rallied behind Thesna shooting of Bill Jennings and Amos Quick defender baskets by Harris Brown and Ponski opened up the biggest Lead Foi the Home team 51-13, just Mac the second there the Pathfinder marked Chipping away As Jennings started it with a jump shot and a Little left handed Hooke Kennedy hit on a drive for tin 2nd Aad com but Chatman Putin a free throw and Jinn Nis hit another jump shot to slice to margin to three m-5u. Brown hit on a three Point play but Jennings and Martin again hit buckets to Cut t h margin to one Point at f 7-5 split a pushed in a Long jump eito make it three again and Whei the pathfinders then lost Charl Sjones on his fifth personal will or 11 minutes remaining it looked bad for the they continued to plug away As the same combination of Jennings and Martin kept hit Ting. Jennings hit a free toss and Martin connected on a fast break and a jump shot from the Johnson s jumping one hander from the Corner gave the pathfinders their first Lead since arly in the game 63-62. B u Spolinski got it Back for the de fenders with two free tied it with a Charity toss and Johnson sent the path finders out front by sinking two free throws As Polinski collected his fourth personal. Martin added another jumper to run it to How they stand com Mil div 2nd a com Merlin lord div Skutak Lmh div nil army won lost pet. .800.eoo .000 .400 .400 .200 .200 i ret Ltd cum 7 in Lirlin 87 t Sakkal i. 7th army 105, Iril div jiul Aad com h i Mil div i a Atli div 113. By l a 101 92 68-64, the biggest Pathfinder the defenders knotted the count again on four from the line two by Polinski and two More by Gary Kirby. Sindab and Polinski traded buckets and it was still tied at 70-70.Chatman hit on one of two free throws and later canned a jump shot to make it 73-70 for the 8th div. Harris follow shot trimmed it to one but Sindab upped it to three again with a Little Helkie hit a pair from the line just preceding Brown Basket which gave the defenders the Lead for Good. i Grimes Skutak Aad com it Usai it k hrs Chilli t an Luis t h a Lii Vul army is 21th div Bill div at Mannheim & is. Ini div at Fli Weinfurt com z volleyball set for Frankfurt Munich special the 1908com / company level volleyball championships will be conducted april 5-7 at the 3k11 Jym in Frankfurt it announced bythe . Army special services Agency 10 com z districts plus Bremerhaven and the seventh army training Center Are author cd to enter 12-Man team sin the double elimination tournament being hosted by Taurus winning team will Progress to the semifinal round of the us Karkur volleyball cd Uii Pion ships scheduled april Il-12 i Frankfurt and . Polinski was the big gun for the defenders hitting 26 Points on Only seven Field goals but 12free throws. He was cold from the Field but often fouled and reconverted 12 of 16 from the line. He had Good help from Brown who got 10 of his 14 Points in the second , Cool in the first half found the Range for 11 Points inthe second Slan a and Martin had a hot Streak in the second half As Well getting 14 of his 17 after , who scored Only eight Points ail in the first half foul trouble throughout collecting his fourth just into the second half and his fifth just barely after he re entered the game. The pathfinders were whistled for 28 personals com pared to 17 for the winners and Jennings also fouled out in Chelate going. The loss dropped the pathfinders out of a tie for the top spot in the usar Kur double round Robin tourney As both teams now have a 3-2 record. The defender next play Host to staf at the Vogel Weh gymnasium while the pathfinders play Host to Berlin at Mannheim both games being tuesday night. As the Blue opened a Quick Lead and just gradually added to it As the game grew the end of the half five Blue starters and a substitute had a least eight Points apiece and the hosts were 18 Points ahead 59-41,four minutes into the second half Wilder began liberally substituting and the big Blue in Complete control toyed Aroun with behind the Back passes and some fancy patterns to spark Upa game that was otherwise get Ting pretty Russell Alex Taylor ant Ray Thomas were three Brig spots for the bears. They scored 29, 22 and 16 Points respective in Russell getting Loose for fast break layups and popping away from the outside scored 16 first half Points. Taylor added 13, and he was usually responsible for any rebounds the bears go against their taller foes. Big second Hal Thomas scored 14 of his Points in the second half All on Fiel goals and most of them Well away from the Coin a cluttered Basket teamwork and an improve ment on defense made Wilder Happy coach. Even with that score he said pointing to the bears total on the Board this was our Best defensive game. We could t have gotten much bet Ter defense in that first teams Are on the Road in tuesday night s round. The big Blue meets the 3rd div 2-3 at Schweinfurt while the bears play the 8th div 3-2 at Mann Heim. 105-92 Sipp led All scorers in us first half with 14 Points and look ame honors with 35. Greene ind12 and Gordon had 26. The celtics wore Novor behind lifter they broke a 2-2 tie with the game Only one minute old Tom Bradley hit a Long jumper Frank Taylor followed with i three Point Effort off a follow shot and Sipp hit a jump shot from the Corner to make it 9-2 before Gene Khuller converted two free throws for the Marno men. The celts with eight other players joining Sipp in the scor ing then built the Lead to 15 Points before Greene Gordon and Jerome Sacharski hit in rapid succession to reduce it to 10. 19-Polnt from there the winners moved out to a 19-Point Edge their largest of the game at 52-33. Bucket by John West Cut it to 52-35 As the Buzzer sounded end ing the half. The celtics seemed to have lost their zest for action after Derlin Taylor Ili up enl q f 10 2hto o t o o2 01 h 00 3 0-1 1 4 0 0-1 com z a rat Toni n kill urdu Smith Linton w a Linker i Urry a or Mun f 14 24 1-3 3-3 11 1-2 00 0 00 3 11 3 00 2 00 2 1-3 total 37 Kiiu o o r 11 n Corn z Lumli out to Tell foil Temli 41 69 51 11-18 113 4 87 54 113 not. Hitlin n. C no 7, i i. 32nd Aad com q f Micro vhf a 1 00 4 07 i 7 a Nihi own Ili Irula i million Ali Lii Kilby unt of 4 ii-7 5 44 1 00i a a 1 0 01 ii 0 01 8th Oil it m i ii drily 14 14 m. John.,. In hours 4 Hli Lic q f7 i 4 7 i of o 2 4 40 22 00 23 total. I the ulv Mia. 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