European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 20 the stars and stripes Thun Doy March Manning to stay As coach Pittsburgh up John lied Manning tuesday changed his mind about quitting As Duquesne University basketball coach and decided to stay on for at least another season his Lith. At a big increase in salary. Manning said he agreed to another one year contract after Duquesne made him a very attractive financial  he would not disclose his new salary but said the Money increase was  alarming had intended to resign after Duquesne s appearance in the National invitation tournament in which the Dukes wore eliminated in the opening round. He had been reported dissatisfied with the school s basketball setup including scheduling recruiting and academic Stan Dards. 6-10 twins still his intention to resign was regarded As surprising since Duquesne has a very Strong unbeaten freshman team led by 6-10 identical twins Garry and Barry Nelson. The Dukes record this past season was 18-6. Manning s record Over 10 seasons was 140-97. Manning changed his mind after conferring monday with the Rev. Henry j. Mcanulty University president. Still tied for top "6 b s b by Ron Dolac staff writer Schweinfurt Germany is Corn z s big Blue Shook off a surprising scare by the 3rddiv Here tuesday night pulling out a 90-89 Victory Over the Marne men to hang on to a piece of the Usa Reuh tournament  tougher than expected Triumph left the Blue knotted wit the Usa Kuh seventh army troops celtics for first place in the first half of the double round Robin tourney. Both Are 5-1. The loss was the fourth straight after two wins for the  big Blue held the Lead against 3rd div for the last inc bears defeat Ettli div after Early rampage by John Williamson staff writer Mannheim Germany is the Berlin bears staved off a late rally by the 8th div path finders to stagger to a 94-89 Vic tory in a Usa eur Champion ship basketball game at the Kae Fertal sports Arena Here tuesday night. Both teams now have 3-3 records in the first round of the double round Robin playoff. The bears wind up their first round play thursday with a Home game against the league leading us a eur seventh army troops celtics in the Berlin sports Cen Ter while the pathfinders finish against setae 1-5 at Rose Barracks in bad Kreuz Nach a soon thursday. A pair of 6-foot-l guards Bill Russell and Ray Thomas plus Pivot Man Alex Taylor were responsible for the bears piling up a big Early Lead that enabled them to outlast the antics of the pathfinders Jim Sindab Bill Alex Taylor. Big gun for Berlin defenders trounce setae 106-74, after rolling up big first half Lead by Bob Wicker staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany is the fast breaking 32nd air defense come defenders rolled to a 29-Point Lead in the first 14 minutes of action Here tuesday night and went on to puncture the porous setae Lions defense for a 100-74 Victory. The win gave coach Gary Van Galder s defenders a 4-2 record and sole Possession of third place in the first half of the eight team double round a o b i n Usa eur basketball Champion ships. It was the Lions poorest performance in the tourney Al though they had dropped four of five earlier games and Given up Over 100 Points per game. The de fenders getting Points from All 12 of their players caught the Lions napping and when their visitor from Italy were finally aroused the g a m e was All but salted away. The 32nd never trailed after Quick baskets by David Scheetz Larry Brown and Leroy Kenned produced a j-0 Lead. After the Lions pulled to within three at of the defenders began to run wild and were in complete1  at 3h-9 with six min utes left in the half. The Lions hit Only l ii per cent of their shots in the first half and Delurm one stretch the went almost six minutes without scor ing a goal. Meanwhile the de fenders were getting off -1j shuts in the  half 17 More than Cowboy a o Long Uskach Calif. Ltd Aee Berry of Modesto Calif., has captured the All around Cov bus award of the Pacific indoor setae and hitting 45 Pel cent. The score was 49-23 at half time and the Small crowd directed most of its attention to the jazzed up music being furnished by the 30th army band of Kaiserslautern during the last half of the to hum contest. There were no defensive plays to speak of by either team in the free scoring second half penguins stay in playoff race by beating la in Liswood Calif. Up left Wing a Mcdonald s 20th goal of the season with 2 16 remaining gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 Victory Over los Angeles tuesday night to keep the penguins National 11 e e k e y league Western division playoff Hopes alive. The Triumph moved the penguins to within three Points e f fourth place St. Louis which was Idle. The Kings remained in a tie with Philadelphia for first place in the expansion division. The Kings trailing 1-0, tie Al the is Ore at 10 30 of the second be nod on right Wing Lowell Maedonald s 21s goal. Pittsburgh took the Lead at 12 11 of the first be Riel. Verance enter Karl i Garfield flipped i l a rebound. Andy Uatha ate had an assist i the winning g o a 1 to move into a tie with Eddie Joyal of the Kings for first plan in the w a Iii division scoring race at m Points apiece. Which saw the defenders hold the upper hand again 57-51. The nearest the Lions came to making a game out of it was when consecutive baskets by Herm Baldwin Frank Robinson and Paul Carter Cut the defend ers Lead to 15 Points at 74-59with 7 22 left in the game. The 32nd finished up with a 47 per cent shooting Mark and setae tallied on 32 per cent fits floor shots. The Lions also had a rough night at the foul line making Only 16 of 32 at tempts. The defenders dominated t h boards with 6-6 Perry Polinsky 6-4 Thomas Harris and 6" 3 Brown doing most of the work. Brown connected on five of six floor shots in the second half and finished up with 20 Points to Pace All scorers. Baldwin and Doug Ruch with 12 each and Frank Robinso with 10 were High for the Lions. First half action in the eight team tourney winds up thursday night with the defenders hosting the com z big Blue 5-1 Here Ami setae moving on the bad Kreuz Nach for a game with the huh div pathfinders 3-3who least a 9-1-89 decision to Berli tuesday night. 8etaf Kuril  .1.1 i Tilv. Ill Tor  rein  Truy , i Lulu Khz  q f a 11 0i a 0 2 000 1 0 i i i Iloo Tooa i h 340 3i. No Waucoma f Rulnik Kyhi us n  m of 11. A i by Ali Hula  m.  i o 0 0 14 a 11i-a to 01 u 0j 3 j u Wittak 21 j 1 la ii Baucom 6/iu  out 111,1.0. I  imii., Kcal Vujih talk us us. Chatman and Bill Jennings in the final period of play the winners led 49-32, at the half and Hussell and Thomas car ried them to a 59-38 advantage their largest Lead in the first five minutes after the intermission. But the pathfinders playing with much More determination than they had shown in the first half Cut it to 59-44 on three Quick Field goals by Jennings with 14 minutes remaining. The losers managed to shave Only three Points off that margin in the next nine minutes and with five minutes left they closed the Gap to 81-75 on buckets by Jennings and Charlie Jones and a pair of free throws by Mel John son. 11-Point Lead the bears came Back with two free throws by Mussel plus a Basket and a free throw by Eric Sorenson to go ahead by in and coasted in. Chatman hit two Field goals and Sindab one in the final minute to account for the final margin. The score was knotted at 2-2 and then 4-4 before Sindab put the pathfinders ahead for the Only time of the evening with a jumper that made it 6-4 after two minutes of play. The bears then ran off 10 straight Points to take the Lea for Good. During that spurt Russell and Thomas hit on driving layups Taylor hit a turn around jumper and Hank Ilem Phill connected on a Field goal and two free throws. After Jones hit for the 24th, Taylor s Hook and two foul tries and a set shot by Russell made it 20-8. Buzzer shot the winners steadily increased their margin from there an were ahead by 19 49-30 before Johnson netted a Long one As the Buzer sounded ending the half. Russell and Thomas dominated the Ball handling for the bears and continually set up Good passes to Taylor who was the games High scorer with 27 markers 15 coming in the first half. Russell also had 15 of his 22 Points before the break. Tho Mas accounted for 14 a Ter the intermission to finish with 20 Sindab had 19 Points to ton the pathfinders. He was followed by Chatman with 17, Jennings within and Johnson with 15 ii aau  , Umoru q 11 b 10 58 till 0-3 u a 4 it t a 22w 4 14 Jones Aurum Musab i in Libya a Lukaj q 6 0 01 o Milf pm j 11 6 cd. 1 111 111 00  0 m 0  0 0 i 0 n 38qo to to 00 0-7 34  total. J/1b248tf Tutt. , Hu-.vj., " 6/-j in  lui.l., Jim of Lull i flu Ilia Joe Louis  surgery Detroit a _. Joe Louis the forint a heavyweight la my Champion entered a Detroit hos Pital tuesday to Uii Eli go surgery for Gall stones. A 90-m minutes of the game but it i ism a uni taxi Bolth s drive lav.,made it 90-87 with three is seconds remaining. Asly Tjit just in t enough Tomc make up three Points unless foul shot can be worked in 4a Field goal so the big n ill wisely gave Marne Man toy it Gerald an undefended run at the Basket he scored the Buzz sounded and that was that. While com z was riot Scutti Jany percentage fires at the free throw line it was there that the difference was made.-. The Blue behind by seven in Field goals made 28 out of 42 foul tosses to the Marne men s 13-for-20. Smith was the High scorer with29 Points getting 15 of them on foul shots. Herb Edwards added16 Blue Points and Chuck Washington after getting nothing inthe first half finished with 13. Latin tops six Marne men reached double figures led by Roland latin s 1? and Teggie Greene s 1c. The big Blue opened the game s longest Lead late in the first half going up by eight Points 38-30, when Smith monopolized a minutes Worth of scoring with a Short Hook shot and five out of six free throws. The hosts got the Best of the next three minutes though to narrow the Gap to one Point by a if time. The Marne men ended their rally at the Start of the second half taking the Lead on a latin Layup but quickly losing it to Smith at the free throw line. Greene hot the Lead went bark and Forth for the next 10 minutes. Greene was hot from the outside for the Marne men and Smith was scoring with a variety of shots for com  straight baskets by Washington put com z ahead with 9 17 remaining and the Blue held off their hosts the rest of the  thursday night s round the Marne men will Host the 24 h div 1-5 at kit Yin in while the big Blue plays the 32nd Aad com 4-2 at kaisers Lau  z coach Jim Wilder was not overjoyed with his Loam s performance particularly Wita the floor shooting Cool 29cent. But he reasoned join i have then1per"1 guess we re  com z o Smith wish div  cum z. Jul Zivko Ishii out i i in total  com ii How then t Haukur sit will Lilu /4 a  talk us Mil ulv jul inv  to u l me Al h ii i Aii i t Uii /. W. Jail i in j Luishi i Holli inv us jul aah 1 m 1  � com a i .ii.r.aai. M filth in Ata " Tifel of lit Mil i a 1. Kieu. U