European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes saturday March 30, 1968 celtics big Blue Triumph to Force playoff com z clips Aad com on second half Spur troops slip by bears,107-102, in overtime Khun special Roger Johnson s clutch overtime shoot ing helped the Usa Reuh seventh army troops celtics pull out a wild 107-102 Victory Over the Berlin bears to close out the Usa eur basketball tournament first half schedule. Johnson s seven Points in the extra session enabled the celtics to pick up their sixth Victory i seven outings and leave the Usa eur Quint deadlocked with the com z big Blue atop the first half two clubs meet saturday night in a playoff at Hammon Barrack in Sackenheim. Tom Bradley sent the game in to overtime with a Basket to tie the score 90-90 with Only 11 seconds left in regulation. The bears if or to is one and Bradley two More. Johnson added o n e More bucket to close out the scoring. Berlin started out Strong con trolling the boards with some Fine work by the fj-foot-4 hit often Early As the bears built up their largest Lead at 28-20, on a Taylor jump shot. During the latter stages of the first half the contest tightened up with the score being tied five times at 34, 37, 39, 41 and 43. The celtics did t get an kind of a Lead until Dray s jumper put them in front 33-32 with3 54 remaining. However Roy Sipp s Earl shooting he got 14 of 16 Points in the first half kept the within Range. Russell finally broke a 43-43deadlock with four straight foul shots but Bradley countered tomake it 47-46 at halftime with a three Point play seconds before the second half was nip and tuck with the Lead changing hands six times and being tied three More in the Early stages be fore Dray s jump shot broke a 60-60 knot with just Over 14 min utes left. The celtics went on to pos their biggest margin at 71-65 shortly thereafter but Taylor Tore off nine straight Points on three fielders and three free throws to put Berlin on top 74 71.the Lead switched again six More times going Down the stretch with Taylor hitting a pair of buckets to tie it at 88-88with 2 10 remaining. The bears went into a stall and with 33 seconds left rus sell popped in a Lay in to give them a 90-88 margin. But Brad Ley came Back to knot it again and set the stage for overtime. Bradley paced the close cel tic scoring with 18, followed by Williams " 17 and Sipp s 16.russell s game High of 23 was supported by Taylor and Smith with 21 and Ray Thomas with 16. Berlin starts its second Hal schedule by hosting the 8th div while the celtics entertain the24th div with both tilts slated for tuesday. Coin 7. Usak Kuk Nti army Mil div. aah of her Lii Tel univ ugh lev Skutak to play off Tor Tutlo. Thursday re ult u3aueuu-7i army 107, us Orllo 24th Imp 01. 3rd div a Hill div 82. Aktak 7 j com z 91. A cml Aad com \ i 3 3 4 of 5 u .571 .571 .h3 in Elln 1u3 Kaiserslautern Germany is the com z by Blu guaranteed its presence in sat urday s playoff for the first round title in the Usa eur basketball championships by whipping the 32nd Aad com defenders 91-82, Here Friday night in their last regular first by Ben a hams stuff writer picked As Cage playoff site the com z big Blue saturday night in the single game playoff for the first half title in the Usa eur basketball Champion Wil not be played in the Campber Barr is sri m is 8ved from the Campbell Barracks shoe Box to the gym a Hammond Barracks in Meckenheim which is located in Mannheim area. 8th div sinks setae 82-72 by boo Odem staff writer Usa eur troops Berlin Oft Hammond sins Purl to play with dolphins Tallahassee Fla. A Kim Hammond of Florida state who started the 11 67 Colleg football season As a second string quarterback and ended a second in the nation in Otal of sense signed a contract Las with the Miami dolphins of the american football be. Tej is of the Deal Wen not Dis slip k. Taylor ii Railley Alcorn Johnson 8 0-1 16 Taylor 1 4-5 6 uus Ifill 6 0-6 is Thomaa 7 1-1 1ft sore mini 3 2-2 a 1 Letchor 4 1-1 3 Smith 7 3-4 17 Olimi Lilly 1 00 3 8 0-0 10 Oft 7 7-10 us 6 11-11 23 8 0-2 1 5 3 1-1 7 j 0-2 4 u 4 21 5 03 10 total 45 17-20 107 totals 4022-33102 Usa eur troop 4644 17107 her Len 47 43 12102 a Sulci a out uha Ukuk , Vvhs i. Taylor. , Taylor. foul., a Sakkal l to nip i 2u. Lici Lii 18. Revision gives Barlow Ahl Point race Lead Rock Uksti a . A left Wing Hob Barlow of the Rochester americans gained Aone Point Edge Over Quebec right Wing Simon Nolet in the american hockey ague scor ing race thursday night by league revision of statistics. A review of the scoring Sheet of last saturday night s Cleve land Quebec game showed Noletha two goals and one assist in Stead of two of each As originally credited to him the individual l i i adors up i Oil ,4 h 2 it la j Jui b of n i 2 71 Vij bad Kreuz Nach Germany is producing More turn overs than a bakery the 8th div and setae May have been play ing for the worst team Label but an effective stall kept that distinction from falling on the pathfinders As they overturned the Lions 82-72, in the usar eur basketball championships Here thursday two teams turned de Smith and Jim Naughton into pair of whistle Happy referees As 45 fouls were called plus dozens of travelling and palming the Ball despite the Sloppy Brand of Ball it had All the earmarks of close exciting game. With Only 3 20 left in the game the path finders of the 8th div were Nurs ing a 72-70 minute later holding a 74 70 advantage the 8th div went into a stall. A steal by Steven Whisler of setae went to no Avail As he missed an easy Layup. The pathfinders regained pos session and picked up free throws by Girardeau Kennedy Bill Chat Man and two by Jim Sindab As the of setae began foul ing to Stop the clock. Two easy layups by Mel j o h n s o n an Sindab in the final nine seconds made the count look like the pathfinders won easily. It was just a Case of what team played the worst in deter mining the Winner of this game said Pathfinder coach dreg Bell but we had the deeper Bell and setae Mentor Lewis Allen were disappointed i their teams performances. The pathfinders completed the first half of the championship schedule in a tie for third place with a 4 3 record while the Lions ended up in the cellar with a 16ledger. Allen went for height As in started the tallest team he could fit together and for better than five minutes they looked like world beaters As they hopped on the pathfinders and limit up an impressive i. Their departures definitely Hurt setae with its rebounding. Round encounter. The usar Kur seventh army troops celtics meanwhile Wen skimming by the Berlin hears107-102, in the divided City to match the big Blue s 6-1 Force the showdown. Saturday s one game playoff will take place at Hammond Barracks in Meckenheim Start ing at 8 . Superlative rebounding handball handling in the second half preserved the big Blue s title Hopes after the smaller de end ers had controlled the boards an the game throughout the first 25 minutes of action. The hosts ral lied from a six Point deficit to take a 44-42 halftime Edge an they were still in front at 55-54 with 14 20 left in the contest. On top to stay the 55-54 margin came onix Roy Kennedy s free throw the second on a two shot foul after he had missed the first one but Burly de Smith put the his Bleon top to stay moments later with a sweeping , in route to another game High performance of 25points, followed the Hook with a Brace of free throws a few seconds later and then scored on a rebound after the Alert com defense had picked off a stray defender was All she wrote for the upset hungry defenders. They Cuttle margin Back to three Points or some momentary Hope but Huck Washington s Layup off he front end of a Herb la hse to Washin ton pass Kitten killed the bid. And the big Blue was pulling Way Down the stretch As no defenders tired and committed Ostly fouls. When accorded such an Opportunity the visitor stepped up and automatically re corded one and two Points inc cashed in on 23 of 29 from the Gratis lines. The defenders Alson Jovad free throw accuracy but Lorn z was t As aggressive an the hosts Only got to attempt 18 _ they made 14. Defenders sweep hoards Perry Polinsky Larry Browband Tom Harris whippy t n e by Blue handily off is a tap . I i Lvii g in u t k l " \ b u i a t univ 4 a i i 00 01 0 u 0 0 i 0 0 1 i 0ou the div the my in 111 b 4 v 0 2 a a v 3 a ii 0 f 1 400 1510 26 3-1 13 i i 00 00 2 i ii k b it a. In .si,11 la in the first half and cheers used this show a. With some Sharp shoo Harris Kennedy an Marovich to keep Hun the defenders fed � Points behind and erased the disa Vauta forging four Point they scored 10 straight the last time after Rita a �. Hind 36-30. Harris and k each had two buc Brown notched thu the Rel Muriul tote Boam the defenders in iveral inches per Man in jumping positions on following the first i Edwards accounted i the bin Blue s i Al getting Hittle help a a lilo the cast. 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