European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes monday april 8, 1968 65 personals celts outscore bcars9 127-109 in foul Battle by John Williamson staff writer Heidelberg is Theu Saker seventh army troops celtics won the basketball game Here saturday night 127-109, but the Berlin bears won the foul shooting contest in a second half tilt of the Usa eur basketball championships. A total of 65 personal foul were called in the wild and woolly game at the Campbel Barracks gymnasium with the bears converting on 41 of 55chances at the line while the celtics were hitting Only 29 of 44. The win gave the celtics a 2-1mark for the second half of play and put them in a three Way tie for second place with the 32nd Aad com defenders and the com z big Blue. All Are one game behind the undefeated 3rddiv Marne men. The bears have yet to win i three starts during the second outcome of saturday same was never in doubt after the celts ran off nine straight Points from a 25-25 deadlock Midway through the first 10 35 Ken Alcorn made both big Blue tops defenders with hot first half spree Roy Sipp. 39-Point night hots on a one and one situation rank Taylor then made the first in a similar play but missed thee cond and Alcorn tipped in the bound Roy Sipp popped one in rom the Corner and Taylor stole he Ball from Berlin s Tim rus sell and went All the Way in to hit from the outside for he bears to Cut the margin to seven but Sipp countered with to Quick baskets from the cornering the celts were 11 Points up. The bears never got leaving the floor at half Ime with a 14-Point Edge at 61-47,he winners came Back in the second half with two Quick Goalsby Alcorn and one by Ralph noddy to move 20 Points ahead. The Only question from that joint on was whether or not the benches of the two teams would be deep enough to withstand the whistle tooting and enable the to finish with five players each on the celtics lost Taylor and Tom Bradley on personals and had five others with four apiece against them when the game ended. The bears lost Russell de Mallett and Eric Sorenson while three others had four each. Sipp led All scorers in the con test with 39 points15 of them in the last eight minutes that took 30 minutes elapsed time to Complete. Alcorn backed him up with 21 markers 15 in uie first Johnson with 12 and Jamerson and Dewey William with 11 each were the other celtics in double and Alex Taylor led the Bear attack with 28 and 26points, respectively. Sorenson chipped in with 15 and Ray Thomas had 13. The bigger Usa eur squad dominated the play on both of the backboards with Williams taking almost Complete charge while he was in the game. Johnson an Paige also worked Well off the celtics got a Chance to break their tie with the de fenders monday night when they travel to Kaiserslautern for a continued on Paye 22 by Ben Labium staff writer Frankfurt is come s big Blue left the Lead in the second half Competition of Theu Sarteur basketball tournament in the sole Possession of the 3rd div Marne men Here saturday night by beating the32nd Aad com defenders 88-75. The Victory created a three Way deadlock for second place Between the big Blue the de fenders and the Usa Keur seventh army tips All of whom own 2-1 records and rank one game in Back of themar Nemen 3-0. A 16-Point consecutive scoring Binge brought the charges of Jim Wilder Back from the dead late in the firs half and forged an unbeatable Lead. The de fenders had been leading from the time Dave Marovich made the count 15-13 at one Point by As Many As eight Points Ami were up 36-31, with 4 07 left in the half. They did t score again be fore intermission. In the interim Tom Baker hit on a 10-Footerand fed off to Loston Benton for a cripple following a Beautiful fake. Benton added another Basket and to free throws and Good blocked Smith left and Herb Edwards of com bottle up the Lane and Block a shot by 32nd Aad com s Tom Harris 34 during the first half of saturday s Usa eur tournament game. At the left is Bill Helkie of the 32nd Aad com. Com z took an 88-75 verdict. Is photo by Schuettler setae overcomes 8th v1cenza, Italy special setae s Lions stunned the 8th div pathfinders with a burst of Speed and 15 Charity tosses inthe second half to wipe out an eight Point halftime deficit an climb to an 87-78 Victory Here saturday in second round playoff the Usa eur basketball championships. The Victory was setae s Firstin second round action after be ing outclassed by 32nd Aad com 92-81 and outscored by 24th div 112-100 earlier in the pathfinders now stand even with the Lions at 1-2. Setae miserably out rebound de in the first period dominated the latter half of the contest blitzing the pathfinders with wildcats pick v1llanova, in Albuck a. Up Frank Boal and line backed John Sadoski the leading scorer and of defensive player for i Lianou h oot Bali team Las fall have bet a selected a co for the 1068 Wildcat fast Breaks and forcing several guard Mel Johnson turnovers. Reserve came off the Bench Midway in the first half to spark the path finders fast break and drop in 12 Points while the 8th div Builta 46-38 halftime advantage. The scoring was Low but the action fast As the Lions and path finders used fast Breaks and run Ning tactics throughout the first half to keep the defences scram bled. Setae sparked by 5-foot-7 guard Doug Ruch remained within striking distance at the Halfway Mark with 13 tallies five of them from the Charity line. Charles Jones Early scoring helped the pathfinders build a 24-12 margin their biggest entered later in the half and the pathfinders stayed i control and the closest setae could come was eight Points the intermission margin. The Lions immediately started to close the Gap after the break tying it at 60-60 with 11 40 remaining on a 25-foot shot by her Man Baldwin and his full court pass to Charles Davis for a fast break Jennings got two on a fast break of his own and Jones popped in a fielder for a 64-60 Pathfinder margin. But Baldwi tallied on a cripple and Willie Wade hit two free throws and afield goal Ron Stokes of the 8th div was called for goal ending to give the Home team a 66-84 Lead it never relinquished. Ruch hit six Points to Sparks Etaf to a 78-68 margin with 5 20 remaining. The Winner stalled out the final minutes and cashed in on 8th div fouls. Setae s Wade was a big Cogin the second half tossing in 16 Points and pulling Down eight rebounds while Bob Lee chipped Johnson stops Modermott Portland Maine up George Johnson of Trenton n.j., stopped Irish Jimm Mcdermott of Ilo Yoku mass., in the seventh round of their scheduled 10-round feature bout at the exposition building thursday night. In with six gift shots and a pair of fielders. Wade led All scorers with 25points while Ruch hit 19 and Lee 16 Points and pulling Down eight printmakers with 21 and Jones added 17. The Lions and pathfinders no run into the top two teams in the tourney setae travelling Towel Flecken " second half Marneen and the pathfinders hosting the first half Champion com z big Blue at Buu Holder monday night. Curt Crittendon and Herb Edwards accounted for two buckets apiece before Tom Harris could end the famine. By then the count read 47-38.the defenders sliced their deficit to three Points at 54-51, 56-53 and58-55, but the big Blue terminated the closeness by outscoring the visitors 13-5, in a matter of two and one half minutes. From that juncture the game never was in doubt. It was interesting however from a viewpoint of technicality officials Frank Bailey and Jim Sweigert blew four technical fouls before the conclusion of had assessed one in the first half establishing a Tournai men record of five in a single game. Com z s Bob Lohse was charged with the one in the first half and the last one of the other three involved 32nd s Harris and coach Gary Van Galder. Lohse s came Over Voci semis objections to personal foul Calls. Harris Drew his first one for being to rough in handing the Ball to the official and Van Gal Der got uie to sign when he objected to that Call. Moment Slater Harris was nailed again on a personal and was waived out of the contest on a flagrant tech Nical when he said something to the whistling Crew. Key men miss game both clubs operated with key men missing because of Emer gency illness at Home. The big Blue went without Chuck Washington and the defenders had to replace Larry Brown. Each has been a key Man in the respective lineups All season. Big Blue s replacements came rough better in the situation. Walt Moody started in washing ton s Slot and turned in a Strong a mid game Early in the he faltered Wilder sent in Benton. That was something Akin to Pinch hitting Ted Williams for Stan Musial the Way thing turned out. Benton led the come Back tallied 24 Points for the night and turned in a near Brilliant floor game. The 24 markers took scoring laurels for the game. By Desmith a Tower of strength off the boards added 20 to the conqueror s cause and Edwards and Lohse tallied 13 and 10, respectively. 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