European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday april 18. The prep scene ii tils off to one who remembers athletes abroad by Bob Wicker staff writer what the . Dependent schools in Europe need is a goo Public relations Man. That s right Public relations us Desea has an excellent sports program that takes in some 28 High schools in half dozen countries. It gets its share of outstanding athletes too. The trouble is that the right people in the right places Don t know this. The right people in the right places Are the athletic director Sand coaches at colleges and universities Back in the states who Are handing out thousands of scholarships every year to boys who often Are no better athletes than the Cream of the crop Here in , we were Happy to learn recently that some one Back in the . Does realize this and is willing to help. That person is retire Navy commander a. G. Ristan who is now working in the office of the vice president for administrative affairs at the University of Maryland. During my last tour of duty in Neucom i noted the difficult your dependent High school boys had locating athletic scholarships writes cmdr. Ristan. Having recently retired and taken a position on the staff of the University of Maryland i decided to try to help Correct the situation. In order to even Start a program it is Vita that i become Well informed As to the Quality of the athletes now performing in the european High schools. Your publication is undoubtedly the Best single source of this information. Is there any Way i can get information concerning the performance of High school football players this past season anything that can be done to help even one athlete scholar get to Colleg would More than compensate for the time expended he con  several Days now we be been scanning last fall s sports pages and digging up information for cmdr. Ristan. But a boy newspaper write  never Tell the Complete Story. Most schools want to either see the boy perform or see motion pictures of Himin game action. For the Benefit of us Desea s coaches Here s the address four no. 1 Contact cmdr. A. G. Ristan ret., administrative affairs University of Maryland College Park 20740.hats off to cmdr. Ristan scholarship for Cheeks in last week s column we noted that former stars and stripes athletes of the year Terry Brennan and Bob Lueke Are attending universities Auburn and Rutgers respectively on athletic scholar ships. At that time we did t know where last year s Winner Fred Cheeks was located. We had a letter from Fred this week and he informs us that heis attending Virginia Union University at Richmond va., on four year football scholarship. This past football season Iran halfback and Fla Kerback at Virginia Union. The team registered a 5-3 record writes Cheeks during the basketball season i ran indoor track in order Roget an Early Start on the up coming track season. I am Inthis Spring season running on the 440-Yard relay team in the open 220, and on the mile relay team that has posted a 3 22 sofar this season he added. At bad Kreuz Nach in his senior year Cheeks scored eight touch Downs and passed for three More out of a team total of 16 while playing All of the Backfield positions. The us Desea track Champion in the 100 and 200ik ,. Jyh Kkt .,.asasm meters last Spring scored his Fred Cheeks to s on runs of 28, 58. 85, 30, 35,20, 55 and 4 Yards. He earned All conference honors in basketball As Well As football before starting off the track season with 18 consecutive victories in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. He scored 14 Points for the bearcats in Theu Desea track finals by taking the 100 and 200 and placing Sec Ond in the 400.this year s Hunt for a stars and stripes athlete of the year started last week and runs through May 15. Nominations which must be signed by at least one coach for whom the athlete played during the 1967-68 school year should be sent to the stars an stripes attention sports Apo 09175. 126 in Heidelberg relays the 3rd annual Heidelberg invitational relays held this Pas weekend were a rousing Success. All but three of the relay records were broken As 126 boys from eight schools took part in the 19-event meet. Ludwigs Burg was the unofficial Winner with Strong teams from Frankfurt Kaiserslautern Wiesbaden and Heidelberg making the races interesting. Ludwigs Burg s victories came in the 100-Yarddash Phil Spottswood 10.2four mile relay Dick Napier Jim Sledge Drew Sledge and Mike Ellis 20 02.4120-Yard High hurdles Mike Porter 16.3440-Yard relay Jay Spindler Bert Flanery Chuck Slaughter and Spottswood 46.1and the 880-Yard relay Spindler Flanery Slaughter and spottswood37.3. R Marne men Bounce 8th div wrap up 2nd-half Crown Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial the Well balanced 3rd div Marne men raced past the8th div pathfinders 89-65, Here tuesday night to Clinch the us a eur basketball tournament s second half championship in unbeaten fashion. The Marne Man will now fac com a the first half victors in a Best of three series for Theu Sarteur title. The playoffs will be held april 21, 25 26 Ona Home and Home basis. Once again it was team Effort for the Marne men As five play ers scored in double  Gordon led the assault with 20 Points followed by Reggie Greene with 17, Roland latin 14, Vic Bender 13 and toy Fitz Gerald 10. It was More of a one two punch for the 8th div which entered the second half of the tournament with a 2-5 record. Capturing game scoring Honor was the pathfinders Bill Chat Man with 25 Points and team mate Bill Jennings assisted with 13.pathfinder coach Glen Ball had earlier predicted that the3rd div would be in for a sur prise. The shocker turned out Tobe a full scale stall in the first half but the Marne men Force the Pathfinder guards into costly turnovers to effectively breakup the stall. The game started with latin scoring on a 25-footer. The path finders immediately started their slow Down but could not hold on to the Ball and the 3rddiv took a 6-1 Lead. It was not until five minutes into the game that the 8th div s first Field goal was  kept plaguing the pathfinders As the 3rd div Lead steadily mounted. Toned Down Turbine cars to enter 5oo Indianapolis ind. A the Granatelli Turbine cars stripped of some muscle by . District court decision will be in the Indianapolis 500-Milerace anyway. Joseph Granatelli president of Paxton products of Santa Monica Calif., announced tuesday he had mailed entries for a six car entry ahead of the monday Midnight deadline. His brother Andy Granatell iof Des Plaines 111., president of Studebaker s sep division file the entries in january. But they were rejected by the . Auto club for Lack of information on the engines and  then got embroiled in litigation with the Sac which sanctions the Indianapolis motor Speedway event. He lost Asuit to prevent enforcement of a new Sac limitation of 15.999square inches of air intake on a Turbine engine. 23-Inch intake his original Turbo car in which Parnelli Jones led most of the 1967 Indianapolis classic had a intake of about 23 Square Inch  s Paxton products is a member of the Studebaker corporate family and it participated in building the six  disclosed that All six engines will meet the new rules including the replacement tur Bine in the Jones car. Five willbe new St-84 Pratt & Whitney turbines built by United aircraft of Canada Ltd. Engines which originally had a 24.5-Square-Inchair intake were reduced by re moving the first two compres sors leaving Only two. Some turbines have As Many As nine compressor stages. Details on the sixth engine were not Given. Four of the Granatelli Carswill be raced and two held in re serve. The garage has Only two Drivers former indy 500 win ners Jones and britishers Gra Ham Hill. Jimmy Clark was a Granatelli Driver until he was killed at Bockenheim Germany on april 7. Two More experienced Drivers Are being sought. Strong possibilities Are Jacki Stewart of Scotland and Jim Mcelreath of Arlington . Agajanian of san Pedro Calif., Veteran race car owner also sent word that he mailed two entries before the deadline which would bring the Field to at least 74 cars. That s Well under the 90 entries in 1967. The last mail delivery tues Day brought in five More entries including one for another son of a famous Driver killed on the Speedway. Gary Bettenhausen of Tinley Park 111., son of the late Tony Bettenhausen was named to drive a Turbo charged offenhauser entered by Joe Hunt of los Angeles. Jack Adams Walls miss., entered a Lola Ford As backup car for Bob Hurt Potomac md.,previously named to drive an experimental Allison Turbine car. Three Chevrolet powered car without Drivers were entered by three californians Lysle Green Man of Northridge and Jerry Eisert and Otto Becker both of Newport Beach. Wit four minutes left in jul of t"5 i team Dow by 13�Ball had his players band pm the stall and go into i Felt press. A fast break Layup by Chatman closed the Gap to 213. But then the 3rd div s Back Board control started to take toll. A tip in by Fitzi pushed the Lead to 15 Points wih two minutes showing and it 34-20 at the halftime Buzzer the second half started wit both teams playing run and second Hau final Loit 01 a 4 4 5 __x-3rd ply. 7 Jot Corn be j8areun-7th army 6 24tn div 332nd Aad com. 3 8th div. A Berlin. 1 beta.f1x-won second Haltek pint half Champion tuesday s reauiu3rd div 80, 8th div 05 com z 101. 24th div 89 usar huh eth army 103, betaf32nd Aad com 91, Berlin 82 pet1.000. .85?.714 .429.429 2m.143 .14 80 shoot Ball. The pathfinders fought Back to within 11 Points before the 3rd div turned the game into a rout. Sharp accurate passing by latin and Greene kept the path finders bewildered. With the 8th div stuck at the 33-Point Mark the Marne men rang up 12 straight markers to take a 25 Point Lead. The 3rd div hit 41 of 92 shots for a 44 per cent Mark and the 8th div connected on 25 of 68 for. 37 per cent. The path finders were out rebounded 43 27. Marne coach Joe varg hailed the win As a total team Effort. He praised his Marner Nenford keeping a steady head against the 8th div s stall and full court press. 8th div Jennings Johnson Lang  Marti Anderson 3rd div 6 3-3 13 latin20-14 Greene 33-47 Gordon 10 0-6 25 f gerald3 2-6 6 Mon Noel 30-06 bender1 0-3 2 Jenkins Curran Newberry West 28 13-22 65 total 41 7-1 8 20 4m 34 5wj totals 8th div 3rd div fouled  foula8th div 9, 3rd div 13. Follmer crashes but walks away Riverside Calif. Up George Follmer 36, the 1965 Road racing Champion walked away from an Accident which destroyed his Lola Chevrolet at openings still left for Garmisch skiing Garmisch Germany Spe Cial there Are still plenty of openings for the annual Garm Isch Spring ski week slated april 22-26 on the Zug Spitze announced Bert Hilgers Garmisch recreation area ski  entry fee is $45.00 per individual and is payable at the registration desk Eidsee hotel lounge at 8 . Sunday april la. Billeting and entry arrange ments must be made by writing Garmisch recreation area Ustaski school Apo 091713, Riverside raceway tuesday afternoon. Follmer of Arcadia Maui was driving Over the Tomile Short course in practice the Riverside . Road race championship april 27-28 when the front suspension broke the car was thrown off Ujj track hit a Chuck Hole flew j the air and skidded 200 feet a Fence knocking Over m  s Only injury was a bloody nose but a trac spokesman said the car a destroyed and he will w doubtful starter for the  the time of the acc maj Follmer was an estimated to seconds under his record or in course. He had completed i 111.032 Miles an hour