European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes saturday armadillos cobras win in v corps Cage meet by John Williamson staff writer Frankfurt is the 3rdbn, 35th Armor armadillos and 115th is in cobras turned i first round wins Here Friday afternoon As the v corps invitational basketball tournament got underway at g i b b s Barrack gymnasium. The armadillos representing the 4th army div had to come from behind to slip past the 1stbn, 36th inf spartans 105-99, in the opener but the cobras representing the seventh army support come romped to uneasy win in their contest against the Cavaliers of the 3rd so 14tharmd Cav 93-82, with substitutes playing most of the Sec Ond half. Friday night s action had the armadillos going against the 1st in 36th arty of Vii corps theother team in the five team tourney while the losers of the afternoon tilts were to fight it out at sudden death to determine which would remain in the double elimination  cobras Are Idle until sat urday afternoon when they will meet the winners of the Arma Dillos-36th arty clash at 1  games saturday Are at 3 . And 8 . Action will wind up sunday with the possible championship game at 2 , and the if necessary contestant 8 imn. The armadillos Down 53-48 at half time came Back on Strong second half efforts oif Rand Bliss and Charlie Jones to grab their Victory Buss who had contributed 20 Points in the first half to keep his team in Conten Tion added a like number after the intermission to top a l Scot ers with 40 Points. Jones tossed in 18 of his 22 in the second  spartans representing the 3rd army div broke to nearly Lead on the outside shoot ing of James Johnson and War ran Jackson although the 4th army div team led briefly at11-10, and dominated first half action. They held advantages of from eight to 10 Points until shortly before the  teams traded goals at the Start of the second half until Richard Krotzer pushed in a Fol Low up added a foul toss Ain then hit a Short jumper for five straight Points to give the winners the Lead for first time at 61-60.bob Latham put the spartans Back in front with a Short Hoo but then Jones and Buss hit in Quick succession and the Anna v corps action Alvin Owens of the3rd in 35th Armor armadillos left photo blocks the path of Bob Latham 32 of the1st in 36th inf spartans in the v corps battalion level invitational basketball tournament Friday in Frankfurt. Latham broke Loose and scored the Basket. Right Randy Buss of the armadillos snares a re bound under Bis own Basket during Sec Ond half action. Kenneth Ward 25 of the spartans Battles for the Ball while team mates Samuel key 44 and Latham 32 watch along with Richard Krotzer 15 of the armadillos. The armadillos won 105-99. Is photos by Schuttler tackle at Tulsa succumbs Tulsa okla. Up Bil Firneno a tackle who promising Youn broke into the University of Tulsa s starting lineup late last season die thursday of complications from heat exhaustion suffered at workout. A native of Mesquite tex.,the 20-year-old Sophomore was stricken while walking to the dressing room after a two hour Spring practice session in 86-degree weather wednesday. Firneno 6-2 and 240 pounds was hospitalized immediately. He was first believed recovering satisfactorily but shortly after 1 . His condition worsened and he died about Firneno was starter in the 1 25 .an offensive Golden Hurri Cane s final two games of 1967and played an outstanding game in Tulsa s 22-13 upset Victory Over Houston Riccitelli beats Marsh to avenge earlier loss Portland Maine up Pete Riccitelli of Portland used Good Speed and an accurate left Jab to take a unanimous 10 round decision from Billy Marsh of Las vegas at the exposition building Here. Riccitelli 170, thus avenged split decision loss to Marsh. Unseld casts lot with Aba bullets continued from Page 11 on the rival american Basket Ball association and his Home town Louisville colonels. He waste bullets no. 1 draft Choice. Announcement of Unseld signing was made at a news conference at a Baltimore  Louisville athlete was escorted to the meeting by the club co owner Earl Foreman who did the negotiating for the bullets. During the past season Unsel led the cardinals to a 20-7 record and a no. 8 position inthe United press International  6-foot, 240-Pound Unseld will be used at either Forward orc enter by the bullets. Unseld s services were also sought by the Hometown Louis Ville colonels of the rival  it was first reported that the All America performer decided to cast his lot with the bullets fans in Louisville purchased full Page advertise ments in the local newspapers urging him to sign with the , considered one of the better big men in College bal the past three seasons aver Buffalo turns Dolphin Miami up the Miami dolphins have signed third round draft Choice Dick Anderson the lick safety Man from the University of colorado.5 aged 18.7 Points his Sophomore year boosted his output to a 19.9 average in his Junio Campaign and climaxed his Brilliant collegiate career with a23-Point average his senior year. The rugged kentuckian also demonstrated his shooting ability by ranking fourth in the nation in Field goal percentage with a Mark of .613.he played High school Ball at Louisville s Seneca High school and rejected offers from schools throughout the . To Atten College in his Hometown. Last summer he played forthe . Team in the pan american games at Winnipeg Canada and in the world University games at Tokyo. Wuerzburg tips Nicols on Hodge s single Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial Ron Hodge slashed a single to score the winning run in the Bottom of the ninth and give the Wuerzburg warriors an 8-7 Winover the Holland Nichols Here Friday in an exhibition game. Dave Moilanen was the winning Pitcher while John Leurs took the  Jones hammered a two run Homer in the fifth inning forthe winners. The warriors collected 12 hits to the Nicols seven. Both teams committed five errors each. Troops capture volleyball Crown Frankf Xart special Theu Sarteur seventh army tips won the Taurus District hosted Sarteur regional double Elim i n a 11 o n volleyball tournament Here by Day by defeating the 8th div in the finals 15-9, 15-11, 15-13at the 3811th gym. The troops will play the win Ner of the other regional tournament which was to end Friday in Wuerzburg for the Usa eur championship at an undetermined site and Date. The 8th div Defeated Seta earlier Friday 15-5,16-14, to gain the finals against Usa eur seventh army tips who advanced  thursday s action usar eur seventh army tips whip Ped v corps 15-9 15-4, setae 15-7, 15-8, and 8th div 15-8, 15-12.All in All the Usa eur seventh army tips team Wen through without losing a game in four  other matches thursday 8th div beat com a 15-12, 15-17, 15-6 com z Defeated v corps 7-15, 15-10, 15-2 and setae downed com a 6-15, 15-12, 15-6. Dillos were ahead to Stav with 16 i Vii corps crowns volleyball champs Nuernberg Germany Spe Cial he co special tips Defeated the 84th engr co in three straight games to win the 1968 Vii corps volleyball Champion ship. The scores were 15-10, 15-5 and15-8. The spartans narrowed and Alvin Owens added the. Winners attack Ranit 17 and figures.  Nightcap was a different Story As the cobras  Lead at the outset and added to its the proceedings progressed. A. With Ohn Brodsky hitting on five out of is from Over 30 feet out they built a Torpoint and Vanta Gein the first eight Mhz. Utes and had upped it to 16 a the midpoint of the half. The Cavaliers representatives of the Host v corps could t find the nets with their Lon shots and found it impossible to penetrate v the Strong Man Tor Man defense employed by the taller cobras. The closest the could manage was 43-31 As the winners ran off the last eight Points of the first half to make it 51-31 at  cobras increased their margin after the intermission and held their biggest Lead 27 Points at 61-34 with 16 min utes left. With 12 minutes to play and the score 70-45, the starting team left the floor for Good and the subs took  Cavaliers with James Singletary leading the w a a fought Back hard from this Point but could not overcome the 2fcpoint deficit. They suffered a further setback when starting Forward Richard Whitman fouled out at 11 41 after having had his effectiveness inhibited from late in the  when he picked up his fourth personal. Singletary led All scorers with24 markers while Brodsky paced the winners with 20. Ray col and Mckinley Mccain had 16 apiece for the Cavaliers and Bil Swindell had 14. Other cobras in double figure were de Waller with. 15,-Sam Gorham with 13 and James Nolland John Holmes with 12 each. The tournament is being stage to determine the top battalion team in Usa eur from those major commands that did not participate in the Usa eur con Ference tourney. Each of the five teams entered won their respective battalion level championships in the 1967-68 season. Lit in 36th inf 3rd in 35lh Armor Latham key Ward  a cloaking love Browder q f t Oft 8 4-7 20 Owens b 2-3 11 7 3-3 17 Krot Xor 4 5 0-3 10 Buss 18 b 1-5 19 Jones � a 11 8-12 31 Cut by w 0-1 y 00-00 i Lwills 1 0-0 00-001 0-0 2 00-00 Tololi 4711-8 105totali 41 17-30 98 1t in 36th inf 3rd in 30th Armor foul Tel out let in Mali int. Johnson 3rd in 3sth Armor a Kkt. Total Foula lat in 30u inf w a in oui Armor �1. 3rd 8q, 14th car 116lh is in Whitman slip Lotary 8 u1 Auh Noui p t �3 & i Brm Uky 10 m � Colo  Rood Kobl Ironbull Willi Colemun Salorma 8-1124 milos2-7 16 Fullor 6-8 10 for min 2-5 14 Noll 0-0 0 Young 0-0 20-0 0 04 3 i i Vii of 0 cushy of a 3 0-a ,5 s-3 15 4 5- w 5 w \ 1 m1 0-0 3 8 0-012j 0-2 1 0-1 j 1-1 � 40 13-23 3nl so 14th car. &u2-9j � total 38 18-3382 total 116th 84s in fouled out urd " � act. Man 116th 848 in Holme total Foula soil Sas in 20