European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes big Blue captures e by Ben afire Mastaff writer Bamberg Germany is the Usa eur basketball tournament ended in thrilling fashioning John f. Kennedy gymnasium Here Friday night As Liston Ben ton Sank a pair of free throws with 25 seconds remaining to give the com z big Blue a rub Ber game 94-92 Triumph Over themar Nemen of the 3rd div. Com z and the 3rd div Hadron the first and second half titles respectively in Theu Sarteur double round Robin eliminations to set the stage for their Best of three series. The big Blue won the first Gam tuesday night but the Marne men came Back on thursday to Force things right Down to the wire. And the big Blue took the championship with the tournament s leading scorer and one fits top Rebo unders Burly de Smith Riding the Bench. He incurred a knee injury in the wan ing seconds of the first half of thursday s game and although he played the entire second Hal of that game was not dressed for the finale. Good teamwork but realizing they did t hav smitty to fall Back on if things got Tough the other com z Cag ers won the title with a magnificent display of teamwork. Bento turned in his Best performance of the tournament with a spectacular 32-Point performance. Walt Moody Drew the Gigantic task of filling smitty s shoes scoring 11 Points and turning income Sterling rebounding. Chuck Washington Herb Edwards and Bob Lohse also abetted the scor ing cause handsomely and cur Crittendon turned in a Sharp floor game and some stingy defens before leaving via the foul route with 7 08 left in the game.3rd div jumped off to a 7-1 Lead and seemed to been route to possible runaway right off the Bat but com z look a timeout to Stem the tide and came Back to knot the count at 15-15, Only to fall right Back into a five Point deficit. On Civ again the big Blue fought Back to gain a 25-24 Lead. The Lead change hands for the next four Points. Then com z went to Tow with a dazzle dazzle performance featuring Benton Edward Sand Lohse and opened up a 44-32 half time margin most of the scoring came off fast Breaks or fancy passes that left the shooter virtually big Blue seemed headed for a Complete rout Early in the second half As Benton and Washington singed the nets and the champions advantage zoomed to 17 , the worm turned All of a sudden it was the 3rddiv, with big Vic Bender who tallied 31 Points and tiny Reggie Greene who added 27, doing most of the damage which forged tothe front the Gigantic Corn z Lead melted away like Snow in july and the Marne men move ahead 70-69, on Tom Gordon s twisting drive in with 9 02 show ing on the clock. A follow up 4 y Greene made it 72-69u but a wards hit a Hook and Crittendon banged one Home from the Side to Send big Blue one up again. Greene s Basket one by Gordon and three free throws gave the Marne men an apparently insurmountable Edge with 8 50 remain a two free throws and Benton e c t a c a r Dave beaming Wilder lauds teamwork by Ben Abrams staff writer Bamberg Germany is Jim Wilder was t too Happy be fore Friday night s championship Sarteur basketball game. But he was a beaming Man couple of hours later after the big Blue had done the impossible and won the title with a stirring 94-92 Triumph Over the 3rd div Marneen. Things really looked glum to Day Wilder said. Smitty the tournament s leading scorer Desmith was hobbling around with a bad leg and we knew we had to go without him. Losing him to us is something like taking Wilt Chamberlain away from the 76ers. I told the other Guys thai they d have to play their Best game of the year if we were go ing to be in the thick of things. And Wilder beamed proudly did they Ever do just that i la Tell you that was one of the greatest demonstrations of team work i have Ever seen. They got into trouble and fell behind a couple of times and things did t look too , they never knuckled under. They came fighting Back and Tsujimoto Kos baby Cassius Tokyo a Hidemori Tsujimoto ranking japanese lightweight knocked out baby Cassius of los Angeles at 1 min Ute 33 seconds of the seventh round thursday night. The Vic Tor weighed 134�/� pounds to 131for Cassius. Won the game. These boys Dis played some real coolness under pressure Ostyn com z hero Loston Benton who scored 32 Points turned in by far his Best game of the Campaign. He did about everything scored rebounded and set up the other Guys for Points and he turned in some Fine defensive work. And did t Walt Moody come through for us in grand fashion too he blocked a few shots grabbed Many key rebounds and scored11 Points or so. He really filled smitty s shoes pretty Well especially off the praises others Wilder also lauded Herb Edwards for a Strong Board game Bob Lohse for some key Points Chuck Washington for his usual Strong scoring and Board contributions and Curt Crittendon for some Stellar defensive play. They All did what they had to do. Like i said before it was a tremendous display of team work. We re certainly proud to be Usa eur champions. The tournament was u Good one and we beat a very Good team inthe finals. That 3rd div squad has a few outstanding Ballplay ers Wilder concluded. They wanted it More than redid disconsolate Marne coach Joe Vergo said. We came Becktom the dead right after the half and had them on the run jut we let it get away from us. They wanted it More than redid that s about All i can no toying around toy Fitzgerald of the 3rd div Marne men no 33 in top photo Piid with Bull in above photo is in the thick of the action dining the a Sarsur basketball championship game Friday night at Lamberg Germany. Top Fitzgerald juggles the Ball on his wrist As he thwart two com z big Blue defend ers Herb Edwards 32 and Ron Jones Middle during the third period. Above Fitzgerald takes a rebound away from Jones Center while teammate Ron latin 22 appears to be holding off Jones. The big Blue won he championship with a 94-92 Vic tory in the third and deciding game. Is photos by Grandy through a Maze of warned arms Cut the Gap to two is Akam but Moland latin his the Side if Chitake it 81-77, to bit both clubs were to scoring sprees before the Buzzer Tor keep the 500crammed into the gym ing Comez s came fir shit the Side and Moody in a 12-footer to make i Washington scored on Point play Benton drove other bucket Ron Jones w1u,tT Nas drive Gordon ties it up ? Gordon and Benton Exchange baskets and then the Marie me got to within four Points on two baskets by Bender and one by Gordon. Washington made it 9fc� with 1 12 left to play but Bender s free throw and Gordon snot from the Corner knotted the count to set the stage for the1final heroics and frustrations. Gordon fouled Benton and the com z hero calmly stepped to the line took aim and arched despite the frenzy of the predominately 3rd div crowd. The Marne men took Lime out with 23 seconds and tried Coset up Aone shot play. Gordon took it and missed and mood scaled the Heights to greedily grab the carom. A my pass with four second left gave the Marne men one last Chance to Send the game but they could t get a decent shot off against the rugged com z defense and when hurriedly thrown up Moody once again soared High into the air to grab the rebound and the Victory. Com z q f Moody 4 3-Twashington g 4-7 44w�rd 6 2-4orlltondbn 3 i a Benton 15 2-3 4 3-4jonea 0 1-2 3rd div 20 latin 12 bender7 Greene 32 Gordon 11 Mcdanlel 1 Oft x 6-0 6 2 2-4 6 14 3-6 2111 s-u27 7 3-4 h 1 0-0 j 1 m 20 1-2 1 total 39 ia-25 s4 total j9 14-24 w com z my 3rd div 32 a Fulcd out com a Crittendon esd or Ards .3rd div. Toula com z is. Re wnr0a clinic planned May 6-w Hanau Germany special the Northern Region officials association Nroa will sponsor clinic to follow up the Usak eur baseball officials session which were concluded at j to Kreuz Nach Nroa clinic will be bed May 6-10 at the Aya in Hanau in the Portfield housing area. Sessions will run from 7-9 . Candidates who pass a written test Given at the conclusion of the clinic May qualify for Usah eur baseball officiating assign ments. Further information maybe obtained by calling the sports director of special services Hanau Mil 8241. Vikings Washington named to mus Post East Lansing Mich. A Gene Washington offensive Ena for the Minnesota Viknus of h National football. Been named an assist of the Michigan state emplacement Bureau. Washington will work for from about Jan. 1 ton each year the of season football. The p Aheim i helps undergraduates time and summer work helps locate permanent ment for graduates
