European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes a in toy May a ,96, pc by John Williamson staff writer the basketball season in Europe has at Long last come to close. Only the pros ill the National basketball association and the american basketball association managed to stretch their seasons longer than did Usa eur. The College teams in the states wound up their activity with two major tournaments in late March. In Europe Safe and the american High school called it quits before the end of february. But we should t be too critical of the Susareu schedule makers. They provided us with some local sports interest for that two month period of March and april which would normally have been spent waiting for the baseball season to , it was evident in watching the teams competing in the april heat wave we sex Williamson Perien ced this year that most of them were tired Over Baske balled might be the Correct Terra. Quality Competition there was some first class basketball played though. Theu Sarteur conference or division level tournament brought together some of the Best players in the command and concentrated them on eight teams. They were chosen after they had competed in regular season leagues some at company level handsome at battalion level. They did t have too much time to work out As units before the tourney and As a result the Quality of play improved As the schedule was played out and they became More familiar with each , of the 13 Usa eur sport conferences Only eight decided to put a team on the courts at conference level. The other five v corps Vii corps 3rd army div 4th army div and seventh army support command elected to play it All the Way with Bat Talion level squads. So maybe we will have to asterisk the 1w8 Usa eur championship with the footnote "1968 Susareu conference level championship of those conferences that decided to play in conference level those who stuck with battalion level v corps provided a fitting Climax to the season with a three Day invitational tournament in Frankfurt. The Winner of this meet the 115th is in of seventh army support command might be labelled 1968 us a eur battalion level champions of those conferences that. Decided not to play in conference level Talent in abundance there was plenty of individual Talent in both , the Talent did not go As deep in the battalion level squads. But it would be easy to visualize the 115th, for instance playing any of the conference level teams to a standstill with the addition of a few players from other support command As probable is that the army Security Agency Europe which provided the nucleus of the com z big Blue could have produced battalion level squad As Good As any. So with two champions one official and the other unofficial we can tuck the 1967-68 Usa eur basketball season behind us and look Forward to the baseball season starting this month. Be fore we do however we would like to take time to give recognition to our Choice for the most outstanding individual player we observed in action during the season. Without taking anything away from Billy Smith Reggie Greene Roy Sipp or any of the other Stellar performers of the conference level tournament our vote for the Usa eur basketball player of the year goes to John Brobisky of the 115th is in cobras. Outstanding credentials Brodsky a 6-foot-2, 205-Pounder from Burlington Iowa did about everything a basketball player could do in helping the cobras to their 21-1 record against service teams in Europe. He averaged close to 20 Points a game during the regular season and despite his Lack of real height and his position As a Back v court Man pulled Down an aver age of 10 rebounds a the three straight victories the cobras rang up to take Thev corps invitational meet Brodsky was easily the mos valuable player on his or any other team. He Lead his team i scoring with 62 markers for the three games but this was really incidental to his Overall perform Ance on the floor. He was continually passing bullets to the taller men on his squad for easy shots underneath he was nor Mally the key Man or feeder on the fast break the cobras used so effectively and he was Bearcat on defense. It s a sure thing that most of the fans that saw those three games will remember for a longtime the deadlines of John s shots from outside Way of his shots were taken from outside 25 feet and most. U � i i of them went in. In one stretch John Brodsky f the Laird game he put seven Cincinnati up Pete Rose extended his hitting Streak to 21 straight games with Homer and double and Rookie Johnny Bench Tommy Helmand Alex Johnson each collected three hits monday night As the Cincinnati reds routed the Philadelphia phils 10-1. Rose s two hits left him witha .404 batting average the highest Mark in the s hit safely in every game this season except the second one when he left the game after two at bats with an injured reds pounded four hurlers for 15 hits while providing George Culver with his first Victory of the season. Culver becoming the seconded Pitcher to go the distance this season was tagged for 10hits, but the Phillies left 14 runners stranded. Helm knocked in four runs while Bench had a two run scored three runs and Johnson and Lee May each scored twice. Bench s double and a single by Leo Cardenas gave the reds a 1-0 Lead in the second inning and they added four More off of loser Woody Fryman in the third inning which was climaxed by Bench s Homer his second of he doubled Home a run off Gary Wagner in the fifth double by May and a single by Helms gave the reds their seventh run in the seven thinning. Rose s Homer his third of the season came off Job Boozer in the eighth inning and started a three run rally which was climaxed by Helms bases loaded single. 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Up Vince Cazzetta of the Pittsburgh pipers was named the american basketball association s coach of the year coached the pipers to a 54-24 regular season recording the Eastern division and to a 4-3 Triumph Over Western division Champion new Orleans in their match for the Aba title. Before taking the Pittsburg Post Cazzetta was assistant coach and head Recruiter for Rhode Island University. He is a Columbia University graduate and received an . Degree from the school in 1952. Gibson cards guardsman Downs Angels for Chison 5-1 Anaheim Calif. Up Tommy John just Back from weekend duty with the Indian air National guard pitched a three hitter monday night to Pace the Chicago White sox to a 5-1 Victory Over the Californi Angels. The Angels took a 1-0 Lead inthe second inning when Bubba Morton hit his first Home run of the season a 400-footer Over the right Center Field Fence but John had Little trouble thereof starter and loser Rick Clark now 0-2, turned Back the first 11 Chicago batters in order but Pete Ward beat out a single Down the third base line to open the Gates. Duane Josephso singled to left and then second baseman Bobby Knoop mulled Tom Mccraw s hard grounder and the bases were plates pair Bill Melton a Rookie third baseman just called up from Hawaii poked a single to Centerton score Ward with the tying run and Josephson with the run that put the White sox out in front. The runs were unearned but the damage was the ninth the White sox scored three times off relieve Minnie Rojas on Mcgraws infield single a double by Bill Voss and a two run Homer by Tim Cullen his first of tie allowed a sin Sec to Rodgers in the fifth inning an another single to Jim Fregosi in the sixth for the Only other Angel hits. 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