European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday january 19, 1969 rams trip Ramstein Germany special the Ramstein rams nipped the Wiesbaden flyers 86-84,Here saturday to Clinch a tie for the Usall Germany conference Clinch basketball a my record the rams need Only to beat Hof i their regular season finale next saturday at Ramstein to Clinch the skipper s coveted swinger of the year award i there Only were such a thing would sooner or later just have to go to Bueford Eugene Moss. ,tjr�9�e�r"ol5i Moss doubles As the chief of men s sports Foru Sarteur special services and the sports commissioner for com z but even All those duties Aren t nearly enough to keep this Guy from enjoying life. Bachelor Moss has a Good number of hobbies. They All take up their fair share of his free time but two in particular clothes and music seem to have the others i pretty Well whipped in taking up his Money. Whether he is at work in his office or out watching a football game Moss is a Sharp stay that Way he maintains a Well stocked and up to Date wardrobe which includes at last inventory 18 suits 12 sport coat Sand 26 pairs of shoes. I love to change clothes he says. To keep up the turnover in his closet Moss sends clothes to his sister s High school son to make room for the new things he buys. When Moss is at Home in Munich the stereo is turned on. I counted up a couple weeks ago he says and i figured i had just a Little Over $1,600 Worth of his taste in music is As mod Ern As the wardrobe. He likes jazz especially Wes Montgom Ery and Herbie Mann and the discotheque stuff for physical education graduate of Maryland state College Moss an outright Crown. Wiesbaden finished play with a 77 league Mark. The rams trailed by 10 Point Midway through the first half but came Back to take a 45-44lead by intermission. They moved ahead by 12 at 74-62 wit nine minutes left in the game and survived a desperation wies Baden comeback. Manuel Acosta paced therms with 18 Points Bernie Bat the followed with 17, Ken Somer Ville tallied 14 and Earl Mcvay scored 13 in the outland took individual scoring laurels with 24 flyer Points Jim Patterson added 20 and Fred Hriblan notched 16. A Man the Hof hustlers took Ait Early ie6d Here Friday night and Wenton to hand the Pitburg Barons an 84-71 Safe Germany con Ference basketball defeat. The win was Hof s fourth in 11 league outings and moved the hustlers ahead of Pitburg now 4-8, in the standings. Jim Mcauley scored 16 Points to Lead the Hustler scoring do Hartman followed with 15 and Bob close totalled 12. Ron Broadnax and Jiin Miller scored 20 Points each an Cornelius Davis and Larry Vandenberg followed with 15 and14, respectively for the Barons. Bueford Moss spent three years teaching and coaching four sports at a Small Virginia High school before being drafted into the army in 1955. After going airborne to get out of it. Leonard Wood Moss was assigned to the Lith airborne division shortly before that division was sent to Munich in december of 1955. He has been in German since then. His first civilian Job in Germany was As sports director i Nuernberg. But he was there just six months before a reduction in forces knocked him out. I was the first one to get the axe he says because i had been there such a Short so then he took a teaching Job at Pir Masens High school for two years and finally got Back into the sports program with Northern area command in Frankfurt then As the Structure was reorganized he went to area command and finally to com z. In 1965 he was appointed chief of men s sports for Usa eur special the chief of men s sports Moss writes directives for sports championships rules and operational procedures for tournament Sand play offs. As com z commissioner he schedules officials for company an District Leyel Competition arbitrates on protests selects coaches for com z teams in Usa eur Competition and generally Runsten program. The toughest part of his Job that s hard to say he imagine the biggest problem is getting participants released from their commanders whenever com z league teams Are on the Way lord mayor of Hanau Herber Droese Waves off one of the 32 cars which started the Long grind to Monte Carlo in the first leg of Monte Carlo rally 38th running of the rally classic. Several thou Sand motor sport enthusiasts turned oat to see toe cars off. Is photo by Cooper off by Randy Barnetts a racing columnist Hanau is i thirty two cars moved off the starting ramp Here Friday night to Start the 1969 version of the Monte Carlo rally. As the cars left Hanau Rall autos from seven other cities throughout Europe roared off Al Schranz awarded downhill win Art Are those Wincn enable him to get out an meet Usa eur athletes. I like to get to know the athletes and to help them i always encourage those with something to offer the world to go Back to school after they get out of the counselling the players is in keeping what Moss considers the most important Job of Usa eur s sports program to try to run to program for the troops not their commanders. The program definitely has to be for the troops. Our Job is tory to provide a cohesive program for them to try to help them get into areas where they can compete if they want to " Moss has kept up with coaching Over the past few years especially in basketball. He has t lost the touch there either asm Shapi forces fe2inif championship showings in the Las two shape International basketball tournaments he coached . Bayern a German Amateur learn for three years before giving that up for Lack of time last year Moss 6-foot-2 and 192 pounds keeps himself in better condition than most people half his age. His no. J conditioner is Tennis and be gets on the courts just As often As weather and time permit. In not a championship Type player he Suys. I just like Roget out and play for the exercise the rain of course prevents his playing quite As much Tenniss he would like to. But then there Are indoor sports. Like getting together wit somebody for some basketball. Or buying some new clothes. Uttz Bushel Austria a Austria s Karl Schranz 30, won the Hahnenkamp downhill saturday in 2 minutes 18.80 seconds. The Victory was awarded to the austrian Ace skier by the race jury two hours after the even twas Over. The decision unprecedented inthe Hahnenkamp events which Date Back 29 years put Switzer land s Jean Daniel Daetwyler in second place with 2 19.41.henri Duvillard of France and Carl Cordin of Austria share third place with 2 21.38 clocking and France s Guy Perillat was fifth tits 21.82. Timing error Billy Kidd was the top Amer ican. He finished 18th in 2 24.05and spider Sabich came in 20th with a 2 24.08 Horn press chief of the event told reporters Schra Zwas originally j it in second place due to a timing error. Hor added the timekeeper at the Fin ish noticed that the automatic timing did not go off when Schranz flashed through. Hor said the timekeeper thereupon pushed the timing lever himself which stopped the electronic clock. He failed to Tell said he preferred not to reveal the name of the time keeper except to say that he was from a Swiss Weber Swiss men s coach said he had investigated the whole matter and Schranz Vic tory was in , such things should not have happened he stated he was on the Way to Tell Daet Wyler of the decision taking the Victory away from him. I am sure Jean Daniel willbe very unhappy Weber said. There appeared to be some thing wrong with the timing when Schranz came through. The electronic scoreboard at the Fin ish showed a different time than that announced by the speaker. This was the reason Dae Twy Ter who skied several places behind Schranz in the order Athirst did not believe he had won. But the speaker kept repeating that Daetwyler had the Best time and Daetwyler finally was Pur shaded by newsmen that this was what happened. Headed for Monte Carlo and the French Alp tests that lie ahead. Hie cars Here left from these Tenderous Phillips Ruh Castle which provided the background for the dramatic Start. Thou Sands of Well wishers surrounded the ramp partially blocking the cars. Drivers were forced to Edge through the crowd until they left the Castle grounds Way to the first checkpoint at the two top rated teams Leav ing Hanau were Paul Toivoncn and Lento Klaus of Finland in a porsche and Hannu Mik Kolof Finland and Jim Porter of Britain in a nations were represented in the Hanau group which was flagged off by lord mayor Herbert Are due to reach Monte Carlo monday with the Alpine Section scheduled to begin tues Day. 1pre basketball Friday Nuernberg a Stuttgart 41wuerxburi so by Nerr in 37 Karu Ruhe 88, blues undo to so. Brt Umu 89 saturday nuer Bur Stuttgart 48wueriburg 48. Breinert Ven 46 Karl Ruhe 70, bit Burr 01london m. Bruml 80 wrestling Friday Nuernberg a win Burf 44. Augsburg saturday Nuernberg 30. Wuerzburg 81 Karlsruhe 48. Augsburg u 3p it or Sambas in any St by the sent Bach tigers gave them an easy10060 win Over the Hahn Hawks Here Friday . The tigers broke away repeatedly to take an Early Lead and by halftime led the Hawks 51 26, Mil Johnson sunk .22 Points forthe tigers to earn scoring honors Dee Hicks contributed 17 Point Sand Jerry Wyche dumped in is for Sembach. Hahn s Only double figure scorer was Ike Brown with 17. Sembach took Over undisputed Possession of third place with an "4 record. Hahn dropped to 7-5
