European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Friday january 24, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21 John Williamson there has been a lot of talk during the past year or so concerning the condition of Usa eur athletic facilities. Most of the controversy has had its Start right Here in the sports pages of the stars and stripes As our staffers would return from coverage of various sporting events and spill Forth their ire at some of the Bush league conditions they would encounter on their travels. Well let s face it. It is rather discouraging to spend week after week climbing rickety Steps to reach broken Down press boxes that appear to be in imminent danger of total collapse. It is sad Dening to visit athletic Fields that were at one time first class facilities Only to find rotted out bleachers roped off As unsafe for spectators or to find weeds and grass growing in previously Well maintained cinder running tracks. It is frustrating to watcha basketball game in a gymnasium so dimly lit that one wonders How the players can recognize each other much less find the hoop to shoot at. I think we can accept As Art established fact that athletic facilities i the Usa eur area have deteriorated. Time has taken its toll but neglect has taken an even heavier toll. And no attempt to minimize the Gravity of the situation has been made by the officials of the special services Agency in Munich. They appreciate the problem and have been gracious enough to Point out that the and verse publicity Given some of the facilities in the stars and stripes has led to improvement in Many areas. A positive move towards correction of some of the Many obvious deficiencies was made last summer when the Posi Tion of chief of logistics and facilities was created As a separate adjunct to Neal Harris sports division. Brought in to the Munich office to head up this new sub Section was or. Joseph Daniel Wallace whose association wit the athletic program in Europe goes Back 18 years to 1951 whence accepted his first position with the army As civilian ath Letic director for the . Army in , whose most recent previous assignment was Asci Vilian sports director at supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe shape in Belgium is Well equipped through education and experience to fill the Posi Tion to which he has been appointed and is anxious to launch a Campaign that will be effective in making first class facilities available to All us a eur athletes. But he is Quick to Point out that it s going Totake a lot More than the efforts of one Man to reverse the trend of steady deterioration that is apparent in facilities throughout we can Only Point out Joe Wallace us Utu i Wun she paused from the mount a of paper work on his desk we in the special services Agency have so capability of making needed repairs. Nor do we have funds to contract for maintenance. Athletic facilities like All other military real estate must compete for available Post Engineer funds and  s pretty hard to argue that playing Fields or gymnasiums should rank ahead of troop housing,.family housing or  essential areas of Engineer Endeavor. Yet Joe feels that Higy  g i a inspection program that has already taken him to most of the 129 gymnasiums in Usa eur. On these trips Joe checks each gym against a Check list that includes Over 100  a Are taken care of on the spot and the remaining items Are enumerated in a report that is forwarded to the com Madlne officer of the District in which the gym is located. Eress have already resulted in making commander aware of conditions that had not previously been brought to heir attention and As a consequence Many needed repairs and Altera sons have been accomplished. But obviously there is not enough Money and labor available through Engineer channels to perform the Complete rehabilitation that Many of the facilities require. So what can be done much can be done through cooperative Effort. If personnel and units utilizing the facilities realize that Engineer resources arest Stert in themselves and will pitch in and help the support Agency charged with maintenance responsibility rather than sit blk and expect immediate correction of each Little deficiency merely upon submission of a work order Progress can be  s within this area thai Joe Wallace is going to have to oper ate he ii going to have to do More than merely Point out Whas wrong he s going to have to convince All concerned that it s everybody b responsibility to maintain and improve existing facilities i believe the very creation of Wallace s position is going to have a social effect on the Usa eur athletic program Enow have an individual and a qualified individual whose Busi Ness it is to care about the condition of our playing Fields an gymnasiums. When somebody cares and cares enough there is always a Way to accomplish the seemingly impossible. I m con Vinced that Joe Wallace cares. And that s enough for me to pre dict an improvement in the condition of facilities available to sol Dier athletes in Europe in the very near future. Csc Cage race tightens rockets sink tigers alive Rhein main Germany Spe Cial Rhein main s rockets ought off a last minute rally by he Sembach tigers to take an 7-83 win Here wednesday and Steep their Hopes alive to catch he Safe Germany conference Reading Ramstein  rocket Victory moves hem to within a half game of he rams. Ramstein will play sixth place Hof this weekend and must score a Victory to Clinch the championship. A Winby Hof would tie the rams and the rockets for the league title and necessitate a playoff. Rhein main enjoyed a Comfort Able 41-28 intermission Lead but nearly lost it in the last min utes As the third place tigers rallied  Safe conference local sports Marne Cage action hot warriors grab 3rd Victory in Row Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial five Wuerzburg warriors hit in double figures to trounce Smith Fiori 107-88 Here wednes Day and remain undefeated i three Marne league contests. Sparked by Roosevelt John son s 32 Points the warriors took an Early Lead and held Smith Fiori. 54-41 at the Halfway Mark. Bob Foreman collected the Sec Ond highest Point total with his 25. Augustus Adams hit for 12points, Carl Davis netted 11 and Mike. Delaney chipped in 10points for the victors. Smith Fiori s Larry Toomer led his squad in the scoring depart ment with 20 Points followed by Tom Gordon 16, Jim Thomas 12 and John Nelson 11.Smith-Fiori is 1-1 in Marne league action. A Atzingen Germany Spe Cial the Harvey Barracks Colts won their second straight Victory in Marne league action Here wednesday trouncing Conn bar Racks crusaders of Schweinfurt 90-62.the Colts took command Early in the game and at halftime held the crusaders 40-29. Craig Hamilton hit the nets for18 Points while Colt teammates Larry Mayfield Nat Cam Belland Kevin Donovan contributed 13, 11 and 10 respectively for the Victory. Harvey handed Conn its third loss in the Marne conference. Schweinfurt Germany special Larson Barrack squeaked by led Ward Barracks 108-107, wednesday night in Marne league basketball contest. Bob Mcknight paced the Lar son quintet with 31 Points in fight ing off four Ledward double figure scorers. Bill England net Ted 30 Points Henry Ross Drill Din 16 and Manuel Moore contributed 14 Points for the winners. At intermission Larson was leading 51-43, but accurate shoot ing by Wilburn Yarbrough who totalled 31 Points to share top scoring honors Everett Higgins 29 and Howard Mcphail s 20 brought the contest to a close finish. Scorer Norm Keseric took to honors for the rockets with 25 joints while Jerry Wyche hit23 Points for the tigers. Other double figure scorers Forshein main were Leroy cause with 16, Leanders Cheeks 14,Art Afthim 10 and Joe Robin son 10.al Hicks netted 19 Points for Sembach and Otis Johnson sup plied 17 Points for the losers. Standings Safe Csc basketball won lost pet Ramat Cin. 10 3 .769 Rhein main. 10 4 .714 Sembach. 8 5 .615 Halm. 7 6 .538 Wiesbaden 7 7 .500 hot. 5 7 .417 a Labure. 9 9 .357 Span Dahlem. 1 12 .077 wednesday re ult Rhein main 87, Sera Bach s3 Hof 121, Span Dahlem 86 by thurs 106, Halm 36 Only games scheduled leading scorers g Fig Ftp. A. Keseric Rhein half 14 135 72 342 24.4 Hartman. Hof. 10 82 43 207 20.7 Carson Hahn. 11 72 57 201 18.2 Sonerville Ramsten 13 83 43 209 16.0 Afthim. Rhein main. 14 98 27 223 15.9 King. Ramstein 13 76 35 191 14.7 Brown Hahn 12 60 46-165 13.9 Conklin Hahn 9 44 34 122 13.5 Gauss Rhein main 14 74 36 184 13.1 Williams. Hahn 7 34 17 85 12.4 Csc Bowling won lost Hahn 73.5 Sembach 73 Wiesbaden 60.5 Berlin 58frankfurt 50 bit Borg 2 Hof 52spangdahlem51 Rhein main 48 Ramstein 6 Birkenfeld 21 34.5 35 3s.5 50 49 56 56 57 60 62 87 Yankees hire colavito As batting instructor new York up Rock colavito will return to the new York Yankees next season a batting instructor and special assignment scout the club announced wednesday. Colavito will work mainly wit developing minor league hitters. 49ers to use candlestick san Francisco a Thesan Francisco 49ers will play football in candlestick Park perhaps As Early As next season the announcement came after mayor Joseph Alioto withdrew his efforts to build a new stadium in downtown san Francisco. / committee of the Board of supervisors promptly approved a plan to expand and remodel Candle stick Park. Lou Spadia president of the49ers, was delighted. Lie said he prefers the fall weather at candlestick to that at a proposed site South of Market Street inthe City. The committee was informed the Cost of increasing the candlestick capacity from 42,500 to66,300 and other improvements would be about $9  49ers have played in Kezar stadium in Golden Gat Park since the National foot Ball league team was formed. 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