European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 27, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21 Gil ski it part Safe Ryphe pa8sf%ftl % High Archer headed for the end zone. It Al last play of the game. Army fans sensed a touchdown. Suddenly the twisting Frame of Navy s John Gurski appeared an stole the Ball clutching it 6 his breast. The big  Butts a brought to an end the most stunning upset of the 1950 College football season when a mediocre n6vy team with a paltry 2-6 Ledger shocked an overwhelming army club 14-2, bringing to a close a Streak of 28 games without defeat. The newspaper accounts about Navy s achievements were Sterl ing especially about a 8-foot-2, 203-Pound Sophomore from Ford City a. John Gurski who never played High school football was a defensive end in College but that particular afternoon he played mostly in the Backfield army s Backfield harassing the army coach soon quarterback Bob Blaik and his cohorts. He captained the 1952 team and enjoys the dubious distinction of being selected to play in the 1952 East West game. While Gurski was at Navy the Black knights of the Hudson never beat the middies which to Navy is about the equivalent to winning the National championship three years in a  1951 Navy Hung the most humiliating defeat of the storied series on army by mule kicking the cadets 42-7. Then in Gurski year of captaincy Navy won 7-0. Wherever Gurski goes and whatever he undertakes he leaves his Trade Mark which would Merit the Good housekeeping Seal of  the past three years maj. John Gurski has been the Safe sports chief but this week he rotates to the states leaving behind him a sports program which he maintained and controlled to its fullest  will miss Gurski like Navy missed him when the big likeable pole decided to swing Wing to the air Force Back in the fifties. For his 39 years the Youthful looking Burr Cut Gurski has quite a sports background behind him. But he is forsaking the sports program and moving into the systems program management at Wright Patterson air Force base Ohio which will Benefit from his masters degree in Engineer ing management from Arizona state in 1962. John still wants to keep his hand in sports especially coaching which to terms As one of the most rewarding jobs there  one of the most classified subjects in Safe sports unintentionally that is is Gurski s sports background. Not Given to Braggadocio Gurski arrived at Wiesbaden three years ago like a mouse because he was so quiet and unassuming that people really did t know him or know about  once says his Able Secretary and Long time fixture at Safe sports Headquarters mrs. Hilde Hosp has Gurski eve raised his voice and that was with a was. Surprisingly enough Gurski was defensive line coach at the air Force Academy from 1956 to 1960 and was responsible for develop ing the Falcons first i America tackle Brock  s coaching career began in 1954 right after he switched from the Navy to the air  bad Eye kept Gurski from passing the flight physical for Navy flying. He came into the of on a Chance to go to flight school but never did. Gurski s first year in coaching was at Toul dossiers France in1954, and he did it All. There was no such thing Here As Grid As  1955, Gurski moved Over to Devreux the assistant coaching situation there was no  his Tutelage Devreux won the France conference with a shocking 14-13 upset of powerful  next year Gurski moved on to the Academy and coached two years under Buck Shaw and two years under Ben Martin presently the of coach and former line coach at Navy when Gurski was an undergraduate. An assistant at of with Gurski was Pepper Rodgers now a head coach at Kansas. Gurski has had Many memorable events but the 1950 army game and the week proceeding it stand out. John tells How the middies were tense and tight during the practices prior to the game and tempers were Short. Coach Eddie Erdelatz after tuesday s practice took the entire team to the n club for varsity athletes. There he produced numerous cases of Beer. He told us he was leaving for a few hours and when he returned he did t want to see anybody sober said Gurski. Erdelatz locked the door and left. "1vian� that was 60melnlns else. Everybody proceeded to be Tifel stacked John smiled. We went Back on Campus drunk to the Gills and All the middies studying in their rooms looked out the windows at us Yelling and staggering Down the  that did it for us said Gurski we were Loose As could be against army. We had a great team that year despite the record. In the 1952 East West game Gurski played the entire game on defense for the East which won 21-20, in the final minute of play. In the game Gurski had to contend with the likes of Oklahoma Billy vessels and Eddie Crowder Washington s Don Heinrich Cali fornia s Johnny Olszewski and Oregon state s Sara Baker later of pro extra Point Fame. Gurski accomplished practically everything in College except make All America. When he impressed he impressed. Notre Dame players were so impressed by the big fellow s ability that they selected him All three years to their All opponent  s a lot More to be heard about John Gurski in years to come. Remains unbeaten Harvey topples cowboys 109-89, holds Marne Lead Wertheim Germany Spe Cial the  Kolts blazed of Tom Behan Al with a69-Point second half to Apia the Wertheim cowboys 109-89, Heresa Tumay night pushing the Kolof into undisputed leadership of the Marne league basketball race. Harvey which has won Al three of its league starts is flow the Lone unbeaten Marne team with three clubs Larson. Led Ward and Wuerzburg just half game Back. After trailing 50-40 at the half the Kolts caught fire behind the shooting of Kevin Donovan an Craig Hamilton finally taking the Lead for Good at 60-59 with13 45 to go in the second half. Harvey scored the last nine Points of the game to win going away. Donovan and Wertheim s Al More Blanton shared High Point honors with 25. Hamilton tallied17 for the Kolts followed by Nate Gamble s 12, Larry May Field s 10 and Frank Johnson s 10.willis Clayton poured in 23 Points and hauled Down 16 re Bounds for the losers. Blanton garnered 10 rebounds. Clayto has collected 56 rebounds in four  Moen scored 12 Points and James Robinson 11 for the cowboys who have lost All four of their Marne games. Kitzinger Germany Spe Cial with Bob Mcknight Bill tankers rally to gain split Fuerth Germany special a late surge by the Johnson bar Racks tankers lifted them Pas the Merrill Barracks panthers Here sunday 98-89, after Mer Rill eked out a 99-97 win Satur Day in a com z Eastern league two game series. The split left Merrill in fourth place with a 7-7 Mark and John son in the cellar with a 2-12 rec Ord. Roy Weide scored 24, de Poi tra 20, Mai shall Stewart 18, George Spencer 17 and Paul Bernard 13 sunday to Pace the tankers who trailed at the half,50-45. Merrill was led by Reginald Hay Wood s 25 Points while Ken Neth George and Charles Mcdon Ald had 19 each. I Merrill led throughout the game until with four minutes remaining Johnson took the Lead and held it. Clinton Bradley had a Fiel Day saturday by scoring 46 Points to propel Merrill s  panthers trailed at the half 50-44, but Bradley got real hot in the second half. With the score tied 95-95,Bradley hit the two Points that put the panthers ahead to  scored 18, Haywood 14 and Charles Mcclain 10 for the winners. For the losers Spencer had a Weide 21, Stewart 15 and Poitra 10. Wins Green award new York up or. Fred v. Grau of College Park md.,has been named to receive the Green Section award of . Golf association an Honor which annually salutes distinguished service to Golf through work with turf grass. England and Henry Ross leading the at ack Larson Barracks handed Wuerzburg a Warrior their Brit Lousy 108-104, in Marne league basketball Here Satur Day night. Stars and stripes local sports a i or pathfinders set Pace i weightlifting bad Kreuz Nach Germany special Host 8th inf Day won the three heaviest categories Ina weightlifting meet held Here saturday for Novice and Ope class lifters with Andy Ness garnering the outstanding performance award for 181-Pound ers and above. Ness also won the clean an Jerk by lifting 341.5 pounds. In his Middle heavyweight class Ness lifted 876 pounds for first place in the 198.25-Pound Cate gory. George Leggett captured the242.5-Pound category for the pathfinders by lifting 787.75pounds. In the heavyweight class Steve Lancaster won for the hosts with an 815.5-Pound lift. Pitburg s Mike Hurst Joe a no and Dick Raber won the Feather lightweight and Middle weight categories respectively. Hurst lifted 545.25, Gano won with a 589.25 lift and Raber won first place in the middleweight with 749.25 pounds. Raber was also Winner of the 165-Pound an below outstanding performance award. In the bantamweight category of 123.5 pounds seventh army s James Barnett took first place with 368vi pounds. Bob Maltoria representing the 29th transportation company hoisted 655.25 pounds to win the Light heavy weight 181.75-Pound class. The pathfinders defending Sarteur weightlifting Cham pions plan to Host another Operand Novice meet on March 1 at bad Kreuz Nach for All interested personnel. Larson led 48-44 at the inter Mission and protected that four Point margin throughout the Sec Ond half As the winners improved their conference record to3-1, same As Wuerzburg s. Mcknight and England pumped in 31 and 30 Points respectively both duplicating their totals of last wednesday night when they led Larson Pas Ledward 108-107. Ross chipped in with 26 in saturday s , Larnie Starkley was the Larson spark plug. The6-foot, 1-Inch guard grabbed seven rebounds and stole three balls All at crucial Points in the  Davis pumped in 20 Points and Herb Johnson and Jim fore Man each hit 9 to Pace the , Germany special Everett Jenkins poured in 26 Points to set the scoring Pace and Lead Ledward Barracks to an 87-63 Triumph Over wingless Conn Barracks i Marne league action Here sat urday night. Wilburn Yarbrough and How Ard Mcphail sparkled in both the scoring and rebounding departments to lend plenty of help to Jenkins. The 6-foot-4 Yar Brough grabbed 16 rebounds and tallied 13 Points and Mcphail re bounded 14 and scored 18. Ledward now 3-1, led the crusaders 0-4 35-27 at the half. Aschaffenbur Germany special featuring a three pronged scoring attack the bad Kissinger Wil Flecken cougars breezed past the Smith fior bandits 98-89, in a Marne league contest Here saturday  Washington scored 24, Charlie Chaplin tallied 21 an Herbert Gibson registered 20 to Pace the cougars who held a52-47 Lead at halftime. Smith Fiori s Tom Gordon took game scoring honors with 26 Points followed by John Nel son s 21 and Larry Toomer s 11. Bad Kissinger Wil Flecken Isnow 2-1 in league play while the bandits Are 1-2. Standings Marne league won lost pet. Harvey Barracks 3 0 1.000laim n Barracks 3 1 .750 Ltd Ward Barracks 3 1 .750 a veer Burg 3 1 .750 bad  ild Flecken 2 1 .tii7smilh-Fiori Barracks 1 2 .333 Graves Heady Cavern 1 2 .333 com Barracks 0 4 000 Wertheim 0 4 .000 saturday s results Harvey Barracks 109, Wertheim s9 Larson Bui Racks 10s, Wuerz ure 10-1 Ledward Barracks 87, com Barrack 63 bad  98. Smili dior Barracks 89 Graves ready Cavern Bye Darby wins Tiro keeps top spot Fuerth Germany special the William 0. Darby rangers swept the Herz base flyers Ina pair of games Here Over the weekend to retain their two game Lead Over the Bamberg Bison in the com z easter league. The rangers won sunday,113-77, after routing the flyers 108-88, saturday despite a 46-Point production by Bob Lohse. Bill Sauls was the big Point Man for the rangers in both games. Saturday Sauls scored 36 Points and sunday he tossed in29. Herzo now 8-6 and in third place led sunday s game for the first five minutes but the rangers caught up and gradually pulled away to a 49-31 halftime Lead. Willie Rogers scored 25 to Aid Sauls sunday like Walt Hernon 1 did saturday with 32.hot-shooting Lohse had a big saturday night with his 46 Point but the rangers held him in Check sunday with 25