European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thur stay january 30, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21the Kal Spirsi Aown raiders and Wiesbaden warriors a Emang Ine Fine people Down at Karlsruhe who Drew up the 1988-69 i us Desea wrestling schedule look  add untied after a couple months of mat work the raiders and warriors Are finally headed for a showdown. The tangle Friday 5 . And saturday 10 . At the Wiesbaden High gym. You could t ask for a better finish to the regular season wrestling Cam Pathe raiders will bring to the Warrior Mats five unbeaten grapplers including 120-Pounder Steve Stevenson who two years ago was voted the most valuable wrestler in the us Desea championships Stevenson Rodriquez Thomas Grabulis when he took the 103-Pound title. The other undefeated a Towner Sare Paul Ingwersen 103 Pound Garnet Glenn 112ivan Rodri Quez 175 and Mike Giese unlimited Greg Dunn 112 Pound Steve Thomas 138 and Dennis grab Lis 165 will carry perfect Warrior records into the clash which should determine the strongest contender for the team title in the us Desea championships which Are slated for Wiesbaden feb. 14-15.elsewhere Friday and saturday on the us Desea Mats it will be Augsburg at Berlin Frankfurt at Stuttgart Heidelberg at bit Burg Karlsruhe at Baum older Mannheim at Wuerzburg Nuernberg at Munich Brun sum and Brussels at shape London an Lakenheath at upper Heyford Naples at Livorno Rota at Madrid and Seville at Kentra. Cage tourney at Rhein main it s now official the us Desea class a and b basketball championships will be hosted by Frankfurt High at the Rhein main gym for the third straight year. From Here it looks like a goo decision. The people in charge at Frankfurt High and Rhein main air base have put on a smooth working show the past couple of years. And As you might Well imagine it is no easy Job when you have to please 18 teams which bring with them cheerleaders fan Sand. The press. As in the past the a and b tournaments will be run simultaneously with a total of 22 games being played in Only three Days. This year s dates Are feb. 20-22.usdesea athletic director Don Devona says that the top five teams from the Germany Blue division and the top five finisher from the Germany red division will be assured berths in the class a and b meets respectively. The remainder of the two eight Tea Fields will consist of the Best remaining teams from Spain England Belgium the Netherlands and , the final three weekends of action leading up to the tournament Are important ones for Many of the schools which currently own so so records. Here s the schedule for Friday and saturday with league won loss records in parentheses Blue division Heidelberg 8-0 at Kaiserslautern 6-2 wies Baden 3-5 at Stuttgart 0-8 Munich 4-4 at Frankfurt 6-2and Mannheim 2-6 at Nuernberg 8�5 red division Bremerhaven 0-8 at Baum older 6-2 Augsburg 4-4 at Berlin 5-3 Blob org 5-3 at bad Kreuz Znaco 0-8 and Wuerzburg 4-4 at Karlsruhe 8-0western division Bruns Suin 3-5 at shape 6-2brussels 1-7 at upper Heyford 2-6and Lakenheath 8-0 at London 44 Italy division Vicenza 34 at overseas 2-2 and Naples 2-2 at Livorno 1-5 Spain rare Ion Rota 4-4 at Madrid 7-1 and Seville 5-3 at Kenitra 0-8. Action in Athens this week s mall included a letter from Mike Plemmons Nathens an important part of the High school beat which we Seldom have a Chance to write about. This is the kind of mail Belike to receive and i am including the entire letter Here in Hopes that we will again hear from Plemmons As Well As other Peep fans in far away places. Writes Plemmons dear or Wicker your column the prep scene is undoubtedly read by a great Many High schools and High school fans in the european area. And u provides an interesting Outlook on the prep athletic system sol schools in Germany Belgium Italy England Spain and Turkey. I attended Kaiserslautern american High school for a year Anda Hail it always served As a lift for our teams to see stories on to Athens Greece. When i Gothere i was surprised to learn that the american High school Here plays gis instead of other High schools. But what surprised Memore was the fact that these kids Down Here do so Well against this rough Competition. For two years running the lancers of continued on Page 88 Hahn Rhein main capture openers in Csc Cage meet by Ralph Bennington staff writer Rhein main German the Rhein main rockets and Hahn Hawks emerged victorious in the opening round of the us afe s Germany conference Srun Nerup basketball playoffs Here wednesday night. Hahn came from behind in the second half to beat the Sembach tigers 87-81, in the double elimination tournament opener and Host Rhein main held off cold shooting Darmstadt in the Sec Ond half to gain an 89-78 triumphs Norm Keseric scored 35 Points. The  to determine second dub representing the conference Iri the Safe championships at London feb. 6-10, continues thursday night a Pitts memorial gymnasium with two games Matching the Winner Sand the losers. Hahn jumped off to a 8-0 Leadin the opening minutes before Sembach found its touch an came on Strong. The tigers proceeded to catch up and vault into a 10-Point Lead that melted to five Points 47-42 at halftime. Sembach managed to hold on through the Early going in the second half but the pressing Hawks whittled away and finally caught up at 6161, with 10 54to go on George Winston s Field goal from the Side Winston  three Points All night cashed in on a foul shot Atmo ment later and the Hawks were never behind again. The biggest spread was 10points, but Sembach using a full court press managed to trim i Down to As close As three Points local sports Chicks London move into finals by Jack Antey South Ruislip England is the Chicksands fighting Chicks slipped into the finals of the . Basketball playoff Here tuesday by bumping the Wethersfield raiders 98-83, and were slated to meet the London Rock ets wednesday to decide the con Ference s second entry in the Safe tourney. London dumped into the loser bracket in the opening round of the double elimination tourney sent the Lakenheath eagles homeward with a resounding 87-60 thumping and then avenged Box scores Chicksands Oft Herndon 11 4-8 26 Cook 8 0-0 16 Hanson 1 0-3 2 Mcfay Tolge 6 2-3 14 Freeman 7 3-7 Wethersfield q f Garner v 0 8-10 .20 manage storms Bevel Crump 161 9-13 11 3 7-8 13 Mccarty Hopper i 5-8 138 0-0 16 8 0-2 4 6 6-7 1840-08 Tern pie ton 30-04 totals 37 24-41 98 totals 38 19-85 83chloksamte 58 4698 we Theofleld 47 _ m83 trial Foula wothers Leld 3v a Shock Sanda 18 fouled out Wethe rafted. Manago Tern Pieton. Garner. Hopper Mccarty. Lakenheath London of t41-99 my Stoa s m t  Mou Peterson Harrison Collins Ranso Robinson totals 9 m 0 Puiu Lwft 4 8 Mae 1 94 x Perkinss m bar Huey 1 w Masison Blunt ofte 8-t 18 3 m us4i u 8 m is8 w 6 1 m it m us 04 Al t 04 ii m i � 4. Re w1fq-.1 to to Condon .,.,.totaj Toji ital of eau 18, bled weth6r8fieuj London to thu rep Eton Hopper p1? h j t p it 14 i Mack i m m oar uni 141 1 Bradley i 148 m Cadlaon i 18 $ yet f to totals 83 840 8 totals 34 to set s3euierrtield 7 London 41totul fouls Weiers fled 11, London fouled out London. Mack blunts a . Bureau an earlier defeat by Forcin Wethersfield raiders to the Side lines with an 83-68 , remaining undefeated in the tourney flipped Heball goal Ward 113 times against Wethersfield and connected on 37for a 33 per cent Effort. The raid ers also popped in an equally tournament poor 33 per cent on 32 of 97 Field goal  again to Herndon paced Chicksands with 26 Points while reliable Bill Cook and hustling Larry Freeman added 16  snap shooting Trio blasted the game wide open from the Start building an 18-15 Gap from the outside and accounting for Chicksands first 25 Points. London ousted Lakenheath from the meet by coasting to an easy Triumph As the eagles tallest tourney team disappointed the packed House with miserable 23-for-81 display from the  eagles showed Little prom ise at the foul line 14-32 while the rockets hit 31 of 81 Field goal attempts and 21 for 25 unfree throws including a string of 15.looking sluggish for the first 13 minutes London permitted Lakenheath to stay close at 20-14 before sliding ahead 40-31, at the intermission. With the rocket regulars rest ing the reserves enjoyed the second half atmosphere in ring ing up the biggest Victory mar Gin of the three Day Battle. In the closing stages. Hahn still had enough however to hang on for the verdict. Hahn came through on the Strong performances of Willie Carson and John Norman in the second half. Carson had 25 points15 of them in the second half while Norman got All of his 14 Points after intermission. Ike Brown and Charlie Wil Liams carried the Load for the Hawks in the opening half Brown getting 12 of his 16 Points before intermission while Wil Liams scored 10 of his 16 before the  s Ace Delonzo Hicks was held to eight Points in the second half and wound up with 21 for the night. Jay. Johnson got 10 of his 18 Points before intermission while hitting the boo Only on Field goals. Jerry Wyche and Scott Dickson were the Only other tigers in double figures. Dickson had 15 Points an Wyche 16. The Rhein main Darmstadt con test Matching the runner up in the regular season Germany con Ference race against the comets winners of the Small unit championship playoff was a tight affair despite the score. Fought Back Darmstadt Down 42-33 at half time fought Back and was with in five Points with 2 26 at go but could t Muster a finishing rally. The comets had trouble from Thefield and managed Only 14 Field goals in the second , Keseric a hefty 6-5 Center rested and then comeback at the finish. He had 19 of his 35 Points in the first Hal from All Corners. His main sup port came from Charlie Moor who scored All of his 10 tallies after intermission. Darmstadt had Success at the foul line but the one pointers can t match the Field goals. To scorer Bob Taylor wound up with 23 Points while hitting 13 of 14free throws. Most of his action was in the second half when he stepped to the Charity line nine times and did t miss. Hahn Carson Coleman Norma Brown Williams Conklin Winston Shaw Sembach Oft Oft 10 5-8 25 Hicks s 5-6 21 s 1-3 7 Johnson s 0-1 165 2-4 12 Tyche & 6-10 16 6 4-9 16 Muno 30-06 6 4-6 16 Stewart 1 1-1 210-02 Dickson c 3-1 15 1 1-2 3 Salentine 10-022 2-2 6 Thompson 0 2-3 2 total 34 19-33 87 total 32 17-25 81 Hahn 42 45 87sembach 47 34 81 fouled out Hahn. Winston Sambach Hicks Johnson Thompson. Total fouls Oahu 22. Sembach 27. Rhein main Darmstadt Afthim Deserie Cheeks Rubinson Gause Atkins Moore g f t 5 0-0 10 Taylor 15 5-9 35 Hawkins 5 3-4 13 r. Davis 0 0-2 0 Myers 8 1-2 17 Jasmine 2 0-0 4 f. Smith 5 of 10 g f t 5 h-15 24 2 0-0 4 i 3-4 5 1 ti-9 160-1 4 i 3-5 15 totals 409-1589 total 2626-3478 Rhein main 42 4789 Darmstadt 33 4578fouled out Darmstadt Taylor of Smith Rhein main Robinson. Cheeks Aviano cagers take tourney Rota Spain special Valano Italy Defeated the jets from Moron Spain 87-82, Here to win the Safe Spain Morocco con Ference basketball  scored a 99-86 Victory Over the jets earlier a the tournament and was unbeaten in the double elimination meet. Moro toppled the Torve Joa raiders 95-73, in the losers bracket final to gain a second shot at a lao Aviano and Moron will Advance to the Safe tournament scheduled for London feb. 741