European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes thursday january 30, 1969 Mediterranean t age tourney Karamuz Otsel Turkey sp6-Cial the Iraklion Bis Green raced from behind in the final half to defeat Agnew 104-102, tuesday and drop the defending Champion Gazelles into the losers bracket of the Safe Mediterranean basketball tournament. The Gigli Izmir twins Kara Mursel eagles and Ankara sul tans posted their second Vic tories in the winners bracket while Istanbul s sultans eliminated the Diyarbakir hustlers in the Only losers bracket contest on the second Dafton the six Day double elimination tournament. Iraklion Down by 51-43 at half time pulled ahead of the Gazelles with five minutes left in the Gam and held on for the Victory in its first Outing in the 13-team  Reardon pumped in 31 Points and Ted Conrad connected for 24 to Pace the big Green. Odell Cromer hit 28 and Gary Bryan had 25 for Agnew. Kar Mursel built up a 52-43halftime Lead against the Trab Zon phantoms now 1-1 and i then held on for i 109-1nsion. Jim Keane of the Host Eagle turned in the top scoring performance of the Long Day of basketball by hitting the nets for 38 Points. He wrist backed by Eugene Ward with 24. Trabzon got 33 from Phil Arnold 28 from Bob Murry and 25 from Walter Sher  another thriller Ankara blew a 47-39 halftime Lead but finally pulled out an 85-84 win Over the Synop saints who were _ theirtha meet aft Bellenger scored 19 Andje  Tony cunning Din had 17 each for the winners Ken Lamb tallied 22 and Steve Liacko chipped in with 20 Forsi nop. The twins had Little trouble with the Athens olympians now 0-1 As they raced to a 108-57 win with Dave Erickson and Ike a Lorie providing the so Orang punch with 28 and 27 markers respectively. Larry Graves was High who trailed by Only 41-39 at the half were led by John thai by with 24.six More games were on wednesday s schedule with five to follow of thursday and two or both Friday and  top two teams from this tourney will Pye into the Safe championships feb. 7-11 in London. 6 teams in Berlin ring meet Berlin special full cards of two listed action will be on tap Here thursday and Friday night As the Berlin brigade Box ing team plays Host to five other squads in the first annual Ber Lin brigade invitational boxing meet. All bouts will be held at the brigade sports Center. Matches on both nights begin at 8  attraction on the Star studded lineup will be the 1969usareur boxing Champion 8th div. Also included in the bouts will be the second and third place teams from the recent Sarteur tournament the 3rd inf div and Berlin  up the rest of the Bill will be teams representing the3rd army div 4th army div and the Berlin police department. Loiver Mound tighter zone rules pre by Ron Delav staff write Wiesbaden is Nelson Briles has a word for baseball recent anti Pitcher Laws. The word is  St. Louis Cardinal hurler figures the two new rules the lowering of the Mound to 10 inches and the tightening of the strike zone were just a bit Prema Ture. The pitching last year was exceptional Briles allowed Here Between sessions of the Safe baseball training school but nil will East West setup Montreal a the National hockey league will keep the same Type of East West interlocking format for the 1969-70 season Clarence Campbell league president announced Here. Under this plan each of the 12teams plays 76 games playing eight games against rivals i their own division and six against clubs in the other Sec Tor. The prep scene. Continued from Page 21 american Academy have been the terror of the league in Flag foot playing against men with College experience and averaging 225pounds, the Athens prepster have finished second both years Thitkam  f,�9tba11 is not As exciting As tackle but i thin that the Effort these kids put Forth is remarkable. I was unfortunate enough not to be Able to finish the season because of a broke thumb i sustained Early in the year. Tye or a poll a u104 rec re our quarterback Jimi Nomas passed for 27 touchdowns. For the first four games our defense was unsfored on. During the entire season our Tea never scored under 14 Points a game. I think these statistics Are Worth a writeup in the stars and ripes or any other paper. But football season is Over. Most people Down Here did t give the High school basketball team much of a Chance last Vear the lancers won Only four of 27 games. But coach Don Roach did t pay any attention to the jeers. As i write this letter the High school hard court squad boasts a 9-5record. Nothing 1 say can express my admiration for these fantastic youngsters. 1 would put this team against any that a town Ever had 1 am sports editor of the school paper sports editor of the year Book and a member of the varsity by virtue of my letter from a town. It really irks me to see our school and some of its out standing athletes shunned from the newspaper merely because of the obscurity of our Post. " i would gladly Supply you with All the information you would need to write a weekly or biweekly article on our school in the first part of february our school is hosting a four wayward court tourney. Participating will be High schools from Ankara Izmir and a College from the Athens area. I think coverage of this tourney would be worthwhile. Of course 1 realize that you would never be Able to get Down Here to cover these things yourself so 1 will Send All the information you will need to write a  you would prefer i will write the Story and Send it to you it does t matter to me. I just want to see stones on our games in the paper. 1 am enclosing the sports Page of the latest Issue of the school paper. All the stories were written by me. Please feel free to use anything from them that you would  will consider an Artivie in your paper a reply to this letter quid will continue to Send you  you very much sincerely Mike Plemmons Campbell said that effective immediately none of the 12 clubs will be Able to employ three different goalkeepers in any one contest. The president said there is no objection to a club retaining three goalies on its roster but that Only two can be used in any one game and the pair must be designated by the coach before the game starts. Some clubs this season have employed three net minders in one  the new Rule if the starting goaltender is removed and subsequently replaced by his backup Man and the substitute is then withdrawn or injured the original starting Goa lie must return to the game. I think they should have Waite another year before making the  just As it was a big year forthe pitchers it was a big one for Briles an sex reliever who got his starting Job in 1967 when Bob Gibson broke a leg. After a 14-5finish that season the Stocky 5-lll/2, 205 pounds righthand continued to make the Best of his starting role by going 19-11 in 68 As far As the Mound Rule s affecting him personally Briles says it s just too Early to  s going to depend on whether we still have slopes on the Mounds he said. The height it self does t make that much Dif Ference it s the slope that  still Briles could t see the need for the sudden changes. There Are Many hitters too who feel that baseball overreacted said Briles. After All the had been hitting the Ball pretty Well in previous years while the Pitcher was using the same Mound besides it s not a sin for the pitchers to have a Good  rules As Briles put it came out of the concern of the front office for the High scoring ame. I mean the average Johnq. Public would rather see More runs and baseball has reacted tothe cry of the  not that Briles is against changes. He feels that some changes Are overdue in the game but that most of them should come in the area of  has relied for too Long on its Public image said riles. What it needs is better promotion such As Tours like this one. This sort of thing is great exposure for baseball an there needs to be More of  turning to the prospects of the1969 cardinals Briles said he looks for them to be eve stronger than they were in the 1968 Pennant season. Biggest boost the biggest boost Briles predicted is going to be Vada pin son whom the cards picked up from Cincinnati. We needed a Man for the third spot in the lineup said Briles and Pinson fits in like the last piece of a  is he hoping for a second Shotat the Detroit tigers the team which came from behind to beat the cardinals in last year s world series i Don t really care who it Isle re playing he said As Long As we re playing somebody fro the american league in the Middle of october. Tips from the top Pitcher Nelson Brites Center of the St. Louis cardinals takes time out during the Safe baseball training school at Wiesbaden to Chat with students from left Claus Helmig Steve Schwartz Mark Rouen Berg and maj. Dale Hollerl. The school continues through Friday with Briles coach Frank Cra Setu National league Umpire Ken Burkhart Baltimore Pitcher Dave Mcnally and cards hurler Steve curl ton. Is Gates