European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 february 12, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21 sky Kings demolish Chicks grab Safe Cage Crown by Jack Antes a . Bureau South Ruislip England is piloted by most valuable player Durie Burns and Wil lie Jackson the upper Heyford sky Kings became the . Quintet to capture the Safe basketball Champion ship by roasting the Chicksands fighting Chicks 100-84, in the final game of the 18th tournament Here. Chicksands was the Only . Team to win the title. The Chicks turned the trick in the1963 tournament. Upper Heyford had Little Tim for celebrating As coach Bob Kortland s sky Kings were Chart ing their course for Sheppard air Force base Texas and the air lots of thumbs Many fingers All apparently thumbs Are flying around in the upper Heyford Chicksands game in the us afe basketball tournament monday but none seems to have control of the Ball. Upper Heyford s Reggie Minton dark uniform above is sandwiched Between the Chicks Jack Newborn left and Art Ransom in the primary struggle. Chicksands Ronald Mcfatridge 30 is ready to assist. Below Alvin Burford White uniform of Chicksands has to Brake hard in avoiding Carmen Garner of the sky Kings. Upper Heyford overcame a 13-Pointdeficit for a 98-92 Victory. Is photos by Cole Force wide tournament. The Safe champs were to Fly from London wednesday morning tothe site of the feb. 19-20 meet. Dumped into the losers bracket saturday by the Chicks the sky Kings pushed the tourney to the maximum when they surged from behind monday to Edge their conference rivals 98-92. Jackson and Burns navigate Dan 11-Point scoring spree mid Way through the initial period staking upper Heyford to a per manent margin 21-17, while the Chicks failed to score a single Point for five full minutes after leading 17-10. Firing at a 49 percent Pace from the Field in the first half the sky Kings rushed for tiebreak with a 50-39 advantage by ripping off six straight Points minute before the intermission. Upper Heyford increased a 60-52 margin after five minutes had elapsed in the last half when Carmen Garner tallied six of i nine sky King Points for an in surmountable 69-52 Gap As again the Chicks failed to  biggest deficit was 21 Points when Little Eddie Bald win s Hook from the key lifted the sky Kings higher 87-66, wit six minutes remaining. Jack Newburn topped the Chicks scoring list with 22 Points while usually hot handed Bill Cook hit Only 16, 10 below his tournament  upper Heyford s scor ing honors were bums and Jack son with 22 each. Collecting 14 apiece for the champs were Jim Mie Thornton Baldwin and Gar  sky Kings supplemented Chicksands Cook 6-7 Abe Erick son of the Gigli Izmir twins and 6-4 Leanders Cheeks of Rhein main for the Texas tournament. Chicksands upper Heyford Oft g f t Herndon 3 4-4 10 Burns 9 -1-5 22 Cook 6 4-4 18 Burreson Newburn 8 6-7 22 Thornton Freeman 2 0-0 4 Baldwin Mckay Rig 3 0-0 6 Musaian Ransom 5 0-0 10 Garner 3 2-3 8 Minton 1 0-0 2 Jao Knon 0 2-3 2 1 0-0 2 10-02 in control Art Ransom of Chicksands White uniform seems to be in charge As upper Heyford s Reggie Minton tries to Tot the basketball away on a rebound in the hey Ford Hicks contest monday. The sky Kings toppled Chicksands to Force an if Neces sary game. Is photo by Cole local sports Cooper eyes . Fight if the Price is right by Bob hovers a . Bureau chief Hanson Crump Buford Patten Bevill 1 0-2 h 5 4-4 14 5 45 14 i  o 8 2-4 14 2 0-1 4 11 0-3 total 33 18-21 m total 42 16 26 to a lick and 9 4584 upper Heyford 50 50100 total fouls Chicksands 17, upper hey Ford 15. London is if the Money s right Henry Cooper the Only Man to deck Cassius Lay is willing to make a Pil Grimage to America in quest of the heavyweight Crown. Henry s availability has Bee revealed by manager Jim Wicks As the Southpaw slugger hips himself into shape for a feb. 27 defense of his european title in Rome. Wicks said Cooper would be Happy to make his first appear Ance in the states if american promoters Are willing to cough up 45,000 to 50,000 pounds $108,000 to $120,000. Cooper s genial manager said British title against Jack  it seems strange the hard punching left hander has never fought in the United states Money is the main Rea son for his shunning an Ameri can  had a 27,000-p o u n d $65,000 offer in 1961 to fight Floyd Patterson when he was Champion. But that had to be rejected because the Cash was not enough Wicks  s big punch against Clay a devastating left Hook came in the fifth round of their non title bout in 1963. Twas the Only time that Clay was set Down in his professional career and it established Cooper relatives to vie in jets cardinals Grid exhibition St. Louis up the Arland super bowl Champion new York jets meet the St. Louis cardinals in a preseason Benefit game and the two coaches Are related. Weeb Ewbank head coach of the jets will be coaching in St. I Louis for the first time since1957, when the cardinals beat the Baltimore Colts 28-21, Inone of the series of Cardinal Glennon children s Hospital benefits. The jets Cardinal game sat urday night aug. 9, also will Mark the first coaching Confron tation Between Ewbank and Charley Winner a member of the Colts coaching staff for the 1957 game. Winner was halfback fit Washington univer sity where Ewbank was head coach in the late 1940s. Winner later married Ewbank s Daugh Ter. Thus father and son in Lawwill tangle from the sidelines. He is convinced a fight Between As one of the most dangerous Cooper and world boxing Asso i hitters in the business elation titlist Jimmy Ellis would attract a better purse in the states than in Britain. He reaffirmed his claim that Cooper could whip Ellis. Both Wicks and his fighter expect a relatively easy defense against Pietro Tomasoni and 32nd Aad com starts Cage finals Friday Kaiserslautern g e a Many special four teams will compete for the 32nd army Ai defense command s Battery level. ,. Basketball championship in if the unexpected should Hap i free a meet starting Friday at Ludwig Cavern in Darmstadt. Entered in the double Elimina Tion tournament Are teams from i Iii Hal Btry. 1st in 67th arty a Floyd Lett Lyl to join by. 6th in. 562nd arty have vowed that Henry will quit if the italian upsets him. Pen then Cooper probably would close out his 14-year career with a june or july defense of his Little to Joi Colorado gov s staff 32nd  the winning team will Advance to the Usa eur Northern re i i Puls in Mainz March 7-9 and will represent the 32nd Aad com in the Usa eur battalion level tourney in Berlin March 24-29. Denver Colo. A Floyd Little former All America Back Field Star for the University of Syracuse will become an administrative assistant to  love of Colorado. Love in announcing the a wolverines overcome ointment said Little now Ai n member of the Denver Broncos Rorty a builders Oii-44 of the american football league will be paid $1,023 monthly. He will serve on full Lime basis until he reports for training next july Ait maybe used on a part time basis Little will work primarily wit minority groups love said. The Worms wolverines handed the 2nd in 13th inf forty round ers their first loss of the season Here tuesday night when they took an 83-78  Reed paced the wolverines with 33 Points and Al Rexi Irish scored 21 for the losers