European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 13, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 21 one Hundred and Twenty wrestlers representing the Cream of the crop from 30 american High schools in Europe Are headed for Wiesbaden this week to grab for team and individual Honor sin the 1969 us Desea mat championships. The two Day meet kicks off at 1 . Friday at the Wiesbaden air base gym. The opening session will last until about s . And will be followed by another set of preliminary matches from6-10 . Leading up to saturday s 2 . Championship encounters will be a morning session saturday from 9 30 to 11 30 and the Battles for third place at 1 . Making up the big Field of Malmen will be the three top finisher from each weight division in last week s Northern and Southern Region Ais the top two from the Western meet and the champions from Spain and Italy. At stake will be class a and class b team championship trophies and individual titles in each of the 12 weight divisions. The a and b schools will compete in the same meet with the team Crown going to the leading  ers in each class. The individual Winner will not be broken into a and b groups  be Onan Over All basis. In last year s meet also hosted by Wiesbaden High ludwigs Burg took the class a Crown an Augsburg won class b honors. Both of these teams Are expected to be dethroned this week As Kaiserslautern and Karlsruhe Are Strong favourites to Nab the a and b titles  s Steve Steven son a 112-Pounder, will be the Only former us Desea Cham Pion among the 120 boys com Peting at Wiesbaden. Stevenson who took a 5-0 decision from Wiesbaden s Greg Dunn in last saturday s Northern Region finals was named the outstanding wrestler of the championship two years ago when he won the 103-Pound title. He was forced out of last year s us Desea meet with an  is Only one of Sev Steve Stevenson eral reasons Why the a town grapplers Are favored to Rule Over the big schools this year. The unbeaten raiders won the Northern meet with Garnett Glenn Peter Wallace Phil Terry and Ron Ochse also taking titles. Karlsruhe with Gary Marcus Hector Seise John Zamecki Edd Ickey and Rudy David going unbeaten Defeated several class a schools to capture the Southern trophy at Munich. Fifth place showdowns it s not very often that the race for fifth place in any league Means very much but exceptions can be found this week in both the Blue and red divisions As these two basketball leagues com plete regular season play. The reason is of course that the top five teams in the Blue and red loops Are assured of berths inthe us Desea championships which get under Way next thurs Day at  Blue division which will furnish five of the teams in the class a portion of the us Desea meet goes right Down to the wire with the final week pressure on Wiesbaden s warriors now 8-6 and in fourth place the Nuernberg eagles 5-7munich Mustangs 4-8 and Mannheim Bison 4-8. Nuernberg is now holding Down the magic position but the eagles must take on Munich in tha key Friday and saturday games. Wiesbaden will be at Kaiserslautern 8-4 and Mannheim will entertain the Champion Heidelberg Lions 12-0. The Only Blue division game that will have no bearing on the tournament picture will be at Frankfurt 9-3 with Stuttgart 0-12 visiting. Fifth place in the class b red division will be on the linear Augsburg where Wuerzburg will be visiting. Both teams Are now 4-4 and sharing the no. 5  but the red division championship have already been decided. Baum older s bucs threw the red race into a rat race Las weekend by knocking off the Karlsruhe knights twice leaving both schools with 10-2 records. The knights have the inside track a they close out against wingless bad Kreuz Nach and Baum older goes to Berlin to take on the cubs who Are sharing third place with the Pitburg Barons one game behind the leaders. Pitburg will be at Bremerhaven for the other league  leagues wound up last weekend with Lakenheath claiming the Western title notre Dame wrapping up the Italy Crown an Madrid taking the Spain division. Nine teams Are set to compete in the 12th annual us Desea tournament for ninth Grade basketball teams this week at ram Stein. The meet was slated to Kickoff at 6 . Thursday with Host Ramstein the defending Champion taking on  games Are set for Friday and four More on saturday in the single elimination Consolation bracket Type  s Winner meets Wiesbaden at 9 . Friday followed by Rhein main and Stuttgart at 10 80, Bonn Frankfurt at noon an Kaiserslautern Pir Masens at 1 30. Losers bracket contests Are set for 3 . And 6 . Friday and the winners play at 4 30 and 7 30.the championship game is set Tor 9 . Saturday following games at 9 ., 10 30 . And 1 30 . Which will determine the other places in the tournament. Finalists dominate Safe All tourney South Ruislip England s4s the two finalists from the . Conference each place two players on the Safe tournament All Star team a Chicksands Bill Cook and Jack Newburn and upper Heyford Durie Burns and Reggie Minton were joined by Aaron Williams of the third place Agnew Gazelles. Named to the second squad were Ken Summerville of the All tourney picks Bill Cook Chicksands Durie Burns upper Heyford Reggie Minton upper Heyford Jack Newburn Chicksands Aaron Williams Agnew first team it. It. 6-3 170 8-5 195 6-3 175 6-1 170 5-11 160 second the amt. It. Dave Erickson Gigli Izmir 6-7 225.eddie Lawrence Aviano $-11 165 Norm Keseric Rhein main 6-5 225ken, Summerville Ramstein 8-9 210 Gary Bryan Agnew 6-5 175 Hometown Wheelwright by. Buffalo Stanford , Calif. Brooklyn . Hometown Detroit Willow Grove los Angeles Washington Kansas City a. Durie Burns. Most valuable Reggie Minton. Perennial All Star major league umpires sign pact firing dispute unsettled Chicago a leagues umpires the major association has signed a 1969 salary con tract but still unsettled is the dispute Over the american league s firing of umpires Al Salerno and Bill  Reynolds or. Of Chicago counsel for the association said Here that the economic issues have been settled after a week end session in new York with presidents Joe Cronin of the Aland Warren Giles of the nation Al  Case of Salerno 37, and Valentine 35, fired by Cronin last september is pending Field investigation by labor relations nolds said. The National Board Rey regarding Money matters forthe big leagues 40 members of the Umpire association Rey nolds said terms were reached on salary per diem expense Sand Spring training expenses. We never have disclosed the amounts discussed said Rey nolds. All i can Tell you is that the american league umpires received a very substantial in-crease.1 it was reported the minimum wage was upped from 19,500 to 110,000, with larger increase for experienced men. Last year the top National salary report edly was $26,000 and the Al top $17,000.Reynolds said briefs have been submitted in the Salerno Valentine Case. We now Are awaiting a decision on the mat Ter of jurisdiction he said. It must be determined first whether the labor relations Board has jurisdiction and Sec Ond whether the Board will sex Continental conference Champion Ramstein rams Rhein main s Norm Keseric Eddie Lawrence of the Aviano eagles Agnew Gary Bryan and Dave Erickson i Gigli Izmir  receiving honorable mention accolades were Chicksands Ron Mcfatridge upper Heyford s car men Garner and Agnew s Odel Cromer. Averaging 22.8 Points with five game total of 114. The 5-11 Williams was the Only first Tea member under six feet. Going into the final Jame Burns and Minton were hitting at a 26.8 and 19.9 clip respectively. Cook and Newburn were fir ing at a 27.5 and 23.9  s 30.5 average for two tilts topped the second  had a 23.6 Mark Keseric 21.6, Bryan 19.6 for five sessions and Summerville 18.5. Celts rally tops stubborn bears for 78-76 win Berlin special the Ber Lin bears shut off the rugged Usareur-7th  celtics with34 Points in the first half but could t hold off the Heidelberg team As the celts eked out a 78-76 non league Victory Here tuesday night. After trailing 44-34 at halftime the celtics climbed Back into con Tention and overtook the Bearcat 52-50 on Tom Bradley s Basket with 13 minutes  Shannon sparked the cel tic Victory with 18 Points. Brad Ley added 16, Duane Caidwell 14 and Dick Armstrong 12.hank Hemphill paced Berlin and took game scoring Honor with 20 Points though he did t play in the final seven  bears Jim Moore contributed 12 Points plus an effective defensive Effort against celtic Ace Harry Todd. The 6-foot-3 Moore held Todd to eight Points just two in the second half. Fred Mason and Tom turn reach tallied 10 for the bears. Excise it. They the Board also Are investigating the merits of the  Case now pending in bos ton was triggered when Cronin fired the two umpires for what he called incompetence. Salerno _._., �_.,_ and Valentine charged Howe a penguins returning or they were dismissed because i Laeace to Amaril Loof Union organizing activity in Pittsburgh Hocke organized a Union in 1983. Last j tuesday night they were sept. 30, umpires of both returning defens Eman Jean Guy the the said leagues formed a joint Union. Lagace to their Ama Iho tex., Reynolds said the association i farm club in the Central hockey will abide by any Norb Deci league. Sion. However in event of no in 17 games with the decision by the Board another \ penguins the 23-year-old la arbitrator will be sought by the Gace picked up just one assist Al and the Union Reynolds and was charged with 12 added. Penalty minutes. Cal cowboys name coach Las vegas Nev. A the division had a 1-11 record inlay vegas cowboys of the Continental football league have named Paul Massey an assistant on the Denver Broncos staff to be head coach and general  recently was appointed Small unit volleyball t 414 in Kkt fit t i a a to their first season Lasi year. The owners said they have working agreement this year with the Broncos who Are in the american football league. Head coach of the Seattle rangers but resigned later. He replaces Duane Allen the first negro to head a professional football team As head  general manager he re places Ben pro fut who re signed. The cowboys in the Pacific March 19-23. Pitburg Germany special the Continental sports Confer ence Small unit volleyball tournament will be held Here March 5-8. The Winner of the meet will compete in the Csc Champion ship tourney at Wiesbaden