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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 24, 1973outuraay, Inove Moer Miv a the stars and stripes c Page 25 real winners were fans Safe program by Jack Ellis sports editor Rhein main Germany is the real winners were the fans and our sports pro  that s the Way the Boss summed up the thanksgiving Day sports fare served up to the servicemen and their families at the Safe Turkey bowl where the University of Rhode Island Defeated the Safe All stars 34-6. The Boss being Brig. Gen. Thomas m. Sadler 322d tactical Airlift Wing commander the Rhein main rockets no. 1 boost or and the Man responsible for staging the first Ever College football game played on european soil. Was it Worth All the work and expense the answer was a very emphatic yes to both questions. The Turkey bowl Between our Best and the University of Rhode Island More than paid for itself in the friendships Safe made with Uri players coaches and officials not to mention the con Csc basketball Roundup Boss Calls game Success would do it All again Gressman and the governor who were part of the official party Sadler stated. It was a people s program and a great vehicle to promote morale and our sports program. As far As the monetary Cost the Gate receipts More than made up for any expenses in  the score was not the important part of the game. Of course i wanted to win but the real Good from the game can be seen in the appreciation shown by the Uri players who got a Chance to see a part of Europe and our fans some 14,000 who got a Chance to see a very Fine american College football team the Gen eral added. You know every one of the Uri players came up to me and thanked me for the treatment received Here and the Opportunity to travel to Europe to play a foot Ball game Sadler said. I think the Uri squad will have a much better understanding and appreciation of the . Air Force especially those of us serving Over seas than they did before this  considering the tremendous amount of preparation and work. That went into the staging of the game would the general do it again certainly the Only thing i d like to change is the outcome Sadler answered. I definitely think we should stage the game again but the next time i d vote against an All Star squad. I d like to see Safe Champion represent Safe. If the winning coach wants to aug ment say 11 to 15 players then he could do so. But the team would be made up of the Safe champions Sadler said. There just in t time to Weld together an All Star team in the two weeks Between the end of our regular season and thanksgiving Day the general added. Anyone who saw the Turkey bowl game could see the All stars were just not together especially on defense Sadler stated. The coaches and players just Don t have enough time to get their teamwork  the general was t alone in his views that the Safe champs should represent the command in the Turkey bowl. Mike Carmichael head coach of the All stars was even More emphatic. You just can t put together a team of All stars in two weeks Carmichael said the morning after the Turkey bowl. I d say Sadler Carmichael tigers rams rockets Triumph Sembach Germany air Force the Sembach tigers opened their 1973-74 Continental sports conference basketball Campaign Here Friday night by beating the we Bruecken warriors 87-79. The tigers threatened to blow the warriors out of the gym twice during the contest opening a 16 Point 25-9 Lead in the first half and a 12-Ppint margin Early in the second half when the score read 61-49. Both times the warriors fought Back into Contention. They closed the Gap to 37-35 by halftime and they came Back to within one Point at 74-73 with 2 45 remain ing. However the tigers finished with a flourish outscoring the visitors 13-6, Down the Home stretch to preserve the Victory. Joe Anderson and Vic Apple Davis led the final assault notch Alconbury wins in Spaghetti bowl Naples Navy the Alconbury spartans remembered 1970 Here thursday and they won the Spaghetti bowl game by beating the Naples ail stars 26 0. In 1970, Alconbury came to Carney Park favored to win the Spaghetti bowl and the Naples All stars beat them 19-18, in the last minute of play. Alconbury made certain that there would be no last minute shockers by scoring once in each period and throwing up a defense that allowed the hosts Only one Yard Rushing and a total offence of 26 Yards. Naples fumbled Early in the game and Alconbury recovered on the eight Yard Une two plays later Jerry Rogers hit Mike Piper with a six Yard scoring pass and Jim Dickey kicked the Pat to make the score 7-0. The two clubs battled on even terms through the remainder of the period but the spartans began a drive late in the Quarter and scored Early in the second period on Mike Charles five Yard run. Rogers took to the air again in the third period this time connecting with Tony Williams for a 40-Yard score. The visitors wrapped up the scoring with a 64 Yard nine play drive. Chuck Conrad got the score on a five Yard run. Dickey converted after the first two scores but his kick was blocked after the third tally and a pass failed after the final score. Alconbury s Tony was acclaimed the game s most Valu Able player for his 15 outright tackles and nine assists. John Hall and Jim Clark turned in Sterling defensive performance for the losers. Alconbury 7 7 a Naples 0 it � Alcon Piper 6 pass from Rogers Dickey kick Alcon Charles 5 run Dickey kick Alcon Williams 40 pass fran Rogers kick failed Alcon conrad/4 run pass failed dates switched Frankfurt  the v corps non divisional Flag foot Ball championship will be played at Rivers Barracks in Giesse nov. 24. C Btry 33d in 79th a champions of the 42d a up will meet data processing co v co com champs. C Btry has a14-4 record while data processing is 13-1. Ing 11 of the final 13 Points. Anderson led the Sembach at tack with 26 Points and Davis Fol Lowed with 24. Libby Livingston and Cappy Cappiello followed with 14 and 10 Points respective  also had four men in double figures but Only one of them Mike Snow who had 23, managed More than 20 Points. Jeff Balasco scored 13, Bob con Ley followed with 12 and Joe Mcdowell had an even 10. Ramstein romps Ramstein Germany air Force Ramstein the defend ing Csc basketball Champ opened the new season in style by routing Hahn 97-67, Here Friday night. Delonza Hicks a Veteran of last year s championship club paced the rams with 21 Points. Hicks poured in 19 markers Over the first 10 minutes before leaving the game. He appeared again briefly in the second half. Ramstein roiled to a 59-33 half time Lead and dominated play throughout. Flyers nip sheiks Wiesbaden air Force the Wiesbaden flyers outscored the Span Dahlem sheiks 13-4, in the last four minutes Here Friday night and pulled out a 68-64 Triumph in the Continental sports conference debut for both clubs Span Dahlem held a 64-60 Lead when Wiesbaden began its final drive and the sheiks could t Stem the flyer tide. Steve Lind tossed in a free throw Tim Brown followed with a rebound Anthony Miles connected on a jumper and Gerald Lee tied the count with another free throw. Then Demetrius Parker re bounded a missed Span Dahlem shot and threw a Long pass. Lind and the sheiks Bernie Barnes went High into the for for the Ball and it was batted higher into the air. It came Down through the Basket giving Wiesbaden a two Point Lead. Barnes Drew a foul on the play and Lind calmly made the free throw. Bernie Harris made a pair of free throws to Cut the margin to one Point but Miles iced the game by scoring the next five Points. Pm beats Barons Rhein main Germany air Force Rhein main turned Back a late Pitburg rally to ring up a 79-66 Victory Here Friday night in the Continental sports conference opener for both teams. The visiting Barons Down 35-30 at intermission overcame a 12 Point deficit to take a 60-59 Lead with about seven minutes left in the game. But James Lake tipped in two Points to put the rockets Back into the Lead for Good. Csc standings w l Pel. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 go Ramstein Neucom Stuttgart. Wiesbaden Rhein main Sembach Berlin 0 Hahn we Bruecken 0 Span Dahlem 0 Pitburg 0 Oesterberg 0 Friday s results Ramstein 97, Hahn 67 Wiesbaden 68, Sembach 64 Sembach 87, we Bruecken 79 Rhein main 79, Pitburg 66 game on television an to will carry the Ohio state Michigan big 10 Champion ship and Rose bowl deciding game tonight on live to. The game starts at 6 25p.m. Sports on of College football Ohio state is. Michigan saturday 6 25 . College football Urcla is. Southern Cal 10 25 . Take the Safe champions aug ment if you want and that s the team that would represent Safe in the Turkey bowl. Man for Man i Don t think they were any better than we were Carmichael went on. But we just did t have the time to get in our work. Bad weather drove us indoors for five practices and the trip to Metz an in tra squad exhibition took two Days away. I think the Sites should go to the Safe Champion. For in stance this year we would have played the game in England. That Way the Turkey bowl would be played at the Home of the Safe champions and the fans would get to see their own team  Carmichael who ended an out standing coaching career Here thanksgiving Day was shocked and bitter Over some of the fans booing his upper Heyford play ers As they came off the Field Dur ing the game against Rhode is land. Heck we weren t upper hey Ford players we were Safe All stars Mike said. Those boo Birds really got to us. We gave it the Best we had and then to get booed by your own people was something we did t think we de  Mike is quite right of course. No one should have been booed at the Turkey bowl. But there will always be some persons pre sent at the game who Don to know anything about the sport or sportsmanship. They were a very Small minor Ity but they do crawl out of the Woodwork every so often. Best thing to do is to ignore them. They die of self poisoning All by themselves. Mat Clink locale moved from Berlin to Sheridan Cavern Worms Germany location of the dec. 4-8 wrestling officials and coaches clinic has been changed from the Berlin sports Center to the Sheridan Cavern gymnasium in Augsburg it has been announced by sports officials of the . Army special services Agency Europe. Personnel scheduled to attend the clinic should re port to building 101 in Sheridan Kaseane not later than 9 00 a.m., tuesday december 4. The second wrestling clinic will be conducted dec. 10-14 at the Vogel Weh gymnasium in Kaiserslautern As previously announced. Coach Doug Parker of Springfield College and referee judge or. Vince Zuaro of City College of new York will instruct attendees on International rules skills and mechanics of officiating techniques employed in coach ing and methods of conducting follow up clinics within their respective commands  
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