European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 26 the stars and stripes a desperation shot april 1977 Germany edges 7169 Bubo Modem staff writer Germany a Sci the Usa eur Al stars staged a sensational comeback by wiping out a 16 mini but it was All in vain As Dieter Kun Prilla scored a desperation Basket with three seconds remaining to lift Germany to 7ic9 Triumph Here Friday night in the 12th annual arc Mchaven International basketball it was a hard Felt loss for now 02 after losing to thursday the Al stars try to Sal Vage their final game saturday at against also again fouls were part of the Al stars downfall As they committed 25 to Ger Many just like against Usa eur led in Field but were beaten at the Germany was is of 23 to us Reurs seven of 14 at the Chari to stars use full court press Usa eur turned to a full court press after trailing by 14 at the and it just nearly did the Germany went up by 16 As Thomas von Stegmann who with Rainer Fronzek led Germany with 19 Points hit the first Basket of the second half for that 16point margin but for the next six minutes Germany could must it Only three Points As the Usa five sum of trimmer Green Cut re Wilicki Eddie brawn and Jerome Warfield Chase the Cier Muns All Over the while doing Usa eur scored 10 unanswered and at one time during the Early stages of the second half went on a 141 Binge to pull within three 47 As Green buzzed in a 15footer with for the next eight minutes the game Sec sawed with Germany Lead not being More than six or less than at Walt Reaves following up with a rebound connected on an inside shot and the Al stars trailed by Usa eur finally tied the game at 59 when Warfield took an excellent feed from Greenwood and blew it through the then who won the games scoring honors with 22 14 of them coming in the second swished from 20 feet and the Al stars went on 6159 at for the first time since they had led but a pair of buckets by von one from the key and the other on a Layup when he got behind and a pair of free throws by Hansgeorg Hess put Ger Many up by Williams and Warfield fouled out at and but with four continued to play the six foot on a whizzed in a Sweet Hook shot from eight feet and usar eur trailed by with one minute and seven seconds later Green tied the game at 67 from the top of the with 45 seconds after pulling Down an offensive went to the Corner fired and the clutch performing Green showed his coolness under fire and scored from the trimmer Green leading yank scorer Carl Williams standout on defense first the tigers came up with Bird now they have a Gem in Rozema Byda Vethara Boston a the Detroit who found a prize pitching jewel in Mark Fidrych last May have another Gem this with Fidrych disabled because of knee surgery for an injury suffered during Spring 20yearold Dave a virtual Homegrown appears ready to Lake command of the Detroit a no roster player at the Start of Spring tossed a four hitter for his first major league Victory blanking the Boston red sox 80 not involved in decisions in his first two Rosemas name pronunciation even had to be listed in the tigers pregame its and american league hitters had better remember the youngster from grand about 150 Miles from knows How to a fourth round selection in the 1975 has the potential to follow in the footsteps of the Al Rookie of the year As a 19game Winner last both Fidrych and Rozema Are right handers and any comparison ends Duran will fight Muniz on Ali Evangelista card map lightweight Champion Roberto Duran of Panama will fight Javier Muniz of Angeles in a 10 round no title bout on the May 16 Muhammad Al Alfredo Evangelista heavyweight title promoter lion King also said Friday Champion Alfredo Escalera of puerto Hico will defend his Junior lightweight title against Carlos Becerrill of on the nationally televised King called it a three hour extravaganza it will be an evening of boxing that you cant Duran has a record of 56 victories and one Luss while Muniz is 185 Escalera is 3762 and known As the mad bomber is in reference to a grand jury investigation into his boxing King unfurled a Flag which he said was Given to him by Jim aboard the aircraft Carrier where the first televised bout of the series was held it was a revolutionary Flag bearing a Rattlesnake with the dont tread on the Rattlesnake lets you know when Hes ready to that Hes not going to quit and Lay King weve had some inhouse problems and Well Iron them but i just want everybody to know that ill be Able to strike if Neces the is fidgety on the even talking to himself Rozema is All business on the i always dreamed of pitching for the Rozema now in Here and i want to stay the slender Rozema has developed rapidly since signing with the As a Rookie he had a 145 record with a earned run average at Clinton in the Low minors in he moved up to Montgomery in the class a South pm league last posting a 124 record with a then he made the big jump to the major Ive always had a Good fastball and but i think i became a Pitcher in my first year in the Rozema John the tigers minor league pitching taught me How to throw a now its one of my a write Rozema knew All about Fenway Park and its Short Loftfield Wall when he faced the red i know that if i had a Good Spring train ing i would make the and 1 he then 1 heard about the Green Mon Ster in left Field there was Only one thing to keep the Ball Down and away from right handed hitters and not let the left handed batters hit to the opposite Rozema struck out four and did not Issue a he took his pitching control in i walked Only 15 batters at Montgom Ery in 126 innings last he and four of those walks were i dont have trouble getting the Ball Over the top of the key with 35 Germany worked the Ball Down to the final seconds of the 30second front zek was the Man it wanted to have shoot the last but the wrong Man ended up with the Ball and had to get rid of he tried to drive while in the key and just threw up the shot in it rolled around the rim and dropped and the parti san crowd went Usa eur could do nothing with the final three seconds on the loss taken in Good stride it was the most exciting game of the tournament and the lost was taken in Good stride by the 11 of 13 making their International Usa eur was Way off in its shooting hitting 31 of 87 for 36 per the just like they did against jumped off to a 40 Lead and it turned out to be their biggest of the besides the one time in the second Usa eur led Only one other time when the eve present Green tipped in a bucket for an 86 the score was tied four times in the first half at 8 and before von Stegmann put Germany up at and it ran that two Point spread to a 14point Cushion mainly on the shooting von Stegmann and coach h Norman praises team regardless of what the scoreboard Usa eur coach Bob Norman these Guys Are they showed me a lot of Pride in the second in the second half we played As Well As we the Guys played As hard As anyone could Norman we threw everything to the winds and totally gambled in pressing in the Back court during the second Norman and that got us Back into the game and gave us plenty of chances to that want the Guy Kurella they wanted to shoot the final he just got Hung up with it was a Heck of a Way for them to win the Norman Netherlands topples Austria Williams and Brown finished with 10 Points each and though he was one of six from free throw was one of the real standouts along with Green and Greenwood in that pressing in a late thursday night the Netherlands toppled in group a the Netherlands advanced to the finals with a 7671 win Over Dunk shots a Twoy Earold stad Thalle is a seat Arena with a Glassine closed restaurant at one end of the court for diners to watch in its primary function deals with ice hockey and the basketball court is Laid on top of the ice rink by its Sweden could pass for an american across the top part of front and Are the words Silver the s letter being made in the form of a Dollar it is the name of a jeans clothing firm which sponsors the team there is another american playing on one of the teams in the Tournai Hes Dan a 6 foot2 guard who graduated from the University of Denver in after seeing his name in the Converse Allstar Book for which he scored 50 Points a game in col the Netherlands offered him a spot with the whose father was bom in the Netherlands went to the same Denver nuggets Camp with these fresh Man with these David Thomp Bobby Jones and Jan Van he is a naturalized dutch citizen and is married with two he played on the club champions of the this Germany Usa eur All stars i u4aheuhbrown4 m wlllainu422 Graham 00 Greenwood a Refl 1103 Reavil 2 my 4 14 Ward 2 2 2 for nun 0 04 Jotun on 0 04 1m so Raul von Sun what i froiuak912 Pollux 122 do worst Runolf aptly uutr2 totals 201s23 total fault Sarteur German fouled out
