European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 Germany a Cage m m Bybe Abrams  Germany is the Jurt ran Irue to form for the first round ism in the Germany class a basketball Tou Munnel Here but the Heidel Lions threw a big scare into the top saved Frankfurt eagles before succumb in the Days last Fra Wurt almost frittered away an is Peifly Lead before emerging the fogies were up by that margin Midway though the third but Heidelberg of the Gap to 10 by the end of the Quarter by brought it Down to seven at the outset of Hie fourth period before the eagles Wefflen a scoring spree that left the Lions too Franu Urt moved from a 4338 Lead to a s38 advantage and appeared to be on Cay but Chris Coffman hit on a couple of Graceful Brent tinder threw in three 2wooters and Chris Shan ote potted a bucket and two free throws the eagles managed Only five Points Down the Coffman led the Lions with u Aid his brother Steve added shanties wound up with eight in the second Bob Morreale paced Frankfurt the win Wilfa it Points while flip Wilcox added h to be in the other first round the Hei Frankfort and Stutt part girls and the scare Frankfurt As favourites Triumph in for filled opening Day mens varsity league americano Ivisich National Divi Ipoh w l t 10 to it Hilr vanity league f doll my Scot tvs mans division intr Mph id Kim cd it fun to to in 111 1w 111 ii to til u u h n in lot 101 m its m 44 in in n n in a Ujj u 10 n n i la a Owens division Dilough Kimhoi ill l turn o cd it few or us 111 u u pm Smurna to k to it h Iii n m a i 110 u u 11 1 hum 111 j u u n in warriors besting 4535 and Stuttgart toppled m Boya blasted Ntim scored 12 of her game High 16 Points in the first half As Jim Elliotts cagers were Urt and Wie Bashe also hauled Down 13 came up with seven steals and was credited with sex she would have had a few More of the but her teammates missed relatively easy shots after being set up by Everett unday Willingham paced u t u u i it11 Kuhn tout j fur Artym in Cool in bad game out of the Way with a s6ki Tri the defending Champion but fifth seeded wies Baden warriors rallied to take a 4w7 vie tory Over fourth ranked the Heidelberg girls caught the Pitburg bar Nesses on their coldest Day of the the lionesses opened up an in first period Lead As Tilburg missed its first 10 shots and nude Only 1 of 13 to the first Heidelberg stayed in command the re surf the sitting 13 for 39 from the Field for 33 per while Pitburg ended up with Only 13 successful shots in 50 of Missy Conboy scored 11 of her game High in Points in the second half to spark Heidelberg Debbie Ptel Rowsky and ports Irrgang scored nine apiece for bit Burg which got to foul trouble chasing the Ball As the lionesses built up their commanding Heidelberg held Only a 1jh Fiel goal but the victors made h free throws to the Barones sess in the final girls Annette the classiest performer in the firs Days led top ranted stutter to to its easy Triumph Over the unheralded Eaglel Tes stayed close to Stuttgart for a but Eguro broke things wide open in the third a mostly doubling the Nurnberg output by netting 11 Points to the engum would up with 21 Al though coach Bemie Oneill took her out of us game with to Oneill had All his starters on the Bench for the last five and seven of his 10 players Gloria and Terry a pair of Long Range bombers with different paced with u and 10 re Davis utilized a of handed jumper for her while Walker was Graceful and deadly with an overt head Wiesbaden rallied to grab a Edge after three periods of the Warrior Barons boys after trailing 1912 at the warriors went on to build their margin to then staved off a Pitburg come Back bid which saw the Barons shooting two technical fouls with one second re to Blovelt missed them but had be made them the Barons still would have been Down by anoint since Wiesbaden con trolled the tip after the false Doublet Chni Cal which could have been advantageous to the under thai Illarion the of fended team gets two shots on the technical to kill the advantage of a deliberate Ron getting to Points in a second half led the warriors with Dave who kept Wiesbaden in Contention with eight of its 12 first half wound up with a Damu White was High for Pitburg with is Points and Lovett f pushed with in the first girls Jasmine Pavacic 12 Points in the fourth Quarter to help Frankfurt break open a close contest against the Frankfurt went into the final period but the bag Lettes scored tie lint five Points in the final session to take a m3j after Marylou Mercado put Mannheim with a two handed Pavacic went to she scored on a re a a 10fooler and a three Point play to give the charges of Bill Whit taker control of the Pavacic wound up with 22 Points and Ede Jacobs tallied 12 for the while Mercado was High Loo for Mannheim with a h Kim Everett was the difference As wies Baden opened defense of its Crown with a midpoint win Over she Kalser Slatlem got away with a Sloppy game in its appearance against a Turnberg in the opening boys several of the red raiders were and it showed because they lacked their usual Scott Taylor led the attack with in and Eric Ray Dodds and Anthony ruffle notched 10 Rich banana Ruffin sparkled on coming up with a handful of steals and generally harassing Nurnberg into offensive Stuttgart just had a Little to much finest for the Host Mannheim Bison in the second boys the led by 1977 its Al Europe performer Tim built up a 3325 halftime Lead and retained control the rest of the Way although Mannheim outscored them by five Points in the last period to make lungs a Little tighter Prince had 12 Points in the first half and wound tip with with a 7foni performance from the free throw Bart Pratt followed with 12 paints and teamed up with 57 Bill Elvison to give Gene Kungl ers stallions the Edge on the boards freshman Stuart Gray was the Only Bison in double figures with 19 Gomes Frankfurt i 1 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