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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september a 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 of nov for West Germany viewers saturday sept. 9 11 55 . Sports show 12 20 . World team Tennis 1 10 . Baseball Cincinnati reds at Chicago cubs 10 . Nil highlights Minnesota Vikings 11 . College football live via satellite Urcla at Washington sunday sept. 10 12 45 . Nil highlights Oakland raiders 1 10 . Nil football Oak land raiders at san Francisco 49ers monday sept. 11 10 35 . Baseball California Angels at Boston red sox for Berlin viewers saturday sept. 9 12 55 . Big fights of the Century 1 05 . Boxing from olympic auditorium 1 55 . Nil highlights Oak land raiders 2 20 . Nil football Oak land raiders at san Francisco 49ers 11 . College football live via satellite Urcla at Washington sunday sept. 10 12 35 . Big fights of the Century 1 10 . Nil highlights Minnesota Vikings 1 35 . World team Tennis 2 25 . Baseball Cincinnati reds at Chicago cubs for Bremerhaven viewers saturday sept. 9 11 55 . Boxing from olym Pic auditorium 12 50 . Greatest sports leg ends 1 15 . Baseball Pittsburgh pirates at Philadelphia Phillies 3 30 . Wide world of Auto racing sunday sept. 10 12 20 . Nil highlights Pittsburgh Steeles 12 45 . Nil football Oak land raiders at Denver Broncos 3 10 . Nil highlights los Angeles rams patriots lose defender Adams for an indefinite period Foxboro mass. A defensive end Julius Adams who suffered a shoulder injury in the new England patriots National football league opening game loss to the Washington redskins will be lost to the club for an indefinite period coach Chuck Fairbanks said Here. Fairbanks said a rays of Adams Shoul Der showed a hairline fracture of the left Scapula. Danforth earned Cage recruiting can be downright embarrassing Bubo Modem staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is almost every College basketball coach will agree that recruiting is most strenuous time consuming thankless part of their profession. To succeed you must recruit vigorously and intelligently. Tulane s Roy Danforth admits it pays to know More of your subject than if he can run shoot and play defense. During 1971, one of his 12 years at Syra Cuse Danforth was in Fayetteville n.c., trying to sign a 6-foot-l guard. I was out visiting the parents of this player Danforth recalled. His Mother kept referring to Jimmy which incidentally was t the name of her son. Danforth remembers the conversation. When we were in Atlanta last week we were out with Jimmy the woman said. And Jimmy s been Down Here several  after a few More mentions of Jimmy Danforth said i finally had to Tell the woman i m sorry but i for the world of me Don t know who Jimmy is in her deep Southern accent the woman said i thought you knew. Jimmy is my brother and he is the governor of Georgia Danforth at the time was recruiting the Nephew of the future president of the United states Jimmy Carter. The recruit was Scotty Stapleton and the woman was his Mother Ruth Carter Stapleton. Coaches unlike teams Are not rated on their recruiting ability but Danforth would easily rank in the top 10 if they were. Danforth who is in Europe helping con  the Safe coaches and officials clinic succeeded in Stapleton s recruit ment but years later had to answer to Scot to s father or. Robert Stapleton. Danforth an energetic soul who likes to mix into politics was out campaigning in the Syracuse area during the 1976 presidential Campaign. He received a Call from or. Stapleton. Roy i hear you have been working for scoop Jackson. You know that Jimmy is in the race  doctor Danforth said we Are not ready for a Southern president yet. He does t stand a Chance. As you can see i had to eat my  Danforth does t eat his words too often. If a basketball recruit s Mother had to last word on her son s College Choice Danforth who bears a striking resemblance to aus Talian golfer Bruce Devlin would have a Bevy full of the Best players in the nation. At 42 years Danforth a native of surn Miville ind., is tall Blond and in his wife Carolyn s estimation very handsome and does a terrific Job in projecting his col lege and his style of play. The reason he is a Good Recruiter Carolyn says is be cause he is never  his four trips with Syracuse to the Mcaa playoffs and two to the National invitation tournament support his recruiting style. Danforth forsook attending the Ali Spinks world heavyweight fight sept. 15 in new Orleans to come Here but left two of the 12 tickets he purchased for a pair of 6 foot-11 High school seniors he Hopes to bring to Tulane next year. Smart thinking. If you know Roy Dan Forth hell Nail them both. He would t divulge their names be cause new Georgia coach Hugh Durham also Here for the clinic that starts monday was near. Durham cleaned me three times last year Durham was at Florida state and i Don t want to help him any More than i have  Danforth is no stranger to military basketball in Europe. He was stationed at Gablinger Cavern in Augsburg Germany from 1956-1957 with the Parachute maintenance co of the Lith airborne div and played on the Usa eur championships a photo by Grandy Tulane s Roy Danforth. Innovator and Winner Heidelberg schedules club Golf championships Heidelberg Germany the Hei Delberg Golf club championships have been set for the weekends of sept. 30-oct. 1 and oct. 7-8, according to an announce ment from the Golf committee. The tournament is open to All members of the club and the entry fee is $10. The tournament will be a medal tournament played Over 72 holes. The entry deadline is sept. 28 at 6 . 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Artri lj9 13 Wiesbaden x 22 25 Alconbury 34 sep 9 at upper Heyford sep 17 Ben Waters sep 24 at Lakenheath sep 30 Mildenhall oct 14 Alconbury oct 22 upper Heyford oct 28-at Ben Waters nov 4 Lakenheath nov 11 at Mildenhall Lakenheath 6 Mildenhall 24 sep 9 at Ben Waters sep 16 at Alconbury sep 24 Chicksands oct 1 upper Heyford oct is at Mildenhall oct 21 Ben Waters oct 2& Alconbury nov 4 at Chicksands nov 1 1 at upper Heyford Mildenhall 0 Pitburg x 27 24 Lakenheath sep 10 Alconbury sep 16 upper Heyford sep 23 at Ben Waters sep 30 at Chicksands oct 15- Lakenheath oct 21 at Alconbury oct 29- at upper Heyford nov 4 Ben Waters nov 11 Chicksands upper Heyford 7 Rhein main x 9 Ben Waters sep 9 Chicksands sep if at Mildenhall sep 23 Alconbury oct 1 at Lakenheath oct 14 Ben Waters oct 22 at Chicksands oct 29 Mildenhall nov 5 at Alconbury nov 11 Lakenheath a exhibition 6 0 14 team that lost one game. Danforth went to jump school because he needed the Money. It was because of his  tour that he received a scholarship to Southern missis Sippi in Hattiesburg formerly Mississippi Southern. Elmo Lane a special services officer at Augsburg got me the scholar ship he said. In 1974, 12 years after graduation Dan Forth was inducted into the Southern Mississippi Hall of Fame. He was Little All America in his Junior year and As a 6-foot-1 guard led the team in scoring and re Bounds As a senior. His College coach Fred Lewis moved to Syracuse in 1962 and Danforth joined him As an assistant two years later. Danforth became the head coach at Syracuse in 1968 and after two years the Orange began its greatest basketball surge in the school s history. In his last five years Danforth s teams won 19 or More games each season making the Mcaa playoffs his final four years. In the 1974-75 season Syracuse gained the Mcaa semifinals the final four. It lost by eight to Kentucky who in turn was beaten by Urcla in the finals. Syracuse dropped the runner up game to Louisville in overtime. Danforth saw a Challenge when he left Syracuse for Tulane. This is our starting year after winning Only 15 games in two years and getting buried by 30 and 40  i told the Tulane officials that i Don t believe in instant Success just like i Don t like instant Coffee said Danforth a 15 cup a Day consumer. A lot of coaches can bring in Junior col lege transfers just to get a winning season right off the Bat. That is not the Way to build a solid program Danforth continued. I like to bring in players As fresh men. Every coach recruits different types of players for his style of play. I want to know the backgrounds the temperaments of the players i recruit so they fit in. I work harder recruiting equal players of  with eight Letterman Back including four starters and two sensational fresh Man and a Transfer Tulane enthusiastically embarks on the Danforth Era this year. Six-foot-9 freshman Forward Micah Blunt was one of the top five most recruited players in the nation last year pursued by 300 universities. He chose to remain in his native new Orleans and play for Tulane thanks to Danforth. Washington d.c., usually a notre Dame and Maryland stronghold provided Dan Forth with 6-3 guard Joe Holston voted the metropolitan player of the year. And 6-7 Forward Bobby Jones out of Gulf port. Miss., Danforth wife s Hometown transferred from the University of Michigan. By Landing these players a National basketball publication voted Tulane of the metro seven conference As the 21st top school in the area of recruiting in 1978. Danforth Sells his prospects on the City of new Orleans the super dome where Tulane plays its games and the school be cause of its renowned educational Back ground including its school of Medicine. Also the 50,000-Watt station Wal in new Orleans carries into 30 states. But most of All Danforth Sells himself who is an innovator and a Winner. Once a Streetcar ran through new or leans and was named desire. Now the Only Streetcar line in the Crescent City runs up St. Charles ave. Alongside Tulane univer sity. The biggest desire in new Orleans now comes in the form of Roy Danforth. He has Many  but one of his future ones is to have Tulane in the final four when the Mcaa championships Are held in the super dome in 1982. Sports on of baseball new York Yankees at bos ton red sox 12 30 ., saturday  
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