European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 25 Norris swinging away of winning ring Fune one of americas most sought College prospects is expected to participate in the Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament this year against the United states for West according to a Story in a recent 162 american colleges and universities were seeking the basketball services of 245pound Uwe who came to the through a rotary Exchange program and is playing for High blab led the flaming hearts to second place in the Illinois class a basketball tournament last year and he averaged 28 Points and 14 rebounds a game while shooting around 70 from the held this year As Effingham won 13 of its first 14 labelled the most talked about German import since the vow by the nationally distributed basketball came Home to Munich last summer and played with the German National youth in a tournament in he was matched against two 7foot italians and two 610 russians and Learned to play against big he was quoted in the Israel invited tournament director Willie Lehninger said tuesday that More than 20 countries including and Israel have been invited to compete this sixteen actually will participate and the tournament Field is expected to be known by the Middle of the nether Belgium and England have indicated willingness to join cohorts West Germany and the in the Italy and Yugoslavia Haven responded As but Treyve been Yery Strong entries in the Israel and Russia also Haven responded offi were hoping to have the Best team Lehninger Bob Cleland of South West Missouri state University will be the head coach and Hes Busy trying to round up the eight Best players in the proper age bracket All competitors must have been born on or after the rest of the 12man team and alternates will be made up of athletes from the american military schools in Lehninger said that tryouts for the Dodds athletes will be held april 1112 with Dick who has coached the team in the conducting the sessions at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena in further details will be released in the near the tournament is scheduled april 1826 at Bov sports Arena and the car diem Halle in for the first time in the history of the the opening ceremonies will be held in the sports Arena instead of the German Lehninger the championship game will be held at the car diem qualifying for the annual High school ski scheduled March 1 in was a Complete Success last weekend with 69 skiers from 15 schools taking part in a 90meter drop slalom on the  ski s Host school since skiing int an officially sanctioned sport in led the Way with seven people Amy Amy Karen Becky Susie George Malasek and Brian Standlee others making it included Kaiserslautern Charles Cathy Guptill and James Dezutter Heidelberg Lori Goeff Arnot and Karlis Krummes Vicenza s Laurie Adams and Grace Randazzo Wei Bruecken Paul Turner and Neil Fox Stuttgart s James demos bit burgs Sharon Henry and mannheims Phil there apparently has been a degree of confusion concerning the weight determination in the wrestling program in some of the coaches were questioning a wrestler competing in one weight against one school and in another weight against another school in the Multi team meets last Bill Dodds South explained that this was perfectly Legal because the meets Are not regarded As but As separate dual meets and wrestlers were permitted to go up As Many As two weight which Many of them Houston also said that the weight allowances permitted by the High school rules in january dont apply to Dodds athletes because we didst even Start our program until something like 20 wrestling matches lasted less than a minute last but Augsburg Bobby Hogeland came up with a couple of real quickies with a 13second pin Over Karlsruhe Tony Wright and a 15second fall Over Nuernberg s Kerry in Between the Hogeland was surprised by Munich s Paul Howard who took a 76 verdict from the Apache Star by Elijah Cosier staff writer Germany if you saw Derrick Norris on a you might be tempted to kick Sand in his a 106ppunder at the 394th transportation in Nellinger has been a Sand kicker himself since he was 8 years that was when he first strapped padded leather on his hands and stepped into a boxing in the next 15 he packed dirt in the Mouths of 272 opponents and bit it himself Only 14 Norris trademark is the deadly combi nation All boxers want but few can Muster Speed and the Man Norris credits with sharpening his skills is coach Allen who also coached the rest of the Vii corps team that dominated the Usa eur invitational last of the 589th signal co says Norris Power is unheard of in his Light flyweight to watch the Mentor and student during a workout is to gain respect for the Art that Many see As merely unbridled one session weeks before the Usa eur invitational took on the air of a Batman episode As Johnson added his own sounds to Norris four count cadence of thuds on the big the training is a demanding Johnson said few other sports demand As much the Cycle seems endless the the the the Shadow the session held no there was no theme from Rocky playing in the Back ground to add drama to the there was just a sweaty Corner of a gym at pan Zer Cavern in nearby to Eslingen with a bag hanging from the a jump rope on the floor and a couple of basketball players who probably appreciate a slam but  care less about a Skinny 23yearold from new in a Silver throwing punches at a for the Glamour would come other Quick triumphs when an audience would cheer him or the Guy who put him in three rounds of the Validity of every thing Johnson had told and his ability to would have been but at the Corner was enough for Norris and Johnson to work nor Ris pounded away at the bag in the three minute which simulates the three rounds of actual technique is Johnson said As he steadied the bag while Norris punched from predicted Norris would make the Allamy Norris Ive been there three times before but could never take the i j was consistently but this year will be Norris Norris is not when he thinks Hes going to it takes no coaxing to get him to admit hell even demonstrate in what style Hes going to do in a i0sec Ond spurt of whistling gloves and exaggerated he showed How he would destroy his next opponent in the Allamy Norris progression to the Usa eur invitational was easy he was unchallenged at the Vii corps Champi at Only Rodney a v corps stood Between him and the Allamy Norris wife and two sons were in the As was his who had extended her visit a week so she could watch his Norris won in the locker room after the nor Ris showed Little he had won the bout on All was assured of a trip to the states and a shot at the Allamy and had done it with his family but there was no i could have done he Norris has no ambition to turn proves he wants the army title and a spot on the olympic he predicts hell make Johnson if their string of accurate predictions holds then Norris is a Pulliam fires Span Dahlem to Triumph Over rockets others who recorded Falls in less than 30 seconds included Heidelberg Billy Vaughn Wiesbaden Mike Elliott and Eric Lamm and Wuerzburg Alex while the others Are barely under the basketball teams come Down to the end of the Road this Lakenheath clinched at least a tie for the championship by beating 8245 tuesday night and now holds at two game Lead Over Asl in the boys the Asl and London girls Are deadlocked for the Lead and they collide in a big Friday night the coaches should get together during next weeks tournament at determine the Al conference they also should he compiling data on any of their whom Thev consider Al Europe although that information would be but to do it while things Are still fresh in scheduled promises to be interesting As of right Nova no is dominating the boys action in the Italy is ruling the Italy there Are still three girls teams with perfect records overseas of k in the North and perennial Power Naples and Simone la in the Naples Rocs to Simonella this so that deadlock will be resolved Russel san Jedi the Bonn boys winning skein at 18 last but the Zweibruck in girls stretched their Victory string to 17 by beating osterholz Germany Al Pulliam pumped in 27 Points and crucial baskets Down the stretch to Lead the Spang Dahlem sheiks to an 8878 Triumph Over the Rhei main rockets Here wednesday the Continental sports conference mens basketball result boosted Span Dah lems record to 135 and dropped Rhein Mains Pulliam scored 15 of game High Points in the second when the sheiks came Back from a 4035 the rockets tried to hold off the Sheik surge by stalling with left and their Lead at but three minutes later the rockets turned to faster tactics once Dan Early stole the Ball and scored to bring which had switched from a Mantovan defense in the first half to a within at pulliams second straight Field goal shot the sheiks into a 4949 and moments later Fred Barboza scored to give Span Dahlem the Lead for but it want too with the sheiks held onto a on Point Lead before Pulliam and Early jacked it up to nine at still the rockets fought and with minutes left Cecil Spivey scored to shoot them within Pulliam then came through with a three Point play to give the sheiks a 7771 Lead with and they coasted to following the Pulliam Point Parade were Early with 24 and Barboza with James Mcclary scored 23 and Donnie Stevenson 16 for the in the women Span Dahlem whipped Rhei main Rosetta Harrell scored Nancy Bur Gess 13 and Pamela Benson and Ruth Tib Bitis 12 each for the Karen Pignataro scored 16 for Usa eur mat tourney set Germany thursday with Competition each Day at than 100 wrestlers Are expected to com 11 at the Conn Barracks gymnast Pete in the Usa eur wrestling championships Here thursday through Greco roman bouts will run thurs Day and freestyle saturday and weighing were scheduled for 8 sunday