European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 wrestling with Issue of training time the loudest rumbles at the Usa eur Box ing and wrestling tournaments the past two week ends didst emanate from the Canvas and the sources were who pulled hardly a punch concerning the Lack of training time they had leading up to the just about All of them were bunched in one swinging away at commanders apathy toward their training in a More Neutral Corner was Pat Winner of the outstanding wrestler award last understand that a second is an enthusiastic rooter for his a Btry of the 361st air defense arty in he Calls it an efficient and personable outfit and lauds his commander in the same in Hes con tent with his Plourd has discovered his training time for wrestling is at times when he joined the army after a successful wrestling career at Oregon he figured the military was the Best Way to continue sweating it out on the he figured while most of v corps wrestlers were at training Camp preparing for the usar eur Plourd was in the he was allowed to make Only the last Day at the v corps which left him stunned to the Point of face Tiou Ness my units actually going to release me Plourd is unselfish enough to see the a and b sides of the the a Side my commander sees me As Mission he sees his officers As professionals and wants them on the i can understand the b Side its not essential that in in the Field Ive been in the Field enough where i know what to the a Side but in our combat readiness is our i not sending lieutenants and captains off i go along with i was initially but there Are Good people in our unit and in Happy to be in just Happy my com Mander is releasing me for the b Side if you have a wrestler in your unit who has a Chance at hed probably do More Good for the army by going Back to compete in the state sin my if a Good Soldier is Good in ill Cut him Loose unless were doing something super but if the Guys not will ing to work for i wont let him that the Way commanders see or do they Ai the v corps wrestling when an athlete tells a commander he wants off to some commanders think Hes just trying to get away from that its a they ought to come out and see what we do do Tough calisthenic 100 of 100 of and then we have Guys sleeping 50 in a and with All the noise they they dont get much and still they go out and even with no Ted a first Lieuten ant stationed at  get out of the Field to train for the wrestling he finished second at 220 pounds and was nominated for Allamy but wont be released for the stateside theres no doubt that if Cuneo had he would be won the Gold medal in Cornett i think the unit Coul Dve let him what if someones on sick leave would the company fall apart like believes officers Are less Likely than enlisted men to be released for they Tell me the Bottom line is in getting paid to be in the not for Cuneo i can go along with but then i we had a specialist four in Vii corps who  get released to compete in the theres no Way a specialist four is Mission the army int going to die if Hes released for a the army int going to die if in Herbert Carr knows the army wont collapse with those kinds of Carr boxed in in the Early 1960s and the differ ence from now and the 60s is that you had 24 hours of exempt from duty to just you had All Day to do then the program was not the Sharpness int there because you have Only two weeks to train for a big in my Day they get Hurt training like Wendell Bussey of Wuerzburg lost in the boxing invitational middleweight before arriving Here two years he boxed at fort and Hes unimpressed with the Usa eur when i was at fort i heard a couple names from what i saw were Guys in the ring who we rent in Bussey we have pretty Good coaches Over the problem is theres not enough time for the coaches to get to if we do it like the we get our orders Cut and just and we could have a Good some athletes do get the time to like a Naus highly successful Joe his com Mander knows he has so he lets him off to Hanau coach Jose Santiago if Cruz says he will the commander knows that what Hes going to at the boxing team has plenty of time to train and its own gym in which to do Berlin gets command Carr without com Mand boxing Doest the stars and stripes j paces mixers in win Over celtics by the associated press the Boston celtics May be about ready to sue Julius Erving for Mal prac the doctor scored six of his game High 33 Points late in the final period to trigger the 76ers to a 107104 Victory Over the celtics in the highlight of a 10game National basketball association schedule wednesday i had a Good feeling about the cel said who has scored 35 and 33 Points against Boston this Aba Roundup i was looking Forward to this especially because we had lost the last time up in glad i was Able to respond in a big game like the in collecting their 19th consecutive Home court Victory and defeating Boston for the second time in three meet Ings with three still to increased their firs place margin Over the celtics in the Atlantic division to two they Are 4510 tops in the to Bostons the loss marked Bostons first two game losing Streak this suns jazz 89 Len truck Robinson and Walter Davis combined for 21 Points As the suns raced to a 15point first Quarter Lead and lakers pacers 96 Kareem Abduljabba scored eight of his game High 29 Points in the final three minutes and grabbed 16 rebounds to Lead los Angeles to its sixth Victory in a the lakers trailed 9289 with remaining but Mike Cooper made a Layup and two free throws to give them the Lead for Good with to Kings pistons 90 Sam Lacey 22foot jump shot with 20 seconds left gave the Kings the Lacey winning shot came 10 seconds after Detroit John Long hit a 20foot jumper to give the pistons a 9089 who finished with 12 scored eight of Kansas cites last 15 Reg Gie King led the Kings with the Pis tons have lost 18 games in a Row on the rockets Mavericks 68 Moses Malone and Bill Willoughby scored 21 Points apiece and Houston held the expansion Mavericks to an Aba Low Point total for the it was the seventh consecutive loss for whose re Cord is the Mavericks managed Only eight Points in the third also an Aba Low this the Maver icks shot percent to Houston spurs nuggets 132 George Gervin hit a jumper and two free throws in the last 25 seconds As san Antonio rallied to snap a six game Road losing the nuggets led 112103 after three periods but who has won the last three Aba scoring ral lied san Antonio in the last seven scoring 10 of his game High 37 Points Dur ing that stretch As the spurs wiped out a 13point supersonics bullets 99 James Bailey hit six straight shots in the first half As Seattle built a 19point Lead and held on to snap a six game losing Bailey led Seattle balanced at tack with 17 Points As six sonics scored in double warriors Trail blazers 100 Lloyd free scored 28 Points and Rookie Larry Smith grabbed 25 rebounds for Golden the warriors led by 18 Points at halftime and moved ahead by 23 Early in the third the blazers pulled within nine Points before the third pacer James Edwards takes rebound from lakers Kareem Abduljabba los Angeles Downs Indiana pacers 10296 in Aba action Quarter ended but Purvis who finished with 24 scored eight Early in the fourth period As the warriors again opened a comfortable bulls Cavaliers 96 Rickey Sobers scored 18 of his 26 Points in the fourth Quarter As Chicago extended its winning Streak to seven the bulls led 7769 entering the final period but Cleveland Cut the margin to 8785 with seven minutes Sobers hit three baskets in the next two minutes and Reggie Theus added another to build the advantage to clippers nets 102 Phil Smith scored eight of san Diego last 13 Points to offset a 43point performance by new jerseys Mike the nets were leading 7973 when the clip pers outscored them 122 for an 8581 Lead Early in the final who scored a Tea High 21 scored eight in a Row in the late going to prevent the nets from closing