European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes april Armstrong Pace Schweitzer Victory by Bucky Fox staff writer Germany United states France Call it a Call it a by any the americans made their opening Day game in the Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament look like a Breeze by Dick Mccanns it didst look so the spent 10 minutes after the game telling his teenage cagers to improve or else face danger against the rest of the 16team International we didst execute Mccann said after his lock err Oom we have a simple system of offence and maybe they were a Little no other team got much applause in the opening then our Guys followed that girl with the Usa sign into the gym and everybody fell out of the that was enough excitement to cause a few pregame the packed Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena Shook during the pregame warmups As the players Shook the rim with the players and fans cooled off after an officials warning Over hanging on the the americans waited seven minutes before they dunked this one came on Chuckie Browns arc de capping a 13point Streak that shot the United states ahead a 6fopt8 Forward headed for North Carolina topped his team in scoring with 13 a Point guard going to followed with 12 Eric a Forward signed by scored 11 and guard Richard added trying to win his first Schweitzer in his third stint As head credited the american Romp to Nat ural basketball he said his team must follow four goals concent a aggressive defense and we didst concentrate we had too Many we were aggressive but we can Mccann knowing his troops held the French to 13 Points in the first we were out of control on a number of and we did not the Competition is going to get Well be in trouble if we dont improve our Well find our selves in a dogfight where we probably  be in a Mccann did like the play of Armstrong Hes our team the players selected him they have Confidence in him and i have Confidence in he puts pressure on them when he has with his Hawkeye coach George Raveling ignited the Early american with the United states leading just Armstrong clicked on a fast break a jumper from the key and another the Lead was a till get tougher every weve got to be pre Armstrong the difference in this and High school in the states is this is a lot More there Are a lot More big Guys on the they let the Guys play a lot More than in the French Forward Christophe who led his team with 14 praised the americans for being phys they jump Well and there he particularly lauded Armstrong and Glen the 67 for Ward from who has yet to sign with a Rice scored nine Points and grabbed six re Frances Daniel coaching for the third time in this biennial this team is better than two years ago when it lost to Italy in the final but not As Good As 81 when it won the i remember Michael Payne and Adrian Branch from that81 the United states next plays Bulgaria at 8 sunday at the Bov sports the tourney runs through next photo by Dave Dudlo Richard Morgan drives for two the Virginia bound guard scored 10 Points Angels gain Vii corps women finals photo by Dave Dudlo Center Gary Leonard Aims Over Frances Roger Rossani photo by Dave Dudlo French Forward Olivier Han quiet grabs a rebound As teammate Christophe Ayme and Leonard watch Ansbach topples Stuttgart by Tim Boyvin staff writer Stuttgart last Ansbach had a hard time finding five players to Field a women baseball this the Angels Are going to the Vii corps Ansbach came Back from a 4942 setback against Stuttgart saturday in the semifinals to win the i necessary game it was a Case of an out manned Stutt Gart squad going fallout in the first then running out of steam in the rubber the Angels Pat Rakers hit five of her first six shots to provide the spark Ansbach needed in the second Rakers in the first their Box Andone defense was bothering normally we Are a Good outside shooting j  we rent falling h changed strategy in the second switching from a patterned offence to a a Runan gun game in the first Rakers inspired play also helped turn things around for she ran into the lockers at the end of the court going after a Loose and i had to sit her Ansbach coach Kevin Cannon she told me she wanted to went in there and got knocked around on a couple of i had to take her out but she wanted to go Back Ansbach guard Diana who scored 15 Points in the first and 17 in the attributed Rakers play to the Way the reserves handled their we play a physical game and dont let the other teams push us when one of the starters gets someone comes in and up the Rakers said that Ansbach played intelligently in the final in the first we would lose the and it would take us five minutes to we didst do that in the second we kept our Heads in the Huron said the stallions tired in the first half of the decisive we knew they  keep up with so we decided that we would run at them As much As we you could Tell by How much their shots were falling Short that they were stallions coach Herbert Nichols Dif my people were not we were in it s just that the shots were not falling for and they were for ans the stallions didst make a shot in the first five minutes and trailed they hit Only eight of 32 held goals in the first half to fall behind 3119 at they never recovered As Ansbach used a spread offence in the second half and scored Many Nichols thinks Roun Dball watchers will see his team we have a very Young we expect All our players to be Back next this years team had Only one player with any playoff expert so i think Well do better next going from difficulty in Fielding a team to the Vii corps finals is about As big a turnaround As you will find in for wants to do something to go even we knew we  go Back to ans Bach if we didst win the second we came out of and worked hard to make this team what it the Community has been behind us All the we just wanted another Chance to play for our