European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 19, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 is photo by Gui Schueller Ansbach s Thomas Epps defies retch in by Heidelberg s Terry Pledger 45grabs rebound in wednesday action at a town Christmas shootout bears Falcons Post 3rd straight wins in a town Xmas Cage Kaiserslautern Germany Thebaut Holder bears and Frankfurt Falcons fought their Way into the Winner s bracket finals of the kaisers Lauvern Christmas shoot out each posting a third straight Victory Inthis double elimination Holiday classic. Baum older erased an Early four Point deficit and gained control in the second half to Post a 60-56 Victory Over the air Force a Pitburg Barons of the Continental sports ran 11 straight Points to break out of a 10-10 tie then fought off Twobears challenges in posting a 66-63 Victory that put two v corps teams in the Winner showdown. The losses relegated Pitburg and Berli into a six team fight for survival with the Heidelberg generals Pir Masens roadrunners Mannheim Mustangs and Schaffen Burg suns. Two of the last four were Des tined to lose out in wednesday s final two earlier loser s bracket games Heidel Berg ousted Ansbach 86-70, Pir Masens out scored Nuernberg 123-114, a Schaffenburg edged Karlsruhe and Mannheim 86-82. Late tuesday Berlin nudged 85-82 i three overtimes and Frankfurt bested Karlsruhe 95-83 in Winner s bracket Baum older Frankfurt contest at 2 . Features thursday s five game sched ule which starts at 10 . And concludes with the loser s bracket finale at 8 . The tournament championship will be played at 3pm. Friday with the if necessary game at 5 .Bitburg broke from a 12-12 tic to Lead 16-12 and 17-14 with just under 8 minute left in the first half of wednesday night s first All winners contest. Baum older comeback for a 30-27 halftime margin. After the break the bears opened a 54-43 Lead with the Barons getting no closer than the final four Points. Pitburg stayed i Contention mainly on 14 of 18 free throw shooting netting 11 from the line in the second half. Ronald Williams led the bears with 22,Clyde Harp added 15 and Myron Wicks 10. Wallace Northcutt had 22 and Tony Ever Ett 22 Foi the losers. With the score tied at 10 in the Frank Furt Berlin contest a free throw and Jackie Johnson s Fig started the Falcons a technical foul was called with Andre Hutchinson going to the line he Whitall three Charity tosses plus a three Point Field goal for a 19-10 Baum older added a Basket j 21 -10 Edge. Berlin Cut the margin to 32-28 at the half and 57-55 and 65-63 near the end but got no closer. In Between Baum older enjoyed 54-41 Edge. Rick Grice hit 24 Points Hutchinson 13and Johnson 12 for the Falcons. James jacks had 15 and Michael Reese and Bellis 13 for the bears. In loser s bracket action Heidelberg 86, 70heidelberg, which led ail the Way was in front 40-31 at halftime. Terry Pledger see Cage on Page 21 tic pics is football contest win a trip for 2 of the super bowl How to enter Mark an x in the Block by the team you predict to win then answer the three breaker questions and print your name at the Bottom of the ballot. Mail your Cal postage free via maps to football Coniel stars and stripes Apo 09211. Sunday dec. 22 Holiday Bow i at san Diego Calif. Arkansas 9-2 is. Arizona St. H-3 saturday dec. 28 Sun bowl at paso Texas Georgia 7-3-1 is. Arizona k-3 Citrus bowl at Orlando Fla. Ohio St. K-3 is. Brigham Young 11-2 monday dec. 30 Gator bowl at Jacksonville Fla. Oklahoma is. 8-3 is. Florida St. 8-3 Freedom bowl at Anaheim Calif. Washington 6-5 is. Colorado 7-4 tuesday dec. 31 peach bowl at Atlanta army 8-3 is. Illinois 6-4-1 Bluebonnet bowl at Houston air Force 11 -1 is. Texas 8-3 wednesday Jan. 1 fiesta bowl at Phoenix Ariz. Michigan 9-1-1 is. Nebraska 9-2 Orange bowl at Miami Oklahoma 10-1 is. Penn St. 11-0 Rose bowl Al Pasadena Calif. Urcla 8-2-1 is. Iowa 10-1 Cotton bowl at Dalla. Texas am 9-2 is. Auburn 8-3 sugar bowl at new Orleans Miami Fla. 10-1 is. Tennessee 8-1-2 d d first tie breaker How Many Points will be scored in the Orange bowl total for both teams ? second tie breaker How Many Points will be scored in the Rose bowl Tola for both teams ? third tie breaker How Many Points will be scored in the Cotton bowl total for both teams ? contest rules 1. Except for stars and stripes employees and members of their families anyone who is eligible to shop in the Exchange and use the Al o or Fpo is eligible to enter. 2. There is no limit to the number of entries however Only original ballots no copies clipped from the stars and stripes will be accepted. The ballot will appear in the stars and stripes daily from dec. 10 through dec. 19,3. Entries must be postmarked not later than dec. 20, and must arrive at stripes not later than dec. 31. The Winner will be announced Jan. 10. Hand carried entries will not be accepted at the newspaper offices All entries must arrive by mail with a postmark. Stars and stripes cannot be responsible for entries that arrive past the deadline. 4 there arc no provisions for picking tie games All tie games will be counted a Correct picks on All entries. 5. The Winner of the contest will be the person whose entry i beats the Consen sus picks of the stars and stripes sports staff to be featured in he stripes sports Section on dec. 20 and 2 then beats All entries that beat the staff. The decision of the judges Bob Wicker Klint Johnson and Ben Abrams will be final. In the event of a tic Afu r the tic Breakers the Winner will be selected by random drawing. Winner to the super bowl the Winner of the contest will receive two tickets to super bowl xxx in new Orleans on Jan. 26. The prize also includes round trip airline tickets for two and hotel accommodations for five nights during super bowl week. Name address Telephone number
