European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 25, 1887 the stars and stripes Page 26 Darmstadt hoop sters derail Fulda byte Bolvin suit writer Darmstadt Germany give the Fulda Cavaliers credit. At least they showed  could have cancelled the game bul in Hearty souls made he 2w-Hourbus trip from Fulda saturday Only Loicl railroaded 105-70 by the Darmstadt de Mon s fast break express. Fulda was expected to contend this year in v corps Eastern Region As Many army basketball coaches thought they had la Best play Erin the league in Kenny Dailey. Faced with duty commitments the Only thing Fulda has contended Tor is the basement with wit Flecken. And the Cavaliers Are winning if you can Call it dial that Battle with a is Mark tothe mountaineers 2-3 record. Bul duty commitments arc not what caused the empty scats including Dai Leys on the Cavaliers Beach  lot of our players Are from bad Henfield and they were told by their commanders Hal they would play for heir units in a company tournament there this weekend Fulda coach a thur Dennard explained with the Cus Tomary diplomatic shrug of his military1  while Fulda s Best players were keeping their companies company sinbad a Irsfeld Darmstadt s Best player Forward Ricky Hooker was warming Darmstadt i Ricky Hooker. 22 Points against Fulda the demons fans hearts by arching he prettiest jump shots in Europe in the first half. Hooker was 9-for-l i from Thefield while spurring Darmstadt to a 53 29 halftime Lead. He finished with 22. Hooker was helped in the first half by guards Jesse Rozicer 3-7 from the Field and Ron Mobley 4-7 from the Field two Little Guys who have no qualms about striking up a driving Conversa Tion with the big Guys in the Lane and underneath. Rozicer finished with 14and Mobley 11 As Darmstadt coach Andy Wharton got his full commit ment All 12 count pm you command ers in bad hrs fold 12 of his players in he game in the second half. Rozicer starting the year on he Bench has become More and More of a Force with the demons As the v corp season wears on. So much of a Force that one of last year s guards Virgilo Neil quit because he was t getting enough playing time according to Wharton. Rozicer s Success in t Baa for somebody who could t even make the team in High school. They told me in High school that iwas too Short the 5-foot 7-Inch, -145 Pound Rozier said. So i went out and cd to develop my game on my  Rozicer s play has been an unexpected development for the demons. He helped Seal the Rhein main tournament title game Over Gissen with an 18-Poinl Effort. Saturday Rozicer had the Cavaliers confused whenever and wherever he had the Ball. They were not sure whether he was playing the Point guard role or the Wing shooter role coach Wharton likes to switch me and Ron Mobley up the Eastman,ga., native said. Sometimes i m the shooting guard and sometimes i play the role of the controller out there. When i have the Ball teams Aren t sur what i m going to do shoot or pass off to Hooter and  Rozicer saw Fulda s Bench of one he knew the demons were in for a treat. Hooker always conies through so when i saw they had just six players 1 knew if we ran we d eventually get the tired. Of course Ricky would gel his Points Rozicer said. And Ricky did 18 of them in the first half. Fulda cd 3-0 on a Marvin Small bomb at the sin it of inc game bul it was the Cavaliers Only Lead. Rozicer hit a16-Fooler that started a 12-Poinl spree in which Mobley scored sin of his Points All on fast Breaks. Hooker and Orlando Goodwin one of inc most underrated centers in v corps who finished this game with 14 Points also had easy buckets off fast Breaks in inc 12 Point rally race. The Cavaliers knew what hit them but that did t make it feel any belter. They could t get closer than Sevenpoints after that with baskets being cast Hook line and sinker from the outside by Hooker. The demons stretched their Lead to 24 several limes in the first half. The second half was fait a comply with Darmstadt getting its biggest Lead 86-43, with eight minutes left on Larry pills jump shot. The cars did have five players i double figures cd by Small and Samuel mock with 17 each 01 lie Lindsay added 15. Still it was a Long bus trip for a 35-Point loss. You gotta give those six Guys credit. They probably missed some exciting games in bad a Irsfeld. Kush might make proposal Usel headed for merger with Cal los Angeles up the . Football league will consider a merger with the Canadian football league according 10 the Toronto Globe and mail the newspaper Friday quoted one unnamed of executive As saying Usel Arizona outlaws coach Frank Kush will soon formally approach Cal com missioner Doug Mitchell to discuss merging the leagues. It would have separate divisions in the two countries. Kush disc used the idea with several Cal officials Las week at the senior bowl in Mobile ala., the report said. Usel commissioner Harry usher said i have no studied it so i have no comment on the proposal positively or negatively. I suppose All things Are possible. 1have not been in Contact with the Cal or ill commissioner or Mitchell. I am totally in the dark. It s All a question of economics. We Are not playing because there s just top Many losses and too Little in come due to the injuries we Nave sustained. I am not sure How a merger with the Cal would Correct  the Usel last summer unsuccessfully sued the nil on antitrust grounds. The Usel alleged the older league conspired to keep the former Spring football league from getting a network to contract after to Heusel decided to move la the fall. A jury in new York City found the nil monopolized the football Industry but awarded the Usel Only is in damages. The Usel had hoped to collect nearly$1.7 billion in triple damages when reached Al the Cal s Board of governor meeting at Edmonton Alberta Mitchell said he was against the concept of a merger. The Cal has never had anything but Canadia teams in it he said. Arizona owner Bill Tatham said Usel owners want to discuss the merger because they want to stay in existence. If we re satisfied the stability of the new league i assured through a network contract then we want to talk about it Tatham said. The Globe and mall said the idea came from a earlier approach by Larry Csonka general manager of the Jacksonville bulls who received a mandate fro several Usel owners to talk to Mitchell. " Csonka has approached Mitchell but it does sound like he got far the Cal executive said. But now Frank is Comins in through the Back door. Therein certainly a Strong undercurrent of support by Cal general manager especially by the ones who came up through the . Colleges. I would think if sanity pre vails h would be  newspaper said the plan would have Usel teams willing to carry a number of Canadian player Sand play by Cal rules. In the Canadian game there Are three Downs an teams can be awarded single Points off third Down punts. The game is played on a longer and wider Fiel Wilh deeper end zones. The season begins in late sum Mer earlier than the nil to avoid the harsh Canad an Winter. Usel teams have not played since 1985. The league voted to postpone its first fall season in 198$ after the jury verdict was announced. It has put off its 1987season pending an Appeal of the court rulings. Geilenkirche reaches Small units final Iraklion Greece Geilenkirche shot into the final of the Safe Small units basketball tournament by beating Izmir 80-72 saturday. The panthers reached the title game witha 4-1 record in the round Robin portion. They were to play Ink lion also 4-1, sunday. Izmir dropped out with a 3-2 record followed by Memminger at 2-3, Wethersfield 2-3 and Hul Ingdon 0-5.geilenkirchen &0, 72 gift Stamps scored 24 Points an grabbed 21 rebounds to Pace the Fant Herc. Tied 48-48 Early in the second half Geilenkirche beat the offensive boards to score 10 straight Points. Izmir s Hopes were dimmed when Cen Tershawn lax fouled out with six minutes left bul the sultans got within 72-69 on an Drew Shannon s tree throws in the closing minutes. The team from Germany countered with two buckets to turn out the lights on the team from  Light contributed 18 Points and Tereance Holden 10 for the  Ted Izmir with 29 Points. Jose finn added 14.lnluon79,