European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. March in 1967 the stars and stripes Page 25 byte Boivin stiff writer Darmstadt Germany there will be plenty of Home cooking for euro Pean based american at the armed forces basketball championships that get under Way wednesday in Tilburg and Baum older. For special treats look no further than the captains for the air farce and women s learns Pitburg i 5-foot-8 Forward Vanessa Shaw chosen for the fourth year to the air Force squad is uie Captain this year. Wild Flecken 5-8 guard Angela Strong is the same for tournament begins with 10 . Opening ceremonies at Pitburg i Mike Mark fed House and an 11 to. Opening same pitting the air Force men against Navy the opening game in Baum other s Hall of champions Fallows Al 2 . With the All women taking on the Navy the open ing night action has the air Force women taking on the Marina in Zuburg and the men taking on the marines in Baum older both Al 7 . The air Force women have the largest contingent of european based service members with four players from the air Force worldwide Champion Safe squad. The Moil valuable player at the Safe tournament san Vito s Sherry Crumpier Ramstein Forward Lois Pierce and Benl Waters Forward Jackie Brown join Shaw on the team. Coaching the air Force women will be Thomas Burette of Stuttgart Val Hingen who also coached in 1984. He is assisted by Rodn Mai n s John Gardner. Armstrong will be joined on the Quint by Baum older s Catherine mid Dolton a 6-2 Center and Hanau s Vicki Lee. The All men include Hanau s Robert ettes a 6-6 Forward Geilen Kir Chen s James Washington another for Ward and Parma was Grant Robinson a5-9 guard. Barton Wade the 6-6 Center on last year s Usa eur run Crup squad fro Hanau also made the team. He s now out of it. Hood teas. Ray Wingard. Who played on the 1985 Nord Rutchland port City players u also on the learn. The Lone air Force men s team representative from Europe is William Lewis the Alconbury guard who led the spar tans to the Safe title. The Navy men last year s Tiue holders. Have two players from the Atlantic Fleet. Christopher Williams is from the Battle ship Iowa and Kevin Rogers is assigned to the aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisen Hower. Burk Clie knows what air Forte has Todo to break s stranglehold on the women s title. I have six veterans on this team an they know what to expect the 42-year old master sergeant from the 1141st Spe Cial activities Squadron said they we Pho by Lynda Sext Angela Armstrong. Captains women have to help the younger players an they have to play Shaw a Captain stationed with the 26lh aircraft generation Squadron May be the glue holding air Force together. In addition to her teammates from Safe she s played with Kathy Sti Eppard Phyl Lis to gems Brown and Diane Brown on past air Force teams. She knows her teammates capabilities and thinks play ing in bit Uig will help her. In a Way it will be better because i know a lot or people Here the former Pembroke so . Star said. You know they re going to pull Tor you. But when you get to this Point it s the Best of the the s Middleton seconds that. I think it s a big event and it Wilt be great to have the Home crowd behind us the former Mercer University a player said. Army should be favored having won the tournament five Yean running and hoping to use its running game to Lake he title again. We have to work together As a team get the Ball into the Middle and continue to run Armstrong said. We know we have inc players that can fill it not everyone on the squad is As confident As Armstrong. One is Hanau s James Washington. To via Lisafe Little 5-4 Lee who was consoled by Armstrong after a shaky exhibition Gam against the v corps All stars monday night. I m very nervous out there acc said my role will be off the Bench butt s definitely is ill an Honor to be out there with the 12 Best players in another Hanau Star the hornets Estes has seen the Honor of his selection for the team tinged Wajih disappointment. He twisted his right ankle inthe last Days of the training Camp and had id sit out the exhibition scrimmages in Europe leading up to the tournament coach Comer Baker does t look for Estes to be available at the opening to Post. The doctor said to rest his ankle an keep it on ice. If All goes Well Robert will be alright 10 play thursday Baker said of the Forward he Hopes will be his sixth Man. Esles has a Surprise for those used to seeing him bang the boards for Hanau. I Don t need to do that with this team. I m the Wing Forward and i be been developing my outside shot. I m Good now at running the open court and filling the lanes so my rebounding has slacked Jota Little Estes said. Burt Kaufman taking part in Bonn drug abuse seminar Bonn . Ambassador Richard Burl will be joined by Washington redskins linebacker me Kaufman and German decathlon Champion Jurgen Hingson in a German american Assem Bly on drug abuse Here thursday. The seminar which mans at 11 ., will be held in the auditorium of the Konrad Adenauer gymnasium school at 24-36 Max Planck Strain in the Bonn suburb of bad god Sherg. Also participating will be German Spons Casier Hans Jurgen Mahncke. Who will be the Moderator and Heidi Schuck Lucr. A former German olympian and an authority on doping in spans More than 300 Bonn area students majoring in sports plus student athletes from Bonn american High school will attend the Assembly. They will be Given the Opportunity to question Kaufman and Vingsen. According to a press spokesman for inc . Embassy the Assembly is a Ger Man american Effort aimed at increasing student awareness about the dangers of drug abuse. It will focus on the influences and hazards in sports from drugs doping and anabolic steroids. According to the spokesman Sandiego chargers quarterback Dan fouls will attend a similar drugs in sports awareness seminar sponsored by Dodds at bad Kissinger Germany March 23-24. John Chaney. Record 32 victories opens that should t Hurt the Ito with armed forces Veteran Carl Sias and former Long Beach slate Star Dino Gre gory Tor wiping the Glass clean. Gregory a 6-9 Forward was drafted in the fourth round in 1982 by inc Washington bul playing the do funding Champion Navy squad in t enough. Army also will have to Lake on a Veteran air Force squad including guards John Bailey and she Lay Brown formerly of Florenne a Belgium and forwards Richard Monta gue and Charles Hightower the 1986 air Force athlete of inc year. They Are alluded to pressure games being veterans of the shape International Purna s Washington thinks the is better prepared than last year when it finished third. Washington came to the All Camp after the Safe Small units tournament. With not enough soldiers Avail Able for an team in played in the air Force league instead. The 6-6, 215-Pound Forward was so letter for a spot on the team because of his jumping ability which he estimate Sas a 44-Inch vertical leap. It s he second straight year he s made he team and methinks has the personnel to give defending Champion Navy and always Strong air Force a run for their Money the difference Between this year s team and last year s is Down Low. We still have the Good outside game in Wayne Golden and Jerry Carter but if we can get the Ball to Gregory Sias and even Wade that will be a big Wade was t on the team last year but twin brother Bonlon was. Benton a sets but Barton s giving it one last should be it for me Barton said. My Knees can t hold out much one player whose Knees Aren t giving Way but who May be shaking a bit at the opening tip is Parma sons Robinson the flashy 26-year-old Point guard of of old Dominion. Although Robinson can also fill the net he will run the s of sense. He s nervous since he s the closes thing to a Hometown favorite for the men. Everybody will be jittery. If you Renot nervous you re not human Robin son said. L l want to do Well to please thebans that come to watch and to thank my commander for his support but Only inthe context of what will help he team. If that Means scoring Points Okay. Outright now they expect me to run the of sense and Call the plays on offence an defense. And that s what i la Baker is pleased to have Robinson on inc team to run the offence and also Iha Grant s wife is around for support. With her around she should be Worth about four or five Points to Grant Baker said. Ash huh. She s Worth a lot More than Robinson answered with a smile. Must be that Home cooking. Cage writers tap Temple s Chaney As coach of year St. Louis Dpi Courti John Chancy who guided Temple to a school record 32 victories this season was named coach of the year monday by inc . Basic bal writers association. Chancy 54. Was a unanimous Choice of inc Uswa s nine person commit tee. Temple advanced 10 the second round of the Mcaa tourney for the fourth straight season before being by leu at the Midwest regional in Chicago. The owls finished 32-4. Win Ning the Atlantic 10 conference and its Post season tournament. Chancy has a 122-36 record in his five sea sons at Temple
