European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and strikes thursday March 26,1987 by Tim Toiv insult writer b1tburq a. Germany Navy coach Bill care sounds unrepentant. Sure. 1 fee a tag in my heart very Lime we play army. But that does t mean i Don t warn to beat them he said sunday beating army and everybody else Ai the armed forces basketball championships is what Carey Anen Amy Captain has done inc last two years. It s a winning role one Navy Veteran is unaccustomed used to get laughed Spunky guard Ken greyhound Gray said with a be musing twinkle Nhis eyes. Gray has stuck i out through thick and thin with Carey watching Navy improve from a perpetual third place finisher Al armed forces to two time Champion it was Cray who was laughing with his teammates sunday night in the dressing room after Navy torpedoed army with a 15-0 run to secure a 119-108 Triumph to successfully defend the title it won in 1986.ii does t bother Carey thai some May perceive him at a traitor. After athe has been cast in the role before playing for an air Force learn while he was in the was stationed � shape Belgium in 1972-73 and the army did t have a league. I played for the air Force Lam that won the Continental sports Confer ence Small units title in 1972," said Carey an Exall army player. What Carey does t mention is that he poured in 51points in the semifinal earn against Berlin then 3ft against Berlin in the fit alas shape won the Crown in the Stan and stripes Story on the final skip Schlaeger wrote he Carey finished the tourney with166 Points for a 312 Point per game average. It was Carey who almost single hand edly held off a Ber Lin rally. Two layups a follow shot and a jumper from the key All by Carey gave the winners a a 66-56bulge. Berlin never again threatened.,." however that title was tainted with disappointment when it was announced air Force regulations forbade army players from participating in the Safe Touma Meni. Shape had six army players on the championship squad and he learn voted not to go to Ine Safe tournament if All the players could t go. An All Star squad from the Small units tournament with out any shape representatives went instead in Schlauger s Story Carey was quoted As saying i they wanted us to be ineligible for Safe they could have told us before this tournament. Today was the first we heard about but tomorrow was another thing. In 1973 Carey Ted the Continental sports conference the Laie units this Lime Wilh a 24.6 average As shape finished in second place. A Winner Norm Hoffman the current Csc director could place Carey at the armed forces championships last Weed but after he tournament remembered playing against him when Hoffman was a guard with Wisba Den. He was Tough. A Good outside shooter Good inside shooter excellent Rebou Tidor he could do it All Hoffman said. At 6-fool-5, the 48-year-old Carey still hits the court sometimes in Navy s practices and More often Wilh a team called Riley s Originalsriley s is a collection of former College and pro players including Steve Patterson who was Lew Alcin Dor s backup Al Urcla. Average age is 34, but we Don t get blown out. We were 68-12 last year Carey said his Pride swelling. Carey s real love besides Bis wife Patricia and three sons is coaching. He has been at it since 1976 and credits another military coaching Veteran with getting him started. Hat Fischer who coached the army and shape teams for several years and is a scout Lor the kicks got me started in coaching f Wrt his assistant for two years and i be been with Navy Ever since Carey said. Carey s Rote now is As coach of the armed Force steam selected to compete in National Amateur tournaments in the United states later this year. He also Hopes to return to his old haunts in december at the coach of the . Team in the shape International basketball tournament. Carey s season like most coaches does t have definitive beginning and end. His problem is getting a team from a Pool of players literally out to sea. Carey the morale welfare and recreation director at Mare Island naval Complex calif., often ends up casting his line in several directions. It s a lot of hard work Carey said1 Start in july looking at the players i know arc in the Navy. Then i have to rely on those players and coaches to let me know who else is Worth taking a look at. Sometimes i won t even know a player Worth looking at is on a ship somewhere. I Check o to the credentials they Send in then pick Guys who i think will fit Odell Mosteller the shooting guard for Navy this year was one of those who slipped through the crack last year i did t know about it last year so i did t get my application in. Some Guys saw me play and gave me the paper to Send in but i lost it i was on a ship and had to pick up another application while we were docked in Diego Garcia to Send in the sex aubur player said. Even Hough Modeller spent six months Al sea with out basketball facilities prior to the training Camp he still made the team As the starting shooting guard1 did a lot of pushups setups running weightlifting Bill Carey coached Navy to another aimed forces title. To stay in shape when i was at sea 1 Mosteller said when asked How he was Able to keep his shooting touch i just tried to stay in shape. The rest fell i place Mosteller save that s what Carey docs Best when coaching Navy in the armed forces basketball championships he lets the players backgrounds fall i place Bill knows we All came from successful College pro sub or starter. Bill lets them play that role Mostelle said. Carey walked about that when he talked about the character of this year s Navy team. The mental character of these 12 athletes is unbelievable Carey said Al the tournament. They really want to win. T does t matter if they play one minute to minutes or 10 seconds. They wanted to keep thai trophy in the Navywith Bill Carey s coaching that s where it s anchored for another year. Tourney from Page 21 Bell i 19, cobbins paced Lanhsiu Helwith 29 and Eric Hay Wood netted 14 garbled plays the loser of thursday s2 . Showdown Between Kaiser slam turn and Karlsruhe came time is 6 . Shape 114, held Borg 81 the greyhounds jumped off loan ii-0 Lead in the first two minutes of action and that was All she wrote for the raid ers. Claude led a six pronged shape Dou ble figured attack with 21 Points. Tony Speas followed with 19, Panos Elcho shipped in with 17 and Robert Jones Nathaniel Mays and Robert William contributed 14.12 and 10 Points respectively to the winning cause. Martin John registered 28 Points Freddie Sanders threw in 17 and Gerald Mack dialled 16 for the raiders. Gar Siedl 86, we Bruecken 73 controlled the boards throughout the first half As it built a 43 36 Lead. The Yor towners were still up at47-42 when the Iron Deuce got serious about remaining in the Crawford sandwiched a three Point 25-Footcr and a two Point 12-foot-er around a we Bruecken Basket to make it 49-47 and Darryl Carswell sri vein Al 12 50 finally caught the York townerals3. Smith hit a if footer following a steal and the Iron Deuce were ahead to stay. The team then rolled to a i7-Point act Vantage As Crawford added six More Sec Ond half Points and Smith and Bel threw in a pair of layups. Smith s 22 Points sparked the Garls Tell win. Crawford finished with is Points Carswel had a 15-Point Day and Ell came through Wilh 10 More. Milt Dickinson led Wei Bruecken Wilh 17points, Warren Shields rang up 14 and Jimmy Coleman dialled 12. The forfeit was Bremerhaven s seconding the tournament. Lan Stuhl 100, Netherlands 84 Lan Stuhl rebounded from a loss to Mannheim on tuesday by drubbing Netherlands 100-84 behind a 24-Pointshow by cobbins. Pie sky hammers flew to a 52-43 halftime Lead Over in knights. After the halftime break lands Tull caught the knights with their shield lowered and Buck eted two Quick jump ers an 8-Fooier by cobbins and a 10-Footcr by Mike Hardman. Hardman finished with 23 Points. Lan Stuhl s win advanced them to slain wednesday match against the Neth Erland s loss eliminated the knights fro the two Oul of Lorce tourney. Netherlands offence was paced by Dominick Parker Wilh 17 Points. Ricky Benjamin added 16 Frt he knights Fdl Conette Eye third v corps basketball title Wiesbaden a Germany Frankfurt s lady Falcon Eltes Are Eye ing their third straight v corps basketball title after out mane vering an other Bird of prey the Wiesbaden eagles Here wednesday to take the first game of the Best of three semifinal matches in the v corps basketball tournament Frankfurt s balanced offensive at tack wore Down the Wiesbaden de sense and had five players hitting double figures. Wiesbaden struggle Don offence though and relied on three players to provide their Falconette took it Loo the lady eagles in the first half moving the Bah around using a fast break offence and pressing on defense. Frankfurt soon entertained a 31 is Lead. Wiesbaden applied a defensive press of their own late in the my half and chiselled Down their deficit to two Point by halftime 34-32, resuming from the break Witt a Den picked up where they kit off with Janice in Cut Canning six Points an sparking a Wiesbaden 48-4.1 comeback bin it was a Short live comeback Jackie Cumbo turned four steals into eight Point for Frankfurt a 48-43 Defi Cit to a 51-48 Lead and the Wiesbaden momentum into Mush All within two minutes Wilh Only 12 minutes Lei Coplay. Cumbo finished the game with 14points for the Falcon Sites followed by teammates Janith Parker Barbara Hud son and Adriene Luggage with f 2 apiece and Glenda Bridges with 11. The Udy eagles Trio offence was Lead by a game High 21 Points from Lisa Oakley Janice Nell s 14 and 12 from Sherry Williams. The iwo team squad soft again sat urday Al the Falcon s nest in Frankfurt Ai i ,in diner women s semifinals action Hanau and Baum older play Al Hana saturday Al i . Then change Home courts for sundays playing at Baum Holder Al i . For the men. Hanau and Wiesbaden meet today at 7 . Ai Hanau s card la gymnasium for their Firel game Hen few Una Al Wiesbaden sunday Al i . The other Sci Nina match Pil Frankfurt against Baum older at buium Holder saturday til i , an then at Frankfurt sunday at i
