European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 7,196b the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s Holiday tourneys would help Dodds its Back to school Lime for All of dodos and Back to sports Competition for Man of the ath letes this weekend. The Germany aaa and a basketball teams Stilt have another week before resuming 1987-88 action and Spain and Turkey Haven t flatted their Winter sports program u yet. However All the others will be in action on both the courts and mall. Following recent custom i went to the . And following recent custom i checked up on the High school activities. There were numerous basketball and wrestling meets that Are used basically to hone a team s Char pen Tor the february March Italie championship tournament Competition. .1 look in one Day of a tournament near Daytona Beach ha., and 1 saw some exciting basketball. I saw All the different styles of basketball fast break run and gun control zone defense Man to Man defense Fuu court pressure half court pressure the world. It Wai quite interesting to watch and i m positive the kids competing teamed a lot you just can t beat that kind of experience. 1 Don t know How Many Dodds teams participated in tournament action Over the holidays sanctioned or otherwise but i 1 been made aware of any that were scheduled. I do know thai All those who did t missed something special. The Xci la ment of be games crowd enthusiasm the learning experiences All add up to better programs. To s Jusi Loo bad that do pts officials Don t Mccog vac the value of such activity and allow such participation instead of flying to discourage in. One of the things 1 have to bring up to Dale in this first column of 1988 i to list inc players of the week far the dec. 11-12 basketball Competition. The honors go to Patch s Dani Conboy and Wurzburg s Mike Brown. Conboy scored 36 Points and cleared 35 boards aside Patch girls conquered Katsen Laitem and Heidel Berg in non conference games to remain undefeated. Brown the most valuable player in last year s bit school tournament racked up 50 Points and it rebounds As the wolves opened their 1987-88 Ger Many a Competition with a pair of victories Over Humbert Zamstein and Munich girls and boys Bath Lead their respective leagues in Hie Battle for the Dodds it Rainy All Toons trophy following the fall Competition according to a release from sports coordinator Tom Leblanc. The royals chalked up 3bo Points to beat out Heidelberg by Only 10 to grab the Boyi lend and ther Amitin girls chalked up 317.5 Points to Lake a commanding advantage in their classification of the Germany aaa. In Germany a South Competition the Munich boys have 340 Points and the girls have 290,10 and 40 More than Augsburg respectively. The film Borg boys total of 355 Points is Way out in front in the Germany a. But the girls Are tied for first place who Patch Boih having 770 Points. Gics sen j gird Lead in the Germany a Central Chase with 280 Points and the Berlin boys Are pacing the Field with 310 markers. People in the news Don Cornell of Baum older football coaching Fame continued to wave his magic Baton ibis past fall. He darted 0 Sophomore this year at Dover Fai Croft High school in Maine and guided them to a berth in the conference finals. The Pomes lost the championship game to Dexter 25-7, but they created a lot of interest during the Campaign and Cornell will Hare 17 in Lermen Back next year mislead of he five that were on hand for 1987 Competition. That is if he is still in Maine come next fall. Cornet told Leblanc that he is considering Velum ing to Dodds. The return of a coach of Cornell Talent can t do anything but enhance the Dodds program providing of Courte. He Geti assigned id " High school where his kills Best can be utilized instead of being shoved off into a Junior High non program or elementary physical education As happened let other returning coaches in the past. Jeff Hagans a former Vincnza basketball Lumi nary Wai a pleasant Surprise to Georgia Southern coach Frank Kerns. Hagans who was 6-6 when replayed at Vincnza but u now 6-11. Was n walk on candidate but he impressed Kerns enough to earn a Icho Lahip. Hagans came off inc Bench to wore 12 Points an haul Down 11 rebounds to Lead the eagles to a 60-53 Triumph Over North Carolina Wilmington in the Tea son opener. He s not physically Strong but he a lot of Cool for a freshman. He sure impressed old inc Savannah news press following the Triumph. When Williams College won the Lillie three an Eastern collegiate athletic conference soccer championships in november it was Good Newt for Leb Lanc and the local soccer coaches who attended the Dodds soccer seminar last june. The instructor at the seminar was Williams coach Mike Russo. The Phi posted a 17-1 record with 12shutouts in route to their to Lii cd. Maravich frontage 17 worked perfecting his Ball handling get Ting aisle scats at the movies and dribbling the Ball through a double feature doing Finger spins in bed Johnson Taid. My favorite is him being taken for drives in the car and dribbling the Ball out of the Maravich was coached by his father press. As Pete mastered one Drill. Press would create another to Challenge him Johnson said. Mavich began his 10-year Aba Ca reer with the Atlanta Hawks in 1970, went to the jazz in a Trade when the new franchise was formed in 1974, then finished his career with the Boston celtics after helping thai team la the playoffs in1980. He retired abruptly during the pre season in 1981. The Tim jazz game in the Louisiana super doric Drew Over 26,000 fans an Aba record the jazz would sur Paw by4,000. The first record crowd to Brave streets flooded by torrential All Jay Rains and Maravich got to inc iia Dhim Only with the help of Deputy sheriffs. I remember him Best a a great Ball handler not As a scorer Johnson said. The first Lime you saw him thai was the thing that separated him from other basketball players. Others could shoot the jump snot but the Way he handle the Ball at Atlanta Banvich took the Hawks to the playoffs and made the All Siar Ros Ter despite playing with Bell s palsy. The sonic Ken Over the jazz having Given two first round draft choices faded in 1976, when Atlanta fell into the cellar and Maravi i made All pro for the first of flow seasons. In 1978, he injured Hii knee and the Jau tumbled out of Contention with him out of the lineup. In 1979, the Jan moved to Salt Lake City. Maravich moved with them for a season then on to the celtics and into retirement. We bad our Apt and Downs bul a Lotmore than Downs said Butch Van Rcd Kolff. Jazz coach until inc owner fired him while the team was contending for a playoff berth. Vanbredakolf is now Al Lafayette. You could sit and talk to Pete and he d Tell you what he thought and listen while you told him what you thought. When you finished you d reached an understanding. People thought he was hard to dle bul he non 1." Maravich changed his image in 1976,shaving off his Goatee changing his Jer sey number and discarding he floppy socks thai been his trademark since College. He also went through a Tough off season conditioning program an opponent started talking about his Tough defense in addition to i scoring Anupa Spirig anything Pete Ever did he did it completely Van arc Dakoff said. It the Way he went about things. When he became a vegetarian in was Van arc Dakoff said Maravich was one of the Best Ball handlers Ever if not the nobody Doci that stuff. Nobody could do in he said. Nobody is willing to put in the work even if they have the Talent to for Yean Maravich harboured some bit Ler feelings about leu. Feeling his father was fired unfairly after the 10-16 season followed his senior year. He was also angry that leu insisted he withdraw from school when he missed a series of Spring classes for All Star games and banquets he however renewed re ii ships with leu and last month delivered a Brief address Al ceremonies for the unveiling of a portrait of hint and his father that ii to be Hung in the Assembly Center press Maravich died of cancer last Spring and his son talked of the glories of an after life during his address his Mother look her own life the year he joined the Jan. Maravich who handled his basketball Money wisely was an occasional basketball analyst and a full time religious evangelist he a survived by his widow Jackie an two sons Jacson 8, and Joshua 5, French woman captures 1 St world cup ski win tines. France up French skier Carole Merle who spent inc begin Ning of the ski season in a Hospital bed won a women s giant slalom wednesday la capture her first Victory after seven years an the world cup circuit. Merle who equated her bes world cup finish by taking third place in tuesday s giant slalom in tines won wednesday j race with an aggregate Tim of 2 minute 27.96 second two thirds of a second faster than Maria Wail ser of , Wilh i clocking of 2 28.62. Was one Hundredth of a second Foster thin Blanca Fernandez Genoa of Spain who in turn was .01 ahead of Catherine Quill Al of France Vroni Schneider of Switzerland who won tuesday s giant slalom finished fifth Wilh a Lime of 2 28.90, Merle 23, who underwent gynaecological surgery in late november watched the first few races of the season on television from a Hospital bed. Fifteen Day Slater she resumed to training. "1 did t even Hope 1 would be Able to win a race so soon said Merle whose previous Best finishes were a Trio of third place results. This changes everything ii feets Good and now i win have More Jean Pierre put Hod technical director for the French ski team Slid now the knows she can do in. She s going to go a lol Mich Eta Figini of Switzerland who finished 144h, stayed atop the Overall world cup Point list Wilh 106. Fernan Dez Ochoa pulled even Wilh Anita Wachter of Austria in second place with 90 Point. Fernandez Ochoa who the hot time on the morning leg posted Only inc 16lh Best time in inc afternoon. The race which originally been scheduled for us dial Crews Switzerland but to be moved because of a Lack of Snow in the Swiss Alps was run Ihra Tigh a Strong wind that forced the skiers to slay a close to the ground a possible. There were 46 Gam in the morning session and 51 in the afternoon on the course which a drop of 340 meters. By Caenen wins 4-Hills title Bischof Hofen. Austria
