European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. February 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Wiir Burg s Brown courting College lets face it. High school basketball in Europe i no bastion of future College Start. Example i every other year the Belt Dodd Plaven try out Ferine Albert Scheiwer mentation in Barte Bill tournament. They barely find playing time betide their us teide teammates. Emple i Tom Hipp a it foot a Forward at Hei Delberg High dominated Dodds basketball from 1982 to iff4. He went to Siena College in upstate new York where he s a senior averaging 1.4 Poutt per 3 Steve Hal Chinn. A 6-7 Center it Sunburg High a the most valuable player in the wolves March to the big school title in 1986. He made it to Oregon s Community College where he i a Sophomore. Not pro Liing tuft. Especially if you re a player or a Parent of a player looking for a hoops schol re in it for the free College ride of West Young Man. So said Michigan assistant coach Mik Eboyd while recruiting Glen Rice at the Schweitzer meet of 198 j. Ift had child Here said Boyd i ship the kid to the states. He d probably live with his grandparents or Uncle if he s going to be an ath Lete if that s what he and yet. There s Hope. If you like playing prep oops in Europe and Mill want that scholarship you need Only look at the big schools tournament Fla saw a. Look at Andre Green a 6-9 Tenter at signed to play next season at Central Florida. Look at Steve Duncan a 4-5 Forward Atzei Brusven. He tits a shot u Wake Forest or South Carolina s Winthrop at David Ennis a fr-5 Center Ai Ramstein. He has feelers at a few schools including Southwest Texas state. Look at Michael brawn a 6-3 swing Man Atwil Retburg. He looks ready to sign Wilh Idaho stale. Mat s a quartet of division 1 schools. Of they Renot Indiana or Georgetown. But in the context of Dodds history this is a Boom year it s the kind of trans Atlantic that Brown 1 first came Over Here i had doubt about letting a scholarships id the Yttri Buie my dad kept saying you can do u. You can do it. You can do it. " so buc Liy Fox How says brown1 dad Bobby if you can sen your kid 1o Camp this Way the coaches in the states can see you have it. College coaches must see you play. In this age of video you might get away wit sending tapes. Might. Said Boyd most coaches won t sign a kid unless he s seen him the Handicap of playing in Europe. Bobby Brown realized that Handicap when he considered moving his family from Colorado Springs in 1985 Michael was coming off a Fine Junior High Bas Kelba showing. Family friends advised against moving my Chael Sway from top High school Competition coaches vision. But Bobby a retired technical Jei Geant once stationed at Ramstein loved Germany. So did wife Jean who had a leaching Job lined up overseas. Solid Michael. I thought about la problems Michael Wouldhave getting a scholarship said Bobby but i still had in the Back of my mind that he could make s the Type of kid who works hard in the gym stays in the gym. Someone would see him. My feel ing was he would gel a scholarship from Here so the Browns moved to of Leaburg in Lime for the basketball season of i985-s6. Michael made a Quick Impact. The Sophomore Forward scored a game High 17 Points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the 1986 big schools title game which Wurzburg won 49-32 Over Nornberg. The next year Michael handled the Ball More and Winburg won again. The Junior hit 24 Points in the big schools final a 58-52 wolves Triumph Over Stuttgart tourney coaches voted him most valuable though Brown s Volvo failed to make it three lilies in a Row last week to still landed Mph donors. It we a Vole thai incensed some coaches one called it pathetic since Brown missed three Short shots and committed a key foul in the la two minutes of Winburg s 38-54 Liue loss to so Ulgart. Would pc voted Tor the stallions Mitchell Lester. Not that Brown lopped. He did avenge 16 Points and ii rebounds in three games. He did bring the Tell Dow court much of the Lime besides providing most of the inside muscle for the wolves. As his coach Kevin Johnson said he s the Host player Here. He s also the Best Pliny or in , who turns 13 on March 6, was born in Columbus Ohio and started dribbling when he was7 in Ramstein. He Learned from Bobby who played air Force Ball in tile relationship thrives. Bobby 48, could be seen at court Side last week pointing instructions this son. I m just trying to help said dad. I m a coach from the stands t know coach Johnson does t always like it but it s just a father son Michael buried himself in Dodds basketball these past three seasons he could forget Colleg hoops. Instead he had foresight. He entered the Ameri can basketball Camp in Lcy sin. Switzerland in the Summers of 1986 and 87. College coaches saw him play at the top of i game. He entered another Camp of 280 prep players in Santa Barbara. Calif., Las july. Coaches saw him perform among the tap so. He also studied Cadine to his 3.57 Grade Point aver age last semester. Now Michael Brown appears on the verge of land ing a division i scholarship. An assistant at Idaho state said wednesday that Couch Jim Boutin Hopes to visit Brown to Lalk to him and try to wort some thing Boutin s aide added that since colleges can t sign anybody in March and must wait until april 13, is other schools May Contact him any thing can if Brown goo to Idaho slate i Hopes to Hookup with old teammate Hutchinson who could trans Fer there. Which could help the bengals. Even i Hutchinson ii hidden at Umpqua s Junior College he s averaging 11.5 paints and nine rebounds for team that stands 224. Brown s advice to fellow Dodds hoops Cra work on your game All year round. A lot of Guys Over Hen get in the habit or playing the sport i season i s easy to play All the sports Over Here. It might be hard to pull away like i played football this year. But sacrifice to keep it Down to it does t Hurt to have a dad like Bobby. He knows the value of College. San i and i put it ii he Back or mind that my son will be better than blistering first run wins is for Tomba by John Mossman in Allan Alberta a Italy s Brilliant bombastic Albert Tomba outgunned Hubert Strolz and Pimm Zur Yanggen to via the olympic men s giant slalom and grab to coun try s firl Alpine medal of the Winter olympics. In the tradition of such past italian Mulcro As Gustavo Thoeni an Pic Rocha Tomba was a decisive Winner to his had to bid Dud with surf Angorn. The Swiss at found specialist who battling Italy s Star Tor the lurid cup Overall Tiue this Seroo. Tomba. On the strength of a powerful Fin run that bit him a healthy 1.14 second adv Antan on the Field cruised to the Gold medal Hii second new Only the second fastest of the session but it wis fast enough. Tomb s afr Etc time for two runt Over relatively straight Flat courses 2minutes, 6.37 second. A Ami shot skywards be crossed the finish toe Tad an italian Victory pity which began after the fint too. 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