European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March so 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 army basketball bears oust defending Usa eur Champ Butom  Baum older West Germany they looked like the bad news bean but the Baum older bean hot Down defending Usa eur Champion Wiesbaden 7741 sunday to Advance to the v corps Basket Ball championship against the i Del Ken Mountain ten. Baum other. Western Region Champion will  Eastern Region Champ at 7 . Wednesday in Wil Flecken 10 tip of Tahr Betl of thre title series. Play resumes at Baum older saturday at 1 . Wild Flotken gained in Entrance to the championship by beating Hanau 96-69 in the Eastern Region if no Cussary game sunday. Hanau won the first contest96-88 to Force the third game. The bears eagles showdown was unsightly and a times frustrating to sit la rough. It was like going to a car Nee Only to discover All the mechanics forgot loins tall spark plugs. But the icam mechanics Bear coach King co Operand Eagle coach Jerome Cannon had Thor spark plugs in. The problem was More a Case of the plugs misfiring passes ending up in the bleachers breakaways gone am and a sluggish Sun. About the horrendous pawing Cooper said i Twain t really bad passing the players weren t getting themselves in position to receive a  about poor shooting Cannon countered when Eon fronted with a Bear defender s comment that the eagles weren t hitting from outside naw that s no True. We shot the Ball  about breakaways gone awry. Bear big Man Jimm Davit who Hud nothing but air Between himself the hoop before he mishandled a pan torn Dairy Frier Ion Aid it was a Little behind me. I was Loo anxious and about the sluggish Start. Cooper said we were sluggish. 1 Don t know whether it was the change to do Daylight savings time but we were  Baum older was t Flat last Friday at Wiesbaden when the bean handed the eagles a 101-68 Shellack ing something Cannon obviously wanted to avoid this Lime around with a two pronged strategy. First Well have to control the game by pushing Heball fast on pm said Cannon who hoped to beat the bigger Bear players Down court on the transition  also hoped to keep the crowd out of the game and we have to keep the crowd out. It s Gonna be hard. The crowd in like a sixth player on the floor had said the solution Don t let Baum older get a big Lead and Don t let them go in  was successful at stifling the touch and go Bear offence in the first half though both learn never Gol out of first gear. Buu Holder closed the half with its Only scoring Streak a 7-Pointer, which brought them Back from a 33-12 deficit to a 39-33 Midway , pleased with the eagles first half showing said the rat lady has not yet , the was warming up the vocal cords. And bears opened the second half by going on an other seven Point run boosting the Lead to 46-56. The eagles came Back to within four As Carl Turne Rof to Skeg. Ma., took a pats on a pick and Roll and rimmed h for two Point. Forward Eddie Hall Ocre Eliboro n.c., hit Turner with 3 pass in the Paul for another Basket to slice the deficit to 48-44.after a few exchanges. Bear Forward Darnell Artel of Louisville ky., Sank a Basket and 6-foot guard Friezon of Richmond vb., dropped in iwo hoops handing the bears the biggest Lead yet at j6-45 with. Wiesbaden answered with nine straight Points four coming from Center Arlha Braddy of Alvada ga., who roped a bucket and two free  that was it. The Eagle  tanks were empty. Big Bear Davis dropped in three baskets As Baumholzer jumped out to a 67-56 Lead. Then the floodgate  2 45 to go team Captain Molcomb March Sank iwo hoops Friezon canned one and Davis netted bucket and two free throws for a 77-99 advantage. Frierson finished with is Points. Davis scored 1 4,and Arbet and Tony Bannerman had 10 each. Wiesbaden s offence never go a flow going. Turner led the team with 12 Points Kosca Mcquilla tallied 1 1 and Braddy had 10. Heidelberg women setae men win titles Grafe Wohr West Germany the seventh army training coma trainers came up Short in sunday St Sarelis position tournament i  the men s Side the setae Lions facing a do Molic situation topped the trainers 85-73 and 84-82 to Advance