European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. April 16, 19bb the stars and stripes Paga 25 commentary nears hoops title again Bucky Fox Kiev Stuttgart. This i5 inc Mill in age of sporty you re supposed to join inc parity nil the party. The idea is 10 even the record. Not break inc re to months ago Unur High school stallions won the big schools basketball championship of Cic Many. Now your army is All ions arc about lot rot off wit the hoops championship of Europe. Nice. Hog the Gold. Let everyone else scramble for wooden nuggets. All Stuttgart has u do is beat the setae Lions once this weekend. The stallions did a Sally that wednesday right by a 79-72 count. And that was in Italy. Mow the Ball s in the stallions Cubit at Panzer Cavern in Stuttgart s sub Community of bib Hagen to be exact. If the stallions win saturday s 7 3u . Encounter they capture the bust of la acc Usa eur title Serin 2-0. If not Hiey always have sunday s 2 . we have a Chance in lose this series said Stuttgart Forward Tony Lone after scoring 10 Points wednesday. If we Stop playing Well lose. We re not Gonna Slop they Bavon l slopped since last fall. Stuttgart sports director Dill million endorsed Mclvin Elliott As touch Elliott chose Tony Jones As assistant. They picked 12 players. The players sped through the Vii corps regular season at 10-2. They knocked out Hamburg and Nairn Borg in the Vii corps stunned playoff mean Baum older in last weekend s Usa eur semifinals. And Here we Are. Stuttgart on the verge of Ink territory. Heck yes the Stalions expect to win. If i hair High school partners can do it. These army Guys m confident because we played Lousy in Vicen a said Elliott after wednesday s game in which his troops trailed 3-1-32 at Hiil Flims. I Don t Sec no Way in hell Well play like this this is not 10 imply that Stuttgart s army Baskel Ball team is a pillar of Prosperity. Actually these stallions have never won Usa eur. This is their first trip to lie title round. Yes Stuttgart s women won it ail in 1981. Bui nol inc anything inc stallions perennially trudged about like a groggy giant. They represented one ofic Bighem army communities in Europe. Cyl be cause of the vast distance Between Barracks coaches could t gel players to practice. Ergo the stallion stalled Wilile Burn Hower Hanau. Schaft Churg Kalser Slauter Icil Bronn and Wiesbaden raced to championships in this decade. Now that giant is look Over Stuttgart s sports program in May 1�87. This is the same wily Wise cracking Mai Ion who helped steer Al corps sports nearly 20 Man s a walking alarm clock. Stuttgart could forget sleeping. Four months Afler he started ringing the stallion softball team won Usa eur s i As Pilch m working on the second Mallon sail after Slu Ugan s hoops irs grabbed their 1-0 Lead Kutkin slab Hans with Ball left and Julius Thomas dribbling right have shirt gel rolling in Usah Kur. Wednesday. "1 Ain t doing nothing. The players Are doing it All. We have 12 unselfish ballplayers. We. Have a coaching staff a lot of people did t agree with. Peo ple came up to me and said Mclvin did t know anything. So after the fourth game 1 watched prac Tice. No one knew 1 was there. And from what i saw,1 knew he was running a practice the Way it should be Mallon says he told Melvin the Only thing wanted at the end of the year was a team in shape and under a Salt this team has More discipline than any team i be seen Melvin Elliott is a Little Guy who carries a big whip Lle. He dresses to kill his pos game interviews lend to injure As when he said of Baum older last sat urday. They played As Well As they can the nest Day Elliott s stallions finished off the bears. Such is inc hard honesty Elliott mastered in his Kam Stcin Days when football coach Bill Schultz scorned enemy teams then buried them. Elliott 31 has since traded Safe Headquarters for Neucom Headquarters. He s still in the air Force a staff sergeant. Only now the Lynchburg va., native is in army country. With a Navy assistant. Jones. When we re not in inc air we re Al sea says on the ground. His 11 army players traipse in practice from Stuttgart s widespread Subco Muni Tiff on schedule. About half the team is station Dat a Ellingen. Anole or half is at ludwigs Burg Korn Westheim. Half the Praticci were Al Ludendorff Ca sern. Some were at Kelley Barracks. Now they re training Al about your infantry. This team has been marching All year. The stallions Are fortunate to have three All army veterans guard Julius Thomas Center Ronaldd Oray and Forward Ronnie Mcdaniel. Thomas is the Drill sergeant on inc court. He wears grim expression � he runs the offence. He might even throw a knee Ai he did trying to Cut Rah a Baum older s own hit Man. Jimmy there Are Stuttgart s half Pounders Degray and Kelvin Stephens. No Quarter Pounders. Thai s not big goes 6-Foo a. 230 pounds. Stephens pounds away Al 6-3, 270. He looks like George fore Man. Not the lean Champion of 1973. The massive comcbackerofl988.so Don t bother asking where s the beef. Stuttgart is hording it these Dayi while other basketball towns starve. Kun s Brown wanted Urcla but timing was bad Lawrence. Kan. Fal l Larry Brown or Decd in a oujda l face the pop eat Kansas if he left for inc coat Tang Job at 11 la. Brown visited Urcla Ian week and i at All hut signed and delivered As Theu rums new coach when he held a new conference Al Allen Field to new Friday to deliver the news he was slaying with it National Champion Jay hands. Brown said cd Nasjay the turning Point was thinking ahead to the Cele bration of the Jay Hawks Victory Over Oklahoma for the Mcaa championship. I just did t think i could face the kids and Freddy fat Lelie director Liob Frederick drown said. When 1 kit 1jc7la in a Sij 1 had two Spall left that i wanted to accomplish win a National championship and work for Chan cellar Urcla s Charles Young. The gave me that Chance and they were Moie than fair. It s uni that i did t feel Good about them. I did. 1 was going to go "1 just came Bank and thought about the things that were going to happen this week the Parade the banquet. 1 could t move and face everybody. The Bottom line was the Liming was Brown said Hii players supported whal Ever derision he would make. Brown made a series of Telephone Calls Afler getting Back from los Angl i when he called Bis agent. Joe class he Wai told that there was a problem in the contract drawn up by Urcla. He said there was a minor problem with the contract on Urcla s part Brown said. I was just something Small no big Deal. It Wai correctable i five minutes. But it gave me an Brown said wednesday that Freeman West of Paris Texas Junior College had signed a letter of intent and that Omar Roland of Garden City Junior College in tended in sign thursday West is a 6-Focl-5 swing Man and Roland is a fr-11 Center. The Jay Hawks have scholarships available one of whith would Given to Ricky Calloway when he transfers from in. Diana. An sports television pro Milwaukee i de troit us Jum sits Day. Radio baseball St louts at new Voik mels 1 30 . Saturday
