European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 12, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s Schweitzer could bring o Neal Back it s another Odd numbered year. That Means it s Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament time again and the Competition in t too far away. The dates Are March 24 to april 2 at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena and Carl diem Halle in Mannheim. Dick Mccann is Back As head coach again and Tom Kaiser returns As assistant Mentor. Both Are already Busy trying to assemble a team they Hope will enable the . To win its third straight title and its seventh Victory in the last nine tournaments. The tournament dates Don t conflict with the Mcdonald classic and some of the other tournaments in the . That draw the outstanding Talent. So maybe this year Dick and Tom will be Able to get some players who Are even More outstanding than those we be had the past couple of tournaments Doris Scott Mannheim military Community Public affairs director said monday. Maybe one of those players will be Shaquille Neal. O Neal was a Star performer at Fulda As a 6-6 Sophomore in 1987. He averaged 18 Points and 12 rebounds in eight games before departing for the United states shortly before the 1987 Small school basketball tournament. Last year at 6-9 /2, he led Cole High school to the Region in finals in the Texas state eliminations and earned class 2a All state recognition on the strength of a performance of 17 Points 12.8 boards and 6blocked shots per game. O Neal has continued his Fine play this year. Now measuring 6-ll /4, the 16-year-old o Neal has been averaging 21 Points 14 rebounds and six blocked shots a game this Campaign according a Story by Harry Page in the san Antonio express news which was sent along by Dick Stockbine women s Basket Ball coach and men s soccer coach at incarnate word College in san Antonio. Cole coach Dave Madura envisions an Aba Ca reer for o Neal following College. Madura coached former Aba player Tom Barker As a prep eager at Weslaco High school in the 1970s and says that o Neal who already has signed a letter of intent with Louisiana state is at least As Good at this stages Barker was maybe better. At this stage Shaquille May be a better player than Barker was because he s More team oriented Madura said. Shaquille in t timid not by a Long shot. But he is very concerned with the Success of the team More than himself. He does t mind dishing the Ball off to a teammate who might have a better shot. He s a hard working and dedicated player. His future is  i told Scott about o Neal s achievements this sea son and she said she would mention his name to Kaiser who was expected to Contact Mannheim authorities this week. It would be great if Shaquille o Neal turns out to be the third former Dodds eager to become Schweitzer selectee. Heidelberg s Tom Hutchinson and Mannheim s Stuart Gray enjoyed highly successful senior campaigns in the United states and were named to the 1973 and 1981 . Schweitzer teams respectively before going to College. Hutchinson one of the stars on the 1970-72 Hei Delberg powerhouses won All state recognition at Roosevelt High school in san Antonio for his senior year and was selected for the 1973 team by his for Mer Heidelberg coach Dick Stewart who had been named to coach the 1973 squad the first team that was composed of outstanding High school players recruited from the states and augmented by four Dodds competitors. It went on to become the first . Schweitzer championship squad. Hutchinson who played his College basketball at Baylor Learned on that 1973 squad what a difference the addition of the . Luminaries meant. He was a member of the 1971 team which finished 10th. That finish following a 12th-place finish in 1969, prompted american officials to go for the More representative teams if the United states was going to continue to participate in the tournament. Gray was a dangling 6-5 freshman at Mannheim but he transferred to Granada Hills calif., As a soph Omore and went on to earn Parade and Mcdonald s All America recognition before becoming a member of the 1981 championship Schweitzer team. He had 30 Points in the 99-94 title game win Over Russia. Gray was a standout performer at Urcla. Dodds athletes have always played in the Schweitzer tournaments. Before 1973, they made up the . Teams that were expected to compete against the Best Junior National teams in the world. The overseas dependent kids fared quite badly naturally against the bigger vastly Superior squads. In 1973, the Schweitzer committee decided to bring the stateside prepster to the tournament. The team in the next five tournaments was composed of eight stateside players and four Dodds competitors. Starting in 1985, the Dodds Field was reduced to Only two players. I had been told that Mccann wants to eliminate the Dodds players and bring All the players from the United states this year. But Scott said she had not been made aware of such intentions and that she was sure the military people at Mannheim would be against such a  Baum older s Pam Williams wins girls player of the week accolades for her performances against Berlin last weekend. Williams scored 14 Points Friday night and then followed up with a 34 Point 15-rebound, 6-steal, 3-assist performance As the bucs of Jack Dougan completed their sweep. Boys honors go to 1988 All Europe performer an Dreas Pizzato of shape who chalked up 48 Points 24 rebounds and five 3-pointers in the spartans sweep of bad Kreuz Nach. The stars and stripes knee threatens Manning s career los Angeles a the los an it s going to be very  we he said. Danny Manning s health Geles clippers deepest fear has Materi Grinker and team executives were and playing career is our primary con Ali Zed. Top Aba draft pick Danny Man scheduled to meet wednesday to re Eval  Ning has torn a knee ligament and uate the situation and decide when Grinker had said As Early As monday surgery to heal the injury could Leopar Manning should undergo another test a that the clippers already have told Man Dize his promising career. Diagnostic arthroscopy. The diagnostic Ning to undergo the reconstructive sur team physician Tony Daly confirmed procedure had been scheduled wednes Gery. Late tuesday that the 22-year-old for Day and was to have determined the sex Manning signed a guaranteed five Ward has a torn Anterior cruciate Liga tent of damage to Manning s knee. Year $10.5 million contract with the after studying the results of the testament in his right knee. Daly made the announcement after studying results of computer enhanced a rays. Reconstructive surgery could sideline Manning for the rest of the season and even longer. Manning s agent Ron Grinker of Cincinnati flew to los Angeles on tuesday to be with his client saying i m Here to be with Danny and Comfort him. We want what s Best for the future of Danny Manning and the los Angeles  already head coach Gene Shue was contemplating the possibility of playing without the Star Rookie. It s a hard injury to play Complete again with and i feel bad for Danny about that. But it s also a blow to the team Shue said. We have to regroup. Danny took tuesday morning i am 95 percent certain that the Anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee is torn Daly said. The degree to which it is torn will have to be determined through diagnostic arthroscopic  clippers general manager Elgin Baylor was shaken last wednesday when the 6 foot-10 player was taken out of a game in the first Quarter after saying he heard a snap when he landed stiff legged from a Layup in the loss against  of such an injury could stretch Over a year. On tuesday Baylor said the team was investigating every possible alternative but refused to elaborate. We re gathering As much information As Possi clippers who unlike other teams do not insure their first round draft choices. The presence of the 1988 olympian boosted season ticket sales to nearly Dou ble the previous season. At least four other clippers including 1980 first round draft pick Michael Brooks have suffered similar  although each of those players underwent surgery to repair the torn Liga ment their playing skills diminished after the operations. Manning of Lawrence kan., led underdog Kansas University to the 1988ncaa championship. He seemed at a Point of hitting stride in the pro ranks this year averaging 21 Points in the five games before his in jury. Danny Manning before he Tore a ligament. Newspaper pegs Winfield s contribution at $35,000 new York a new York Yan Kees owner George Steinbrenner paid $600,000 in two recent years to the David m. Winfield foundation while the Yankees outfielder paid $35,000 in that period Usa today said wednes Day citing tax records As its source. Winfield s 10-year contract with the Yankees requires that Steinbrenner paid the foundation $300,000 a year. Win Field under the contract is required to pay $100,000 a year. The foundation which supports anti drug programs and gives scholarships to new York area High school students is the subject of lawsuits filed both by win Field and Steinbrenner. The outfielder s suit maintains that Steinbrenner owes the foundation $450,000, while Stein Brenner s counter suit maintains that the outfielder has misused the foundation and has not made his required contributions. Steinbrenner has said that in View of his questions about How the foundation s finances Are being handled he has made his required contributions to an escrow account. Winfield s lawyer Jeff Klein when asked about Winfield s contributions told Usa that his client has paid the foundation in a variety of  he s paid Loans Given Loans forgiven interest on Loans to the foundation Klein said. The newspaper said latest tax records on file with the foundation Center in Washington show no outstanding debts to Winfield or other officers. Steinbrenner has said Winfield loaned up to $700,000 to suspected gamblers. Klein said the outfielder did not do so intentionally though it May Well be he loaned Money to somebody he later found out to be a  the newspaper cited tax records for the years ending March 31, 1985 and March 31, 1987. It said the Yankees made $300,000 contributions in each of the those years. Winfield the newspaper said made no direct contribution in 1986-87, and Only $35,000 in 1984-85. The foundation lost $135,667 in 1986 7, when administrative costs were $311,376 and charitable expenses were $184,588