European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 11, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 19 ., Wilkens inducted into Hall Springfield mass. A Jones and Lenny Wilkens two All Star guards who played and then coached against each other were inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame on tuesday. Also enshrined was William pop Gates 71, who played with the new York Renaissance and other teams Dur ing the game s barnstorming years in the 1930s and 1940s. I m really Happy to be being installed with .," said Wilkens one of the game s smoothest shooters. Playing against him was like going to War. Hews a great defensive player and would give you no this was a Complete Surprise said Jones. It in t the sort of thing that s supposed to happen to people who can t shoot. It s the icing on the cake for every thing and everybody who touched me Down to Junior High school when the coach called me off the playground an asked if i wanted to play basketball Jones added. Also tuesday Hall of Fame trustees elected former celtics Star Bob Cousy pre Jones Wilkens Sidcot Cousy inducted in 1970, is the first Hall of Famor to head the organization. Jones the 18th person associated with the celtics to be installed in the Hall of Fame played nine seasons for Boston during which the celtics won eight Aba championships and then coached bos ton to the 1984 and 1986 championships. He stepped Down As coach Fol lowing the 1987-88 season. Jones played on consecutive Mcaa championship teams along with celtics teammate Bill Russell at the University of san Francisco in 1955 and 1956. Lenny was a great pleasure to play against because he was such a Chal Lenge Jones said. He kept you off bal Ance All the time. He never looked like was doing anything and he d have Doz ens of Points and Wilkens who coached the Seattle us per sonics to the Aba championship in 1979, was Able to make the enshrine Mem ceremonies after his Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated from the playoffs by Chicago 101-100. On Michael Jordan s jumper at the Buzzer the pain s begin Ning to go away but it will still be there fora while Wilkens said. His thoughts also travelled Back to his boyhood in new York and the Rev. Thomas Mannion the Parish priest who got him interested in sports. My dad died when i was quite Young and it was father Mannion who tried to Channel my energies and those of a lot of the kids into something worthwhile he said. I was nine or 10 at the time. And when i got interested in basketball he told me i had to learn the fundamentals if i wanted to get really Good and he helped me with after graduating from Providence col lege in 1960, he went on to average 16.5 Points and 6.7 assists a game during a15-year Aba career with so Louis Seattle Portland and Cleveland. I never thought about the pros. I went to College for the education and was a pro game live until my senior year in College. But then i Felt 1 could compete and Why not try to just Happy to still be Here and be Able to smell the roses said Gates who turned professional after leading Benjamin Franklin High school to the 1938 new York City championship. He was a Mem Ber of the 1939 new York rens which won 68 straight games and the world profession Al championships in Chicago. Gates was the Only player to appear Winall 10 world professional basketball tournaments made up of barnstorming teams. He ended his career As player coach of the Harlem globetrotters in 1955. For May 11 -12-13-14 unless otherwise dated automobile racing Mainz Fin then s 25th annual Airport races co sponsored by the Hussen motor sports club an the Mainz military Community will be run Friday saturday and sunday at the Fin then than 250 cars Are entered in the seven race pro Gram with the major event being the German championship race for touring cars. This is the fourth round in the National championship an i i race series contested by Bow m3 cars Mercedes 190s, Ford sierras and opel Kadi its. Other races on the Mainz Rathen program include German championship rounds for formula 3 cars formula Fords and formula opel Lotus cars plus additional touring car events and races for historic cars. Practice is scheduled for Friday afternoon with qualifying and racing All Day saturday and sunday. To reach the Fin then Airfield take the Finch Enexis off autobahn 60, and follow signs to the Airfield which is located about two Miles from the exit. Tickets 12 Marks for race Day will be sold at the Airfield. For More information Call the Mainz Public affairs office at 06131-382917 or ets 334-7564 or 7123. At the Zand Voort circuit in the Netherlands there is racing on sunday for cars of various categories. One race will be the second round in the dutch for Mula opel Lotus series. In Austria the third round in the Fia historic car championship will be held sunday in ocl Twig which is in Central Austria near Judenberg. Motorcycle racing the grand prix of Italy fifth round in the world Road racing championship will be staged Sun Day at the Santa Monica circuit in Misano Adrialice a few Miles South of Rimini on the Adriatic sea. Ameri can rider Wayne Raincy is the Soock season Leader going into this race. Practice is scheduled for Friday and saturday while sunday s races Start at ii . Races will include world championship rounds in the 80, 125, 250 and 500cc categories. In Bockenheim Germany the 10th annual Heidelberg prize races will be held on saturday for cycles in the 125, 250, 350 and Soock classes. The races will be held on the 1.6-Milc Short course. Both practice and racing take place on saturday. Bowling the women have taken Over at the King pin Bowling Center in ludwigs Burg s Pattonville with the european wisc championships continuing thursday with doubles and Friday with singles Competition. Shifts begin at 9 30 ., 2 . And 7 . The Tea event opened the wisc tournament on wednesday. The two weeks of european tournament Bowling a Pattonville climaxes this weekend with the Abc and wisc masters championships. Sixteen of the top wisc bowlers and 32 leading Abc competitors will Roll in the masters which winds up with pro style Roll ofis. Masters action starts at 9 . Saturday and at 11 . Sunday. The final of the Marlboro Handi capped mixed foursome championships at Mann Heim s Benjamin Franklin Village Bowling cd Nice willbe held saturday and sunday. Shifts begin a 11 ., 2 ., 5 . And 8 . In both Are composed of two men and two women with an entry fee of $12.50 per person. A first place prize of $ 1,000 is at stake in the tournament. Call Larry Paylon at 380-7615 civilian 0621-730-6528 for reservations. I Ayton reported 100 entries in the first two weekends and another 60-70 expected. Baseball three double headers and a single game Are on tap sunday in the Tele 5 German american league. Augsburg visits Stuttgart Patch Barracks Giessen is at Darmstadt memory Field and bad Totz at Nairn Borg soldiers Field in double headers starting at noon. Frankfurt plays at Heilbronn the Funken Field in a single game at i . Softball a one pitch tournament will be held saturday and sunday at flick Cohorst Cavern in Hanau. The Dou ble elimination tourney for unit level teams is sponsored by b co. 8th in 158th aviation regt. Action starts at 8 . And finishes under the lights both Days. Saturday s final game is expected to Start around 10 30 ., and sunday s finale at about 9 30p.m the Field of 15 includes teams from Bab Chau san Frankfurt Giessen. Heidelberg and Wiesbaden As Well As Hanau area entries. Volleyball the 21st Talcom unit level championship will be held this weekend at Bouwkamp fitness Center informs. Company level champions from nine comm nits arc expected to play in the double elimination tournament. Competition starts at 11 . Saturday and continues until around 8 . The title match is slated for i . Sunday. Three makeups Are scheduled for thursday night in to conclude the 21st Taa com s Community level league season. Wei Bruckn and Kaiserslautern meet in a women s match at 6 ., followed by two men s matches. The a town men Host Wei Brincken at 7 . And Worms at 8 . The 21st will hold its Community level volleyball championships May 19-21 at Parma sons for men and Wei Brincken for women. V corps has two mini tournaments scheduled for saturday the men competing at Frankfurt s Eschborn gym and the women at Wiesbaden a. Both Start at 10 . Soccer the Continental sports conference has its usual five games on saturday with Hahn playing at Rhein main Simbach at Ramstein. at Klinc Brogel and Lindsay at Pitburg All starting at 1 . Berlin has a Bye. In the 21st Talcom league visits Karlsruhe and Mannheim is at Parma sons i saturday matches. On sunday Mannheim hosts Germer Shim. A three Start at 2 . Two Friday night games at Frankfurt and vib Stuttgart at Mannheim open the German bund Sliga weekend both starting at 8 . On saturday it s Hamburg at Karlsruhe. Munich at soul tart kickers monchengladbach at Allrn Borg Hanover at St. Pauli of Hamburg. Dortmund at co Logne and Bremen at cur Dingen. All saturday matches off at 3 30 . Bochum hosts lev Crusen next tuesday at 8 . In the German second league Saar Brincken plays at Darmstadt and Mainz at Aachen Friday night. On sat urday second league games include Hertha Berlin at a Schaffenburg Offenbach at Blau Weiss Berlin wat ten Schwid at Schalke of and Freiburg Ppck. Fortuna Cologne plays at Essen Bayreuth at Doss Oldorf and Solingen at Braunschweig on sunday. Basketball Vii corps company level final four will play for the command championship this weekend at Panzer Cavern in Stuttgart winding up the military basketball season in Europe. Champions from the conference tourneys will meet in a double elimination Competition. Action starts Friday with games at 6 . And 8 .and continues at 10 ., noon and 2 . On sat urday. The championship game is slated for sunday at 1 ., possibly followed by an if acc Cesary game. The teams entered represent Schweinfurt Marn Cland. Bamberg Iron Landner Ulm Southern Bavaria and Stuttgart Baden Wurtemburg. The Langen club which won Germany s second division this year and will Advance to the first division next year takes on Chapell Budapest Hungary s National Champion saturday at 8 . At the Langon sports Arena located South of Frankfurt near Rhein main a. Football German american games on saturday include three in the Hussen Rheinland Pfalz division. Wicburg visits ecu Isonburg Koblenz plays at Frankfurt and eschew Csc is at Offenbach All starting at 3 . Tennis the Heidelberg Spring open a double elimination tournament will be held saturday and sunday on the Clay courts at Heidelberg s Patrick Henry Vil Lage. There will men s and women s open Competition in singles Only. Entry fee is $10, with a deadline of thursday. For More information Call 370-6386. Horse racing nine German tracks will offer racing Over the three Day weekend. My Isheim is the Only one with a saturday program. Bremen Frankfurt Karlsruhe and Gelsenkirchen All have racing scheduled for sunday. On monday a Holiday in West Germany the tracks a Munich Cologne Hanover and Wall Orr will be operating. Most programs Start at 2
