European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 31, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 military basketball tournaments bears Mustangs take titles by Walt Morrissette staff writer Frankfurt West Germany the Baum older bears won their second straight Frankfurt Christmas classic title saturday by taking a 93-76 decision Over the Wiesbaden eagles in the "if1 game. Wiesbaden beat Baumholzer 71-67 earlier saturday to hand the bears their first loss in the double elimination tournament. The Mannheim lady Mustangs won the women s championship saturday by routing the Stuttgart lady stallions 76-49. Bur Holder 9.1, Wiesbaden 76 Mark Anderson scored 23 Points and Clyde Harp Cut Loose All of his 15 Points in the second half to Lead the bears rout of the eagles. Jimmy Davis also score Dis Points with 10 rebounds. Mike Swinson added 14 and Robert Huff 10. Lamar Oden led Wiesbaden with 19 Points and 10 rebounds. Jackie Calmes hit for 18, Vincent Jackson 14, and Harold Money Richardson 10. This if game started 45 minutes after Wiesbaden s Victory so coach Luther Jefferson kept his Start ers on the Bench for the first 10 minutes of the game to give them extra rest. The strategy appeared to have worked because Baum older had a slim 15-11 Lead when Oden came into the game. But the bears went on a 22-8 tear Over the next six minutes. Davis slam Dunk with 4 15 to play gave the bears their biggest Lead of the game 37-19. Baumholzer led 43-33 at the half. A Aims who hit Wiesbaden s first eight Points of the game hit a 3-Pointcr to get the eagles Back to within seven 49-42, with 15 02  such in win Iii a the t a nun i  Ivik  of a " Darmstadt nips Host in pm final Frankfurt Christmas classic Bat the eagles faded from Here. The bears cranked up the fast break and wore the eagles out. Harp s slam Dunk at 10 25 gave the bears a 62-49 Lead. Huff nailed Back to Back 3-pointers to put Baum older up 74-57 with 6 32 to play. He Harp is just Here on Christmas break from bloc said first year Baum older coach fran Smith. It took awhile to get his game together after being in school. Jimmy Davis still goes All out. And Mark Anderson shot Well and played great defense on  Harp said it was Good to get Back into the flow with the veterans referring to teammates Davis an Derson and Point guard Darryl Frierson. Harp has played with Davis at Baum older since 83, with Frier son since 86 and with Anderson since 87. He has to Fly Back to fort Lee a. For the non commissioned officers course monday plans to graduate Jan. 31 and Hopes to rejoin the bears in time for the playoffs. Davis Oden and Jackson made the All tournament team along with Ronnie Manuel of Frankfurt and Reginald Holmes of Heilbronn. Oden was named the tourney s most valuable player. Wiesbaden 71, Baum older 67 the eagles forced the if necessary game when Oden Sank two free throws for a 63-61 Lead with 3 26 to play then shut Down the bears for the rest of the game. Oden scored 22 Points and went 11 of 13 from the line. Turnovers plagued the bears who fouled to Stop the clock but the eagles had steel nerves they Sank 19 of Thier final 21 Points from the foul line. They shot 22 of 31 from the line for the game to Baum older s 9 of 11.Oden s 3-Point play just before the end of the half Cre ated the 35-35 halftime tie. Then the eagles started the second half with a 7-0 run and led for most of the second  had a game High 24 Points for Baum older Richardson added 13 and Jackson 11 for the eagles. Mannheim women 76, Stuttgart 49 tournament map Tracy Taylor had 24 Points 10 re Bounds and seven assists to key the lady Mustangs to Mph. The lady Mustangs kept running through the backdoor and the lady stallions could t close it. Mannheim ran off 16 unanswered Points late in the first half 12 on Back door layups by the Mustang front line of Taylor Kimberly Thompson and Pandora to bling. The lady Mustang led 32-18 after that run and by As much As 29 Points in the second  added 17 Points for Mannheim and tabling had 14. Lisa White led Stuttgart with 14 Points an Bridget Benson had 12. Countess Irvin Stuttgart s flashy guard who had scored in the 20 s in All her previous tournament games was held to nine. We were picking away from the Ball and cutting to the Basket Mannheim coach Curtis Norwood said. We slowed the Pace Down slowed Irvin s game Down and took her out of the  Taylor on the All tournament team were Mannheim teammate shun a Gleason Irvin Hanau s Stacy Justice and Frankfurt s Vickie  made the Usa eur finals in 89, losing to the a Litzburg lady rattlers. By Rob Staggenborg staff writer Rhein main a. West Germany it came Down to the Laws of probability. Despite hitting air on 40 of 57 from the Field in the first half the Darmstadt demons caught fire behind Reserve for Ward Jerry Jameson s 17-Point game to topple the hosting Rhein main rockets 80-78 in the finals of the pm Holiday basketball tournament. Jameson s 13-Point first half kept a flick ering Darmstadt spark going through a horrendous opening which saw the demons miraculously pull out a 44-43 halftime Lead. Darmstadt s usual jump shot heroes guard Frank Thompson and Scott Graham went cold hitting a combined 2 of 12 from the Field. The usually hot handed Gra Ham was especially cold watching All seven of his attempts go awry. The More shots taken the better the chances Are of scoring Graham grumbled of his frigid first half. I knew that there is always a second half Graham said. They were playing Thompson and me so far out we had to either drive in or shoot from outside. We just could t get anything to fall. 1 knew if 1 just hit that one shot the rest would  that shot came in the opening seconds of a second half that saw the demons stave off Rhein main rallies to Lake the contest. Graham came out of the second half starting Gate with a three Pointer from atop the key a jumper that fell in Over Rhein main defenders Butch wat Kins and Kenneth Townsend. His biggest contribution of the game was his second three Point Rainbow which gave Darm Stadt one of the game s 25 Lead changes late in the second half. I was just missing in the first half Gra Ham said. I just kept shooting until the fell. That three Pointer gave me a Little  rockets led by Townsend s 30 Points seemed to be a step behind the bumbling demons who finished the game with Only 31 connections in 90 at tempts from the Field. Townsend sparked the sputtering Rhein main attack late in the second half scoring 15 of the Rock ets game ending 17 Points. We tend to Slack off a bit when we get a  Townsend told of his team s Short lived advantages. We let them setback in this game. We just Don t have that kick right now. They did t let up either did t panic. We just Don t know How to put a team Down once we get a Good  Jameson coming off the demons Bench Early in the first half hit 6 of 8from the Field in Darmstadt s dismal dip. That s what i look Forward to doing coming off the Bench when the coach needs me Jameson joked. On this team not one individual stood out today. Not one person really took control. Everybody contributed Demon Center David Mccaly dominated the paint tossing in 14 Points to Pace Darmstadt s inside game. We shot terrible. Ice ice cold. Especially Graham and Thompson Mccaly said. They had the shots but just could t contribute. We played a Little More aggressively on defense but we missed a lot of easy layups and free throws. This is our third tournament of the year. Maybe we re just worn  the rockets made a final flight with less than a minute remaining. Down by a pair with 21 seconds left Rhein main came out of its second timeout huddle and worked the Ball inside the paint. Watkins who had mastered the demons in the first half with his High looping Hook shot could t find the nets from six feet out. Mcnealy snagged the rebound and fed Thompson who streaked Dow court Only to lose the Ball with a second left. A desperation shot fell Well Short of the rockets offensive Board giving Darmstadt its first tourney title in three tries. The de Mons of v corps fell to Fanberg in the Berlin thanksgiving tourney and were eliminated from the kaisers Lautem Christmas shootout in Early rounds. Finally Mcnealy sighed. Rockets Butch Watkins loses Ball against demons Darm Mcnealy 44 and Issac Brown