European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 30,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 25commentaryk-town throwing weight around you look at Kaiserslautern basketball player d you too again 260 pounds. Maybe 6-foot-2, if Yew Sce him bound Down the basketball court. Then rumble Back up. You think this Guy is huge. Or in the parlance of the army basketball crowd watching Jackson s a town scr Pound Karlsruhe at the pacers own Smiley sacks gym wednesday night this dude be big. Who is this Guy the refrigerator wrong sport. Still nicknames for Jackson come at you like fast Breaks big shot. Hot dog. Weight for me. Waist Basket. Net gain. The human zone. The Man gives heavy meaning to such hoop sayings As full court press stuff shot ate him up. Of time to Cool the Chunky jabs. My sister was Chubby growing up and she a still sensitive about fat jokes. Jackson might be too although he displayed a thick skin after the wednesday game. Amid his a town teammates in the locker room Jackson said of his substantial presence a a in a 260 pounds of steel with 250 pounds of sex what about the missing 10 pounds a i can to put that in the paper a he said to howls. Has he considered stealing Charles Barkley so around Mound of rebound Moniker no Way injected Panther Reserve Donald Hart. A the done to get no Jackson gets plenty of Points. His 21 helped a town beat Karlsruhe 118-110 on this wednesday in the 21st Talcom tournament. The Victory gave the panthers a 2-0 record in the double elimination meet and a Day off thursday. The loss gave the defending army in Europe Champion pacers their first tourney loss although they stayed alive thursday night by ousting nor deutschland 144-123. If Jackson was laughed at by the partisan Karlsruhe fans he had the last laugh. A big Jack paper sack a he said of his real nickname. A a in a a big Guy Bucky Fox but in a Light on my and solid when the games on the line. Jackson hit five free throws in the last two minutes to Clinch Kaiserslautern a Triumph. Shades of 1985, when the panthers used clutch foul shots to vault to their Only army championship of Europe. Jackson a 26-year-old Marylander remembers that. He played for Darmstadt in �?T85, when the demons fell to the panthers in the Usa eur semifinals. He especially remembers a clutch guard named Anthony Patterson whose crucial free throws helped a town to Darmstadt in the semis. That same Patterson Sank two free throws in the last five seconds of Kaiserslautern a 87-85 Squeaker Over Augsburg in game 3 of the 85 final capping the most exciting Usa eur championship series of the decade. Patterson coaches a town now. Three weeks ago the panthers were so bummed Over their 77 record they voted to a Ivory Carter As coach and elevate Patterson from player to Boss. So what a new the panthers of 1985 yelled at their coach Clarence Wicks All the Way to the title. This time a town responded to Patterson a coaching by clobbering Karlsruhe 127-112, to end the regular season. That was no Fluke As wednesdays playoff rout proved. A what upset a guard Donald Robinson wanted to know after a towns second straight sacking of the defending champions. A we knew we could beat them. Everybody counted us out. Our sports director Gloria Taylor told us she was asked at a sports directors meeting who would win it All. She said us and they All laughed at her. A Well forget that. We lost Here Karlsruhe by one Point Early in the season. We also lost by one at Home. Then we beat them badly to end the regular season. We match up Well with them. Look at these Buzzer a caters in the Mcaa. We can do Robinson a guard backed his words with 26 Points wednesday. Kevin Howard topped that with 30 Points for Karlsruhe. He a Back from the 1989 Bunch that shocked Wiesbaden for the Usa eur title. The pacers pulled it off by winning the last two games of the series at the eagles Home nest. Karlsruhe kept winning this season even capturing the 21st Talcom regular season title. But the team looked pathetic shooting and rebounding against a town. A couple of pacer reserves Duke Ellington and Rickey Evans Hung around the gym Well after wednesday s game. Neither played on the 89 championship team but both knew something was amiss. Evans a we went out with the attitude we would win but we rebound and hit the open a by now we should be playing together. But we re not playing As a unit. Tonight we did t. But Well come maybe Karlsruhe will get another shot at a town in the 21st final sunday. At least the pacers outgunned nor deutschland when it counted thursday beating a Northmen a squad starring James Strong he of the 61 Points on his resume. Sixty one Points. Strong amassed them in the Northmen a 164-157 overtime Triumph Over Worms wednesday. Sixty one Points. If an army hoop Star in Europe Ever matched that Call in and be counted. In be never heard of it. Strong is a 29-Ycar-old staff sergeant from Kings tree . He a a guard who simply a loves the Man to Good thing because the Northmen lacked men they suit up seven including the coach. Nor deutschland would be a perfect fit a Here we go again a for Darryl Jackson. He could fill out the Northmen a roster. But hell stay with a town thank you. He s the right size. The stars and stripes Mannheim men Omen sweep Karlsruhe West Germany a Wei Brincken had to problem putting up Points in the army a 21st Taa-t0m basketball tournament. The Yor towners pumped up 101 wednesday night my 111 thursday. The problem was they lost both21st Talcom tournament games and Are spectators in the double elimination tournament. Wei Brincken lost to Pir Masens 124-101 wednesday Inen were dumped 138-m1 by Mannheim thursday. In thursdays games Mannheim men 138, Wei Brincken 111 Mannheim a Victor Spencer blasted 28 Points to amp Field of five double figure Mustangs who kept their Hopes alive by thrashing Wei Brincken. Other big Mannheim guns were Burleigh Miller who canned 25 Points Michael Grimes with 23, Gil land demos with 19 and Edward Morris with 16. a Willie Dickey had 46 Points. Mannheim stands at 1-1 in the tourney and will play a re i of thursdays late game Between Karlsruhe and nor deutschland at 4 . Friday. Mannheim women 79, Karlsruhe 49 Kii Rpy Tay or had 19 Points and Shunte Gleason and a a a Travert cach scored 16 As Mannheim led from Buzz. Zuzer and advanced to sundays 1 . Champi on Stup game. Lynn Gosey hit 15 for Karlsruhe 2-1. At 1 n m 2? Uay Karisni he plays the Winner of fridays 6 Tot a Wiren a town and Pir Masens for a passage 10 the Omen s final against Mannheim 2-0. N Karlsruhe men 144, nor deutschland 123 Edison hit 31 Points to Lead seven pacers in andtmm0ri, a dlr a James Strong had 30 Points and teammate James Thomas had 29 Kaiserslautern women 81, nor deutschland 55 my nil Urlau erne minted nil from the Touma Chin nah pe.n., Holt hit 19 Points and Eulalia Horton Ppd in 11 As All 11 lady panthers scored. A amps Ken George a Tony Bennett Center in wednesdays game scores 10 thursday As Yor towners fall. A dlr Scallie Leaver led the Way with 19 Points Gewont Richards hooped 15 and Andrea Gooden laced 13. Leaver also grabbed 14 rebounds As Kaiserslautern went to 1-1. The lady panthers face Pir Masens at 6 . Fonday. Nil is out at 0-2. In wednesdays late games Pir Masens men 124, Wei Brincken 101 Darnell Arbet canned 31 and Van Brooks cranked out 27 to Pace the roadrunners. Karlsruhe women 60, Pir Masens 51 Karlsruhe a Lynn Gosey and Karon Loes each scored 17 in the win. Gwinn Lee paced Pir Masens with 21. Kaiserslautern men 118, Karlsruhe 110 Donald Robinson scored 26, Tony Marsh had 22 and Darryl Jackson 21 in the Routs Wiesbaden to open title series by Walt morr1ssette staff writer Baum older West Germany a Baum older s Joe Deloney received much More playing Lime than usual thursday night and made the most of it. The bears missed their first 11 shots with Robert Huff missing his first four before Deloney look his place. Deloney went on to hit four 3-pointers in five tries and score 20 to spark Baum older to an 85-65 rout old corps men Wiesbaden in game i of the v corps finals before a standing room Only crowd in the Hall of champions. The bears will take a 1-0 Lead in the Best of three series to Wiesbaden sunday for the second and if acc Essary games. Tip Oft sat 1 . Richard Stewart also scored 20 for the bears to offset Lamar Odens game High 35-Point, nine rebound Effort for the eagles. Clyde Harp scored 12 Points and took Home eight boards for Baum older. Mark Anderson scored 10. The bears went 0 for 11 Over the first 4 46, but trailed Only 3-0, because All Wiesbaden could manage in that Span was Elvin Freeman a Trey. It was like both teams came out tight. But Wiesbaden was tight for the rest of the game a save Oden. The bears took their first Lead at 9-7 on stewarts three Point play. Deloney hit two triplets late in the half As the bears stretched an 18-16 Lead to a 38-27 bulge at intermission. The bears finished the half 15 of 39 from the floor for 38.4 percent. Wiesbaden was 10 of 23 for 43.4 percent. The eagles offence fell apart in the second half. Oden Cut the bears Lead to nine 47-38, after his three Point play with 10 37 left. But Deloney answered with a Deuce and another 3-Pointcr for a 52-39 bulge. Deloney a fourth 3-Pointer gave Baum older its big see v corps on Page 26
