European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 7, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary How it la go in army hoops show Baumholzer lady Mustangs head for titles the army european semifinals tip off april 18, and you saw it Here first Baum older a men and Mannheim a women will win it All. The menus final four features the v corps Champion Baum older bears against the 21st Talcom Champion Kaiserslautern panthers in a Best of three semifinal series. Numberg a knights the Vii corps champs will face the Winner of this weekends positional tournament a the Berlin bears Heidelberg generals or 7th army training come trainers. The setae or excuse me 5th Talcom Lions menus and women a teams will miss the tournament because command travel restrictions prevented them from making the trip from Italy to Graf Hank Chambliss 7th at chief of recreation said Friday. On the women a Side 21st Talcom Champ Mannheim will face Vii corps Winner Stuttgart in one Semi while v corps Frankfurt Falconette will play the positional Winner in the other. Mannheim has beaten Stuttgart twice and Frankfurt once when they won the Frankfurt Christmas Nurnberg men is. Berlin look for defending positional Champ Berlin to Advance to the semis against Nurnberg. Although the bears and generals have not played league games the bears have played v corps teams and the generals have played 21st Talcom opponents Chambliss said. The 7th at team is made up of All stars from different communities in the command said Chambliss who also believes Berlin will win. Should the bears Advance have the Home court advantage for the second and possible third games of the series. And berlins Home court is unlike any other since its the toughest Road trip to make with the Flag orders and the All night duty train. If the Nurnberg players get distracted by berlins Bright lights the a Uku Damms and Wall Chipping the bears should upset Goliath Yeggins Nurnberg Crew. Then Berlin is doomed to lose in the final. A Baum older men is. Kaiserslautern Morrissette title at 12-3. A town then routed Pir Masens which went 11-4 in a second place regular season finish for the 21 St Talcom title. A towns go to Guys Are Donald Robinson 23.6 regular season average and Tony Marsh 19.1 season average. Marsh had 21 in the Pir Masens game and Robinson 26 in the win Over Karlsruhe. Baum older was 8-5 in the v corps regular season before sweeping Giessen 2-0, Frankfurt 2-0, and beating Wiesbaden 2-1 in the v corps playoffs. The bears get my vote for the depth quickness and heart they displayed in winning the Frankfurt Christmas classic and the v corps title with two playoff victories on the Road. The bears beat Wiesbaden in the Christmas classic final. Baum older edged Frankfurt 111-108 in overtime in the Esch bom Bubble dome to Advance to the v corps finals. Then last sunday in Wiesbaden after losing the second game of the series the bears dug in and won game 3 in a runaway. Darryl Frierson has provided consistent Point guard play and Jimmy Davis has been a Force in the Middle All year for the bears. Mark Anderson was the hot Man in the Christmas classic victories. Robert Huff scored big during the Giessen and Frankfurt series. Joe Deloney and Richard Stewart each hit 20 in an 85-65 game 1 win Over Wiesbaden. Rory Sellers 17 sparked the bears Over Wiesbaden in the v corps championship game. And Clyde Harp was his usual sky walking Board hogging self after recovering from stateside no school a he even has a $130 pair of Reebok pumps to Aid his air game. My Point is these bears Are deep. And since coach Frank Wilson plays 10-11 Guys he can play Roulette with his players until he finds the combination that will work. So he usually has a different Star every these neighbors have seen each other before. A town beat Baum older in winning the preseason tournament at the Hall of champions. Kaiserslautern which limped into the 21st Talcom playoffs in fourth place at 8-7 a pulled off the seasons biggest upset in the playoffs by eliminating the 1989 Usa eur Champion Karlsruhe pacers. The pacers won the 21st Talcom regular season both teams enjoy big support from their Home fans but Baum older a were downright intimidating at Esch bom and Wiesbaden. When the bears Are ahead on the Road their fans turn the gym into a Home away from Mannheim women is. Stuttgart the fact that 5-foot-3 countess Irvin led the Stutt Gart lady stallions through a 10-0 regular season in Vii corps and a two game sweep of 1989 Usa eur Champion Wurzburg is impressive. Irvin can shake and bake with the Best of the women guards Over Here. Without Center Patricia Jean who rotated the lady rattlers offence went Down the Drain. Stuttgart was Able to beat Wurzburg in the championship game with Only 48 Points because the rattlers scored 35, eight in the second half. The problem for Stuttgart is that Mannheim s 6-foot Tracy Taylor is probably the Best All around woman player in the army in Europe. She can shoot from the outside off the break and rebound. She led 21st Talcom in scoring averaging 24.3 Points per game and it Irmburg is no longer around to defend the title. Plus Taylor gets big scoring help from Shunte Gleason and help on the boards from Pandora Tri bling. Stuttgart won its 12 games in a Row a after Mannheim dogged the stallions twice in the Frankfurt Christmas classic. Taylor had 22 Points and Gleason 17 in a 63-47 Victory. Then Taylor pumped in 30 when the lady Mustangs won 76-49 in the tournament final. Mannheim went 16-2 in 21st Talcom play 13-2 in the regular season and a 3-0 sweep in the 21st Talcom tournament. Maybe the stallions have improved since Decem or. A Utuga in the series opener april 18. If the stallions prove they can stay on the court with the lady Mustangs it could be a Good series. But the lady stallions have to win game 1 to have any Chance of winning the series when it moves to Mannheim a Benjamin Franklin sports Arena for games on april 21 and possibly april 22.�?� Frankfurt women is. Berlin the Falconette reached the army europeans the hard Way losing a thriller in the opener to the bad Kreuz Nach lady chiefs at Home in the Esch bom Bubble dome 68-64 a before clawing out two straight at . To Advance. Frankfurt should sweep Berlin which will win the positional tournament. But Mannheim a Taylor Gleason and tribling will Stop the Falconette in the finals. You see Taylor has dogged the Falconette before too. She had 30 when Mannheim beat Frankfurt 80-67 in the Christmas classic. The Star and Stripe Ber. Or maybe they were playing inferior teams. Well know for sure when Stuttgart hosts Mannheim civilian draft blows things a towns Way take heart Nurnberg Baum older a and my friends take cover. Kaiserslautern is Back and things Arentt going to be pretty when the army european basketball championships kick off next weekend. A town will win it All. Take that Baum older. In your face Nurnberg. When the smoke clears and the title plaque is awarded to the lovable despicable take your pick panthers i wont say a i told you picking a town was not As far fetched As it May seem. Skim through boxes and yes Kaiserslautern finished 21st Talcom action at a to hum 8-7. Yawn now because when the panthers hit the Hardwood watch out. Karlsruhe did no to. It paid. Kaiserslautern started hitting its Peak last sat a by when the panthers eliminated the 1989 Una eur Champion pacers from the 21st tourney with an 81-78 Victory. Then came the self styled a from Nrma Sens. The roadrunners dropped a town to the losers bracket but when april fools Day rolled around sunday firm was terminated twice and a i own fooled its growing legion of critics. Except one. Me. You gotta like a team that rattles the boards for triple figures night after night game after game a unless you re playing against it. The reason a town will win it is simple Donald Rob Staggenborg Robinson a civilian player and team Leader. Robinson lived this past season on the Edge not knowing whether head be suiting up for next weeks invitational. Army legs said civilians play in the former Usa eur championship tourney but when Usa eur withdrew its name from the banners last october the annual a let our civilians play argument resurfaced. The amendment was written in Tor the dec and Robinson will bring the trophy Home to a town. Playing at the Point guard Robinson will put Baum older a Darryl Frierson to shame and will Embarrass anything Nimberg May throw his Way. But As sir Donald himself said a a we re not a a Robinson and everyone else team. We have a deep Bench we re aggressive but most of All we stick together. I think a lot of teams Are looking past us. I Hope they Are. be in for a Surprise. And a beating. Grit your Teeth Wail a thousand cries and curse if you will. The panthers will win because they have a Speed. They done to get tired. The panthers ran with a very Good Pir Masens team for 40 minutes and beat the Road out of the runners. Not once but twice. They were sound beatings at that. In the title game Robinson nailed 20 and Henchman Tony Marsh Sank 23 As the panthers mauled the Parma gators 110-94. For the first of two minutes it was close. After that a town justified the hype by going on a tear leaving firm coach Chuck Brooks in tears. The Victory came on the heels of an equally impressive 108-88 win Over firm that forced the if necessary title game. Robinson knocked in 17, while Marsh led All Panther scorers with 18. Say what Cha will but give a town some credit. These boys Are Tough a and fast. A momentum. Forget the three consecutive one Point losses in the Middle of the season that deflated Kaiserslautern a record. The panthers Are hotter than they were in december when they pranced through their own Christmas tournament knocking out 1989 Usa eur runner up Wiesbaden. A town raced through the 21st tourney stumbled once but regained its composure enough to take the command title. The panthers got a 40th-minute reprieve last weekend in the tourney As Robinsons Buzzer beater relegated a hot Mannheim team to the losers bracket. A Day later the mighty Karlsruhe pacers endured their second Home loss to a town of the year. This one was More seek town on Page 27
