European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. Fet iary 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep pickings no Sweet 16 yet for Schweitzer the Sweet 16th version of the biennial Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament has been put on a two year respite. A a a a a a citing Security reasons joint sponsor a the City of Mannheim the Mannheim military Community officials and German basketball federation directors a have announced the cancellation of the 1991 tournament a. A. A a a a a a a we would like to emphasize that the tournament has been suspended not abolished a said Doris Scott director of Public affairs for the Mannheim military Community. A a the decision was a difficult one for everyone  v. A fax the German basketball federation sent to the basketball federations of the participating nations said a plans for the 1991 tournament included As in past years accommodations and use of dining facilities in . Army installations for a Large segment of the teams participating. The present political situation in particular tile persian Gulf War and the related requirements have forced this organization to cancel the 1991 tournament a defending Champion ., runner up Spain Yugoslavia Hungary Czechoslovakia Turkey Bulgaria Belgium France Netherlands Italy Greece the peo pies Republic of China the soviet Union and two teams representing Germany were scheduled to compete in this years tournament March 3 april 6. During the first six Schweitzer tournaments the . Played the foie of Patsy because Dodds Tahr letes were sent out against the Junior National champions of the other countries a a ridiculous mismatch. But starting in 1973, the pendulum swung the other Way. American officials decided that they were going to bring in top notch performers from the states if we were going to continue tournament Competition and after that basketball fans were treated to the Best High school basketball around for a week every other year. A _ the american teams which included such prep greats As Kent Benson magic Johnson Jeff lamp Eddie Johnson Darnell Valentine . Armstrong Glen Rice and a flock of others who went on to collegiate and professional Fame thrilled basketball Africia Naxos with their dazzling skills. The americans won seven of the last nine tournaments losing Only Iju 1979 and 1983. That kind of exciting basketball certainly will be missed this year but the decision to cancel obviously was the Correct one. As mentioned above several of the teams were scheduled to be billeted on military caverns and fed in army mess Halls the Security is necessarily tight now and bringing in 50 to 60 extra people Only would increase the problems. A a a a a. A Ben Abrams a a a a. A a. A a a a a a r the Albert Schweitzer is out this year but As of today the International cadets basketball tournament at Cholet France March 30-april 1 is still on according to Dodds Germany athletic coordinator Tom Leblanc. Everything is go for Cholet a Leblanc said tuesday. A of course things could change on the Spur of the moment but we be got everything lined up a tryouts the Van Etc Etera i m beginning to get excited about Cholet  i Leblanc and assistant coaches Rick Kendall of Wei Brincken and Len Tarnoski of Bonn will be scouting the eligible Dodds Germany cagers during the upcoming Northern and Southern regional a and the big schools and Small schools tournaments. Players Are due to be selected feb. 25 and tryouts arc scheduled March 1-2. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a Dodds first basketball champions of 1991 will be determined saturday when the . Teams wind up their tournaments at Alconbury. The american school of London walloped two time defending Champion Alconbury 70-47 to win the boys title and Lakenheath led by Tracy Andersons 32 Points nudged Croughton 42-37 for the girls championship last year. Woodbridge which lost its last two regular season games after winning its first nine is top seeded in the boys action with Asl 6-3 and Alconbury 6-4 rated the most serious coi tenders. Anderson is still scintillating for Lakenheath but she Hasni to had too much backing this year and the lancers Are ranked somewhere in the Middle of the Chase behind Asl 9-0 and Host Alconbury 8-2. The Fields for the Germany Bennor Small schools tournaments feb. 21-23 at Baum older also will be settled saturday with the completion of the Northern and Southern regional at Hahn and Vilseck respect Lively. The top four boys and girls teams from each regional qualify for the Baum older Competition. Shape Brussels and Baum older loom As the top teams in the boys Competition in the Northern regional at Hahn. Brussels is Bonn and bad Kreuz Nach top the girls Field. Karlsruhe Augsburg and Munich Drew the top girls seeds in the Southern regional and Augsburg Ansbach Bamberg and Berlin top the boys cast. The Germany big schools tournament and the Italy Spain and Turkey championships also Are scheduled feb. 21-23. All 14 Germany aaa and Germany a schools Are scheduled to compete in a single elimination tournament at Mannheim and the Italy round Robin tournament has been shifted from Vicenza to Brindisi. The Turkey championships Are out and the Spain finals Are questionable according to Joe. Indresano. Deputy director for Dodds Mediterranean. A a it a obvious Why we cannot plan any Turkey activities Quot Indresano said monday. A and. As far As Spain goes we have to Plav everything by ear. T he Ameri mean school of Madrid dropped out of a Conte tuition As soon a the War broke out and Rotas teams Haven to been permitted to travel maybe something can be worked out so we can have a tournament Lake i said we have to play everything by  the Italy tournament goes Back to the All schools format that existed until 1988, when a big schools Small schools slate was adopted. It had to be moved from Vicenza following a fire at the Camp Ederle Post Exchange. Facilities that had been scheduled Tor player billeting were preempted for Exchange needs. A everything is go. We expect All to schools to compete and were looking Forward to hosting another tournament Quot Brindisi athletic director Carrie Blacker said monday. A a we re glad we had the facilities available to take the tournament at the last a minute. Base officials ail mar people Here at Brindisi have been  the winners in last weeks. Central. European wrestling tournament did no to prove too hazardous a  prep had three weight divisions a 103, 14.5 and. 160�? right on the head and the champions at 1.52, 171 and 189. We also had the final fits at 135 with a reversed result although an overtime was necessary to upset the prediction. One predicted Winner finished second and another second place predict dec finished first. So things weren t too shabby. A congratulations to All the winners actually to All the wrestlers for making it through regular season. And regional warfare so they would be Able to represent their schools in the championships. A a special congratulations go to of cent a Scott  for completing his Dodds career undefeated by winning Lush the outstanding wrestler and most pins in the Slio test time trophies in route to the160-Pound championship. And to Heidelberg a Jimmy Murre who proved he has matured Over the past year by winning the sportsmanship award. In 1090, murrin was somewhat less than a Graceful loser the Sara and Stripe . Wild Over Victory by Frank Baker n a sportswriter for the first time in  years new Hampshire basketball players can walk the Campus without hearing whispers about the longest Home losing Streak in the nation. The wildcats ended the Lundholm gymnasium Nightmare at 32 games monday night with a 72-56 Victory Over holy Cross. On tuesday the glow surrounding the Victory was brighter than Ever. A it feels great a said Bob Cummins a Junior guard who scored 11 Points. A a it a going to be Nice to be Able to walk around Campus and feel  Cummins said the Streak weighed heavily on players. A i thought about it All the time a he said. Eric Thielen the Only senior on the squad is the Only player who was around for the last Home Victory feb. To 1988, against Colgate. He had 9 Points and 11 rebounds against holy Cross. Second year coach Jim Boylan said a i Galaxy taps Beerfas new Hampshire coach Jim Boylan. Amid winning rinse kind of numb at the time of the win the Day progresses it becomes More satisfying. 1 watched the end of the game tape tuesday morning and it feels really  Boylan said he received Many Calls from w Ell wishers including Michigan state coach Jud Heathcote whom he worked for before moving to new Hampshire. A a Heathcote said he was watching esp when he heard about the Victory and was hooting and hollering in his living room a Boylan said. By the stars and stripes the inaugural season of the world league of american football Marks a reunion for Frankfurt Galaxy head coach Jack Elway and his new offensive line coach Bob Beers. The Galaxy hired Beers this week before the Olaf draft in Orlando Fla. When Beers was linebacker coach at the University of Montana in the late 1960s, Elway waste clubs Quot assistant coach. Now they re together again. The new offensive line coach brings 22 years of football experience to the Galaxy a staff Beers 52, was a two time All America at Montan adn 1968 and �?T69 and was also named big sky conference player of the year those same years. In 1970, he was hired As a graduate assistant at Montana where the grizzlies were 10-0 his first year. He moved to Montana tech As the defensive coordinator for three years leading them to the naia playoffs twice. He was enshrined in the Montana assistant football Hall of Fame in 1982. Elway Beers and the rest of the staff will follow the draft with workouts in Orlando that will last through mid March. The Galaxy will Cut its roster to 40 players by the March 23 Home opener against the London monarchs. A a Olaf notes nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue along with coaches Jim Mora of new Orleans Chuck Noll of Pittsburgh Lindy Infante of arc Ebay Bruce Coslit of the new York jets and Art Shell of the los Angeles raiders joined Olaf president Mike Lynn at the leagues first scouting Combine workout of offensive linemen wednesday. A former european 100-Melers sprint Champion Frank Emmelmann and ohm Pic javelin thrower Gerald Weiss of Ger. Many head a list of 43 world class athletes representing 13 nations who will begin initial workouts in Tho operation discovery Talent search to be held saturday and sunday at the Florida Citrus bowl in Orlando