European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports wednesday december 23, 1992nurnberg cagers stand alone knights top Wiesbaden reach final Kaiserslautern Germany a Tor the moment at least the 12th annual Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout has become some knights to remember. Nurnberg completed its run through the winners bracket unscathed tuesday night with a 112-99 Conquest of pre tourney heavyweight Wiesbaden. The knights await the losers bracket Champion for today a title game at 1 . At Klebor Cavern. At press time tuesday Mannheim Baum older Lan Stuhl and Wiesbaden were alive for that Slot. Nurnberg pulled off its win by shutting Down the eagles redoubtable Lamar Oden holding the former All army Star to 5 Points in the first half. Playing without their coach who returned to the United states on emergency leave on the eve of the tournament the knights also had to overcome the loss of Kenny Williams to injury. Williams Cut in a player collision was taken to the Hospital. Acting coach Kenneth Singletary assigned defensive specialist Earl Barnes to take on former All army Star Oden and the move came up big As the 6-1 Barnes shut Down the 6-6, 240-Pound Oden. Barnes however spent five fouls in doing so so Oden came to life banging in 24 Points after intermission for a 29-Point evening. But that Wasny to enough to Stop Nurnberg. Which got 3s Points from Houston Williams and 29 More from Wendall Moore to take the winners Edge into today a final schedule in losers bracket games monday Baum older 98, shape 81 the bears turned the tourney into an All Germany event behind Antawn inc Ramz Tyr a 27 Points. A Amzye a three Pointer just before the Buzzer knotted the game 47-All at halftime. The bears who got is Points from Tony Mitchell then pulled away in the second half As they held tourney scoring Star George Evans of is a Pei to a merely Stellar 23 Points. Woodson Landry ended his solid tournament performance with 21 Points for shape which got i i More Points Darrell Tunnell. Mannheim 92, Berlin 84 Darryl Simmmons banged in 30 Points a. The Mustangs erased a 11-12 Bear halftime Lead. All army Imit Iees Marco Clayton and Clarence Peterson paced Beilin with 24 and 13 Points respectively. The tournament winds up today with the losers bracket final scheduled for 10 . At Kleber Casein gym. That Winner has its first crack at Nair Beig at 1 . In the same building and should the losers bracket champs prevail both teams will play the Winner take All absolutely final game at 6 . A a a shape s George Evans gets a hand in Baum older a Derrain Ashford is amps Dava Casey face tuesday. 5 tourney stars picked for All army by sue Harper $t9ft writer Kaiserslautern Germany for five players at the Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout it Wasny to exactly Home for the holidays. But its close. The quintet will be heading for the Allamy trial Camp at the Presidio of san Francisco calif., in february at the invitation of All army coach Tim spikes of fort Campbell by. The selectee Are Gregory Armstead a 6-foot-6 Forward from Karlsruhe Charles Turner the tournament slam Dunk Champion from Wei Brincken a pair of swing men from Berlin 6-foot-4 Mario Clayton and 6-3 Clarence Peterson and shape swing Man George Evans. Spikes said his choices revolved around character and team play As Well As individual basketball skills. For example spikes says he picked Armstead because he plays a team also going into his selection were Armstead a footwork his dependable 1214-foot jumper and a this great knowledge of the slam Dunk Champ Turner was chosen because he is an All around athlete. A the could play three positions easily a spikes said. A the could be a Small Forward or a shooting guard. He would be quicker than a bigger Power Forward he could jump above a lot of Guys. He plays Clayton a attitude got his invitation. A the main thing is he can play team Ball a spikes said. Clayton can play guard or Forward and he can shoot three pointers. These things combined with his court awareness Good hands and jumping ability earned his invitation to the try outs spikes said. Peterson a Spring and quickness caught spikes Eye. A this jumping ability for his size is unreal Quot spikes said adding that Peterson a attitude and ability to play inside also impressed him a this quickness allows Himi to guard Guys who re bigger than he spikes saw More than Evans near-30-Point tournament average in selecting the shape Star. A the plays defense Well for a big Man a spikes said. A a he a also got great character from what i can despite All the positive attributes the quintets still a Long Way from pulling on All army jerseys. The invitation is beginning of a Tough process i he invitees still have to apply and be released from their units. Ihen it really gets Tough. The first three Days of training in san Francisco will involve three a Day practices As the 25 or so hopefuls Are winnowed Down to the final 12 to 15.capitals awaken for 4-3 win Over senators by the associated press Ottawa a the Ottawa senators played about As Well As they possibly can a and still lost. Mike Ridley and Al Lauraie scored 16 seconds apart Midway through the third period As the Washington capitals some ambulant for most of the game rallied to beat the hapless senators 4-3 on monday night. In other games monday night penguins 7, Nordques 4 Pittsburgh a Larry Murphy scored twice in a season Best five goal second period that carried Pitts National hockey league Burgh Over Quebec. Mario Lemieux had four assists and 11 different penguins had at least one Point. Whalers 5, canadians 2 Montreal a Eric Weinrich Terry Yake and a Verbeek scored in a 1 52 Span Early in the third period rangers 3, devils 0 East Rutherford . John Brouck slopped 35 shots for his second shutout of the u season As new York dumped new Jersey jets 5, Sharks 4 Manitoba san Jose a losing Streak i gaffs As Rookie Alexei Zham nov Sti in g a. The same with 4 21 remaining in Regula a gave Winnipeg the 3, oilers 2, ots in Berta Gary Roberts scored with 25 Clunes left in overtime to give Calgary its fourth straight win
