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THE STARS AND STRIPESDPage 25wrestler to escape without any points, a decision by 10 or more points means only a half-point against him, a victory by decision one point, a draw two, a draw on referee’s points two and a half, a loss by decision three,competitor.The team totals here will be determined by final standings of wrestlers in the respective weight classes with points awarded on the 10-7-4-2-1 basis for fiveplaces.tered in the 1970 Greco-Roman competition with seven commands having a shot at teamBy DON SAUER Staff WriterFUERTH, Germany (SS) —Four grapplers, including a 1969 freestyle champion, Dennis Williams of TASCOM, kept their records perfect through the opening day of Greco-Roman competition Tuesday at the USAREUR wrestling championships being staged here at William O. Darby gymnasium.All four did it by pinning their opponents in the evening’s matches which were highlighted by falls in seven of nine bouts on the card.Three of the winners lookedparticularly impressive. Williams,, a 149% pounder who captured the 156-pound freestyle diadem last year — there was no Greco-Roman competition that year — disposed of Bernard Brooks of~the 3rd Armd Div in 1:55 Tuesday afternoon and followed up by methodically disposing of the 8th Div’s Richard Ketchem in 2:20 in the evening.A .Floyd Winter of the 8th Div campaigning at 198 pounds pinned Bradley Frank of TASCOM in 1:40, then added Henry White of the 32nd AADCOM to his victims in 6:35 of his evening match.Quickest PinThe day’s quickest pin easily went to Jeremy Speak also 8th Div, who needed only 20 seconds to best Jerry Smith of the 4th Armd Div. Speak’s first triumph in the afternoon, also was by a fall with Charles Weaver of TASCOM lasting only 4:45.The fourth perfect grappler is Robert Acquino of the 32nd AADCOM who got the benefit of an afternoon disqualification andthen pinned his evening 132nd signui anopponent, Brooks, just a second) Special Troopsshort of the regulation time —nine minutes.In the afternoon, pins also predominated coming in 11 of 20 matches in which a victory was I ??tdh J5tRnArty sdeclared, not counting the dis- 559th Bngr Bn ! i.!!! 3qualification. There also were 18th Maint Bn three draws.Among other double winnersTuesday, five of the seven wres-simultaneously on two side-by-side mats, there was little excitement as most of the small crowd consisted of noncompeting wrestlers and their coaches and trainers.Ivan Olsen of the 8th Div gotand a loss by pin four. A total of i easiest ride of anyone as he is six bad points eliminates the the only entry in the new 105^category. All he needs to do is make his weight Wednesday to claim the USAREUR title.The heavyweight or unlimited division has only two contestants. The 3rd Div’s James Homan and Scott Schoen of the Only 44 contestents are en- \ 8th Div are set to square off inWednesday evening’s Greco-Roman finals.Homan is another defendinglaurels. The 24th Inf Div has a champion in free style wrestling lone entry, but he is wrestling I who will be trying for the Greco-only free style.It is a smaller field than had been anticipated by meetdirector Richard Erickson, the 4th Armd Div sports director. He expects more matmen to take part in the freestyle which starts Thursday.Despite action going★★★★★★STARS and STRIPESLOCALSPORTSRoman title as well as retaining his current championship.The commands entered here include the 8th Div, with the biggest aggregation of 13, and the 3rd Inf Div which has 12. Also competing here are the defending champion 3rd Armd Div, the on; host 4th Armd Div, the 32nd AADCOM, TASCOM and USAREUR and Seventh Army Trps.★★★★★★StandingsV CORPS BASKETBALLNORTHERN LEAGUEWon Loot Pet. 2GB• t * I18th Avn Bn 2PA Bn ............ 1317th Engr Bn011241.000.750.067.333.000CENTRAL LEAGUEWon Loot Pet.01235ft1.000.833.600.400.167.0001st Sq, 14th ACR .. 4 3 .571Provo Sq .......... 2 3 .40054th Engr Bn ...... 0 5 .000WESTERN LEAGUEWon Loot Pet.19th Maint Bn ...... 43rd Bn, 79th Arty2210121331.000.667.500.500.250.00021st Bn, 32nd Arty 185th Maint Bn .... 0EASTERN LEAGUEWon Loot Pet.tiers earned a pin and a decision 13rd sq, nth ack .. e 1 .857each, and only a bad point against them.Two 136 pounders, James Fitzpatrick of TASCOM and Alan Losey of the 4th Armd Div, one 163-pounder, William Irwin of the 12nd In, sand Arty 1 8th Div, 180-pounder Richard 2nd Bn, 83rd ArtyWihlm and 149%-pounder Brace “gthB^k|u,BnArt|r.\Frye of the 4th Armd are all m that situation,Raymond Reed of the 32nd AADCOM rolled up a pair of lopsided decisions in 220-pound competition and Don Armsey of the 4th Armd was almost as impressive in the 125 -pound divi-ionBecause of the nature of wrestling scoring, it’s hard to get an early line on the leaders. The individual competitors wrestle a round-robin, with a bad-point system determining the places.*VM3GB%234 Vs5GB235GB1%22331*2nd Bn Evens Series As Jones Scores 52MAINZ, Germany (Special) — Charles Jones chalked up 52 points to lead the 2nd Bn, 509th Inf, to a 111-99 victory over the 8th Admin Co here Tuesday night that squared the best-of-five series for the 8th Div basketball championship at 1-1.Wally Garmen led the losers, who trailed at halftime, 48-38, A victory by pin permits the | with 29 points.(FIRST ROUND)125% lb — Dennis Manske. USABBl.TR Till A, dec Michael Lindo, 32nd AADCOM, 5*1; Don Armsey, 4th Armd. dee John Boyle, 8th Div, 10-2,136 V* lb — Radja Loshe. 3rd Armd pinned Darrell Schneider, 8th Div, 0 45 ♦ 2nd); Alan Losey, 4th Armd, de« Bob Showman, USAREUR 7tb A, 7*4; James Fitzpatrick, TASCOM, de Stephen Evans* 3rd Inf Div. 8-0.149% lb — Dennis Williams. TASCOM, pinned Bernard Brooks, 3rd Armd, 1:55 tlst); Bob Aquino, 32nd AADCOM, won by disqualification over Jimmie Gilmore, 3rd Inf Div (passivity); Bruce Frye, ith Armd, dec Dick Ketchem, 8th Div, 7 5,163 lb — David Arnold, TASCOM. and Raymond Budo, 3d Inf Div. drew 2-2, William Irvin, 8th Inf Div, pinned o era id Rcitmcier, 3d Armd, 2:28 RichardNeal, USAREUR 7A, pinned John Hess.*. 32nd ADDCOM, 2:45 (1st).180lb — Richard Wihlm, 8th ini Dtv. pinned Linwood Akers, 4th Armd, 1 32lt;ist); Daniel Siek, 3d Armd, and Fred Becksted, 3d Inf Div, drew 1*1.198 lb — Floyd Winter, 8th inf Div, pinned Bradley Frank, TASCOM. 1:40(1st); Henry White, 32nd AADCOM pinned David Knight, 3rd Armd, 1:53 (1st).220VI* lb — Jeremy Speak, 8th Inf Div. pinned Charles Weaver, TASCOM, 1:45(2nd i; Raymond Reed, 32nd AADCOM,dec Garry Smith, 4th Armd Div. 13 1.(SECOND ROUND)114Vi* lb — Frank April, TASCOM, dec Gary Sheehan, 32nd AADCOM. 8*0.120Vi lb — Gordon Bertrand, 3d Armd, and Lindo, drew* 2-2; Armsey dec Manske, 10-6.136% lb — Showman dec Schneider. 11-3; Fitzpatrick pinned Lohse, 1:48 (2nd); Losey pinned Evan*, 0:10 (3rd).149% lb—Aquino pinned Brooks. 2:59 (3rd); Williams pinned Ketchem, 2:20 (1st); Frye pinned GUmore, 2:55 »3rd».163 lb — John Ticber, 4th Armd, pinned Arnold, 1:05 (1st); Hesse pinned Kelt-raeir, 0:35 (2nd; Irwin dec Budo, 1-0.180 % ib—Wild ms dec Siek, 2-1; Bevk-sted pinned Akers, 2:40 (3rd».198 lb—Frank pinned Gene Weber, 4th Armd Div, 1:55 (2nd); Winter pinnedWhite, 0:35 (3rd),220 lb—Speak pinned Smith, 0 20 Msti; Reed dec Weaver, 10*0.TV for Auto RacesNEW YORK (AP)—The American Broadcasting Company has annouced it has acquired rights to televise the Grand Prix of Monaco and the Canadian-Ameri-can Challenge Cup auto races this spring.
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