European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Sale Flay july 4, 195� a the stars and stripes Page 21 this is the weather the Shepherd shuns and so do i when beeches drip in Browns and Duns and thresh and ply. When drops on Gate bars hang in a Row tand Meadow rivulets overflow i and Rooks in families homeward go and so do i. I i John Payne Phe sinister mystery of the beast of the Odenwald has a been partially solved. At least to the temporary Satis faction of the hessian state police who investigated the matter. Iwas it a lion or Tiger escaped from a zoo and take Refuge in the vast forests South of Darmstadt to pillage the Rote Deer herds leaving mauled carcasses with broken necks and Chewe backbones was it a wild dog no. Dogs go. For the jugular. Only cats go for the Back of the neck. Was it a renegade House cat with a yen for Venison no. House cats Don t grow big enough nor do they have the f strength of jaw to bring Down even a 20-Pound Fawn. It had to be a lion of n Tiger or a Panther. And so the Rumor spread through Tho nearby villages where simple Folk gathered with wagging tongues i fear. Foresters and Hunters were helpless. They stalked they searched Tor Spoor they kept All night vigils in High seats on the Forest of fridge. They saw nothing. Except at Dawn when they found another mangled carcass of a Roebuck. The Farmers were afraid to go afield. The Forest workers did t care to approach a Thicket. But last week an unarmed citizen Karl Ottmann of Nieder Meerbach caught a glimpse of what he thinks might be the murderer and he summoned the police and made his report to commissioner Adami Brehm. Karl stated that he was in the Forest near the town at 10 30 on thei morning of june 27 when he saw an animal at about 120 Yards distance. The creature was about the size of a German Shepherd dog said Karl but it had a face like a cat. It was t a Tiger or a lion. It was sort of fanged fury this european Wildcat twice the size of a Domestic Tabby was bagged in april in the Brizich area near Spang Dahlum by s Sefc Diehl f. Ticket. It has the up swept Blunt Tail As described by Karl Ottmann who identified the animal he saw As a Lynx. The european Lynx common to Northern and Southern Europe has a Short stubby Tail tufted cars and grows As Large As a German Shepherd dog. Is the beast of the Odenwald a Wildcat or a Lynx Gray Brown and had a Tail about 18 inches Long curved upward and round and Blunt on the end. It was a great big cat. But it was t Wildcat nor a House cat gone wild. It was too big for that he said. Karl said he watched this Critter for about 5 minutes before it winded him and vanished. The commissioner so owed Karl a Book of natural history. In the cat Section Karl identified the beast of the Odenwald a Lynx whoever heard of a Lynx North of Austria or West of the Iron curtain but Lynx it was said Karl. The commissioner and the local foresters and Hunters went  their Heads. Karl went Back to his Home at 80 Mueh Strasse. 1 the police closed the Case because they declared there was no longer any danger to the Public since that animal was not Apt to attack humans. The beast of the Odenwald is still in the Forest. Clubs announce activities Toul France the Toul Rosierre Junior Rifle club has opened an indoor Range with six firing lanes. Members numbering about 50 boys Fand 15 girls fire every Friday evening and saturday morning. Facilities include a refreshment stand and  maj William d. Spyker was elected president of the Straubing Roland gun club. Chosen As vice president was m sgt Lester l. Sturgeon f embers of the club Council capt h. C. Peters two w. Schafer com. Mcgarrett m sgt f. S. Zlobec m sgt w. T. Isenhour and sp5 g. Barton the Wildfi Lesoken Rod and gun. Club reports plans for its Semi annual election to be held july,8 at 6 Pirn. A Barbecue dinner will be yield following the election plus contests and a door prize drawing honorary memberships will be awarded to the Gersfeld Fores Meister land nine of his Revier foresters at Usa eur Safe clinics Dietzel minimizes Grid brawn Martin personifies new look by Ralph Bennington. Staff writer Nurnberg Germany is Louisiana stat University s Paul Dietzel currently instructing at the Usa eur clinic Here is one coach who desk t go along with the popular concept that big brutes make the Best football players. Instead he prefers a smaller fellow that is fast Tough and intelligent because he says the six Inch distance Between the ears is the greatest Talent Are of any football  this does t mean that a player who is big and has a lot of Muscles not necessarily Between the ears Ca n t be Good. Take for example Billy Cannon the leu All America halfback who is classified by his coach As the greatest athlete in  Little wonder since 20-year-old, 6-foot, 1-Inch Bill can run the 100 in 9.5, toss the shot Over 53 feet and is a True triple threat Man. He was named player of the year in 1958 by United pres International and the sporting  was t always a 207 Pound package of Gridiron Dyna mite. Back in his High school Days he weighed 172. But that was be fore he started weightlifting an exercise which has become an integral part of the leu program. Now Billy dead lifts 450 pounds can press 255 and Bench press 350. Cannon or his teammates Don spend 10, 15 or 20 minutes on the barbells before a practice  fact the players Don t indulge during the season since this i strictly an of season plan to build up the Long lean sinewy Muscles. Not or. America Dietzel and his assistant Bill Peterson who maps out the weightlifting program both stress that the tigers Aren t out to make i americas out of their players. Quite the contrary but they do believe that once a boy masters a certain weight he is convinced heis stronger than an opponent. Psychology. For sure Dietzel is the first to admit that his tigers Aren t big but in the same breath he Points out that they Are convinced they Are Strong . The barbells and fit fast intelligent and Tough. Dietzel a Youthful 34-year-Oldcoach who ranks As one of the youngest in the major Colleg ranks is a stickler for the three football fundamentals condition ing blocking and tackling but he also puts a Premium on Pride. He uses his undefeated tigers who won 10 in a Row plus being voted no. 1 in the nation prior to making it 11 straight Over Clem Sori 13-0 in the sugar bowl As a example. To wit there is the White team11 Cream of the crop starters the go team offensive specialists and last in some ways but first in others the defensive chinese bandits a Bunch of the meanest most vicious people in the world named Courtesy of the Terry an the pirates comic strip. Pride in Bandit the bandits Odds and ends mis fits and third stringers suddenly took a fierce Pride in their defense assignment and now get As Man headlines As the other two teams put together. Dietzel says the Pride of the bandits has spread to the freshmen squad which has boy requesting to join the group. Then there was the time Las season when a guard from the Bandit brigade was moved up tothe White team. His first question was does this mean i can t Goback to the bandits Dietzel got the chinese Bandit idea while serving As defensive line coach under Sid Gillman at the University of Cincinnati in 1949 and 1950. He went from there to Kentucky As Paul Bear Bryant s offensive line coach for two year before returning to West Point. Dietzel got his Start under Earl red Blaik As army freshman coach in 1948 and then came Backas offensive line head for 1953 and 1954. Paul Dietzel by George Ridge staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is Ben Martin Theair Force Academy s phenomenally successful Young Mentor typifies the new look in football  at the Safe Grid school opening in Berchtesgaden will see in Martin a relaxed executive with a firm background of Stagg Rockne Faurot football  a Little something extra. Straight to the Point Martin is football s new Manin the Gray flannel suit running a $1 million Busi Ness and entirely capable of handling any facet of the game from Public relations to sending in substitute tackle. Impersonal while building the organization heis entirely capable of turning around and inspiring 11 Given men to pull off saturday miracles that would rival i Sieve Canyon adventure. He believes in Man made Breaks. I think we re going to have another Good football team in1959," freely admits Martin who piloted the Falcons to an undefeated season and scoreless Cotton bowl standoff against Texas Christian in 1958, his first season at the Helm. Line help needed i can t predict another record like we had last year. But we re going to stick with the same offence play the same kind of foot Ball and Hope some Young Fellows can come through in the Middle of the  october according to Martin Isth air Academy make or Brak month. In firing squad order co Eucla Oregon army for the first time and Missouri All away fro the Afa Colorado Home. Three quarters of Martin s Start Avants Thi Leing men Ben Martin. Something extra British trackman nip East Germany London up England s track and Field Stais edged the East Ger Man team 108-104, in their inter National match at the White Cit stadium Here wednesday night. The British gained their four Point margin in the 1600-meter relay the final event of the  Valentine East Ger Many scored an easy Victory inthe 1,500 meters the feature race with a time of 3 44.8. Johansson bout asked on pre title Promise Oslo a norwegian Boxer Leif Hanson will go to Goteborg to congratulate new heavyweight Champion Ingemar Johansson and remind him of a Promise mad last Winter. Johansson gave an. Exhibition fight Here at that time and prom return sometime Hansen to this summer ing Backfield return with fullback Steve Galios lost to graduation and George Pupich waiting to step into his shoes. Martin a naval Academy Grad uate who played in every game be tween 1942 and 1944, realizes that he has a worldwide group of unofficial alumni to please. The first Afa seniors graduated this Spring taking with them 11 of the 25 Falcon Grinders who saw action in the Cotton bowl. Despite his youth the Road to Success was no Short Cut affair for Martin. He came to the Falcon from the University of Virginia in 1958, after spending apprentice sea sons at Navy Between 1947 and 1955. Ranked no. 6by the second game Afa had tied Iowa 13-13, and was on the Way to a no. 6 National ranking. With a constant gleam in his  Blue eyes the tall lanky mar tin somewhat resembles not Here end Elroy Hirsch. It never occurred to me that we could lose said one Falcon starter last season after the Tea barely pulled out the Colorado Vic tory 20-14, and awaited a Cotton bowl bid. Perhaps his High Confidence Inmany ways pays tribute to a Young coach who took an a ranked an unnoticed group of fuzzy cheeked youngsters and led them undefeated into the Cotton bowl. Veteran soph Ink with Aba royals Cincinnati a Dave Pion Tek a three year Veteran of the National basketball association and Sophomore Phil Rollins have signed contracts with the Cincin Nati royals. Piontek a graduate of Xavier Here has improved each year with the royals last year scoring 766points for an average of 10.6. Rollins who played his Colleg basketball at Tho University of Louisville came to the royals i december from Philadelphia in a Trade for Vern Hatton. A Back in jury sidelined the play maker near the end of the season