European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 19, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 21 p1"j9ramm tick is a is Bah of a f a Bill i2q29h�yullubybhs a Blob Lull Paai Aib Alibi editor s note the following letter in from sol major Alberto. Andy Anderson fishing committee chairman of the Heidel Berg Rod and gun club. In tear Johnny As you were aware i had planned to hold a German american fishing Derby or children Here in the Heidelberg area at our Rod and gun club Lake. After much preparation and a maximum Effort toward publicity on this we finally held the event on a a. 22, a saturday. We had approximately $125 Worth of prizes for both the fishing contest and the grab bag event additionally and traditionally we had Good of american hot dogs Oda pop and of course Beer for the adults weather was a Al Good the fishing contest portion of the program lasted Jyh hours with the Winner catching 103 fish Perch and bluegills. The next three runners up caught m fish each. After fish off to determine the second an third place winners i presented All three prizes to the winning German youngsters. The fourth runner up was the son of an Ameri can. Which brings me to the purpose of my letter. I had distributed More than 1,000 flyers to the american Community Here in the Heidelberg area and had announced this fishing Derby in the two local Dally bulletins. I distributed Only is announcements to our German friends. I m sad to say we americans were outnumbered two to one at the sound of the starting gun. I m certain that anymore of the american youngsters would have been present if mom and pop had supplied the transportation. I m also certain that the Heidelberg club is not alone in that dilemma. It s difficult for me to understand Why people As sports minded and outdoors Mindedal we Are frequently fall to support our children s sports programs when these programs require that we give up Tome of our sleeping or Leisure time. Some of the youngsters who live near me commented that they would have been present had pop or mom accompanied them to the Lake. Perhaps we need a drive similar to the ones we conduct for Charity to stimulate the support of the activities in which our youngsters participate. In any event it was disheartening to say the least to see the poor turn out by our american club members. Your Friend Ai c. Andy Anderson Luck shoots attract All in the Days of the Long Rifle one of the traditional sports of lifetimes was shooting for the one Way of determining the Winner was to give each Man a Short piece of Board with a Cross Mark in the Center and his initials at the Bottom. Each Cun Lesul was allowed one shot at his Mark and the shooter whose Bulle struck closest to the Center of the Mark won his Choice of the beef Quarter. Hams and turkeys have replaced the beef of the Golden Day Sand there Are Many variations in the manner in which these con tests Are held but the traditional sport still ranks High in the popularity poll among sportsmen. Ai this time of the year As we approach thanksgiving an Christmas Ham Bacon Torkey and other merchandise shoots Are parse Alaric appropriate. The Rod and gun club that does not take advantage of the High interest in these affairs is certainly missing a bet. Merchandise shoots Are easy to operate and especially popular with the Novice shooter sine he has just As Good a Chance to win a prize As the experienced Are any lumber of contests that eat be employed from straight trap Aad Sheet or precision Rifle boo aug. To the Soboll Garnet to pure Chance such As splatter cards or Tacky Pellet. Adar a m of fun for the contestants. In the splatter card game the card is a piece of while cardboard about Letterhead size. Circles about the size of a Silver Dollar Are drawn or printed on the card. There is no set size or number of circles or sections on each card the idea being to have enough beginner s Basic. Choke As previously defined Hen. Ison each card to pay for the prize and leave a Little profit for the club. Ai each Man buys a Circle he writes his name on it. Shenall the circles an sold the card is Hung up about to Yards from the firing Point some Spectator who is not in the contest is the selected and Ore one shot from a Shotgun at the card. Whoever hair is name in the Circle struck by the most pellets wins then raze i Case of ties the circles Are marked Aad the card b shot overcome class prefer to Mark u x la each Circle. The Pellet a ares in the Lucky card events a Large Circle is drawn on each card the Circle 1s divided into the desired number of pie slice shaped areas by running diametric Al lines across it. As each wedge 1spld. The owner writes his name on it when All Are sold the card i hum on a Nail and spun. A shooter fires one .22-Cal. Car3� Hilb a Rrt Tram a distance of m feet. Whoever has i nime in the Section struck by the Bullet wins. If the Bullet hoi cats any dividing line another shot is fired. The degree of constriction built into the muzzle of a Shotgun. I determines the shot pattern s diameter Joe i a Folk. Amount of constriction at the muzzle predetermined whether a shot Kuri is choked full modified or improved Cylinder. The following table shows in thousandths of an Inch the degree of con strictly required to produce each of these three chokes in the most popu Lar Shotgun gauges ? gauge fall modified improved Cylinder 11 030 .015 .006u 024 .011 .00 a Ioil .010 .004 not slightest possible doubt Brown s owner Modell says pro football greatest Spectator sport by Milton r1chmancleveland, Ohio up a can t go into his incl Gubor Ood bar for a quiet peaceful rink As he tries someone own the other end invariably provokes a loud argument by in i sting pro football and not base Lall now ranks As the nation s no. 1 Modell the Able St year Downer of the says there in t the lightest possible doubt in his mind. Pro football declares to Dell is the no. 1 Spectator snorting the United states and Canada and the greatest Spectator sport Ever created by that s quite a Mouthful but anyone is in a position to Back it up Model is on the basis of the attendance Miracle he s per formed since taking Over the Browns in 1h1. Although his club has failed to win a single title Ince then it has drawn to. Four Ihre he to any other in the National football league during the Pas three years. One of the prime reasons for noisy crowds Pepper up . Net championships by i tisk Forest Hills . Up he . Tennis championships Rew some 80.000 spectators this ear. Indicating the Corpse re Mains very much game was dead and burled s a Box office attraction Only ree years ago but last season Rought a record and crowds this ear fell just Short of the All time crowds Are different rom the posh Public of the Goodie Days and Tennis brass hats Tad better believe it or Loreem. Polite applause and Haught nods of approval May have been Kay for grandpa s Day. Today Seal Nerips want to yell jeer or Falmie when they re in the mood and Don t Lake kindly to those in Soliss warnings droned by a Umpire in the chair will the gallery please refrains the players May proceed it s mighty Tough for an excited crowd to Cut off an Emo Lonal Roar right in the Middle it Ghl even be bad for the health both mental and Are certain ume titles to e observed of course and eve first time spectators get the hang of things As they do at a Golf tournament. Soccer opponent sought by Sweden Stockholm up swede will perhaps get another of x nent than Poland to an inter lat Lonal soccer match in Stock Holm oct. 7 because Italy has withdrawn its soccer team from the Tokyo probably will replace Italy in Tokyo which Means that we have to look for another opponent in our match oct. 7. I Poland is going to play in Tokyo we will Usk Italy if it can play Here instead of Poland. If Italy cannot we will ask the soviets Tore .lun.hson, gun Crul Sec i tar of the swedish soccer association said. Italy withdrew its soccer leu because of a dispute Over the Amateur status of some player the italian team had been one of the favourites for u Gold medal the italian olympic committee do used in withdraw Ali Lua Tias the International olympic committee pushed an invest Timolion of the players Amateur status. Comedians Golf shifted new York up the fourth annual comedians Golf Lourna mint will be shifted from a sop Ember Date to june next your the tourney a Benefit event to Blind children. Is held at Thi Tom o Shanler Golf course in Brookville . Uni urn it simply in t Cricket to jeers whistle while a player is serv no or to yell words that rhyme with out while play is in pro Gress. But nothing beats a Good oar of appreciation or a Long groan of despair when the Beauty ully played Point has been com Leaf. Furthermore a Tennis impure rates a Good boo when be boots one just As much As and facial in football or baseball. The m nationals turned out the most spirited Bunch of people we be seen at Forest Hills Andley let their presence be known locally without getting serious Yut of hand. Umpires and linesmen All Are devoted Tennis people who con tribute a vast amount of Tim and Effort at All the major tour Namon have however been brought up in the old school dedicated to the hush hush method. Oday s customers Don t like today out Good Money to be Chas ised As naughty children for displaying Normal reaction. Severe Handicap still they turned out handsomely this year despite three severe handicaps labor Day usually a triumphant one at the Gate fell off his year because that monday also was a jewish Holiday. Then no american got into last Sun Day s men s or women s final Ana the Windup not Only bucked it sown television but ran into a Tele Vised Road game of new York football giants. Even with a Light labor Day crowd we were running ahead x Asl year right up to the Al Nav reported Henry Belsch of the West Side Tennis club. And the tournament total was Only a Little off the finals Drew around 1,000 Many of them with transistor radios tuned in on the giants the important thing is. The were there and noisy. They d like to Tome Back. He Browns amazing attendance exam has been Modell s favorite Iruin Chirt a preseason double header at municipal stadium which Drew Over 83,000 earlier his month. Even that total Wai Leld Down because the fire marshals would t permit the frowns to sell any More stand no room tickets. The preseason Doublehead Ervas strictly my own idea a. Dell says and now some people think 11 should be included la our regular season schedule Buti completely disagree. Simple economics would t permit i you can t spilt one Gate four ways during the regular season because of the Man costs you have then that Yon Don t ordinarily have during the trailing season. Something dramatic i hit on the idea originally because i wanted something dramatic explains the Browns owner. I wanted something that would enable us to make thera noltion from summer sports Ike water skiing boating Golf no and even baseball. I didst like the idea of pro football sort of sneaking in us preseason games in a tics like Butte Boi Seand Omaha. Not that i m demeaning those cities at All. They were Fine when barnstorming was a Novelty but now with National Tele vision everyone has an Opportunity to see pro football and it s no longer a Novelty to people i those cities Modell is acutely aware of the Cleveland indians current Situa Tion and sincerely Hopes Theydon t leave the City. I see no real advantage i being the Only wheel in town he sold. True there is. An ele ment of competitiveness be tween baseball and football be cause the seasons overlap. But i desperately would like to see baseball stay. I honestly think the indians being Here actually helps civic plan there is a civic plan afoot forthe improvement of municipal stadium which would involve million dollars. The proposal however is contingent on the indians remaining Hen. No Nutter what happen though Modell is determined to put up additional stands in front of the bleachers to eliminate standing room there. The Browns have a completely different problem than the indians. They have to turn people away Many times the poor u Diane can t get enough to Comein. Small wonder Modell has no doubt whatsoever which sport really is the nation s no. 1 Pas time. He s positive. But then so is Ford frock. Olympic decathlon results to be scored by new system Tokyo up a spokesman concern in Taiwan Formosa for the Japan track and Field federation said thursday the new International scoring system will be used for the decathlon inthe Tokyo olympic games oct. 10-24.this new system was used Foi the first time in the unite Stales in the olympic trials Las week in los spokesman said he did no see Why the new scoring system should affect the Chunco a of in particular ? made the slut ment when it was pointed out there is some that the new scoring system might affect c. K. Yang chances of winning the decathlon. Yung who placed second to Hafer Johnson of the unite states in the 1960 olympic games in Rome is a heavy favorite to win the decathlon in the game Here next month. The results in the Tokyo games will become a separate record fur the decathlon. The previous record under the old scoring system will remain inthe books
