European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 20 the stars and stripes saturday March 23, i will give hoc for thy food no fish that Lizcth in the mud but Trout and Pike that love to swim where the gravel from the brim through the pure streams May be  Fletcher 1579-1625 Charles Dir a t put on the kits q in a recent Hunting and fishing column you wrote about famous Fly casting and fishing expert named Charles Blitz who will be a guest at this year s Rod and gun club convention in april at  your description of his activities in All angles of fishing adds up to a full life i think you lost some of the Impact of his personality by not pointing out that or. Ritz does All this in addition to being one of the most famous hoteliers in the  we put on the Ritz Dine at the Ritz and Are old fashioned enough to think something is ritzy we Are hardly thinking about fishing. A no fishing hotel guest Frankfurt i did t want to commercialize the delightful experience of sharing those few hours with one of the world s Foremost Fly Fishers. When he greeted me in Paris hosted me and talked about flies Trout and Grayling you would t believe he was Charles Ritz Board chairman of All the Ritz hotels and internationally known Hotelier. Instead to me he was simply Charles As he insisted i Cal him world recognized authority on Fly fishing and casting noted tournament Caster famed Rod designer and builder designer off lines with vast fishing experience in Europe and North America in great demand As an instructor throughout great Britain an France a contributor to Many european Angling journals an expert Fly Tyer and above All a naturalist and a , you see there was Little reason for me to dwell on the fact that my Charles who Calls me John was also the great Charles of the Ritz. Hot far can you cast a Fly How far can you cast a Fly last year Dave Cohn san fran Cisco made a prodigious toss of 159 feet 4 inches to win the an Nual championship staged by the american casting  the bait casting division Zack Wilson jr., St. Charles mo., heaved a ounce plug 351 feet to win the title then went on to toss the ounce lure 426 feet 8 inches to win that class also. In the Salmon Fly event Bob Budd Jeffersonville ind., snaked out a 189-foot cast to win that class. We Don t know at the moment who won the spin casting laurels. International Sheet at Garmisch Garmisch recreation Center will stage a 200-Bird International style skeet shoot april 26-28 on its Holiday Hills ranges. According to shoot director Alan i. Moore the ranges will reopen for practice april 26. Contestants will fire 100 targets on each of the next two  is a special event for the purpose of selecting a four Man team to represent the association of american Rod and gun clubs Europe in a european International style championship which will be held later this  winning four Man team will be sponsored by the association which will pick up the Tab for All  the Garmisch shoot trophies and patches vill go to the four top guns and to winners and runners up in classes a through  billets in Garmisch Contact the billeting office Apo . Forces 09172 phone Garmisch military 557 or 757. If a new spacious Barless Cage for Polar bears the largest new Section in the Berlin zoo has been completed. Six Polar bears newly imported from soviet Russia Are to inhabit this Bear Para Dise which features comfortable indoor cages an unusually big Pool and wide open spaces. Germany sets firs arms fair pile first firearms fair to be held in West Germany is Al scheduled for March 29-31 in the former City armory of Schwa Ebisch Hall Home of the deut hcs Waffen firearms  Hall a 15th-Century town with a Lovely Market place is situated about 60 Miles Northeast of  to the organi ers of the exhibition the firearms on display will represent centuries of weapons development and the pieces on display will come from vast private collections As Well As from modern  of this mighty first Effort is to bring private collectors together and to Exchange knowledge Between persons interested i firearms for sport and Hunting and for historians interested in military and romantic research. One of the collections will consist of 050 years of Swiss military  the antique weapons will be engraved and inlaid master pieces in steel Gold brass Wood and  Munich police department will feature a special Side exhibit showing illegal firearms and weapons and bomb disposal tech  Public is invited to attend the firearms fair which opens at a . On Friday March 29. Open hours for he next two Days Are 9 a.m.-6 . Pepperdine names new Cage coach los Angeles a Gary Olson who has produced con Ference champions in seven of the past eight years at Valdosta ga., state College has Bee named As head basketball coach at Pepperdine  m. Norvel Young of Pepperdine announced the appointment of Colson 33, was effective immediately. He succeeds Robert l. Duck Dowell who stepped Down at the end of the past season after 20 years in the  Valdosta the 10-year rec Ord of Colson teams was 187-72,and he was named Georgia intercollegiate athletic Confer ence coach of the year after the past season when his club was 24-9.under Colson Valdosta state has also won the naia district25 championship for the past two years and he was name coach of the year in the District. A former Star player at David Lipscomb College Colson served a dual capacity As coach and athletic director at Val  is a tremendous Chall Enge and i think i can do the Job Here declared Colson of his appointment at Pepperdine a school which competes in the West coast athletic conference. Stabler picks football signs Raider contract despite offer by astros Birmingham Ala. A Kenny Stabler former University of Alabama quarterback signed a two year contract with the Oakland raiders of the Kenny Stabler. Makes decision american football wednesday night. Terms of the contract were not announced but Stabler an patently received a Bonus hews also drafted in baseball by the Houston astros of the National league and said earlier he would determine whether to play baseball or football by which bidder offered him Thebes contract. Stabler from Foley Ala was signed by Ron Wolfe Dirac Tor of player personnel for thearl Champion raiders after Day Long consultations betwee Wolfe and Stabler s attorneys. Wolfe said the raiders expected Stabler to fit Well into their organization if he improves Ashe expect him to  the player personnel director said Oakland drafted Stabler As a quarterback nothing  of Stabler s attorneys Jack e. Propst said Houston made a very attractive offer but that Kenny Felt that Oak land gave him the Host Opportunity for his Long Range  Propst said Stabler was in continued on up