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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 23, 1968 the stars and stripes Pago 21 Lori Berry family stays in sprint of things by Ben Abrams staff writer is in being in the 7omp�et swimming has be compel us. Inv of life Over the is and Bill 17, and Carolyn.,� holding up their end of 13 Are up the responsibilities they compete with the kaisers lantern swim club a German organization along with two other americans Barbara an Suzie Stublarec and Are currently preparing for a big International meet june 1-2 at s t u 1l  has always been a big thing with our family  o. Brimberry said monday. I Learned of its therapeutic value when i was younger and was stricken with polio and the in Terest has carried Over to i h e  insisted that All the Chil Dren learn to swim Well enough to be Able to handle themselves and i have always believed inthe value of Competition. When they became so inclined i have to confess to encouraging  them Are sue Janice Billand Carolyn. Sue Learned her swimming in j Many medals and ribbons informally. Her dad taught her and she developed her skills spearfishing and eventually caught the eyes of the swimming instructor at the Omaha athletic club while the family was stationed at Offutt fab. She won the Nebraska aau championship in the 9-10 year bracket in her first year of com petition and went on to win air Force wife Janet Lassiter. Shows 600-plus form on Crete lanes 648 series sets Mark for gals at Iraklion Iraklion Crete special mrs. Janet Lassiter has rolled a 648 series the highest Ever bowled in women s league Competition Here and probably one of the highest Ever rolled in Europe. Mrs. Lassiter whose husband. Sgt. Charles a. Lassiter is with the 6931st Security up combined games of 224, 170 and ise for the City of Buffalo. I it a spokesman for the i Saul Edwiu s resignation"ln9 Fly deter it from National league owners in cnica80 to admit but to the circuit. I Puewitt was reported As say is a withdrew because he Felt Buffalo would be better off with Mai leadership. Bowling Congress plus National membership in the organization. She currently carries a 172average and is part of a Bowling family. Her husband and Bot children Curtis 11, and Leslie 8, All Are members of leagues Here. Kindratiw added to Bays roster Baltimore a the Baltimore Bays have announced they have added Rusty Kindratiw a 22-year-old inside for Ward to the roster of their North american soccer league club. Kindratiw an american Citi zen who was born in Vienna Austria played last year wit Washington s professional soc cer team. Casper gains Money Lead Weiskopf 2nd. Palm Beach gardens Fla. A Billy Casper with another $25,000 in his pocket Fortis first place finish at the Colo Nial National invitation Golf tournament at fort Worth tex., moved to the top of Thetga s list of Money winners re leased monday. Casper s total winnings this season were put at $103,868 a Lead of $18,316 Over Tom Weis Kopf who had been in the top spot to make Casper the firstprofessional., golfer Ever to win More than $100,000 so Early inthe year. Weiskopf was credited by the professional golfers association Headquarters at Palm Beac gardens with $85,552 in winnings. Other golfers and their winnings listed by the pea As the top 10 on the tour were Georg Earcher $79,857 Miller Barber $64,055 George k n u d s o n,$60,230 Don january $52,138 Kermit Zarley $51,106 Arnold Palmer $50,752 Tony Jacklin $50,720, and Gardner Dickinson,$50,563. Newark . A Johnm. Shippen believed to be the first negro Ever to play competitive Golf in the United states and one of the first american born Golf pros died monday at the Newark gardens nursing Home. He was 90. Shippen who was also Par Indian began his career in 1894 As pro at the exclusive maid Stone club in East Hampton . Prior to that he had been Caddie. In 1896, at a time when eng Lish and scottish professionals dominated the . Golfing scene he made his competitive debut in the . Open at Teshin Neacock Hills Golf club on Long Island. Several objected Shippen recalled in a recent interview that several other professionals objected to his entry. But Theodore Havemeyer the first president of the . Golf association said that i Shippen did not play the event would be called off. Shippen finished in a tie for fifth that year and went on to play in five other opens thelast in 1913, when Francis oui met became the first Amateur and the first american to win the  rest of his career was Bill Brimberry. Competes in 4 events Carolyn Brimberry. Sponsored by German aau circles. She will be graduated from Texas women s col Ege in  followed her sister in aau circles winning several medals in Competition in the 13 4 and 15-16 brackets. S h e i currently a student at the Munich Branch of the University of Maryland. The backstroke was the Strong Point in the older girls Reper tires and it has carried intone younger members of the fam by. Bill however has developed versatility and will compete in he 100-meter backstroke 200-meter individual Medley 200-me or backstroke and 100-Meterreestyle events in the Stuttgart  has been swimming competitively for nine years and has won aau recognition in califor Nia and Virginia. He got right into the Middle of the Pool when the family rotated to rams Einair base last year. He Carolyn and the Stublarec girls have been the mainstays of the German american team i club and International matches. He set a club record in the 100-meter Butterfly in a meet at Worms in which he took fou Blue ribbons. He took the individual Medley 100 backstroke and200 backstroke in the same meet. This has been a wonderful experience for Bill and Carolyn Brimberry. Senior said. The officials of the Kaiserslautern club have extended to us every privilege and consideration. In fact. Carolyn was invited to take Partin a special intensive olympic training  program it was a wonderful Demon stration of German american re lations functioning ideally. There were two girls in her age bracket and the club picked up the whole Tab for the special pro Gram. I can t Praise that pro Gram  Carolyn Learned her swimming under her dad s Tutelage at Lang Ley air base in Virginia where his Blue dolphins were the out standing swim club in the stat for three years. Bill will be leaving the family this fall to Complete his High schooling at Woodward acad Emy formerly Georgia military Academy. Woodward is recognized for its crop of outstanding High school  thing is certain if you want to keep up with the brim Berrys you be got to get in the swim of  two fight tour slated for comes Dallas up Doug lord \ the world boxing association a manager of world welterweight the no. 1 challenger to cokes Pham Ninn flirt is cokes said cokes is scheduled to fight cokes Coke cokes would Joe n Gid Champion Curtis tuesday he an leave june 5 for a two fight tour in South Africa and  said a French fight had been cancelled because of the nation wide strikes in that country. Lord also said he was trying to arrange a championship fight Between cokes and Ramo Lacruz of Argentina sometime in late August or Early South of Johannesburg Africa june 15 and then spent As a teaching pro in the september. New York area. Lacruz was listed monday by travel to Salisbury Rhodesia june 29 for a rematch with Willie Ludick. Neither fight willbe for the title. Lord had been concerned about contracts for the fight but officials in Johannesburg said tuesday the South Africa Board of control had Given the fight a go ahead and that contracts were in the mail. Colby cops Garmisch Golf tourney Garmisch Germany Spe Cial Paul Colby of the 237th engr in shot an opening round three under Par 69 and coasted to Victory Here in the Garmisch recreation area s Spring invitational Golf  followed up his 69 with 70-78-75 for a four Over 292 an took first place in the Champion i ship flight by 17 strokes Over Glen Richardson of the Stuttgart Golf club. Norman Wilson of the seventh army no Academy at bad Stoelz placed third with a315 total six shots behind Rich  Settle of Bremerhaven Defeated Jack Oliver of Frank Furt in a playoff for first flight honors after both turned in 320totals. Nelson Hughes of Wertheim Stadt s Al Sizemore  ladies championship Tro Phy went to Nell Carter of Hei was the second flight Winner Zeiberg with a 183 total for 36 with Cecil White of Mainz defeating George Hopkins of ram Stein in a playoff for second place. Donald Runyon of Rota won the fourth flight with Giebel holes. Ruth Goosens of Garm Isch was second with a 199. Maria Taber of Garmisch too the ladies first flight by six strokes Over Billie Wagoner   
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