European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The game Isth a anything Short of first degree murder is Legal a zionist a Ballet dancer. The goalie his. Moves Are dazzling,., coach Wieling we be generated the interest handball player is ". Utter criminal when it comes to breaking the Laws of  the stars and stripes by Jerry Drane staff writer european handball is a wild amalgamation of basketball hockey soccer Jai Ali gymnastics and sprinting with a Guries of siamese foot fighting and  absent is any Whit of the idea of two gentlemen meeting in a tin room and swatting around a hard rub Ber Ball working up a sweat the gargling Down a few cold Beers. The european version is played by two teams of five men each on a court a Little larger than a basketball court with a Ball a Little smaller than a soccer Ball. Object of the game is to get this Little Ball into a goal about seven feet High and 10 feet  sounds ridiculously easy. So does 90-meter ski  handball to basketball is a natural thing for americans who Are unfamiliar with the game. The Ball must be dribbled but Only on every third  Are similar but tend to be More intricate and a Little  is mostly a zone proposition with players lined up in front of the Goaland shifting from left to right with the play of the Ball. Once a shot is made it s All the goal keeper s baby. And a Good goalie is airy to behold. The confines of ins work ing area prohibit the spectacular soar ing leaps seen in soccer but the hand Ball goalie s moves Are dazzling in their own Way he is a contortionist a Ballet dancer and seemingly an utter Crimi Nal when it comes to the Laws of Gravity. Al raining a goalkeeper is an exact ins process and was one of the major problems encountered by the first known american handball team Ever Elde Europe. This group from the 4�/ln recon tech up at Wiesbaden air pasc chose sink or swim circumstances to make their major Competition debug the european handball tournament Tor sea handball game is a 20-minute cat fight. A time out might be called to compound fracture but Little else. In the first round of the tournament the Amei cans played four games in four hours. A 13-4 thrashing by the. Czech Tea inspired the airmen to tie the touted austrian team 5-5 in their Best show f siamese foot fighting and karate. European handball. A wild amalgamation of. The stars and stripes m team was born from a debate on the comparative amount of guts needed to play american and us a photos by Victor Damon Ronan sports. One Day some of the Ladin the 497th were robustly playing k of o Knock Tail tackle football. Hearing hem Crow about How Tough they Wei e. T St Ted caring an dared them to Serif they were Tough enough to Cut the Mustard in a european  upheld his end of the dare and contacted Heinz Billo athlete director of the Friedrich Ebert schoo 11 Wiesbaden. Together they organi Edthe american team. This was loin months ago. Amer prior to the tournament the amen cans had played Only two practice games asst Dol him and had scrimmage x the Friedrich Ebert team the i Man champions a couple of times. \ iif1r came looked much More like basketball than any of the Kwh teams at the tourney. Moves woe is and More fluid than t he in us in whip cracking plays of then u  americans Impromptu Stylo was not a together unsuccessful either. Sev eral limes opposing goalies Dom and had the Ball crammed Down then yanks dwarfed their oppo techs played much of thu in me Flat on their faces. Wren a backs and bloody Knees were Lindsl in handball practically. Unyi. Short of first degree murder is  in re going after the Ball. 1 w 1 Andy Hopes Lokee have to keep h of handball is sealed Toi hit pics in  Page 13