European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and Striks Page 21 in 1st tilt by of a i think i could turn and live with animals they Are so Placid and self contained i stand and look at them Long and do not sweat and whine about their condition. Walt Whitman 1819-1892 Germany Hunting big business two German friends of mine who own their own Busi Ness enterprises and can afford vast Hunting estates com plete with gamekeepers and furnished lodges recently got together and swapped notes on what it costs to maintain such Royal prestige. Said one i just had to 8,000 Marks $2,000 for damages tothe Farmer s crops by Wim the other said i m a Little better off. I Only had to about 4,000 $1,000 on my place. The boar cleaned out a whole potato Field just before the i asked How much profit they had realized on their Hunting area because i knew that they sold All harvested game to the local wholesale they chorused. You think owning a jag Drevier is profit Able it s a luxury in every sense. We never even break does any other sportsman who owns shooting grounds. First we must sign and a 12-year lease. This is to prevent mismanage ment in conservation of animals and game Birds. We must have a professional Hunter or gamekeeper and dog to patrol the costs Money. It May Cost $5,000 for a decent Revier per year. We might get $2,000 deeper into the subject we Learned that in West Germany alone Are 10.38 million acres of private Hunting grounds such As my friends own. This figure does not include 4.87 million acres of state owned areas and 45.75 million acres owned by towns and Small communities. Landowners in West Germany collect $216 million each year from Hunter tenants. The government collects 10 per cent of that for taxes. The income from the Sale of meat and hides amounts to about $7.62 million from approximately 25 million pounds of game that goes across the counter to the of private shooting grounds declare my friends . In addition to Cost of lease and taxes another 30 million Marks $7.5million for labor on their estates where they need fences High seats roads thing that a Hunting lease owner gets for free however is the harvesting of his game crop. He simply invites friends or Busi Ness acquaintances who Are Hunters and they assist him in the orderly removal of the game either by drive Hunts for the boar hares and Partridge or by still Hunting the Roebuck and the red Deer is not Only one of the most important forms of recreation ii West Germany but As Yon can see from the above it contribute immensely to the economic welfare of the country. At the present time according to my Well heeled friends there Are More than 225,000 licensed German Hunters in the Federal re Public. They spend $2.5 million on Hunting licenses and insurance omillion on clothing and accessories $4.5 million on firearms and ammunition $2 million on dogs and their training and about $2 million on outdoor magazines and related literature. Add taxidermy fees hotels meals and transportation and you will agree that without the controlled Hunting and a Good conservation program Here there would be no Hunters and there would be an inconceivable amount of Money that would never find the state coffers. Germany game on increase Germany s wildlife despite the country s dense human population is now More plentiful than Ever according to the weekly Magazine Welt am sonntag. ,.a game census meticulously conducted by on the spot foresters and game preserve management revealed that the head count or Germany game is As follows a too red Deer 25,000 fallow Deer million Roe Deer Aad 4s, wild boar. Uin addition the report lists 4,000 Chamois and 2,000 Black grouse in the Alps. Nain the farmlands Are 1 million hares. 1 million pheasants 700, 000 rabbits 600,000 Partridge and 500,000 wild pigeons the Magazine reported. Italian Hunters bag each Oiler Milan Italy a in the first five Days of the current italian Hunting season nine persons died of gunshot wounds and another 70 were injured. ,. With 1.2 million Hunters combing the Fields and Woods the main feature of the season since aug. 25 has been a scene like this Bushes Rustle an italian Hunter Levels his Shotgun and fires. An Wiher Hunter tumbles from the Brush cursing and told of a Man in Northern Italy who shot at what it took for a Fox behind a Bush. His shot killed his red lured has also been reported that Many Farmers disgusted by the Way some Hunters run roughshod Over crops in Pursuit of Gam have begun shooting at Hunters some Hunters have been hit Ana apparently has been hit hardly at All. The Scarcity of game this year u credited i tic making Hunters extra trigger Quick the it try in Errin fable Ami a favorite appears to be this one most Hunter what have you shot today second Hunter from documents it appeared to be a by Ralph Bennington staff writer rival managers selected tentative starting pitchers thursday for the first game in the inaugural Best of three serie be tween army and air Force baseball champions of Europe open ing saturday in Berlin. Right hander Rich Vogel wildfire the opening Pilch for the Usa eur Champion bears unless As Berlin manager Ray Davies says there s foul rain weather while Wiesbaden Pilot Tom Johnson will go with Ace Southpaw Lance Tobert on the Hill for the Safe Kingpins. Umpires also were announce thursday for this first Ever showdown Between the Diamond champions from the two big commands. Their play Ball announcement saturday is scheduled for 1 10 . While slate done hour earlier on sunday when the series switches to Wiesbaden for the second and if necessary third games of this Long awaited showdown meeting. Usa eur and Safe each selected two umpires for the series. Frank Hollifield of Frank Furt and Randolph Hummel of i Wiesbaden will be the two Safe representatives in Blue while Usa eur named Desmith of Heidelberg and Ray Hudson of Worms As its two arbiters. Hudson is scheduled to work behind the plate saturday opener in the divided City. Both clubs Are in prime condition for the series except for one player each. And Berlin get the break there since George Geiger has his Arm out of the cast and will be available for Pinch hitting. Wiesbaden mean la fever Henderson Crede Bennett stars and strips local sports Sembach wins Csc slow pitch tourney Sembach Germany Spe Cial the Sembach tigers came from behind twice to de feat the Ramstein rams 8-7 and win the 1968 Continental sports conference Csc slow pitch softball tournament her thursday afternoon. In an earlier game thurs Day the tigers Defeated the rams 25-12, to Send the tour Ney to a final showdown in the double elimination meet. Ram Stein was unbeaten until thurs final game was tied go ing into the top half of the eighth inning when Sembach j Center fielder Don m alone tripled off losing Pitcher Fred Williams. Sembach third base Man Dick Whitehead who had three Home runs for the Day then rifled a towering sacrifice Fly to Centerfield driving in the winning run. Winning Pitcher Dave Bisho put out a Ramstein seventh inning rally when he relieve starting Pitcher Macom Booker. Sembach outhit Ramstein,12-11. In the earlier contest the tigers totalled 20 hits with just one error. Winning Pitcher was Bishop. Whitehead blasted two homers in the Pitcher for the rams was Everett Baker. The ram hammered out 17 hits with 11 errors. Keith Patterson hit two homers in the losing cause. Sembach finished with a 5-1record in the tourney com pared to Ramstein s 4-2 Mark. While will be without the services of its no. 2 pitching punch Bob flyer right hander who won 10 games without a defeat during the regular season and won another in the Safe play offs before hurting his Arm is highly doubtful As Johnson puts it for the showdown series. He pulled a muscle Tendon in his Elbow throwing a curve Ball in last monday s game against Wethersfield Johnson reported and has t been Able to even lob the Ball since i pulled him out of that Hurt his Arm in the fifth toning but stuck it out until the seventh because he had a no hitter going according to Johnson. The Strong Wiesbaden right hander gave up a single inthe seventh to spoil his string and Jack Wilson finished a been taking whirl Pool treatments but with Little Success Johnson added. Still the Wiesbaden manage was optimistic in face of a squeeze on the reference was to Parker s injury. Asked about a starter for the secondhand if necessary third games he quickly countered i logo then with Tex Harris and Wilson plus whatever i can cutout there. If i have to i la Pilch my third baseman or cent erf elder or anybody i be got for one in rung or More. We re going Asterball Wilson and Harris both turned in Strong Relief performances in the Safe championships har Ris winning the title game in re Lief of Tobert with five innings of three hit work against Darm Stadt. Tobert of course was the Man who carried the main Load for the flyers after transferring to the team from Pitburg in late june. He won five and lost one with each club. Vogel was another Story for Berlin. Sidelined with pulled hamstring Muscles for much of the season the Chunky Little right hander came on Strong inthe Usa eur playoffs with two straight Complete games Al though he had not started since the first week in july. He beat the 2nd brigade dragons of the 8th div in a key semifinal Gam but in turn dropped a four hitter to the 3rd support brigade inthe Middle game of the finals. Ron Yarbrough Berlin s main stay most of the year with Vogel hobbled by injuries hurled Athree hitter in the Usa eur championship game and is a key to the bears title Hopes in this closing classic against the air Force champs in Europe. The Crafty Southpaw who continued of 1j in olympic boxing trials brother ousted Toledo Ohio a Young Mike Quarry brother of professional fighter Jerry Quarry was among those eliminated wednesday night in Quarter final action of the . Olympic boxing trials. The 17-year-old middleweight from Anaheim Calif., whose brother is a heavyweight con Lender lost the decision to mar tin to Perzewski the air Force to list from Novato Calif. Forty four Amateur fighter advanced from wednesday night s action to the semifinals thursday night. Finals in 11 divisions Are scheduled Friday night with winners qualifying for the olympic boxing matches next month at Mexic City. Heavyweight James sugar Bear Williams 247-Pound Marine and inter service Champion from Omaha neb., out pointed Navy titlist James elder of Loveland tex., in three rounds. Williams was to meet Albe Twilson Golden gloves Champ from Mckeesport pa., who sur Vived a Knockdown to beat the unattached Billy Thompson of Joilet 1u. Light heavyweight Arthu Redden a Marine from Wil Mington del., out pointed for mus White of Cleveland the Western olympic trials titlist two boxers who scored tech Nical knockouts Weill essay night were to face each other inthe semifinals thursday. Alfred Jones aau weight Champion from stopped Henry cast Oyork City the army tit list 1 47 of the second was to meet Lloyd Nel son of Philadelphia the Kasier olympics trials Champion who scored a technical knockout in1 03 of the first round after twice flooring Hinion ,Marine titlist from Mckee sport a. Nuddle Detroit of new in
