European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes april 1977 the pos fac athletes by Steve Snider United press International uy1ng Fields grind stand scats Tennis rackets Golf dubs sailboats skateboards hang gliders skis vaulting Solcs starting Blacks running trucks surfboards Yockov Slicks helmets diving wards swimming pools Hills Only the fag inning or the intrusion of plastics and sent Helios into the world of in the last is manmade Nam wills have revolutionized the sports Industry in the United states and Manv other parts of the world there Are synthetic uniforms playing surfaces and even Al weather stadium plastics arc replacing traditional leather and natural fibres in the manufacture of implements for Many types of sports and recreational there Are several says Donald Miller of a marketing manager for the owe scorning f1 a Cruis in some cases it was purely a matter of in some plastic materials led to belter performances and in the original Natu ral materials simply became scarce and substitutes had to be found specially for Are in extremely Short one Type of Wood pole vaulters certainly dont miss is Metal replaced Bamboo la vaulting then came fiber Glass the biggest revolution of Cornelius warm rams record of 15 feet 4 77 my set with a Bamboo pole in stood for 15 years until Mckalp Olirs began Chipping away at with All hands using fiber the record is l88 plastics have taken precious pounds off an ind Lype racing Cost of hulls for racing hydroplane has been reduced by half world class skiers travel up to 15 Miles per hour 24 Kohl faster on plastic skis than on Archery experts Fly an Arrow nearly a mile cml far ther Wii h a fiber Glass Bow than with the Best of pleasure boating has gone through As dramatic change As pole vault ing in recent about 90 per cent of All sailboats these Days have fiber Glass water and tiber Glass Werr made for each says there is no no Wood decay or chipped paint to contend plastics were made for kids and Young sports or recreational activities actually were created or sent soaring introduction of new remember the huh hoop now the skateboard in inc and a fantastic surge in Miller come from applications of careful or he estimates More than 10 million skateboards were manufactured in the United states last some of Light Thermal plastic Selling Tor Only a few dollars and the stronger ones of fiber Glass ranging from about s20 to and owned by Only a few aficionados in the Days of 90pound 40kllol wooden have blossomed on Ocean beaches almost fiber Glass surfboard can be under 15 pounds says that Means they can be carried by Young people in the world today arc at tuned to color and the new boards can be made into All sorts of colourful the a Berglas corporation and similar companies pro Duce Only the raw it to the manufacturers who apply that material to the design and construction of countless items for the commune i know of Al least one manufacturer making a fiber Glass baseball says the Wood Core is with plastic folded around it exactly like a wooden with Wood texture and unlike the aluminium Bat that been around or it Doest Ping when a Ball is it gives a real like a Wood Little leagues and the colleges have approved the new he at the Montreal More than one million pounds of raw material were folded into Colo coded stadium one company specializes in providing plastic or fiber Glass Caps to fit Over the top of workout wooden Bench seats in football operators of some older stadiums Are replacing Wood seats entirely with Long boards of and it goes on platform Tennis courts Roll up Temmis courts rigid linings for ski boots fishing rods playground equipment Dune buggies motor by Ermo Bombick at wits end tiie other Day out of a Blue sky Brucie Are we Rich i paused on my Knees As i retrieved a dime from the sweeper blew the dust and not so you can Why How can you Tell he i straightened up and thought a being Rich is a relative sort of heres How i can always Tell youre Rich when you buy your Gas at the same service station All the time so your glasses youre Rich when you can have eight people to dinner and dont have to Wash Forks Between the main course and Des youre Rich when you buy clothes for your kids that Are two sizes too big for the one you buy pm for and four sizes too big for the one that comes after youre Rich when you own a boat without you can Tell people have Money when they record a Check and dont have to sub tract it right people have Money when they sit around and joke with the cashier while Shes calling in their charge to see if its still youre Rich when you write notes to the teacher on paper without youre Rich when your television set has All the knobs on it youre Rich when you can throw away a pair of pantyhose just because it has a Large Hole you know people Are loaded when they dont have to save rubber bands from the celery and store them on the youre Rich when you can have a Home wedding without Haven funeral Home stamped on the folding youre Rich when the scouts have a Popff drive and you have a stack of new York in your youre Rich when your dog is wet and smells youre Rich when your own hair looks so great everyone thinks its a Breckle sat quietly Lor a then i think my is How can you Tell i his mom buys his birthday cake at a bakery and it int even Hes All i