European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes May 1977 Anthony recalls Early life in Germany Pas greatest Bowler starts tour Bubo Modem staff writer rhe1nmain Germany Stis the Earl of Bowling returned to Germany for the first time in 28 years and brought with him the Grace and the Talent that has projected him to the lop of his Earl Roderick who has last name for first name and a first name for demonstrated what a True Champ Ion is made of in a on hour interview it has been said that Anthony is most unaffected by his celebrity it is More than he is so Downto Earth it makes one wonder if this is the real Earl Anthony touring our Earl was carrying his own bags into the hotel Here amidst his entourage on arriving from Amsterdam and when the cashier in the Rhei main Aern port hotel cafeteria recognized she smiled May i please shake your i bowl Earl graciously obliged and gave her a pleasant Hes regular Type of says Don president of the nation ally known Bowling firm whom Anthony represents on the professional bowlers association he is not at All awed by Gorman he Doest project himself As i celebrity Type and is actually amazed by his it is kind of silly but he always thanks people after giving them his who is on a week and a half tour of military Bowling houses in Ger Many sponsored by recalled his Days in Germany when his family lived in near Heidelberg where his father was stationed in i was 11 years old and 1 remembered very said but he Dors remember several incidents that had a direct bearing on his u was Here where i Hurt my said who to this Day favors a weak right knee when Hes i was playing sandlot football with some Ger i was chasing this kid and made a flying tackle to which Gorman chimed too bad there were no photographers and it Drew a laugh Iron Anthony i made this Lilym tackle leap just before the kid crossed the Goa line for a and 1 landed on Rny knee and on a big Rock at us same 1 was in tremendous pain and there was blood running Down my some German men came Over and picked me up Over their Heads and carried me to the medics i was put in an army ambulance and driven i remember the Driver saying do you like to go fast and i shrugged and said we must have gone 90 Miles an i prep Honor Roll continued from Page 25 4 Var rail m1ohjump166i oppor pole vault 13 fit shot put Roe shape Anthony Zara cd de Hunau Lofin accent Steve discus no shape Jim bad Krecu Indin Bud Narno arg 499 41 i 491 47 4f slip Nolloy Lloyd Pir Kolni Earl Anthony and his Don president of Ebonite the greatest Bowler Ever arrives in Germany trying to make that tackle definitely want Worth the said the knee has been bothering him Ever since to this Gorman that incident illustrates a said Earl is a very Well coordinated athlete and still is to this Anthony spent Only one year in Germany but recalls contracting spinal meningitis from going swimming in one of the Rivers Over my two Sisters and i had just arrived we flew into Frank Furt and my father was assigned to Bremerhaven for two or three around Bremerhaven i Hung around with German kids playing soccer and Riding though i understand them and they understand one Day we went to a 1 dont know which and there was a wooden Dock of which 1 jumped off of into the i didst know it was deep and it went Way Over my i could swim but i Swal Lowed a Bunch of a couple of Days later my Mother noticed that i was twitching my i told her my neck was she took me to the the doctor examined me and where did you go swimming i told him i finally after much prodding i told him i did and later my Mother gave me hell for not telling 1 was Given a spinal tap and they found out i had spinal i was pumped full of penicillin and put in the Hospital for four or five i guess i was Lucky i want Para he said peering out the window Here and that was a Long time Anthony makes his second trip to Berlin thursday for an 8 clinic at the City Bowling a commercial his first trip was in when his Junior High basketball team went there to play in a i went to an american dependent school in i was 11 years old and in the seventh since i started school at five years of i was much younger than All of the others and a Little Short i remembered the school bus Driver let me on the bus for the Junior High he would the bus for the elementary kids is Over this happened every my two Sisters would always have to Tell him Anthony remembered his pleasant Days on the dependent school we had a Little song and it went like said an Thony who began to i dont like the i dont like the i dont like the idea of being Over please hear my Lake me out of Germany and All this Earl claims Hes i dont know what the name maybe but Anthony loved his Days in Germany and especially Alt his Young German Earl comes from a military his his father and Kab Stepfather were All in the his also named was the Only one of the Trio that didst Earl joined the air Force in May of 19s5 after graduating from High school in he took his Basic training at Parks 45 Miles East of san a base now Earl attended technical school at Keesler for a year from 1955 through part of his next and last assignment was Vincent fab in where he was an airborne radio the air airman an loony to they told me 1 would become a staff i had a wife and baby at the and i wanted to get out i decided a career in the service was not what i wanted to if Anthony had stayed he would be re tired two years but he would be sever Al Hundred thousand dollars All of the bowlers in the and in Germany Are thankful Earl did get Anthony is travelling with his we were High school Sweet i was two years in the air Force when i married her and she was the solid marriage has produced two Daugh 19 and and who just turned is thankful that life has treated him i am doing something for a living i love to right now i am at the top of my my family is that is the Only a week and a half ago Anthony won the prestigious Abc masters at for the first he went undefeated in seven fou game it was the left handers 29th career the most wins by any pro Bowler in that is Why this Earl is still prep Ben Abrams Page 25 schools athletic an organization of the american schools in Cairo Dubai and tote big thing is the annual Cairo screaming eagles championships and Kuilam mentions some of the Ait standing performances which compare favourably with those in the most impressive Are a 59 86 turned in by Darya Manavi of a time in the 1500 meters by Tracey Dobbins of a 0 mens 1500 meter and a in the 800 meters by Tehran Tim Meidlinger and an 182 women Long jump by Tehran Demetris its Good to hear that the youngsters in those faraway places have such a Good program Kuilam said that its is distributed throughout Many Eastern locations and that is appreciated by All the americans located in those especially the National and prep Many of nov sports weekend schedule May 14 12 wide world of for Berlin Pittsburgh pirates new York Aba los Angeles lakers Golden boxing from the olympic for Berlin Only Aba lot Angeles lakers women International May is pro Bowling tour for Berlin viewers world for Berlin boxing ram the olympic Auditori for Berlin sports for Berlin wide world of women Golf May u Pittsburgh pirates new York sports on of pro Canadian at Boston
