European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 27, 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 25 outdoors with Jim Hirzel Hunting an american tradition of the original America traditions that have endured to the present none is More Vig Orous than the tradition of Hunting. A colourful Symbol of our National youth Hunting still flourishes in our maturity. There arc about 20 million Hunters in the United states today five times As Man people As the entire . Population in 1790. Instead of waning As some of our earliest traditions have Hunting continues to freshen because it fills a deep and growing need i Modem life. It is a classic exercise in personal Freedom and conscience a Challenge to one s understanding of nature and skills to Cope with it and certainly a test of one sense of responsibility towards the environment and All the creatures in it. Vur Hunting is a remarkable thing. Even with increasing numbers of Hunters taking tothe Field the population of Many species of game in North America is greater than Ever before. This does t just happen. Today the United states and Canada Are among the to wildlife management leaders in the world. Thousands of University trained people at the Federal and state Levels Are guiding the destiny of our wildlife resources employing biological approach to game management that is based on three principles game abundance is a result of Quality habitat. The overabundance of game that can develop As a result of controlled habitat management needs to be thinned out for toe Sake of the game itself. Overpopulation Means starvation and weakened animals. By adjusting Hunting seasons and bag limits recreational Banting can be carefully regulated to assure a proper balance Between game population and the habitat resources  was Hunters who found the biological facts needed to manage wildlife and Hunters who developed new ways to finance research and management. Hunters spend nearlyp20 million each year for licenses and special taxes on  ammunition Money that is earmarked for wildlife restoration. Even More will be spent in the years to come. Beckenbauer signs pc ref loins pee Ching a in Cosmos stable of stars by Martin Lake new York up Franz Becken Bauer a National hero in West Germany and one of the world s outstanding soccer stars signed a four year.  contract wednesday with the new York  the terms of the pact which extends through 1980, were not announced the estimated figure runs As High As  million. The formal signing conducted in spite of this or partly because of it Hunting has enemies. Some people feel Hunting i cruel and wasteful and endangers a precious resource. The most militant Are often Blind to any reason or Compromise. Yet the Hunter has obligations to his reasonable critic Sand to non Hunters in general. The prime obligation is that his her act of Hunting does not jeopardize a hunted Spe cies. To endanger any wildlife species is the greatest possible wrong in Hunting. The Hunter is also obliged to Hoot in such a Way As to shame neither himself Northe animal he Hunts. He most go afield with respect and knowledge giving advantage rather than taking advantage. If the Hunter meets these by fauns his or leks can never  Antl Hunters Are not against Hunting in principle but Hunting in practice. They Are opposed to the Slob Hunter the gunner who lacks respect for others the land on which he Hunts and the game he Hunts there. He May not be an outlaw for it is possible to obey Hunting s Laws White violating its spirit and its ethics. But lawful or not the arts of this kind of Hunter Are ones of cynicism and contempt. The Hunting fraternity can no longer tolerate such persons and there is probably no better was of Gureino our ranks of these offenders than with All out Hunter safety training programs in every state. These must involve gun safely but just As important Basic instruction in game management Hunting ethics and practices. Perhaps this will help to in still an abiding intolerance of Slob  no wildlife species today is threatened by Hunting when controlled by modern Gamma Dement the wolfs system of Garne management has actually brought Many so  pc Orn Antelope Deer wild tur Keyel. Beaver and others. Management has helped preserve habitat not Only for game but for Many Franz Beckenbauer. German Ace signs for 4  Arr a of human existence Tam table land and  have prided the Hunter. They caused the Hunter but today this has been reversed. A and to the future it is the hunger who must cause Hun table land and wild quod Edei he tuites need for that wildlife and for All that it Means to him. Rigid Lyls & not Only a Strong survivor but shows signs of fresh ening As others fade and fail. Sex Wolverine Center Ford enters Mich. Hop wednesday s sports transactions basketball National basketball association Denver nuggets traded Marvin Armur. Kit or Paul Ellis and will. Olio. Towards Loir Seattle supersonics Lor Tom Burlison Center and Bob Wilkeson  pistons stoned Herb Brown Haa coach to a one year Contact named Bob Kaufman general Man kan3as City Kings traded Brian Taylor guard and a draft pick to we Denver nuggets Lor Tom Birleson. Center. Soccer North american soccer league Cosmos signed  Beckenbauer u a tour rear contract baseball american league Milwaukee Brewers pieced Barry Cort. Pilch  11-Day disabled list retroactive to May 20. Oakland a a signed Dennis we Singn. Pitcher. Toronto Blue jays signed Randy Wiens Pitcher. National league Philadelphia Phillies reactivated Jim Lon org. Pitcher released Bobby Tolan Gulf tender Ziril base Man. College University of California fired Jackie Jensen As need baseball  of Arizona haired Jerry Holmes assistant basketball coach. Among a mass of photographers and news men from Europe and the . Culminated an 18-month quest for Beckenbauer by the  m very glad to be Here in this Nice country and this Nice City said the hand some. 31-year-old midfielder. I lived my 31 years in Munich and it Svery difficult to change your life and change your country. I hone i can do my est for you and especially for the  the addition of Beckenbauer gives the Cosmos three of the most renowned inter National stars in soccer history As he joins Pele of Brazil and Giorgio Chingua of Italy. Both of them along with some other players from the North american soccer league team were on hand to great their new teammate at the signing. One of the reasons i came Here is be cause Pele played Here Beckenbauer said in a clipped accent As his blonde wife Brigitte sat at his Side. Pele is the Best player i be Ever seen in my life and he san important reason i came Here. Ching a is very famous in Europe and Mifflin Ramon Mifflin. A peruvian played against him in the world cup in  me these Are important Points to come he , a defensive specialist known at Home As the Kaiser was Cap Tain of the West German National team which won the world cup in 1974, and he has earned 103 Caps for representing his country in International Competition. A Captain of Bayer Munich he led his club to every championship available German league German cup european cup cup winners cup and world club championship. Referring to Beckenbauer and Pele Cosmos president Clive Toye said in the last decade these two players have mad massive contributions to the game. Professor Julio Mazzei an assistant coach of the Cosmos made this description to me last night Pele has created new dimension for offensive play and Franz has created new dimensions for defensive  was to officially join his new teammates for a morning practice session thursday and hell make his Amer ican debut this sunday at Tampa Bay when the Cosmos and rowdies meet in a nation ally televised  said it would not be decided before mid october at the earliest Whethe Beckenbauer would be Able to play for West Germany when it defends its world cup title at Buenos Aires next summer. Sonics Detroit a former president Gerald Ford a football player during his College Days at the University of Michigan was inducted into the Michigan Hall of Fame wednesday night. Ford was a Center on the University of Michigan varsity for three seasons in the1930s. He spent two of those years playing behind Charles Bernard an All-amencan."1 spent an awful lot of time on the Bench i remember that most. I wanted  Ford said. But you Leam sitting on the Bench. You learn patience loyalty and dedication. Those things came in Handy later Ford was a starter in his third season and was voted the team s most valuable p was out at Michigan recently watch ing the football team work out. I could t make the tvs  he  along Ford were Dave Debus Schere. The former University of Detroit and Detroit pistons basketball Star who later played for the new York kicks an then Rose to become commissioner of the american basketball association ale Delvecchio who starred for the National hockey league s Detroit red wings Formant years the late Sam Bishop the Long time athletic director at Detroit Northwestern High school and the late Ann Marsten a renowned Archer from Wyan Dot Teford confined himself to athletics at a news conference prior to the awards ban Quet where he was the featured speaker. I have to Point out that i did t qualify for tills Honor As an  the former president said referring to the widely held belief that he was a football All  stories seem to get better As there Are fewer people around who can Tell the  digressed Only briefly into politics and that was to compare them to athletics. There Are a lot of grandstand Quarter backs in  lot of instantaneous experts. People who have never thrown or kicked a Ball but seem to know every thing. Just like people who have never had to vote yes or no on a in billion  Ford said politicians and athletes Bot have to live with Public exposure and com petition. I m a firm believer in Competition. You win some you lose some tie said per haps reflecting on his election loss to Jimmy Carter last year. Continued from Page 21  of his  said Scheer while  the financial difficulties Denver has experienced in joining the , a first round draft Choice in 1975, missed half of his Rookie season witha liver ailment before showing Promise As a defensive minded backup at Center Boissel. Silas a Veteran of 13 Aba seasons mostly with Boston was a spot starter in his Only Denver season averaging 7.2points and 7.5 rebounds. Wise an Aba Veteran was Denver fifth leading scorer last year with an 8.2 average. Kicks Down Vancouver Bloomington Minn. Dpi Ron Futcher and Allan Willy scored two goals each to Power the Minnesota kicks to a 4-2north american soccer league Victory Over the Vancouver whitecaps before crowd of 27,742 Here wednesday night. It was Minnesota s sixth straight win