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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and Page 29 drop 7q tradition will take a hard Bounce in when open leaves Forest Hills an a sports commentary Byril Grimsley new York a a precious piece of americana will die and be buried in con Crete when the open Tennis championships As from picturesque Forest Hills next year to Flushing tradition takes another blow on the the big Money operators the wheelers and the slaves of inevitable Progress and commercialism win it will still be the the Tennis championship of the United but it can never be the the ghosts of big Bill Helen wills Fred Frances four Don Budge and Jack Kramer will continue to flit around the old Tudor club House at the West Side Tennis slew new president of the Tennis paints a grandiose picture 32 hard surface parking a new stadium seating and departure from West outdoors with Jim Hirzel Jivota i reports that the first annual Browning iberian open skeet shoot attracted 123 entries in the Al gauge Dan from shot 100 straight in both the 20 and 28gauge events to take the High gun in both top gun in went to Merv Dean from Naples with a while another Naples Jim garnered top honors in the 12gauge with a straight tied with Dean for High Overall with a lost out in the shoot off when he missed the first target out of the High House on station other scores were gauge 93 Jim 91 91 Lucky 93 Jerry 91 John 90 Dennis 93 Jim 91 Robert 89 Robert Colum Betti 92 Steve 87 James 86 28 gauge Joe 98 97 96 97 96 92 98 97 von 94 92 91 c3 20 gauge 99 98 98 98 Green 98 96 92 von 92 Robert 91 94 Columbetti 91 89 94 Ausbery 88 85 12 gauge aa1 99 99 98 98 a2 98 98 Robert 98 Childs 98 b3 Granato 95 Clossom 98 c2 sheets 94 c3 Columbetti 91 Poynter 97 Giles 87 Angelo Savino 85 Robert 90 90 Gerald the ladies championship went to Gerry Granato from Rota with score of 79 in her first registered Novice class was taken by Scott Cutter of Torrejon with a 95x100 while the Junior Champion class was won by Hans Ingebrigtsen of Rota with an unique trophy this Fine Roe Buck an unusual due to its having an uneven eight was taken by Joseph of Augsburg last week in Forstat Etten West of Kler nans Ober Fenter stated that this Type of trophy to Seldom taken and a Hunter can consider self Lucky to have harvested one such animal in Kiernan used a 3006 at Iso the revised guide to Hunting in Germany is not in the process of being just off the bearing a publication Date of May 31 the new manual features Illustre to slight organization of its and the use of More set Oisund gun club in Germany will receive automatic distribution of five  must be requisitioned through Normal Tost out in the shoot off bed Walen m attracted 105 entries with 66 of the that i reported last week sides Stuffy country club to most of us longtime Tennis it leaves us it looms As just another million slab of Concrete partitioned by steel wire and the flavor is no amount of no plethora of artificially surfaced Asphalt courts can buy what Forest kills even with All its snobbery and Lack of Elbow room has provided Over the last 63 vast Tennis complexes Are popping up All Over the place from California to Parker takes women Golf for Neucom Heidelberg ram steins Mary who set a Heidelberg course Wom ens record tuesday with a 73 during a practice fired a 163 Over the 36hole medal play Here wednesday and thursday to beat out teammate Lois Joseph for the Neucom women Golf who was five overpay with a 79 on shot a 84 on thursday Over the course for her win Ning who was Down by five after the first went 20overpar on her final in holes for a 94 and a 178 Heidelberg Shirley Ellis had a 143 to Edge her Hisako for Low net Takamura took second place after defeating ram steins Lorett Coppell in a both women ended with in the first Winnie reciter of Hei Delberg grabbed honors a Low Gross score of while teammate Rose Marsh and Kitty Farland of Ramstein nabbed first and second Low net laurels with a 148 and Farland edged Hei de bergs Jane Hoy on the first Hole of their playoff after both women finished at thekla Barilaro of Ramstein scored a 203 for the second flight while Stuttgart Don Hall had a 151 for Low edging ram steins Junita pack Ham by one in the third Joyce Nowatzki of fired a 224 for the Low Gross while Evelin White gave the Wiesbaden golfers a breakthrough with a first place Low net score of two strokes off her Pace was ram steins Peggy Trout with a Stuttgart Brigitte who was leading in the first flight after 18 holes with an 88 net 62 but then fell out of the run Ning on led the 45woman Field with a Low net score of 12 College Diamond stars named to play in series los Angeles a twelve College baseball stars have been named to the team for the 6th annual College baseball championship head coach Ron Stillwell of Cal Luther an said the infielders would be Dave us Ron Cal state Fresno Javier Cal state los an Geles Tom and Bob Oral outfielders will be Jeff Cal state Northridge Rick Arizona state Gary Cal state los and Tom catchers Are Dave Van us Bob Arizona and Rich Cal named Are Bill bord Brian Hayes and Rod All of us Derek of Hawaii v Warren Oral Roberts Mark thur Texas and Chick Cal state san Boston to Miami with courts stretching As far As the human Eye can private promoters have pumped millions into worldwide tour tournaments the grand Virginia you name yet none has been Able to eclipse in in Terest and exposure those old standbys of the games primitive years Forest Roland Garros in Paris and Jooyong in the Mother Queen of All Tennis 100 years old this thank stoutly resisted its grass continues Green and old ladies still sit on the Lawn and eat strawberries and the Dukes and princesses rarely miss a Day in the Royal Stuffy but there still is a majesty about the event that can be found in few other sports imagine moving the Al England championships to Trafalgar Square or to try to keep Pace with play ers and the Usta forced the West Side club to rip out Center court grass and con Vert to pedestrian Clay two years some of the heart was taken out of the tournament right the open became no different than the National Clay even the most progressive and realistic of the such As Arthur acknowledge some pangs of regret Over the abandonment of Forest in which is Woven most of americas Tennis this was the scene of those titanic Bat Les in the 1920s Between Tilden and Little Bill the emergence of hardhat Ting Ellsworth grand Slammer Donald Jack Kramer and Pancho not Many will forget the humid Day in 1949 when a 21yearold mexi lost a 73mlnute to favored Ted but rallied for a five set Victory that launched his Brilliant Helen wills White her pleated White skirt and grim visage became a Forest Hills trademark in the 1920s and 1930s when Little miss poker face won seven women titles in the space of nine then came at age now was aiming for her eighth Crown against an old Helen after losing the first and falling behind 03 in the Queen without a strode to the umpires chair and was she injured she never when Althea Gibson had Louise Brough within two Points of a thunderstorm broke and lightning sheared a Concrete Eagle off the stadium a Quarter of a Century it May have augured the death of the famous Edi if can save grand Central station from Why not Forest Hills Germany big league by Surg show Una or must rim hmm m Katman Mutt n Sung try pet of d 1 karate tournament slated Germany an International Al style karate grand Champion ship tournament will be held july 2 at Patch Barracks gym with weighing scheduled at 8 for further information write Maurice 587th signal Apo or c 2nd 27th Apo  
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