European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 a Success Bybe Abrams Saf writer Germany we had to Start somewhere on the Trail Back and this was a Good assistant director of Usa eur sports Joe Lane said in appraisal of the first Usa eur track and held championships staged since we were a Little disappointed that All major commands we rent Able to compete and we had hoped Tor More women com but Alli Nall the return to usar double Winner Scott Taylor i Haw to be pushed eur wide track and Field was now Hal we our toot in the door i look for better things from Here the women have established records this Yea Rand since there is something to shoot an incentive to break a i predict that we will have a bigger turnout next he conditions for the today Mecl were almost the weather was perhaps a Little too and the Gustav Schickedanz Sonfeld track was a fast one although  records the Competition was quite it would have been Nice it we could have broken a Usa eur record or two in our return to but it just didst ume we came close in a couple of events and things were quite we the meet officials were pretty Well pleased and i feel the competitors Competition was close in the but a couple of the participants vat corps distance men deluxe Scott Taylor Nutter were in a class by Taylor won the 3000 handily and the 1500 meters and Nutter left everybody in the lurch in the More gruelling 5000 and in not an athlete who can run by him i have to be pushed or have to come from behind to be at my Taylor said following saturdays 3000meter he anticipated a rugged Battle in the 1500 although the Field was More competitive than the he still won rather Nutter almost echoed Taylors com ments verbatim after his Lope to fhe 5000 and his win in the Long race was even he had turned in a faster Lime in the in the Vii corps Champion ships and Felt he haunt really run a Good i just  get going like i wanted he i didst appear to Tiamu any yanks Wilkins take German National track titles Hamburg american olympic Middle distance runner Jan Merrill won the women 1500meter race in the Wesl German National championships Here this weekend in a meet record Lime of 1 min Luu press of Britz captures German open West Germany South african Tomato Farmer Tienie Britz shot a final round 71 for a two stroke Victory in the German open Golf championship earning a Check for his big Gest payday As As ill use the Money to buy a Little tractor to drive through my the slender 32yearold Johannesburg resident said after finishing with a 72hple score of under fellow South african Hugh Baiocchi carded a final round 68 for a 277 and the runner up pocketing a Check for Antonio Garrido of Bob Byman of the and Nick Faldo of Brit am lied for third at Britz led the tournament from the open ing round when he carded a course record he followed up with rounds of and twice Winner of the South african pro Fesi Onai Champion in 1971 and Britz haunt finished first in a tournament since Australia Geoff Parslow and John blend of South Africa fired six underpay 66s for the Best rounds Matching brits new course Byman and Franciso Abreu of Spain had also tied the record in earlier and one competitor saw heels on four v corps Gina Jackson was the class of the women she won the 200 meters in and turned in a 174 Long it was quite obvious she was no stranger to the v used to compete in the aau age group Competition in the states although 1 Haven trained or run too much since i in the it was great competing in this she tunning a lot in the aau and in High 1 thought i had had but army meets came up and i found running Joyed its i  in a Lazy person and i  enjoy the distance she looked anything but Lazy in the 200 meter i no Point tabulations were kept in the meet and most competitors and spectators believed that was the Only thing that could have made the meet a better All the major College conferences deter mine team championships in their track and Field meets and determining a Champi on in the Usa eur meet have added a Little class to computing for a team creates Capel de maybe next year women Usa eur track debut its sure not the but everyone is really trying finer for the German athletic announced merrills which marked the first time a foreign woman athlete has won the 1500 m the German Champion beat Brigitte Kraus of Cologne by More than two Lebenthal her Lime also was the fastest in the world this year for an american according to her Norm he said i Hetero time this year fur her chief american Francic Larrieu is for the who represented the University sports club of Mainz Johannes Gutenberg University where she is studying and train also ran the 800 coming in her time of for that event was her lifetime Higgins who is in Mainz this summer training for the world cup track and Field Competition in was one of several americans competing in the three Day championships Mac the olympic Gold medal discus won his event with a throw of 212 7 Wilkins represented a furl club and also currently is training for the world another pole vaulter Roburla also of us came in second in his event with a jump of 567th engr co repeats As Hanau fast pitch Champ Germany the 567th engr o downed c 1st 32nd Here to win its second straight Tanau Community fast Pilch softball David Vance was the winning allowing eight 1aul Kampnich of the 567lh and Stanley pro scr of c Btry both went 3forl with a double and two Byda Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany s4s their names were unknown to the sparse crowd on hand saturday and sunday for the Usa eur track and Field championships still the eyes of the spectators were fixed with plenty of admiration on the com Pelilia Anamong the women in was the first time in Usa eur track and Field history thai women thin class were Able to Lake part in the Champion each woman who won an Nai set a Usa eur All of the women showed plenty of intes tinal Pride and easily capturing the admiration of the ii didst matter thai the received Little Predom Pelion be cause every one of the competitors its sure not the but every one of them is really commented a male Gerri the Vii corps looked like she had been shot out of a Cannon when she blazed out of the starting blocks to capture the 100 the diminutive speedster also placed second in the Long id like to see a lot lot More Competition for she 1 stay ready for i like sports and i like to 1 thought id have to run harder than i but is been a pretty Good meet Burna said that that she thought the Competition among the female athletes would be its about time the army held a track and Field meet for she observed after capturing the discus i think that Usa Ruer should hold Champion ships for women in All of the sports be cause women hero have shown a lot of interest in the As Well As a number of other women said thai they faced problems in preparation and training for the usar eur championships because of their Job Gix said that hopefully next year women athletes will be Given More consideration in training and preparing for the Diana a High jumper from said she enjoyed the compete i like meeting people and seeing thai there Are so Many female athletes in the she said after tying for second in her the meet gives women in the army a something to achieve for themselves and then achieve for the Coats thai the women need better coaching and More time to mane a standout performer who took the a Odacier said that the Competition among the women was but that it will be better in the Are really interested in and the army should give us a Chance to she its Polo by  sub Weinfurt High jumper Deana cools Competition gives women in the army a goal