European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine Shelley Ellis Nikon photo count the wonders of the. New York times client greek discus throwers probably never suspected that they would be the forerunners of a toy that would surpass the Hula hoop Nayo to in popularity and mesmerize scientists with its aerodynamic uses. Tie plastic disks the Frisbee. Most commonly seen writing across coi Ege quadrangles and Rock concert fences have spent considerable time to wind Tun a Bod laboratories. Early to this decade the Navy spent Lour years and ,000 tossing disks fashioned after Frisbee off a 1,000 Tat Cliff to Lith to research their possible military uses. A hoped the disks would provide a cheaper delivery tem for mint. Re  _ in floated to Earth by Par no. Tie War games have ended but the urls bet lives Oad Enta Oflas insist of using " " Augort every that once needed a tall that age old us of Pyi a. Trubee Ellhu lasts insist Ibex Bauvi h holds do Masury. H to imply land wit Boni a Owea i suspension w Boverio. Hie gyroscopic principle of the Frisbee relies Onishe of i being spi rapidly with a flick of the West. So it keep its original plane of rotation. R Jere is no mystery to the night of the of. Nordon promotional director for the company whose disks Bear the Fonsbee trademark there is. However wonder and amazement Hal a Plas tic disk the size of a pie can contain the same principles As an air plane in  estimated 100 million people have been amazed or at least amused by Frisbee Over the 20 years that wham of has marketed them. They now comprise More than 25 percent of the company s annual sales and about 10 million have been sold in each of the past five years. The Navy experiments May have helped popularize the Frisbee even though thy Only used the word As a sort of generic term and not our actual  Nordon said. The free publicity first reached Nordon through a stand up comic s routine about government spending on the tonight  we could t remember the Navy purchasing $375,000 of Frisbee he said but it was Nice to become a House hold  there Are to least if current Frisbee models of various diameters and weights and almost As Many ways to throw and Cal Rhein. Some models have different grooves etched into their colourful polyethylene coals to give diff rent hovering i research to Aid the development of those different models is done by players themselves who Are enc our Isu Gowtam of to offer advice. Marketing is aided in tease Way and wham. Which has bought out most of a veg disk competitors organizes club and . To Miv to m Frisbee professionals endorse Nam of bit be paid primarily by Ball club and other need demonstration teams at halftime. Big tournament each August at the thursday july 27, 1978 Rose bowl in Pasadena. Calif., supported by the International Frisbee association and its 110.000 lifetime Mem Bers. The Frisbee started As an obscure fad with a be ginning Asmo Estasa five cent pie tin. It is widely believed that restless Yale students discovered it when they decided to throw pie tins instead of re turning them to the Frisbee pie company in Bridgeport. Conn., for their Nickel Deposit. Though the pie company Isnow defunct the craze lives on. The newer curve lipped plastic models were created by w. Frederick Morrison Nho observed the pie tin throwing in 1mb and took the idea to wham of for Royal lies. He made the first models by hand Wilh venite plastic and wham of noted Lor introducing the Hula hoop began manufacturing them in 1957. Frisbee enthusiasts invented their own games to the Delight of wham of. One such game called Frisbee guts sounds like an exercise in primal therapy and is suggested for Only the Strong and Brave. Two five person teams line up is meters apart and throw the disks at speeds of 90 to 1.000 Miles an hour. The purpose is not to kill the opponent but to make the person drop the Speed ing disk. A More civilized a proc has Jayen line up 00 two seven Perua teams opposite each other in game of animate Trubee. Each player Trie to Stop running within three Steps after the catch and return the toss to a fellow team member As close to a 60-Yard-goal As by vote without the disk s being intercepted. The game was invented by a team in Maplewood. . 11 years ago and has became popular among High school students. The stars and stripes Page 13