European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 with Brian Mcwilliams Marge members to observe vhf Day embers of the association of american Rod & gun clubs Europe arg Ewill observe the seventh National Hunting and fishing Day vhf on sept. 23 in an Effort to focus the general Public s attention on the pleasures of outdoor recreation and the efforts of Hunters and fishermen in wildlife conservation. The principles set Forth in the presidential proclamation of the first vhf Day in 1972 and the rights and privileges to the use of land water and wildlife and the Pursuit of out door happiness which were articulated Are As valid today As they were six years ago. Outdoor people worldwide Are determined to uphold these rights and privileges of out door recreation in a free society. Allied in Solidarity with Host nation counterpart organizations arge club members help in spreading the world on vhf Day. Decals. Sticks and other promotional material will be available soon at local Rod and gun clubs and should help in getting the vhf Day message to All. Outdoor sports provide physical fitness Strong bodies and healthy minds. The fringe benefits of Active participation in Hunting fishing and shooting Are character responsibility discipline a keen mind competitive spirit and an aggressiveness for leadership and outstanding  than 60,000 dedicated members 1 he More than 60,000 members of the arge have proven time and again that vhf Day must be More than just a Calendar tribute. Exhibits give the general Public a Good look at Many of the aspects of the outdoors. Camping displays fishing demonstrations Stream cleaning trap and skeet shooting Rifle and pistol firing target Archery taxidermy displays and Shrub and tree plantings Are just a few of the activities that May be part of the local club s program. They serve to show the significant place Rod and gun related sports have held in the . European command. Anyone can become involved in vhf Day and every Rod and gunner should. Although you May not consider yourself a super sportsperson. To thousands of european based members of the . Forces who have never cast a plug or held a firearm you Are an expert. You Don t have to own a Premier Sundog to give an informal retrieving lesson on the club s premises nor be Able to cast a dry Fly 50 meters to give casting instructions to tyros. A bring the children along tending vhf Day activities is an excellent Way to get a boy or girl inter ested in outdoor skills. The properly trained child with a sporting Arm or a fishing pole has the Best Chance to grow into a solid citizen. J Rod and gunners spend generously to improve fish and wildlife habitat by fighting water pollution and converting Barren land into patches for game food and cover. While their main goal is a Supply of game animals this in to Way detracts from the fact that their environmental improvements also insure the welfare of non Huxtable species and i non game fish. In fact outdoor people keep the entire ecological Chain intact. Hunters j and anglers continue to plea for tighter conservation measures and insist that season and i bag Creel limits be imposed on themselves for each game species. They do so because they Are the ones who walk Fields and streams and Are frequently the first to detect and verse impacts on nature and to initiate corrective action. Hunting and fishing however Are much More than recreation they Are not sports in the same sense that baseball and soccer Are sports. This is clearly evidenced in the fact that game Laws replace Rule books Law enforcement officials replace referees and Lega judges replace club arbitrators. E persons asked to support even everybody s support is requested to make vhf Day 23 september 1978, the Best one yet. The Hunting fishing and shooting program is administered by the recreation services division Miller cener and it enjoys the full support of the Cin use com Safe and Usa eur. Take time to renew your dedication to the Basic convictions on which outdoor tradition is based and join with our Host country outdoor Agen cies and organizations in observing the True spirit of the european Patron saints St. Hubertus for Hunting St. Peter for fishing and St. Sebastian for target shooting. Watch your local Rod & gun club news and join the fun. To skeet shoot in Kaiserslautern he Kaiserslautern Rod and gun club will Host a 500-Bird skeet shoot sept.1-4 at the club ranges. The Competition will include 100 Birds for 410, 28 and 20 gauge and 200 Birds in 12 gauge. Interested shooters can Register by telephoning Kaiserslautern Mil 2226 7274. . Women s Crew named f Philadelphia a coach John Hooten wednesday named eight women to represent the United states in the world rowing championships in Kara Piro new zealand oct. 31 to nov. 6. Announcement of the selections follow ing three weeks of tryouts Here was made by Thad Bennett executive director of the National association of Amateur oars men. Women athletes selected to participate were Anita Defrantz of Philadelphia and Carol Brown of Seattle both Silver medallists n 1975 world championships and Bronze medal winners in the 1976 olympics Nancy Storrs of Philadelphia a member on every . Rowing team since 1975 Cosima Crawford of Washington d.c., a former Princeton University rower Valerie bar Ber of Burlington it. Sue Tuttle Middle town conn., a former rower for Williams College Williamstown mass., and a Mem Ber of the . Team in 1977 Jan Harville of Seattle and Ann Mardin of Concord mass., a Princeton rower. Holly Hatton of Philadelphia was chosen As coxswain for the second year in a Row. The team will participate in three events prior to the world championships including Competition in Syracuse n.y., sept. 9 10 against the Canadian team. Rain delay gives Beck time to prepare car for National drag finals Indianapolis a rain washed out the first Day of qualifications wednes Day but technical inspection and registration started As scheduled for the 24th . National drag racing championships at Indianapolis raceway Park. The $443,000 event richest on the 11-race National hot Rod association circuit will resume thursday with qualifying in All eight Standard racing categories. The inspection and registration continued throughout the Day in an Effort to accommodate the More than 1,100 race car entries. The inspections will run through noon on Friday. Although the weather wiped out the scheduled half Day of qualifying not everyone involved in the six Day meet was disappointed. Among those who welcomed the one Day reprieve was two time . National Champ Gary Beck who spent the Day in stalling a new clutch and reared Assem Bly in a Brand new car he is driving for the first time at the nationals Beck the track record Holder with a Quarter mile elapsed time of 5.79 seconds was the third top fuel Driver to Complete the inspection wednesday. We had planned to run the car said Beck who won Here in 1972 and 1973. We need to put some runs on it. But we also had some maintenance that needed to be yanks invited to Marathon Schwet Zingen Germany Long distance runners in the . Forces Are invited to enter the Lith International Black Forest Schwarzwald Marathon championship oct. 8 at Bra Lingen sports officials Here have announced. The meet is open to All men women and teenagers. Competition for men and women will be divided into seven age categories while participating teenagers will be classed into two age groups 13-14 and 15-18. Persons finishing the course within the times prescribed by their age groups will be awarded the Black Forest Marathon medal which is made of Silver. Interested persons May write to Schwarzwald Marathon Eichendorf str. 9, 7710 Donau Shingen West Germany. Reservations must be made no later than sept. 11. The entry fee is 16 Marks per person. The Black Forest Marathon one of the most Scenic and popular runs in Europe measures 42 Kilometres. It is the first International Marathon to have categories for women 1968 and teenagers 1977. Swedish Gen. Sven a. Hofeld modern Pentathlon Gold medal Winner at the 1928 olympics in Amsterdam will be a guest of Honor at the Bra Lingen event. Hofeld president of the Union internationale Pentathlon moderne it biathlon will present the general Hofeld military Marathon cup to the three Man military entry. In last year s Competition a three Man team from Sembach air base won the event and established a record by running the course in 8 hours 41 minutes 7.1 seconds. Lakers exhibition schedule Inglewood Calif. Up the los Angeles lakers will play seven exhibition games five against Aba Pacific division rivals. In exhibition games the lakers will play Phoenix at Fresno sept. 24 Portland at Home sept. 26 Seattle at Oakland sept. 27 Golden state at Reno nev., sept. 29 Golden state at Portland oct. 3 at Seattle oct. 4, and Phoenix at Dayton Ohio oct. 10. Done and the rain gave us the time to do  if it had t rained we probably would have just run it As it was because once you be. Into the hassle of qualifying you find that there Aren t any Breaks in the Rou  Beck currently is in second place in the Nora world championship Points stand Ings but Hollywood stuntman Kelly Brown who has won four of the previous six races this season has All but clinched the top fuel title. Beck meanwhile is being hard pressed for second place by All time top fuel King Don big daddy Garlits. Certainly we d like to hang on to Sec Ond said Beck. But it s awfully close. We Haven t won a National event this year but it would be a Good place to  Beck who was beaten in the first round of eliminations last year said the problem in his old dragster was that there was too much traction and we had a hard time building horsepower at the  we released the traction by moving the engine Forward to take the weight off the rear tires. But As the car goes Down the track you still need traction be we relocated the wings and body style to use air to Force the car Down to the Grund after it gets  we be used the same engines in these cars for years and without any major changes they re maxed out efforts. So it s just Fine tuning. Now we re looking at the Chassis to get that tenth of a second. In drag racing a tenth of a second. You re not even close. That s 30 feet ahead of the  wednesday s transactions by the associated press baseball National league Philadelphia Phillies recalled Dan bolts no and Kevin Saucier pitchers Lonnie Smith and Kerry Dineen outfielders Todd Cruz shortstop and Keith Moreland Catcher from Oklahoma City of the american association. Houston astros acquired the contract of Keith Drumright infielder from Charleston of the International league. Basketball National basketball association Philadelphia 76erssigned Osborne Lockhart guard. Football National football league Atlanta Falcons re signed Mike Esposito running tack. Baltimore Colts added Joe Washington running Back to the roster. Cut David Studdard offensive line Man. Cleveland Browns Cut Greg Coleman punter Larry Poole running Back Bob Lingenfelter tackle Al Pitts Center and Larry Gillard defensive tackle. Denver Broncos Cut Hank Allison defensive tackle Randy Rich defensive Back and Ken Moore tight end. Acquired Maurice Harvey defensive Back from the Oakland raiders. Grei. N Bay packers Cut Jim Culbreath fullback Willard Harrell and Reggie crazy wide receivers Jim Gueno linebacker and Tim Moresco defensive Back. Placed Rick Scribner guard on Trie injured Reserve list reclaimed Howard Sampson defensive Back. Kansas City chiefs Cut John Lohmeyer and Eddie Payton kick returner. Re sign ii Bill Kellar wide receiver. Claimed Charles Jackson linebacker from the Denver Broncos Dave Lindstrom defensive lineman from the san Diego chargers Larry Marshall kick returner from the Philadelphia eagles. Traded John Mcdaniel wide receiver to the Washington redskins for a future draft Choice. Los Angeles rams Cut Jackie Wallace safety Dan Ryczek Center Al Cowlings defensive end Glen Walker punter. Put Gus Coppens tackle and Dave Morton line Backer on the injured Reserve list. New Orleans saints Cut Don Morrison lineman Jack Holmes running Back. New York giants claimed John Skorupan linebacker from the Buffalo Bills. Cut Dennis Helm linebacker. New York jets Cut Maurice Tyler defensive Back Andre Anderson defensive lineman Tony Terry Corner Back. Placed Greg Murphy defensive end on injured re served. Pittsburgh Steeles Cut Doug Becker linebacker. St. Louis cardinals Cut Ray White linebacker Jeff Severson defensive Back Brad Gates offensive tackle Cut Tom Southard wide receiver Andre Herrera and Earl Carr running backs. Placed Jack Williams deft Sive end on the injured Reserve list. Obtained Greg West Brooks linebacker from the new Orleans saints. Hockey National hockey league Atlanta flames signed Pat Ribble and Greg Fox defens Emen to Multi year contracts