European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 9 a Fown Cid marksmen win Fop honors pistol match pits 11 Europe police agencies Story and photo by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Eckenbach Germany is when american frontiersmen got together usually there was Competition to find out who could shoot closest to the Mark with Rifle and pistol according to historians. That custom is still alive and Well among agents of the seventh army s Crim Inal investigation come Cid Kaiserslautern District that extends from the French Border near Karlsruhe Germany to the Netherlands in the North and German French and dutch police. Quite often we have to work on a Case together said maj. Frank Ribich District commander. We thought a Good Way for us to get to know each other better would be to get together for a Little Friendly com petition using one of the tools of our Trade the  so 11 european police agencies participated in the International police pistol match held at an indoor Range at the Rheinland Pfalz German police school Here recently. The Cid set the rules for the match. The europeans usually use a 9mm, Semi automatic pistol said Ribich but for this match they had to shoot with our Stan Dard sidearm and use our military ammunition " . Police agencies have found that most gun fights take place at seven Yards distance and that the Cid s pistol a .3ft Caliper revolver with 2-Inch barrel and no adjustable sights performed Well at that distance. The target for the match was a Standard Cid Silhouette of a Man holding a pistol in his right hand. Normally a hit in the Center of the target from the Waist up scored five Points. But because these Guys Are such Good shots we modified the target Ribich said. He said a hit in the Center of the head scored six Points and hits in other outlined areas scored two three or four Points. Before starting the actual match each team fired five shots from 50 and 25-meter lines to familiarize themselves with the pistol. Cid agents pointed out the peculiarities of each pistol. After the final round was fired and the scores totalled the first place trophy went to Cid agents Glen Schultz Victor Dobroth and Terrance Pray. They scored 351 out of a possible 450 Points. Second place Wen to the Konin Slyke mar Echausse police team from the nether lands that scored 325 Points. The police from Lan Stuhl Germany took third place with 318  shoot off had to be held to deter mine the individual Winner. Dobroth and John Toelken also a Cid agent each fired 125 out of a possible 150. Toelken won by scoring one Point More than Dobroth. Third place went to Remigius Mertes a Thean German police officer who shot on Rheinland Pfalz police school team fired a 123. Other teams were from the German Cus Toms police in Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern City and county police German state anti terrorist police from Koblenz Saar Brucken and Wiesbaden Lan Stuhl City police and the French police in Landau Germany. Capt. Mike Rauer left standing and interpreter Henrich Woll act As Range officers for French dutch and German marksmen. Cid agent Victor Dobroth checks and pastes his target. In right photo Dobroth is shown firing at silhouettes in the 25-meter event