European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes february 1981 Yonks moving in on Rugby scene by Bob staff writer Germany As with Rock music a generation the British Are invading this instead of Drums and mop headed there using props and scrum in this the latter three arc also socially acceptable if you follow Rugby although now considered a minor sport in the Rugby attracted enough of a following Early in this Century to become popular on several California col lege in the owns a pair of olympic Gold med als in the the 1920 american Side whipped France when the same nations met for the championship four years the clobbered France the current Rugby invasion of forces in Ger Many began nearly seven years ago with the Frank fur american Rugby which began As the 3rd army div Rugby in those austere 1974 the 3rd army club competed against German clubs in the lower now the american version of Rugby has forming the exiles Rugby football association which includes clubs from 10 according to Harry past president of the and a member of the Frankfurt the sport is i think the interest in Rugby has always been i think a lot of people got fed up with american he Laws said that american football is too complicated for the average person to in american everything is going on away from the but in things Are going on around the its not a Spectator its a player with teams in barn Kaiserslautern and the association boasts nearly 250 Active like discovered Rugby in involved in several sports at the air Force Laws tried Rugby one Spring and liked others got their first taste of the decidedly Continental sport in to help both the experienced hands and Laws said the association holds training clinics twice the clinics feature Handson sessions of drills and we usually have them on weekends to accommodate he Well have a Rugby usually from the British army of the Rhine Well show some instructional and the coach will work on technique with he the clinics Are open to any interested player or the next which runs saturday and will feature coach Gwen Morgan from the Laws said that the clinic should Start around noon each Day at the Edwards spor Platz in further information is available through Jim president of the Frankfurt american who can be reached at Redelheim Mil 2304 631 or a paediatrician at the air Force Hospital in Laws said the association will hold first round games for its european cup championship beginning in winners from those five games will Advance through succeeding rounds until a Cham Pion is the association has chosen an Allstar called a select for matches against the Royal electrical and mechanical engineers reme of Baor March and United april that select Side will also compete in the National military championships in May at Wrigh Patterson near Laws said the association Hopes to obtain Usa eur backing for the military a member of that select Laws was recently named chairman of the armed forces committee of the Usa Rugby football he said that the the committees purpose was to organize military Rugby last year at the collegiate Berkeley was but the air Force facade my finished and the naval Academy was he but for Laws and other members of the its Only the first step Back on the Trail to the Days when americans were Kingpins in the members of the exiles select Side include first team Hooker Eddie Nuernberg prop Ross Frank Furt Dave Kaiserslautern second Row Dave Frankfurt Rick Ansbach flanker Don Frankfurt save Kaiserslautern 8 Dave Nuernberg scrum half Harry Wiesbaden Fly half Mike Kaiserslautern Centre Jim Karlsruhe Sam Frankfurt Wing Tom Kaiserslautern Bruce Frankfurt full Back Mike Frankfurt second team Hooker Mike Wurzberg prop Billy Karlsruhe Dennis Frankfurt second Row Bob Frankfurt Tom Frankfurt flanker Pete Karlsruhe Mike Frankfurt Ken Frankfurt scrum half John Ansbach Fly half Francis Nuernberg Centre Henry Kaiserslautern Walt Kaiserslautern Wing Dan Frankfurt Tracey Darmstadt full Back Don Ansbach a quarterback Kilmer now a Grid Czar compiled by Bob Dillier staff writer football Billy former quarterback for the Washington redskins of the National football league is Back in pro Kilmer has been named commissioner of the 10team american football the a a is a summer league made up of nil castoffs and former College play ers not drafted by nil it begins its season May a a president Bob Williams made the announcement of killers selection Fol lowing a special meeting of the league in sports wire which will Field one of the afas new Kilmer will be based in this Job offers me a Chance to be on the said who retired in 1978 after an 18year nil the a a will offer athletes a second the nil starts beaming its games on Ca ble saying it would be a big Bonus for the i would say the owners Are doing very he asserting that the players salaries Are Only 19 percent of a teams he the average salary of a player is and when you consider How much of a physical beating the players take on the Field and How the injuries stay with them the rest of their it is not All that Fox has played in 75 straight games for the patriots since being drafted out of Ohio general the National bobsled without a Veteran member who died in a tragic Accident has flown out of Rome in route for the body of Jim a 32yearold car Salesman from Saranac was flown to the United states on Mon italian officials Morgan died during the third heat of the world Fourman championship at the Kilmer and will provide spectators Ezzo his Slid overturned at the last with a Chance to see football during the banked curve of the olympic and months of july and he suffered fractures of the neck and jaw the television network has and a severe Throat signed a contract with the Afa to Tele the us group including bobs edders Vise eight regular season a playoff and team departed Romes game and the championship Broad Leonardo a Vinci Airport for the flight casts will be on monday to players in the 10 cities will get modest from the team planned to salaries based on percentages of team Rev Taka Quito Lake Nadig of Williams besides the Orlando the teams Are Virginia Carolina Jacksonville Chicago shr Veppert Austin West Virginia san Antonio charros and Dallas new England patriots free safety Tim Fox told a luncheon audience at the football Hall of Fame that nil owners skiing Mariethere Switzerland won the women world cup giant slalom at Yugoslavia with a combined time of Over two Maria Epple of West Germany took second place with a time of while her older sister Irene placed third in basketball Caldwell had better listen to demands by players or whose defense and rebounding helped the Philadelphia 76ers to four victories last monday was named the National basketball association player of the week for the period ending Jones played All 48 minutes and grabbed 20 rebounds in a 107104 Victory Over the Boston then capped the face a strike in unless the owners take a new approach to instituting some of the players desires in the next there will be a who played in the pro bowl in Hawaii told the he said the players association will ask for a percentage of the profits when Martina Navratilova left and Claudia Kohide 17yearold West German posts upset at from a variety of the team ranks fourth offensively with Points a game and is fifth defend giving up Tennis Claudia Kohide of West Germany scored a stunning opening round upset of 1 seed and defending Champion Martina 76 97 in the Avon championships of California Tennis in the Down forced Navratilova to hit a Cross court forehand into the Alley and even it Navratilova hit a forehand Volley that dropped Over the net to Lead 65 but could not score match Point As the 17yearold German hit a Dow theline forehand to Salvage match Point at Down won the next three Points with two forehand winners Down the line and a backhand Valley by Navratilova that went off the los Angeles my role is to play defense and get said Ive always thought that if you dominate the boards youll win and Ive done that since i was a for the which also included Phil Adelphia victories Over Atlanta and san the 7footer averaged re Bounds per the notation in the Box score reads dip and the Milwaukee Bucks this season have had their share of dip is the official scorers shorthand for did not play or in the vernacular Dilip and it refers to the games in which players were unable to take the Bucks have had 38 Dps this sea son and starting Center Bob Lanier and guard Brian Winters have led the Way with 11 but the Dps have not Hurt the Bucks that they have forged a 4215 re third Best in basketball and Good for a nine game Lead Over Indiana in the Cen trial reserves and other starters have been Able to take up the Winters is almost recovered from his College basketball Virginia at North neck and shoulder problems but Lanier Carolina thursday sports on of
