European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 25 top yank player in German Competition Oneill eyes big league handball by Don Sauer staff writer Germany for Pat the Only american player in High level German team handball compe achieving one of lifes important goals will have to wait a Little a member of the olympic handball team in 1976 and 1980 who recently was chosen to play with a regional Allstar team in Darmstadt against the touring russian National was hoping for a trip to the German Bunde Sliga with the Tus Griesheim sports club handball team that he has played for since besides making the team for the 1984 olympics in los a move to the big from the Southwest regional which Tus had been Lead ing until had been one of pats primary derailed the Griesheimer playoff express with a decisive 139 Victory before a packed House of and the dead Inch Road to the postseason playoffs while not impossible has suddenly become much More their defense never played us like that said Oneill shaking his head in they never gave us a Chance to he said of the extremely grabbing and bumping style of the now Tus is even in the Point standings with runner up Gensu Rigen near which has played one less with Wiesbaden one Point both Gries Heim and Wiesbaden have five games and the league instead of being virtually sewed up for is up in the the onetime Frankfurt High school eager took the setback he had his heart set on playing in the the highest level of Competition in which is a world class Power in the adversity is no stranger to Howe he has twice rebounded from tragedies which hit the close knit family of the late Frankfurt opera baritone Charles Oneill very the dark haired 220pounder lost his older in a tragic 1975 in on the Day he was returning from a olympic handball training Camp in the his father was struck Down by a heart each time the closeness of his family and particularly the inner strength and determination of his attractive and Viva Cious has helped him come Shes the one that keeps us Pat conceded she just  let us give Concession has never been countenanced in the Oneill family Charley a hulking 260 Pounder during his football playing Days at Arnold where he was a starting tackle with the new York giants great Andy wound up earning a scholarship from the legendary new York metropolitan opera baritone Leonard Warren and eventually making a name for himself As a featured performer with the Frankfurt opera since August the family has re sided Only a stones throw from the Frank Furt shopping no father was More photo by red grand Pat Oneill fires a pass in team handball game against soviets american and his German regional Allstar teammates 2811 proud of his children than both before and after a mysterious loss of voice prematurely ended his singing the senior Oneill became a familiar figure following the sporting exploits of his often at the Frankfurt Golf club Pat had a Brief fling at with Frankfurt High where he played one year on the Jav team and another on the varsity i was never very he admits i didst play very he much preferred team Little known to most americans but a sport which gets a Good Deal of including to in i was never exposed to having spent most of my school years in German and played Little i liked handball i because it requires quickness and Ball be sides having a lot of body there Are some parallels to the the jump shots but its much he said of the game played in a Between teams of seven players each six Field players and a the object is to throw a Han sized Ball into a soccer like like there is with three Steps permitted instead of but its pretty hard to dribble with some one hanging on he almost anything goes Short of an outright and players often hit the deck very i was knocked out earlier this year during a game at Pat though he started playing handball in the sixthor Oneill got serious about it a year or so before the 1976 an eve present supporter was his he fancied himself As an expert on he always had some advice to also to offer of course Charley took the Lead in help ing his son be selected to the team that played in the Montreal there were a number of mainly the one ills being in but that proved a in Pat got an excellent critique from a German known and respected by handball who noted that Oneill was a big Lethander with a Cannonball shot valuable for his offensive play Mcenroe tops Vilas for grand slam title continued from Page 22 breaker and the Winner would be awarded the fans booed the announcement and officials later changed it to a fou game third announcer Warren Woodcock cited lbs televisions commitment to broadcast the final live As one reason for the teacher said he was not disappointed that the match was Cut its possible the set could have taken an teacher kept Gullikson off balance most of the Day with fast paced ground strokes and broke his opponents serve six times while Gullikson had Only two service teacher breezed through the first but Gullikson took charge in the second and went up 20 before teacher rallied to tie the score at the players traded games until the score was even at Gullikson won the set when teacher hit a backhand Volley that missed its Mark by teacher swept through the final four games in is on the right flank As he moves toward the and equally adept As a defender plugging up the the fact that he was the Only player with regular experience in an organized league was Pat made it to but with the fledgling team drawn in a group with Hungary and the yanks didst have a in the time leading up to the 1980 olympics qualifying Pat kept in touch with officials and attended training Camps twice yearly his family somehow managing to furnish transportation to the states each though play ers residing in the get their trips to and from Camp paid he joined the team in France for last years world University and the yanks did surprisingly losing to Hungary by one goal in their bid to and Vance to the second the Boycott of the Moscow games came with the in the midst of the qualification sure it was a said but not As much for me because i still had the league play in Germany to look Forward who had been playing for Tab actually got a break when his team finished at the Bottom of the stand Ings and had to drop to a lower he was one of several players who caught on with other clubs in the same second Divi Sion Southwest regional he joined five other new players at Tus Grid along with a new we really didst expect the team to jell so but weve had a very Good sea and Here we Are fighting for a Chance to to go to the he said before the disappointing there is quite a difference in the Cali Ber of play in the first Bunde Sliga and second division regional and i really would like to have the Chance to play up he his coach yugoslavian Milorad relic he Oneill has improved 200 per cent since the Start of the season in he is a Little handball weary at the moment he missed the Christmas vacation which he spent playing in the but i am hoping he will snap out of he played extremely Well in the open ing round with and he certainly has potential for continued the Only thing he is lacking is a real scrapping he May get that needed rest now that the crucial Wiesbaden game is Over a troublesome knee injury which first cropped up in the game against the rus sians last week is continuing to give him a Good Deal of it really Hurt ill have to go to the doctor and he May prescribe a week or two of Pat said in the Pat continues studies in economics at the University in Frank he recently switched from computer sciences after simply getting fed up with the but Hopes he will be Able to Combine the two eventually when he gets ready to concentrate on a for the next year and a hell be Busy with his studies of the bookworm and the july to May handball season leave Little time for his other sports Oneill played in two Junior world Golf As did his late brother i really love to play says a five and i love the Frank Furt but there just int much time at the sports on of pro basketball Portland trailblazers at Washington 2 wednesday