European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary support for Safe skiers wanted skiing was officially recognized As a Safe varsity sport last but it is not supported As says ram steins Bob one of the better Safe in Europe for a total of eight years on two has been on a crusade for years in showing that skiing is a forgotten sport As far As the welfare and recreation program is and again Strickland is sounding a Clarion also it boils Down to the fact that Strickland is particularly galled by the Way the Safe skiers have been getting their ears pinned Back by usar eur in the annual forces european ski championships at the soda native wants to get it out in the open about the Safe skiers lacking support from those who could provide if the air Force Ever expects to beat the the air Force must be afforded training time in order to do Strickland i second the said Norven chs Hans a a prominent winning Safe who at 49 years of age is also a senior spokesman for the Safe As far Asim says the 44yearold the army is better organized and they have skiing support where it you cant come Down on a Friday and race on monday and expect to be Strickland we have been doing that for years and that is the reason Why Usa eur is beating skiing needs to be recognized As an equal to those other varsity sports and fully supported As Strickland just like the basketball and baseball the varsity skier is doing his thing for him his his base and his we dont have a Mountain on our base like we have a baseball football Golf Tennis we have to go where the Mountain is and where the Snow Strickland skiing is unique in this it is unlike other varsity sports in which an athlete can practice Over a Long period of time at the local base where facilities Are skiing on the other hand is dictated by the season where the Snow for a Safe skier to do proud and represent the base and Strickland has several suggestions and says if they Are not acted the Usa eur rout will Usa eur has won eight out of nine titles against Safe in the forces the Only Way to be competitive is to recognize skiing for what it is and the uniqueness of the time Frame criteria which is dictated by the Strickland visible command support is required to encourage individual athletes to support is needed Bob Strickland urges Safe backing photos by Dave Aldio Miller support needed not Only from the but from the supervisors and other work Center what the skiers from each base need is a week to 10 Days of permissive try at the individuals expense for training and team selection the earlier the better in november or once the team is Strickland then the supervisors and others in the Chain of com Mand will know then that time will be needed for in most a skier can get ski time on the weekends which generally Doest detract from nor Mal duty in the Case of Ramstein Strickland pointed they can go to the Black Forest three hours away on weekends to the support for skiers is starting to come around at some Strickland Rhei main has got they Are they have organization backing and they go Down there in Garmisch with a full team every it is fully manned and All of the other bases Are at a disadvantage because they Rhei main has been a perennial Safe team Champion according to it is because of the support it Strickland cited that the Rhei main has a this year they went to in november and Rhei main also provided its team with handsome skiing too often people lose sight of the fact that mar athletic activities Are there for the benefits of the Young Strickland some of the skiing Competition requires out of pocket expense and the bases should pick it there Are a lot of hungry skiers that could really represent their base and Safe in higher but without any they would mostly Likely say to hell with i cant afford it and cant get the time the morale and welfare of the troops is overridden by the need for a 29hour Strickland said skiers  care less about using their bases skiing if it is they prefer their what most skiers want to defray their costs is Money for lift tickets and government thanks to Paul an executive officer and the base ski team Hahn a has made new skis and boots available to its for my own the people in my shop and my own Chain of command is 120 percent Strickland they recognize that you have to be out of the office for i am very they dont care if i but to show Good a skier must be ready to put in extra time in the office for the time took it All goes assigned to the european information systems div at Kapaun As in is a Complete meaning he competes in both Alpine and nordic he was one of two skiers that won a Gold medal in Alpine slalom and nordic Kilometre Cross country sprint competitions in the forces the other was us Reurs Marlene Swan of Hail Bronn who won four golds in Alpine and four in another skier who wants support is the navys Richmond one of Only two Navy skiers competing in the nordic events of the forces the Navy has Good skiers in Europe and i would like to see them encouraged to participate and earn recognition for the Navy by their Miller assigned to said i would recommend that the various Navy mar offices and other cognitive departments become More involved in preparing teams for the forces the Navy teams Are competitive in Many of the sports Arenas and there is every Good reason Why they can be highly competitive in Miller the stars and stripes champs from Page 17 from a meeting in id like to commend this outstanding team for an out standing the festivities had spilled downtown from the parties on the University suburban main line Campus that roared Well into tuesday Radnor township police were bolstered by 50 state about 40 Campus Secu Rity officers and township police chief Maurice Hennessy said tuesday there were 21 most on Drunken and disorderly As the some perched in Chan Villanova is 1 and waved ban ners that whats a Hoya univer sity the John speaking for All the students and faculty of alumni and we Are Hunspe kingly proud of coach Massimi no and his it is really a pleasure and an Honor for me and our team to be the National Champi Massimino they deserve they did they shot 79 percent in the final i told you when we left school on wednesday that we were going to have a neck of a and they did a tremendous Job and won the National Longford shaky As As Tumble 116 by United press International Rick one of the major leagues most dependable starters before incurring a 1983 Elbow May have failed to gain a spot with the Oakland As this the who had Only seven starts in 1984 and three last year after taking a regular turn with the As since was hit hard tuesday in an 116 exhibition loss to the Cleveland he would have made our Job a lot easier if he would have pitched Well As manager Jackie Moore right i just dont know if hell make the Langford made at least 32 starts not including the strike shortened 1981 sea when he had 24 from 197782 and led the american league with 290 innings pitched in he was tagged for seven runs in three innings against the Mike Hargrove and George Vukovics led Cleveland with two hits and three Bis Hargrove stroked an rib single and Vukovich a two run double to account for most of the damage during a four run first Oakland sent first baseman Danny Goodwin to the guarantee baseball Roundup ing Danny Meyer a spot with the infielder Mike Gallego was also told he made the in other moves Tony who Cincinnati manager Pete Rose said would make the team unless he broke both was signed to a 1year contract by the 42 year old who will be used mainly As a had been classified As an invitee at Spring the padres announced Dave dra who has bounced Between the Bull pen and starting rotation the last two will begin this year As a lingering pain in the right handers Elbow prevents Dravecky from throwing every the pirates agreed to a 5year con tract with Lethander Larry the 31yearold starter was 1211 with a Era last the expos sent right hander Fred Breining and outfielder Max Venable to the they were acquired from san Francisco last year in Exchange for Al the mets and cardinals swapped no hit shortstops and minor league new York sent shortstop Jose Oquendo and Pitcher Mark Davis to Louis for shortstop Argenis Salazar and Pitcher John the mets also announced third base Man Ray Knight was to undergo arthroscopic surgery wednesday to remove Bone chips in his right he will miss a minimum of six in other exhibition Philadelphia Defeated Kansas City Pittsburgh topped Houston Detroit ripped Louis Cincinnati edged Minnesota California beat Milwaukee san Diego nipped Chicago 65 and Boston edged new York 21 in a game halted in the seventh by Montreal los an Geles and Texas Atlanta were rained Garry Maddox collected three hits and the Phillies took advantage of three errors in their Triumph Over the George Brett hit in his 10th straight game for Kansas Bill padlocks Lead off Homer in the seventh broke a 44 tie and led the who got two perfect innings of Relief from John Pedro Chavez rapped out four hits and see baseball on Page 22