European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 darts Champ Aims for the big time by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Germany the Dartboard hang ing above Jim Browns desk is of professional and Brown Hopes to be of professional Quality when he leaves the army in two years to play darts full time for the 18year army Veteran and National tournament player has one big advantage in reaching his he can always find a Good match right at i met Jim while i was playing said his who represented Germany at the 1983 world Dart championships in both have played National tournaments in Europe for the past several that is How an came to represent Germany in the London tournament by placing second in the 1983 German and that is How Jim won the 1983 Frankfurt which he credits As his first big Linda said she has retired temporarily Competition since the couple left because the distance to the nearest top level Dart bar is too unlike Flo in the cartoon strip Andy she thinks throwing darts Down at the pub is just if he wants to play darts All the that Fine with said Jim thinks Hes Andy Capp except that his wife Doest who works in the medical clinic at the 7th support come Headquarters in is realistic about his future As a travelling the world of professional darts is about where professional Bowling was 20 years Brown Ive barely broken even in the four years Ive been the Frankfurt win was Worth 700 about one solution to the Money Brown would be to land an endorsement contract with a darts equipment to keep his competitive Brown a Dart player must compete three or four times a Brown said he travels to a tournament about once a there Are also the practice hours two each Day that Brown puts in at Browns dedication to the sport has captured the attention of some outside the Dart world notably their German landlord who Linda said occasionally mentions that he hears darts thudding into the Wall at 6 to find Brown must drive for an hour to one of the reasons Brown put in for the Job in Sheinberg was the towns proximity to the monchengladbach Dart pub and to whose players style Brown says he but the Browns will always remember the Bullseye in berlins Spandau it was while stationed in Berlin that the Browns developed the proficiencies that put them in the upper strata of the Dart we ran around trying to find some place where they played and when we did hit the the language Barrier Linda in the states the couple played local team darts in but not until they moved to Berlin did they play in National Brown the Jolly darts team at the Spandau pub spawned the eight player team tint won the German darts Union cup in 1983 and Brown one of the things that helped is that hey the Bullseye tavern players were very in their approach to the Brown mondays were for singles tuesdays were league wednesdays were open and thurs Days were training nights for club the weekends were left open to travel to Brown the Browns travel to the but Dart competitions Are not an obsession for we dont spend All of our Money on Linda if you cant you cant it was a very special reunion after 29 years by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Span Dahlem Germany although Nei ther is fluent in the others Joann Speer now chats with her Mother every other two weeks after being separated from her biological Mother at Speer was adopted and raised by an american army she began a search for her biological Mother in 1978 five years she was Able to meet her during temporary duty in in Speer became chief of management and systems for the 52nd Supply she lives within Only a few hours drive of her mothers Home in Wuerz despite a lifetime Speer says she has been welcomed As a family member and Friend by her biological a Hal sister in another in Detroit and a half brother in Toronto postponed for a Day their Cele bration of thanksgiving last year so they could be with when the sister from Munich visited the Speer family in friends and family celebrated the reunion of two cultural differences presented no problem when Speer knocked on her mothers door for the first time in although she said she almost turned i can get along in and she can speak a Little but we also just stared at each other part of the she that her biological whom she preferred to identify Only As pee had agreed by letter to the meeting after Speer had reassured her about her both were we both had lots of said some were and some didst get her Mother told Speer she explain Why she made her Choice 29 years Ive gone through lots of she i r pm photo by Jean Albright Joann Speer we both had lots of questions thought it might have been because i was her biological Mother is when i met my and she was i knew that that want she Doest want to say i respect that and dont Speer was Happy to hear of Brothers and Sisters hoping to meet while stationed at Sawyer she found she lived Only seven hours from an older All of the other children had been raised by her Moth my Mother expressed some but i think All in i got the Best of the she i have a family Back Home and one when Speer first approached search agencies in she was carrying out a plan her stateside parents had heard about for she began with full support of Helyn and James after several search agencies which failed to turn up the information she it was her Mother who found a key to the German adoption papers include the name and address of the biological her Mother had moved several times in 29 where search agencies had old friends could an army couple who had been stationed with the Speer family in Germany in 1956 had also known her biological Mother and were Able to Supply More inform with that Speer pursued a Trail of successive addresses by mail and by when she had located her Mother and had written to the air Force was Able to As a member of the inspector general of the air Force communications she visited Lindsey and then was allowed to Detour to i was prepared for she not All of these stories turn out this a pile of Magazine and newspaper clippings collected during the search remind her that Many such trails Lead or to parents who cant bring themselves to talk with children they gave better Marksman training general says by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Germany the army marksmanship training in Europe is not Usa eur Deputy com Mander Thomas Ayers on Friday told marksmen from All Over the com but he heaped Praise on this years crop of top army shooters during the closing ceremony of the Usa eur Marksman ship Competition at the Hohenfels training area Southeast of he the idea is if you shoot enough Lead Down eventually the enemy will run into Ayers called for a change in that thinking so that All soldiers not just the Cream of the crop become better we need More marksmanship prac better coaching and improved target he first Edward who served with the army marksmanship unit at fort coached 1st army div teams in marksmanship he told Fri Days winners he expects them to turn around and coach other units in their Divi Sions when they get the 1st army div cleaned As one Soldier put they took first place in the m16 team Competition and carried Home 11 out of 21 squads from 16 Usa eur including the Berlin brigade and a unit from competed during the we Klong con other standings and scores were m16 1st place co 2nd 6th 1st army div with 2nd place 4th 502nd inf Berlin Broade with 3rd co 1st 6th 1st army div with m60 1st he 2nd 81st 1st army div with 919 2nd he 2nd 30 3rd inf div with 883 3rd co 2nd 6th 1st army div with 861 individual winners m16 1st 4 Richard co 3rd 41st 2nd army div 2nd James co 1st 13th 8th inf 3rd pfc Bobble Upton 4th 502nd Berlin m16 combat 1st Steve co 1st 6th 1st army 2nd 4 Richard co 3rd 41st 2nd army div 3rd 4 David 4th 502nd Berlin m16 night isl 4 David co 2nd 6th 1st army 2nd 4 Mathew 4th 502nd Berlin 3rd 4 Rodney co 501st aviation 1st army m60 1st Kurt co 2nd 6lh 1st army 2nd pfc Randy co 1st 36th 3rd army 3rd pfc Kevin he 2nd 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