European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 outdoor adventures centuries old Battle against rabies wildlife biologists veterinarians and other experts in animal diseases Are making continued Effort against rabies. It is a struggle that dates to the 8th Century and St. Hubertus then Bishop of Liege and now Patron Saint of Hunters who was believed to have special Healing and inoculation Powers against the dreaded disease. The truth of his ability will probably never be known but his attribute although perhaps Only legend Ary is one of the reasons Hubertus was loved by Many people including Hunters during his lifetime. Real Progress against rabies was made just Over 100 years ago by Louis Pasteur who developed a vaccine that was used to save the life of a Young boy bitten by a Rabid dog. Previously the infection would have meant certain gruesome death. Vaccines have been improved and refined since the Days of Pasteur but timeliness of treatment remains critical. If the disease progresses in a person exposed to the Point where it can be diagnosed clearly cure is impossible. If bitten by an animal a person should immediately seek a doctor s advice. Anyone who has frequent Contact with wild animals should consider annual immunization Best accomplished by going to a local doctor or Hospital. Three injections Are Given initially Over a period of three months. They Are painless and cause Little Mark Swearengen reaction. One injection is needed each year thereafter. Immunizations May be possible at  medical facilities after consultation with a physician. Obviously pets should be immunized against rabies. According to a report in International wildlife mag Azine raccoons Are being immunized in the Eastern . In an Effort to curb the disease tallow coated sponges soaked with vaccine Are dropped from planes in areas of Large Raccoon populations. Researchers at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia Are using the technique which is similar to a method used in Canada to immunize foxes. In the German state of Hessen the social ministry re ports initial Success with an inoculation Experiment that used special bait to transmit a vaccine to foxes. Many animals took the bait and Are generally considered immunized. It s still too Early to measure Overall Success but the Experiment will continue. Authorities Hope this will be a step toward reduction of the disease in Western Europe. These Are Only examples of the fight against the Dis ease which together with improved vaccines will surely show great advances in coming years. It will be a Long time before rabies is whipped but with continued research and efforts to immunize wild and Domestic animals the prominence of the disease will gradually decrease and our Contact with animals will be less dangerous. The association of american Rod and gun clubs in Europe has announced the following deep sea fishing trips to the North sea. Cod fishing april 26 27, May 3-4, and oct. 4-5 Mackerel fishing june 7-8, july 5-6, and aug. 31-sept. 1. The Cost is $85 per person and includes transportation one overnight in a Good hotel breakfast dinner boat fees and fishing gear rental. Lunches and drinks Are not included. To Register for any of the trips or for More information Call the Hunting and fishing Branch of 1st personnel come at Schwet Zingen military 6293 or civilian 06202-15395. The Kaiserslautern Rod and gun club will hold a buy sell Swap Day april 19 from 10 . To 4 . Twenty tables will be available at no charge on a first come first serve basis. For More information Call Vogel Weh military 7274 or civilian 0631-57484. The stars and stripes Vii corps cagers begin Post season play by Tim Boivin staff writer basketball Vii corps opens its postseason Competition tonight with the top eight men s teams and the eight women s leaders playing double elimination tournaments at four Sites. The men s quarterfinals will be at Wiley Barracks in Neu Ulm and Badener Hof Ca sern in Heilbronn. Stuttgart faces Bam Berg in the 6 . Opener followed by the Neu Ulm Schweinfurt game at 8 . In the openers at Heilbronn Ansbach faces Wuerzburg at 6 . And Heilbronn plays Nuernberg at 8 . The women s quarterfinals will be held at ready Barracks in Aschaffenbur and Ansbach s Katterbach Cavern. Nuernberg and Stuttgart tip off at 6 ., with As Schaffenburg and Neu Ulm playing at 8 . Three games Are scheduled for saturday at All four Vii corps tournament Sites a losers bracket game at 11 . And win ners bracket contests at 1 . And 6 . All four championship games Are scheduled for 1 . Sunday with if necessary games following. Two survivors from each tourney and Vance to the Vii corps finals april 12-13. The v corps men s final series opens tonight with Hanau hosting Fulda at card Well gym near Hutmier Cavern. The Best of three men s title series winds up sunday at Downs Barracks in Fulda at 1 . An if necessary game follows. The women s v corps final series which local Roundup opened wednesday night with Frankfurt beating Giessen 54-43, will conclude sat urday. Frankfurt will Host Giessen at the Falcons nest in Frankfurt. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 ., with the if necessary game to follow. Power lifting Wuerzburg s Leighton Barracks will be the site of the Vii corps championships saturday. Weigh ins Are from 9-10 30 ., with Competition following immediately. Distance running the 21st support come s International German american Marathon and half Marathon will be held sunday in Kaiserslautern. The Competition is open to men and women Over 15. Registrations $15 will be accepted on race Day. The full Marathon opens at 9 ., with the half Marathon starting at 9 30 . Registration begins at 7 . At a Samts Chule Sud near Kaiserslautern University. Bowling Continental sports con Ference qualifiers for the Safe championships april 14-16 at Raf Ben Waters England were announced earlier this week by the Csc sports office. The 12 men and eight women qualified with their All events finish in last week end s Csc. Championships at Sembach. The qualifiers with their All events score include men Fred Walton Ramstein 4782 Don Johnson Ramstein 4667 Charlie Warren Hahn 4622 Harry Meyers Prem 4546 de Eifler Camp new Amsterdam 4545 Bob Richert Ramstein 4542 Bob Welsh Geilen Kir Chen 4530 Mark Foreman Wiesbaden 4529 Bob Tomlinson we Bruecken 4521 Jeff Sinclair Span Dahlem 4499 Mike Terrell Wiesbaden 4496 and de Gailey Wiesbaden 4493. Women Enna Malloy we Bruecken 4337 Amanda Garcia Wiesbaden 4221 Michelle Mazzafero Span Dahlem 4202 Dee Curry shape 4172 Beth Neff Ramstein 4154 Julia Salavea Wiesbaden 4134 Tricia Seles Sembach 4134 and  Meek hahn4117. Boxing four Usa eur athletes have been named to the Usa Amateur boxing federation team which will com Pete in the Lith annual French International Amateur boxing tournament april 6-13 at St. Nazaire. Representing Usa eur will be Vii corps flyweight Rudolph Bradley Light weight Joseph Hoskins and Light welterweight David Craddock and 21st sup port come welterweight Mark Lanton the 1985 All  Champion. Ernie Pickrom of Vii corps will coach the team. Bill Merrill former v corps sports coordinator is the chief of the . Delegation. Baseball a meeting for All Csc coaches and umpires has been scheduled for 10 . April 11 at the Sembach a recreation Center. Point of Contact is Norm Hoffman at the Csc sports office sem Bach military 7004 or 7292, or civilian at 06302-47-7004 or 06302-47-7292. Softball the Csc is looking for fast and slow pitch umpires for the com ing season. Those interested should Contact commissioner Charles Pietrowski at 06371 70228. Racquetball a mandatory pre tournament meeting has been scheduled at 9 . Wednesday at Pitburg for All competitors in the Csc championships which get under Way later that Day. Volleyball Usa eur sent 15 soldiers to the Presidio of san Francisco Calif., to try out for the men s and women s teams which will represent the  in the armed forces championships. Usa eur spiders in California Are is Fatilua Hernandez of Karlsruhe Blanche Brown and Patricia Eldredge of Pir Masens Ulalia Burton of Stuttgart Dean Fuimaono of Nuernberg Versalle Washington of Frankfurt Kimb Erly Ridley and Mark Byrd of Grafe Woehr James Hart of Schwabach Jose Torres and Ralph Elizon do of shape Robert Yeingst and Jose Cordero of Mannheim Jack Rogers of Echter Dingen and Ramon Vargas Ortiz Ofney Ulm. David Williams of Izmir Turkey was also selected to attend the tryout Camp but was unable to attend due to duty commit ments. The armed forces championships Are scheduled april 19-26 at Travis fab Calif. The site of the Safe women s tournament has been changed to Raf Wethersfield instead of Raf Mildenhall in England. The dates Are still the same May 22-24. Racquetball meet features upsets is photo by red grand Felix Acosta. Triumphs easily Berlin two defending champions were upset and two others triumphed impressively to highlight opening action at the Usa eur racquetball championships Here thursday. Shocked in opening round matches were defending open Champion Norberto Sopena of v corps and 1985 men s seniors titleholder Paul Whitten of the 21st support come. Don Light of the 21st support come Only the no. 5 finisher in his command stunned Sopena 6-15, 15-14, 11-10 in one of the first matches of this double Elimina Tion Competition. An even bigger shocker was provided by Mike Jan Nero of Vii corps the no. 6 on his team who took out Whiteii in straight sets 15-10, 15-11. Since i did t know anything about his strengths or tactics i concentrated on play ing my own game and tried to mix up my shots said Jan Nero. Referee Art Abriz said Jan Nero took away the whole front Wall from  in other action Jackie Yzaguirre of Host Berlin blitzed Debra Jones of v corps 15-3, 15-2 to open defense of her women s open Crown. Felix Acosta of v corps overpowered Kenneth Renfrew of the 21st support come in his first round match of men s masters play 15-0, 15-0. Officials hoped to Complete the first two rounds of play thursday and wind up with championship matches on sunday with the Field of 108 players in five Divi Sions. Television pro basketball new York is. Boston 3 05 . Saturday. Radio pro basketball Atlanta is. Washing ton 2 30 . Saturday