European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 15, 1888 the stars and stripes Paga 25 outdoor adventures skiers Faith rewarded with Snow skiing can be great even when there s no Snow. All it lakes is a Little Faith and determination. That May scent a Little oversimplified but it worked Tor my family last week when we look off on a Short ski trip to St. Michael in the Lungu of aus i Tea i ill of Salzburg. We had booked accommodations nearly a year i Advance. Then just Days before leaving Home i Beard a inc gloomy reports about no Snow in most of Austria s ski areas. Determined to have fun in thet Alps Snow or not we drove South looking for a few Days of relaxed seclusion. When we arrived in Stmichael the Valley was completely without Snow. Out the licit a after taking a chair lift the local people said would get us id the right place we found. It. Snow it almost seemed t Hail discovered one of those Best Kepi secrets of skiing. We had fun that find Day on the slopes of the Sci crack at about 2,400 meters. The Snow was a Little hard with a few icy spots yet Good enough Tor alot of fun. The Neit Day we Bil lie Maineck on the other Side of the Valley. There we found More runs and better i mow. I Wos icy Only on the lower dope at around 1,200 meters. Things seemed to get better with time. The third Day we tried the Mountain just West of the inc cd called tech Anent. Mark Swearengen ii was the Best Yel with Good Snow at 1,500 in 2.000 meters and multiple runs. We went Back there the fourth Day. This area gave us Many hours of Tun and goad skiing and i could t imagine where All the no Snow reports had come from. It snowed All Day on thursday which put a 15-Centimcter Blanket of powder on everything and made skiing even better. It covered the Valley but not enough to open All he lower trails the slopes were never crowded. We encountered Only one or two lift lines and these were Les than five minutes. Otherwise no waiting. Overall t think St. Michael can be described Best As a great area Tor the recreational skier who likes simplicity with Many easy and intermediate slope. Getting to the lifts is no problem by car or bus and there s ample parking space. A daily lift lick it costs 220 austrian shillings. Six Jay ticket Cost 1,200 shillings. There Are Only a few difficult slopes and most runs Are generally Shorter than those in Oiler major ski areas. The longest to Baris 1,700 meters with an ascent of 470 meters. The average a bar length is around 1,000meters. There Art plenty of Good places to cat but the nightlife is Rattler Calm and quiet. It s easy to gel Here with autobahn driving All the Way from most Points in Germany. It is about is hours from Heidelberg. After crossing into Austria near Salzburg you Lake the autobahn South toward Villacha. The people Are very Friendly different from what i remember of inns to the Western pan of Ilic country u. Few years ago. I thought maybe this was just a difference Between areas or a change in Alti tude toward people who bring business to the ski slopes. Or maybe the Mountain air was having some special i Eccl on me. Whatever the reason things we re just great. Most important skiing in St. Michael is fun. So. If you be new been there consider it this Winter make plans now and enjoy some time in the out doors. For Marc information caul the ,a-55s2 is. Michael in Lunga telephone04364777 3or309. Ski Hectl cardinals sign Horner to one year contract by Marx Peterson St. Lou is a the St. Louis car Mals. In an Effort to till the void left by be unexpected departure of Jack Clark is week announced thursday that they ivc signed free agent first baseman Bob lamer to a one year contract. Homer 30, appeared at a news con arc acc announcing his signing. He stayed last season in the japanese Cen of league. He is the first major free Lent acquisition by the cardinals since 1c team signed Catcher Darryl Porter cd. 13,1980. Homer s contract could enable him Loim As much As si.45 million next year he Ramr acl Calls for a base salary o 930.000 Anil various incentives total Nisoli $500.000. Homer last played in the major Agues in 19h6 with the Atlanta braves store signing As a free agent in May 9b7.a Veteran of nine seasons in the major Agues. Homer has a career Balling a rage of .278 with 215 homers. In in. Lomer a right handed Bailer hit .273 Ith 27 Home runs and 87 runs batted in. We Are very pleased we have been bit to reach agreement on a contract Iii him and Welcome him w the car finals said cardinals general manager Tal Maiv ill. We thought a week or so ago there was no Chance of signing him but the Opportunity came up again when Bob called me and cup Rosica a great de sire to play for the  maxvill Iii that cardinals manage White 1 Herzog was fully supportive of signing Homer. After Clark had departed for the new York Yankees Herzog said he was not interested in seeing Home join the learn. Horner said he spoke to Herzog wednesday night and was completely re assured by the conversation. Hearing what he had to say i was very convinced he wanted me Homer said. All i wanted was a High sign he would be Happy to have me on this team and i got  Whitey has been consulted All along is in Complete agreement and is enthusiastic about Rob being with us especially after a Long conversation they hid last night Maiville said we arc All elated with the acquisition and think i i will go along Way toward helping the cardinals contend in the 1988 Pennant race Homer 6-fool-l and 215 pounds has put together seven 3n-Nlus Home run sea sons and was named to the National league All Star warn in 1982, inc Sam year he helped Atlanta win the Western division championship i Lornor signed with the Dravus in 19 Safter being the first player selected in Bab i Turner. To fill Jack Gark s shoes that year s free agent draft in june. Originally signed As a third  started playing first Bate Clark s position with the cardinals Ona regular basis in 19es. In led National league first basemen in putouts and double plays daring 1986. Horner said that he would nol be intimidated being compared to Clark. It makes no diff Cronce to me Homer said. He s a great player. But i m going to go out and do the Job the brat i can. I be had a lot expected of me in the past and i be met those  Falcons eagles reach hoop final Sembach Germany the Florin pcs Falcons handed the  eagles their lint loss in inc Continental sports Confer ence Small units basketball tournament Here thursday and moved themselves into 3 championship berth. However the eagles were Able to com out of the trenches and finish first in the loser s bracket to guarantee themselves another Chance it lopping the Falcons and possibly taking the Crown. Flora ones 118, neut Rikke 107 Falcon guard Dwayne Tatum was heavy on the boards scoring 32. His backup came from the Forward duo of Donald Harrison and James Peterson contributing 2i each.  s scoring Leader was Ray Bannerman Wilh 24. Neubra Csc h14,Hcsslsch-oldtndojr96  managed to totter their re Cord to 3-1, second Best in the tournament Ami Good enough to Advance to the championship finals when they dominated the hurricanes in the loser s bracket final action. The eagles had four men scoring in madmen compete at Usa eur comply i by Klint Johnson assistant spare editor wrestling the lop army Wres frs in Europe Wilt compete a Kirch ions. Germany this weekend in the Jas eur championships. The three Day meet at inc avers Ca can fitness Center opens Friday with rest Vic Competition. Fryc style preliminary rounds Start Fri a at 10 . With a session from 2-i urn. And a third session from 7-8 30 in. Freestyle finals will met at 10 .klurday, to -. Opening session of Greco roman of Petizon will be from 2-5 . Sat local Roundup urday followed by a session from 7-8 30 . The third Greco roman session will Start at 11 . Sunday. Greco roman finals Are stated for 2-4 . On sunday. Basketball Heidelberg s mar Lin Luther King tournament Lor Menand women will be held this weekend in inc fallen Barracks and Woznuck gyms. The men s tournament at Patton Start Friday and runs for tour Days. The three Day women s tourney at Womack open saturday morning. Power sting the Wurzburg Pou a lifting invitational will be held at i anon Barracks in Kitzing n  at ii . Weigh ins arc scheduled for 3-10 . Call Ray Stead at 3so-61 15 for More information. Boxing the ecu Ulm invitational with open and Novice bouts will be held saturday at the Wiley gym. The bouts bin at 6 . For More in formation Call Dean Nso Cau at 427-6323. Racquetball the bad t6lz International invitational at Flint Cavern fitness Center will be held Friday sat urday and sunday. For More information Call -mm794 or 08041-30-794. Wood Ratcliff netted 16, the hurricanes leading scorers were Turrel Sims with 2s and Chris Frazier with 22. Ili a Sipili Oiden Slurf 102, is Ort ankh 65 it finite a loss in the final of the loser bracket the hurricanes made a Strong showing in their bid for the final. Sims Lethe hurricanes scoring with2l Points. No Venich s top scorer Tyrone Austin contributed 21 toward his team s cause the championship final will be played Here Friday at ii . If  Florences to cause an if no Cussary game thit will be played Ai 2 30 . Correction 7-Weibrilckcn was omitted from the list of undefeated teams in Hoys basketball in yesterday s prep 1 in Fin s column. An error was made in compiling the stand Ings and  s victories aver Patch were reversed. The trojans record should be 4-0 in both Germany a and All panics Competition