European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 16. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 25 outdoor adventures Gravois Mills holds pleasant memories t1ie first fishing trip 1 Ever took in my life was to the Gravois Mills area of the Missouri Lake of the ozarks. So. You can imagine How i recalled a few pleasant memories when 1 Learned Mark Swearengen that Ouido Hibdon of Gravois Mills had won the 18th annual world championship Bass master classic title aug. 27 on the James River near Richmond a. Hibdon s total catch during the three Day tournament came to 14 Bass weighing 28 pounds 8 ounces. And the payoff fifty thou Sand dollars in Cash the Champion s Blue and Gold ring and the Bass master classic title which is now his for life. Our primary Mission As members of the . Forces and nato has me engaged this week in outdoor activity different from that of Field and Stream. In will be a while before i can get Back to Hunting and fishing but surely those kinds of pleasures will be available again soon. It s a Way of life thai we re All involved in protecting and one i have treasured Ever since that fishing Tnp near Gravois Mills when i was 10 years association of America Rod and gun clubs Europe hosted the International Hunt style shoot at the Lindscheid Range near Spang Dahlem. Rifle and Shotgun teams from Finland Holland Luxembourg Germany and the . Competed. Winner for inc Rifle team event was Finland with 984 Points. Shotgun events included Skreland trap shooting. Winner of the team event was Germany with 1,897 Points followed by the Netherlands 1,884 and the . 1,863. The bes Overall individual shooters were George Beck with 393, Botho Baumann with 389 and de Lensbower of the . Wilh 388 out of a possible 400. The stall old Sui Fml Pitburg athletic chief receives sports director of year Honor compiled by Klint Johnson ass Lenl sports editor awards Pitburg a s longtime Al Lulic chief George Price has been honoured by Safe As sports director of inc year and presented the air Force meritorious award. George has his own style which in a nutshell is excellence personified said Cape. John flood the36th combat support group s m or chief. Flood cited Pitburg s Mike Mark memorial Field House used monthly by 30,000, As a prime example of Price s accomplishments i consider the stale that in the Field House is maintained on a yearly isaid Rood. That in itself is a testament to the Way George Price Rood also credited Price with starting a Nau Tilus Center in the Field House and expanding the equipment in he women s Center. Flag football teams Are being sought for the third annual prices Etaf Columbus Day tournament oct. 8-1 oat Camp Ederic Italy. Entry fee is si00 per team with the deadline Tor entry sept. 30. Billeting can be arranged at campsites on Post or at sports billeting. Points of Contact Are Nora Clouse or Jerry Douglas at the Camp Ederle gymnasium Auto on 634-7009 or 7887. Softball David Ellis and Michael Peterson both from Hanau were selected from the All army team for the armed forces squad in this month s National Amateur softball association championship in Savannah a. John Salter of also represented usar eur on the All army team. Golf us a eur s Charles Jennings of Gissen is competing in the armed forces Golf championship at fort Gordon ga., which winds up sunday. Through wednesday s third round Jennings had a 244 on the 7,077 Par-72 course. Rounds of 79-83-82 local Roundup leave him 30 strokes behind men s open Leader Jeff Koch of the air Force who played rounds of 70-71-73 for a 214,Jennings is aiming for a berth in either the Canadian armed forces championship in Quebec City or the . Military program at a Encl md., both scheduled for nest week. Lisafe s Ellen Connors of Spang Dahlum who is also competing in the armed Force tourney shot third round 97 wednesday for a 267 in the women s open category. She trails Leader Katy Cameron 77-81 78236 of the Navy by 31 strokes. Running the sixth annual Terry Fox run designed to raise funds for cancer research will be held oct. 2 in Geilen Kirchon West Germany. Distances which May be run marched walked or wheel chaired will be either 7 or 15 Kilometres. The entry fee of 10 Marks is for either distance. The race starts in the Kau Halle parking lot Between s . And 2 . Awards arc the 19b8 Terry of medal and a sponsoring canadians will Challenge All groups to a team run with trophies at stake. Teams Wil con Sist of a minimum of five runners male and female for both distances. Fox was a Young Canadian who lost a leg to cancer. He embarked on a run across Canada to raise funds for cancer research in 19eo, and he covered 3,339 Miles before he had to Slop. His feat which started in obscurity wound up raising 122 million. Boxing the 1988 Usa eur boxing officials clinic is set for oct. S-7 us the Cook Barracks recreation Center in Goppy gun. Registration will be held from 8 30 to 9 am. The first Day at the Cooke Barracks recreation Center. Attendees must be prepared to officiate oct. 7.the clinic fee is 125. Personnel interested should Contact local sports offices before sept. 30 to sign up. Wrestling the Usa eur wrestling coach Sand officials clinic will be held at Darmstadt s Cam brai Fritsch Cavern oct. 11-15. Interested personnel must apply through local Community sports offices before sept. 30. There is a j25 fee. I Point of Contact is Mike , Darmstadt military Community sports director at ets 348-7359. Porsche firm announces racing cutback by hand Barnett Auto motors ports editor the porsche firm of soul Garl Zug Senhausen has officially announced its withdrawal from group c sports car racing to concentrate fully on its cart indy car racing program in the United states. The withdrawal Poss Bilies were first discussed in May porsche pres official Klaus Reichert said in a Tele phone interview thursday from the firm s Headquarters and the decision to end our sports car Competition pro Gram has now been confirmed by the porsche management. We fed that our cart indy car racing program has now completed its development stage this is the end of our development year and that next season we will be ready to go racing and Start winning. And to win we must give the cart program our com plete concentration and our full racing division capacity in engineering and development. We have been using the March Chassis As a development Chassis this season Rei Chart said and next year we plan to have an All porsche racing product Chassis and engine. We have signed Fabi italian racing Driver Tco Fabi to drive for us again m 1989. In is impossible from a capacity standpoint to do both the group world sports car championship and the. Cart series and As cart pre sents us with a new racing Challenge an plays an important role for us in . Marketing the cart racing lakes Prece in discussing the withdrawal from top two porsche 926 is Lead the action Al the 24rhour be mins endurance Nice. Line group c sports car racing Reicher said that All of the major a Nate entry porsche teams Kremer Jost Andrunn for example will receive the very latest engineering developments and service from porsche and All the help thai is possible. These private learns will continue to carry the porsche Banner in the world sports car championship the american 1msa series the super cup and the european inters cries Reichert said. But Here will be no factory for fans of Long distance sports car racing the absence of porsche factory cars on the world s race tracks will be difficult to accept. And with Good reason As porsche has been competing in the world sports car championship for 20 years now win Ning several world titles and establishing a record 12 victories in the prestigious 24 hours of be the 1987 and 88 seasons porsche had thoroughly dominated the sports car racing scene most recently with its All conquering factory 956 and 962ccars. But once it had made its commit Mentlo . Cart Competition the Slutt Gart a Offenhausen firm slowly began winding Down its endurance racing pro won la mans last year beat ing Jaguar then gave a Hinl of things to come by announcing in would no longer contest the remaining races. The Deci Sion opened the Way for Jaguar o rack up a somewhat hollow 1987 sports car world championship. For the 1988 season porsche announced in december of last year that it would drastically curtail its sports car racing program contesting Only the 24 hours of u mans and the Wurmb super cup the firm s decision o withdraw Al together for 1989 Cornea As no great sur for porsche sports car fans every where in comes As a disappointment especially after 20 years of seeing the Stuttgart a warmers in action. Television olympics opening ceremonies 2 an. Salonus. Radio baseball los Angeles at Cincinnati 13&Saturday
