European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 9, 19sb the stars and stripes Page 25 outdoor adventures Little Bird tells italian Hunting tale i like Italy bul until recently had spent Little time there. And 1 guess it s mainly laziness that has kept me from exploring the Hunting and fishing possibilities in the country. So just a Tew Days ago while driving Down a Nar Row Road in the province of Viec non i asked a Friend to Tell me All about it. I be heard sonic wild stories about Hunting so lemme first ask about fishing i said. Fishing my Friend replied. Yes there s great fishing in Italy. Up further North in the mountains there arc some great Trout streams. Plenty of Brook Trout and some Rainbow too. A fishing License is fairly easy to acquire and then you need a local permit for the Stream you want to fish. The nearest sporting goods store or tourist information office can Tell you where to obtain the permit and provide any other information you May need.". .-.--. Down Here a Little further South there Are som take stocked Well with Rainbow and Salmon Trout. You can catch Carp and Catfish in a Tew of our lakes around Here. A lot of people fish the irrigation ditches but i d slay away from them. The water a not that Appeal ing in those ditches. It May Surprise you but we have a Good size Lake nearby where you can catch a lot of Bass i asked. Yes. Great Bass. We Don t realty advertise it a Tot bul then again it to secret he said. Knowing there arc Many Bass fishermen in . Forces wedded later to get More information. I telephoned the Community recreation division of the military Community in Vicenza and Learned from Colleen Straus that fishing at the Lake is managed by the outdoor recreation Branch. The Lake covers about 10 acres and is near the Small town of Marola about six Miles East of the City of Vij Conza. Open from april through october the Lake is Al ways Well stocked with Rainbow and Salmon Trout. Managers Are working to increase the Bass Papula Tion in the Lake. Single daily permits Cost 15, family permits Are a and they can be obtained at the Lake. Overnight camping space is available for $5. The Lake also has a snack bar and picnic tables will be available when the season opens next april. For More information Call Vicenia military 7073 or 7861. Unfortunately i was unable to do any fishing in Italy this time but maybe someday i la get Back there to give it a try. Back to the conversation with my Friend during our Leisure drive. We talked about our own special ways to Cook fish and then the discussion turned to Hunting. I be heard some strange things about Hunting in Italy i told my Friend. He immediately replied of yes they Hunt a lot in Italy. It s mostly Bird Hunting though. There s no much to Hunt in the Way of other wild game. But they re really big into Bird of really my curiosity began to climb. Tell me about it. He continued Welt they Hunt Birds a lot in the Flat lands in All the open Fields you see around Here. Hunting panics Range in size from two or three to 20 or30." this sounded exciting. What kind of Birds pheasant i asked. No he said. They Don t Hunt pheasant much because there s hardly any pheasant population Here Ello the plural 1 the Uccelli Are extremely popular with italian Hunters and Are often served gourmet style in restau rants. They taste great i was glad 1 had asked because As i explained to my Friend i be heard some unusual stories about Hunting in Italy stories about shooting just about any Bird that flys. But this Uccello Bird is completely new to he replied yeah the Uccello is hunted a Jot around then i asked if he had any pictures at Home that he could show me and was the Uccello anything like our Quail or similar Gam Bird. He said there were plenty of pictures available. In fact he said you see pm All Over the place. In Back Yards Trees out in the Fields we just saw some right Back there on that i began to suspect a disconnect. Wait a said. The Only thing i saw Back there was a spar Row Dow Uccello transit to Sparrow Are you pull ing my leg of no my Friend said. In Italy they really do Hunt the Uccello. The word Uccello is just a word that. Generally Means Small Bird and that s exactly what it is a Small Bird. So when you go out to bunt Uccelli you can shoot just about any Small Bird. You arc not restricted to sparrows for example. You can also shoot blackbirds starlings Robins Meadow larks. Quite a i Felt a Little taken Back at first but better in formed and aware of what goes on. Later i Learned that the Hunting is fairly disciplined and not Asun usual As it might sound to someone accustomed to Hunting Only Gam Birds. I did t expect to Ever bunt in Italy because of the limited time available. But i knew that if i Ever saw polenta e Uccelli on the menu in a restaurant and i was actually hoping for just that i should probably translate the name of this Fine meal to Birds with Cornbread and in the Case of Dei Uccelli i would recognize this As Bird soup the Bun and sep . Thrashes Spain awaits semifinal foe by Walt Morrissette staff writer shape Belgium the United state juggernaut finished its rom through league b at the shape military International basketball tournament by running past Spain 141-70 thursday afternoon. The Victory coupled with Belgium s 95-89 upset of defending Champion Italy thursday night Means that the Ameri cans and italians will have their rematch of last year s title game in Friday s Semi finals,.-. The game scheduled for 9 ., will follow league a Champion Belgium s Semi against league b Nin Crup West Germany scheduled to tip off at 6 30 -. Eight of the eleven . Players who got into the game scored in double Fig ures. Marlon Perry of Greece and Robert Estes of Karlsruhe scored 20 Points each and Estes also grabbed 13 Hicks of Owci Mcken had a team High 16 rebounds and 14 Points. The other totals were Dexter Walker of Ramstein 16,Troy Russell of Wiesbaden is Clovis Mcdowell of Neu Ulm 14, Butch Walkins of Rodn main 11 and Yurchis Murdock of Iraklion 10. Bonnie Day of bin Waters had three 3 pointers and tied Watkins for team High in assists with five. The . Banged Home a tournament High 10 pointers in All three by Day two each by Perry and Walker and one apiece by Wallace Northern of Span Dahlem Grant Robinson of Parma sons and Mcdowell. Antonio horns led the spaniards witha game High 21 Points and he had 14 rebounds. Shape Turnev a close game was developing in the Early going. Russell s steal and Lay up gave the . A 0 Lead. Aitor do Zarate countered with a Ppinter from the top of the key to give Spain a 2 answered with a Pointer to put the . Up 3, then the americans exploded for 12 straight Points in the next 90 seconds to Lead 17-3.Walker came off the Bench five min utes into the game and promptly nailed three straight 20-footers from the right Side. He was credited with a three Pointer on the third shot which gave the . A 28-7 Lead the . Half court trap led to layups by Hicks and Walker and Robinson s 3 Pointer made the score . 45, Spain 13 with 8 10 left in the the a Crinan Over matched the spaniards with their Speed pressure defense and Overall athletic ability the spaniards were not to be outdone to the combat basketball the huge Lead by the United slates the intense physical on the verge of combat basketball play. Prevailed throughout the game. International games Are by nature More physical than american games simply because the pushing shoving blocking and elbowing that Are often called As fouls in american basketball have gone uncalled by the Multi National officials in this tournament. Hicks and Perry were bail ered by. Spanish Center Ray Nicolas and Forward Jorge Sanso whenever they went to the Basket. And the americans returned the favor on defense. It got so bad that Rey fouled out with see shape on Paga 27 karlsruhe1 Robert Esles .20 Points 13 boards Marlon Perry. 20 Points local Roundup soccer Trio joins top s All Star club by the stars and stripes soccer three military athletes from Europe were named to the armed forces All Star soccer team after the armed forces championship tournament was completed in november. Oscar Najarro of Hanau was selected from the army squad and Mike Zimkosky and Kevin Roberts of Hama a were chosen from Hie air Force team. Army won the tournament on Goat differential finishing 2 with a plus-7 differential. Navy was also 2, but had Hurt a plus-3 differential. Air Force was third at 4 with a minus-4 differential and the Marine corps fourth also at 4 witha Mlnus-0 differential the armed forces team beat Suriname in two straight games nov. 30 and dec 2 at Homestead fab fla., to Advance to the final round of Competition in theism concil internationale Cut sports Mill air tournament. It is the first time since 1968 that the . Team. Has made the final round. The . Team now advances to the final round in Italy in june and july. Basketball entry deadline is wednesday for men s and women s teams wishing to play in the annual Vicenza Italy Christmas tournament dec 19-23. Fee is $95 per director Doug Umer said that billeting is available at Camp Everte facilities for 3 per person per night. Further information can be obtained by calling Umer or Nora Clouse at Aulo von 434-7887 or 7009
