European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday october 17, 1967 the stars and stripes giants slip by Steeles on dazzle dazzle pass with time running out Pittsburgh a fran Tarkenton s 59-Yard touchdown Pashto Joe Morrison off a dazzle dazzle triple reverse in the final two minutes gave the new York giants a 27-24 upset Over Pittsburg sunday m a National football league game. Tarkenton s scoring pass his second to Morrison came on the first play after new York s Clarence Childs recovered Steeler Don shy s Fumble the winning play started when Tarkenton handed to Ernie Koy who pitched the Ball Back to speedy Homer Jones. Jones lat 7eraled to Tarkenton who passed to Morrison All alone at theste Elers 30. Pittsburgh led 24-14 going into the fourth Quarter but an interception by Bill Swain set the first Downs Rushing yardage passing yardage return yardage passes punt fumbles lost Yards penalized giants Steeles 18 16 76 62 305 197 90 127 19-30-1 13-27-1 3-39 4-44 60 45 giants up in Steeles territory and Tarkenton took them 37 Yards in nine plays to score. Tarkenton scored the touch Down himself going seven Yards with a lateral after Koy had apparently been stopped on a fourth Down play. After an Exchange of punts Rookie quarterback Kent Nix moved the Steeles across mid Field on a 37-Yard pass to . Wilburn. But two plays later shy Fum bled and Childs recovered at the 41. There were two minutes left. Tarkenton conferred wit giant coach Allie Sherman at the sidelines then came Backwith the wild play which resulted in the winning touchdown. The Steeles led 17-14 at half time scoring both their touch Downs As a result of new Yor fumbles. New York scored first going78 Yards the first time it had the Ball with Tarkenton throwing 19to Morrison on fourth Down in the end zone. Tarkenton too the giants 79 Yards in the Sec Ond Quarter before sub Quarter Back Earl Morrall Dove Over from the one. Tarkenton left the game witha bruised hip just before half time but was out for Only on play the one on which Morrall scored. He came Back at the Start of the second half. New York 7 7 0 1327pittsburgh 710 7 024 by Morrison 19 pass from Tarkenton Mercein kick Pitt Nix 1 run Clark kick Pitt shy 27 Pas s irom Nix Clark kick by Morrall 1 run Mercen kick Pitt Fig Clark 22 Pitt Hilton 8 pass from Nix Clar kick by Tarkenton 7 run kick failed by Morrison 59 pass from Tarkenton Harris kick attendance 39,782. Fran Tarkenton. 58-Yard Aerial Page 19 2-Point conversion lifts e with Houston new York up do Maynard s spectacular catch of a two Point conversion pass wit five minutes remaining carried new York to a 28-28 deadlock with the Houston oilers sunday first Down Rushing yardage passing yardage return yardage pass Spunta fumbles los Yards penalized oilers jets 8 69 52130 25 72 295 165 9-28-3 27-48-6 7-40 3-13 0 0 q4 40 after the jets blew a 17-0  Joe Namath who had six passes intercepted including two which were run Back for touchdowns flipped pass on the conversion attempt to Maynard who made his Fin catch in the deep right Corner of the end zone. The conversion came after Jet linebacker Al Atkinson intercepted a Pete Beathard pass on the Houston 15 and ran it Back to the three to set up touchdown Boozer. Run by Emerson the game had a wild finish Ashe oilers w. K. Hicks intercepted a Namath pass on the Houston 25. After two laterals Larry car Well ran Heball All the Way to the Jet 4 before finally being tackled by Namath. Time had already run out before the oilers could Getoff a play. Ken Houston rambled for two touchdowns going 71 Yards with a blocked kick and 43 Yard with a pass interception and Miller Farr made. Three pass interceptions scoring one touchdown and setting up another As the oilers made a remarkable comeback to take a28-20 Lead. The tie kept the jets in firs place in the american football league s Eastern division witha 3-1-1 record while Houston stayed in second place with a 2 2-1 Mark. The six Oiler interception were the most Ever off Namath who completed 27 of 49 passe for 295 Yards. O 721 028new York. 7 10 3 828 by Boozer 5 run Turner kick by Maynard 30 pass from Namath Turner kick by Fig Turner 10hou Houston 71 run with worked Field goal Wittenborn kick Hou Farr 51 interception Witton Bornick Hou Leduc Lucr 4 paps from Boa hard Wittenborn kick by Fig Turner 27 Hou Houston 43 interception Witton born kick by Boozer 3 run Maynard pass from Namath attendance 62,729. Oilers Trade Trull to patriots new York a the Houston oilers traded Quarter Back Don Trull to the Bosto patriots sunday for an Undis closed draft Choice. The Deal was announced Fol lowing the oilers 28-28 Ameri can football league deadlock with the new York jets. Trull 25, a former Baylo University Star and Houston s  Choice in the 1963 Al final olympic tuneup opens at Mexico City draft became expendable when the oilers acquired quarterback Pete Beathard last monday in Trade with Kansas City. The oilers sent another quarterback Jacky Lee to the chiefs in that Deal and now Are Down to two signal callers Beathard and Rookie Bob , a 6-foot-l, 190-Pound Roll out passer appeared briefly for the oilers in sunday s game. Soviets snare two Gold medals Mexico City a soviet athletes won two Gold medals and Mohamed Gamm Oudi of Tunisia Defeated a Classy Field in the 10,000 meters sunday a Mexico s third International sports Competition opened i sporadic confusion. Rohaman Nassiri of Ira broke his world record of 320 pounds by 1.1 Pound in the Sling and Jerk on his Way to the bantamweight Gold medal i weightlifting. The russians got their firs Gold medals in the javelin and the triple jump. Burly Gaoussou Kone of the Ivory coast won the medal standings Mexico City up medals won sunday in the pre olympics Points awarded on basis of 5 for Gold 3 for Silver 2 for Bronze and 1 for fourth place 1? country Gold Silver Bronze . 2 1 12 Hungary. I i Tunisia 1 6 Ivory coast i 5east Germany i 3 Italy Senegal 3 Belgium 1 2u.s. I 2great Britain Finlan Mexico All other countries have no Points Mclaren s 101.61 Pace captures Monterey prix Monterey Calif. A new zealand s Bruce Mclaren co Winner of this year s Sebrin Gand Winner of the 1966 be mans scorched the 1.9-mile Laguna Seca racing car track with a record average of 101.61 Milesian hour sunday in easily win Ning the 201.4 mile grand prix. Publicist appointed new York a Copp col Lins 48, a consultant with professional sports management which organized the new Ameri can basketball association has been appointed director of information of the  soccer league. Pro he finished two Miles ahead of Jim Hall of Midland tex., last year s Winner who held theold Mark of 98.5 . The fastest of Mclaren s 106laps sunday was at 104.75 Miles an hour below Hall s 105.31 oblast year. Mclaren drove his own Mclaren m6a, powered by a Chev Rolet  drove his own designed  Follmer of Arcadia Calif., driving a Sunico special was third. Mclaren won first prize of $1,-500. Hall s second place prize was $950. 100-meter dash and Gammon digit the very first Gold medal of the two week pre olympic games when he finished the 10, 000 meters barely ahead feast Germany s Jurgen Haase. The confusion was most Evi Dent in the olympic stadium As the track and Field events unfolded but it popped up in some of the other five events on the opening Day card. About 2,500 athletes from 57countries Are entered in this final tune up for the 1968 olym Pic games. Other opening Day Competition was in gymnastics and  Roelants of Belgium Holder of the world record in the3,000-meter steeplechase was leading the Field of 23 Chengam Mouldi and Haase whizzed by him like they were running the 100-meter dash. Their final time was slow almost four minutes off the world record but their finish was  was timed in 30 minutes 16 seconds. Haase was two tenths of a second slower. At least those were the time finally termed As official. There was some confusion at the stadium about times and those from the result service often differed from those announced at the track. Kone s time in the 100 was first announced As 10.1 seconds a tenth of a second off the world record. But the results service said it was 10.2.john Carlos of new York not even on the result service list of qualifiers or contestants came up on the final official listing with a third place in the 100-meter  one came close to break ing any sort of track or Fiel record and Carlos third place was the Best showing of the Day for the americans. Ian Luis won the soviet Union s first Gold by tin owing the javelin 279 feet 6 inches. Victoria need got the second in the triple jump with 54-4%. Fran Covelli of Long Beach Calif., perhaps flustered at finding himself listed among the dash men was sixth in the javelin. Davis Farr Ell unqualified Preston Davis of san Antonio tex., and Tom Farrell of Forest Hills ., failed to qualify in the 800-meter trials. Pat Winslow of san Mateo,Calif., won the shot put and the High jump to take a slight Lead Over Anna Ilaria Rothne Kovacs of Hungary in the women s Pentathlon. Miss Winslow had 2,597 Points after three events to 2901for the hungarian. Mexico s Eduardo Tovar got1,100 Points in the modern Pentathlon Riding while stasis Shap Ernis of the soviet Union got 1,070. Thomas Currey of the United states was fifth with 1,040 Points. Lamonica led raiders hold off Bills 24-20 Buffalo  A the Buffalo Bills chased former teammate Daryle Lamonica Allaround the Backfield sunday but he withstood the pressure handled his Oakland raiders to a 24 20 american football league Victory Over the Bills. Lamonica traded to Oakland during the Winter passe for two touch Downs including one in the fourth period that put the game out of reach. He was t the Only one who found out whatsit was like to be pursued. Buff Alojack Kemp was nailed 11 times for a loss of 96yards. Lamonica was caught five times for a loss of 50  Janik s interception of a Lamonica Aerial Early in the game set up Buffalo s first touchdown scored at 4 42 of the first period on a 30-Yard pass from Kemp to end Paul  waited until 10 09 of the second period before getting on the scoreboard As Veteran George Blanda booted a 31-Yardfield goal. Three minutes and three seconds later the Raider were ahead 17-7 As Lamonica passed 41 Yards to Fred Biletnikoff for one touchdown and line Lamonica quarterback Backer Dan Conners went 30yards with an interception of a Kemp toss. Buffalo pulled to within three Points at 9 46 of the third As Keith Lincoln ran three Yard for a six Pointer set up by Jim Dunaway s pass  3 40 left in the game Lamonica threw a three Yard first Down Rushing yardage passing yardage return yardage passes punts fumbles los Yards penalized raiders Bills 13 10 144 38 79 120 148 202 9-23-4 13-33-2 6-47 11-46 1 0 10 35 to pass to Billy Cannon. Buffalo came Back with a touch Down one minute 45 second Slater on a 26-Yard pass from Kemp to Art Powell. Oakland .at.-. 0 17 0 724 Buffalo 7 0 7 620 but Costa 30 pass from Kemp Mercer kick Oak Fig Blanda 31oakbiletnikoff 41 pass from Lamonica Miamia kick Oak Conners 30 pass interception Blanda Hick but Lincoln 3 run Mercer kick Oak Cannon 3 pass from Lamonica Ibia Iula kick bin Powell 20 pass from Kemp kick failed attendance 45,758. Houses grow in Brooklyn Brooklyn up a Cit housing project now stands on the site of the Brooklyn dodgers old ebbets Field Home