European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Friday november 23, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 25 an All Star gets rammed Safe All Star Merv Thomas upper Heyford gets rammed by Rhode Island s Bill Mccagney on the All Star 10 Yard line As ram safety Dean Julian moves in to help. The action occurred late in the final period As the a stars battled to get out from the Shadow of their goal line. The rams overwhelmed the All stars 34-6, in the first Safe Turkey bowl thanksgiving Day at Rhein main. Is rams cruise past All stars 34-6 by Jack Ellis sports editor Rhein main Germany is a Quick aggressive University of Rhode Island eleven shocked the Safe All stars with three touchdowns in the Sec Ond period and rolled to a one sided 34-6 Turkey bowl Victory Here thanksgiving Day in the first Ever collegiate football game in Europe. Some 14,000 spectators including Gen. David. C. Jones Safe commander in chief congressman Robert 0. Tiernan . Gov. Philip Noel of Rhode Island and it. Gen. Wil Liam r. Desobry v corps cd sat in the Bright cold Sunshine of rocket Field and watched the rams completely dominate the first Safe Turkey bowl. The Lone All Star score came on a spectacular 90-Yard dash by Wiesbaden s Richard Woolley on a pass interception Early in the third period but before and after it was All Rhode Island rams As they ran through and passed Over a befuddled All Star defense. Coach Jack Gregory s rams ran up a staggering 339 Yards in total offence to the All stars 117 and chalked up 18 first Downs to Safe s three. Paul Ryan a Junior Quarter Back subbing for first Stringer Steve Crone who did t even suit up threw for the first three ads. Then Dan Whitaker a pile driving fullback and the game s offensive map and tailback Rich Remondino scored on 17 and 20 Yard dashes respectively for the other ram touchdowns. Wally Christensen booted four extra Points before missing on his fifth try. It was the Only thing the rams five second Drill ballooned . Lead by Mike Korcek staff writer Rhein main Germany is Johnny Unitas mastered the two minute Drill. Rhode Island does it in five seconds. Hazam. Uri crossed the Safe goal line twice in that time Span at the close of the first half. Holy moly from 7-0, Jack Gregory s Yankee conference runner ups jumped into a some what insurmountable 21-0 Lead. When you win 34-6, those five seconds May not mean the tur key bowl. Gregory would beg to differ. That 21-0 at halftime made All the difference the ram taskmaster. Understated. That made the whole Ball game. The break to Campbell Fum bled the Uri Kickoff on the Safe 18-Yard line meant that third to an 18-Yard pass from Paul Ryan to Kim Conlee we Don t get that it s 14-0. Safe gets the Ball in the Sec Ond half and scores they re Back in the  Ryan pulled the Billy Batson Captain Marvel transformation in route to that 21-0 margin. The 6-0, 192-Pound Junior quarterback completed his last five passes of the opening half three for scores. Talk about conserving Energy. Ryan hit Conlee for the 2 Yard first to then two More bullets to Mike Matkevich and Bill Britt. The Matkevich and Britt completions helped in the seven play 74-Yard ram March that culminated at four for four. Ryan split the seam to half Back Dan Weed for a 10-Yard touchdown with 52 seconds left in the half. Before Safe could utter Hazam itself Campbell lost the ensuing Kickoff and Ryan immediately teamed up with Conlee again for 18 More and a  to that 5-for-5, Ryan was continued on Page 26. Were to miss the whole after noon. After a scoreless first Quarter the rams got it together for their three to outburst in the second period with Tony Votta s Brilliant 29-Yard punt return igniting the first scoring drive. Votta took Woolley s punt on the Safe 49 and behind great downfield blocking by the rams dashed to the All Star 20 where upper Heyford s Charlie Porter collared him to save the touch Down. But the rams vexed by their erratic play in the first period wasted Little time in capitalizing on Votta s run. Ryan immediately went to the airways missed twice and then hit split end Kim Conlee with a 20-Yard shot in the Corner of the end zone As the All Star secon Dary was guilty of the first of their Many lapses. Christensen upped it to 7-0 and the rams were off and winging. Four minutes later they were in again with Ryan hitting Danny Weed the Fleet flanker with a 10 Yard shot that culminated a 74 Yard drive in seven plays. The rams had gained Possession after a Woolley punt on their own 26 and on the first play from scrimmage Whitaker burst Over the Middle on a trap play and raced 53 Yards to the Safe 21, where Rhine main s edger Bird caught him from be Hind to save the score. A penalty moved them Back to the 35 but Glenn Miller got two Back before Ryan again went to the air hitting Mike Matkevich for 11 Yards to the 20 and then connected with Bill Britt for a nine yarder to the 11. Remondino lost two before All Star Rich Woolley. 90-Yard interception Whitaker worked it to the 10 from where Ryan teamed up with Weed for the rams s second score. Christensen booted the try for extra Point through and the rams were up 14-0 seconds later it was 21-0 when to Campbell upper Heyford bobbled the ensuing Kickoff and Mark Occhipinti recovered for the rams on the Safe 18 with 41 seconds left in the half. Ryan who lost his Quarter backing Job this season to Crone wasted no time in getting the third ram score his first Call was a pass to Conlee and the 6-3, 200-Pounder slipped behind the All Star secondary to gather in Ryan s Aerial without a defender near him. Christensen made it 21-0 just one series of plays be fore intermission. The rams came out after the halftime and were marching to Ward another score when Wool Ley stepped in front of Conlee and waylaid a Ryan pass on his own 10. The 185-Pound defensive Back who was used on the offence by the flyers during the regular season streaked up the right sideline collecting a Wall of blockers As he neared Midfield. He was in the Clear at the 20 and the last ram to get a shot at him missed on the 10 and Wolley was continued on Page 26 stars were in game briefly by Aubrey Robinson staff writer Rhein main Germany is the ending came Early for the Safe All stars with score still holding at 0-0. The All stars won the toss of the Coin and received. On the first play of the Turkey bowl game Joe hurry took a pitch out and ripped 15 Yards. First Down Safe. But Richard Woolley is forced to punt to the Rhode Island rams. Charlie Porter stopped a 51-Yard Rhody push to the Safe 14 by sacking Quarter Back Paul Ryan for a 12-Yard loss. Rhode Island s Wally Christen sen missed a 45-Yard Field goal try. All Star Possession and an other All Star first Down. But Woolley is forced to punt away again. The stars defense held and a ram punt sailed out of Bounds at Safe s 40. Excellent Field position. Quarterback Bill Duffy with third-and-16 passed Down the right sideline. The Ball sailed just off the fingertips of Bill Scheible at the ram 43."after that pass i thought we would do All right Duffy said later. There was rip pass Rush and the pass barely  but they adjusted  he snapped his fingers saying we did t get another  except maybe on the very next play. Woolley Back to punt ran in Stead. All the Way to the ram 28 oops. Officials ruled he stepped out of Bounds at Safe s 48 t two Yards shy of a first Down. They were pinching their ends. I took a look and decided to go Woolley  s no doubt that Call continued on Page 26j