European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 10,1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 Yates Coxe Lead i Hawks to 19-0 prep Victory Over bad Kreuz Nach by Ben Abramss a prep sports editor Hahn Germany is the Hahn i Hawks sparked by the Power running of newcomer Bill Yates and John Coxe opened the 1977 Dodd eur football season Here Friday by whipping the bad Kreuz Nach bearcats 19-0, in a non Confer ence game spiced with Many errors and Many penalties. It was a Case of first game jitters for both clubs new coach Rick Boeglin of the i Hawks said. Both teams made too Many mistakes and we had too Many penalties but i thought our defense was Good when it had to  that the defense was Good when it had to be was emphasized by the fact that it picked off five passes caused nine fumbles three of which were recovered to break up bad Kreuz Nach drives and allowed Only three pass completions All Day. Yates scored the first touchdown on a seven Yard Jaunt and Coxe who also kept the bearcats in difficulty with several Fine punts added the last two each coming from eight Yards away. He also booted the game s Only conversion. Yates accounted for 85 Yards in 14 car Ries and Coxe notched 84 in 17 As the i Hawks ran up 189 Yards for scrimmage. Both also were Hurt statistically when Sev eral Long gainers were negated by the rash of penalties. The i Hawks were hit for 135 Yards while bad Kreuz Nach was nailed for 87v2. Lee Albritton picked off a John such pass to get Hahn s first touchdown drive in gear on the Home team s 42. Twelve plays later Yates followed a 14-Yard pass from Gary Mcbride to Albritton with an explosion Over tackle for his score. After an Exchange of fumbles Hahn marched 77 Yards for its next score. Yates started it with a seven yarder and added a 17-Yard Lope in the Middle and Coxe car ried for 13 and seven before blasting inside left end cutting to the sideline and going Over for his first score. Bad Kreuz Nach squandered away a Power runner John Coxe. Scores last 2 ads newcomer Bill Yates. Gets i Hawks going 3 top nil veterans let go As clubs trim to meet player limit by the associated press veterans John Gilliam Howard Stevens and Pete Banaszak were among players released thursday As National football league teams pared their rosters trying to get Down to this week s player limit of48. The Atlanta Falcons released Gilliam a three time All pro selection at wide receiver. It certainly does t please me to have to let players of this stature go Atlanta coach Leeman Bennett said but our younger players have responded so Well i Felt it was in the Best interest of the team to make this  the 31-year-old Gilliam beginning his Lith season formerly played with the Minnesota Vikings and the St. Louis cardinals. He came to Atlanta a year ago after play ing out his option with the Vikings. Elsewhere Stevens the mighty mite who seemed to run under would be tacklers on kick returns was Cut by the Baltimore Colts. Banaszak a running Back who scored two touchdowns in Oakland s 32-14 super bowl Victory last year Over Minnesota was waived by the raiders. I m not worked up or alarmed Banaszak said. All i know is i la be Here  along with Banaszak the raiders waived Veteran tight end Warren Bank Ston. The Colts also Cut Reserve defensive Back Randy Hall and Rookie offensive end Angelo Wells. Along with Gilliam the Vikings released guard Royce Smith and claimed linebacker Ron Mccartney on waivers from the los Angeles rams. They also Cut wide receiver Lenny Willis and defensive Back Joe Blahak. The Cleveland Browns Cut their squad Down to the 48-Man limit by asking waivers on quarterback Terry Luck and placing receiver Steve Holden on the Reserve list. The St. Louis cardinals placed Rookie linebacker Rick Fenlaw on the injured re serve list and signed linebacker Tim Black. Defensive lineman Earl Jones was Cut by the Miami dolphins after having just signed with Miami tuesday. The Tampa Bay buccaneers Cut safety Ricky Davis and linebackers Aaron Ball and Steve Maughan and signed defensive tackle Bill Kollar who had been waived by the Cincinnati bengals. Wide receiver Mel Baker a three year Veteran who was a free agent was waived by the Buffalo Bills along with Quarter Back Fred Besana and linebacker Greg Morton. The new York giants asked waivers on wide receiver Don Zimmerman running Back . Jennings and Rick Volk a safety and placed running Back Marsh White on the injured Reserve list. Couple of minor scoring threats late in the opening period and Early in the second Quarter losing the Ball once on a Fumble and once More on another interception. The two clubs played Fumble itis for most of the third period before Hahn finally held onto the Ball Long enough to get its final score with 43 seconds left in the third period. Rob strange gained Possession on a Fumble recovery on the bearcats 27. Hahn was penalized 15 Yards for offensive hold first Downs Yards Rushing Yards passing passes punts fumbles lost Yards penalized bearkats9 176 31 3-12-5 4-23.5 3 87w i Hawks 13 188 103 6-15-0 5-31.6 5 135 ing. Coxe picked up five Yards and then Mcbride hit Albritton with a 32-Yard to the five. After a mix up in the Backfield lost three Yards Coxe scored on a pitch out around left end. The same play for the Pat backfired when the Ball was thrown away. Bad Kreuz Nach s most serious threat came late in the first half when Lin hair Stone recovered a Hahn Fumble on the Hawks 20 after a Butch Cotton Field goal attempt from the 37 was Short. On the first play such hit Larry Mccall with a screen pass and the speedy Bearcat made it to the five before being pushed out of Bounds by Mcbride. But an illegal procedure penalty and a holding Levy terminated any bad Kreuz Nach scoring aspirations. End Mike Condon safety Bob Snelson linebacker Jim Mackeil linebacker David Ozgo nos guard Walter Brown end Joe Malloy linebacker Sam Radoman Coxe and Mcbride All played Sterling roles for Boeglin on defense. Bad Kreuz Nach s Workhorse was Butch gotten. He carried the Ball 24 times and picked up a net total of 72 Yards. His Statis tics Are a Little misleading because he was thrown for several big losses trying to get off halfback option passes in the midst of a Good Hahn pass Rushing Blitz. Daryl Mcgriff and  had a couple of Good gainers apiece but when things got Tough Cotten got the Call and after a while Hahn was keying on him and piling him up before he could get in gear. Hairstone Terry Carlson Joe Conway Mccall Mcgriff Phillip Humphreys and Willie Pearson sparkled on defense in defeat. The defeat ended a six game bad Kreuz Nach winning skein. The bearcats lost their opener to Ansbach last year and then finished untouched the rest of the Way As they gained a share of the Gold East championship. Bad Kreuz Nach 0 o 0 0 4 Hahn 13 0 6 0 1� Harv Yates j run Coxe kick. Hahncoxe8 run kick failed. Hahn Coxe 8 run run failed. Knee injury May end career of Bear tackle Chicago a Lionel Antoine the Chicago bears regular left tackle for the past three seasons and a second team All National football league Choice last year will miss the entire season because of a knee injury bears general manager Jim Finks said thursday. His career could be Over now said Finks. We re not going to kid  coach Jack Pardee said we Don t feel that Lionel has recovered enough from last year s injury. We Don t really know whether hell Ever play  Antoine 27, Hurt his left knee earlier in his career and aggravated the injury in the bears last game of the 1976 season against Denver. The bears placed him on the injured re serve list making him ineligible to play for the team this season. Three Way Battle seen for n pc East continued from Page 22 was the wild card representative. Lanry in his 17th season directed Dallas to an 11-3 record last season. He Hedges when asked if the cowboys have that same kind of team again. This is actually our rebuilding year said Landry. We Are changing front line people in the offensive line and at linebacker. I m no pundit. We have a Good Chance to make a run for  Fischer has bad Back problems and Hanburger recently underwent an appendectomy but Allen has a Way of overcoming adversity. The redskins 10-4 record in 1976 and a playoff berth is testimony enough. Kilmer will Start his 16th nil season after a Gutty performance last year in which he played with a damaged shoulder. Joe Theismann still is waiting in the wings. Veteran wide receiver Charley Taylor who sat out the 1976 season with a shoulder injury is Back. John Riggins and Calvin Hill give the redskins a bullish offensive Backfield but the big question Mark is whether the Washington defense can hold up. St. Louis with Jim Hart s passing Mel Gray s catching and Terry Metcalf s Dart ing runs should be Strong offensively. It s the defense that makes Cardinal fans shudder. The cards yielded 292 Yards per game last year. Coach Don Coryel has obtained Perry Smith from Green Bay to vie with Leo Nelson for Norm Thompson s cornerback Job. Thompson jumped to Green Bay the entire defensive line is Back. The giants were 3-11 last year and a break even season would be Welcome. The quarterbacking will be in new hands As Craig Morton was traded to Denver for signal caller Steve Ramsey. Philadelphia also can count on the return of quarterback roman Gabriel who missed last season with a knee injury. Gabriel needs Only 571 passing Yards to reach 30,000 for his career. Over All it looks like the usual three act play in the pfc East. Sutler continued from Page 24 Complete game and surrendered seven hits. It was the astros 12th win in the last 14 games. Pirates 9, cardinals 5 Dave Parker smashed a two run Homer to key a four run seventh inning which enabled the pirates to remain six games behind the first place Phillies in the no East. Al Oliver and Phil Garner also drove in two runs apiece for Pittsburgh while Larry Demery gained the win with two perfect innings of Relief. Dodgers 5, braves 4 Dusty Baker scored the winning run on Davey Lopes sacrifice Fly in the top of the Lith then saved the game in the Bottom of the inning by throwing out Rowland office at the plate. Office had tried to score from second on a base hit. After Baker s Lead off single in the Lith Manny Mot a delivered his 118th career Pinch hit to move into second place on the Al time list. Asl attendance rises new York up the american soccer league showed a slight Rise in at Tendance for 1977 with a total of 244,212 paid fans the Asl reported thursday. The figure does not include the sept 4 title game in which the new Jersey americans Defeated the Sacramento spirits it does represent a proportionate increase of 5.5 per cent Over 1976 with fewer teams play ing less games. For the second straight year the los Angeles sky Hawks topped the league in attendance with 43,493 for 10 Home games