European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 nil violence Stingley tragic injury raises questions on dealing with Bru Lafity in pro football sports commentary by William Wallace new York not Darryl sting Ley lies in Eden Hospital in Castro with a spinal fracture and Little movement in any part of his he is not going anywhere for some time and his the new eng land will be going on without so will the National football but sign Glens tragic injury and possible permanent paralysis again hits the nil hard in one of its most sensitive Stingley went Down in an exhibition game the patriots won from the Oak land raiders last saturday night in the new England wide receiver was hit hard in the open Field by Jack the combative Raider safety Man whose nickname among his teammates is Black Stingley had reached High for an overthrown pass and was lilt As he came his body open and Ungro Tatum said it was the hardest hit i Ever made in i hit him with my head and they hit his i thought it was a Good football i thought he just had the wind knocked out of we dont like to see anyone but football is a Contact Tatums action was Legal under the which raises three Points 1 what kind of rules Are these under which a player can suffer such in juries 2 if Tatums hit was Why did not Stingley safety his such a serious injury 3 the under has added a seventh the Side this season and is experimenting during the preseason with an instant replay camera the idea is to exercise better control of action on the Al though Stingley injury would suggest that nil still has far to but no one need expect the nil to move quickly in the area of Rule changes or equipment improvements to upgrade Protection of the the present product s so acceptable that the three National Tel visor networks will pay million for the to rights Over the next four and a recent Survey confirmed that pro football is americas favorite sport on so there is no great push for change within the leagues competitors com where change people have for that the colleges and the pros follow the High school Rule adopted in 1976 that the first Contact in blocking or tackling cannot be made with the under that Tatums hit on sting Ley with his helmet would have been illegal and have drawn a penalty from one of the seven another hardly is that the outside of shoulder pads and helmet be that might have taken some of the sting from the tackles of who three times has won All league or Al conference people Are inclined to forget How tragic football injuries can few re member Mack Lee Chuck Howard Glenn or Stone All of whom died while Active players in the they were not celebrated play and few fun remember the Cir Hill of the chiefs died in 1965 while on the operating table for knee Hughes of the Detroit Lions died on the Field in 1971 because of a heart continued on Page 34 76ers dealing Mcginnis to Denver for draftee new York up the off again Deal sending Philadelphia George Mcginnis to Denver for Bobby Jones and Ralph Simpson has finally been Tybera coach Billy Cunningham said tues Day its not All put together but its All settled and we 11 be announcing it in the next Day or Cunningham said from where Aba players Are participating in the annual Maurice Stokes Cunningham said Philadel shias powerful will be sent to the nuggets for a 6foot9 Forward who specializes in defense Simp a 6foots plus a High draft the 76ers called a press conference for wednesday afternoon when they were expected to officially announce the which was conditionally made june it had not been completed because Mcginnis and who had approval clauses in their were seeking improve ments in their pacts before they would agree to the Cunningham said All three players con tracts had been sweetened in an Effort to end the Doug Philadelphia Allstar said he was pleased by the i think its great for the team to get somebody like Bobby Collins he should be a great complement to Doc 76ers Forward Julius Mcginnis will have a Chance to Start Over and hell do very Well with the i hot rangers Edge Chison on Zisk Homer Tymi Metully up sports writer the Texas rangers Are finally playing the Way they feel they could have been playing All season for the first time All year we believe in said Richie whose Home run was one of Only two Ranger in a 10 Victory Over the Chicago White were together As a team now and i feel like we Are in the Drivers five games behind the two time defend George Mcginnis to nuggets National league Roundup Valentine hrin9th clips giants by Ira Kaufman up sports writer fresh off sundays dynamic Victory 1 Over los the san Francisco giants tuesday gave renewed meaning to the Lyrica of slip sometimes a game just slip away of you before you know lamented san Francisco manager Joe Altobelli after the giants blew a 31 Lead in the eighth and Tot a decision to the expos on Ellis Valentines Home run two out in the Bottom of the the bitter wowing a wild 11 74 Victory War the dodgers dropped Francisco into a fat place be with us Angela in the National league Aube Ali removed Valentine Teter Jim Barr after seven innings Al pc ugh the Veteran right hander had Al my Only one run on six but reliever Moffitt handle the Prosper a yoga two run they were starting to get to Barr and i Fly prod he was so i took him Al our Relief pitching has been Sharp All year so i figured they would do the Job but they just did not have it Danel Evans hit a two run Homer in the first inning for the but the expos narrowed the deficit to 21 on Andre Daw sons rib single in the Mike ivies run scoring single in the eighth put san Francisco Back ahead by two before the expos tied the score in the Bottom of the Tony Perez greeted Moffitt with a double and scored on Warren Cromartiee Cromartie was erased on a double but Gary Carter better his 14th loser Charlie retired the first two batters in the ninth before Valen Tine slammed his 20th Homer far Over the Loftfield Hal pitched one inning for the he Altobelli expected Moffitt to come in and get six batters out in a Row their relievers have been doing things like that All said Montreal manager Dick but i feel we deserve the Victory because we had so Many chances to win it we threw away our chances and we gave them Valentine had his Chance in the and he hit it More than 400 from the crack of the Bat i knew it was out of Valentine i didst even bother to run until i saw it Over the Fence you get that feeling in batting practice and you know when its Gonna get in other no Chicago out slugged Atlanta 128 Cincinnati edged Pittsburgh 43 in 10 innings los Angeles nipped Phila Delphia 54 Louis routed Houston and new York beat san Diego braves 8 Bobby Murcer and Dave Kingman dubbed Bac Toback homers in the sixth inning to Cap an Uphill struggle for the on Page 22 Al Roundup ing Western division Champion Kansas City royals May not exactly rate As the Drivers but the rangers Are making they have won nine of and five in including the last four by one Jon Matlack was at his Best in the most recent allowing seven and fanning seven in beating Steve there was no Way i was going to lose that game no matter How Long i had to Matlack reflecting the Overall Confidence taking Over the i think everybody on the Field Felt we were going to keep everybody was talking on every there is More talk out there now than we have had at any Bunje this besides getting risks clutch seventh inning Home his 14th of the season and first in six the rangers played errorless continuing a recent trend continued on Page 21 ageless Rico Carty traded to Oakland for hurler Toronto up Rico a Veter an who seems to have lost Little of his Bat Ting talents Over the was traded by the Toronto Blue jays tuesday for Oak lands Veteran designated hitter Willie Horton and minor league Pitcher Phil huf who recently broke a Blue jays record for Home runs in a was hit Ting with knocking out 20 homers while driving in 68 in 104 the 39yearold Carty had tip including 16 while performing As the teams designated a Well travelled 35yearold slug Ger who starred for Many Yean with the Detroit will be playing for his third team this he started out with Cleveland and was traded to the where he has hit with three homers and 19 on the Horton has driven in 41 runs with eight Home a 6foot2 has been pitching for Vancouver of the Pacific coast where he has a 74 record with a 3 68
