European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 19, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 rams Deal cowboys 1st loss 27-14 i Yale Sachare i a sports writer the los Angeles rams led by Pat i Haden and an aggressive defense scored two touchdowns in the fourth Quarter and Defeated Dallas 27-14 sunday to Knock the defending Champion cowboys from the a s tonal football league s unbeaten  Haden threw a 43-Yard touchdown pass j nil Roundup to Willie Miller to snap a 14-14 tie then Rod Perry picked off a Roger staubach pass and ran it Back 43 Yards for the clinching touchdown with less than four minutes to play. The rams raised their record to 3-0. I Dallas is now 2-1 after its first loss in 10 games. Mets Blank Loop leaders the rams defense which has allowed just 28 Points in three games intercepted four staubach passes and limited Dallas Premier runner Tony Dorsett to 38 Yards in 19 carries. Four other clubs also posted their third victories of the season to join los Angeles As the nil s Only unbeaten teams. The Pittsburgh Steeles walloped the Cincinnati bengals 28-3, the Cleveland Browns beat the Atlanta Falcons 24-16, the Chicago bears blanked the Detroit Lions 19-0 and the Washington redskins Defeated the St. Louis cardinals 28-10. Besides Dallas two other clubs dropped off the list of the unbeaten. The new York jets were upset by the Seattle sea Hawks 24-17 and the Green Bay packers bowed to the Oakland raiders 28-3. In a major upset the Tampa Bay Bucca sues trip expos 5-3, Cut phils margin to 2 by United press International Dave Parker hit a three run Homer and Bert Blyleven and Kent Tekulve combined on a five hitter sunday to Lead the Pitts Burgh pirates to a 5-3 Triumph Over the Montreal expos and to within two games of first place in the National league s Eastern division. The pirates who scored their sixth straight win picked up a game on the first place Philadelphia Phillies who suffered a 2-0 loss to the new York mets. Parker who went 3-for-4 and raised his league leading batting average to .323, delivered his 27th Homer in the third inning following a single by Frank Taveras and a walk to Omar Moreno by Rudy May. The no Roundup pirates had scored their first run in the second inning when 240-Pound Veteran Willie Stargell stole Home on a double steal. Blyleven who struck out four and walked two in raising his record to 14-9, yielded a Homer to Warren Cromartie in the fifth. Tekulve took Over in the eighth and went the rest of the Way. In other National league games Chica go downed St. Louis 4-2 in a game called by rain in the seventh inning Atlanta nipped los Angeles 3-2, Cincinnati topped san Francisco 7-1 and san Diego edged hous ton 3-1. Mets 2, Phillies 0 Rookie Mike Bruhert pitched a four hitter for his first major league Complete game As the mets stalled the Phillies pen Nant  Mazzilli who had three hits opened the game with a double and scored on a single by Elliott Maddox. Maddox went to second on Larry Christenson s balk and scored on an error by third baseman Mike Schmidt. Cubs 4, cardinals 2 Ivan Dejesus had three singles and two rib sunday to Pace the cubs Over the cardinals. Dejesus hit in the fourth inning drove in Chicago s final two runs off loser Pete Vuckovich 12-12. Ray Burris 6-12, got the Victory after the game was called after a 1-hour and 16-minute wait. Braves 3t dodgers 2 Phil Niekro singled twice and drove in a run while hurling the braves past the dodgers for his 19th Victory. The win tied Niekro 19-15, with Gaylord Perry for the Lead in victories in the National league. Niekro who scattered 10 hits was relieved by Gene Garber with one out in the ninth. Garber picked up his 25th save while Burt Hooton 18-9, was tagged with the loss. Reds 7, giants 1 Paul Moskau pitched a four hitter and drove in four runs with a double and a single to Lead the reds Over the giants. Moskau who had a two hit shutout until Terry Whitfield opened the ninth with a Homer struck out eight and walked two. Bob Knepper 15-11, who had a one hitter until the seventh took the loss. The giants slipped to third place having lost eight of their nine  3, astros 1 Randy Jones and Rollie fingers teamed up to Stop the astros on seven hits and the padres cashed in on two errors in the third inning to score two runs. Jones 12-14, went the first seven innings and gave up six hits. Fingers came on in the eighth and picked up his 34th save tops in the majors. Mark Lemongello 9-14, was the loser. American league Roundup neers surprised the Minnesota Vikings 16 10. In other games the new York giants beat the Kansas City chiefs 26-10, the Phil Adelphia eagles topped the new Orleans saints 24-17, the Houston oilers edged the san Francisco 49ers 20-19, the Miami dolphins Defeated the Buffalo Bills 31-24 and the Denver Broncos beat the san Diego chargers 27-14. Baltimore was to play at new England monday night. Pat Haden. Snaps tie with to toss Pittsburgh s Terry Bradshaw riddled Cincinnati for 242 Yards completing 14 of 19 passing attempts. The Steeles roiled up 451 total Yards against the bengals who Are 0-3. Brian Sipe threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and Cleveland held on to beat Atlanta. Sipe also scored with 1 19 remaining when he picked up his own Fumble and ran it in from the 2. Chicago posted its ninth consecutive regular season Victory the first time the bears have done that since 1941-42, by scoring three times within a Span of just Over four minutes in the third Quarter. The barrage began with a 28-Yard Field goal by Bob Thomas then Tommy Hart tackled Detroit quarterback Greg Landry in the end zone for a safety. Bob Avellini followed with a 40-Yard bomb to wide receiver James Scott. Tony Green s 99-Yard Kickoff return in the first Quarter helped Washington defeat St. Louis. It was the second to retune in two weeks by Green a Rookie. Quarterback Jim Zorn sprinted to a first Down on a fake Field goal in the fourth period setting up fullback David Sims third touchdown run of the game that gave Seattle its Victory Over the jets. Sims gained 121 Yards on 23 carries and scored on runs of 3,3 and 2 Yards. Mark Vaneeghen rushed for 151 Yards and Arthur Whittington scored two touch Downs As Oakland which gained 348 Yards on the ground rolled Over Green Bay. Minnesota s Kevin Miller touched a punt deep in his own territory in the third Quarter but failed to cover the Ball and Tampa Bay recovered. On the next play Rookie Doug Williams threw a 5-Yard scoring pass to Morris Owens for the winning touch Down As the bucs won their first game of the season and dropped Minnesota to 1-2. Joe Pisarcik passed for two touchdowns in the first Quarter and set up a third score by Larry Csonka in the second period As the giants Defeated Kansas City 2g-10. Tony Reed rushed for 114 Yards in the chiefs Wing to attack which produced 365 continued on Page 24 Streck shoots wins Texas saves card by Gregg Thompson san Antonio Texas a obscure Young Ron Streck who came in to the Texas open in danger of losing his professional golfers association tour card roared out of the pack with a withering 8 under Par 62 in sunday s final round for a 1-stroke Victory. Streck 24, a second year pro from Tulsa okla., had to scramble Friday for a 67 that allowed him to make the Cut at even Par 140. He came into the tour s third to last tournament 156th on the Money list with $6,933, needing to finish either in the royals fatten Lead to 4/2 games by United press International the Kansas City royals took another stride toward the american league Western division title sunday but the Boston red sox stalled the new York Yan Kees drive in the East. Dennis Leonard pitched a five hitter and Frank White and George Brett hit consecutive homers in the third inning to Lead the royals to a 5-0 Victory Over Frank Tanana and the California Angels. The Victory in creased the royals Lead to 4vs games and reduced the magic number for winning third straight Western title to nine. White hit his sixth Homer of the  followed on the next pitch with his seventh Homer of the , 18-17, struck out three and did t walk a Batter As he pitched his fourth shutout and 18th Complete game. In other american league games Minnesota nipped Milwaukee 4-3, Baltimore blanked Toronto 5-0, Cleveland edged de troit 2-1, Texas beat Oakland 3-1 and Seattle topped Chicago also by 3-1red sox 7 Yankees 3 Jerry Remy Butch Hobson and car Yastrzemski drove in two runs each As the Streak. The win enabled the red sox to move to within 2% games of the Yankees. Ahead 3-1, the red sox clinched the Lyle in the eighth. George Scott s one run double and a two run double by Butch Hobson were the big blows of the  Eckersley won his 17th game with Relief help from Bob  4, Brewers 3 Minnesota prevented Milwaukee from gaining ground. Rod Carew scored the decisive run on an error by Pitcher Andy Replogle after opening the sixth inning with a Tanana a 17-game Winner retired the red sox snapped their five game losing single. Guy serum went the first seven in f. ,. In first eight Kansas City batters before Streak and new York s four game winning continued on Page 22 top 160 or win $10,000 to keep his card. He reeled off 5 birdies on the front nine and had 3 others on the final nine holes including one on no. 17 that gave him a 15 under Par total of 265 for the tournament. Streck s Victory was Worth $40,000. Lon Hinkle fashioned a 64 sunday to tie Hubert Green for second place at 14-under par266.texan Ben Crenshaw the 1973 Texas open Champion who led the Field after the third round bogeyed sunday s last Hole to slip to a final round 69 that dropped him behind Hinkle and Green. Streck whose Best finish on the tour was a 14th-place tie in july s Quad cities open captured the fancy of the crowd saturday by going 8 under Par after 10 holes. He finished with a 63 that put him 5 strokes off Crenshaw  s final two rounds of 63 and 62 on the 6,525-Yard Oak Hills country club course were the Best Back to Back rounds on the pea tour this year. I m still a Little bit in Shock i think said Streck. I barely made the Cut you know. I just wanted to put two Good rounds together to show everybody i could. I feel very very Lucky to win this year especially the Way i be been  Crenshaw who had to Birdie 3 of his last 5 holes saturday to Salvage the 70, missed a 10-foot Birdie putt on no. 17 that would have tied him for the Lead and then 3 putted the Par-3 18th Hole to drop into fourth , who has played the Oak Hills continued on Page 23