European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 29, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 Tommy Thompson s car flips Over a Wall after colliding with John Barringer disgusting exhibition Fate of a race car Driver Bottom right during the last Lap of the mini indy 100 race at the Trenton n.j., Speedway. Thompson was critically injured in the Accident. A photo 12 ejected in Ranger flyer Brawl by Frank brow new York a left Wing Frank Beaton will be suspended for the first game of the National hockey league s regular season for being the first player of the new York rangers Bench in tuesday night s wild fight during an exhibition game against Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden. Nil executive vice president Brian o Neill told the associated press wednes Day that the suspension is automatic for any player judged to have led the charge off the Bench to enter a fight. O Neill made the statement before re turning to the league s Montreal head Quad no action. Continued from Page 25 Cleveland. Elsewhere in the Al Baltimore put away Cleveland 3-1 Seattle knocked off Kansas City 4-2 Texas throttled Minnesota 10-5 and California downed Milwaukee 4-1. Orioles 3, indians 1 Rookie Gary Roenicke drilled his third Home run and Doug Decinces stretched his hitting Streak to 17 games with a run scor ing single in the Oriole win. Dennis Marti Nez 15-11, won his seventh in the last nine starts. Mariners 4, royals 2 Ruppert Jones tripled Home two runs in the ninth inning to deny Paul Splittorff his 20th Victory. Splittorff 19-13, took a 2-1 Lead into the ninth when Tom Paciorek and Leon Roberts delivered 9ne-out singles and Jones tripled to the right Field 10, twins 5 Toby Harrah s 1,000th major league hit a three run Homer in the seventh Cli maxed a five run inning and rallied the rangers to Victory. Al Oliver added a two run single in the eighth for Texas. Angels 4, Brewers 1 Rick Miller drove in two runs with a bases loaded double in the fifth inning and Ken Landreaux delivered his second Homer in As Many games for California. Dave Frost 5-4, got the win with ninth inning Relief from Dave Laroche who notched his 25th save. Ters for further review of the Bench Clearing Brawl which caused a 21-minute delay in the exhibition game against the Philadelphia flyers. Seven flyers and five rangers were ejected for their roles in the Battle which o Neill called one of the most disgusting exhibitions of violence i have Ever seen in my 13 years of association with the nil. The fans were cheated because so Many players had to be expelled from the game. I am very much upset by what took place he continued. None of us in thenal has any use for that Type of behaviour. It has no place in the game. It was most Bench Clearing in any sport whether the players leave a baseball dugout or the Bench in any other sport has no place in any game added nil president John Ziegler. It tends to degrade the skills portrayed in the other 99 percent of the con doling out 38 minutes in penalties in the first 10 36 of the contest referee Bob Myers assessed 219 minutes More for the carnage which went from one end of the ice to the other. The officials hopelessly out manned by the combatants could do Little More than watch. The incident began in the right Wing Corner of the rangers attacking zone when new York s Anders Hedberg was High sticker by Philadelphia s Glen Coch Rane with 4 45 remaining in the period. Action shifted to the left Wing Corner where the players paired skated off the Bench and into the fray then Philadelphia s Bobby Clarke left his flyers followed their Captain and the rangers were Quick to even things up. New York left Wing Nick Fotiu who fought Philadelphia s Jim Cunningham just 59 seconds into the game grappled again with the bearded defens Eman Mike Mcewen squared off with feisty Center Ken Linse Man who earlier had ridiculed mild mannered new York Center Ulf Nilsson by pulling the sweater Over Nilsson s head and laughing at him for not throwing a punch in , flyers strongman Dave Hoyda faced Ron Duguay. That was a re match of the fight they began after Fotiu and Cunningham went at it 59 seconds into the on it went. Fotiu at one Point ushered to the penalty Box left it when the struggle continued. Again he traded punches with Cunningham. By then the face of Linesman Bob Hodges was smeared with blood his Reward for a futile attempt to make peace. Duguay dazed unable to help himself was left in the opposite Corner. Moments later Mcewen left the surface bleeding from a face wound. Seconds later new York goalie Jolin Davidson and right Wing Jim Troy who had been watching the game from the stands climbed Down onto the rangers players Bench to taunt their could not be restored. The min utes passed the challenges continued without regard to the damage already done. Myers stood and watched ultimately claiming a notepad from the Public address announcer to record each violent was later still when the penalties were announced rangers Fotiu Beaton Duguay Dave Maloney and Lucien Deb Lois were ejected. Flyers expelled were Cunningham Hoyda Paul Holmgren Andre Dupont Cochrane Linseman and Mel the goalies were penalized for leaving their crease to enter the action which Only through some Miracle did not become a , empowered by the Rule Book to do so suspended play and ordered the teams to their dressing ice was resurfaced and the rest of the game was played virtually without incident. The flyers won 4-3. Individual nil stats leading rushers Dorsett Dallas Campbell Houston Williams Miami Reed Kansas City Vaneeghen Oakland Reg guns Washington Montgomery Philadelphia Bussey Detroit Harris Pittsburgh Middleton Green Bay att. 79 75 62 60 74 74 69 65 87 77 Yards 450 399 370 366 358 358 348 344 317 304 avg. 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.1 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.3 3.6 3.9 ads 2 4 2 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 leading passers a. To 97 95 103 94 122 69 94 66 96 com. 46 63 50 59 55 72 42 53 30 56 yes. 641 883 678 880 634 920 414 797 371 645 tds6 58 7 6 9 1 6 4 4 8.019.10 7.14 8.54 6.74 7.54 6.0c 8.4e 5.65 6.72 Ferguson Buffalo Zorn Seattle Thesmann Wisconsin Bradshaw Pittsburgh Jaworski Philadelphia staubach Dallas Landry Detroit Todd . Jets Whitehurst Green Bay Fouts san Diego leading receivers avg. Reed. Yes. Gain to Galbreath new Orleans 28 221 7.9 0 Young Minnesota 24 186 7.8 2 Largent Seattle 1 353 16.8 2 Swann Pittsburgh 20 237 11.9 2 Owens new Orleans 18 259 14.4 1 Miller los Angeles 7 269 15.8 1 Woods san Diego 17 160 9.4 0 Foreman Minnesota 16 % 6.0 0 Gray St. Louis 15 254 16.9 1 Jessie los Angeles 15 242 16.1 1 Tilley St. Louis 15 208 13.9 0 leading punters Jennings . Giants Guy Oakland Ramsey . Jets Mcnally Cincinnati Green Tampa Bay no. Yes. Avg. 24 1091 45.5 19 815 42.9 727 1111 1446 17 26 34 42.842.7 42.5 Upchurch Denver Green Washington Reece Tampa Bay Henry Philadelphia Fuller san Diego leading punt returners no. 11 115 114 yes. 213 178 76 165 51 leading Kickoff returners no. Green Washington Washington Baltimore Payton Kansas City Brown Buffalo Dirden Houston yds.250 176175 234 213 avg.19.4 16.215.2 15.0 12.8 avg. 35.7 35.2 35.0 33.4 30.4 pro College football Odds Reno Nev. Up the weekend National football league and col lege Odds As posted by Harrah s Reno race and sports Book favorite pts opponent National football league Oakland Cincinnati new York giants Buffalo Miami new England Pittsburgh Minnesota Philadelphia Green Bay los Angeles Denver Dallas Cleveland Stanford California Southern Cal Washington state Auburn Colgate Nebraska Maryland Michigan notre Dame Ohio state Pittsburgh Kansas Syracuse Kansas state Oklahoma Wisconsin Washington Boston College Mississippi state South Carolina Florida state no Carolina state Arizona Texas Urcla 6 even 3 3 10 7 12 5 5 5 9 9 5 3 College 15 11 12 16 5 6 7 3 17 13 14 6 even 7 6 16 13 14 even 6 4 6 13 5 15 15 Chicago san Francisco Atlanta Kansas City St. Louis san Diego new York jets Tampa Bay Baltimore Detroit new Orleans Seattle Washington Houston Tulane West Virginia Michigan state army Tennessee Cornell Indiana Kentucky Duke Purdue Baylor North Carolina Miami Fla Illinois air Force Missouri Oregon Oregon state Navy Florida Georgia Houston Forest Iowa Texas tech Minnesota sex card Smith joins Dallas St. Louis a Jackie Smith who retired from the St. Louis cardinals in de Cember 1977 after 15 years with the nation Al football league club has signed with the Dallas cowboys his wife Gerri s excited about it mrs. Smith said Here wednesday night shortly after talking with her husband. It s just wild. I can hardly believe the cowboys lost backup tight end Jay Saldi who suffered a fractured Arm on a Kickoff sunday against St. Louis and they wasted no time in finding a replacement. Mrs. Smith said Dallas vice president Gil Brandt first got in touch with her husband tuesday at the Smiths restaurant in St. Louis county. Details of the contract were not known
