European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 18. 1980 the stars and stripes Page 21 s Cou Ciuci Joe Carnic Elu up1 Ceca the sports editor professional football i a game which require a Good Deal of courage but Gary Danielson t performance sunday was above and beyond the Call of Doty. Danielson not Only had to face the phys ical abuse an nil quarterback receives during a game but he also had to Deal with the mental anxiety of knowing his infant daughter had died of a heart ailment just a few Dayi ago. But courage is something that has been Danielson s trademark throughout his pro career. He struggled through some dismal years with the new York stars of the world football league in a depression Era relic of a stadium on Randalls Island in new York. He fought Back from football oblivion two years ago to win a starting Job with the Detroit Lions but had to do it again this year after suffering a severe knee in jury that forced him to miss All of Las season. And on sunday  turned in another courageous performance helping the Lions to a 29-7 Victory Over the Green Bay packers. The Victory was Detroit s nil Roundup second this season and equated the Lions entire total for last year. Danielson combined with Rookie san a lion Billy Sims the no. 1 pick in the nil draft on an 87-Yard touchdown pass to help the Lions to Victory. Rookie de Mur Ray kicked five Field goals and Sims who gained 134 Yards on 20 carries also scored on a i Yard  s 9-Day old daughter Kaity died thursday of a heart ailment but he showed up for practice saturday and decided to play sunday after a Long talk with his wife.  talked to my wife and we made the decision together said Danielson. We both decided we had to go on. It Hurt a lot inside but i had to show Kristie that life goes  fought so hard and i told Kristie life must really be Worth living. Kaity heart stopped beating a couple times and her blood pressure stopped but she kept on fighting until the end. It s something i Hope i never have to go through  Danielson completed 1 l-of-17 passes for 246 Yards. I thought Gary deserved a lot of credit said coach Monte Clark. Just to show up for practice was beyond the Call of duty. The Job he did under those and verse conditions was just  Murray a seventh round draft Choice Lions from Tulane. Kicked Field goals of 32, 39, 43, 42 and 23 Yards. The packers who dropped to la scored their Only touch Down on a 5-Yard run by Eddie Lee Ivory. The Lions who have now scored 70 Points in their first two games pulled away to a 16-7 halftime Lead and continued to dominate the packers in the second half. In other games it was Pittsburgh 20, Baltimore 17 Atlanta 37, new England 21 Buffalo 20, new York jets 10 Phila Delphia 42. Minnesota 7 Chicago 22. New Orleans 3 Seattle 17. Kansas City 16 Miami 17, Cincinnati 16 Denver 41, dal Las 20 san Diego 30. Oakland 24 in Over time Washington 23, new York giants 21, and san Francisco 24, St. Louis 21 in overtime. Tampa Bay edged los Angeles 10-9 thursday night and Houston was at continued on Page 22 laryngitis muffled voice 49er a a wired for sound san Francisco a Sieve de Berg s voice was reduced to a whisper by laryngitis but the san Francisco quarterback called signals through a microphone sunday and passed for 266 Yards in the 49crs 24-21 overtime Victory Over St. Louis. Do Borg after untiring himself in the 49crs locker room croaked later it worked Well but toward the end of the game when the crowd was getting loud the receivers had difficulty hearing  do Borg s Handicap was Well publicized before the game and some of the 49ers fans were Yelling Quick quiet to louder Root ers Early in the game when Delberg was Barking signals at the line of scrimmage. Coach Bill Walsh said his signals on two key plays were  by line men and once it might have Cost us a  it worked  said running Back Paul Hofer whose 26-Yard touchdown run in the final minute of the fourth Quarter sent the game into overtime. The backs could hear Well but i m sure the wide receivers had problems hearing any audibles. It s the Best we could do under the  voice amplifying equipment provided by an electronics firm in the area consisted of a Battery pack unit in the shoulder pads a microphone in the helmet and an amplifier on do Borg s Chest. Steve played his usual excellent football game Walsh said of the quarterback who performing under the unusual conditions threw two touchdown passes in the game and completed two passes for 24 Yards on the drive leading to Ray Wersching s Over Lime Field goal. At $1 million or 77-78 season stoc Dyberg with Mike on helmet. Device helped 49cr teammates hear his signals Rockies tried to rent soviet team Denver up the general manager of the Colorado Rockies says he at tempted to rent the entire soviet National nil season and Only two months ago made a plea for a few of the russian stars. Ray Miron said sunday that he wanted to suit the russians up As the Colorado Rockies in 1977 but Munson Campbell Rockies vice president was so aghast at the proposed Price that he squelched any offer and the project died. Miron also said in june he wrote Andrei Starovoytov chairman of the soviet Union s ice hockey federation and gave him a list of 0 soviet stars the Rockies would like to rent for the 1980-81 season. Among those on the list was Boris Michailov. Miron said he thought of the unique Sal in 1977 at the world Tournai team for $1 million during the 1977-78 sports proposal i i Ai inc worm Izui a Man in Vienna when the czech team won us Nurce players of High technique and quire russian hockey players was june 17 when he wrote Claro Voytov and told him of the Rockies difficult times in the past few  i feel that the addition of one or two or and Russia was unhappy at finishing Sec  were having trouble getting players at that time so Why not make an offer to the russians he said. Miron said Colorado probably could have sold 10,000 season tickets before the sea son Ever started. And at that time there was a lot of interest in hockey about the russian his most recent attempt to a Jw-5lai a rips sports Yankees win boost Lead to 5 As o s lose by Ken Rappoport a sports writer Ron Davis docs l get the publicity but he docs it the  Don t mind whether people know that i m winning or losing games just so Long As the team wins says Davis. While not getting As much notice As his More illustrious bullpen mate. Rich gos Sage the Pencil thin right hander Conlin Al Roundup us to pitch Strong baseball As he did sunday with 4 / inner res of hit less Relief against the Boston red sox. That helped provide the Yankees with a 5-3 Victory and greatly improved their chances of winning the american league East title. Coupled with Baltimore s 4-3 loss to Toronto in 13 innings the Yankees improved their Lead in the East to five games Over the orioles. Davis had a 14-2 record with nine saves As a Rookie reliever last year coming up from the minors when Gossage was Hurt Early in the season. This year he s 8-3 with six  that he s Back i m sort of a middleman and it does t bother me a bit said Davis. He s the Best Pitcher in base Ball and he makes it a lot easier for me just knowing he s out there if i get into any  struck out four and had Only one Brief lapse sunday. He walked Glenn Hoffman to Start the Boston seventh and then threw two balls to Rick Burleson. I got a Little too relaxed after they continued on Page 251 ability would help us fulfil this difficult task of improving Miron  Miron said the soviets replied july 30 win an unequivocal no. Well anal the hell Miron said. I did t think so but what the hell. If they Ever do think about such a thing Well have been first and maybe they la remember. And it was Worth a try. What the hell he said. It Only Cost a  Breff s Bat sunday did not play average .396 games left 18