European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 but wham bams still on top the electronic scoreboard at veterans stadium in Philadelphia flashed the information for everybody in the Ballpark to Wilbert Montgomery had broken Steve Van Huron the news touched off a Roar of acclamation among the on which televised last sundays pfc championship playoff Between the Philadelphia eagles and Dallas cowboys also informed its viewers of what Montgomery had so now the whole country but hold on a a review of the games statistics necessitated a it turned out Montgomery haunt broken Van Burens Al time Rushing record for a championship game after Van Buren had set the Mark when he was with the eagles in 1949 by Rushing for 196 Yards tin their nil title game with the rams in los when Montgomery went off tackle for 11 Yards late in the fourth Quarter of sundays he Origi Nally was credited with a total of 199 which would have Given him the but a recheck showed he had run for no gain on the previous play and then the Ball rolled Forward 5 where it was recovered by eagles Center Guy and Montgomery at first had been Given credit for that under the he want actually entitled to those 5 and when the game ended he had a total of plenty but still 2 Yards Short of Van Burens championship game Steve Van who led the nil in Rushing in 1948 and 1949 and still holds the eagles team record for most Yards gained Rushing life is 61 years old now follows the fortunes of his old team although he Doest get to too Many of their he was at last sundays As a Spe Cial guest of the who Felt it would be Nice if he was on hand were they to win their conference which they did by beating the cowboys Van Buren showed up with his 11yearold grand and both were guests at a pregame Brunch in the eagles offices behind the press Van or As the writers dubbed him during his playing sat directly alongside Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia during the Brunch and when he noticed the name tag saying his Eminence Cardinal Krol almost in front of his own he was careful to move it Over a so people wont think in the he laughingly when Van Buren brought his grandson Back Home to his after the every body in the House was Happy the eagles had Van Buren had predicted they go All the Way to the super bowl much earlier in the they broke your didst they said his who had watched the game on she was unaware a recheck of the statistics proved Montgomery ended up 2 Yards they Van Buren answered he so he didst get credit for a few for Steve Van born in and raised in new that was a Bic he never was one of those ballplayers who had a lot to say he always stayed More or less in a but of could he run with that Ball during his eight seasons with the there we rent Many better runners in the and now with his old team heading for the super bowl in new its completely appropriate that his old plans to Honor him in Baton Rouge next he has four and Lynaire the one who thought Montgomery had broken his has this to say about her father i have the feeling he woul Dve Felt bad about it had his record been but had that happened and had i asked him How he he woul Dve said he Felt i know my Bosh who played in the same Backfield with Van Buren with the knows him Pritchard is the executive director of the canuso which raises Money in Ber for leukaemia research for childrens Hospi he also played some defense and says people always ask him who was the toughest Man he Ever had to i Tell pm Steve Van Buren in he he was the there was hardly any Way to bring him id like to say one other too about Dick the eagles pre sent not Only did he do an outstanding Job As coach fits but he happens to be an outstand ing person along with i dont want people thinking we old timers dont appreciate some of these new i have nothing but admiration for Dick ver Meil and All the present Philadelphia you can Tell pm the eagles alumni Are mighty proud of United press International celtics rally to defeat 9389 continued from Page 21 fed Center Robert Parish with a pass near the and the 7footer converted for a three Point Boston Bird iced the game with his Long Range jumper with one minute the Victory gave the celtics a 359 re putting them just games behind the Philadelphia 76ers in the Tough Atlan tic the kicks again fell victim to anaemic scoring from their losing the Battle to Bostons reserves the kicks Ray Williams led All scorers with 26 but new York scored Only one Field goal in the last elsewhere in the Aba lakers Cavaliers 104 Kareem Abduljabba scored eight of los Angeles last 10 Points in route to a 29point performance and Norm Nixon added 25 Points to rally the Bucks pistons 96 Marques Johnson scored 24 Points and Junior Bridgeman added 22 to hand the pistons their fifth straight trailing 4941 at the Bucks outscored Detroit 4119 in the third period behind Mickey Johnsons 10 Rookie Keith Herron led Detroit with Mavericks bulls 106 the expansion Mavericks won their seventh game of the season and handed Chi Cago its third consecutive Bill Robin Zine scored 26 Points and Abdul Jeelani rallied Dallas with 16 in the final David Greenwood had 26 for the suns supersonics 99 Walter Davis and Dennis Johnson combined for seven Points in the last to Power truck Robinson scored 22 to Lead and Paul Westphal was High for Seattle with nuggets Hawks 132 Alex English scored 36 Points and blocked a Las second three Point attempt to give Denver a foul plagued the Hawks lost their sixth in a Bostons Rick Middleton manages to slip one past Detroit goalie Larry Lozinski late reaction by red wings defender gave Bruins an Early Lead records fall As islanders Zap penguins by United press International the records May be falling faster than the charter members of the Ayatollah fan Mike Bossy definitely tied one May have tied another and will quite Possi Bly break the most glorious one of All after nil Roundup scoring four goals tuesday night including three on Power plays to give the new York islanders a 63 Victory Over the Pittsburgh Bossy s seventh hat trick of the season tied a Mark held by several players and last set by Phil Esposito and his three pow replay goals in one game had everyone scurrying for the record which really never kept such a statistic until Only a few years but the one Bossy is looking for will take a bit longer to reach and then the record currently belongs to who 76 goals 10 years ago As a member of the Boston at his cur rent who has 45 goals in 46 will eclipse the Mark so Many peo ple Felt would never be ill do my Best to get the said but i dont want a personal goal of mine coming Between us and i dont want anyone to jeopardize the team and its Chance of winning by giving me the in other games Nordques jets 3 Michel Goulet scored two including the equalizer at of the third Peri to lift Quebec to its Goulet took a pass from Larry Lariviere in the Slot and slipped his 19th goal be teen Markus Matt sons Goulet scored his first goal of the game on a Solo Effort at of the second red wings Bruins 3 Paul Woods fired in a Short Backhander with left in the game to earn de troit one Point and a the who extended their undefeated Streak to five took the Lead at of the third period on Brad Mccrimmons rangers flames 4 Ron Ron Duguay and Dave silk scored third period goals to lift new the rangers battled Back from a 3 1 deficit after the second period to stun the capacity crowd in Willy Plett scored a pair of goals for the flames and Kent Nilsson and Don lever scored one canucks Rockies 3 Brent Ashton scored two goals just 45 seconds apart late in the third period to gain Vancouver its
