European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes june 1985 flutes numbers were Only but Michaels has High Hopes for him by Tom can a Van East a Doug Flutie has bruised passing a broken Collarbone and a lot of the prob lems of less heralded he Hast turned out to be quite the superstar that new Jersey generals owner Donald Trump sought when he paid million to sign Flutie last Flutie has a surprising sense of accomplishment about a first season that May now be looking it has been Flutie were a game out of first place and weve made the if you had told me in my Rookie season we would be going to the i would have been quite the generals have been successful this United states football league the Best team Trump could buy is 115 with two regular season games but it is a playoff in which Flutie May not he will be sidelined at least for the remainder of the regular season with the broken Collarbone suffered june 1 in a game against and its question Able whether he will return for the Post Flutie had a lot going for him coming into the there was a Long line of plaudits for the 5foot9 Boston College he was a consensus All a Heisman trophy Good intelligent and Tal but through 15 games this flu tic completed 134 of 281 passes for Yards and 13 that was Only a 48 percent completion and Flutie was Lith in the leagues quarterback the generals Are last in the Usel in file photo Rookie Doug Flutie it has been successful you have to remember he is still a Rook generals coach Walt Michaels you cant slice it any other with the other professional league the National football league you would say he has no business but in this he is a Rookie and we Are using him the Best Way we know and for the that Means hand ing the Ball off to Herschel the clubs other Heisman trophy who surpassed Eric Dickerson professional sin Gle season Rushing record of Yards with a 162yard performance monday night in a Victory Over Jacksonville that gave him a total of Yards for the i think Flutie has certainly done All the things new Jersey was looking for when they signed Memphis coach Pepper Rodgers he is a great Bootleg runner who can throw the play action and he has Herschel to fake to and give i think they Are doing exactly the right the generals have utilized flutes quickness and his ability on the Roll out and Bootleg to open things up for flu who has 465 Yards said he has made it has been a different experience for me because now i am with a running foot Ball team As opposed to a passing said who set the Caas career passing and offence records with Boston the biggest change for Flutie has been becoming a controlled at Boston i reached Back and threw the Ball throwing for 20to 25 Yards a play rather than dumping it he you have to be a Little More careful in the its More a Field Posi tintype of game where you Are worrying about turnovers and being in decent Field in More used to getting the Ball and trying to the curtailing of his passing and his poor passing performance this season has not taken away flutes Confidence in his ability i would have liked to have thrown for a higher but it really Doest matter if we Are he As a Sophomore in i was third or fourth in the nation in total but i threw for 46 percent and had 20 intercept it takes in my senior i threw for 60 percent with Only 11 or 12 intercept so it takes time for that Type of efficiency to come generals tight end Jeff Spek has seen his pass receptions drop from 45 last season with Brian Sipe at quarterback to a figure in the teens this year with but he thinks Flutie will he has a remarkable sense of where everybody is on the both defensively and Spek he has accommodated himself in learning the of learning to hit his receivers on the break versus in the beginning of the season he did not know where he wanted to flutes greatest sense of accomplishment this year has been leading the generals to comeback victories Over Tampa los Angeles and i Haven been the Workhorse of the he Herschel and hers chel is the Guy we turn to most of the but when the situation has called for it at the end of a game when we have been i have been Able to do the Job and pull it that what i am most proud of this and that what is most encouraging to i think we have just begun to scratch the surface with said we keep forgetting he is a Rookie and is still 87thranked player upsets Connors London a Mike a bearded american from smashed Down 10 aces wednesday and knocked Jimmy the 1 out of the Queens club grass court Tennis tournament with a 6 1 that certainly the Best Ive Ever said ranked Only 87 in the world and a qualifier for this important pre Wimbledon it was a real Honor to play i Felt it was a great Opportunity for me since Ive been playing pretty Well he Depalmer reached the semifinal of a Cla court tournament in earlier this year and almost caused an upset at last weeks French open championships when he won the first two sets against Joa Kim Nystrom in the second round but could not finish off the 7 seed from those performances pushed Depalmer up 40 places in the world rankings and he oozed Confidence As he blasted Connors off the court in 72 Connors began with a break of serve and built up a 31 Lead in the swirling wind at a sparsely filled Queens but after a tentative Depalmer quickly got into the served three aces in one game for a 43 Lead and took volleying crisply and going for the lines with his Depalmer kept Connors pinned Back and although he missed a set Point at he had two More two games later and won the set in the second Depalmer raced into a 41 Lead after winning 12 successive Points As his opponent became even More he dropped Only four Points on serve throughout the second set and won the match with a powerful who reached 32 in the world two years ago and is aiming to get Back received some More Good news after his Victory Over Ive just found out that i do not have to qualify for he its been a very Good week so who won this event in 1982 and tried to explain his Lack of concent a in still in he referring to the French played on slow the Way i let the Ball come to me in Stead of attacking in still playing on the my grass court activity has been next to he i arrived i struggled to get some practice on monday and then my match yesterday was washed out by rain and i got no practice at after suffering Only his third first round loss in and a half Connors said he was debating whether to take a Short break from the game before returning for i May go Back Home or stay around i May play some Golf or go lie on a Ive got about 15 he i feel Europe out to the Point where in so far away from Home that just to spend a couple of Days in my Home Environ ment would probably be Good for Connors said there was no Chance of him missing Wimbledon but added if i do go it might be difficult to come Back so id leave All my bags id be forced to the Point in just stuck Here now and practising and practising wears thin after a in another first round match wednes Tim the 5 seed from the United came from behind to defeat the Gutsy Cassio 1984 Safe soccer Champ ousted Raf England there will be a new Safe soccer Champi on this last years the Torrejon were drummed out of the Safe championships Here wednesday by the upper Heyford sky Kings in the other wednesday Benwa ters Forward Bryan cuellor went on a Binge by scoring four goals in the Maruard ers 72 Triumph Over san san Vito also was eliminated in the six round Robin Ben Waters and upper Heyford both finished second in their respective divisions and will now take on the winners of the Ramstein and re thursday is an off on Friday at 1 we Bruecken meets upper Heyford and Ramstein faces Ben Waters at 3 the winners Square off for the on ship sunday at 1 the sky Kings win Over Torrejon was called the Best game of the tournament so Dave Glinka scored into the first half to give the sky Kings a 10 Lead which held up at Torrejon knotted the score at of the second but Ken Connor scored the with an excellent assist from Rob Ert at upper Heyford goalie John Nicholas made some Good Mike Kroeber was the goalie for five goals were scored in the first half of the Benwa Tressan Vito cuellor collected a pair in each it was Bis penalty kick goal at of the first half that gave Ben Waters a 32 Lead at cuellor scored the first two goals of the second half to put the game out of they came at and Ben Waters Robert who had a first half goal at scored a second goal in the second half at to make the score the final tally was by Ross Barford at who missed several Good chances for More scored the games first goal at san Vito got the next two by Jose Torres at and Jeff Bailey at for a 21 Lead that lasted Only four minutes be fore Kelley tallied his first the goalies were Ben Waters Frank i Gregono and san Vitos Ivy