European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 23 Grid pioneers left out in cold by nil they played in leather helmets or none at it Folk executive committee of an organization called the the shoes were High Cut and had wooden cleats the f National football league alumni it was size of the wants were made of Moleskin finn Mph Onmi non he tic Nih they played in leather helmets or none at the shoes were High Cut and had wooden cleats the size of the pants were made of Moleskin and the shirts had patches on the Only sissies wore no one had Ever heard of face if you haunt lost any the coaches knew you were no they played for a there was no no you tended your own there was no hot water but that didst matter because there were no towels they came to the Ballpark suited up in uniforms they had to launder if they wanted their games in the they took the Story Down to the sports it was usually a Good idea to take a bottle of they played for the Stapleton Dayton Trian Providence Canton Frankfort yellow jackets or Hartford they played wherever the bus broke these pro foot Ball if it was your you got your line out of the your Backfield out of a Pool Hall and your coaches out of the Marine there was no no self respecting College would let your representative on your game appealed Only to a hard Core of Nice people didst if you were a you played both there was no such entity As a special you played on punt Kickoff offence and everything in there were 16 men on a you were you helped build a you helped capture the Public when you came Only notre Dame army sold out the big ballparks in the big you were Alex Wojciechowic and Ken Strong and Greasy Neale and Jim Thorpe and Turk Edwards and Tuffy Leemans and dutch Clark and Ace and you clawed your Way to history by word of Jim Murray Howard Abc and lbs we rent there to there was no countdown to you took the Forward pass out of the Rule Book and put it in the you took a bythe numbers Gavotte and turned it into hard you turned it into a tribal rite where a whole nation would come to a Stop one sunday in january to watch the biggest on Day extravaganza since the christians and the you made a Pas Shehat business a billion Dollar and what do you get out of it a Pat on the an introduction at a Back table at a a few faded clippings in a Hometown but youre still playing for not you might even be in the Hall of info Stu you cant sleep for that too it might be warmer and cheaper than where they Are there might be someone there to do something about the arthritis in their Knees or the recurring you made the game what it is you May have memories to go with the what you dont have is a you if you played the game before youre a not for you any super pro bowl or intr league youre still playing out in the you dont get to be seen driving in one of those automobile you dont get in those comical Beer you dont even get a Gold pass to All the even the railroads used to Issue them to their old football makes Commodore Vanderbilt look like tiny i had lunch with Dick Daugherty the other Dick is an old a prel959er who is on the executive committee of an organization called the National football league alumni it was founded some years ago by the old Fordham and nil when he came upon an old dying and about to be evicted from a place you  want to live in in the first there were some 900 old time players at that time 623 Are still they were not All some were captains of Industry successful real estate company but some of them the great old buddy was in an sex quarterback with a daughter who had a catastrophic disease  pay the Hospital it want As if these Guys had squandered their they didst have any to when they played the you had to have a real Job on the at wolfes organization was greeted with hos it was considered a threat by both players and the league it didst help when it began filing Daugherty the organization is beginning to find last it had one of approximately 30 Golf tournaments it sponsors each it has although not All of them Are former football Bob Hope and president Reagan Are the organization raises Money not Only for old football players but also for Young kids and medical Bronski Alex Wojciechowic and the others found out that the Public haunt forgotten even if the game Guys who kept the flickering flame of the sport alive in the Days when it was considered the illegitimate offspring of the College game no longer have to wonder How to keep themselves As they had to do it As they As they los Angeles times stallions top generals Nab conference title by the associated press East Cliff Stoudt tossed a third Quarter touchdown and Ted Walton scored on a 46yard interception return As the Birmingham stallions Defeated the new Jersey Gener als 146 to capture the Eastern Confer ence title the Birmingham Victory snapped the generals 13game winning Streak at the stallions defense ended hers chel walkers string of Rushing for at least 100 Yards at 11 straight games by limiting the Star running Back to 73 Birmingham finished the regular season at new Jersey ended it at the stallions first round playoff game will be saturday at while new Jer Surl Roundup sey also will be at Home on monday their first round opponents were to be determined by the outcome of monday nights game Between Oakland and hous if Oakland Birmingham will play Houston and new Jersey will play Balti if Houston Tampa Bay will be at Birmingham while Denver will be at new Stoudt wiped out a 60 new Jersey halftime Lead by driving Birmingham 68 Yards in nine plays on its first Possession of the second Stoudt capped the drive by hitting Jim Smith on 3yard touchdown the 20th to reception for Smith this Walton increased the margin to 146 just picking off an errant Ron Reeves pass Over the Middle and then Tak ing off Down the right sideline untouched for the it was his first interception of the Roger Ruzek booted a 20field goal for new Jersey with left in the first Quarter and added a 48yard Field goal with left in the second in sundays other Usel games stars bandits 10 Baltimore Kelvin Bryant and Allen Harvin each scored twice to Lead Baltimore As the defending Usel Cham Pion winning for the fifth time in their last six built a 240 second Quarter Tampa which lost its fifth game in its last contributed to its own demise by turning the Ball Over on each of its first four gunslingers Breakers 13 san Texas running Back Don Roberts caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score As the gunslingers won for Only the second time in 10 san Antonio finished the season at Portland dropped to 612 with the the Breakers finished the game without starting quarterback Matt who sustained a bruised right rib Midway through the third Quarter and was forced to leave the Al from Page 21 the rangers scored twice in the once on Pete Briens 450foot Home the loss was the first in three games for Minnesota manager Ray orioles Brewers 3 Milwaukee Larry sheets Cli maxed a four run rally against Milwaukee reliever Rollie fingers in the eighth inning with a three run Homer to Pace Fred Lynns Solo Homer pulled the Ori Oles within 32 in the and Jim Dwyer led off the eighth by drawing a walk from one out Dwyer scored when Murray doubled and then took third on right fielder Ben Oglivie Lynn was intentionally walked before sheets hit a full count pitch for Bis ninth mariners royals 2 Kansas Bob Kearney and Spike Owen homered and Mike Moore teamed with de Vande Berg on a four hitter As Seattle completed a three game the visiting mariners rapped 12 including six and also Drew eight Jim Presley and Ivan Calderon each had two As indians 3 Carney lans Ford hit a two run Home run and Mike Heath doubled and singled As Oakland cruised past struggling Cleve heaths rib single in the fourth inning off Neal drove in the games first Heath had a run scoring triple in the sixth and came Home on a sacrifice Fly by Alfredo while Lansford hit his 11th Homer in the Chris got the Joe Carter homered for the no from Page 21 the the mets were guilty of three All in the third inning when the expos jumped to a 30 Lead with the help of Raines Phillies pirates 2 Philadelphia Juan Samuel scored on a throwing error the ninth As Philadelphia beat Samuel was hit by a pitch from pirate reliever Jim leading off the ninth and moved to Sec Ond when Winn Rick Schu then Bun Ted past third baseman Jim Morrison bar handed the Ball and threw wildly to allowing Samuel to the Phillies managed Only three hits in the including Home runs by Mike Schmidt and it was Thomas who also allowed the pirates to tie the score 22 in the eighth with an error at braves reds 1 Cincinnati Steve Bedrosian and two relievers teamed up on a four hitter to Lead Atlanta Over blanked the reds on one hit Over six yielding to Rick Camp in the seventh after giving up a pair of on out Camp pitched out of that and Bruce Sutter came on to give up a unearned run in the eighth to earn his 11th padres giants 1 san Diego Kurt Bevacqua belted his second grand slam of the year in the fifth and Dave Dravecky scattered nine hits As san Diego won its fourth consecutive struck out a career High nine batters while Only walking giving up the giants Only run on a ninth inning Homer by Rick two innings before Bevacqua hit his grand he had struck out in a similar situation off Atlee