European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 another wire wire race anticipated in pfc East this season by Ira Rosenfeld Washington a the four teams that battled to the wire in the most exciting race in the National football league in 1984 Are ready for what looks like another season Long struggle in the National football conferences Eastern you can build a convincing Case for any team in the says Joe whose Washington redskins finished atop the division for the third straight year with an 115 were not just talking about Pete Rozelle parity we Are talking about Par Ity among teams of the highest adds quarterback Joe the new York Louis and Dallas All entered the final week with a Chance at the a Washington Victory Over Louis and a Dallas loss to Miami gave the redskins the division title and the giants a wild card playoff the divisions other 691 Phil recorded a 551 record Over its last 11 including a Victory Over Washington and on Point losses to super Bow bound Miami and the coach Tom Landry of which finished 97 last year to miss the playoffs for the first time since rates Washington As the team to beat after its then new York and i pick us i like that i like to come from be said whose 243 nil Ca reer coaching victories trails Only George Halas the redskins grind tout running game that has produced the Best record in the nil Over the past three years including playoff added George Rogers from new Orleans to team with Veteran John who has rushed for 38 touchdowns the last two when this team gets inside the 20 Yard it is going to be very Tough to said Redskin offensive line coach Joe redskins Joe Theismann has talented receivers getting to the 20 will be the Job of Theismann Yards and 24 touch Downs and a group of talented receivers led by Art who caught an nil record 106 passes last Charlie who made the pro bowl in 1982 and will Battle Calvin who had 42 receptions last despite averaging better than 30 Points a game the past two seasons with his Singleback Gibbs will Experiment with two backs and the Shotgun it will give the other teams that much More to prepare says whose winning percentage is tops among All Active the redskins will try to hide a suspect secondary behind a defensive front that had 66 sacks in the giants came off a 3121 season in 1983 to finish 97 and beat the rams in the playoffs before falling to eventual super bowl Champion san Long considered the top defensive team in the division with linebackers like Law rence Taylor and Harry the giants showed some offensive firepower last year with a healthy Phil Simms at quarterback setting club record for completions passing yardage and attempts an anaemic running game the giants finished next Olast in the conference in running the Ball should get a boost from 1 draft pick George Adams and Maurice a refugee from the United states football on the minus Side is an offensive line that has lost two of last years starters Center Kevin Hurt in an Auto Acci and left tackle William who injured a knee in the cardinals tied the giants and cow boys for second place last year at 97 but missed the playoffs when kicker Neil Odonoghue 50yard Field goal attempt against Washington sailed wide on the final play of the regular we came so and to have a season end like that was downright said Louis quarterback Neil with Lomax at the the Cardi nals set club record for Points first Downs 345 passing yardage and total offence Lomax favorite Roy caught 78 passes for the second year in a Row and his Yards receiving was the third highest in nil complementing them is the running of Ottis who went Over the Yard Mark for the fifth time in his seven years in the league last Al pro line Backer Junior leads a team that Rose from 22nd in the nil to eighth last the bad news for the cardinals is the loss of their top offensive Luis who jumped to the Memphis showboat of the then there arc the whose 16 newcomers in 1984 made them a team in Landry ended the quarterback debate that split the team Early last year by quickly settling this summer on Danny who won Back his Job from Gary Hogeboom Midway through last hampered by injuries and retirements to their they combined for just 19 touchdowns in posting the fewest Points for a Dallas team in 20 receivers remain a but Tony beset with financial finally signed last Dorsett went Over the Mark for the seventh time in eight tries last year he Only missed during the strike shortened 82 season As he rushed for the Dallas strength is its particularly the led by free safety Michael led the pfc in interceptions last year with the who will be trying to Post their first winning season since began to move up a bit last but tur Moil in the front office May spread to the Field this Norman Braman purchased the eagles from Leonard toss in april and instituted a tight fiscal policy that immediately an gered his Many have held out during the summer or demanded to be even when the eagles have particularly in the offensive Philadelphia rushed for More than 100 Yards Only four times last year and allowed 117 sacks times in the past two including 60 last with two games against the giants and one against Washington in their first four a bad Start by the eagles could make head coach Marion 15 201 after two the leagues first coaching casualty of Nuernberg wins Bamberg the top seed Coin flips decide a baseball status Germany Bamberg and Nuernberg tried to Settle a disputed Ger Man american baseball league game Here tuesday in the it took two Coin flips to determine the final standings in the South Ern division As darkness prevailed Over the two teams with the score deadlocked at 44 after eight Nuernberg won the first Coin flip and the leaving both clubs deadlocked with a 206 record for the that Coin flip necessitated the second because the two teams had to deter mine which would get the Southern Divi Sions 1 seed for the a semifinal which get under Way sat that flip came up so the braves will take on the Northern divisions second est in the first game of a Besto three set at Wiesbaden a and Nuernberg entertains Northern division Champion Mannheim in the other semifinal All the difficulty started in a regular sea son game several weeks Bamberg led 31 after two Ron Maddux tried to steal Home after doubling Home two runs and reaching third on the thrown to the plate on his he was but there was a dispute Over whether there had been a balk on the after a discussion among the it was determined that there had been a making Maddux Nuernberg manager Ben Comisky pulled his team off the the game was forfeited to but Comisky the protest was and league officials ruled that the game would be finished at the end of the season if it had any effect on the it it Nuernberg took a 10 Lead in the top of the second on Willie Hightowers single and Bob Rogers and Bam Berg went ahead in the Bottom of the inning on Steve hoovers an Mathias Rudroff s single and Maddus then before darkness Bamberg upped its Lead to 41 in the Bot Tom of the third inning on an Hal Blafield single and another but Nuernberg tied it up in the next in Ning on singles by Don Apperson and Greg Bourquin and doubles by Rogers and Julio Bourquin stopped Bamberg the rest of the but he was matched by Ryan Virgo and Rich who came in with two out in the eighth to get the final neither team could score but both threatened in the Nuernberg had runners on second and third with two but Virgo struck out Comisky to get out of the Hoover doubled with two out in the Bottom of the but Bamberg get the run defecting czech might play for Nils red wings Germany a czechoslovakian hockey Star Peter who apparently defected while in May be joining the National hockey leagues Detroit red hockey officials said a 22yearold disappeared earlier this week while training with Czechoslovakia National team in this bavarian town Southeast of German hockey speaking on the condition of said Talent scouts for several nil clubs came to where the czech team had been training since they said a scout for the Detroit red identified Only by his last reportedly arrived in Rosenheim with a bag containing Klima has been touted As one of Czecho Slovakia greatest hockey and the Money was apparently intended to induce him to join Detroit the red wings picked Klima in the fifth round of the 1983 Amateur a scout for the new Jersey Hun Gari Anborn Charles also was seen in the officials they said several nil teams had been interested in signing Klima was last seen monday evening in the teams hotel in near Rosen having a drink with a according to the he stood up in the Middle of their apparently saying he was going to the mens he picked up his bags from his room and left the shortly officials of the czechoslovak team reported his disappear Ance to the country embassy in Klimas whereabouts remained a mystery German hockey officials said he might have left the
