European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 18, 1985 the stars and stripes p a Page 25 sky Kings nip raiders in semifinal by Bucky Fox suit writer Raf upper Heyford. England the upper Heyford sky Kings found a new Way to win. You could Call it winning ugly. After All. The sky Kings and their victims the Torr Jon Raiden were drenched in rain in mud. Upper Heyford called it winning smugly there was quarterback Jeff Caddy with hit sky Kings losing by a Point scrambling and winging a seemingly Hope leu pan Wilh 3 53 left. There Wei tight end Woody Jone leaping at the goal line to inure the 34-Yard Hail Mary touch Down. There Wai upper Heyford a 19-13 win Ner Over Torrejon in this Safe semifinal. Our Guys did t want to play until the fourth Quarter said Heyford coach Jim Ousley. This was just like the Alconbury game. The Guys Rise and dip to the level of indeed the sky Kings waited until the dying minutes saturday just like they waited All season. They started the year 0 1. They won eight straight to lie Alcon Bury for the american division title of the . Sports conference. They scored with no time left to beat Alconbury for the right to represent the . In the Safe semifinal. Then came saturday. Losing 13-6 Early in the fourth Quarter Caddy awoke with two to passes to Jones to Bent Torr Jon. Suddenly upper Heyford has won 10 straight Garnet and has vaulted into the Safe title game next sunday at Ramstein. This it Heyford s fourth trip to the final in the last five years. Just As suddenly Torrejon has tripped Becker lend win semifinals in . Tourney Wembley. England a Boris Becker West Germany s 17-year-old Wimb Ledon Champion needed two tiebreakers sat urday to Wear Down Sweden s Anders Jarryd and retch the final of the $375.000 Benson us hedge Tennis championships. Becker took More than two hours to Nind out a 7-6 11-97-6 7-4 Victory that put him into sunday s championship match against Iran Widl the defending Chung Ion. Lendl Defeated David Pate of tie United states 6-4. 6-7 5-76-3 in the other semifinal saturday of fat. Jarryd beaten by Becker in the semifinals at Wimbledon came close to a revenge Victory that would have Given his country a psychological boost one month before the dans cup final against West Germany i Minich. But he had Tittle Success on the big Points suffered an ankle injury that needed strapping at the end of the opening set and Taw 15 Becker aces Flash past him on the Wembley Arena court Becker Wai clearly unhappy with the officials complaining about Tine Calls and frequently displaying a petulance that Only served to help Jarryd s cause. At one Point he called for tournament referee Colin Hess but changed his mind when told he could Only do so Over a Point of Law. Despite Becker s Moody outbursts it was the normally Calm swede who got the offi Cial warnings one for taking longer than the statutory three minutes to Hare he ankle strapped and another for throwing Bis Racket on the ground. Air Force football Over the semifinal for the fourth straight year. An Inch a year said a distraught raiders coach Jim Kirksey whose raid ers gave the Mediterranean sports con Ference in its finest showing. Maybe in another year Well win it. We got some respect. We Don t regret said Ousley Torr Jon probably gave us our Best Ball game of the if not for Jones jumping ability Torre Jon might have Given the Mac its first Victory in eight Safe semifinal appear ances. The sky Kings behind 13-12 with four minutes left faced a second and 9 at the tar Cjon 34. When Caddy let Loose his Rainbow three raiders waited to intercept it. Instead the 6-foot-4 Jones out jumped them All carrying 5-9 safety Stanley Lindsey into the end zone. It was a Lucky play very Lucky Caddy said while his teammates celebrated their Triumph. Woody was open but 1 Hung it up too Long. It was All Woody he spotted me cutting Over the mid dle said Jones a 33-year old texan who has played six years of air Force football. With the condition of the Field Jeff was t Able to Plant his feet and get off a Good pass. Then when the Ball came 35 Lindsey was trying to catch it. He was beside me. I went up and took it away from said Kirksey it was a busted play. There s no Way a defense can defend that. They had Good timing. We just mistimed it. It could have fell this Way or that the touchdown pass was Caddy s third of the Day. He completed 13 of 25 passes for 164 Yards. His speedy counterpart Runny Washington completed 12 of 29 for an identical 164 Yards for Torr Jon. That quarterback s Arm was phenomenal said Ousley. Thanks to Washington s Arm the raid ers took a 7-0 Lead in the first Quarter. He came out firing on seven of the raiders first 14 plays. He clicked on a 28 Yard touchdown to Mark , who caught the Bullet at the i and dived into the end zone. Heyford Cut the Lead to 7-6 with 1 29 left in the half. Two Caddy passes pushed Scyford to the Torrejon 14. On third Down he gunned a Bull s Eye Between two defenders into the arms of split end William Cook for the to. Torrejon took its first drive of the Sec Ond half 53 Yards to the Heyford 6. . Preciado s 24-Yard Field goal booted Tor Rejon ahead 10-6 with 8 20 left in the Quarter. Preciado came through again with a 29 Yard Field goal and a 13-6 Torrejon Lead at the 13 03 Mark of the fourth period. Washington keyed the drive with a 30 Yard a ass to flanker Don Taylor and a 7 Yard scramble just before the Field goal. That Washington Taylor Aerial which came on the last play of the third Quarter gave Torr Jon its last first Down. Over the last 15 minutes the sky Kings led by linemen Mike Miller and safety Caddy held the a aiders to 15 Yards. Greg Fontaine who rotates to the slates monday sparked Scyford s comeback with an interception. It gave the sky Kings Possession at Torr Jon s 31 with 9 48 left. Tailback William Lindsay who led All rushers Wilh 66 Yards forged Heyford s March to the 8. On third Down Caddy hit Jones deep in the end one. S4s Dhole by Cut Schuel emf Heyford s err Fontaine. Key interception trailing 13-12 with 6 13 left Ousley shunned a potentially tying kick and went for two Points. Caddy passed to Cook but Lindsey batted it away. We weren t going for the tic that late Ousley said. We were concerned Wilh their kicker. With his Strong leg. They could win in easily in two i nulls later. Gaddy found Jones on the end of his Rainbow and Heyford found Victory. All year we be been said Gaddy. And when we needed it we got Robinson leads Yodjas past sultans Izmir Turkey two Way player Mike Robinson recovered two fumbles arid scored three touchdowns and a two Point conversion to Lead the in Ciurlik Hod Jas to a 48-6 thrashing of the Izmir sul tans Here saturday. Robinson rushed nine times for 42 Yards and two touchdowns and was 7 of 16 in the air for 149 Yards and one to. The Hodjat Are now 4-0 while the sul tans fell to 0-3. After a scoreless first period Robin son playing in the secondary on defense picked up David Pena s Fumble and raced 25 Yards for a 6-0 Lead Early in the Sec Ond Quarter. Turkey later in the second period Robinson playing quarterback hit tight end Tom Spencer on a 40-Yard scoring pass. Run Ning Back Donnie Smith ran for the two Point conversion and a 14-0 in Ciurlik Lead. Chris Noel then fumbled for the sul tans and Robinson recovered on the sul Tan 10. Robinson rushed for the touch Down on the next play and Derrick Munford tallied the two Point conversion for a 22-0 halftime score. In the third Quarter running Back Brian beat rambled 25 Yards for a score and Robinson added the two Point conversion. After another Sultan Fumble deep in their own territory. Smith scored on a 2 Yard run in the fourth Quarter. Beat playing linebacker closed out the Yodjas scoring by tackling Terrance Holland in the end zone for a safety. The sultans scored their Only touch Down in the third Quarter. Holland hit Thomas Toney on a 32-Yard to pass. The Yodjas offence rolled up 374 total Yards while their defense held the sul tans to Only 139 total Yards 52 passing and 87 Rushing. The defense was led by beat with 15 tackles and defensive end Colling Byrd with 11 tackles. Is captures Small schools Crown by Bee prep sports Giessen Germany the tonal school of Brussels proved Here urday that the growing myth of invincibility that Giessen has been creating was just that a myth. The raiders whacked the Griffins 39 22 in the Germany by Tenor Small schools football championship game ending Gies sen s eight game winning skein the Long est a new school in Dodds Ever mounted. In the process the raiders pitted a perfect Campaign of Theja pm the Victory was the for the by Tenor division dra Pion since the big schoots Somm schools playoff format was inauamc3in 1983. Shape nudged Bam Cragin the first two games As it built a 24-game Dodds consecutive Victory record. Is terminated that skein to gain the playoff berth this year. Is coach Larry Kelly and his aides the team to Gissen last week for the Layoff game. The players Rhile Kelly and j charted the Victory Over the a Psi Jujj in Augsburg and they a wed be acct something Imi Here last week Kelly a we thought the backs were tipping their plays if they played close to the line it was going to be a dive if they played Back it would be a sweep. We followed that theory today and Giessen had t changed. That helped us keep the sweep contained and our de sense really bottled up their two Good runners Chris Bra sly and Mike har Ris until we had built up a Lead at least Kelly added. Kelly made those Ren right ims cad asked a direct Ronon were we tipping off our plays Kelly answered in the affirmative and then went on to explain what he and his scouts had noticed in the aug a game. Iders built up a substantial Lead ihkj2-0 advantage in the first Quarter Anat Hajj per Monty by inter Mission As Fumia a Feci Essen punts and an interception dim Hopes for a perfect year. R Beasley ran for 14 Yards on the first play from scrimmage. He wound up with 231 for the Day but a lot went on Between the beginning and the end
