European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday january 3, 1986 Clayton keyed up for Browns defense Miami tap Mark Klayum is impressed by i he a Vuland defensive Hack Field Bai Thill s does t mean the confident wide receiver thinks Hie Browns will he Able to slip the Miami dolphins in saturday s a pc Pliny Riff game. Clip Yin no was voted by his peer to the Al pro howl squad will be going against a Cleveland defensive Buckfield that include iwo pro bowl in fret Don Rogers and cornerback Lla Foril i in. Lwy Mil it up find they take a lot chances Clayton said tuesday of the Cleveland defense. They Challenge you. That s the Way i like in. How would you know your capabilities if you re never challenged cd Yuan third year pro from louts Vilic faced quite a Challenge Early this season when Mark Ouock his counterpart in the dolphins High powered passing offend was out for seven games with � broken leg. He responded by catching 46 passes for 651 Yards in the firs nine games helping carry he Miami Uff cite uni duper Rii Lur cd in the Pivotal Luis game. I incr marked his Clurn by Selling n dolphins record with a 217-Yard receiving game in a Victory Over the new York jets n game which started Miami s current Seren game winning Stecak. Clayton s Best statistical game come one week earlier when he Caughm seven balls far 122 Yards in a losing Effort against new England. Haven t had the kind of year i expected Sard Clayton who had 70 receptions and missed the 1,000-Yard plateau by Only four Yards. His touchdown total fell from a Naii Onai football league record in to four. Wilh the opposing teams m a special Aii Calion to both Clayton and duper in lie past seven games dolphins quarterback Dan Marino has found of her . The two speedy wid Couls have caught just 10 of Miami s 31 touchdown race Lions while tight ends Joe Rose Dan Johnson and Bruce 11."if we himself and Mark duper Don t have the game Hal we wish we could have that will be All right if somebody picks up the Clayton said. They can shut us Down bul thirty can l shut us the thought of facing Cleveland s Infa Mous dog defense does t frighten Clayton. The Young Browns defensive backs encouraged the nickname when they started bark ing like dogs partially to psyche themselves up but with the additional intention of Max ing the opposition wonder about their sanity. Claylon whose confident strut and feisty will meet the real thing sunday Demeanour brings to mind a Gamecock laughed when asked How the barnyard noises i affect him in the 12-4 dolphins acc playoff clash Wilh the 8-8 Browns in the Orange bowl. We Don l we what they do Claylon said. They can bark or they can meow 1 Don l Core. Alt thai noise in t getting any thing done. U might be a motivation thing for them but they still have to Isice the the dolphins Are due Clayton said be cause he and duper have Cyl to put together outstanding performances in the same week. To feel thai it s been a while since both of us have had the Type of games that we re capable of having he said. " duper Hud one great game but we Haven t both had a great game at the same time Neu Breucker Ard gets refrigerator for practice Wal defend Cianos Billy Ard strains to Mote left in his Yard ". We re going to give it oar Best Westrell . A new York giants offensive guard Billy Ard who will be mask to mask with the Chicago bean William the refrigerator Perry this weekend was Given a boost by fans who presented him with a refrigerator of his own tuesday. The 3-year-od refrigerator had a foot Ball helmet resting on ils lop and sneakers at ils base. Its top was painted Black and was painted with ferry s number 72. About 30 people gathered in Ard s Yard As he tried to Budge the refrigerator. Perry won t be merry after Ard hits the lard said a sign posted by the fans. Perry a 3 8-Pound Rookie defensive tackle is one of inc largest players in the notional football league and has received National publicity because of the bears use of him in the Backfield in Short yardage situations. The 270-Pound Ard said "1 looked up and i saw n to camera being put together outside and said of my god. What s going on?1 went outside and t said hello and 1 was kind of shocked he said. It was definitely very the Surprise was planned by Rich Bodmer who has known Ard for about three years. I always ran him about not getting the publicly that i feel be deserves said Bod Nier 28. After they won on sunday night i decided t was going to do something to tease buy the giants Defeated the san Francisco 49ers 17-3 last sunday in the pfc wild card game and will meet the bears with a is-1 record the league s Bucsi this year on sunday in the National football Confer ence semifinal game in Chicago. I m Clad for the Guy. He s making a lot of Money Ard said of Perry. It s a Lough sport. He deserves everything he gets the bears arc the Best team in football. It s going to be physical. We re going to give it our Best shot raiders similar to flares 1983 team Manhattan Beach Calif. A coach Tom Klores of the los Angeles raiders says he sees some similarities in the current Raider team and the one which won super bowl xviii iwo years ago. Of 1 Don t know Flores said tuesday at his weekly meeting with report cry when asked if the raiders Are better than the 1933 team which Brecie through the play offs in Early 1984. We were pretty Good Ihen. The personality of the team is pretty much the same. We were a Little More balanced then As far As running and passing Are concerned in some ways there Are similarities. That was such a Long time ago. When you took Al super bowl winners in the last Sev eral years they have All Gane in with exceptional defences and played exceptional defensive games. In the years that we be won our defense has played exceptionally. Defense gives the offence opportunities. But the offence has to be the current Raider defense certainly has been exceptional. In the final 0 quarters of the regular season plus an overtime period at Denver los Angeles allowed just three Field goals to the opposition. The raiders will begin their quest for a second super bowl Victory in three such games and a third in six when they face the new England patriots at the los Angeles coliseum sunday the patriots qualified to play the raid ers by Bealing the new York jets 26-14 last saturday in the american football Confer ence wild card game. Sunday s game will be the second be Iween the teams this season the raiders won a 35-20 decision on sell. 29. Csc Crown compiled by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor basketball Cubr Uccat will be defending its championship next week in the Continental sports conference Small units tournament Al Hahn a Nineteen learns two less than last year Are entered in the five Day tourney. Buchol last year s runner up and Mem Nihil in which finished third in 1985, Are also entered. Action in the double elimination meet local Roundup opens wednesday Jan. 8, with the first game slated for 8 . And the last game at 9 . Thi same 8 . Through 9 . Schedule is planned for thursday and Fri Day. Saturday s action is expected to Start at 10 ., with the tournament finals scheduled for i . Sunday followed by the if Nec Cussary contest. Boxing a smoker i oth of the Usa eur season will be held sat urday night at the Ray Barracks gym in Fried Borg. Sci Hins will be from 10 . To noon with the first bout scheduled for 7 . Contact person for the smoker is Ken Polk at military 2131 or ets 343 6s60. Pov erupting the first usar eur invitational lifting event of 1986 will be held saturday at the Hall of champions in Baum older. Competition starts at 10 30 ., following 7 30-9 30 . Weigh ins. For More information Call Fred Clark at Bauchot Der military 2231 ets 483 7164. Rugby the . Forces european Rugby Union Winter meeting is scheduled for the officers club Al log non Barracks in Wurzburg sunday at 5 . Club presidents and match secretaries should attend and they should bring their 1985 summaries and statistics. Further information can be obtained from Dan Flaherty Al m783-sj49, football a meeting far establishing an association for coaches and officials in Germany has been scheduled for saturday at i in the Hanau Sli Idt Stallc. The meeting is open to All coaches and officials including youth activities . Air Force and the German Ameri can football league. Further information can be obtained from Bill Perr at 0981 3607. Perry says the 0-a league is looking for coaches for inc 1986 season in icel begins in april. He also is the Point of Contact far that project. V
