European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 28, 1986 stars and stripes Page 23 comi tintary football German and British style Quick quiz what has 22 legs and rattles off Geh Schnell Geradeau und  say what answer a German american football league Hud dle. The British american football league version might go like this bloody Chap get the Bloomin  Lay off  a football in Europe. Where kickoffs and passes help tackle language barriers. Where Germany Springs Forth with cheerleaders and Britain sings go  last sunday a crowd of about 1,500 packed the covered stands in Hanau Germany and practically went berserk Over football. The germans and locally stationed gis bellowed As loudly As could be expected for a Hanau Hawks team headed for a 27-20 loss. A Small band of British cheered and Discoed in step with their Birmingham bulls winning tune. Not bad for an exhibition football game smack in the Middle of soccer country. In drab drizzly weather yet. Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham Sang the British fans to the tune of the stars and stripes  not the deepest lyrics going but what do you expect from britons punchy from a 20-hour car ride that s Birmingham England not Alabama said Jan Hedges one of seven bullish enough to squeeze into a station Wagon for the Long trek. Why did they do it we love our team said Paul Gittings who led the Banner waving cheers. But what about soccer right in your backyard soccer s rubbish said Brian Ashfield another of the British fans. Football s a More interesting game. It has some  Terry Greenwood the president of the fan club had shelled out to Fly Over the Channel. Said he if you re a fan you re a fan you know what i mean yes. If you re a football fan and Fly to London to see Chicago Dallas in August i know exactly what you mean. But to Cross the Channel to watch one team Hanau in its eighth year play a team Birmingham in its third played by Guys just learning to Block and tackle that s fanaticism. Let s face it. With the germans and British limiting american participation to two per platoon their foot Ball lacks basics. They have a ways to go said Gerry Jenkins the new coach of Rhein main s air Force team. It s not As vicious. American football is More vicious More physical. They re coming but they re a Little  Jenkins played in the a a league during its infancy. That s when Safe s Continental sports conference outplayed and outdraw by thousands a a a league that allowed five americans per platoon. Now that germans dominate rosters the a a league often outdraw the Csc. Sunday s crowd for instance outnumbered and out yelled anything at Rhein main in years. Jenkins showed up in Hanau with designs on attracting those fans. But Back to How they play. Referee Wally Grain who also Calls air Force games said after officiating the Birmingham Hanau game that the skill position players the quarterbacks Are not As Good As in the Csc. Birmingham coach Warren Tate an american admits that the bulls Are still doing Rugby tackles. They get Good licks out there but they re learning. If we had a quarterback like upper Heyford s Jeff Gaddy we d beat any team in  Hanau relied on a i Franklin Fra Ier to carry their running game. The tailback scored two touch Downs. The Only american the bulls used was Tim Wagnon an airman stationed at upper Scyford. He went out Early with a sprained knee. They Rode their britons especially quarterback Dave Stanton and receiver Mav Erick Logan to Victory. The bulls and Hawks Are hardly alone. Some 200 teams from seven countries play football in a federation called the european football league. They All suit up locals. Since most of these players Are new to this sport each team tries to hire american coaches. Hanau has . Knox an aptly named 35-year-old army sergeant stationed in Frankfurt. The Hahira ga., native coached the Hawks in their opening season of 1979. Birmingham has Tate a 39-year-old air Force Mas Ter sergeant stationed at upper Scyford. The native of Morganton n.c., helped coach Chicksands to two rare . Sports conference titles in the late 1970s. He not Only handles the bulls but also the British National team which will play Holland and France later this year. Tate revels in leading his britons. There s a lot of unemployment in Birmingham and we take a lot of Guys off the streets and out of trouble he said. Some Guys have problems in their jobs and american football gives them something. Meaning in life. It s a Community social  Tate figures 40 of his 70 players Are unemployed. Football gives our Guys a Chance to take out their frustrations on the Field and do it  the British and German leagues will Start taking out their frustrations on the regular season in april. After the opening Kickoff the bal Carrier s fair game in any language. The stars and stripes red sox trounce cd sox 27-/ by the associated press the new England patriots could have taken some lessons in offence from the bos ton red sox. Of course the red sox weren t playing the mighty Chicago bears. Their opposition was the White sox. And though it was merely an exhibition baseball game Boston exacted a measure of revenge for new eng land by pulverizing the chicagoan 27-10 wednesday. In All my years in baseball i Don t think i be Ever seen anything like that in Spring training or in the regular season Boston manager John Mcnamara said after the game. The red sox who had been in a batting slump while dropping eight of their previous nine games pounded out 22 hits including five doubles four triples and Rich gedman s Homer to go along with 14 bases on balls and four wild pitches. The 27 runs were two shy of Boston s highest offensive output Ever a 29-4 trouncing of the St. Louis Browns on june 8,1950. Glenn Hoffman drove in six runs while baseball Roundup Bill Buckner Marty Barrett and Mike Stenhouse each had four Bis. Chicago starter Joel Davis bore the Brunt of the bombardment. He surrendered eight hits and walked six in four innings and was charged with 11 runs. Ron Kittle and Rudy Law homered for the White sox who had 17 hits of their own. In other exhibition games a s 12, cubs 5 the Chicago cubs also had trouble get Ting people out. They lost to Oakland and have been outscored by a 34-7 margin in their last three games. Dennis Eckersley was rocked for 11 hits and eight runs in five innings. Reds 3, twins 2 Terry Lee s Solo Homer and Sal Butera s two out single accounted for Cincinnati s tying and winning runs in an eighth inning rally. Cincinnati s Tom Browning who won 20 games As a 1985 Rookie Pitcher turned in his Best performance of the Spring allow ing one run and four hits in six innings. Astros 5, twins 0 Jim Deshaies allowed two hits in five innings As Houston recorded its first shut out of the Spring. Charlie Kerfeld Aurelio Lopez and Dave Smith completed a three hit shutout. Orioles 10, royals 3 Al Pardo and John Shelby hit three run homers for Baltimore. Pardo homered in the second inning to tie the score 3-3 and the orioles went ahead with a three run fifth inning when Shelby Juan Beniquez and Floyd Rayford All had run scoring sin Gles off Danny Jackson. Blue jays 4, mets 3 Cecil fielder s single off de Lynch snapped a tie As Toronto scored three times in the eighth inning. One out later Willie Upshaw and Garth Lorg added rib singles to make it 4-1. Expos 10, dodgers 9 Andre Dawson had five Bis including the tying and winning runs. The expos trailed 9-8 in the ninth inning when Daw son homered off Ken Howell. Nil from Page 21 than that he s been Superb. Right now he s playing As Fine a Brand of hockey As he can and he s capable of it reaching 100 Over and Over  while Broten was reaching 100, Wayne Gretzky was creeping in on his single sea son Points Mark of 212 with a goal and three assists As Edmonton blasted Pitts Burgh. The oilers clinched the regular sea son Points Crown and a $200,000 team Bonus As Gretzky moved to 205 Points including 51 goals. Oilers 8, penguins 3 Pittsburgh Mark Messier and Craig Mactavish scored Short handed goals in the first period As Edmonton took a 3-1 Lead and coasted. Jari Kerri got his 62nd goal tops in the nil. Craig Mac Tavish had two goals for Edmonton. Our team has a lot of Pride Gretzky said. The Chance to Clinch first place was something we be been looking Forward to. We Don t like to lose. We want to play Strong hockey going into the  the penguins remained one Point ahead of the Idle new York rangers in the Chase for the final playoff berth in the Patrick division. Whalers 3, canadians 0 Hartford Conn. Mike list pos  his second shutout of the season Stop Ping 30 shots As Montreal dropped its sixth straight game. The second place Ca Nadies who have lost nine of their last 11 games Are two Points in front of Boston three ahead of Hartford and four in front of Buffalo in the tight Adams sector. Kevin Dineen Scot Kleinendorst and Ron Francis had the goals. Canucks 7, Nordques 6 Vancouver Gary Lupul and Doug Halward each scored twice As the canucks remained tied for fourth place with the Kings in the smythe. Rick Lanz Petri Skripko and Cam Neely were Vancouver s other scorers. The Nordques got goals from Brent Angels 9, indians 8 Cleveland shortstop Dan Rohn bobbled Gus Polidor s two out grounder in the eighth allowing Dick Schofield to score from third base with the winning run. Car men Castillo homered for Cleveland Brian Downing for California. Rangers 8, braves 6 Rookie de Correa a 19-year-old right hander hurled perfect Ball for the first four innings. Correa struck out five while retiring the first 12 braves but lost his no hitter in the fifth when Atlanta scored a run on four singles. Padres 6, giants 5 Jerry Royster s eighth inning Homer off Mark Grant capped a san Diego comeback which included single runs in each of the padres last four at bats. Tony Gwynn s rib single tied the score in the seventh inning. Mariners 8, Brewers 7 Steve fireovid pitched out of a bases loaded Jam in the ninth inning. Seattle scored five runs in the Bottom of the eighth including Al Cowens three run Pinch triple to take an 8-6 Lead. Ashton Alain Cote Anton Stastny Risto Siltanen Michel Goulet and Robert Picard. Kings 7, flames 3 Inglewood Calif. Jim Fox and Bernie Nicholls had a pair of goals apiece for los Angeles. The game was tied 3-3 going into third period before the Kings got goals from Fox Nicholls Phil Sykes and Marcel Dionne. Blackhawk 5, red wings 3 Chicago the Blackhawk snapped a first place tie with Idle St. Louis in the Norris division As Doug Wilson scored two goals to Lead a comeback from a 3-0 deficit. The Victory pushed Chicago into first place with 82 Points two More than