European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. August 7,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 rams fall to oilers in opener Anaheim Calif. Up1 Avon Riley intercepted Steve bar Tkowski s firs pass and returned il97 Yards for a touchdown and Warren Moon connected withdrew Hill for a 6 1 Yard scoring play tuesday leading the Houston oilers to a 17-1 1 exhibition Victory aver los Zendejas added a 39-Yard Field goal 95 the Oiler held therms scoreless in inc second half in the preseason opener for Bot clubs. Charles White caught an ii Yand to pass from Bartkowski and ran 8 Yards Tor another Sec Ond Quarter score for the Only Points for the defending of cot champions. The 1979 heis Man trophy Winner rushed 24times Tor 95 Yards. The rams had a Chance to godhead Early in the fourth Quarter but quarterback Steve Dili Tum bled a snap at the Houston 2. Los Angeles got the Ball at the oilers 31 with 2 35 to go when Rookie alien Pickell fumbled but Oil coughed up the Ball once again when sacked by the blitzing 1 51 remaining. Houston starting quarterback Moon played the first half completing eight of 12 passes for 130yards. Oliver Luck guided the Oil ers after intermission and connected on two of eight passes for 28 , who signed As a free agent in the off season completed of 14 passes for 47 Yards in Relief of Dieter Brock who was 5 of 10for 83 Yards before leaving with a bruised left knee. Oils 5 for 14 for81 Yards finished for los Angeles. Los Angeles running Back Eric Dickerson rushed twice and caught one pass before suffering slight right hamstring injury. He did nonet return. Csc s male athlete of year knows when to Stop talking by Steve Polston stall writer Rhein main a Germany senior airman Llewellyn Butch wat Kins 27. Continental sports conference male athlete of the year talks a lot. It s not that he s talking without say ing anything it s just that he talks a lot. His non Stop but enlightening monologues perhaps Stem from the fact that when he puts on a footbal1 helmet he s All business and no talk. When i put my helmet on i Stop talk ing. My playing Speaks for two of Walkins coaches agree that when the helmet goes on the Mouth goes shut Rhein main football coach Gerry Jen Kins said when he puts on his helmet his Altitude is i May As Well get this done and Over with he s All business and he s one of the Best defensive backs i have seen in a Long the Rhein main fast pitch softball team just won the Continental sports conference positional tournament at amp new Amsterdam and will play in the Safe tournament in Wethersfield England aug. 14-17. Coach Jim coins said Butch gives 110 percent when he is Butch has natural ability coins said. He said this is one of the reasons Walkins is so Good. Coins finds it interesting that wat Kins a former baseball player has made such a fast transition from baseball to softball. This is Only his second year of fast pitch. For most players in takes three to five coins said another reason Walkins isso Good is he s so Coa Chable. He s played for belter coaches than me but he listens. He has Power in his throwing Arm and Speed. He s playing Centrefold now and he s making things happen by being in besides playing football and fast pitch softball he also plays basketball and improbably concentrating now on that tournament in England next week. A couple weeks before the Csc tournament at Camp new Amsterdam last weekend Watkins said we re chasing then he flashed his truck wide smile. Lan Stuhl takes 9 or. Girls Crown Cifes fru Straf on Over contract talks Sis i Oto by a Curtt e. Lamb Llewellyn Butch want kilns. I just Tike to you can be sure thai Watkins will do what he says hell do. If he shows up. There is no doubt that Watkins has his head on straight but there is some doubt As 10 whether he s conscious. He show what s going on inside his head by telling about How he prepares for contests sometimes i Don t know what learn we re playing unti i show up. Sometimes i Don t even know what position i m playing whether i la need a cup sol say base. I m Center perhaps it s the oblivious of i emails modes Operand that makes him a win Ner. He just in t concerned with Small details like where the game is or who the opposition is. Whatever he does seems to work. But How after All he does t lift weights and he does t run much in training no More than a Hundred Yards. I say coach with or without. If he with i know i m playing third e if he says without then t know i jump rope and do a lot of setups and pushups. I Don t think the body benefits from lifting weights. I figure if i can lift my body off the floor that s Good enough it s hard to imagine the 6-2, 215 Pounder on the floor. He walks like Panther would if it were upright. They both fairly saunter along. He har a weak spot however. He notices a difference in running on Basket Ball boards As opposed to running on grass notices it mostly in his shins. I get Shin splints a he said. He jus shrugs it off however As if to say Don i worry about in i m Good any he is articulate As anyone who canal a non Stop for 15 minutes would have lobe he is a thinker. Once headed for Law school and one time owner of a construction firm in the slates Between College and the air Force he approaches his training and playing the Way he does his soldiering. The coach is the Boss. You May think the coach is dead wrong but you do in anyway by virtue of him being the coach. It s the same with the unit Leader by virtue of him being the Leader you just do what he two of his biggest fans Are his son and his wife. They show up to everything i take my son with me to the games and practices. He knows everyone on the football team he knows everyone on inc basketball team and he knows every Neon the softball what does his son think of the games daddy plays he likes football. He watches in ail. My biggest fan. Go daddy get pm " Watkins said his wife had Only seen him play basketball when they tint go married. When she saw him play football she was shocked he said. She did t know he could be mean Honey i did t know you were so violent she said. I Don t talk when i play football. I m known to be a headhunter he said. His son is less than enthusiastic about basketball and softball. At basketball he just follows the game. He just sits there and does t say anything. At softball he plays in the Din. Kids they just like to play. "1 just like to bad Kreuz Nach Germany Wanda Graham s Long Range slugging helped Lan Stuhl break a 3-3 tie with a three run rally in the fifth inning in route to a 7-3 Victory for the Susareu Rhoulh activities senior girls slow Pilch softball championship. Heidelberg bad forced an if necessary Fame in this double elimination tournament As Joleen George s dramatic two strike two out two run Home run in in Bottom of the seventh inning erased a 2 1 deficit for a 3-2 Victory. In wednesday s second game singles by winning Pitcher Michelle Hunt Andanela Carlens started the decisive rally. With two out Graham s Long in pc to left was misjudged by Cynthia Hotlen Baugh. Scoring hum and callens. Gra Ham tallied after shortstop Vallene Myers overthrew Home. Heidelberg had tied the game 3-3 in the lop of the fifth on Hunt s two run throwing in the game with Heidelberg leading 1-0, Graham slugged a two run inside the Park Homer a one Bounce drive off the 280-foot left Field Fence that scored callens ahead of her. Lan Stuhl wound up tournament action 4-1 As Hunt pitched All five games. Heidelberg was 4-2, Patch 1-2 and bad Kreuz Nach 0-2. Marino ponders sitting out 87 by Bolkeim Miami up Dan Marino said tuesday a would Sil out the 1987 sea son if he is unable to reach a contract agreement with the Miami dolphins and if no other nil team made him an acceptable , entering the final year of a four year contract he signed when the dolphins made him the 2th player chosen in the first round in 1982, will earn $400,000 in base salary this season. He also was awarded an $850,000 re porting staged a 37-Day walkout last year to show his frustration with the Lack of Progress in re negotiating his contract something owner Joe Robbie promised to do before the dolphins played in super bowl Xix in 1985 he said lad Mont another walkout is possible but unlikely. He Wil become a free agent after this season free agents in the nil rarely command a bidding War but a player of Marino s ability would be Worth the Price to most the current collective bargain ing agreement any team wishing to sign Marino would have to give up two first round picks and the dolphins would be Given the right to match any offer. There s the possibility Hal if you Don t get offer from other teams and i you Don t get what you might want Here As far As a contract is concerned you might have to sit out Marino said at the dolphins training facility at St Thomas far As the nil s collective bar gaining agreement is concerned that s up about next year aug. 31. Then you have to wait and see what happens see if anything change with s in the final year of his contract right now and he s very unhappy because nothing s been done. Dolphins coach Don Simla said. Dan works hard in practice and gives it everything he has and there s none better. He s established things in the last three years that soother quarterback has Ever done. He s unhappy about Bis contractual situation but he s in Marino sat out 1987 because he was unhappy with offers from other teams and the dolphins he would be gambling that whatever new agreement is reached with the nil players association would Lessen the restrictions on free Agency and result in a bidding War for his services. A s a possibility i could Wail for free Agency and not improve my position he said. Obviously if you Don t have contract Ihen you won t be in three years with the dolphins Marino has completed 871 of 1,427 at tempts for 11,431 Yards and 98 touch Downs with 44 interceptions. The figures Are the Best first three years any nil quarterback has Ever had. In 1985,Marino led the league in completions 336yardage 4,137and touchdowns 30 for the second straight season. His 1984 season figures of 5,084 Yards and 48 touchdowns arc nil records. Marino has had Nahra Copic surgery on his Knees following each season and plays wearing a knee Brace on his left knee Marvin Demott Marino s agent has not been in touch with Robbie in a Long Lime Marino said. He said the Lack of Progress is sometimes frustrating and difficult to understand
