European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 28,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 braves rally keys Safe play butt Boivin staff writer Sembach a Germany the in Ciurlik braves arc built on Speed and de sense but they can also Dink earns to death. The Chicksands fighting Chicks found that out wednesday in the first Day of the Safe men s slow pitch softball tournament. The fighting Chicks saw the braves score 9 limes in the seventh for a come from behind 14-6 Victory. In other action it was la usual soft Ball version of slug fast City. Span Dah Lem blasted Torrejon 37-4 and late edged Ben Waters 12-11. Ramstein Defeated upper Heyford 20-14 an bombed Chicksands 18-3. Harm got by Bent Waters 8-5. And Torrejon routed upper Heyforcm-3, thursday s schedule includes seven games with seven More Are on Lap Fri Day. Andrlik 14, chicle Sirius 6 the Chicks were Riding the control of Pitcher David Brandon leading 6-5 going into the seventh. Then the roof caved in As the braves put together eight single three walks and a two base error in rallying for the Victory. The braves Joey Silassi led off with walk. One out later Tom Hornak also walked and de Gamey drove a shot past shortstop Dan Fackrell to Load the bases. Darryl Lester then hit a single to  left fielder Darryl Rivers let the Ball get by him for a two base error that cleared the bases and opened the flood Gale. A walk and four straight singles gave Andrlik a 13-6 Lead. Silassi came up for the second time in the inning and drove Home another run with a sacrifice Fly for the braves final run. I bad a problem with my control there at the Slart of the seventh bran Don said. The wind was swirling and it was hard to throw. Once they got rolling they hit everything. You be got to give them  in Ciurlik coach Rick crazier gave cred it Back 10 Brandon. Our hitlers were having trouble with Brandon. It seem the . And Csc teams allow a much lower Arch. Once i got the filters to Waiton the pitches they were Able to adjust and hit him crazier said. Bad Luck also Hurt the Chicks As two balls thai looked like they might have gone out in the first inning instead hit Telephone wires crossing the held for ground Rule doubles. Seems the learn thai lives by the Home run Dies by the Telegraph line at Sembach. Brandon on the other hand built his team on Speed and defense foregoing the usual softball Power game of Home run Hillera. That certainly helped the braves in the Chicks half of the fourth. With the score 5-4, Chicksands Ron Mcnard Lew out to icel Cemer fielder Bobby dec. When Michael Sauer tried Lola up and score from third Mcnard threw him out at the plate. Hornak. Thein Ciurlik Catcher seemed to be High with the lag As Sauer Slid under him. Brando was displeased with the Call. As soon As the Call was made at the plate the third base Umpire looked Al me like he knew it was the wrong Call Brandon said. Then the Home plate Umpire took our Appeal to the firs base ump. The third base ump who was the Crew chief agreed it was the first base Umpire s Call. It s sad with this being the Safe championships. These Are supposed to be the Best officials in Europe Here. That Call Cut Down our rally and gave them the momentum. Still in Ciurlik made the hit when they needed them. We did  sprig Dahlen 17, Torr Jon 4 How bad was this 2vi-hour snooze Thon believe it or not it was worse than the final score indicates. This game was close until the lop of he first. Thai s How bad in was. You want bad Spang Dahlum up first As the visitors made themselves right at Home with three Home runs in a 14-run first. Every player in the batting order scored at least once in the first. Not bad enough when Gerald Wil Liams nil his second Homer of the game in the third to put the sabers up 20-0.under tournament rules any More round Tripp is by  Only went for singles. Who needs that bad Rule not the Sab ers. Timothy brawn followed Williams to the plate and promptly popped one Oul maybe to see if that was really the Rule. It really was. Brown had to Stop at Cirsel. That did t Slop the Span Dahlem hit Parade. The sabers had 37 hits to go along with their 37 runs. Spang Dahlum went on to hit four More oui of the Park that Only went for singles. In gets worse. Bad games Don t die ibis one would t even fade away. It s the Bottom of the seventh. The raiders Are up. Three up and Ihre Down everybody can gel off he cold wet Field and go inside the Bowling Alley where it s warm. But noon oooo the raiders rally for four runs. Made in a Lille More respect Able. That s How bad in really was. Ranu Tein 10, upper Heyford 14 the rams put this game away with a seven run fourth keyed by Brian Doc Ley s three run Homer and Tom Tucker s two run single. Mike Meyer added a 2 run shot for he rams. The sky Kings big gun was Woodrow Jones who had four runs batted in including a two run round tripper in the sixth. La non 8, bin Tweiten s the Hawks Pitcher Brad Roc Greis. Helped his own cause with a three run circuit clout in the third that gave Hahn the Lead for Good. Sieve Richards had a two run Homer for the phantoms. Torr Jon 13, upper he Ford 3 the raiders rebounded from being the sabers sacrificial lambs earlier by cleaning the sky Kings clock. Steve Shandy led the Way with four Bis. Rsm Stfan 18, Chicksands 3 Tom Tuckler slugged two Home runs and Mike Meyer and Randy Slayer hit one each As rams Cin scored seven limes in the second in route to its one sided Triumph. Spray or s two run double featured the rams second in which the winners had four other hits none of them for the Cir Cuit. Tucker s first Homer drove in three of the rams six runs in the fifth and he added a Solo shot in i to sixth. Mike Meyer also had a Solo Bell in the sixth. Strayor hit a to run circuit shot in the fourth for Ramstein. All of Chicksands runs came on Home runs. Daniel Fackrell hit a two run shot in the second and Raymond poli a Solo blast in the third. Spang Dahlem 12, Ben Walers ii phantoms Pitcher Frank Lyons loaded the bases on walks and Wayne Russano singled in the lie breaking run for the sabers with two Oul in the Bottom of the seventh to highlight a free scoring game. Spang built 6-1 and 11-4 leads wit the Aid of four Home runs Bui Bent Waters rallied without a single or to lie the game on Lyons two ran single in the lop of the seventh. Terry Wilson got two of the sabers distance Clouds a two run Toul in the fourth and a Solo shot in the fourth. Ger Ald Williams had a three run Belt and Mike Mahoney a iwo Nin bomb As Spang led 1 1-4 after five. A five run rally in the sixth got the phantoms Back within Range. At 38, he s still redskins kicker Oman Moseley fights off challengers by will Dunham Washington up mar Moseley the new old Man among nil kickers walked off the Field shaking his head in disgust. With the score lied Moseley had just botched a 37-Yard Field goal attempt with 4 seconds left in a preseason Gam with the Pittsburgh Steeles. On the opening drive of overtime Ona 4th Down at the Pittsburgh 34, Moseley was Given a Chance for Quick redemption an attempt fora is Yard game win Ner Moseley s line drive kick tumbling end Over end cleared the goal Post by several Yards. After the kick preseason albeit the venerable Moseley was earned off the Field by his teammates. Two Davs  redskins waived the last of six competitors who were vying for his Job. Moseley would be Washington s kicker for a 13th year his i sch season in the nil. Moseley. One of the most prolific kick Era in nil history celebrated his 38th birthday on March 12, making my virtual Fossil in the football world. Only three nil players Are older Atutoa Center Jeff Van note 40san of go wid receiver Charlie Joiner Anglo Adele raiders quarterback Jim plunked both 38 but older by several months. The. 198s retirement of Vanste Nerud 45, leaves Moseley Ai the oldest kicker around. Mir Mosler. 15th year in nil sometimes in feels a Little funny Moseley said surveying a group of his Leam Maies i look at some of these kids and think i could almost be their father. But at the same Lime a Long As i can compete in does t really bother me. As Long As i feel like physically i m still in Good enough shape to compete with them i Don l mind in. I be still got plenty of time  Moseley has endured stiff challenges during three of the last four preseason this year beating Back Usel refugee Jim Asmus a former new York giant and is. Louis Cardinal Jess Atkinson live year nil Veteran Steve cos washing ton s punier and Kickoff Manana three free agents. Moseley said thai once a player reaches his Early 30s, coaches get anxious to replace him. Most of the time that starts when you re 32 or 33. If you re 32 or 33, they Stan getting a mule uneasy about you. Anything Over that then you re a marked Man he said. Moseley is 12 Field goals shy of becom ing the fourth player to reach the 300 Field goal plateau. He is the league s seventh Reading career scorer 1,321 Points. The leading scorer among Active players and the redskins leading scorer one of eight club records he owns. Moseley became the Only kicker to be named nil most valuable Flayer when he set a record with 23 consecutive Field goal in 1982. His 161 Point in 19113were the second highest single season total on record. But Washington coach Joe Cibbs said after last season he was concerned thai Moseley s productivity bad dropped of noticeably Moseley finished the season by missing eight of his final if attempts including four from inside 32 Yards. A decision on the Fate of x player who has meant so much to � franchise is a painful one Gibbs said. Those Are the hard ones the Guys who have done so much for you. It makes it Lough Gibbs said. If 1 see something from the year before thai Lell sme that a Guy s production is off or if he s starting to slip a bit then i try to base a decision on  the redskins in the midst of a youth movement waived Veteran running Back John Riggins in March and last month released Veteran quarterback Joe Theis Roann. But Moseley survived. Sometimes they re a Little unrealistic about How they can Tell if you re old or not As a kicker. If you miss a few and the Odds arc that you kick so Many that you Are going to miss some there s a lot of pressure from them to make every kick. If you miss just one they Slart won Dering if he s on his Way Down Moseley said. An sports radio baseball Toronto Bine jays tit Cleveland Indiana 130 an. Friday