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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday october 4,1966page 26 1 losing to everybody go loses by Bucky Fox is it writer Dick Madden coach of the Greenh Airi common i Rales gave his last mini press conference thursday it went like this you won t have Dick Madden to kick around anymore. Twenty four years after Dick Nixon said Simitar stuff Madden said he s tired of trying to Lead. When his pirates Finis their season nov. I he s finished As their football coach. This is my last year coaching mad Den said. I be had enough. I in coach downtown with a civilian British team again but not on base  never this is in for me he replied. I won t Ever go to a football game no  for a Guy who played and coached in Safe s . Sports conference for 20 years arc Cham common had to pull something uncommon for Madden to quit. In did lose. The i Rales opened the season with a win then lost four straight. The Cruncher came in their 24-6 loss last saturday to a Mildenhall team that had t won a game we re losing to everybody Madden said. Losing four games in a Row is not them sics thing far me. I Don t normally lose four games in a season. We probably have no football team same As Fairford. Smal bases can t survive. We gel no  the support problem says Madden has to do with commanders keeping his players from practising. Then there Are other headaches like 19sj.fi5 Starub Jim Collier avoiding the team and  causing so much acrimony thai Madden held a preseason vote to keep him on the team. When players do make it to practice says Madden they Don t listen. One of the big problems is nobody believes in Dick mad Den. No one believes what i say. This is the first time i be had to prove myself. 1 eve brought out a scrapbook last week. I showed them clippings of when i was a 15 5 Pound player so that they know you Don t have lobe big to be Good. Madden was an assistant at Lakin health when the eagles won Safe in 1979 and allowed with a . Title in 80. He joined the staff at Alconbury in1982 and 83 before Landing the head Job Ai Greenham which started a football program in i9s4. We d be doing the same thing if we had turned around and beaten Alcon Bury said Madden referring to the pirates 1s-s overtime loss to the spartans and if we got  Greenham hits the Road saturday for a 1 . Game with Lakenheath. Madden acknowledges the eagles 3-3 and fading in the american division arc desperate to win. But if somebody takes me lightly watch  Madden wants his own players to watch out because of a Laken Halh team that he has heard is the dirtiest team in the  Lakenheath coach Baron Burton re plied it s All news to me. We Cut our penalties Down Way Down. The last couple games we be had hardly any per Sonal fouls. Chicks aids says we knocked five of their players out but they were All on clean  Madden says he s already knocked out i m through. Don t worry about Dickie do no  extra Points Mildenhall tackle Jamie Gomez is the stars an stripes player of the week in the . After the Way he dismantled Grenham common and led the marauders to their first Victory. Gomez a a foot la 205 Pounder had six Solo tackles and two sacks and also played some offensive tackle Grenham s Madden in t the Only coach doing the shuffle. Mildenhall s Tony Diaz hired Eddie Crawford to run his offence and defense and praises him for beating Grenham. He knows what the hell he s doing says Diaz. At Camp new Amsterdam the wolfhounds of the Continental sport conference changed coaches Early last month Ron Gill left and assistant do Warren look Over. The team stands 0-5. Madden says his top running Back Rick Banks transferred to Chicksands. Quotes think Alconbury will beat Chicksands this week. Bin Walers will beat pm. Then we  s Burton. We re going to one upper Scyford a fight for their life this weekend. I be been reviewing Heyford films and they did show me  Mildenhall s Diaz. Give me Ramstein and there s no doubt about a championship. If outgoing Greenhorn common Couch diet midden.,. Looking for support he believes never came Madden s pirates stunned the . By Ramstein coach Bill Schultz came overcast Nefe be would be quit a Ion immediately winning a division Tiue. Last year they were favored to repeat but went 5 5 while Chicksands won the division. Now the fighting Chicks who rep resent one of he . S Small bases stand 4-1, Long time ago Greenham s Madden. Predictions last week 4-5 season 31-16, .660 Fairford at Bent witers saturday the phantoms keep it on the ground and grind up the Falcons. Benwa Crsby 12, Grce Nhun common at Lakenheath sat urday Burton reports that his eagles Are coming together. Sam Smith s Back at quarterback after an injury. Jay Johnson s Back on the offensive line after toy there s More bulk where they came from. Lakenheath by 6. Upper Heyford at Mildenhall sunday the sky Kings arc on a Roll. They catch Alconbury on his Day and never look Back. Scyford by 21. Alconbury to Chic Luud sunday Hie spartans have problems jeering something the Chicks find easy. Chick Sands by 3.wei Bruecken it Spra Dahlem sat urday Crummy game of the week. The warriors have better players the sabers better coaching. Span Dahlem by 1. Sembach Erbeto main saturday two teams thai mad the playoffs two years ago. Seems like Light years ago. At feast the Tiger Nave Stan Hayes a Bull at linebacker and fullback. Sembach by 3. Hahn a Torrejos sunday game of the week. The s-0 Hawks were scheduled for a drag of a flight to Spain. They re in for worse turbulence when Blenny Washington of the 4-1 raiders winds up. Torrejon by 6.blttmia to it Estela sunday the Barons play the d like no Csc Tram. Therms play the 0 better than any Safe team. A couple of Witton to Toome bombs decide this one. Ramstein by. Wiesbaden at crap new at Wasai sunday the flyers late their dive it Hahn out on the wolfhounds. Wie Tefr Den by 16. Lead footed Moss folded Slick astros staff Ive Carpenter san fart Asp a Hall off Amer Diny  that Les Moss a Lead footed Cal Tom to typified the hapless Ness of the St. Co runs Loo Longin the same  after 46 years in professional base Moss now the pitching coach of the Houston astros finally lasted the Champagne of a major league pen Nant Winner isl week. For 25 years his major league teams finished in the same place out of first Houston manager Hal lamer and his pitching staff cite. I on mechanics As a key Tach Tastrom no West championship under Guh menage for a third sea son housed i pitchers Lead the league in shutouts strikeouts saves and hits and earned runs allowed. He s the Best coach i be Ever been around in terms of mechanics right hander Mike Scott who leads the majors in Era and strikeouts said wednesday after the astros recorded their sixth shul Ulin 10 games with a 5-0 Victory Over i Little tiny things in your delivery Titan tote be a big difference and he does t of " you have to give Hinta i Leal of credit in what our pitchers Lanie said. Hera same and great Moss 61, like mkt astros coach Yogi Bena Phrom baseball s old Jim Noacco chewing Early to Lac Type whose greatest pleasures 1 come from the game. He describes the astros division title As the most satisfying thing that s happened to him in the sport simply saying winning is  but the Tulsa okla., native does t mind being compared Togene Mauch of the California Angels who has failed to make it to the world series in 25 years As a manager. Heck anybody involved in the game knows he s one of the finest managers i baseball Moss says. The Lack of championships is just one of those  Moss was never known As one of base Ball finest catchers. He batted .247. Hit 63 Home runs during game career that befad0 in 1946  with the bal. Ilon red sox and Chi Ieso. Asked to describe his career highlights ins and say "1 cant  us playing Days ended in 1958,he Wentt pc minors and latin Ameri can leagues a Nebab and manager be fore returning to tse a Huyias a Bull pen coach during the late t9h the 1967 season still brides memories of his finest pitching staff in Gary Peters Joel Horien and Tommy John but also painful ones of a last week collapse we were in first place with five games logo and wound up  it was from Chicago pitching coach Ray Berrys the Best one i be Ever been around that Moss picked up Many obis ideas on How to handle pitchers. He put them to use As pitching coach for the Detroit tigers where he record As t. Solan Ryan Bob Knepper and rest of the Houston Naff have Row his Job easier this year. The main thing for a pitching com with a staff like this is to make Suft they Don t pick up any bad habits to Wald you be got to make sure everything npr1pan, that they re not Rushing the  left hander Jim Deshaies the you cutest of Houston s four starters said to is easy to pitch for he helped me smooth out some hitches in my delivery Deshaies Aid " and unlike Tome coaches if you rets he h Lenic a alone Ltd appreciate Noah additional Yean of Mossing More than a the  m just glad to see that Sun come up every   
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