European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 10,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Grid losses Are in fashion at Cna there s a clothing store in Europe called a a which sounds exactly like an air Force football team in the Netherlands called Cna. The parallel ends right there. A a displays Slick merchandise. Cna showcases Arar Gudy 13-Gamc losing Streak. A a runs on tight leadership. Cna bumbles amid this question who s coaching Cia offers inviting sales. Cna keens you away with three Yards and a Cloud of fumbles. Two years ago when Gimp new Amsterdam first fielded a football team called the wolfhounds you  them to be hounded All Over  s Continental sports conference. They were. They were shut out four limes. They scored All of five touchdowns. They lost one game 88-0 to Bil Burg. If you thought Hal was bad Tilburg coach Dave Lockwood said of the rout it was like playing a Junior High school team that Good while Cna Sang the expansion blues a fellow Safe team across the Channel made that first sea son All the More embarrassing. The . S Greenham common pirates also in their first season went 4-2 2 and won a division championship. Much to Cna s credit the wolfhounds rebounded from that Tilburg Blowout to beat playoff bound Simbach in a shocking comeback 22-20. One of the biggest upsets in Safe history. Then in 1985, they won their opener 8-0 Over Span Dahlem. Two straight victories. Cna was looking More like a a. A Winner. A for the Good old Days. The wolfhounds Haven t won since. Cna can t nudge anybody. Docs this get worse son of. Some teams that lose at least claim stability. That s what the wolfhounds claimed in 1985 when second year coach Floyd car son improved their Offen a by 56 Points and their defense by 45, after Carson Cna flounders. Ron Gill took Over the team in the Spring. By the second week of the season he was a Mere figurehead while assistant Don Warren called the shots. By the third week. Gill was gone and Warren was head coach. Gill and Warren admit they did t gel along. Which had something to do with Gill quitting Gill also contends he was an interim coach All along and dial he had to leave the team because of a Busy Job. Athletic director Willis Duck cry who doubles As a tailback exposed other problems. Like players not wanting to come out and play for Gill. Gill really does t have thu football background to keep that  said Duckery. He was not in a position to make decisions the first game. He was looking to Don for decisions and was overshadowed. He did t think he could function As head Roach so he bowed  Duck cry revealed that later Iii told me he fell like he failed. I said no you Jinn i fail. You were Here Way Back in the Spring. You know you kept 25 Guys together at the beginning i wanted him to feel like it was not a total wast. But that s about All he  you would think Gill who spoke glowingly before the season of having so much Talent we can t lose would be bitter. He sure does t sound like it. Keep it positive he says. Look at the Progress we made suiting up 45 Guys for our opener which we had never done recruiting army players which we had never done scoring Points where we did t Back in g i 84." sure enough Cna averse two touchdowns per game. Also in fill s Fina a the wolfhounds made powerhouse Hahn scramble before the Hawks won 40-33. Gill shouli1 be kept the  said one of his sup porters ram Stem coach Bill Schult. His Altitude. The Man was fired up. That lends to rub off on  Schult shows interest in Cna because he almost landed the coaching Job there. The wolfhounds expected him last january two months after Schultz won his second straight Safe title but Schult opted to slay at Ramstein. Whal would so Liltz have done to turn Cna around i would be gotten commanders together and asked them to commit or not. Then i would be recruited beat the Bushes for  those arc the basics to winning in Safe foot Ball convince Guys to play and convince supervisors to let them practice. These Are the teams that gear that strategy for a rising program Chicksands Bent Waters upper hey Ford Hahn Ramstein Torrejon Span Dahlem. Wiesbaden. The rest Are Cillick in Neutral Alconbury. Bit Burg or reverse Mildenhall. Rhein main. Rhein main with the second longest losing Streak at four had a perfectly Fine program before ditching in. Under Warren Stanley the  went 7-3 in s3 Ihen reached the playoffs with a 6-1 in 84. They had getting worse. Rhein main would kiss the turf to Wear a winning record now. So would the wolfhounds. Then Cna and a a would have a lot More in common. The Sim Ixl so Nix i be York  first toy Man  Remante my an Hitt Effort Flag Down Randy Bass second inning double Ami in Ita in   night astros from Page 21 he said people have been saying that for two months. I be had to Deal with that Ever since 1 started pitching. It does t bother  "1 Felt comfortable All night. 1 fell like was in a Groove. I think it was a bigger game than the  several mets particularly Hernan Dez and Knight complained on pitches that were called strikes. Doug Harvey does a Good Job Back there " new York manager Dave John son said. There might have been a Cou ple of questionable Calls Back there but the umpiring did t Beal us Mike Scott  aside from Davis play the astros were aided by two other defensive gems. In the third second baseman Donn Dove parallel to the ground and made a backhand slab of Rafael Santana s liner. Cruz s play in led cd. However proved even More significant in the seventh with no out and a runner on Cruz broke in on Willy Backman s opposite Field drive Ihen raced to the Wall and made an Over the shoulder catch. The Only run Scoll needed came in the second when Davis launched a 1-0 Pilch Over the Center Field Wall. It was the Sec Ond time this season Gooden allowed a Homer in a Glamour game in the Astro dome. He surrendered a Home run to Lou Whitaker in losing the All Star game. "1 Haven t hit him Well in the past Davis said of Gooden. He s got me More than i be got him and i certainly Haven t Hurt him. But that s just one of those  after Davis homered in the second inning the mels used Sharp defense to keep the game close Over the next three innings but could do Little against Scott. In the third Heman Dei and Knight saved a base hit apiece with diving slops. In the fourth the astros again failed to score with Hie bases loaded and one out. This time Scoll hit into an inning end ing double play. Houston threatened again in the Firth when Billy Hatcher reached third with one out. But shortstop Rafael Santana threw him out trying to score on Denny waiting s grounder. Hatcher bowled Over Carter who held the Ball. Scott allowed no hits until Hernandez singled with one out in the fourth. Samara singled with iwo out in the fifth. Neither runner advanced and the score remained 1-0 Houston