European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 28,1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Victory in game 6 lost by Mcnamara in new England it will always be the Schiraldi Sla Riley Buckner game just As the fourth game of the 1941 world series will always be he Casey Owen game for brooch in dodger fans. Bui he epic sixth same of this world syncs could also be labelled the Mcnamara game after the red so manager who declined to replace a hobbling firs baseman Wilh a two run seventh game rained Oul sunday night will take care oils Elf monday evening or when Ever. Mils and red sox fans will forever Sec the commentary wild pitch by Bob Stanley and the error by Bill Buckner allowing the mils to tie and win the sixth game Early sunday 6-s Victory will always be one of the extraordinary moments in new York baseball one out from elimination three singles a wild Pilch and a grotesque error by a valiant injured athlete an then the fans lining the Field screaming to play the seventh game right then and who was there everybody who watched on television will always see the wild pitch making cookie Wilson skip rope with Kevin Mitchell running Home in they will see inc wobbly Little grounder Wilh a mind of is own slither past the damage legs of Buckner As a stunned Ray Knight scored the winning Long suffering new England fans will Al ways debate Why John Mcnamara had a wounded first baseman in position to commit physical error that could Cost a world series. There is also room in Honor the mels for Refus ing to give in to this clawing vertigo inducing Gravity shifting Nightmare with the season slip Ping this Century new York has seen its share of abrupt brutal turnarounds. In 1908. Fre Merkle of the giants never touched second base on an Apparcel game winning single co slug steam a game and a few Days later the pen 1911, the giants lost the last game of the world series after Fred Snodgrass muffed a flying the Bottom of the Lola. They lost to the red sox by the Way this was before Harry Frazee incurred he curse of babe Ruth by Selling the slugging Pitcher to the Yankees Early in 1920. In 1941 Hugh Casey s final strike to Tommy enrich got past Mickey Owen costing the dodgers the fourth game of the series. Owen insists to this Day that the pitch was not a spit Ball in 1951, Bobby Thomson s Home run won the National league playoff for the giants. This game belongs in that category. Stanley one of the stars of the ill fated 1978 team thai was Bucky dented when the shortstop s playoff winning Homer barely made the a Elfield screen Al Fenway Park replaced Calvin Schiraldi an threw the wild Pilch that tied the game. Then Stanley did his Job inducing Wilson to i weak grounder toward Buckner whose damaged see Vecsey on Page 26 Elway leads Broncos past sea Hawks 20-13 Denver a John Elway passed for 321 Yards including a 34-Yard touchdown loss to Vance Johnson on a Flea Flicker play and a grudging Denver defense yielded Only a pair of Field goals until the closing min utes in the Broncos 20-13 Victory Over the Beanie sea Hawks on sunday. The Triumph boosted the Broncos record to 7-1 an gave Ihm a two game Lead in the acc Western Divi Sion Over Seattle Kansas City and the los Angeles raiders All Al 5-3.the Bronco defense frustrated Seattle quarterback Dave Kring. Who completed six of 16 passes for 26yards and was acted five times for 47 Yards in losses. That resulted in a net passing yardage of minus-21yards for Kring before he left the game in the fourth Gale Gilbert replaced Krieg and directed Seattle to a Quick Consolation score with ims left Hilling Steve la genl on a 24-Yardcr. Up photo ram running a tilt Eric Dickerson., 170 Yards plus to pass Denver led throughout but did t Lake command until the Flea Flicker Early in the fourth Quarter. Four Broncos were involved in inc dazzle dazzle play As Elway handed off to Sammy Winder who handed of to Steve Scwll on an apparent reverse who then Lal erased Back to Elway for the downfield pass. Johnson out leaped Seattle defenders Eugene Robinson and Pat Rick Hunter in the end zone for a 20-6 Lead. Denver had gone ahead 10-0 in the opening period on a 22-Yard Rich Karlis Field goal and Sammy Winder s i Yard to run. The teams traded second Quarter Field goals and the sea Hawks Drew within 13-6 Early in the third period a Curt Warner s running set up a 53-Yard Norm Johnson Field goal. Largent caught three passes extending his nil re Cord siring to 131 games in which he has caught at least one pass. Rams tip Falcons for Lead in West Anaheim Calif. A Eric Dickerson continue Don his record Rushing Pace and threw his first nil touch Down pass and linebacker Mark Jeruc scored on a 22-Yard interception return sunday As the defense minded los Angeles rams beat the Atlanta Falcons 14-7. Dickerson gained 170 Yards on 30 carries to surpass the 1 000-Yard Mark As the rams avenged a 26-14 loss in Atlanta two weeks ago and look Over first place in inc pfc Angeles is 6-2, while the Falcons and the san Francisco 49cn. Are 5-2-1.Dickerson built Liis nil leading Rushing yardage to i 030 Yards at the midpoint of this season putting him ahead of his record setting Pace of 1984, when he set the league Mark Wilh 2,105 Yards. Dickerson in his fourth pro season had 925 Yard Rush i no Al the Midway Point of the 1984 Campaign. After a scoreless first Quarter Jeruc Pul the ram ahead to stay when he picked off a pass by Atlanta s David Archer and ran untouched into the end zone 1 08 into the second later Jerue helped set up the second los Angeles touchdown As he caused a Fumble when he tackled the Falcons Gerald Riggi. Linebacker Greg Meisner scooped up the Ball Al the Milania 30 and ran it to the 1s.on die next play Dickerson started around Nghil end pulled up and threw a touchdown pass to tighten David Hill in the Back of the end zone to make it 14-0.comcrback James Brill had pulled the Falcons within 14-7 Early in the third Quarter when he scooped up a Fumble by los Angeles wide receiver Michael Youngano raced 65 Yards to Rami came up with another key defensive play to preserve the Victory in the final Quarter. After in Falcons with Turk Schonen replacing Archer moved to the rams 30, comeback Jerry Gray intercepted Schonert to Stop the threat Wilh six minutes remaining. The rams overcame five turnover two lost Fum Bles by Young and two interceptions and one Fumble by Steve oils gelling his second Start of the seasoning place of the sore kneed Sieve Bartkowski. Bears beat Lions 13-7 on quarterback sack Chicago a linebacker Wil Ber Marshall said he did l think things like that happened and Eric hippie Lik ened it to being bit by a car. Marshall blitzed sacked hippie forced a Fumble recovered and ran a Yards for a touchdown sunday to Lead the Chicago bears to a 13-7 Victory Over the Detroit Lions. I never thought something like that would happen said a Nelda Duerson and i were blitzing and the Back picked up Dave. That left me free. U was a Tough hit but 1 kept my Eye open. I saw the Ball said Marshall. That s the first time thai has happened. I Don t gel to Blitz that much i saw the Ball pop ft/T3. I.,? pressing after it said Marshall i to nought i d get tackled and i did but no until i got to the i Yard hippie Sal on the Field stunned after the pay sum venl1 we to t hit by � car when i was a kid Midi ooze. And that s what i Felt like. Coach Mike Dill a called mar shall s play he Felt he Halo do something extra with Mike so Glenary out of we kept out of the game because of a Groin injury suffered in last week s 23-7 loss at Minnesota. Me and Otis Wilson talked about it said Marshall. We decided with Mike out of there we had to pick up inc Pace and fire up the Jim Mcmahon a Delawd last week started for the bean and made it 22 straight Bew Triumph in games he has started Mcmahon is some kind of Gull Guy said Ditka he Pul his Bull out on the , who remained in the Trainer room after the game getting Shoul Der Elbow Back and ankle injuries at tended to completed 17 of 24 passes for141 Yards although he was sacked three limes and had two passes Butler kicked two Field goals for toe bears including one for 27 Yards with 18 seconds to Lions dropping to 3-5, got Back see bears on Page 23
