European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes sunday november 2,1sb6 nil Powers on collision course by Barry Wilner a sports writer the National football league Heads into the second half of he season with a treat six games featuring confrontations Between the league s elite. Only four of the nil s 16 teams Wilh winning records face rivals with losing records this weekend. The three clubs with 7-1 records the Best in the league play rugged opposition and there Are two critical divisional meetings. Denver the new York jets and the defending Champion Chicago bears Are the 7-1 outfits. The Broncos Are in los Angeles sunday to play the raiders who have won five straight. The jets travel to Seattle where they have never won and the bears arc at Home monday night against the rams 6-2, in a Battle of divisional leaders. While Denver and the raiders duct in the acc West Dallas is at giants stadium in the pfc East. Both the cowboys and giants Are 6-2, tied with washing ton which also has a difficult chore against Minnesota 5-3. Atlanta lied for second with san Francisco in the pfc West is at acc East runner up new England in another matchup of winning teams. The 49ers Are at new Orleans s-5. Like san Francisco successful nil teams who oppose losers this sunday Are Cleveland 5-3, which hosts wingless Indi Anapolis Cincinnati also 5-3 and lied with the Browns for first place in the acc Central which travels to Detroit and Kansas City 5-3, which is at san Diego where Al Saunders debuts us head coach of he chargers. In games involving teams with losing records Buffalo is at Tampa Bay Phila Delphia visits is. Louis Houston goes to Miami and Green Bay is Al Pittsburgh. The raiders and jets Are the league s hottest teams Wilh five and six game winning streaks respectively. A los an Geles Victory would tighten the a fewest considerably but a Denver Victory combined with a jets Victory in Seattle could blow apart the race. To say this is a big Ball game is an understatement. The raiders can t afford to drop three games behind at this stage said Denver coach Dan Reeves. The Broncos beat the raiders 38-36 in the season opener and the series Between the bitter rivals has not resulted in a split in nine years. After a 6-0 Start the Broncos were beaten soundly by the jets and played sporadically in beating Seattle last week the raiders dropped their first three \ washing ton and the giants after losing at mite High stadium before reeling off the live straight victories. They May be the Best team in feet Ball right now Reeves said. The raid ers always seem to get better As the sea son goes along. If we re going to be beat them we have to play much much bet Ter than we have in the last two  the jets Haven t been beaten since week 2, but they Are a hobbled Bunch heading into the kingdom. Linebacker Lance Mehl new York s lop Tacher wrecked his knee last sunday and won the Back this season. All pro nose tackle Joe Jecko has knee cartilage damage and is listed As extremely doubtful for the game while running Back Johnny Hector has a sprained thumb that figures to limit his effectiveness. The jets Are 1-7 lifetime against Seattle which will switch quarterbacks from Dave Krieg to second year pro Gale Gilbert. Krieg had started the last 48 games for the so Hawks. We fell we needed a change to give somebody else a Chance to make some plays we Haven t been miking Seattle coach Chuck Knox said. Gale Gilbert it a Strong Arm and he s got the ability. Stand in the pocket. It s just a feeling 1 have As coach that now is the time to do  for the third consecutive week Abc has an excellent matchup for its monday night game this time it s a rematch of the 1985 pfc championship. Los Angeles running Back Eric Dicker son is still terrorizing defences and is on a Pace that exceeds the one which got him 2,105 Yards in 1984. He has 1.030 Yards on 199 carries. But the bears who have allowed annul Low of 97 Points surrender Only 85.4 Yards a game on the ground. Dicker son is averaging almost 129. It s no secret thai you have to Stop Eric Dickerson to beat the rams bears coach Mike Ditka said. If you let him get going let him get his Yards you re in trouble. Chicago has announced that Jim to Mahon won t Start at quarterback. The Dean have won the but 22 games he has started but have been so so on Offens Ewhen Mcmahon in t available. Mcmahon has been plagued by shoulder and Back problems this season. Gadusek provides one two punch . Wins 48th Wight Mon cup London a the United states behind the one two punch of Bonnie Gadusek clinched its 48th Wightman cup championship its eighth in a Row Over Britain in matches Friday night. Gadusek the world s loth ranked women s Tennis player out muscled Britain s to Durie 6-2, 6-4 in the evening s opening singles match then teamed up with Kathy Rumaldi for a doubles vision Over Sara Gomer and Annabel Croft 6-3, i-7,6-3. That clinched the cup for the United states even though a singles match and a pair of doubles were scheduled saturday. Rinaldi and Stephanie Rehe Defeated gamer and Croft in singles thursday night. I m a Tittle lived Gadusek said. They brought out the Best in my game today in the end Gadusek had enough to keep her career record against Durie perfect at 5-0. While registering just nine Clear Cut winners in the first set Gadusek 23, from Largo fla., took advantage of the briton s mistakes breaking serve for a 4-2 Lead and again for the set on a powerful forehand. The two exchanged service Breaks through the first four games of the second set the Pace picking up with every Point As first Durie then Hadusek chased Down shots and drove to the net. Gadusek s lobs and passing shots sometimes caught Durie off guard but Britain s top ranked woman player countered with a fierce serv ice display and hard volleying. In the third game Gadusek had sin Points to hold her serve. But Durie helped by a pair of disputed line Calls broke for 2-1 when a running lob by the american went Long. Durie still looking for her second Wightman cup sin Bonnie Gadusek beat Britain s to Durie 6-2,6-4. Gles Victory against eight losses broke with a forehand passing shot Down the line for a 4-3 Lead but that was As close As she could come to staying the american Advance. Oilers surge past canucks photographer claims attack by Ballesteros Palma Majorca a Spanish golfer seve Baltes Leros punched a photographer and scuffled Wilh another Friday during a visit to this Mediterranean Island according to news reports. A photographer for a Palma newspaper filed a complaint with the police claiming Ballesteros punched him and repeat edly struck him with a bag at Palma s son san air port. Hie photographer told the National news Agency efe that Baltes Leros appeared to be in a bad mood when he arrived at the air port to return to his Home in the Northern City of san Lander after a one Day visit Btl testers to Palma to see a Cousin Santiago Sola the Golf pro at the son Servero Golf club. Earlier Ballesteros had refused to speak to a reporter and photographer outside the Golf club and allegedly scuffled with the photographer and blocked his camera to the ground Etc reported. Photographer Pedro Prieto told efe Balleste Ros shouted i said i Don t want photos taken. I know How you Are. You Are Noi people you Are not decent. Vancouver British Columbia a Edmon ton s Mark Messier scored seven seconds into the third period sparking a four goal outburst that led the Edmonton oilers to a 6-2 Victory Over Vancouver Friday. Messier s second goal of the game and fourth of the season made it 3-2. Messier later also set up Wayne Gretzky s Short handed tally at 12 22. Gretzky scored again less than two minutes later and Paul Coffey completed the outburst for the oilers with a goal Al 19 53. Edmonton goaltender Grant Fuhr stymied the canucks throughout the game stopping 40 shots As Van Couver Poulshot the oilers 42-16. Vancouver s Rick Lanz and Messier each scored on the Power play in he first period. Steve Tambellini put the canucks ahead 2-1 at 2 50 of the second period but Mike Kru Shelyski evened the score at 2-2 with Mirk Messier a a Cranky his first goal of the season on a Power play at 15 32. Edmonton has won four in a Row and is on top of the smythe division with an 8-4-0 record. The canucks last in the division fell to 2-7-1. Pirates owe City exhibition fees Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates baseball club failed to get a City License it needed to operate in 19b4 and 1985 and owe exhibition fees according to an audit released Friday. Because of the pirates failure to obtain the licenses the City is losing about $25,000 in unpaid fees Accord ing to City spokesman Tom Flaherty. During a recent audit the City discovered the pirates did t obtain sin exhibition License in 1984 or 1985. The License costs $113 a game and the pirates play 81 Home games a year. Paul Imhoff chief of the Bureau of building inspection said the pirates will be billed for two years