European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Of Friday. April 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 Bidav Etehl staff writer London two of the National football league hottest Young throwing arms arc expected to shoot tout in the second american bowl in Lon Don aug. 9. John Elway will Lead the Denver Bron cos against Jim Everett s pm Angeles rams in the nil s first preseason foot Ball game this summer the National football league announced thursday Ata London press conference. The nil s director of Rhein said he expects about 3,000 tickets to be reserved Tor . Armed forces personnel in Europe. He said he did t know yet How or where the would be distributed. Last year the super bowl xxx Champi on Chicago bean Defeated the Dallas cowboys 17-6 in the first of what thenal says May be an annual London Wembley stadium. This year same is expected to draw at least the 82,699 fan who came from England the continent and America to see the bears and cowboys play promoters Are saying. Elway Long considered to be on the threshold of stardom stepped through the door and into the limelight in Las year s playoffs against the Cleveland Browns. Faced with his Back to the Wallon his own 2-Yard-line, the Stanford graduate led the Broncos on a seemingly impossible 98-Yard shooting drive with Lime running out to tie the game. The Elway spearheaded the winning drive in overtime to land Denver in the superbowl where they eventually lost to the new York giants. Everett originally drafted last year bythe Houston oilers refused to play for hem and was traded to the rams mid Way through the season. In his first game Everett came on in Relief of Steve oils to Complete i2-of-l9 passes for three touchdowns in Little Over a their perpetual quarterbacking problem seemingly solved the rams 7-4when Everett came on Board went on to finish 10-Ti and made the playoffs As a to meet in . Denver John hew led Broncos to super bowl wildcard team. The nil is holding the games wit the future in mind according to Rhein the nil is trying to get on As Man television sets Enas Many countries As possible. Staging games overseas u one Way to do it. Irs a growth area Rhein said. Nil revenues from . To were Down slightly last year. Whatever the nil s Aims european football fans wanting to satisfy their pigskin cravings will tie Happy to hear what Broncos president Patrick Bowlen has to say. Answering criticisms of Las year s game in which some claimed the two teams played Loo Many second stringers in a second rate game Bowlen said this ii a Chance to show off so we won t be playing a lot of rookies who won t make the team. We re looking at this As a preseason game. We would play our first string players at least half the coaches and players have been rants Jim Ecrert. Threw three ads in nil debut critical of the nil for staging the game saying the Early game was a disruption to the training Camps. Bowlen said Hei Hinks that mood has changed. It s proved to be a smashing Success he said. There s a completely different attitude about it now. They re the play ers All very As to the Odds the game will become an nil tradition Bowlen said at the latest owners meeting in March the feel ing was they d the owners like to play this game in London every year. It s desirable Bowlen said he also has a scare to set the. The last time we played the ram they beat us pretty actually the rams did t beat the Broncos handily in that 198s season opener but they did help keep playoffs. Denver led 16-13 before los Angeles Dieter Brock went to work. The sex Ca radian football league quarterback completed five straight pastes in an 80-Yard drive then handed lotto diaries while for the winning to with 2 07 left that gave the rams a 20-16 Victory. When the season was Over Denver tied at 1 is with the jews and the Patri ots lost out under he nil tiebreaker formula to was the first Lime in nil history that a team won 11 games an did not make the playoffs. If icy had won that game against the Ranis the would have been in the playoffs. Abc will broadcast inc game in the United states. Rhein said no other agreements anywhere else have so Farbeen Marlc for television rights. They expect to sign an agreement soon in the United kingdom. The popularity of american football has grown significantly in England since the first game was shown in movie Thea ters via satellite in 1980. Now a one week old nil game i televised along with highlights from other games every sunday during the season. A league sponsored by an Ameri can Beer company boasting 104 team throughout England opens ils season Friday. This year s game Between the ram Sand the 1986 acc leading Broncos is expected to draw at least one million pounds about million in ticket receipts at the stadium. Those arc figure Wembley s jams Alai re said Only National championship soccer match shave been Able to match at the country s largest stadium. Kick off time for the game will be 6p.m. London time 7 . Central euro Pean time. It will be shown live at . Eastern Standard time in the . Tickets Are 20 pounds about $33impounds about 12510 pounds about j 16.50 and 5 pounds about s8. The Yare available now by mail from Ameri can bowl "87, Wembley Box office Wembley Middlesex ha9 Odd eng land. Tickets can also be booked by phone for credit card holders at 01-902 1234. Gwynn scores 28, Green 19 in Schweitzer go show spurs . To win Over Yugoslavia Mannheim Germany the . Basketball team faced this exam question thursday night How to attack Yugoslavia s High Rise zone defense leave it to those High school seniors to pass with a Grade of 9s-s4. They came up with these answer John Gwynn bombing for 28 Points. Sean Green rattling the rim for 19 Buckley muscling for 14 Points. By passing that test the americans boosted their re Cord to 5-0 and sped into the semifinals of the Albert Schweitzer basketball tournament in wednesday s lat game the . Slaved off a late comeback to defeat Spain 114-92 behind Green s 29 Points and 28 from quiz Turkey at 8 . Friday at the hockey stadium in downtown have a helluva following said . Coach Dick Mccann of the turks who beat Poland 86-61thursday. They make noise any Way they can with Drums tamborines.". Fans made their own Racket White responding to the go show. Gwynn outside. Green show finally got rolling in the last minute of the first half. Before 1 hat a stifling zone and Arian Korna am sports television boxing a me buddy Mcgirt re Vincent Tttus Ford 12 rounds for the vacant world boxing Counci Continental americas Junior welterweight tits . Radio baseball California Angels at Minnesota twins 1 . Saturday. Zee the Kamikaze guard who would finish with 40points, had shot Yugoslavia ahead 46-45. Gwynn the Rematha High guard shot right through a crowd at the top of the key for a 47-45 . Lead. Moments later Green hit a Layup for the Ameri can s 50-46 halftime Lead. Then came the americans Slraight a guard Ryan Drew clicked from three Point Range. So did Gwynn. And when Gwynn stole the Ball an flicked to Green tora dangerous Dunk the crowd sounded a unanimous the 14 16 Mark the .led 71-50. Pass the next lest please. We just weren t concentrating at first said Wynn the Lone stateside based player who has Cyl to commit to a College. I have to show some leadership and enthusiasm to lift everybody up 3 notch he s a Complete ballplayer Mccann said mfg Wynn who at 6-Fecl still managed a Dunk. He kind of semes when he has to Lake Over. He says it s follow his Mccann said the americans second slow Start in a Many Days was their own fault More than that tall zone this Leam is More different than any other i Veco ached Here said the coach of inc defending Schweitzer champions. These players play As hard Asit takes to slay close or barely Lead then they say of gang Here we go. Turn on the after and Germany a also advanced to the semis and will play at 6 is . wednesday s Laic game . 114, Spain 92 the score was 95-90. But the . Outscored Spain 19-2 in the lost four minutes for in wound up with 2s Points one less than Green led the americans with. Green had 12 Points in the first half but his shoot ing was off. After intermission he went eight for nine. Washimi american John a Wynn 26 Points in win Over Yugoslavia
