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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 25 warriors rally past Wiesbaden Bubuc Syfox staff writer Wiesbaden Here s How Charlie Harris rushed we Bruecken out of trouble sunday he scored the winning Pat with 5 seconds left to lift the warriors Over the wies Baden flyers 30-28. He caught a 57-Yard touchdown pass to keep we Bruecken from getting Smoth ered Midway through the third Quarter. He burst Over for a 1-Yard to and car ried for two extra Points for Zweibruck in s first Points of the game. No wonder Wiesbaden linebacker Mik Staton said of Harris Freddie Miller s not the Only Back in this league. That s  Harris has a ways to go before bouncing Tilburg s Miller As the pre eminent run Ning Back in Safe s Continental sport conference. Still the warriors stand tied for first at 2-0, thanks to Harris. The flyers stand tied for last at 0-2 despite their bulging total of68 rushes for 3s2 Yards paced by halfback Ryan Gates 140 Yards in 24 carries. Harris a tailback from Baltimore gave we Bruecken 106 Yards in 32 carries. He also completed a 24-Yard option pass on the warriors winning drive. Whatever Harris got he deserved said Wiesbaden defensive coordinator Jim Blackman. They would do something and we could t  Harris was t the Only problem hitting Wiesbaden s defense. We Bruecken also threw de Van Abl s passes at the flyers. Vena c completed seven of 15 passes for in Yards. His 57-Yardcr to Harris came while rolling right and throwing across the held. He followed that with a Pat run that tied it 16-16 with 9 28 left in the third Quarter. After mostly relying on Harris Vinable showed How he beat Ramstein the week before. With 1 56 left and no timeouts he drove the warriors 53 Yards in six plays to erase a 28-22 deficit. With de at quarterback we can score anytime said Vern Miller the coach who has whipped the warriors into title con tenders. We also have the receivers Thomas Washington and Marvin Seal Worth who make me confident that any team we play close we can score  Van Abl s first play of the clinching drive was a Pilch to Harris who fired his 24-Yardcr to Stallworth. Vinable followed with a 15-Yard strike to Washington. Now at Wiesbaden s 9-Yard line Harris Sas photo by Gui 5 Owci Bruecken s James Jones 40 tips a pass meant for Wiesbaden s John Scott. Swept left for i Yard. A face mask penalty pushed the Ball to the 4. They were getting really tired Harris said of the flyer defenders. Harris swept left for 2 More Yards. Buton third Down Staton hauled Down the tailback fora 2-Yard loss. We Bruecken faced fourth Down at the 4 with 16 seconds left. Venable found Washington open in the left Side of the end zone and this game was tied 28-28. Washington easily beat cornerback Marvin Dud icy who replaced a consistently bum cd Robert Barnes in the third Quarter. After the Ramstein game two touch Downs is nothing to overcome said Vena ble who Early in the fourth Quarter trailed Wiesbaden 28-16. Now the warriors faced breaking the tic. Kicking the Point was out since kicker an Tonjo Stancil and a pack of fellow Parma sons soldiers were ruled beyond Owci Bruecken s Domain by Safe last week. The warriors did the next surest thing Harris on the Power sweep. He took Vena blk s pitch right ran behind blocks by full Back Jef Earlc and tackle Frank Daub Endzwe Bruecken had a Winner. They could t Stop our Power i right and they could t Stop Charlie said Vena ble. He got outside and broke the containment said Wiesbaden s Staton. He s a Damn Good Back. Once he was around the Corner he ran like a Man on  leading Wiesbaden s defense was safely Nathan pc Nick with 10  s defense which also look a beating got 11 tackles from linebacker Antonio Alorton and tackle Ralph Brooks. R an Gates 40oho gained 140 Ards for the Kloers run into  tackle Ralph Brooks 76 in the second Quarter. Air Force football rockets Shock Pitburg Rhein main a Germany Rhein main 22, Pitburg 14. Upset rockets coach Warren Stanle Ywarn t upset. We stuck pm said an ecstatic Stan icy after his rockets pulled the shocker of the Continental sports conference season sunday. It was a great game. Last week i talked about my most disappointing loss As a coach. This is my most enjoyable  Rhein main pulled it off by totalling 320 Yards and holding Pitburg to 204. Tailback Greg Booker rushed for on rocket touchdown and amassed Iso Yards in 24 carries. Quarterback Tony Smith hit 12 of 32 passes for 156 Yards including the winning 31-Yard to strike to Prentiss spicy with 5 14 left. All that from a rocket team that went 4-13 the last two years and lost 42-2 the week before for its eighth straight  All that against a Baron team that won the Csc title in 1986 and beat wies Baden 33-24 the week before. Stanley ignored All thai. I knew we were in this ballgame the first five min utes he said. By the end of the first Quarter Pitburg led 8-0. Scan Loggins blocked a punt and returned it 36 Yards for a touchdown. The Barons went for one Point but a bad snap forced Bertram Chew 10 pass to Jeff Leonard who caught it for two Points. The rockets finally answered late inthe half. They marched 65 Yards in seven  key pickups were tight end Herb co Leman s 6-Yard catch and a roughing the passer Call that gave Khein main a firsthand goal at the 8. Booker broke off left tackle for the 8-Yard to. Marty yokum s kick Cut the Gap to 8-7 with 13 seconds left to inter Mission. The rockets made it 14-8 when Larry Long pounced on a Fumble in the end zone with 10 27 left in the third Quarter. Freddie Miller had fumbled a Che pitch from the Pitburg 5. The Barons rebounded quickly on Chew s 63-Yard to sprint. When they missed the kick the score stood 14-14with 9 24 left in the third Quarter. Rhein main drove 45 Yards to win it. Smith passed 18 Yards to Coleman set Ting up his to toss to spicy. The rockets set up in kick he Point but a bad snap led yokum to pass for two Points to Greg Wither. Linebacker Ira Washington led Rhein main with six tackles. Tackle Mickey Pugh had a sack and a Fumble recovery. Miller rushed 19 times for 87 Yards for Pitburg. Chew was held to 3-of-l7 pass ing for 22 Yards. In another Csc game sunday Simbach 26, Torrejon 5 Torrejon a. Spain David Scwll and Stan Hayes scored two touch Downs each As the tigers spoiled the raiders 1987 Home debut. Scwll tallied on a 36-Yard pass from de Jones in the first Quarter a touch Down set up by a Fumble recovery. Then he added another to on a three Yard run in the second Quarter Hayes ran for the two Point i at and the tigers led 14-0 at halftime. Am sports Rio pro football new York giants at Chicago 3 . Tuesday  
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