European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. October. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 nil Roundup strike sunday empty seats strange plays unlikely heroes by Dave Goldberg new York a there was some Good football some mediocre football and i in ugly kid foothill far a full show of  it was strike sunday in the in l. A Kaleidoscope of pal us lint a empty wills sir and a plays Uri Liki la heroes and Timali. We be just witnessed a bit of history i suppose Cincinnati bengals coach Sam Wychec said after his Lens lost 10-9 to san Diego in a game marked by Fum Bles on three of the first eight plays in most places inc crowds were the scores Pittsburgh 18, Atlin 12 san Ditro 10, Cincinnati 9 Cleveland 20, new in Gand 10 Indianapolis 47, Buffalo 6 Tampa Bay 31, ctr Oil 27 Chicago 35, Philadelphia 3 Washington 28, St. Louis 21 new Orleans 37, . Rams 10 Green Bay 23, Minnesota 16 Houston 40, Denver 10 . Raiders 35, Kansas City 17 Dallas 38, new York jets 24 selle24,miami20 hardly that kept away by pickets or the Prospect of a team football. And where members of the a team showed up they did t always fare that Welt. The biggest hero among he picket line Cross cars was the Colts Gary hog Boorn who tied a 22-year-old team record with five touchdown passes in a 47-6 rout of Buffalo. But St. Louis and Mew England with some regulars playing lost to washing ton and Cleveland who had none. Dallas did t bother to use Danny while Tony Dorset or Mike Ren fro in in 38-24 win Over the new York jets one of two previously unbeaten teams which lost sunday. Minnesota which lost to Green Bay 23-16, was the other. Maybe we had an advantage in that not any of our Guys came in washing ton coach Joe Gibbs said Afler his redskins 2s-2i Victory Over the Cardi nals who had eight regulars suited up. The same group was Able to practice together for 10 Days just 4,074 fans showed up in Phila Delphia s veterans stadium where 1,500 picketers blocked All but one Gale and some egg throwing and car smashing was reported. Inside the new Chicago bears looked just like the old ones registering 11 sacks in a 35-3 win Over the substitute eagles. There were 4.919 fans in the 80,368-Seal Pontiac Silver dome to watch the ersatz Tampa Bay sues come Back from a 17-0 deficit to Down the Detroit Lions 31-27. Just 9,860 were in Buffalo s 80,000-seat Rich stadium to see the Colts and Bills. Atlanta Seattle new England and new Orleans also had their smallest Over crowds and there were just 27,728 in Washington s Frk stadium he first Lime in 160 games Over 12 years that the redskins did t sell out mile High stadium in Denver which also always Sells out had Only ,18,454 of is 75,123 scats tilled and that figure dwindled to a few thousand in the second half As Houston moved out to what became a 40 to Victory Over the Broncos. Management predictably saw a Silver lining while the Union called it a Sham. It s belter than being shut Down said Tex Schramm president of the Dai see nil on Page 26 Only 16,667 Fons showed Opal 60,748-Seal Atlanta Fulton county stadium to see Pittsburgh defeat the Falcons 28-12. Nil owners Felt any football was better than no football Tymi Terabun up sports writer nil owners knew sunday s attempt at replacement football would be soundly rejected by the fans but the games were not designed to please crowds. They were designed to instill fear in striking players. It goes unsaid that sunday will not be looked upon As one of the Bright and Shin ing moments in the history of the nil the owners knew thai going in. They knew hat seats would be empty. They knew most of the games would not be Worth watching. They even knew there was a risk that some Nasty incidents might occur somewhere thai would Lead to even More hard feelings and perhaps a lawsuit or two. But in their estimation the alternative was even worse. The alternative they fell would he to have no football at All for weeks and weeks just As happened five years ago when everybody sat around for two months without any action. They decided to play hardball and the commentary result was what look place sunday. The games May be of less than Normal Quality and May play to empty houses but they Are there. And the longer hey Are there the More the pressure will build on the striking players. The More games hat arc played the More Likely some popular players i ii emerge. Anthony Allen for instance caught three touchdown passes for the washing ton redskins sunday and amassed a club record 255 Yards receiving. He will he the subject of a few replays in Washington Over the next few Days. Dallas David Adams who  All of a Foni a sprinted through a Bunch of new Vork jews and leaped into the end zone for a touchdown. Nobody in Dallas had Ever heard of David Adams before sunday. But if he Joes much More of thai he will be As popular As Roger Siau Bach. The More victories thai Are recorded by some teams no matter who happens to be playing. Inc More Likely fans of those teams will Start to pay attention. No Mailer How much the striking play ers complain about the Quality of play they know their Bluff has been called. While his team was gelling whipped at giants stadium sunday jews president Jim Kensil admitted it was not a pleas ant thing in see. But when asked if the nil can afford to have another weekend such As the one just completed he said the nil can afford  Many of Icse weeks As  he said it like he meant ii. Just at owner after owner has said similar words Over the Pinsl few weeks like they have meant them. The owners have suck together and agree that under no Ireum stances will they give on the i us of free a enc to emphasise the Point they went to the pm Rome Ihm fans witnessed sunday allowing a product logo on Public display thai was easily Interior to the . But the fell it was much belter than . All that can be hoped for now is that the surgery was a sue Tess and the recuperative Pend is very Short