European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 20.1987 the stars and stripes ilk nil owners hard Ball might bean to ratings by Dave Goldberg a football writer in he process of crushing the players1 Union the nil owners May have turned off a lot of fans particularly in such major markets As Anaheim Calif., and . By playing games with replacements then by Refus ing to allow inc regulars Back Tor this past weekend the nil virtually eliminated from playoff Contention two major Market fixtures the defending Champion new York giants and the los Angeles rams. The fallout is Likely to come in television ratings los Angeles lends to turn out loser Early and fans in new York seem bemused by the dwarfs who Masquer add As giants for three weeks dropping the team s aggregate record to 0-5. That s the worst Start Ever for a super bowl Vinner Pittsburgh was 1-4 in 1976 after winning two straight championships. Those Steeles Are one possible example for new York to follow. They rebounded to win nine in a Row finishing ice and reaching the acc title game Well take responsibility for the first two but not the last three Harry Carson the giants Captain said monday. We re not in a big Hole we re in a big can Yon. You re either Gonna Sec a very Good football team go Down the Drain or you re Gonna Sec one of the greatest comebacks of All  the giants weren t the Only big losers during the strike. Minnesota 2-0 before the strike went 0-3 with a replacement team nearly As bad As the giants. That left coach Jerry bums virtually conceding the pfc Cen trial title to the bears. We re going to have to regroup and get together with the a Dun and Lay Down the problems in front of us he said. Well try to gel Back on truck and make a run at the wild cards. Chicago s schedule is easier and they re in the most advantageous position  the rums 1-2 during the strike despite the return of 11 veterans for sunday s game at Atlanta now arc 1-4, three games behind san Francisco in the pfc Wisl. So is Kansas City a playoff team last year but 0-3 during the strike and Philadelphia which began the season As a team on the Rise but got an 0-3 performance out untie ill Caglos. Them there arc teams like Tampa Bay and hous Lon who went 2-1 with strike learns and now Are 3-2, heir Best starts since 1981, and san Diego which went 3-0 in the strike to take Over the Lead in the acc West at 4-1. New Orleans a team on the Rise when the season started went 2-1 and now is 3-2, a threat for its first Over-,500 season in its 20 years of existence san. Francisco which started with one of the Best replacement teams got Back such important regulars As Joe Montana Dwight Clark and Roger Craig and went 3-0 to go three games up on the rams who were supposed to Nave been their most serious challenger in the pfc West and America s second team of Dallas cowboys looked a lot better than the first. Going into monday night s game against Washington Dallas was 2-0 Dur ing the strike and 3-1 Overall despite being rated third or fourth in the pfc East in preseason. On the other hand other than the giants Vikings and rams the preseason favourites Are generally at the top or within Tasy reach of it. The bears 49ers, Hury Carson says his 0-s giants we in Canyon. Redskins Browns patriots sea Hawks raiders and bengals arc either on top or within a game of the Lead. Still the Early betting line for this coining weekend looks a Little funny. An 0-5 team the giants is a 10-Point favorite Over St. Louis. Minnesota 2-3, is two Points Over 3-1-1 Denver last year s acc super bowl representative. Science lands Golf architect in the rough new York a today s courses will become obsolete unless the . Golf association does something about improved club and Ball technology says noted course architect Robert Trent Jones. In an interview in the novem Ber Issue of Golf Magazine Jones was asked if the current Low scor ing is mostly the result of better play or improved technology. Part of it is due to the course conditioning Jones says. To Day s professionals play on car pets and the putting is much truer and easier. But equipment is the biggest difference. Architects have always had to Complete against improved balls and clubs but this forces the older courses to be up dated All the Lime. The Urga needs to do some thing about All this before All of today s courses become obsolete. They be already got an Overall Dis Tance limit for the balls but it s not doing the Job. Any pro will Tell you the Ball is 20 or 30 Yards longer today than it was 10 years ago. Jones is who has built More than 450 courses says if some thing in t done about the new Golf Ball soon i May have to go Back and move the Fairway bunkers and Lees on every course. Penguins add one More loss to 13-season string in Philly from press dispatches Philadelphia Dave Brown scored at 11 24 of the final period Sun Day night to give the Philadelphia flyers a 3-2 Victory Over Pittsburgh and extend the penguins wingless Streak at the spec Trum to 13 seasons. Pittsburgh last won at the spectrum Jan. 20,1974. Since the Streak began the flyers have beaten the penguins 35 times and lied three at Home. Brown s game winning goal came after he skated in after a pass from Ron Suiter. The flyers had taken a 1-0 Lead on Peter Zezel s first goal of the season. Zezel scored from the Slot at 1 28 of the first period. The margin held up until 14 48, when penguins defend scan Doug Bodger convened a pass from Mario Lemieux. Bod Ger fired a shot from the right Circle for a Power play goal. The flyers regained the Lead at 14 38 of the second period with a Power play goal by Ric Tocchet from in from of the net. Pelle Eklund fed Toccket from the left Wing. Tochel docked and put the puck past Rookie goalie Frank Piet Range to. Doug Grossman notched his 200th nil Roundup career assist on the play. With 32 seconds left in the second period Craig Simpson scored his fifth goal of the season to make it 2-2. In other nil games sunday canucks 4, Kings 2 Inglewood Calif. Barry a Cdr son scored two goals and assisted on an other and Rookie goalie Kirk Mclean made 25 saves to Lead Vancouver Over los Angeles. Poderson s first goal opened the scor ing at 4 53 of the first period his second goal which came on a Power play with 9 09 to go gave the canucks a 4-1 advantage. Rich Sutler scored on a wrist shot from in close to put Vancouver ahead 2 0 Midway through the second period. A Power play goal by Luc Robitaille 46 seconds later pulled the Kings within 2-1. Robitaille pushed in the rebound of a shot by defens Eman Steve Duchesne for his first goal of the season. Robitaille s Power play goal was the Kings first goal with a Man advantage after failing to tally on 20 straight Power plays Over 21/ games. The Kings have scored on just three of 35 Power plays this season. Blackhawks6,jcts4 Chicago Rick Vaive scored a pair of goals and Darren Pang stopped 39 shots in notching his first career win As Chicago beat Winnipeg for the Black Hawks fourth straight Triumph. Ironman Steve Larmer no has never missed a game in six seasons also scored a key shorthanded goal just 45 seconds into the second period As the stack Hawks handed the jew their first loss of the sea son after three victories. The Blackhawk 4-2. Took Over sole Possession of first place from Idle Detroit and Toronto in the nil s moms Divi Sion. Bruins 6, flames 5 of Calgary Alberta Cam Neely s sixth goal of the season with 1 54 left in regulation set the stage for Rookie Dan Sweeney s game Winner in overtime. The Bruins comeback from a 5-3 third period deficit dimmed the Luster of Calgary Rookie Joe in Ouwendyk s first career hat trick. World gymnastics championships open in Holland japanese men Lead compulsory is Tele Json and radio baseball world strict Cunt 3. Minnesota m St. Lou i wednesday at 1 a. On to 1 10 in. No radio. Television Only pro football Washington at Dallas taped 10 30 pin. Tuesday. Rotterdam Netherlands a Japan took the Lead in the men s team Competition after the first Day monday of the world gymnastics championships. Only 16 of 27 teams completed their compulsory moves on the six different apparatuses at the ahoy sports Complex. The remainder of the teams including China and the defending Champion soviet Union begin tuesday. Japan s team had 287.8 Points. The United slates was second with 285.6 Points and Romania third with 283.2 Points. The teams take the Best five scores from its six Man teams on the horizontal bar parallel bars rings floor Cser Cimi Pommel Hor and vault. On wednesday and thursday the learns will have their optional sit lists to Complete that Competition. In tie All around Competition which ends saturday Koichi Mizushima of Japan look the Lead with 58.6 Points. Supp Zell Wager of Switzerland was Sec Ond with 57.75, and Tim Dag Gill of the United states was third with 57.6. The top individuals including 1981 and itus world Champion Yuri Koro lev and 1983 Winner Dmitri  both of the soviet Union compete tues Day. The women Start their Competition with about half of the teams having their compulsory moves tuesday