European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 25 Barons trim sabers for finals berth by by Civ Fox staff writer Span Dahlem a Germany the Tilburg Barons got Back at heir old coach and got Back into he Continental sports conference title game. Tilburg hammered Span Dahlem 28-12 in sunday s Csc semifinal giving inc Barons a ticket to the Csc finale for the i oth Lime since 1976. The Barons will defend Inci Csc Crown saturday at Hahn the same place icy Bra the Hawks in 19b6. Tilburg s 453 local Yards and 27 first Downs thanks to Freddie Miller s 28 rushes for 125 Yards and Ai Torce roof bar Richard pc Cal s 14 for 100 made a foggy Day even mistier for the packed Spang Dahlum partisans. The sabers had punished Bill org 32-24 for the Eifel Keg the week before to finish the regular season 8-1.spangahlcm fell euphoric behind he coaching of Dave Lockwood who turned this dreadful team around after three winning years with Tilburg then came sunday. Pitburg stands 7-3 under first year coach Joe Green. Span Dahlem stands 0-2 in play off history and Lockwood 1-4 in postseason play. Sweet revenge said flanker Dwayne Harp on bit Burg s Happy bus. Lockwood is the Best coach Over Here beyond a Shadow of a doubt. Nothing against him. But we had to beat him. Another thing. That Eiful Keg. We never drank anything out of it anyway. We want this the play offs it s t Good feeling said Tilburg assistant Mel Dinger because i played for Dave in rec years. I re Spect him said Miller who played under he Lockwood head coaching regime from 1983 to 85. The Pitburg Barons respect coach Lockwood no matter Harp who played for Lockwood in 1984 and 85, caught three passes for 65 Yards. Split end Emmell Glover snared six for 100 Yards including an 18-Yard touchdown toss from quarterback Bert Chew. Chew also sprinted for an a Yard to to open the scoring in the second Quarter. He completed 11 of 24 passes for 181 Yards with one interception. But Pitburg did much of that last week. What was the difference in this playoff defense Danny Esles is the Best defensive Back in Safe raved Glover. Tired of gelling burned at the Corners Green shifted Estes and Alvin Mack from safety to comeback. They responded with Light coverage on wid touts Willie Law son and Michael Smith. Lawson caught five for 97 Yards but failed to score on Daylong bombs from quarterback Tony Bynum we worked the bump and run with help from Hal Man said Mack referring to Greg Hatton whose interception supplemented Esles steal. Lawson is a Good receiver and he s hard to cover but experience s4s photo by in Georgd Blob org s Freddie Miller is upended by s Gerald Williams after a second Quarter 6-Yard ruin sunday. Won we gave it to them said Lawson who has experience from the University of Houston. We were Flat. They did t do nothing spectacular. Same As last week. It s just lha Tony did t have which brings up Tilburg defensive line. Tackles de Carcarey and Mike Coney ends scan Loggins and Tracy Loiselle nose guard Ken Evans and linebacker Dennis Hueston had Bynum on inc run nearly every pass. Loggins Loiselle and Evans each had a sack. They were a lot stronger up front said Bynum who go off 40 passes but hit Only 13. That was the difference. They kept up the pressure and did t gel lived. They have a Good defense. They la give Hahn a Good they were Strong As an of said Charles Groboski who shared Wajih Curt Cavazos. They did a number on our line. They Oulhiw a disgusted Lockwood called Pitburg the dirtiest defensive unit in the he added last week we blocked them out All Day. This week we did with Little room to run the sabers gained Only 106 Yards in 40 rushes. C. Boyd who busted Pitburg for 209 Yards eight Days before Hurt his ankle in the Sec Ond Quarter and finished with 79 Yards in 17 tries. Lockwood though his sabers three first Quarter marches deep into Pitburg territory could have set the tone for a repeat of he Eiful Keg game. Instead those drives died when 1 Esles blanketed Lawson on an incomplete pass 2 Travis Allen s 42-Yard Field goal attempt bounced Back from the crossbar and 3 Boyd fumbled when hit by Micsion and halon recovered the Ball at the Pitburg is. The Barons hardly gave the sabers another Chance. Tilburg drove 52 Yards for ils first touchdown. Using a Miller Spehl Harp ground punch inc Barons reached the 8 in five plays. Then Chew bootlegged around right end for inc to. Evans first of four extra Points made it 7-0 with 2 04 left in the half. Pitburg s first Possession of the second half resulted in a seven play 45-Yard drive capped by Chew s 18 yarder 10 Glover. Glover who Quarter backed last year s Barons ran a slant in that left cornerback Ger Ald Williams on the turf the Barons led 14-0 with 9 41 left in the third Quarter. Estes interception in from of Lawson Early in the fourth Quarter gave Tilburg inc Ball Al Sparigo Ahlum 1 22. On inc second play. Spec banged through a huge Hole an the right Side for a 23-Yard touchdown and a 21-0 Lead. Thai right Side was manned by guard Glenn Fulmer and tackle George Lane part of a hog line that Drew a Happy Grunt from Dinger. And Whai of Specht. Who played linebacker last year and gained 100 Yards for the first time we had him All year and could t break said Green. I said keep going and we broke the sabers rallied for two touchdowns in two min utes of the final Quarter but Miller s 19-Yard to with 2 47 left broke that threat. Said Green relieved after last week s loss to told the team yesterday thai there Are three seasons the exhibition season regular season and the playoffs. No body remembers the regular season once inc playoffs Gaetti 2 other twins file for free Agency new York api the Minne Sola twins no known As free spend ers May soon Start paying for win Ning the world series when they begin contract talks with Gary Gneiti Gaetti and two other twins were among 11 players who filed Over the weekend for free Agency. Players have until monday to fit. And 58 have filed so far. Other twins filing for free Agency were Catcher Tim Launcr and Relief Pitcher George Frazier. Who will Likely face a Cut from h is j 733,333 salary. Launcr made 1245.000. Gatli signed a one year contract last season for $900.000 and earned an additional $25.000 for being voted map in the playoffs. Pitchers Charlie Leibrandt of Kansas City and Bryn Smith of Montreal also filed Friday and were joined by out fielders Steve Henderson and Devayne Murphy of Oakland Pitcher Dave Lap Point of the Chicago White sox Catcher Mike Heath of Detroit outfielder Rick Manning of Milwaukee and Utility Man Dave Engle of Montreal Pir Masens wins men $ title the Parma sons roadrunners charged out of the loser s bracket local Host Kai scr Lauriem twice for the men s Crown and the Mannheim Nofu Slang Defeated Surprise finalist to capture the women s title in the 31it support come preseason basketball tournaments sunday. The roadrunners Rode Grant Robin son s 43 Points for a 95-85 first game Victory then Kurt Wilson nil iwo free throws with 31 seconds remaining in route to a 84-80 title game Triumph. Mannheim posted an s5-60 winery Over in the women s championship clash at Lan Stuhl. Wilsons clutch free throws broke the last of five second half lies and gave the roadrunners an s2-sq cad. Supporting Wilson was Robinson s 20 Points and 16 by James Baldwin. Henry Lewis grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked nine shots for the winners. Mike Harde Man scored 2s Points. Jimmy own i and Percy Brown 13 for the panthers. Mannheim used rebounding superiority and an effective running game 10 dominate Rhc women i title contest. Deona Jennings scored 20. A Alciia Johnson had 17 Points and 13 rebounds and Tracy Taylor 17 Points. I at Dora Tri bling added ii rebounds for the winners. Kalis Adams tallied 25 Points and had 10 rebounds and Jennie Caruso tallied 23 markers for we Bruecken. Arn sports radio pro football set a Hawks at be York jets 3 . Tuesday
