European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Safe football 88 2. Span Dahlem 1987 record 8-2, Csc semifinalist. Record in the 80s 36-40. Top returnee Willie Lawson wide receiver. Top newcomer Robert Rumsey Center. Key to 88 playoff toughness. At this time last year Here s How Span Dahlem thought of making the playoffs Happy to be there. By november Here s How the sabers thought of reaching the playoffs we re going to win it All. When they did there s How the rest of the league reacted watch out for Span Dahlem in 1988. Seven Csc coaches pick Spang to win the league title. Serious people on this base see they can win. And they love it said Span Dahlem coach Dave Lockwood. Lockwood loves it too. He should since he landed coach of the year honors for turning a 3-6 team into a Csc juggernaut. He also hates to lose especially by the 28-12 Way he did to his old Pitburg Barons in the playoffs. Can the sabers win it All they did in basketball last Winter. People now can t Settle for less than the Best Effort said Lockwood who yearns to match Spang s hoops title. I knew coming Over Here last year that this base had a Large Pool of army and air Force people and if they were Ever pointed in the right direction they d be hard to the sabers turned into the hottest team Over the second half of the regular season because Lockwood pointed quarterback Tony Bynum in two directions 1. Handing to tailback c. Boyd who led the league with 1,134 Yards Rushing 2. Passing to hideout Willie Lawson who led the league with 708 Yards receiving. All three return although Lawson is recovering from a broken foot. While Lawson heals Veteran John Williams Michael Smith and new new yorker Neil paler try filling the All Star s void. Boyd broke his foot in the Pitburg playoff which broke Span Dahlem s spirit not to mention offence. We re not going to get to the end of the season where a running Back gets Hurt and we re through said Lockwood. He s counting on Pete Shaffer Christopher James and Marzell Hill to be ready in the bullpen. Rather than suffer bad Breaks in the playoffs Spang wants to get them Over with. Joining Lawson is All Csc defensive end Ricky Hunt who has a broken Finger. The offensive line the Pride of sex tackle Lockwood lost All stars Rick Stevens and Bill Huffman. Plan on this unit being taut again with rotating guards Howard Strayer Cary herring and Robert Jasinski tackles David Smith and Jeff Jorzig and newcomer Robert Rumsey. Rumsey goes 6-4, 235 and might beat out last year s backup Curt Cavazos. With a line like that Bynum plans to ground the enemy. It Hurt us going deep More than it helped us last year said the third Yearb. It kept our defense on the Field. We want Boyd a 5-11, 185-Pound football Holic said were going to run better because our line is bigger. Last year i could stand Over my guards. This year i can which is another reason a landslide of coaches picks Span Dahlem. I m proud they think something of us said Lockwood. There s pressure but it s kind of Nice. Well be hard to handle. Whoever beats us will have to work for Span Dahlem shoots for the top behind the Csc s top rusher c. Boyd above and quarterback Tony Bynum. 6 stripes Magazine August 18, 1988
