European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 7,19b8 the stars and stripes Page 21 giants Surprise redskins by Dave Goldberg East Rutherford. No. A one statistic lends some perspective 10 the new York clams 17-20 Victory Over inc Washington redskins. Nose tackle Jim Hurt a 6-foot, 270 Pounder with a chronic Back problem waddled for More Yards in one play 39 for a touchdown than 1,000-Yard rusher Joe Morris gained the entire Fame. I was lying there watching him and i was afraid i might trip Over a Yard line said linebacker Gary reasons who barely two minutes earlier blocked a punt that Tom Flynn returned 27 Yards for the go ahead touchdown. The second straight monday night nil opener Between super bowl win Nurs was a study in improbability. How else to describe a game in which the giants Down 13-0 after 18 minutes and out gained 386 Yards to 118 Overall scored twice within 2 13 of the fourth Quarter on Flynn s return of a blocked punt and Burl s rumble with a Fumble knocked from Doug Williams hands by linebacker Pepper  turnovers for  mused Washington coach Joe. Gibbs. Those kinds of mistakes Are going to lose football games. Give the giants credit. We did t make the plays. They did. They  How they did is in question it s a Good comeback. We struggled a see giants on Page 26 spurts redskins Jimmy Smith is halted by giants John Washington after a Short gain in the first Quarter of monday night s Etc. Raiders put Schroeder to work right away Al Segundo Calif. A the los Angeles raiders introduced newly acquired quarterback Jay Schmo Cdr monday afternoon and promised to put him to work immediately. Well sum tonight with the numbering system and work 18 hours a Day to see How fast he can pick tilings up coach Mike Shanahan said at a news conference. Shanahan said Schroeder acquired in a Trade consummated Early monday would t Start in sunday s game at Houston but he might play depending on How much he grasps the Raider offensive system. He s big Strong physical and can throw the Ball Down the Field Shanahan said. He has the qualities you want he s competitive he s played in some big games. And we think he can get the Job  Schroeder 27, was a pro bowl quarterback with the Washington redskins in 1986. Then had an up and Down season last year before losing his Job to Doug Williams. The latter took the redskins through the playoffs and won the most valuable player award in the super bowl Schmo Cdr has been requesting a Trade since february. I went to the people in Washington and asked if i was t going to gel to play there for an Opportunity to play somewhere else Schmo Cdr said. That Opportunity had been much discussed. Shana Han said the raiders and redskins first talked Trade in april and that talks had been ongoing finally the raiders sent offensive tackle Jim la Chucy. Acquired a month earlier from san Diego and two conditional 1990 draft choices to inc redskins for the unhappy passer. But not until Laccy had played left tackle for the raiders sunday in a season opening 24-13 Victory against san Diego. If Jim Laccy would have gotten injured the Deal was Oil so it was a risk Shanahan said. Hut this is a game of  Schroeder s arrival seems to re define the role of second year Man Steve by Uerlin the raid ers starting quarterback in the Schroeder opener. The quarterback situation is very competitive Shanahan said. I m very pleased with Steve s Prog Ress but in the nil today you have to Nave two or three quarterbacks we had a Chance to get a person who has won big games been in championship games and it was a situation we could t pass  Schroeder who grew up in Pacific Palisades about 20 Miles from the Raider Headquarters and played two seasons at Urcla said he was elicited about the Trade. But he cautioned that he was not a Savior for the  d like to think of myself As somebody that can play inc game he said. My style seems to fit Wilh the style Here and Well go with that. But it s not one Guy out there. It s 11 Guys on offence 11 Guys on defense and All the special  asked whal led him to insist on a Trade from the redskins Schmo Cdr described it As a personal problem Between him and coach Joe Gibbs. It was just Between me and coach Gibbs not the players he said. It was a Tough situation and things just built up and made it difficult for us to work to after his pro bowl year in 1986, Schmo Cdr suffered a bruised shoulder last year then shared the position Wilh Williams for most of the season. There were a lot of combinations what with getting Hurt Early Doug coming in and playing Well. The team rallied but we struggled no matter who was at Quarter Back Schroeder recalled. We both wound up playing a lot and it came Down to the last game of inc season. Was it Tough leaving the redskins it s always Lough to leave a super bowl team especially one where you have a lot of friends Schroeder Laid. But 1 think the players understood t needed 8 enhance to play someplace  red sox replace tigers As sole leaders in East by the associated press Baltimore the Boston red son finally got Over the Hump by replacing the Detroit tigers As leaders in the american league East. A 4-1 Victory Over the Baltimore orioles coupled Wilh the tigers a 10-inning loss to Toronto moved the red sox into undisputed Possession of first place in the Al East for the first Lime this season. Al Roundup Mike Smithson won for the first time since july 23 and Larry Fairish and Dwight Evans each hit Home runs in Boston s important Victory. Smithson threw a lot better than it s going to look in the paper red sox manager Joe Morgan said. He got the outs he had to gel and they got a lot of cheap  Smithson looked to be struggling. He had two men on Wilh less than two outs in four of the first five innings bul was not reached for a run until the fifth. "1 was reel Happy with How i pitched Smithson said. I had All the pitches. It May have looked like they were gelling a lot of hits but they were High bouncers and bloopers. It s a funny game the line drives get caught and the bloopers fall  orioles manager Frank Robinson said his team was As much to blame. We did t help ourselves out Rob Inson said. A Smithson helped him self out and did the things he needed to do to  6-fool-b right Handor improved his record to 7-5, striking out three and walking two batters. In his previous seven appearances Smithson was 0-2 sea Al on Page 26