European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday october 4,1988 Gold Mec a is salutes army hero Seattle a Gold medallist Teresa Weatherspoon of the . Olympic women s basketball u am came Home with a lot of souvenirs from Seoul including a basketball and poster signed by her team mate. Flu she does t have those particular items any More. She gave tic basketball and poster away to someone she considered Mote of a hero. "1 had it basketball and poster everyone had signed and though i la just give it to him the 22 year old Cal Herspool said of her spontaneous gift to army sgt. Paul Patricio it the so Altic Tacoma internal tonal Airport. "1 gave it to him because he s such a courageous Young Man and 1 just admired the Chance encounter occurred last Friday As wealth Cri Poon was headed Home from South Korea to Pine land Texas and Patricio was in route from Texas to the veterans admin St my Ion Hospital in Seattle. Patricio a Seattle native suffered severe Burns and the loss of his hands while saving the lives of seven soldiers after a helicopter crashed feb. 25 near Chico Texas. I was shocked Patricia said saturday of the gift. She said i deserved Hal basketball More than she did and she wanted me to have Wealch spoon a guard on the basketball learn was wearing her Gold medal and signing autographs during a Layover at the Airport. Skycap Eddie Harris who had helped Patricio off his plane in a wheelchair told weather spoon tha Patricio was nearby and Hal the injured Soldier had watched on television As her team won the Gold. "1 was crying Harris recalled. "1 said i realize you re a hero bul i be got another hero Over Here Hal i would like to meet you she went Over and talked to him a minute and then asked me to get her Basket was unhurt when the Iwin Rotor Chinook helicopter an which he was n Crew Man crashed last february. Ten died in the crash but Patricio saved the lives of seven others As he ran into the flames to Rescue them. He lost both hands and a forearm and suffered third degree Burns on 50 percent of his body. Patricio has been presented an army commendation medal and has been nominated for the soldiers medal the army s highest peacetime award. Patricio said he cannot remember the crash and he Learned from others that he had saved seven lives and irid to extinguish the he faces More plastic surgery Patricio said he expects to be discharged from the Hospital soon and Hopes logo to College and to be trained in computers. Nil from Page 21 tic second Lime this season. The liar careers. 2-3, edged Green Hay 13-10 three week Ngo when in Chuike kicked i 2h-Yard Field goal with three seconds left Thi 1 Ackers 0-5, Are the Only win Levi team in the nil. Vinny Testaverdi overcame four in Itce prions to Complete his last five Aerial. Capping an eight play 72-year drive with a 19-Yard scoring toss to Bruce Hill with 1 52 left that tied the game at 24. To Omavi Rizic completed 20 of 37 passes for 300 Yards. Kalts .12. Oilers 23 kit Drill Cunningham passed for two nil standings summaries on pages 22 and 24 touchdowns and ran 33 Yards for another store to rally Philadelphia from a 16 Point deficit. Cunningham completed 24 of 38 passes for 289 Yards while the Lia Glei defense held 1 Louston to 206 Yards 55runningnnd 156 passing. Trio oilers led 16-0 in the first period after blocking iwo punts one for a touchdown and another resulting in a safety and scoring on a one Yard Roll out by Cody Carlson. The eagles lost All pro wide receiver Mike Quick for iwo months with a Bro Ken ankle Brawns 23, St Celers 9 Cleveland turned three of Pittsburgh s five second half turnovers into two malt Bahr Field goals while Rookie Brian Washington intercepted a Pittsburgh pass and returned it 75 Yards for a touch Down. The frowns moved to 3-2 and the Sec clerk to 1-1 with their fourth consecutive loss. Cleveland quarterback Mike Pagel subbing for the injured Bernic Kosar threw for Only 131 Yards while completing 15 of 26 passes. Pittsburgh turned the Ball overthrew times in a four play Span in la third period. Palriuls21,collsl7 Doug Lulic came off the Bench to spark a 14-Point fourth Quarter scoring the winning touchdown on a 13-Yard run with 23 seconds to play As new England chiefs a mlle Harry celeb rules after beating jets Bobby Humphrey for touchdown. Beat Indianapolis. Flutie capped a nine play 80-Yard drive for tits winning score when he faked a Handoff rolled left and our acid the Colt defenders into the end zone. Rookie Chris Chandler had Given the Colts a 17-14 Lead Wilt 2 23 remaining when he hit Bill Brooks with a 48-Yard pass. Flutie watched the first three quarters from the sideline before new England coach Ray Berry decided to have him replace Tom Ramsey. Indianapolis slipped to 1-4 in defense of its acc East title despite having Eric Dickerson run for 100 Yards for the fourth time this year and the 48th time in his career the third highest total in league history. Broncos 12 chg via 0 Rich Karlis provided All the offence kicking four Field goals in Denver s Vic tory Over san Diego. The game turned on the play of the Broncos special teams which snuffed a first half Field goal try blocked a Ralf Mojsejenko pull Laic in the third Quarter and forced a Fumble by san Diego punt returner Lionel James with 10 23 remaining. Both teams Are now 2-3. Karlis had Field goals of 30, 43, 30 and 28 Yards. 49crs20, Lions 13 Jerry Rice scored inc 48th touchdown of his 49-Gamc nil career with an 11 Yard run on a reverse and John Taylor got san Francisco s other touchdown on a 77-Yard punt return. Detroit s Erie hippie joined the Over crowded list of injured nil Quarter backs when he suffered a broken left ankle Laic in the third Quarter. San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana was Kui out for the first Lime this season and settled for 183 Yards passing in the Victory which gave the 49crs a 4-1 record. Rice the league Leader in receiving yardage caught Only two passes for 36 Yards. Do Broil is 1-4 after a fourth straight defeat cardinals 41, rams 27 Neil Lomax threw for 342 Yards and two touchdowns As Phoenix handed the los Angeles rams their first loss. The Victory was inc first for the cardinals Over the rams since 1976. Lomax bouncing Back from an arthritic left hip that slowed him last week completed 28 of 43 passes including first half touchdown throws of 33 Yards to Roy Green and eight Yards to Jay no Vacek. Al Del Greco kicked Field goals of 43 and 51 Yards for Phoenix which at 3-2 remained in a first place tic with the giants in the in c East. Greg Bel scored on runs of five four and one Yards for the rams 4-1. Dolphins 24, Vikings 7 Dan Marino passed for iwo first half touchdowns and Miami s defense int arc copied Minnesota s Tommy Kramer four times As the dolphins Bent the Vikings. The defeat dropped the Vikings 3-2, out of a first place tic with Chicago in the nil Central. The dolphins 2-3, dominated the first half a Marino threw Short touchdown passes to j in Jensen and Lorenzo Hamp ton and Fuad Reveiz kicked a 38-Yard Field goal. Minnesota averted its first shutout since 1986 when cornerback Carl Lee intercepted Marino and went 48 Yards to score with 5 33 left in the game. Chief 17, jets 17 Sieve do Borg capped a sizzling fourth Quarter rally with an eight Yard touch Down pass Loe Milc Harry with is seconds left in regulation leading Kansas City to a tic with the new York. The game ended on a confusing note As the jets with time running out snapped inc Ball and a Flag was thrown. With jets Pat Leahy on the Field the officials following a Long Dis Cussion ruled the game Over. Leahy missed a 47-Yard Al tempt in a driving rain in the overtime. Earlier Johnny Hector broke a scoring slump with two touchdowns. The tie broke the Juls i rec game win Ning Streak. New York is 3-3-1, while the chiefs arc 1-3-1
