European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine be game May not draw huge crowds but the players give it everything they be got a had Baron with Ball Frew to Teape a a of jets. In Germany by Wendy Bourland stall writer he local German newspaper got the Date of the game wrong oct. 20 instead of oct. 2. So Only Hall the expected crowd showed up. Then the Mck Olf was a half hour Early 2 30 instead of 3  Bui thai did l Stop the Cologne red Barons and the Bonnet jews 1mm getting Down to some Gul squishing Bone crunching Loo Ball on a Blue Breezy sunday afternoon in Zeipen. West Germany and it did t Slop the 2,500 or so germans and americans who did make it from enjoying themselves in roughly. The red Barons and the jots Are two of about 130 teams in the american football Orband deutschland avd. A league of Young German men who arc fascinated Wilh America s rough and Lumble team spoil. Trie rules say no More than two americans May play on an avd team during a game the red Barons and the jets had finished the season and wore facing Olf in a Friendly exhibition match though the Barons were preparing to Square Olf with the Oosse Dorl panthers in he avd super bowl ocl 15 in Berlin what attracts soccer Happy germans to football i think they just like Contact sports says Mel Crandall player coach of the red Barons and a technical sergeant Slat and at the nearby German air Lorce base at a Drvenica which sponsored the game. They be seen it on to. They be gone to the american bases and seen it and it expanded from  the red basins Are sponsored by a local Public. N ,. Mel Crandell red Baron quarterback and coach. Relations executive. Crandall says european men pick up the game quickly. The germans out there can i you just As hard As the americans do he says. Phillip Niroumand a red Baron fullback has played in lha league live years. The 22-year-old German has turned his Hobby into his career he Sells american football equipment to German dutch British and belgian teams. I be always been interested in football he says. I be seen movies and Skull trom the Stales. I think it s because it has everything Contact quickness a lol of  but the sport has yet to catch on with most germans. We get a lol of people to come onco or twice and leave because they Don t know the rules Why Are there Breaks Why tha huddle Niroumand says. The Bonn team is the Only team in the league to have beaten the Dusseldorf panthers this year yet they did t make the championships. Many jews used to play As red Barons and vice versa. The jews Are a pompous i of germans Kali ans and greeks. They be even got an iranian running Back 22 year old a Reza Ach Lagi of Cologne. A school Friend got Ali interested in football six years ago. I go with him to practice. I find it Good he says smiling widely. I Don t know Why but i m crazy Lor  All took a hit just before halftime that benched him and his Middle was wrapped in White tape. His shoulder pads and no. 34 Jersey Complete with Mcdonald s sponsor Patch Sal several Yards away. An evian water Billle Lay at his feet i broke a rib today he says Stilt smiling. Three or four players tackled me. Suddenly. I could t do anything. I have to go to the Hospital i think most of the German visitors huddled among picnic benches at the Lar end of the sport Field socializing among themselves. They ate hamburgers and hoi dogs coated Wilh Gulden s Brown Mustard and Heinz Catsup and washed them Down with cola and Beer. Every once in a while somebody cocked an ear to hear the German play by play on the loudspeakers. Friday october 14, 1988 americana Mark sooner Jack Fortrie Yand Gerhard matter enjoy typical football food. A modest number actually watched the game lining the Field on either Side. A Bonner Jel Lay sprawled on his Back behind the team s Bench while his Girlfriend. Wearing a jacket in the Jet s Gold and Crimson colors nuzzled him with kisses. Nearby Bonn american High school cheerleaders practice their routines behind a hedgerow. Denim jacketed americans and plaid Trou sered germans strolled up and Down the Field. Eager players paced up and Down Iho sidelines. Crunch. Yell. Schone pass the stars Ano stripes Page 13