European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 19,1968 the stars and stripes Page 25 injured White adds spin to cowboys death spiral a sprained knee ligament sidelines Danny White Tor up to several weeks. By Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas a the Dallas cowboys death spiral has reached the death Valley Days of 1965. Not since the 7-7 season of 1965 has Dallas started 2-3. To make matters worse the cowboys May have to play most of the remainder of the nil season without Veteran quarterback Danny while. He suffered a sprained knee ligament in sunday s 17-7 loss 10 the Chicago bears. Cowboys Trainer Don Cochran said while could miss several weeks until the swelling goes Down. There is swelling but it does t appear the ligament is torn Cochren said. While has a walking cast on his right knee. I could feel my knee pop said White who suffered the injury during the third period but played the remain Der of the game. White s injury elevated Kevin Swee Ney who has yet to play in a regular season non strike game to second string status behind Steve Pelluer. Pc Lucr suffered a slight concussion on the third play of sunday s game when hit in the head by bears Middle line Backer Mike Singletary. Pelluer did t play again but was expected to be ready Tor sunday s game at Philadelphia i m going to have to be More careful a with my running pc Lucr said. I Don t think it was a cheap shot. I was trying to slide but i was t Down. It s hard for me to remember what happened. My lights dimmed a  the bears arc always Tough on Pelluer who suffered a mild conclusion in a pre season game against Chicago. Dallas coach Tom Landry said the bears should have been flagged for roughing on the play. Steve was trying to go Down Landry said. He was trying to pull up. I Don i care what the referee Pat Tunney said. They should be trying to protect the  there have been 21 injuries to nil quarterbacks this season. Two other cowboys May miss Sun Day s game against the eagles. Left tackle Mark Uinci and linebacker Garry Cobb suffered injuries which make them questionable for the game. Tuinei reinsured his left knee and Cobb bruised a hip. The cowboys May also be looking for a place kicker. Roger Ruzon who recently signed a three year $600,000 contract missed two Field goals sunday making four for 10 this year. Well still work with him but he s been Loo tight Landry said. We May have to look around and Sec what s on the free agent  Dallas worst season was an pm 1-1 expansion year in 1960. The cowboys have not won fewer than four games since then. Their worst non expansion years were 4-9-1 in 1961 and 4-10 in 1963. A Way s injury nothing major Denver a John Jetway s injury Sun Day was nothing major and actually was More of an ankle injury than a knee injury Denver Broncos officials said today. While a prognosis for the Broncos Quarter Back was incomplete team spokesman Barry Hawkins said it does t look As bad As we  Atlanta nose guard Tony Casitas rolled into Elway on a third Quarter pass play in sunday s game at mile High stadium and the Denver quarterback Lay writhing on the turf. Backup quarterback Gary Kubiak later guided Denver to a 30-14 Victory Over the Falcons. Elway managed to walk off the Field mostly under his own Power. Trainer Sieve Antonopulos said he was hopeful Elway could play next sunday against Pittsburgh but team officials monday did not know whether Elway would be Ubalo to practice this week. They said a decision would not be made until saturday about whether to activate third string quarterback Ken Karcher sunday Antonopulos said the Forest thing is his knee on the outside of the knee where he got hit instead of inside the joint. We re hopeful it will just be a contusion. Surgery is not a consideration at this  in Layman s terms we would say it is a sprained ligament in the knee and a sprained ankle both mild the Trainer said. If it is a we Hope there is potential for him to be Back next  Antonopulos said it was difficult to examine a sprained knee immediately after an injury be cause the Muscles surrounding the ligaments still arc so Light after physical activity but a rays taken sunday failed to detect any serious dam age. Elway has had Anthro Copic surgery an his left knee several limes but never on his Nghil knee. I was throwing a go  Elway said. I had already come off it and i got rolled on from the Back Side Antonopulos said Elway was struck on the outside of the knee an area that does not have much tissue Protection. Anderson commits a Howell by Frank Litsky East Rutherford . Not it seemed to be pro football s version of baseball s Jay Howell Pine tar incident. Like the los Angeles dodgers Relief Pitcher who was caught with an illegal substance on his Glove and thrown out of a playoff game a week ago against the new York acts Ollis Anderson of the new York giants was discovered with a Sticky substance on his Jersey. It happened with Little More than two minutes left in the giants 30-10 Victory sunday Over the Detroit Lions in giants stadium. Anderson a backup running Back was not ejected. However he was put out of the game until he changed his Jersey. He put on another immediately but he never returned to the game. Anderson had been sharing the Job All Day with Joe Morris the regular. When Anderson left the game Morris re Cut Rcd and two plays later Morris ran eight Yards for the giants final touchdown. The giants never had the Ball after that. In years past football players used a Brown Sticky substance known As Slockum to give them a better grip on the Ball. Anderson said when he played with the St. Louis now Phoenix cardinals in 1982, he was accused of using Slockum. Did you yes he said. On sunday his Grin indicated that he knew exactly what the Sticky substance was though he said i have no idea what it was. It was t  How did whatever it was get on his Jersey i have no idea he said and the i talc White lie Grin returned. The 30-year-old Anderson is playing his i oth season in the National football league. Including his 41 Yards sunday he has rushed for 8,148 Yards 10th on the nil career list and second to Tony Dorset of the Denver Broncos among Active players. During the 1986 season when Morris became ill. The giants acquired Anderson from the cardinals As insurance. Anderson has played Little since though the giants have been trying to work him More into the offence. Like most other nil players Anderson wears tight pimples gloves to grip the Ball better. The Lions accused him of wearing More than gloves to help him hang on to the Ball. Early in the game. Lion defensive players kept Tell ing the game officials that Anderson had a substance on his Jersey. The officials found nothing. In the closing minutes a lion player complained again. Anderson said an official come Here and let me Check your  his gloves were clean and dry. Check his shirt said the lion. The official found a foreign Sticky substance in the armpit. No one would or could say what in was. Whatever it was Anderson had a memorable afternoon. At 6 feel 2 inches and 225 pounds he is big and Strong but last year he seemed to fall quickly when he was hit. Against the Lions he kept running. He carried 13 times for 41 Yards with a Long gain of 9 Yards. Those statistics Are Ordinary but consider these car Ries 9 firs Quarter he caught a 1-Yard pass from Phil Simms  a tackle and ran 9 Yards More for first Down. First Quarter. On the next play he ran 9 Yards dragging 260-Pound Keith Ferguson for the last 4 Yards. Third Quarter on fourth Down with 1 i feel to go for a first Down he ran 6 Yards dragging two Lions most of the Way. Fourth Quarter he swept right end and pushed his Way for 8 Yards. Fourth Quarter three plays later he was hit and Kepi Chu ring his legs for s Yards. Anderson warned not to make too much of his Good game. Guys try to Knock me Down More than tackle me he said. It s hard to Knock a big Guy off his feet. I m not doing anything different. It s All about opportunities. You gel a Chance to play and you get a Chance to do things. But you can t count one game. Joe Morris is the Man. The rest of us come in and help  an sports television baseball world series game 4, los Angeles dodgers at Oakland athletics 1 a. Thursday. Radio baseball world series came 4, los Angeles dodgers at Oakland athletics 1 07 in Tours Day