European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 20, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s it s Blue Chip time on prep Gridiron res crunch week in Dodds food Bali. Undefeated Wurzburg entertains undefeated Hei Delberg the Winner clinches a share of the Germany aaa title. Undefeated Nurnberg plays at undefeated Mann Heim a Nomberg Victory gives the a defending Champion eagles a piece Oft be 1988 title a Mann Heim win moves the Bison who have played one game leu within a game of clinching a snare of the Crown. Gissen plays at Berlin. The Griffins Are 2-0 in a Central strife. A Victory does t guarantee a title share but it would assure them of a berth in the Small schools playoffs for the fourth straight year every year since Giessen gained High school status. Fulda is 1-0 in league play 4-0 on the season and the Falcons loom As the learn o beat for the league title. They have osterholz at Home saturday go to Berlin oct. 29 and finish at Home against Giessen nov. 5. Undefeated Augsburg is at Bamberg this week a Victory gives the apaches a share of the a South title All the other teams in the league have lost a game. The top two teams in aaa and a vie for the big schools honors and the top two from a cell rat Ana a South compete in the Small schools eliminations. Semifinals for both Lake place nov. 12, finals nov. 19. Undefeated Hahn plays at undefeated shape the Winner clinches a share of the a Tenor division i Tille and the inside track for a Dodds allanic re Gion showdown against the . Playoff Winner. Those playoffs begin saturday when league Cham Pion Woodbridge entertains no. 4 Alconbury and run Crup Lakenheath plays Host to third place Croughton. Those winners collide oct. 29 for the right to play Host to the second annual Atlantic re Gion championship game. Bad or Cugnach and Bonn Are both undefeated in bin nor ii Competition. Bad or Cugnach entertains Ulm and Bonn is at so Sterberg this week. Wins by each create a title showdown next week at Bonn. But alas a title showdown is All they can Hope for no provisions for a playoff have been made for the orphans of by Tenor ii. All those unbeaten a colliding head on should make for some interesting prognostication this week.1 Don t is pct to match last week s achievement when i went 22-0. That perfect slate increased the season log to 89-17-3, an .840 Mark. Hoping for a pretty Good Marie this week i go with Wurzburg 22, Heidelberg 21 Ilanza 15, Frankfort 12 Wiesbaden 24, Kaisen Putrn 8 Ranu Tein 33, Stuttgart 6 Berlin 18, Ganun 14 Fulda in osterholz 14 ans tilt 16, Munich ii Augsburg 22, Botn Borg 8 afcent16,1sb14 Hahn 19, shape 16 bad i eunuch 26, Ulm 22 Bonn 33, sow Terberg 0 Karlsruhe 21, Brussels 18 Atsuno 38, Naples White 24 Vicenza Gold 33, Naples Green 22 Kota 32, Tom Jon White 12 Zarabozo 28, Torrejon red 20 Woodbridge 2, Akon Bory 14 Lakenheath 24, or Coghlon 14 Greenham common 18, London 12 you can Sec by the number of games thai 1 picked by less than a touchdown that i am oozing with Confidence. Wiesbaden s tar Renic Johnson Sci a Dodds 1 Man one game Rushing record last week when he chalked up 429 Yards in 33 carries. He scored on runs of 48, 19, 77, 51 and i Yard As the warriors won their third straight game a 48-6 verdict Over the Stuttgart stallions. That obviously is stars and stripes offensive player of the West performing. Johnson has rushed for by 1 Yards in his last three games 172 against rams Cin and 210 against Frankfurt and 1,051 in 131 carries for the year. The previous one game Rushing Mark was 333yards in 22 carries by Vilsick s Kenny Byrd against Ulm in 1984. Terence Johnson Johnson s a Betler runner than Robert Barnes was Wiesbaden coach Darryl Schwartz said Mon Day. He s not quite As fast As Barnes but Hes stronger and he has better moves.1 Barnes ran for  Yards in 212 carries in 1986 and was named the stars and stripes offensive player of the  warriors finish the season with games at Kai Sers Lautem this week and at borne against Hanau of. 29. Outstanding play in those games could move Johnson up into the All time elite. Aviano s Walter Wallace set the record for one season Rushing with 1,607 in 1977 Kaiser Laulom s Glen White had 1,445 in 1976 and Bamber s Bil Lbrown ran for 1,444 in 1984. They May be out of Johnson s reach but Gic Ssan s Chris Beasley 1,320byrd 1.307heidelberg s Deon cock Elf 1,301zweibrtlckcn s Sieve Moore 1,226 and Barnes Are  the Best thing about it Schwartz acclaimed is that Terrence will be Back out  defensive accolades go to the Nurnberg combo of Felix Passi Gary Mccartney and Juan Ayala. Pass bad a key interception live solos and nine assists and Mccartney and Ayala were in on a total of 22 tackles As the eagles came from behind to topple Patch and remain undefeated. Will there be a Germany a cd neral Volley Ball tournament will there be a Small schools volleyball tournament As of now no school has volunteered to play Host to either according to Dodds go Nanny sports director Tom Leblanc. The a Central is scheduled for oct. 29, the Small schools nov. 4-5. Giessen indicated interest in staging the a Cen iral earlier but we Haven t had any final approval Leblanc said monday. And no one has expressed any interest Whatson Ever for the Small schools tournament Why does Dodds German always have trouble finding tournament Sites when it seems to be so Cut and died in the other Dodds regional the Mediterranean and . Schools know at least a year in Advance who s hosting what and when. Leblanc also announced that the number of run ners from Germany aaa who will Advance to the Central european Cross country championships has been increased from 25 to 30, the Central euro peans Are nov. 5 at Munich. . Rams become contenders after the trade1  the Washington Post Anaheim Calif. When the Losangeles rams traded Eric Dickerson last year and seemingly started from scratch it appeared the rebuilding process Here would Lake several seasons at least. Instead the rams found a new runner Greg Bell to succeed the one who succeeded Dickerson won five of their first six games and now sit 5-2, tied with the 49crs for second place in the pfc West they have every reason to expect to make the playoffs. This year. If not for the Cincinnati bengals .6-1 Mart the rams would be the Surprise Story of the 1988 season following an unseemly 6-9 record in 1987. Last year s Rushing Leader Charles White has barely played a Down because of a 30-Day substance abuse suspension and it has t mattered. The bad news for the rams was that while their leading rusher the National football conference s leading rusher gained 28 Yards on 13 car Ries. The Good news was thut the rams had a formidable enough passing game to play virtually even with a team As Good As the san Francisco 49crs through the final seconds. A 24-21 loss to the 49ers Here sunday hardly dampened the enthusiasm. It s part being there being in these types of games that helps you win them in the future Robinson said. We d love to have won this game and been Able to say boy we re there now now Well just have to wait until dec. 1 g the end of the regular season what the rams know they have Al ready is the Type of balanced offence they never had in five previous seasons under Robinson or for that Mailer the five under Ray Malavasi or even the five before that under Chuck Knox. And they have a defense capable of shutting Down an opposing teams passing game or running game though nol both just yet. What we be proven not to be Able to do Robinson said is to do both at the same time. We can Zero in on one or the other. Both i Don t  but such inability is the stuff re building is made of. What Robinson an offensive coordinator Ernie Zampese have done with the offence in less than full season since the Dickerson Trade is most impressive. Robinson s coaching reputation was built and sustained on his ability to put together a Rushing attack As Well As or better than anybody in the  Zampese the architect of san Diego 5 air Coryell in the late 1970s an dearly 80s raised a lol of eyebrows. It was like George Bush asking George me Govch to be his running mate but Robinson knew a revamped of sense had to have equal parts passing and running especially since the rams had traded two live bodies and three draft choices in 1986 to get Jim Everett. So Robinson not Only hired Zampese he let him do his thing completely. A lol has been made Over Robinson letting Zampese and defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur do most of the coaching. Certainly the players notice. The assistants have a much bigger role in running things quarterback eve credit said. Nothing was really said to the players about the change they just do it. It s done the Way Robinson wants in done though. And you still can t get John Robinson away from the offensive line and the tailback nol in a million  Robinson has never been Long on ego. He likes what Zampese is doing with Everett and anybody can see thai Robin son s Rushing attack whether it s Dicker son White or Bell is always the final word. The Story of the runs running backs is quite a Saga. Last year at age 29, White a sort of prodigal son who played for Robinson at Southern Cal Gol the break of his life after the Dickerson Trade to Indianapolis while who had never started 10 games or gained 350 Yards in a season started 12 times and rushed for a league leading 1,374yards. The fact that Bell had come to the rams in the Dickerson Trade did t appear All that important at the time. And he seemed even less Likely to be a major player when the rams used their no. I draft pick 10 take Urcla s gallon Green. But while a Man with a Long history of substance abuse was suspended alter testing positive in preseason. Bell whose Rushing yardage had de creased Ever since he gained 1,100 for Buffalo As a Rookie Oul of notre Dame said he knew he could be the Man in the Backfield. The reaction to that amounted to a laugh. Of course nobody was snick ering sunday when Bell went into the game with a league leading 622 Yard Rushing eight fewer than Dickeson s acc leading Tola at the time an aver age per carry of 4.9 Yards .6 higher than Dickerson s with a league leading 10 touchdowns. Television Bumball world Serin Gune 5, los Angeles dodger to Oakland athletics 1 an. Friday. Radio Blueball world series came 5, Losangeles at Oakland 1 07 in. Friday