European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary Horn s joins Safe s Grid exodus now Charlie Harris has escaped the  football learn. What did you expect from this weird Safe sea son not much. Touchdowns Are out. Shutouts arc in. Penalties continue to drag Down the game s Pace. Only now the refs slam on the Brake by taking All afternoon to decide offside. When the refs signal play Ball the Best running backs in Europe Don t. Of last year s top two . Sports conference rushers. Jerome Solomon of upper Scyford rotated and Kirk Davis of Green Ham common did t go out. The Continental sports con Terence is worse. The top four ground gainers of 1987 stayed in Germany but Here s How they vanished Spang Dahlum s c. Doyd was kicked off bit Bure s Freddie Miller would t go out hams quit Una Lindsay s Ryan Gates said goodbye after a series of injuries. Gates played four games yet his 426 Yards leads the Csc through seven weeks. Welcome to Rumball. F harris1 flight fits in it s still surprising. As he says i m no Hollywood  he s More like Baltimore Charlie. You could count on hams to run on every Down and run hard. And on the Wei Frikken warriors who perennially go the Way of Northwestern. Nowhere. The warriors stand 2-5, their alleged offence averages 7.5 Points per game. Their defense yields 24.4. Those numbers will Worsen when Wei Brincken plays Host to Hahn in the whew season under sat urday. When the warriors lose that one. They will manage to slip under their average record of 4-5 through the 1980s. Harris 2s, is a Tough football player and Security policeman. He played 19 years of Little league High school and College Ball in Maryland. He joined the air Force and the warriors in 1985. He put up with Wei Brincken seasons of 4-4,2-1 and 3-6. So Why quit now we Brucken football. Thai s what it is Harris said from his office thursday too much Dissen Sion. Tills in t football. With All the bickering there s mass  the bickering spread into near Mutiny. The warriors three year starting Cmar Terback de Venable quit after losing his Job to Barry auge. Steve Rosen Field Wei Brincken s top offensive lineman also fled. A petition circulated for coach fran Hendricks ouster which is sad when you consider Hendricks is the most optimistic fellow in the league. Harris did t sign the petition. He also did t talk with Hendricks when he turned in his equipment last week. I m not a petition Type person said Harris. If i want somebody out i la try to get him out with one signature my own 1 did t owe him Hon Dicks a great explanation. I did t feel like talking. I handled it my own Way. I did t just All of a sudden give in up. He knew i was t  Bucky Fox Hendricks Harris about what 1. Less carries. In 1987. Harris averaged 28 car Ries per game. He amassed 1,003 Yards a remarkable number considering Zweir Ilcken s questionable blocking. In Harris ultimate Hammer Job he banged at Sembach 42 times for 199 Yards Only to see his warriors blow a 22-7 Lead with 1 59 left. Owci Brick in which stood 2-2 before that game has yet to recover. In 1988, Harris was no longer the cog in Wei Bruckn s offence. 2. Quarterback. When auge was injured last month Harris took Over at Qto Start the second half against Sembach. After his 7-of-l2 passing for 83 Yards including a touchdown pass in the 25-6 loss Harris started the next week at Spang Dahlum. With the warriors losing 10-0, Harris was shifted to tailback alter one Quarter. They went on to lose 39 0. Span Dahlem was the clincher said Harris. I realized we weren t going anywhere. The same Wei Brincken dilemma if you will. We were Down 10-0 and had a Chance to win. The play selection killed us 3. Coaching. The coaches of Wei Brincken come Etc by look us out of the Ramstein game said Arris of the warriors 14-6 loss in the opener. You know what it s like at Owci Brocken. We can t gel a great coach. We need a new Guy who when you play Lor him you re learning Someth ing. Like Scro Miller last year no said Harris. He had a great Deal of knowledge about the game but he was not really committed to Zwic Brocken. Hews out of Ramstein and because of that 45-Minutc drive half the time he was t even Here for practice. There was no  Harris ponders leaving Wei Brincken to play for coaches he respects. Namely Rhein main s Warren Stanley Simbach s Ken fears and Span Dahlem s Dave Locwood. I saw local Wood in the Spang Dahlum game and t was really impressed with the play selection the Way he set up his plays said Harris. I know a Guy like Lockwood could come Here and win Here. I know he could. He could take a 3-6 team and make the  Harris played for Lockwood in last year s All Star game at Raf Lakenheath England. Harm rushed just twice for s Yards but his role at blocking Back helped the Csc claw Back for a 20-16 Victory Over the . That was after Ramstein a a Jeff Wilson told the coaches. I need Harris in there Lockwood listened said Harris. I was just so Happy to play in the All Star game with All those great players. And to play in England. I was awed by  one of Lockwood assistants in that All Star Bash was Chris Simmons. Simmon is an sex assistant coach of Ramstein and Owci Brincken and Harris endorses his becoming the warriors head coach next year. We need a Guy with Csc experience said Harris. Hendricks agrees. This beleaguered coach says Zweir Ilcken must find somebody who will be Here five years. This changing dance partners every year or mid season maybe works in the pros. Not Here no not at Wei Brincken. The warriors fired Miller with two games left in the 1987 season. His Suc Cessor. Bill Gauntt. Left in the off season. His Succes Sor de Klima look Over in the Winter bul quit Over a career move that never materialized. Hon Dicks had planned to apply his thin experience toward the offensive backs. He suddenly became head coach in May. Hendricks has taken the heal better than most coaches. He responds to hams walkout like this he s a great Guy. 1 Don t have anything negative to say. He s a Tine Young  what Aboul Harris slam at the coaches it has t been a great Charlie Harris year said Hendricks if he attributes his leaving to the coaching staff i m sorry Hendricks is simply Happy to coach foot Ball. Even if it s 2-5 football. Even if Ramstein ruined his 30lh birthday. The relationships i be developed on this team Nave been priceless he raid. I m an avid supporter of Warrior football and an avid Charlie hams  Hendricks an air Force Captain in charge of we Brucken s personnel office will still be on base in 1989. If he does t return As head coach he would like to assist in a Klima comeback. There s always a Charlie Harris comeback maybe As coach. Said Hendricks Charlie can coach on this level but he s electrifying As a player. It s a shame to put All that Talent on the  bears Hope to show 49ers who s dominant by Dave Goldberg a football writer we re not a dominant team san Francisco coach Bill Walsh said. There arc no dominant teams in the nil this  perhaps. Bul Walsh faces a Good lest monday night when his 49crs go into Chicago 10 play he bears who despite a spate of injuries and 13 rookies on the Ros Ter share the nil s Best record with Cincinnati and new Orleans at 6-1. This is also a test for the bears. Assuming that san Francisco quarterback Joe Montana s Elbow ribs and other injuries heal hell be the ultimate test for Chicago s two Rookie safeties David Tate who had two interceptions against Dallas last week and Todd Krumm. Look for Dave Duerson to recover quickly from the bruised kidney thai kept him out against the cowboys. One other Factor. The bears who arc three Point favourites have been less than a .500 team against playoff teams the past three years. They also lost 41-0 to the 49ers in san Francisco a year ago. Revenge is Sweet. Bears 2u14. Houston plus 5 a at Cincinnati Sam Wyche and Boomer Esiason seemed almost relieved when the bengals suffered their first loss of the season at new England last week. Warren Moon is Back for the oilers a consistently inconsistent team that can lose 45-3 one week and win 45-3 the next. With the acc Central Lead at stake. Bengals 30-24 Washington minus 5 i at Green by Green Bay 45, new England 3. Green Bay 34, Minnesota 14, will wonders never cease this week they will. Redskins 31-20 raiders plus q at new Orleans come on. The saints win every week but they dont win by More than six in any Given week. Saints 19-18. New England plus 7 to Bof Lala the Bills were dying after winning in their first monday night football appear Ance since 1984. Philadelphia Learned a Les son about that last Weck Bui a Little air has to go out of the balloon. Bills 21-17. Cleveland pick pm it Phoenix speaking of balloons did Washington prick the cards last week Bemie Roar s Back and the cants Are vulnerable if the heat does t get the Browns first Browns 20-17. Seattle plus 4 it rims John Robinson does l think Bis rams Are very Good they could t hop Roger Craig Ana they May not have much More Success with ground Chuck. Upsel special sea Hawks 16-10.jets plus 4 w it Miami the jets Are playing like december has come Early. Dolphins 31-10.dili plus Svi at pm buddy s to up should be in the up Posi Tion this week. Eagles 24-10. Minnesota mum 4 it tuna bythe bucs Ait coming oooo Owooh so dose As they did two weeks ago when they could t get the Field goal team on in tune Al Minneapolis to avoid a 14-11 defeat Vikings 14-13.in other games Home team in Caps giants minus 7tt 27. Atlanta 9 Kansas City minus 6 5, Detroit 4 Denver minus 4 20, Pittsburgh 10 san Diego pick pm 23, Indianapolis 20,last week 6-8 spread8-6 straight up. Season 39-55-4 spread59-37-1 straight up. Radio hockey new York Bingen at Washington cup tails 1 situs ii