European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Rockets rip tigers gain final by Bucky Fox Stair Wrim Rhet main a. West Germany the Rhein main rockets shelled sem Bach 21-0 saturday. Now icy take aim at either Spang Dahlum or Ramstein for the Continental sports con Terence championship. Spang Dahlum or rams Cin in does t matter who makes in said linebacker Jay Grigson who led Rhein main s air Force football smothering defense with six Solo tackles five assists and one interception. Hit be the same in England too. Our offence gets seven Points and that s All we after another smoking performance by Rhein main s defense coach Warren Stanley lit a Victory pipe and said i m Happy to he where we a re.". Where arc the rockets after their Csc semifinal Triumph they re 9-0, their next game is the Csc final Here at noon saturday against the Winner of the other semifinal Spang Dahlum at rams Cin at noon today. If the rockets win next weekend they shool for England for the Safe title game nov. 20, their opponent would be the Winner of the conference final which features upper Scyford at taken Heath Al noon saturday. Before thinking about the Csc championship Rhein main had to collect us first playoff Victory in 16 years. The rockets had Tost six straight in the Post season five of which came against bit Burg. When Stanley heard of that slump he said Friday night that s coming loan end tomorrow Rhein main had to Back up those words without its All Star quarterback. Tor Hill who was suspended monday for what the base culled disc i Inary Tony Smith started in his place and the rockets did t miss a beat. The lefty from Florida fired two touchdown passes through the cold air. In clicked on 13 of 25 passes for 184 Yards before being re placed by his 1987 comb. Gerald fray sunday november 6, 198b the stars and stripes Page 23. Ass Gui Schuettler Sroi Bach s Victor Marion is stopped by Mike Drew. A ctn main i Tulli Watkins 45 wears far sidelined Man thu Tor i lilt. Ion for the last two series. "1 was confident out there said Smith the second ranked cab in inc Csc regular season. Our offensive line was there. We handled Simbach s defense All Star line Backer Dennis Huston took the fake like we knew he would. He s so aggressive. He s right on lop of the Ball but he s susceptible to the fake. When you take the linebacker out of the Middle the tight end is that would be t. Coleman who caught three passes for 38 Yards. Six of her rockets caught Smith passes with flanker James shorty catch ing a 13-Yard to and fullback Greg Booker grabbing a 26-Yard to. On both touchdowns Smith took advantage of his left Arm by scrambling left and passing on the run. Shorty caught the opening score on his Knees with .4 03 left in the first Quarter. Hooker broke open at the Simbach 5, la ten waltzed untouched across 14-0 Lead with 2 1 left in to chair. Hearing about Tor not playing was a letdown said ail Star guard Tim Lang. Icy whose rockets wore "12 Toh on their helmets in Honor of Hill. But we pulled together As a unit. We wanted to give Tony protection.". Hill watched Smith quarterback the rockets Hen joined them in the locker room. My prediction was right said Hill who had guaranteed a Rhein main Triumph. It does t Mailer who is be Hind the enter Well slip credit that to Rohnn Muin s defense. The lop ranked unit in the Csc held Sam teach to minus 4 Yards in 29 rushes. In dogged de Jones into completing just 13 of 36 passes for 119 Yards. It allowed on a nine first Downs. That defense made this in easy rocket win despite their seven turnovers. " they did t have myth ing Grigson said of Floc tigers they had no semblance of a run. They kept sending out the same receivers k4 Gary Crivier and 82 Stan. Moody. With our d us. They underestimated Uhal we had Back Moody managed four catches for 39 Yards and Crevier three for 29, Tony Lane icy the tigers split and caught three for is Yards and held onto one while absorbing a direct hit from a Merbock Hutch Walkins Rhein main s final touchdown came on Gerald Mason s 14-Yard burst Gary Wal lace kicked his third straight extra Point with 5 20 left to Cap an 11-play, 78-Yard drive forty two of those Yards came on Smith s pass to de Mero. Mason coming off an ankle injury rushed four times for 21 Yards. Booker Ico the rocket1 with 60 Yards in 13 carries with tailback uric he fir gaining 36 Yards in 12 tries. With 109 Rushing Yards Rhein main s offence totalled 291 Yards and is first s i dues Lon who had i Fth Solo tackles o share Cam honors with fellow linebacker Nick Scales said. They were More aggressive and wanted in More than we did. Comstock fastest in Usa eur race bad Tolz West Germany Mica Comstock of Vii corps ran the course in 31 minutes and 30 seconds saturday to win the Usa eur Cross country open Divi Sion championship at Flint Cavern. Vii corps Kathleen do Ludo was the fastest woman with her 38 57. Comstock beat 109 runners com Peting in eight categories who had Quali cd at their major command Cross country championships. Comstock won the race on a Chilly sunny Day on the Scenic 10-Kilometer course with conditions that varied from Fla lands to Hills and from grass to Asphalt to mud. Usarek presented awards to the top three Fin. Is hrs in each category. Comstock s time won the. Men s open for Ages 29 and under category. Teammate Juan Colunga placed Sec Ond with a 32 37, and Antonio Soma of v corps was third with a 32 56. Robert Brooks of v corps won the sub masters division Ages 30-39 with a 32 29, which was also the Sec Ond Best Lime Overall. Fulda half Marathon Winner Clayton decl finished second to Brooks Al 32 45. John Carper completed the v corps sweep in sub masters with his 33 13. Hoyl Brown of 21st Talcom took the masters 40-45 tits with a 34 07, Daniel Palton of Berlin a " second with 36 27, and Clinton Davis of Vii corps took third with a 37 19. Richard Brown of v corps took the seniors title with a 38 57. Joann inc o Ncik of Vii corps was second to Delgado in the women s open Al 42 02, and Kim Travilla finished the v 1 corps sweep with her 42 31. Met Kunlun Gdonski of v corps won the sub masters category Ages 2632 in 41 34, and Sheila nederhoff of v corps won the women s masters Agni 33-40 in 49 4 Stephens Cyrus eap Fure prep Cross Gouner titles Munich Burean Munich. West Germany Heidel Berg Junior Steve Stephens a step behind in most races this season slipped past a faltering Paul Woods of High school and coasted to the top spot in the Central european boys Cross coun try championship race saturday. In the girls race favored Juli Cyrus of Stuttgart proved that she deserved her top seed by moving quickly to the front of the pack of 101 runners and never looking Back Cyrus closest competitor was Bonn s Tracy Losi who finished 21 seconds behind her this year s championships Over a 5-Ki to Mctyr course produced record times in both races despite biting cold that seemed to have Little effect on the More than 200 run ners. A. Stephens who finished nth last year. Spearheaded a Strong Heidelberg squad attempting to upset a Cam that had 10 of its runners finish in the lop 2s Al last week s a regional. But despite the loss by Woods who col lapsed at the finish and was finally ranked 34lh before being disqualified the Zwic Brucken team still won the Overall. T Ille. The " in for avenged last year s second place finish to the girls race defending Champion Candace Barry of shape fell Shon but her fourth place finish helped the team Cap jury the Overall title upsetting Strong Stuttgart and teams that also came in As regional champs both Cyrus and Stephens established course records on the Munich course. Both runners slashed More than a minute off the previous records set earlier this year after the course was revamped Cyrus finished in 18 45stephens in 15 41. Stephens said after the race that he had a hard Lime shaking pal the cold weather and concentrating on the race. About 1.000 me ters from the finish line Stephens pulled. Out front and stayed there. Woods Winner in the a regional last week was seeded second. But he ran into trouble and struggled throughout he race. Barely 10 Yards from the finish he collapsed Rose fell again and then Stum bled across the line. He was later taken to a German Hospital for a checkup
