European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 30,1988 the stars and stripes Paga 27 sports wire raiders coaching overhaul claims is victim a but was from press dispatches Al Segundo Calif. The Nimbred hous Cclean ing or los Angeles raiders assistant coaches began tuesday night when coach Mike Shanahan release defensive coordinator Charlie Sumner who called one or he decisive plays in super bowl xviii against the Washington redskins. Charlie and i had a meeting last night and i to claim know we were going to go a another direction Shanahan said wednesday morning. Charlie and i had a Good working relationship in the Best interest of the organization i fell it Lime for a  although it s been reported thai quarterback coach Tom Walsh and offensive Baek Field coach Joe Scannel la also have been fired Shanahan repealed misstatements of a week ago that no other assistant coaches have been  am still considering some other possibilities said Shanahan. But speculation on anything else would be premature at this  at the end of this season Shanahan met with each assistant and gave All permission to consider other opportunities. That was widely interpreted As being the first step toward releasing them. When Shanahan became head coach on feb. 18, he inherited nine assistants from Tom floras staff. He was Able to hire Only three assistants before his firs year As a head coach. Shanahan expects to make an announcement on his19b9 staff in a few Days. Sumner had worked As a raiders assistant from1963-68 and again from 1979-83 before becoming head coach of the Usel s Oakland invaders. He re turned to the raiders in january i9s7. Sumner was credited with a strategic move against inc redskins in the 1984 super bowl anticipating a screen pass just before the first half ended he replaced inside linebacker mall Millen with the faster Jack Squirek to cover Washington running Back Joe Washington. Squirek intercepted Joe Theis Mann s pass and returned it 5 Yards for a touchdown to give the raiders a 21-3 halftime Lead the raiders won 38-9, and Haven t had a postseason Victory since. Warner May miss game Kirkland Wash. The Seattle Seahawk wednesday listed Curt Warner As questionable for their nil playoff game in Cincinnati saturday be cause of an ankle sprain suffered in their regular sea son finale. However Warner is expected to play for the a fewest Champion sea Hawks 7, against the acc Cen trial Champion bengals 12-4. Sea Hawks coach Chuck Knox has held Warner the team s leading rusher this season out of practice since Seattle s playoff clinching 43-37 Victory Over the raid ers in los Angeles dec. 18. Warner suffered a sprained right ankle in the fourth Quarter of the raiders game. Warner has not been limping this week but has refused to talk about his injury with reporters Knox said wednesday that Warner who has rushed for More than 1,000 Yards in four of his six nil sea sons was still experiencing pain in his right ankle. If Warner can t play Knox said he will Start Kevin Harmon a Rookie from Iowa. Harmon had his first two carries of the season for 13 Yards in the raiders game. Ailing eagles will play Phoenix linebacker Solh Joyner a injured his sprained left foot wednesday and wide receiver Mike Quick was recuperating from the flu but both arc expected to play saturday when the Philadelphia Eagle meet the Chicago bears in an pfc playoff game to today Joyner the eagles Best linebacker was Hurt in the season finale against Dallas eagles coach buddy Ryan made Light of Joyner s , Joyner sprained it a Little bit Ryan said. I Don t think he s hurl that bad. He was just Messing  said he would be ready for saturday. Joyner a 240-Pound, third year player. Finished the regular season with career highs of 136 tackles an four interceptions. He normally is the Only linebacker to stay in the game when the eagles use the Nickel , who Sal out eight weeks with a broken leg arrived in Phoenix monday sick. It was a touch of the flu said Quick who will miss a trip to the pro Bow for the first Lime in five years i Al be of the worse is behind  the eagles moved Quick to a private room to keep his Roommate quarterback Randall Cunningham from catching the illness. The eagles listed Only Joyner on their midweek in jury report. Mayors make playoff bet Philadelphia forget the shot Al the superbowl and megabucks. Forget the personality clash be tween the coaches it1 digest steaks and cheesecakes at stake when the Philadelphia eagles and coach buddy Ryan visit Chicago to meet the bears and Ryan s old Boss. Coach Mike Ditka in a first round pfc playoff game  a Wilson Goode put 10 Philadelphia cheese Steak sandwiches on the eagles and chicag mayor Eugene Sawyer has put five cheesecakes up against  the bean defeat the eagles Well allow mayor Goode to Send us 10 cheese us. Us. Steak sandwiches. What Are they called. Hoagies said Monroe Anderson Sawyer s press Secretary. But one cake for iwo steaks of you Guys arc getting the better of the Deal Anderson said for . We re playing the Odds for the record Goode predicted the eagles would win by two touchdowns. Robitaille tops nil vote new York left Wing Luc Robin Lille of the Losan tees Kings polled 29,680 votes in the latest nil All Star fan balloting period to take a 627-Volc Lead Over Edmonton oilers goalie Grant Fuhr in the Overall race. Robitailie leads the balloting with 194,951 , the lop Campbell conference vote recipient lost year has 194,324 Voles to Lead All goaltenders this is the fourth year fans have selected the starting lineups for the nil All Star game which will replayed in Edmonton Alberta feb. 7. Fans will select the starting lineups for the Wales and Campbell con Ference teams while the coaches Terry o Reilly of Boston and Glen Sather of Edmonton will add the remaining players. Magic leads Aba balloting new York magic Johnson of the los Angeles lakers continues to Lead All Western conference play ers in Early balloting for the Aba All Star team. ,.-. Johnson the All time assists Leader in All Star com petition has received 1734,544 Voles. Clyde Drexler of the Portland Trail blazers is second among Western conference guards with 102,939  English of the Denver nuggets has taken the Lead among West forwards with 100,235 Voles. Las week s Leader. Jerome Kersey of Portland dropped to second at 98,546. Houston s Kacem Obj won is the Leader at cent Erwith ii2,653 votes with Portland s Kevin Duckworth in second at iqs.034. Balloting continues through mid january. Ron Lapointe improving Quebec Ron Lapointe the former  coach has been removed from the intensive care Ward following surgery on dec. 21 to remove a cancerous , 39, who resigned after his ailment was discovered during a series of tests will remain at l to ice Dieu Hospital for Al least three More weeks. He took a few feeble Steps tuesday his first since the six hour operation. Jean Martineau a nordic us spokesman said that doctors handling Lapointe Are satisfied with his Progress. Following the surgery least doctor Pierre a Cauchy min announced that doctors performing the operation were confident the cancer had not spread beyond the kidney. Scurry charged in cocaine Sale Reno Nev. Free agent Pilcher Rod Scurry tuesday was formally charged with Possession and use of  is free on 16,000 bail and faces a Jan. 5 Justice court arraignment on the charges that were tiled by the Washoe county District attorney s office. The 32-year-old left hander was arrested after he allegedly purchased j40 Worth of crack a Rock form of cocaine from a police informant in front of a House that had been staked out by police. Scurry was an All state Pitcher for Reno s hug High school in 1974. He pitched in the 1980s for the Pitts Burgh pirates new York Yankees and in 198s. For the Seattle mariners. He was 2 in 1988 with two raves and a 4.02 a in 39 games All in Relief. He is 19-32 lifetime with 39saves in eight major league scan ont. Scurry who made i f45,000 in 1988, became a free agent when Seattle failed to tender him a contract by the dec. 20 deadline.  . Selects beat Canada Davos Switzerland John frils Chc and Dave silk scared iwo goals each wednesday leading the United Stales select team past Canada. 3 in the Spengler cup hockey tournament. Int sch scored 43 seconds into the game Dave Morrison lied in for Canada at 9 18 before Rick Erdahl gave the United states the Lead for Good at 11 24.silk scored at 32 seconds of the second period and Todd Bjork stand at 7 30, putting the untied Stales ahead 1,Ron Wilson s Power play goal Ofta pass from silk at 3 12 of the third made it 1, before goals by Roy sergeant 5 56 and Brad Schlegel Al 8 47 pulled the canadians to 3. Silk scored his second goal at 13 16 and Power play Goat by Mark Maroste at 17 49 made it 3. 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