European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Safe football Ramstein topples Pitburg behind Phillips l 60 Yards b  staff writer Ramstein a. West Germany Pitburg held 1988 Continental sports conference Rushing Champion Tony Phillips scoreless but could t Stop him from rambling to a 160-Yard afternoon As the Ramstein rams edged the Down trodden Barons 20-8 sunday. Phillips 160-Yard Outing topped his 144 Vard Day in the rams 13-7 Conquest of Spang Dahlum sept. 16. The rams stand 6-1. Alone atop inc Csc Rhein division. The Barons fell to 1-6, alone in the Eiful Divi Sion s cellar. Only  s 0-7 record in inc Rhein division is worse. Though the i60-v Ard Dav sounds impressive enough. Phillips coughed up a pair of fumbles two of seven the rams fumbled leaving the tailback a bit dejected about his performance. I m disappointed because i know i could have played better Phillips said. Naturally i m pleased with gaining Over 100 Yards but the fumbles Are what disappointed me. When you try too hard it can backfire on you. On both fumbles i was trying too hard to get an extra Yard or two and it  what backfired for both squads were two self destructive offences. Rams starting quarterback Chuck Herron was relieved in favor of Cornelius Johnson in the second half. Herron connected on Only 8 of 23 at tempts for 107 Yards and a pair of interceptions. Herron hit Dexter Powell from 5 Yards out to open inc scoring. Mark a Hildgen s Point after attempt sailed through to give Ramstein a 7-0 Lead in the first Quarter. Tilburg showed its first signs of self destruction late in the first Quarter. Pitburg Quantonio Hughes launched a perfect spi ral into the waiting hands of Ramstein free safety David Willis in Pitburg territory. Ramstein capitalized by scoring in the Early seconds of the second Quarter. Herron called the option tossing the Ball to . Johnson off the sweep. Johnson broke a pair of feeble tackle attempts and scampered in from 10 Yards out to give the rams a 13-0 halftime Lead. Hughes suffered a horrendous passing afternoon completing 10 of 33 passes with four interceptions. I m the quarterback and i need to do the things to win games and i did t do them  he said. The Barons eluded the shutout in the third Quarter in what was the most unusual play of the Day. Ramstein punter Richard Tubbs could t handle a snap inside the rams 30, so decided to try and run the play out. With Pitburg defenders closing in Tubbs threw a desperation pass to avoid the lost yardage. Defensive end Alan Jones snagged the pass and barrelled 22 Yards for the to. Hughes found Arthur Gamble in the Corner of the end  to close the Gap to 13-8, and suddenly inc makings of a game appeared. Said Jones when i saw the bad snap i just tried to get to him. When he tossed it to me All i could say was thank you and take it  Pitburg mildly threatened thereafter but Ramstein s Tony Warren ended inc threat and nipped the Barons momentum b sacking Hughes for a 15-Yard loss at his 45 Pitburg never recovered. Johnson s second to run of the Day a 2-Yardcr in the fourth Quarter scaled the Victory. Willis piloted the defense snagging a pair of interceptions giving him nine for the sea son. We told ourselves we weren t going to get beat  he said. We took them for granted and they came out  if the score is any indication not Strong enough. Ass Keig wage Ramstein s Alex Ballard picks up first Down yardage against Pitburg on sunday. Sabers rip warriors 52-6 by Bucky Fox staff writer we Brucken a West Germany the Spang Dahlum sabers unleashed another quarterback on the Continental sports conference sunday. This one was Warren Rogers who made his Csc quarterbacking Dybul by gunning for 114 Yards and a touchdown in inc sabers 52-6 waxing of Wei Brincken. The result was no Shock. Spang Dahlum jacked is record to 5-2, tied for first place in the Eiful division.  slumped to 0-7, which stretches the warriors two year depression to nine straight. If the sabers pulled any surprises it was their Point production. Their 52 Points arc the most by any Safe team this year and thai by a team thai had t scored 20 All season. The sad thing for  is this it could pc been worse. Even the warriors coach Harold Cooper realized Hal Spang Dahlum Cut the  not that the sabers Cul into their yardage. They rushed 62 times for 261 Yards and completed 13 of 24 passes for 141 Yards. Those 402 total Yards led to 21 first Downs. The sabers not Only scored seven touch Downs but also got seven Pat kicks and a 24-Yard Field goal from Tony o Connor. Yet the sabers played everybody. They started with a running Back tandem of tailback James Williams and fullback Richard Specht. Then came tailback tyke mix and fullback Chris James. Paul Casio a tight end tried his legs at running Back. So did David Wilkins normally a tree safety. Wilkins was t alone going both ways. A swarm of sabers switched from offence to defense most notably Williams to linebacker mix to cornerback and Ken in cd also to Corner. That after Williams rushed for 61 Yards including an 8-Yard touchdown. And mix rushed for 61 Yards and touchdowns of 5 and 7 Yards. And in cd caught to passes of 11 and 52 Yards. It s fun to let everyone play when the game is out of hand said Spang coach Dave Lockwood. Of All inc Saber reserves none wowed pm like Rog ers. He appeared in the second Quarter As a replace ment for Jack Craft who passed for ads to Neil paler and Snead before limping off with a banged up ankle. Rogers drove the sabers to their last 31 Points. His half cocked Rifle hit the Mark six of 12 times. He especially displayed his Talent on the 52-Yardcr to in cd. Rogers rolled to his right and rifled off  appearance came four weeks after the Sab ers unveiled Deluca Thurmond whose 75-Yard to keeper sparked Spang to its 13-0 upset of Rhein main. Thurmond Hurt his shoulder two weeks after his heroics and Stehl not be ready when the sabers visit Rhein main for saturday s rematch. Lockwood said Craft will Start Al Rhein main. If Craft does t Cut it. The sabers now have Rogers a 5 foot-10. 180-Pounder from Chapel Hill no who Quarter backed the Kadena Falcons to the Acaf playoffs last  broke the shutout when Clayton Best hit skip Wilder with a 16-Yard to pass with 45 seconds left in the third Quarter. Otherwise the warriors went nowhere Rushing 26 times for 11 Yards and throwing five interceptions. Their worst time came when Willie Edwards their defensive end who led All tacklers with 13 solos and two assists was sped off in an ambulance with 52 seconds left. Col Eye football Stanford stuns Oregon 18-17 Stanford Calif. A John Hopkins missed three Field goal attempts but kicked a 37 Yard Beauty with time running out saturday As Stanford scored All its Points in a fourth Quarter rampage to Shock 22nd-ranked Oregon 18-17. Hopkins kick gave Stanford its first Victory in Ihrcke Pacific-10 games and dropped Oregon to 2-1 Overall and la in inc conference. Stanford s spectacular comeback from a 17-0 deficit began when Brian Johnson threw a 21 Yard to pass to Gary Taylor with 7 19 left. After stopping Oregon Stanford mounted a 61 Yard touchdown drive despite a shoulder in jury to Johnson thai forced him to leave the game. Johnson had taken the Cardinal to the Oregon 24 when he was Hurt on a sack. But Steve Smith who had lost his starting Job to Johnson this week came in ran for 11 Yards completed three passes and leaped Over from inside the one for a touchdown. Smith then passed to Scott Eschelman for a 2 Point con version that Cut Oregon s Lead to 17-15. On inc kicked Hopkins bounced an onside kick that Stanford s Cory Booker recovered on inc Cardinal 39. Smith then led the cards to the Oregon 20 to set up Hopkins winning kick