European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 1. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 rockets clip sabers for Lead in Eifel by Ducky Fox staff writer Rhein main a West Germany Rhein main s 19-7 Triumph Over Span Dahlem on saturday accomplished five missions for the rockets they won their 14th straight Home game. They look Over sole Possession of first place in the Eifel division of the Continental sports Confer ence. They boosted their record to 6-2. Clinching a playoff spot and with games left against lowly bit Burg and Wiesbaden laying a Clear path to Home Field in the first round. They handed Spang Dahlum its third loss in four weeks leaving the sabers at 5-3 and also clinching a playoff berth thanks to Wiesbaden s loss to Pitburg. They avenged a 13-0 loss at Spang Dahlum in week 3. This is very much revenge said Greg Booker the rocket who rumbled for a game High 89 Yards and an icing i Yard touchdown with 30 seconds left because they talked a lot of noise after they beat us Down  they talked about us bad last time said Rhein main quarterback Tony Smith. We knew we were better last time but we did t Back it up. We figured when we played them Back there we d have our  Smith who passed Rhein main to the 1988 Safe title did t have championship numbers saturday. He hit Only five of 18 for 89 Yards not to mention three interceptions. Yet the floridian put the heat on Spang when it counted. Smith s 53-Yard to strike to Premiss spicy proved to be the gamer. The Way he Spang cornerback Michael Smith was playing he was paying too much attention to the run said spicy who caught his favorite left sideline pass at the 10 and sprinted Home. But he s Good. 1 respect him. He had a pretty Good  the to fired the rockets ahead 12-0 with 12 51 left in the third Quarter and they held on. Barely. Four minutes later Spang s Smith struck Back. He stepped in front of James shorty intercepted Tony Smith s pass and sped 28 Yards for a touchdown. I dropped Back watched his Tony Smith s eyes and just Cut in front of him the Spang Corner said. Tony o Connor tacked on the kick and the sabers were Down Only.12-7 with 9 1-1 left in the third period. At that Point the sabers had gained Only three first Downs. Jack Craft who Quarter backed the whole Way was misfiring and would finish w Ith 5-of-21 passing for 40 Yards and three interceptions. Their vaunted run Ning attack which amassed 261 Yards the week before was without Star tailback James Williams and trudging along at a 1.4-Jard clip. They were going nowhere against a defense led by linebacker Jay Gregson s 14 Solo tackles and Strong safety Vincent Parham s seven solos. But Smith s interception to sparked Span Dahlem. With Richard Specht shifting from fullback to tailback on the Way to a team High 74 Rushing Yards the sabers marched for five More first Downs the rest of the Quarter. They barged into the final Quarter looking like win ners especially when Specht swept 10 Yards for first Down at the i. Here s where Rhein main said no More. On third Safe footballs Skon g sabers Richards i Echt 20 is stopped for in Ain in rocket defense on a third und i Early in the fourth period. Down Specht tried the Middle. Nothing. Instead of going Down he hipped to c raft who was sacked by Grigson at the 5. When he spec i was going Down i knew lie was going to do that because the quarterback was like  said Grigson with his hands out. I went through to the quarterback. Me and Coop tackle Keith Cooper stuffed him on came o c Onnor to try a 2l-\ard Field goal. Tor Hill blocked it. The clucked showed 11 58. But Spang Dahlem was finished. If there were any doubt. Gregson s interception set up Booker s to dive and Parham s interception came on the last play. Grigson who missed the game at Spang when his plane broke Down in Turkey said. We have a lot of Dilt Creel Guys from when we played them last time. If they prepared the same Way. They were in trouble. We re 10-fold  he pointed out tackle Randall Ocif. Who had a sack in his first game Back and Cooper who moved from linebacker to tackle he also noted that defensive coordinator Doug Stanley has serious help in new secon Dary Boss Willie Evans who assisted at Alconbury in 1985. "1 saw films of the game at  said Cire son. And former nose guard Mike Drew had a Lousy game. We had Guys then who have gotten Cut. We had dissension then. Now we re almost to the attitude of last  but can Rhein main beat Ramstein which stands 6 i and is the Only other team to beat the rocket Gregson put it this Way Well beat the Bleep out of them whenever we play for the championship. Our Guys Are so  his coach Warren Stanley put it this was the Best team As far As the record is Ramstein. And Well get another shot. Well play them in the Csc championship  then again said Span Dahlem s Smith. We still have a lot of Confidence. Well go to the playoffs. Rhein main had a Good game. But we Hope to finish Strong and Well be right Back on  Pitburg beats Wiesbaden in basement Battle Wiesbaden West Germany the Pitburg Barons scored a safety and a touchdown in the fourth Quarter to beat Wiesbaden 8-0 saturday in Safe s Continental sports conference. The Barons boosted their record to 2 6. The flyers slumped to 2-6 and out of playoff Contention. The teams arc lied for last place in the Eifel division. The Only Points Pitburg needed came five seconds into the final period. Wies Baden lined up to punt and Center John Daneker s snap sailed past punter Anto Nio Stancil and out of the end one for two Points. The Barons made it 8 0 on Gene Longstreet s 4-Yard to run with 26 seconds left. The drive covered 52 cards. With Longs reel picking up All 52 Yards in seven carries. Longstreet finished with 23 carries for a game High 107 Yards As the Barons totalled 115 Yards on the ground. Pitburg Quarter Back Antonio Hughes hit four of 19 passes for 90 Yards with two interceptions. Travis Mullen led Pitburg s defense with seven Solo tackles including a sack. The Barons limited the flyers to 91 ground Yards and 69 air Yards. In the . Sports conference Laken Halh kept its playoff Hopes alive b whipping Chicksands 42-12, and Green Ham common stayed in the Hunt for a postseason berth with an 18-0 Victory Over Fairford