European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 24,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 slugger to takes on the giants by Frank Litsky the new York times East Rutherford no. The same to Jackson who played left Field and hit 32 Home runs this summer for the Kansas City royals will be at giants stadium on sunday running the football for the los Angeles raiders against the giants. And to knows How to run. An television 7 . Get. He s the Best runner i be seen said Bill Belichick the giants defensive coordinator and i be coached against . Simpson Earl Campbell James Wilder and Eric Dickerson. He has size and Speed and vision and quickness and cd he s just a big Strong Good looking powerful Guy said Bill Parcells the giants Cha coach. He s very Graceful. He almost prances when he runs. He has a classic running style. I Don t know of any Guy that size who s his size is wonderful for a running Back 6 feel i and 235 pounds. His Speed especially when he turns the Cor Ner on an end run is legendary. At Auburn where he starred in foot Ball and baseball he also became a nationally ranked sprinter. His track coach there was Mel Rosen who will be the men s coach of the 1992 . Olympic team. The Day he reported Rosen said i handed him a pair of spikes. I said run fast to he he is still running fast. While finishing the baseball season and taking a few Days off after that he missed the first five games of the National football league season. He has played the 10 games since and his 915 Yards Rushing rank him sixth for the season in the american conference. He is averaging 5.6 Yards a carry tying him with James Brooks of the Cincinnati to Jackson Heads to Meadowlands stadium sunday to take on ice and the giants. Bengals for the league s highest average among running backs. The raiders need a Strong performance from Jackson to keep alive their slim playoff Hopes. The giants have made the playoffs at least As a wild card team and if they win they will be Divi Sion champions. The raiders who train in warm weather must contend with the cold and the wind Here sunday. Ottis Anderson the giants running Back said Parcells did a Takeoff of Jackson s Nike Commer Cial. According to Anderson the coach said to knows baseball. To knows foot Ball. To knows hockey. To knows Tennis. But docs to know wind and does to know ice the raiders like to throw the Long pass and Parcells said he expected they would try it even in frigid weather. But to upset the giants they will probably need big yardage from Jackson. You can t deviate from your defensive philosophy Parcells said. We just try to emphasize that if you relax if you let him through there too Many times there Are going to be a couple of times when you Don t get the giants major concern is the end run. Allowing Jackson to turn upfield. This week the giants secondary spent More time than Ever on forcing the have had Good work on the Force All season from Mark Collins and Perry Wil Liams the conc Racks and Myron Guy Lon. The Rookie Strong safety. The Strong safely is the one who has to turn the play in Guyton said. To never gives up on a play. Hell keep going to the outside because he thinks he has enough Speed to do it. And he Bob Golic the raiders Veteran defensive tackle said Jackson s presence was enough to shake a defense. They have to pay so much attention to him that he opens it up for the rest of the offence Golic said. I be never seen anyone turn the Corner like that and out run the that s what you worry said Carl Banks the giants outside linebacker letting him outrun you to the perimeter. You have to Cut Down his run Ning lanes and Force him to run in the direction where you have the most defensive players. You have to get off the blockers and clog the holes. If you can do that you can survive Parcells said jumbo Elliott was responding to treatment for his ailing Back and should be Able to play although Eric Moore might Start for him again at left tackle. Eric Dorsey. Sidelined for 13 weeks with a broken right foot May be activated saturday. If he is. John washing ton will probably continue to Start at defensive left end and Dorsey will probably be used As a pass rusher. Russell Carter a backup safety for the raiders has a pulled hamstring and was placed on injured Reserve. The former Jet will be replaced by the 14-year Veteran Mike Haynes who has not played Sinceno chm r. Homesick ferry intends to stay with Rome by Stephen Rome api four months after shocking the basketball world by spurning the Aba to play in Italy a homesick Danny ferry is going Back to America. For Christmas. Nearly Halfway through the italian regular season ferry is flying Home sunday to spend the Holiday with his family. But hell be Back in a few Days to rejoin ii mass Aggro Roma for its next game. Although his team is hovering around the .500 Mark and he admits he misses Home and is still struggling to adjust to Italy ferry dismisses any speculation he might consider joining the Aba this season. The Cleveland Cavaliers recently traded for the rights to the former Duke ail american who was the no. I pick of the los Angeles clippers in last Spring s Aba draft. I m not thinking about that All ferry said after practice at Rome s pal cur Arena. I Don t think i should be at this Point. Ideally i d like to finish this year real Well and think about my options Over the summer. The ownership Here has Given me no reason to think about going anywhere else. After rejecting the clippers ferry signed a five year Deal with mass Aggro that pays him around $1.5 Mil lion a season an gives him the option each summer to return to the Aba. Message Giro scored another coup by luring guard Brian Shaw away from the Boston celtics. Ferry makes no secret of his wish to play in the Aba some Day but he appears in no Rush. At some Point that s what i want to do he said. But it would t be crazy if i came Back Here for an other season. I m Here and i Don t think a lot of people expected that. Business Wise this is an intelligent thing to do. There is a lot positive about being Over , who has a two year contract with mass Aggro said he s keeping his options Haven t closed the door on anything he said adding that if he returns to the celtics he wants multiyear contract. Going into saturday night s game against phenol Caserta Messaggiero was 6-7 in regular season play but 7-1 in the separate cup of Italy Competition. Ferry was averaging 22 Points and 6.8 rebounds in regular season games Shaw was averaging 23.9 Points and 8.5 re Bounds per game both team think i be done of. I be done fairly ferry said. But i can improve. There Are two or three games i d like to have Back and do Over include last weekend s one Point loss to Ben Etton Treviso in which ferry scored Only 17 Point Sand missed key shots in the final two minutes. The italian press took ferry to task for his performance but he was t think the press has been fairly Good. When you win they re with you. When you lose they re on you. Fortunately 1 can t read the Brian and i arc both under a Microscope he the americans Are. We will always be the most highly scrutinized because we re the focus of the pressure was especially intense at the Start of the season when Messaggiero lost five straight after an opening game Victory. The team has since gone 5-2. The team started off so slowly ferry said. It was frustrating. I be never been on a team that started like that. But now the whole attitude is changing. It s More enjoyable. Now i m enjoying the winning ferry says he s still learning the italian style of play which emphasizes set plays and Good shooting and relies less on individual performance. I m still adjusting to everything he said. I think i will be adjusting All year. It s so different. It s Basket Ball yes but it s different from what i m used he singled out the on game a Wick schedule. It can Wear on you. If you have a bad game you have a Long week ahead of you. You get Antsy. Sure it s a Nice Job and people say we have it easy. But i d prefer to play several games a fans arc different too. After a recent cup of Italy Road Victory Over Vismara Cantu the Rome play ers needed a police escort to get to the team bus through a mob of 500 Rock throwing fans. It was kind of scary ferry said. For two kilo me ters on the Highway cars pulled up alongside our bus to throw the court ferry lives in a 13th-Cenlury Palazzo in the Trastevere Section with the son of Raul Gardini Danny ferry of Messa Cero Roma. Struggling to adjust in Italy the millionaire agribusiness magnate who controls the ii mass Aggro newspaper. He takes italian courses three times a week and keeps track of the Aba through newspapers television and phone Calls Home. Sure you get homesick he said. Every player would say so. It s Nice Here. But it s not Home. 1 miss people my family friends the easiness of life. Here you re so dependent on people. I m really looking for Ward to getting
