European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. January 27. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Humphrey Kay May still ploy from ire reports new Orleans titbits leading to Sunda s super howl Denver coach Dan Reeves said running Back Bobby hum Phr who Nas two cracked ribs and Light end c Larence Kay. Nurs ing a pulled thigh muscle looked better in thursday s practice. Bobby was t As tentative As he was yesterday and Clarence looked a Little belter Reeves said. Both arc listed As questionable. Kay was downgraded from Proba ble earlier in the week. The Broncos also listed wide receiver Ricky a Altick knee defensive end Ron Holmes thigh super bowl notes and safety Kip Corrington thigh As probable. Tight end Pat Kelly who injured a knee in the acc championship game is out. For san Francisco running Back Roger Craig flu safety Ron Nie loll thigh and quarterback Joe Montana right Elbow arc All probable. Montana wore an Clastic Bandage on the Elbow during thursday s interview session. 0 Samm Winder relegated to backup with the emergence of Bobby Humphrey is ready to step into a starter s role again if the Rookie run Ning Back is not Able to play. Winder says he is read to sit on the Bench if Humphrey the first Denver Rookie to Rush for More than i.000 Yards in a season is Able to play. I am not a  Winder said. I have never been a rebel. We have to put ourselves in a position to win. And if they think he s the Guy. Then i am All for it our goal is to win the game and i will do whatever is needed to win the game even if that Means i Don t  Humphrey s injury came Early in the acc championship game against Cleveland. Winder relieved and rushed 21 times for 37 Yards including a 7 Yard scoring run. And caught a 39 Yard scoring pass to help the Broncos to a 37-21 Victory. Winder who entered his eighth season As the club s All time second leading rusher was a starter until the fifth week of the season when Humphrey moved into the no. I spot. Craig experienced some Light  thursday and did not work out with the rest of the 49crs i do not think Roger needs the work As much As he needed to  said 49crs coach George Sei Fen. It threw off our timing in selected run Drill but we should be All  Craig left wednesday s practice session Early w Ith flu like symptoms. The 49crs wore shoulder pads for the Only Lime this week and conducted most of their running drills without both a lancers when fullback Tom Rauhman suffered a neck Burner on the second play. Tom said his body was t quite ready for the  Scifert said. He was of by the end of  the 49ers Are heavy favourites. Regardless of where you go to gel the see notes on Page 25 Denver s John Kalnay harms up amid the storm of  s report pm the nil Allonier three Hite quarterbacks to � unpunished. Nil rips drug report by Marty Williams Cox news sen ice new Orleans the no t responded with charges of shoddy journal ism to a Washington. Do to station report that the league s drug testing pro Gram was racist and fraught with Loop holes. The report said the drug program Al lower favored players specifically three Star while quarterbacks logo unpunished while other players among them Lawrence Taylor and Dexter Man lev were placed on a so called hit list arid targeted for exposure and disciplinary action. The Story. By consumer affairs reporter Roberta Wlaskin. Was aired wednesday on Wila the Mil affiliate in washing ton. Joe Browne the nil s director of communications dismissed the report As a rehash of a totally unreliable Story that appeared in the july 10. 198. Issue of sports illustrated. Part of that Story and most of the Wila report were based on accusations made by Gordon Griffith and other for Mer employees of or. Forest Tennant jr., who administers the league s drug testing program. Griffith was fired in june 1988 after a payroll dispute. There was very Lillic new information reported wednesday  Browne said. There was a purpose to the timing of the Story. They re using the super bowl As a Hook. They re last in the rat Ings in Washington and they re looking for a Way to attract attention in super bowl  the Story created a firestorm among reporters in new Orleans to cover Sun Day s super bowl because Baskin claimed she had evidence that three White quarterbacks tested positive for drug use in the last four years and the nil chose to look the other Way. Baskin refused to identify the three saying. We did not want to Pul inc spotlight on the quarterbacks we wanted to put the spotlight on the nil and or. Tennant. Who have this program that is riddled with  thai s  Browne said. If they have the names Why did t they use them As far As i m concerned if there Are no names there s no  san Francisco s Joe Montana and Denver s John Elway. The Starling quarterbacks in sunday s super bowl arc while. Both denied they have been involved Wilh drugs. I be gone through this a few  said Montana who was bedevilled b similar apparently unfounded rumours earlier in his career i know it s untrue and that s Why i m not worried about  Elway said he first Learned of the Story during a Telephone conversation with his wife. I Don t know anything about  he said. I m not worried about it because i know it Snow  the Wila report pointed out that 26 of the 3u players suspended by the nil for testing positive were Black. Thai s not news Browne said. In look them two months to research that i could have told them that in two min  at a news conference thursday afternoon Gene Lipshaw executive director of the nil players association said players do not Trust Tennant or believe in the accuracy of his testing but he said those feelings had nothing to do with the Black while Issue. We feel there is definite room for improvement in the drug testing proce  Upshaw said bul i Don t want anyone to believe the players association believes the nil is a racist organi  Browne also disputed Wila s charges about faulty testing procedures we will match our program with any other pro Gram in sports or  there were Stark differences Between the Way the nil said Tennant carries out the testing and the Way the proce dures were described by his former see nil on Page 25 49ers Joe Montana denies using drugs. I be gone through this a few limes super bowl on an to pregame show 9 . Sunday Kickos 11p.m. Sunday u ass Sharon Kike by