European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 18,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 25 highly touted Mcpherson Low on eagles depth Chart by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Rhein main a West Germany a the secret of Don Mcpherson a Success is patience. Drafted by the Philadelphia eagles after leading the Syracuse orangemen to an 11-0-1 record and a 16-16 tie with Auburn in the 1988 sugar bowl the 25-year-old quarterback has found that patience indeed is a virtue. The highly touted highly scouted quarterback finds himself As the no. 3 Man behind Randall Cunningham and Matt Cavanaugh in the eagles starting quarterback Hunt. The rumoured arrival of Jim Mcmahon May squeeze the youngster out of the picture. Cunningham a Job is As secure As a quarterbacks Job can be. Cunningham has been likened to Superman his Superior athletic prowess undermined Only by his extreme Talent. That leaves Mcpherson Down in the Depths of the depth Chart. Is he worried a you get what you can while you can and get out while you re still healthy a Mcpherson said during an nil Uso Goodwill tour of military bases in West Germany. A a it a a business. All this talk about Mcmahon coming to Philly. Look in a confident in what i can do and at the same time the talk could be to my advantage a like when my contracts  Mcpherson a Story is void of any Gross abnormalities. A recent influx of top line quarterbacks has left College stars relegated to Reserve roles. But Mcpherson is different. While Cunningham is a soft spoken Mcpherson a like Mcmahon a can come off As cocky. During the tour of Rhein main Mcpherson nil in Europe chomped on an unlit Cigar a red Auerbach style a and sat with the four eagles cheerleaders on the tour bus. He plays eligible Bachelor to the Hilt. He still conducts himself As the College football Star not letting his penchant for holding clipboards and cheer leading on Cunningham get to him. How does he rate the eagles first string Superman a a it a not my Job to rate my Peers a he said. A i leave that up to the coaching staffs and the  Mcmahon a i respect him for what he a accomplished in his career a said Mcpherson. A a lot of people criticize Jim for the Way he does things. I know How he feels. At times you just get fed up with the questions about your personal  Mcpherson finds himself in a familiar predicament that throngs of a a can to miss College stars find in the nil. In the past three years quarterbacks have become plentiful. Dallas started Rookie Troy Aikman and sent University of Miami Star Steve Walsh to the Bench last season. Rodney Peete earned the Lions starting Job though other College heroes like Kansas City a Mike Elkins Phoenix a a Timm Rosenbach Chicago a Jim Harbaugh and Seattle a Kelly Stouffer found the grass is much Greener on the Campus Fields. Add Heisman Winner Andre Ware who comes to Camp trying to take Peeters Job to the Heap. Chicago safety Dave Duerson feels Little sympathy. A at any other position sitting on the Bench will Hurt you a Duerson said. A who better to learn from than two All pros in Cunningham and Mcmahon i mean you can to expect to beat Superman out. I done to even think the real Superman can outdo  file Philadelphia s Don Mcpherson. Has to remain patient added Washington redskins running Back Earnest byner a the Way the league is you have to pay your  Mcpherson a advice to an Andre Ware a a it a a business Man. The Money changes the Way you look at the game. You come under More scrutiny now. Its like that with anything. There a always going to be pressure to go to the next level and succeed. A what it boils Down to is that its still the same game you played when you were 10 years old. The players have just gotten bigger stronger and  and  go 1 -2 in 24 hours of be mans be mans France apr a Jaguar xjr12 driven by Dane John Nielsen american Price Cobb and briton Martin Brundle guarded a slim Lead Over the last 12 hours sunday to win the the 24 hours of be mans race. It was the seventh time a Jaguar won the race returning to the winners podium after taking first in 1988 and bowing to Mercedes last year. Second went to another Jaguar guided by Jon Lammers of the Netherlands Andy Wallace of Britain and Franz Konrad of West Germany after a porsche 962. Third then was an All British team of Tiff Weedall David Sears and Tony Reid in a porsche 962c. The porsche 962c of Oscar Larrauri of Argentina Jesus Pareja of Spain and Walter Brun of Switzerland ran second most of the last eight hours then blew an engine with 15 minutes left and stopped. On the top Jaguar team Brundle replaced chilean Elizeo Salazar More than 14 hours after the Start. Brundle a Jaguar dropped out of the race with water pump problems just after the Halfway  decision by team manager Tom Walkinshaw was a Way of getting a Veteran Driver alongside Cobb and Nielsen. Brundle is a former world Champion sports prototype Driver but ran in formula one last year on Jack Brabham steam. Cobb and Nielsen lost the Daytona 24 hours race earlier this year in the closest finish in the history of that race losing by less than 90 seconds. But at be mans they held on to Boid a one Lap Lead through the last a ? of ele mans race. Nielsen finished the stint to give All the winning Drivers their first Victory in this endurance classic. Brabham a son Geoff was on a Nissan team with american Chip Robin briton Derek Daly. They challenged for the Lead throughout most of be night before fuel cell problems put Lyle car out of the race. American Price Cobb briton Martin Brundle and Dane John Nielsen left to right piloted a Jaguar to Victory at be mans. A Jaguar was on top from the 11th hour of the race on the 13.60-Kilometer 8.45-mile circuit. At the end it had covered 358 laps or 4868.80 Kilometres 3,026 Miles. It averaged 204.07 Mph 126.83 Mph. The distance was far from the record of 5,335 Kilometres 3,315 Miles set in 1971 by a porsche. The race ended with a slight overcast and some drops of rain in the last hour after Bright Sun in the morning. The race started saturday in warm weather with a crowd estimated at 240,000 by organizers. The Nissan of britons Julian Bailey and Mark Blundell and italian Gianfranco Brancatelli had the pole position and led throughout much of the first part of the race. Just past the four hour Mark Brancatelli and Agori Suzucki a Toyota collided just before the first turn. Brancatelli a left front wheel and Side panel were damaged and he limped through the rest of the Lap to get Back to the pits. That dropped the Nissan Down to fifth. Early sunday morning it went into the pits for a Gearbox change. Then it had to drop out after its transmission was stuck in fourth gear. There were no Drivers injured in any of the mishaps during the race. A dispute Between the organizers the automobile club of the West and the International automobile federation Fia Over the safety of the 6-Kilometer 3.6-mile mul Sanne endangered the running of the race. Last december Fia passed a new regulation limiting Straightaway to two Kilometres 1.2 Miles in length. La mans was the Only race course affected be mans officials reluctantly agreed to put in two new chicanes or Small curves to appease Fia. But the sports governing body still did not include the be mans race on the world Champion season putting it in a special category called Quot full International event a not crediting placers with world championship Points