European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Await tuesday june 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 Thompson helping Phoenix a amps Scott a. Miller cardinals Robert await. Thinks team is improving by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Rhein main a West Germany a like thousands of other Phoenix fans Robert await is looking for big things out of Anthony Thompson. Thompson the cardinals first round draft pick and a a Heisman candidate last season joins a Cardinal team that has been mired in mediocrity for an entire decade. Cardinals tight end Hopes Thompson will bang stability to an unstable Phoenix Backfield. A Anthony is definitely a big name player who a very Well respected a said await who is touring military bases in West Germany As part of an nil Uso Goodwill tour. A the did it All at Indiana. He a a and How. Before his All everything year of 1989, Thompson was touted As the leading horse in the Heisman trophy Derby. He finished the 1988 balloting ninth and had a Good enough year to rank second to Houston Sandre Ware in the balloting for College footballs most coveted trophy last season. Before his senior year he had already shattered a score of Indiana Rushing records. He added a few More categories to his scalability Salvo on his entering the nil draft. If the cards sign the 209-Pound Workhorse it could be a marriage made in heaven await said. The laundry list of backs that have patrolled the Cardinal Backfield has been growing steadily. Not since Ottis Andersons Stellar performances in the Early 1980s have the cardinals had a reliable running Back. Stump Mitchell the Back who replaced Anderson has not lived up to the cardinals expectations. Earl Ferrell has yet to show signs of dominance. Where College quarterbacks find themselves in a Reserve role the nil is a veritable Breeding ground for running backs. Barry Sanders the 1988 Heisman Winner stepped into the Detroit Lions Backfield last year and led the pfc in Rushing in route to Rookie of the year honors. The 6-5, 248-Pound await Isnit putting a Sanders Nam tag on Thompson yet. A i done to think Anthony is a Bany Sanders Type of running Back. He a not the explosive Type like Sanders. I compare Thompson to someone like a Greg Bell los Angeles rams running Back. He a a Guy who la get 1,000 Yards a season a Guy who will keep the chains the cardinals woes neither end nor begin with Thompsons arrival. The quarterback situation in Phoenix has yet to be settled. Longtime starter Neil Lomax sat out last season with an arthritic hip a an injury that forced him to retire. Gary Hogeboom stepped in but has not been convincing enough. That leaves Phoenix with a pair of Sefl in Europe Young guns a Tom Tupa and Timm Rosenbach a to Battle for the starting Post. A one of those Guys Are going to have to step Forward and take control. That Sall there is to it a await said. The 1990 Outlook is better than last seasons Campaign said await a 1987 san Diego state graduate entering his fourth season with Phoenix. Injuries plagued the team last year taking receivers . Smith and Roy Green out of the starting lineup. Coach Gene Stallings Job was rumoured to be on the line by mid season and that became reality several games later when owner Bill Bidwill canned Stallings eventually replacing him with Joe Burcl. Stallings has since taken the head coaching Job with Alabama a Crimson tide. A we expect to be competitive a said await. A when you lose a . Smith or a Roy Green you re losing two key players. That takes away a lot. Our offence went from being no. 13 in the league to no. 26 in one year. We be got to stay the move to Phoenix from St. Louis three years ago has sparked a renewed interest among the players and fans await said. A we had to get out of the Shadow of the baseball cardinals a he said. A look at it now. The blues St. Louis professional hockey team made the playoffs and they re still in the baseball teams await credited the Phoenix administration with turning around the Cardinal football program. In past seasons team president George Boone and general manager Larry Wilson have come under fire from the St. Louis and Phoenix press. Bad trades flogged the organization and consecutive horrendous drafts have brought the organization Little or nothing. Kelly Stouffer the Grid Birds 1988 first Rounder who refused to sign and ended up signing with Seattle is a prime example of the organizations letting the big one get away. The addition of Thompson if he signs should rectify the bad press await feels. A the organization is finally starting to Point in the right direction a the tight end said. A a we re at a Point where we could turn into a really Good football team or keep up the losing seasons. Its going to take a while to build this organization Back up. We be been Down for some Bidwill a penchant for pinching pennies has caught Awalt sire. While signing Thompson May be the clubs biggest hurdle yet await wants to Start simple. A i just Hope we can get Bidwill to buy us some new jerseys a said await. A these things have been around since the team left Chicago to play in St. from Page 21 about the world league team ruining the Wald stadium turf. Even so the leagues vice president of communications Bob Rose said the football team does no to wan open from Page 21 achieving his first Victory in 1989. And due to Lack of performance he was in danger of losing his playing rights on the tour in 1988 before he birdied eight of 10 holes in the last round of the last tournament of the season. But both Irwin and Donald know strange things happen in playoffs. Example in 1955, an obscure golfing Vagabond named Jack Fleck scored a 3-stroke . Open playoff Victory Over the Gre test player of the Era Ben Hogan. In a going to have the Chance of a a de time and in a going to go out there and take it a Donald said. A today there were 27 Guys within a few shots. Tomorrow i be got a 50-50 Irwin was considerably More subdued. A the difficult part for me will be cringing Back the adrenaline surge. My scores have been up and Down this week. J t bad the same consistency Mike had a he said. To play at Home on the same weekend As Frankfurt a first division team Eintracht. Schramm continued to explain that world league players will come mostly from nil cuts and free agent lists. He said the Frankfurt teams players will probably live As a group in the suburbs. A a it a not like in the United states where they get off a plane you Tell them the playoff scheduled for 12 15 . Cd was very nearly a foursome. Both Nick Faldo the englishman who won the last two masters and open Rookie Billy Ray Brown came to the final Hole with a Chance to tie. Each needed a Birdie to do it. And each had the Opportunity. Faldo was at 8 under Par and had a playoff berth in hand until he 3-putted the 16th. He put his approach on no. 18 within 12 feet of the Flag and his putt to tie looked Good. In fact it hit the Back of the cup Only to Roll away and leave him with a 69 Ana 281 total. Brown the husky son of a former pro football player remained in the Hunt despite a double bogey 7 on the seventh Hole. He got Back within striking Range with a Birdie at 17 and gave himself a 15-foot Birdie putt on the 18th for the playoff. But it missed on the Low Side and he Bent Over his Putter in anguish 1 stroke too High after a Par round of 72. Australian Greg Norman appeared to be on the Way to one of his last round scoring romps and was 5 under for the find a place to live and practice is at 3 of clock tomorrow a said Schramm. The Frankfurt owner Rose said plenty of local individuals and groups Are interested in paying the franchise fee which has been quoted in stateside publications As $10 million to $12 million. He added that the Frankfurt ownership and German to Deal will be made Public a by Day until he chopped up the Par-5 14th. From the Fairway Norman squirted a 3-Iron into the right Trees dumped his third in a Bunker and eventually stalked away with a bogey that killed his chances. He got in with a 69 and was tied for fifth at 284 with Tim Simpson and Mark Brooks. Brooks and Simpson each had a closing 73. Jack Nicklaus and Curtis strange each with a cherished target within sight failed to make the move they needed. Nicklaus at 50 seeking a record fifth . Open Crown struggled to a fat 40 Over the Back shot 76 and at 289, failed to finish High enough to ensure an exemption from qualifying next year. Strange in search of a third consecutive open title to match Willie Andersons 85-year-old record was 2 shots off the Pace going into the final round but played the front in 38 and Wasny to a Factor again. A i think there a another . Open in me a he said. A at least i have my name on it so does Irwin. The end of the Frankfurt general manager former coach of a Safe a Rhein main rockets Warren Stanley spoke with Schramm after the press conference about applying. A i told Tex i can set it up where you can just bring the team Over to play. I done to want to coach them. I want to make it All work a said Stanley. Lendl Graf top Wimbledon seeds Wimbledon England apr Ivan Lendl and Steffi Graf got the top seeds at Wimbledon monday while John Mcenroe benefited from past glories. Lendl and Graf no. 1 on the menus and women a computer rankings respectively were handed the top spots by the All England Lawn Tennis club for the grass court grand slam tournament that starts june 25. Lendl who has dedicated his season to finally winning Wimbledon was picked Over defending Champion Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg the 1988 Winner and last years runner up. Becker was seeded second and Edberg third in the menus Field. Graf her spot at the top of women a Tennis under attack from a group of teenage baselines got the no. 1 berth ahead of eight time Champion Martina Navratilova who like Lendl skipped the French open to get extra grass court practice. Third was Monica Seles the 16-year-old Florida based yugoslav who beat Graf for the French open title
