European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes nil in London not to. Is True Bucky Fox this is Marcus Allen having a great game for the los Angeles raiders 191 Yards Rushing to Lead . Past Washington 38-9 in the nil title game of january 1984. Marcus Allen super bowl map. This is to Jackson having a great game for the raiders 221 Yards Rushing in a meaningless game in november 1987. To Jackson All show but no bowl hero. That a exactly what separates these Raider running backs one of whom Allen will play in sundays american bowl at London a Wembley stadium against the new Orleans saints. Allen has been a Champion. Jackson has been a Flash. Both won Heisman trophies Allen with Southern cat in 1981 and Jackson with Auburn in 1985. Yet while to blows smoke for Nike that a really All he is. Smoke. Slugs a tape measure Homer in the 1989 All Star game then misses much of his Kansas City royals failed Pennant drive. Leads the raiders in Rushing with 950 Yards last year but fumbles at the goal line to blow .�?Ts playoff shot. To no substance. Quot with Marcus Allen you it fire. He not Only led the nil in scoring As a Rookie in 1982, but also led the raiders to the acc West title. He not Only holds the super bowl record for longest run from scrimmage at 74 Yards but also scored on it and wears a ring to prove it. He not Only led the nil in Rushing with 1,759 Yards in 1985, collecting the league map award along the Way but also pushed . To a division title. Since 1987, Jackson has dominated the Raider Ball carrying. That is after he finishes with baseball every october and since Jackson took Rushing control from Allen the raiders have never reached the playoffs. No question Jackson is one terrific athlete. His baseball football juggling act is the stuff of Jim Thorpe. Still team sports is about winning and losing. Jackson a royals and raiders have won nothing. Allen s raiders won it All once and reached the playoffs four times. Jackson is about Glitz Allen about results. So it was Good to see that Allen signed his contract in time for this weeks London trip. Some 70,000 Wembley fans will get a live snapshot of the raiders All time Rushing Leader. How much Allen will play in the 6 . . Time sunday exhibition is questionable. Pose the question to Allen and he says a ask the coach. Ask coach Art Shell and he says a a we la have to Sec. What the Small crowd at the Crystal Palace practice facility saw thursday was Marcus Allen gliding through Saint defenders like old times. Yet he s 30 and coming off a knee injury that kept him out of seven games so you wonder if he Sok physically. A you been watching practice a he said. A no i m in excellent health excellent  this week is Allens first Chance to practice because of his holdout. He would like to improve on his meager 293 Yards of last season. Could he Bounce Back to 1985 proportions i it i Marcus Allen shown airborne in �?T89 still holds the Raider Rushing record with 1,759 Yards gained in 1985. A a health Wise i m prepared to a he said. A a in be worked out hard. If it were up to me i could repeat 1985. The incentive is there. The drive is there. The motivation is  a a he insists that a ibo is not an Issue Quot hindering Allens resurgence. If Boisne to Greg Bell Vance Mueller and Marcus Wilson might be. Those three arc listed ahead of Allen on the Raider depth Chart because of his holdout. Then there a Napoleon Mccallum whose Navy term is running Short and whose nil career could finally go full Speed ahead. Allen should Start but its crowded Back there. It was crowded wherever Allen walked after thursdays workout. British fans posed with him for photos the world league of american football introduced him to his German namesake Markus Becker the top running Back of the Dusseldorf panthers. Quot i be got to get Over there Quot Allen told Becker Quot go out and set me up with some  Allen s Only Continental trip was to Italy Quot i Haven to been to Germany yet a a he said. Quot the stars and stripes has got to Send for  How about a ski trip Quot i love to but in be got to curtail it until i quit  which will be when in 10 years Quot possible. Lyle Alzado the 41-Ycar-old comeback kid has Given me incentive. In a going to go for George Blandau a  Allen is headed for his ninth season lie goes 6-foot-2, 205 pounds. He looks great either rce zing through the line or flipping Over it. Quot the fans think those Are the Tough hits but they re usually not that had Quot he said. A sometimes its the Little hits that put you out of a  Well see How lie handles the hits sunday either at Wembley or on Afn-1v. A Chance to catch the greatest Raider runner. Allen not Jackson. The Sld i Artof 5lnp�� Kmic saudi Germany Norway Advance a in. R.,.1 m twirl h inti it a fid ont it Hul in a tournament like the by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Ramstein a West Germany a International Good will gives Way to fierce us petition As the semifinals of the euro it Eun Little league championships kick Oft 7 rid a. Germany represented by players irom he Saarland Little league takes on Crosstown rival Kaiserslautern military com Unity in the semifinal opener at noon. S a Way the Surprise of the tournament. Mil try to stun six time defending Champi it a saudi Arabia at 3 . In game 2 of the male elimination second round. Germany saudi Arabia and Norway ailed through the round Robin Host round it 4-1. Kmic finished at a perfect 5-0. Germans earned a berth in the second european Little league round with a 13-6 rout of the United kingdom on wednesday while Norway had a surprisingly Tough time with win less Czechoslovakia in wednesday s action. Norway duplicated Germany a feat Downing the East bloc entry 13-6. Saudi Arabia had to fight to the final out to earn its berth. The champs dropped their first game of the tournament last saturday to Kmic 3-1, but battled Back to beat Belgium 4-3 wednesday. Belgium needing a win to oust the champs put a runner in a coring position but failed to bring the run across. Saudi Arabia went undefeated in last year s tournament. Kmic advanced with its perfect record taking first in Pool a. Quot last year we were creating teams but this year we be had to work harder Quot said saudi Pitcher shortstop David Hatchett the teams Only returnee from last year s championship team that advanced to the Little league world series in Williamsport a. This years european Champion advances to Williamsport on aug,20-25. Quot we re confident about Kmic Quot Hatchett said. Quot we can beat them. I know we can do it. I m confident in this  saudi Arabia has to beat a rejuvenated Norway squad which has surprised everyone in the tournament  year s entry was one of the doormats for stronger earns to bully. Coach Rick drum has banged a sense of Pride in his 11 and 12-year-Olds. Quot we be put in a lot of hard work Over the summer. We be had two a Days for the past three weeks. We knew wed be Strong but in a tournament like tins its hard to Tell until you play. I Here s Good parity in the  drum will be without his top in idler 12-year-old Aaron Dumsch. Mysteriously drum put the youngster in during the Czechoslovakia game thus removing Dumsch from the Mound fur Norway a subsequent game. Little league rules prohibit pitchers irom pitching on consecutive Days or consecutive games. Germany faces its Loughes task of the tournament a beating Kmic Quot we  have come Here if we did no to think we could win it All a said coach Rick Chapman who was forced to leave his team for the crucial second round due to duty requirements. 1 he final is set for noon on saturday