European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday August 26,1990 nil round Oakland official sure raiders coming by the associated press Oakland Calif. Api in spite of denials pouring in from All sides an Oak land City official said Friday he expect the los Angeles raiders to become the Oakland raiders sometime this season. I am very confident that the raiders will play Here this year Oakland City councilman Wilson riles or. Said Friday by Telephone from his office. I can t re veal my source but i can say he s been i communication with people High up in the raiders organization. It is just a matter of polishing up afew Nicks in the the raiders have been negotiating forbore than a year with the City of Oak land and Alameda county to work out return to their original Home. Raiders owner Al Davis has until the end of the month to accept or reject the City and county s latest offer. Riles said he thought that announce ment could come within a few Days Davis earlier last week denied an esp report that the team would removing but a newspaper report thurs Day said a raiders player who asked notto be identified said Davis said he was "100 percent certain that the Tea would be playing its Home games this year in Oakland. Raiders executive assistant Al Locasale said the newspaper report was inaccurate. The raiders have two years remaining on a lease wifi the los Angeles coliseum. How Var the team has sold only22,600 season tickets for the 1990 season at the 90,000-seat stadium that lured the raiders from Oakland in 1982. If they were to put tickets on Sale Here they would sell out in hours riles said. Richard Riordan a former president of the los Angeles coliseum commis Sion who is still a member of that group said the subject of moving this season has not come up in discussions with raiders officials. Al Locasale denies that the raiders Are leaving los Angeles Riordan said. Secondly we have had Zero negotiations with the raiders about leaving los Angeles this year. We Are still talking totem. I Don t know How it s going to come out. He s still talking to Oakland and he s still talking to riles said the raiders first two Home games against Denver on sept. 9 and against Pittsburgh on sept. 23 would be played at a location other than the Oakland coliseum but that the raiders remaining six Home games would be played there. There is too much Money to be made by the raiders and the nil by them coming to Oakland riles said. There Are some Sticky dates but if they gave the word the City of Oakland would work things the sept. 9 game could not be played in Oakland because of a concert by the new kids on the Block scheduled at the Oakland coliseum the night before. The Oakland athletics Are scheduled to play Minnesota at the coliseum that Day. A report that the concert scheduled for the coliseum on sept. 8 had been can celled is wrong said Boston sports attorney Bob Wolfe who serves As the group business manager. He said the show will go on As be had Calls saying that a report that the raiders were definitely returning to Oakland and the proof was that the new kids on the Block were cancelling their show Wolfe said Friday by Telephone from his Boston office. There is no truth to it the raiders third Home game i scheduled for oct. 14 against Seattle. That game would and t conflict with any of the athletics postseason plans because the seventh game of the american league championship series is scheduled for oct. 14 in the City of the East division Winner. The a s lease says that no event can rescheduled at the coliseum 36 hours be fore one of their oct. 14, the raiders Are not scheduled to play at Home again until nov. 11, Well after the scheduled conclusion of the world series. Bengals defeat pats on Rookie s Field goal in of by the associated press Foxboro mass Rookie David Browndyke s26-Yard Field goal at 8 48 of overtime led the Cincinnati bengals Over new England patriots 13-10 Inan National football league exhibition game Fri Day night. Earlier Jim Breech missed a 38-Yard attempt i overtime when his kick hit the uprights. Cincinnati led 10-3 with 41 seconds remaining i regulation but Rookie Tom Hodson hit Kittrick Taylor with a 10-Yard touchdown to tie it. The bengals 1-2 scored 10 Points in the third Quarter on a 48-Yard touchdown pass from Boomer exhibition games Esiason to Eddie Brown and Breech s 26-yarder. Esia son seeing extensive action for the first time in the preseason completed eight of 24 passes for 125 Yards. Jason staurovsky kicked a 26-Yard Field goal As new England led 3-0 in the first half. In other Friday night games Lions 35, chiefs 21 Pontiac. Mich. Rookie Jeff Campbell score two touchdowns one on an 85-Yard punt return in Detroit s Victory Over Kansas City. The fifth round pick from Colorado caught a 13-Yard touchdown pass in the third Quarter and broke the punt return just Over two minutes later. The Lions 3-0 also got touchdowns on a 1-Yard Rugby Barry Sanders an 8-Yard catch by Richard Johnson and a 35-Yard Fumble return by William White Kansas City 0-3held to one Field goal in their firs two games got a second Quarter touchdown on Todd Mcnair s 4-Yard run. Steve Heberg hit Emille Henry with an 18-Yard score and stove Pellcer ran in from 2 Yards out. Rookie Kramer played the final three quarters in Relief of Rodney ,".and threw for 162 Yards completing x of 1 d passes. Raiders 20, bears 3 Chirac to a Willie Viault caught a 26- Ard touch Down pass Ste a Smith ran for a 5-Yard score and Jeff Jaeger kicked a pair of held goals in Angeles Vic tory Over Chicago. Linebacker Aaron Wallace had three of four sacks by the raiders 3-1 in the Fust half. Chicago 3-1 scored on a 41-Yard Field goal by Kevin Butler. Quarterback Vince Evans trying to win the raid ers backup Job at age 35, directed a 71-Yard drive in the second half that ended with Jaeger s 31 Yard Field goal. The bears drove from their own 17 to Lite i of an chiefs it Iii Harmon is stopped by Lions Bruce Mcnorton on ground Chris Olham 42 and Herb Welch. Geles 1-Yard line in the fourth Quarter. By Chicago could t score in four attempts including an incomplete pass and three rushes by Rookie Johnny Bailey. Sea Hacks 10, buccaneers 3 Seattle John l. Williams scored on a 1-Vard run in the first Quarter for Seattle 3-1. Dave Krie Droe the sea Hawks 61 Yards in 14 plays for the game s Only touchdown. Norm Johnson added a 20-Yard Fiel goal late in the fourth Quarter. Eugene Robinson intercepted Jeff Carlson s pass with a. Minute to go in the first half at the Seattle 7 to thwart one Tampa Bay drive. Donald Igwe Buike hit a 44-Yard Field goal for the buccaneers 2-1. Brian Blades who ended a contract holdout tins week caught four passes for 37 Yards including iwo a Seattle s touchdown drive. Krieg completed 8 of passes for 72 Yards and Kelly Stouffer who played us second half was 7 for 1 1 for 49 Yards. Ivy i Idof no it a x if die a he let 1 n in i. He in Audi you
