European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 31, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Pago 25 commentary Safe football hurdles Iraq attack Bucky Fox now we know Why the Butcher of Baghdad blew into Kuwait. He wants to mutilate a Safe a football schedule. Impeachable sources close to Saddam insane say he despises the american military a hottest sport. Seems he tried out for nose tackle with the iraqi islam 20 Yean ago Only he forgot to Wear a helmet. There went his football career. Having since switched from sacking quarterbacks to sacking countries the Butcher has his Dagger pointed toward the source of his scrambled brain football. Where he asked is the closest football league answer the . Air forces Continental sports conference in Germany and Holland. How he asked to slash the Csc a schedule answer Force the . Air Force into saudi Arabia thus cutting into Csc rosters. It worked for awhile. The Butcher bagged Kuwait. The . Air Force flew to the Rescue. Rhein main football players joined the saudi surge. And come week 3 of the Csc season Rhein main was so depleted of Grinders the rockets play at Hahn. The schedule Scis Soring continues this week. Wei Brincken can to suit up enough players for its saturday Home game against Sembach the warriors say their military commitments done to have much to do with operation desert shield but this epidemic sure never spread before iraqis invasion. A but the butchers party is Over. Safe football is counter attacking for one Rhein main is Back. The rockets have mobilized about 40 players for practice this week. That a just in time for their Home Battle sunday against the Ramstein rams. If the rockets plan to make it three straight Safe titles have to Ream the rams who stand 4-0. For two the lost Rhein main and Wei Brincken games could still be found. The Csc says makeup games could fit nicely at the end of the regular sea in Atlanta a mad Over Falcons by the associated press Atlanta which Drew fewer than 10,000 fans for its final regular season game this Yean is already approaching sellouts for its first three Home games. Ticket manager Jack Ragsdale said wednesday that Over 50,000 tickets already have been sold for the season opener with the Houston oilers on sept. 9 almost 53,000 for a game against super bowl Champion san Francisco on oct 14, and Over 45,000 for an oct. 7 loaded with saudi played to Sand land the with crucial Jase considered players ditching de the i is Sas Oak Dukho Ramstein Sci. Johnson will ground Rhein main. Son pushing the playoffs Back a week. Then again the games might not be necessary since eight of the nine teams make the playoffs anyway. The butchers schedule scheme simply went Flat. If Rhein main can survive desert shield every team can. Remember that the rockets have been so Over duty Toyea to Sana Tana the base considered ditching the season. Forget that notion now. A a we re getting Back to football assures Rhein main varsity sports director Doug Stanley. V then there a Ramstein also shoulder pad deep in desert shield. The rams Haven to missed a beat much less a game. They beat their first four opponents with ease which makes it look like Ramstein representing the Csc in the Safe final for the first time since 1985. Ramstein a secrets one is that of the 10 or so rams who have been deployed in desert shield they re All special team Guys. A no starters yet that s Good a says Ramstein coach Larry Boldin. Another secret is . Johnson the Young quarterback who is suddenly playing As tall As he stands. A by the time . Gets experience hell be the Best quarterback in the league. Better than Sembach a Mike while even Boldin admits a when our scouts talk about Sembach they talk about Mike they better. White lightning is exactly Why Sembach stands 3-0. Until Johnson or Hahn a William Cotton or Sangdahl cml a Deluca Thurmond produces bigger numbers and bigger wins White is the Star of this Csc quarterback class. But not of the Safe of class. That league across the Channel namely the . Sports conference has a lock on the Best quarterbacks in Europe. Lakenheath is armed with John Rudy who will gun the bag pcs to the Safe championship. Upper Heyford has a Fine vetch an in Chet Singleton and Benl Waters goes with a shatterproof Guy named Lester Glass. In Germany . Will definitely be the Best a a sunday. His rams will Rock Rhein main by 21 Points. My other Csc weekend picks Tilburg Over soes Terberg by 38 and Hahn Over Span Dahlem by 6. In the ., look for upper Heyford to beat Alconbury by 11, Lakenheath to rout arc Cham common by 23, and bin Waters to open by beating Mil Den Hail by 3, the . Reports no schedule change amid desert shield. That is unless Safe plans to switch the site of its nov. 4 title game a from England to Iraq. The Start fend strip army track meet runs into Kitzinger today nil Roundup game with the new Orleans saints. The Falcons play at the 59,643-seat Atlanta Fulton county stadium. They had two sellouts last year against Dallas and new Orleans a and have sold out Only one opener in the last seven seasons against Washington in 1987. Despite finishing in the pfc Western i Ision cellar six times in the last seven years interest in the Falcons has picked up since Jerry Glanville became the coach in january and changed the Jersey and helmet colors hum red to Black. The team also has gone 30 in the preseason the first time in 25 years Atlanta has opened with three victories. The Falcons also placed second get a linebacker Galand Thaxton on the injured Reserve list win essay. Thaxton injured his left ankle Falcons coach Jerry glans due. 3-0 in preseason against the Cincinnati bengals aug. 18. He played in All 16 games for Atlanta last year and led special teams in tackles with 11. Cincinnati bengals two Days after being traded to Cincinnati by the new York jets wide receiver Reggie Rembert signed with the bengals on wednesday ending a holdout that had consumed most of training Camp. Phoenix cardinals in a Surprise move the cardinals traded tight end Rob await who was expected to be a starter to the Dallas cowboys for an undisclosed draft pick. Pittsburgh Steeles for the first time this preseason Tim Worley and meal Hoge will be in the Backfield together when the Steeles play the Philadelphia eagles saturday night. Track a Kitzinger hosts the army european track and Field championships starting today and running through sunday. Each major command can enter two athletes per event. The meet features four age categories a menus open menus sub masters menus masters and women a open. Today a limited slate begins at 4 . Saturday kicks off a full slate of events at 11 15 . With opening ceremonies and is scheduled to conclude with the 400-meter relay preliminaries and finals for All Ages Start around 3 40 . The shot putters open the final Day of events sunday at 11 . The Day concludes with the 1,600 relay set for 4 05 . Baseball a the ambassadors of baseball All former major Iea Guers Start their swing through Germany today with a 10 30 . Stop at Wiesbaden scamp Pieri and a 3 30 . Softball game at Wiesbaden a. The group includes Bob Feller Bobby Bonds Bert Campaneria Bill Campbell Dave Concepcion Tim Foli George Foster Jerry Grote Randy Jones Jerry Koosman Lee Lacy tug Mcgraw a Oliver Lary Sorensen and Rennie Sten Nett. The group next Heads for Hanau saturday Numberg sunday Wurzburg tuesday Berlin wednesday thursday Pir Masens sept. 7 and Kaiserslautern sept. 8. Foot bail a in Safe s continent local Roundup Tal sports conference this weekend its Pitburg at Oesterberg at 1 . Saturday then Hahn at Span Dahlem and Ramstein at Rhein main at 1 . Sunday. That a a correction from yesterdays standings where we acc Dently had Span Dahlem visiting Hahn. The sabers it this one at Home. Saturdays sem it Ach at Wei Brincken game has been postponed due to local military commitments. Boxing Geln Hauseng a German american Volk fest smoker is saturday. Weigh ins Are from 10 . Until noon and the Competition starts at 2 . Admission is 52. For More information Contact Hanau s sports office at ets 322-8960. Running a registration for Hanau a 10-Kilometer run with the Volks fest sunday is at the Gellhausen main Exchange from 89 30 . The race begins at 10 . Entry fee is s3.50 or 5 Marks. Call Hanau a sports office at ets 322-8960. Basketball a the finals of the european slam Dunk contest to be judged by Michael Jordan will be tuesday at the olympic Hall in Munich starting at 9 30 . Track stars Butch Lewis and Sergei Bubka appear at a 7 30 sports fest. Tickets Cost 25 Marks. A Karlsruhe hosts Canadas cism team tonight at Smiley Barracks. Tipoff is 7 30
