European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 14, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 19giants will nip skins by Dave Goldberg a football writer the most telling Law in any sport is the Law of averts which in the nil indicates the Washington redskins Are due to beat the new York giants on sunday. Why a the giants have won the last four meetings by a total of 14 Points. A the giants have won seven of the last eight no strike games Between them and nine of the last 12. A new York Hasni to opened any season 5-0 since 1941, nil predictions when Bill Parcells and Joe Gibbs were infants and Tuffy Leemans and Sammy Baugh were the team s stars. A until someone proves any different they re still the team to beat a Lawrence Taylor says of Washington 3 a now to the tangibles. The Odd makers make the game even. Since its being played in Washington that Means they think the giants Are better which they probably Are. The Washington quarterback is Stan Humphries Brilliant in his first nil Start against Phoenix two weeks ago 20 of 25 for 257 and two touchdowns. But the giants Arentt Phoenix and Parcells and defensive coordinator Bill Belichick have had two weeks to figure out ways to befuddle Humphries As they have done often against Young quarterbacks. Another thing right now the giants Are the leagues Best team. Giants 21-20. Rams plus 2 at Chicago a the Only time the bears stumbled this year was against a team from los Angeles. The rams play in Anaheim and a 1-3 Start Means they need it More. Rams 21-20. San Francisco minus 6 at Atlanta a six is just what the 49ers won by in san Francisco and three of their four wins were by a total of nine Points. The 49ers have won 12 straight on the Road but they Haven to faced a Road game in Jerry Glanville a new Home. Falcons 21-20. Minnesota plus 4 at Philadelphia monday night this is being billed As a Battle for survival. The Vikings have lost six straight on the Road and one straight at Home and Herschel Walker has gone bobsledding. All right so the eagles have lost two at Home to the cards and Colts. Eagles 21-10. A Abc James Drake Lawrence Taylor will have a hand in giants Triumph. Seattle plus 6vz at raiders a in Case anyone Hadnot noticed the sea Hawks have won two straight and could be 4-1 a one of their losses was 17-13 to the raiders in which a los Angeles touchdown followed a pass that was apparently caught out of Bounds. Raiders 21-20. Cincinnati plus 3vi at Houston a Why even without wide receivers Cincinnati sat Home on the Road. Bengals 21-20. Pittsburgh plus Ivi at Denver a now that the Steeles have Learned to score touchdowns who knows when  Stop Broncos 21-20. Cleveland plus 6 at new Orleans a Bud Carsons Job is Safe for the time being. But Given the occasional ferocity of the new Orleans pass Rush is Bernie Kosar Safe saints 21-10. Detroit plus 6vi at Kansas City a lets just say Marty sch Ottenheimer wont allow two letdown in a Row. Chiefs 21-10. Green Bay plus 1 i at Tampa Bay a Vinny or no Vinny Dallas exposed something. Packers 21-20. Dallas plus 2 at Phoenix a in Case Bill Bidwill Hadnot noticed his Guys have dropped to the division cellar. Cowboys 21-20. San Diego plus Avi at new York jets a get this the chargers Are simplifying their defense. Jets 21-10. Last week 6-6 spread 7-5 straight up. Season 32-34 spread 43-23 straight up. Frankfurt flips Heidelberg Frankfurt Germany a Frankfurt produced a pair of Long strikes in the fourth Quarter to negate Heidelberg a ground game As the eagles beat the Lions 2217 saturday in High school football. The Triumph kept the eagles tied for the top spot in Germany aaa. Facing a 17-15 deficit with four minutes to play and the Ball on their own 2, the eagles launched a 12-play drive capped by Grover Rollins 49-Yard to run around the right Side for their second big gainer of the Quarter off the sweep. Earlier in the stanza with Frankfurt trailing 17-7, halfback Chad Nighbert pulled up on a sweep right and hit John Washington with a 75-Yard to pass. Brother Shawn Neighbert then followed with a two Point pass to Troy Gray to Cut the deficit to 17-15 and set up the winning margin. Rollins ended the Day with 147 Yards in 23 carries for the eagles 3-1 in the conference 3-2 Overall who were 35 for 187 on the ground and 2 of 5 for 81 passing Yards. Both figures were padded by Frankfurt s late game of Long Ball which undid a meticulously crafted ground Effort by the Lions. Heidelberg 1-2 in aaa 3-2 Overall rushed 53 times 260 Yards. Halfback Jose Marquez got most of that 119 Yards on 26 tries but the Frankfurt defense led by linebackers Irvin Johnson and Chad Nighbert and cornerback Gray was Tough when it had to be and forced the Lions offence to Settle for a 28-Yard Chris Dobson held goal in the first period and a 14-Yard to pass from Robson to Jack Jenkinson in the third. The strike was one of 5 completions in 11 attempts for 45 Yards by Heidelberg. The Lions other to on a 30-Yard interception return by Sean Pettaway filled out the Lions 10-0 halftime Edge. To plunge in lips 2-�?T Greg Davis and a 30-Yardhigh school football Wurzburg 32, Stuttgart 12 Stuttgart Germany a Doug Darrell tossed a pair of touchdowns to Lead the wolves to Victory Over the stallions in Germany aaa strife. Darrell hit will Thompson with a 30-yarder in the third Quarter and found Dewayne Thompson 30 Yards away in the fourth Quarter to stretch the wolves Lead. Anthony Payton led the stallions with a touchdown pass to James Luckett in the second Quarter and a 2-Yard plunge in the third Quarter. Stuttgart a Steve Williams gained 57 Yards on 8 tries while Payton gained 40 Yards on just 4 tries. Defensively Thomas Swinton led Wurzburg with 7 Solo tackles and 4 assists. Matt Beaupre had 4 solos and 7 assists for the stallions. Wiesbaden 19, Ramstein 14 Wiesbaden Germany a Sophomore fullback Jason Wisdon a 5-Yard run up the Middle proved to be the winning touchdown As the Duba Flowers powered warriors earned their second conference win in three tries. Flowers peddled 84 Yards downfield on the opening kick to open the scoring in Wiesbaden a 13-Point first Quarter. Warren Rouse took a Handoff off tackle for a 3-Yard touchdown. Scott batting spat gave the warriors a 13-Point Cushion. Ramstein quarterback Deon Moyd proved to be the pin that popped the Cushion. Moyd needled the warriors with a 45-Yard to toss to Carlos Morrell to Cut the Lead. Moyd hooked up with Scott Lotzbire on the conversion to scissor the score Down to 13-8. After Wisdon std run Moyd made it look close with see Frankfurt on Page 21rams, sabers win quarters Ramstein a Germany a Ramstein a defense Laid a half court game on Wiesbaden saturday As the rams rolled into a Safe a Continental sports conference semifinals with a 50-12 quarterfinal rout of the flyers. Ramstein improved to 8-1. Wiesbaden ended its season at 1-8. The flyers limited to 18 Yards on 26 rushes and 98 Yards on 7-of-22 passing by the Greg Davis and James Csc playoffs Freeman led rams defense escaped their end of the Field twice during the Long afternoon both times for scores. All other offensive series by both teams started in the Wiesbaden end of the Field. Ramstein a starting quarterback . Johnson was the immediate beneficiary of the Short Field capping a 13-Yard drive with a 3-Yard to toss to Derek Allen in the first Quarter. The drive was set up by a penalty after a Short Wiesbaden punt. The rams then mounted a 39-Yard scoring drive kept alive by a roughing the passer penalty and culminating in Calvin Thompsons 1-Yard drive that ended with Tony Phillips 2-Yard to run. It was the first of two Short ads for Phillips he crashed in from a Yard out late in the fourth period. Johnson departed the scene at the half 9 of 27 for 94 Yards giving Way to backup quarterback Bruce Leggroan 10 of 18 for 131 Yard who had most of the fun with the Short Field. Leggroan tossed three second half ads after the game was decided a 21 Yards to Allen 15 Yards to George Barnes and 39 Yards to . Richardson. The losers already behind 21-0, got their first score on a 19-Yard to pass from Larry Walls to Gary Jeter following a rams Fumble in the second period. The flyers added a 35-Yard to run by Terrance Johnson to Cap a meaningless 65-Yard, fourth Quarter drive for the games final Points. The Victory sets up a revenge Opportunity for Ramstein. The rams will play Host to Span Dahlem the Only team to beat Ramstein in the regular season in saturdays noon semifinal. In saturdays other quarterfinal Span Dahlem 21, Pitburg 13 Span Dahlem a Germany a the sabers spotted their neighbourhood rivals a 13-0 Lead then roared Back in the fourth behind the passing of backup quarterback Warren Rogers. Rogers who entered the game with 1 38 to play in the third Quarter with his team trailing 13-7, found Kenny Sneed on a 34-Yard Fly pattern Down the right Side Early in the fourth Diozt Quarter for the equalizing a we i to. Frank Goetzl spat kick then put the sabers ahead for the first time. Rogers Wasny to through. He hit Willie Lawson for a 42-Yard scoring play set up by a Mike Smith interception. With the defender on the play thinking intercept Warren Rogers Tion Lawson Cut in front of him at the Pitburg 30 and scampered into the end zone for an insurance to. The late comeback overturned a typically voracious Pitburg ground Effort that could easily have put things out of reach Early. After Barons quarterback Blake Wilson ran into the end zone on an option keeper from 40 Yards out in the first Quarter running Back Gene Longstreet appeared to be adding another 40-Yard to run when the Ball squirted out of his hands on the sabers 18. A holding penalty and two sacks snuffed out that threat. Holding also spelled disaster for Don Taylor who had an apparent 49-Yard to run called Back in the second Quarter. Although Taylor later added a 5-Yard run for a to the one that got away was a difference maker. Taylor rushed for 75 Yards behind the Pitburg Wall on the Day Longstreet had 131 Yards. Starting quarterback Deluca Thurmond picked up the sabers first to on a plunge set up by his 45-Yard strike to Lawson but that was the extent of his effectiveness. Span Dahlem stands 7-2. Pitburg finished at 4-5. Sundays quarterfinals have Oesterberg at Sembach and Rhem main at Hahn