European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 21 sports two Raider defenders put the crunch on would be Charger receiver Anthony Miller. To knows football paces Raider win san Diego apr baseball season is Over but to Jackson is hitting Home runs in a new setting. In his first game with the los Angeles raiders this season Jackson ran for two touchdowns in a 24-9 win Over the san Diego chargers sunday. Jay Schroeder added a touchdown pass As the acc West leading raiders improved their record to 6-1. San Diego wingless in its three Home games fell to 2-5. The chargers were held without a touchdown for the first time this year. Jackson an outfielder with the Kansas City royals joined the raiders this week. He had 53 Yards on 12 carries powering into the end zone twice on sweeps As he shared tailback duties with Marcus Allen who contributed 45 Yards on eight carries. A ibo did basically what id thought head do a raiders coach Art Shell said. A the came in ran hard and scored a couple of touchdowns. That so Jackson said he had no problem making the transition from baseball to football. He relished it in fact. A a let a leave the royals in Kansas City a Jackson said. A this is football season. I can hit people now. You can to hit anybody without getting thrown out of the baseball game so yes its fun. I just went out and did what i could to help the Jackson a second touchdown a seven Yard run gave the raiders a 17-6 Lead with 5 08 gone in the third period. On the third play of an eight play 68-Yard March Schroeder completed a 47-Yard pass to Willie Gault to Advance the raiders to the san Diego 23. The raiders then used five consecutive running plays to score with Jackson a touchdown run around left end the longest in that in final to beat by Tom Canavan East Rutherford . A Bill Parcells ran off the Field at giants stadium looking very much like a kid who had just stolen something. Which is exactly what he and the new York giants did. They had stolen a game from the Phoenix cardinals. Matt Bahrs 40-Yard Field goal on the games final play capped a 10-Point comeback in the final 3 21 and lifted new York to a 20-19 Victory Over the Phoenix cardinals sunday giving the undefeated giants their Best Start in franchise history. A we can consider ourselves Lucky and fortunate a Parcells said. A i can t recall us Ever being Down by that much with that Little time to go and coming Back like new York 6-0 looked like a beaten team after a1 Del Greco kicked his fourth Field goal a 45-yarder, with 5 38 to play putting Phoenix 2-4 ahead 19-10. The giants made Good on their final chances because Jeff Hostetler subbing for the injured Phil Simms finally started figuring out the cardinals new 3-4 defense that had baffled him since he took Over in the second Quarter. Hostetler first drove new York 76 Yards in eight plays finishing the March with a 38-Yard scoring pass to a diving Stephen Baker with 3 21 to play. The giants allowed the cardinals one first Down before getting the Ball Back with 58 seconds to play. With no timeouts and 71 Yards to go Hostetler got new York going on its final drive by hitting Mark Ingram on a 26-Yard crossing pattern to the Phoenix 45. A holding penalty san Francisco a san Francisco took advantage of an inexplicable Muff of a Kickoff by Pittsburgh a Barry Foster to blow open a close game and run its record to 6-0 with a 27-7 win Over the Steeles on sunday. Fosters mistake came late in the third period after Mike Cofer had kicked a 20-Yard Field goal to give the 49ers a 13-7 Lead. On Cofer a Kickoff Foster a Rookie from Arkansas started toward the Ball then wandered away allowing san Francisco a Mike Wilson to grab the free Ball at the 5. Three plays later Tom Rathman Mucky 3 21cards advanced the Ball five Yards. Three plays later Hostetler who hit 11 of 21 passes for 180 Yards found Little used Lionel Manuel on an 18-Yard completion with about 13 seconds to go. The giants rushed to the line As the clock kept running and Hostetler took a snap and grounded the Ball with three seconds to go. Bahr then kicked his second Field goal of the game and first game Winner As a giant. A i Felt we were the better said cardinals offensive tackle Luis Sharpe who caught a one Yard pass just before the half on a tackle eligible play to tie the game at 10. Phoenix dominated most of the second half stopping the giants offence on every series until the final two. The cardinals took a 13-10 Lead on an 18-Yard Field goal by Del Greco and stretched it to six Points on a 34-yarder following a Fumble by Hostetler. Del Greco added his 45-yarder following an interception by Tim Mcdonald. Simms the a Fly Stop rated quarterback coming into the game Hurt his left ankle late in the first Quarter when he was High Lowed by Cedric Mack and Ken Harvey while releasing a pass. He stood on the sidelines the rest of the game. A four Yard touchdown run by Atule son gave new York a 7-0 Lead after the opening series of the game but Hoep responded with a drive to a 39-Yard Field goal from Del Greco. Bahrs 34-Yard Fie i goal in the second Quarter stretched the Lead to 10-3 before the cardinals tied the game just before the half. Took the Ball in from the 1 to make it 20-7. The win was the 14th straight Over two seasons for the 49ers, who won this time As much with Rushing and defense As with the Arm of Joe Montana who had his Streak of 300-Yard passing games stopped at four one Short of his own nil record. Montana who passed for 476 Yards against Atlanta last week was intercepted on two of the 49crs�?T first three possessions before settling into a Short passing game. He finished 20 of 30 for 157 Yards and one see 49ers on Page 26 49ers clip Steeles Cincinnati sees red Over Stewart s remarks by Joseph Durso Oakland Calif. Not a the Cincinnati reds left California on sunday with their championship and their new Aura As a team of destiny and with lingering resentment Over the somewhat begrudging attitude of the Oakland athletics the team the reds swept in the world series. But they also left without Eric Davis their injured superstar who remained in the intensive care unit of Merritt Hospital with severe kidney bruises. Davis was Hurt saturday night while trying to make a tumbling catch in left Field in the first inning of the final game of the series. He was undergoing a rays and scans while his teammates were rallying in the eighth inning to defeat the athletics 2-1, and Complete a four game sweep of historic dimensions. A the doctor said he lost a fair amount of blood out of his kidney a Lou Piniella the reds manager reported. A the was badly Hurt. He would have missed the rest of the series anyway. They say hell stay Here three to five it was an upset achieved by uncanny Success in baseball fundamentals and one that left some of the athletics sounding like less than gracious losers. The reds went to great lengths to discount any notion that they had More or less pulled a neat trick in sweeping the favored a a a team heralded As the Best in the business in years. They especially resented it when Dave Stewart of the a a who pitched twice and lost twice remarked afterwards that the better team Hadnot necessarily won and added a i believe we re More talented than the Cincinnati a a that a sour grapes a Piniella said. A anybody who really believes that is thinking something weird. The Best team won. In be been very gracious saying they re a great team. But we outplayed them in every aspect. A they did a lot of hot dogging a said Rob Dibble see reds on Page 25
