European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 27, 1991 the stars an stripes b Pago 25 51,653 watch Frankfurt los world league of american football by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany a the Frankfurt Galaxy threw a party for 51,653 Wald stadium fans but the Sacramento surge blew out the candles. Mike Elkins threw two touchdown Pas sess to Carl Parker and John Nies added a 42-Yard Field goal As the surge beat the Galaxy 24-13 in a world league of american football game saturday night. Sacramento a Victory Means Frankfurt 7-3 must wait for the outcome of mondays Barcelona London game to see if the Galaxy has clinched a wildcard berth in next weeks Olaf playoffs. The surge first . Team to win in Europe finished at 3-7. Elkins a third string nil quarterback with Kansas City ravaged Frankfurt a secondary the entire evening with Short passes. He tossed a 15-Yardcr to Carl Parker to put the surge ahead 21-13 in the fourth Quarter. Elkins completed 13 of 26 for 169 Yards. A this is a big Victory in that we can play a part in the playoff picture someway a Elkins said. A when we were eliminated we started just playing for  the surge capitalized on a Galaxy fumbled punt return in the fourth Quarter. Jason Johnson went in to Field the kick but the Ball bounced off his leg and into Sacramento Possession. Nies nailed his 42-Yard Field goal to make it 24-13. It the capacity crowd More than doubled the Galaxy a first Home game attendance of 23,169. The 51,653 also shatters the old team record of 28,000-plus set two weeks ago. The crowd is the we aft a third highest and the largest crowd Ever to Sec a Olaf game in Europe and stands As a new Wald stadium record. Frankfurt jumped to a 13-7 Lead Early in the second half on Tony bakery a 2-Yard run. Kicker Stephan Maslo s Point after attempt sailed wide right. The surge answered on the ensuing Sci Ries when running Back Paul Frazier Quot Gal loped 15 Yards for the touchdown.,nies�?T Pat made it 14-13. The Victory Marks the first time a North american team has beaten a european team in Europe and it is the second time the surge beat the Galaxy this year. The surge previously topped -the.Gal-, Axy 16-10 on april 13 m California. Hampered by interceptions and the Galaxy a inability to catch passes. Galaxy quarterback Mike Perez always seemed to be a step behind Elkins and co. After Sacramento went ahead 7-0. Perez closed out the half by gunning a 20-Yard Bullet to a diving Craig Morton to tie it 7-7 with just 19 seconds left in the half. Morton a touchdown catch was preceded by a Sacramento pass interference Flag when Perez went deep to Alvin Lee. On the next play Perez zipped the missile to Morton Tor the score. Mike Hall and Mike Adams both grabbed stray Perez Otle rings Tor interceptions in the first Quarter. Sacramento turned Adams Snag into Points when Elkins orchestrated a 76-Yard drive to put the surge ahead 7-0. Elkins marched the surge past a bumbling Galaxy secondary of Frankfurt s 6 to end the first Quarter. On the second play of the second Quarter Elkins lobbed a 6-yarder to Parker for the score. On the next series Perez proved Why he s the leagues seventh ranked passer by tossing his third interception of the game to Adams. He threw his fourth interception of the game Early in the fourth Quarter when he found the Aqua and Gold Jersey of linebacker Paul Soltis who intercepted at the Galaxy 42. Perez finished the game with 14 completions in 34 attempts for 182 Yards. Frankfurt squandered an Opportunity to Cut the Lead to 7-3 when Maslovs 47 a v a Quot a Quot v a a a  it a Ciao Ito surges Mike Adams stops Galaxy s Tony Baker after an 11-Yard gain in third Quarter. Yard Field goal attempt sailed wide. Frankfurt kickers missed Lour of live attempts last week in a 10-3 Victory Over Barcelona. Sacramento also missed an Opportunity to put the Galaxy at a deeper disadvantage when Niesz 50-Yard attempt fell Well Short of the goal line. The Galaxy got its first break of the game when Elkins overthrew his receiver. Frankfurt safety Mark seals fielded the errant toss at the Galaxy 19 and returned it to Frankfurt a 45. Frankfurt entered the game with the we aft Stop rated defense. Frankfurt allowed Only 2.055 Yards. Sacramento came m ranked seventh in league defense Baker used the stage to show the fans Why he leads the world l eague w Ith 951 total Yards from scrimmage. Baker also came into the game As the league s second leading rusher with 541 Yards on 172 attempted. I be gained 107 cards on 27 carries saturday. I lie. Galaxy finishes the regular season at 7-3. With a Victory saturday. Frankfurt would have been assured of second place in the european division. If London beats the dragons on monday the wild card would go to the Galaxy a since Frankfurt beat the dragons 10-3 in Barcelona last  capture division Crown by the associated press East Rutherford . The new York new Jersey knights found a Way to get a Home game in the playoffs for the world league of american football. Make sure you win your division a even with a 5-5 record and make sure there a a soccer game scheduled for London a Wembley stadium. The knights beat the san Antonio riders 38-9 on saturday behind Jeff Graham to win North american East division of the Law. Graham threw two touchdown passes and ran for a to. In the next weeks playoff semifinals new York new Jersey will play undefeated London Here at giants stadium. A soccer tournament was scheduled for Wembley stadium Long before the we aft a need for a Home playoff game for the monarchs who face Barcelona on  28, sky Hawks 7 Raleigh . A playoff bound Birmingham took advantage of seven turnovers and poor special teams play saturday to beat Raleigh Durham which lost All Loof its Olaf games. Birmingham 5-5 scored three touchdowns in the second half to Clinch the North american West division title. A 50-Yard punt return for a touchdown by cornerback James Henry w Ith 10 33 left in the third Quarter snapped a 7-7 halftime tie. Overconfidence blamed for Galaxy s loss to surge by Becky Fox staff writer Frankfurt Germany a if you re a Frankfurt Galaxy player after saturday nights disaster what do you do. You 1 Bash your head against the locker room Wall or 2 Root like crazy for London on monday night. If London a monarchs beat Barcelona in the regular season finale Frankfurt will slip Ito the world league of american football playoffs As a wild card. T he Gal adv could forget its 24-13 Flop to Sacramento and plan for next weekend s semifinal. Thus sprang instant London fans from beneath the Vald stadium. A a we la get on our knee and Pray for London a said Galaxy receiver Jason Johnson. A Well be rooting for London for the first time this year a said Galaxy running backs coach Joe Burke. Quot Burke was t about to Bash his head against the. Wald stadium Cement. He pointed to the Galaxy a 7-3 record and said a a we be had a great successful season. For 48 hours we be got to put our life on  he. Meant the wait for monday night s result from Wembley stadium. Galaxy offensive tackle Ken Hacke Mack agreed a right now our eyes Are going to be glued to the Barcelona London  a the Galaxy embarrassed itself in front of 51.653 loyalists losing two fumbles throwing four interceptions clicking on just 41 percent of their passes missing an extra Point and Messing up two Field Goa tries. A i feel sick to my stomach a said Hakemack whose gut covers some distance on his 6-loot-6, 300-Pound Frame. A we wanted to show the whole crowd that we could Clinch the playoffs.�?�. A a lot of us Are bummed out Quot said Galaxy kicker Tom Whelihan. Whose 24-Yard attempt was blocked in the fourth Quarter. A we wanted to end this Here. T he scenario was All set up for a Victory and a big party. A but everybody was overconfident. You could just Tell. We had a weird week of practice everybody was talking about playoff Money. Everybody. I did.�?�. Ai players receive $2,5 h for making the playoffs another .$2,500 for winning a semifinal and s5.0ihi More for winning the world bowl that adds up to a $ 1d Bonus for each player of the Olaf champions. T he Galaxy seemed to have a lock on that first Bonus after beating Barcelona 10-3 the week before. If the Galaxy could win in Spain surely it could beat a 2-7. Sacramento Bunch in Germany. A when you go the whole week counting on the playoff picture mentally you take yourself out of the game a Johnson said. A you Slack off on reality and Start  Johnson who caught two passes for 23 Yards said Frankfurt sputtered against a surprising surge defense. A we expected them to play Man to Man and they came out m a cover two zone a said Johnson referring to a setup Iii which Sacramento s safeties and cornerback doubled up on the w hideouts