European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ryan beat botox the stars and stripes july 25,1991 Page 24 Arlington Texas a Nolan Ryan and Goose Gossage had the number 308 in common tuesday night As they teamed to beat the Boston red sox Ryan earned his 308th major league Victory while Gossage recorded his 308th save in a 5-4 Victory for the Texas rangers Over the red sox. A the Best thing to describe my performance is that i mixed up a lot of pitches. After i gave up three runs my sole purpose was not to give up any More and give us a shot at getting Back in it a Ryan said. The rangers won their fourth straight game while Boston lost its sixth in a Row. Ryan 6-5 set a major league record other Al games on Page 22 with his 545th consecutive Start without making a Relief appearance. Ryan who has not relieved since july. 28, 1974, was tied with Steve Carlton at 544. Ryan gave up four runs on three hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked four. A the important thing is to win and it does no to matter if  it or not a Ryan said. A it was Nice to see Goose throw Well and get the save As rough As things have been on  Gossage gave up one hit in 1v5 innings for his first save since aug. 21, 1989, when he was pitching for the new York Yankees against Boston. Ruben Sierra sick with the flu before the game started delivered a two run Pinch double that capped a four run fifth inning. He Only arrived in the dugout in the third inning. A a in a sick but i went Home and Lay Down and i Felt better so i decided to come Back to the Park a Sierra said. A i Felt woozy the first at Bat. After that i Felt  the rangers fell behind 3-0 before scoring four times in the fifth. Rafael Palmeiro and Julio Franco hit rib singles off Greg Harris 6-10 before Sierra facing reliever Tony Fossas doubled off the Glove of third baseman Steve  can t win Lemond says defending Champion Greg Lemond loses More ground As he struggles through wednesdays rain. Moraine France a Miguel Indurai of Spain retained the Overall Lead wednesday in the tour de France while Greg Lemond struggled to finish and appeared to be out of Contention Tor his fourth title. Thierry Clave Rolat of France won the 158-mile stage from Bourg do visans to Moraine the second Day in the Alps. It was the second longest stage of this years race. In the Overall standings Indurai leads Gianni Bugno of Italy by three minutes and nine seconds. Claudio Schiappucci of Italy is third and Charly Motte of France fourth. Lemond struggled to keep up with the main pack in wednesday s stage and trails Indurai by about .11 minutes with four stages left. After a poor showing in tuesdays stage Lemond seemed resigned to defeat. A i can twin this race a he told the new York times. A a it a Over  after tuesdays stage Lemond was fifth Overall 6 39 behind Indurai. He has been plagued by exhaustion dehydration and swollen feet. Lemond was third in his first tour de trance tour in 1984 and came in second in 1985. He won in 1986, 1989 and 1990, missing 1987 and 1988 while recovering from gunshot wounds and Tendon problems. After a Glimmer of Hope in mondays leg where he finished an encouraging second and made up 26 seconds he gave up More than four times that in coming in 14th in the famed in alpe do Huez stage. That is where the saying goes Tours Are not won but sometimes lost. In three Mountain stages a two in the pyrenees last week and the first of the Alps Lemond has lost More than nine minutes to Indurai who also beat Lemond in the time trial. On tuesday Indurai took a major step towards the Overall Victory. He gained time on All the other favourites including Lemond who finished 1 58 behind. Bugno won his second consecutive in alpe do Huez test beating Indurai by one second. Frances Luc Leblanc was third. A today was Avery Good stage for me a Indurai said a coming in second is Good. Now i feel More , new regime eagles land in London by Rob Staggenborg staff writer the americans have arrived in London once again and this time they re pretty upset. And with Good reason. The Buffalo Bills and the Philadelphia eagles training Camp squads touched Down in London on tuesday in preparation for sunday s nil american bowl at Wembley stadium Kickoff set for 6 . London time. Neither squad is too Happy. London a not the problem. The City a Fine. Its the Way both teams come into the game a on the losing end of big games. The Bills capped a Phenomena 13-3 season by romping through the acc playoffs and earning a trip to their first super bowl. Awaiting them in the bowl were the new York giants. With giants Back up quarterback Jeff Hostetler playing Well above expectations the giants took a 20-19 Lead into the waning seconds when Bills kicker american bowl �?T91 Scott Norwood a 47-Yard Field goal attempt sailed wide right with just four seconds remaining. When Hostetler fell to a knee on the next play and the clock expired buffaloes 13-3 record was pushed aside to broaden the giants limelight. The eagles scraped together a 10-6 record in the pfc East and managed to get a wild card draw where the Washington redskins dumped buddy Ryan a boys rather soundly. The final tally read 20-6 in favor of Washington and it would be the last time Ryan would prance about the sidelines in an eagles Cap. Ryan a offence taking the eagles to the playoffs three years in a Row but losing each time. Eagles owner Norman Braman chose to let Ryan go because the eagles style of play was undisciplined often Sloppy. A i think you can win without being bad boys a Braman said. Braman gave the coaching Job to Rich Kotite who ironically was a Man Ryan had hired to serve As his offensive coordinator and quarterback coach in 1990. A focus is the key word this year a Kotite said. A focus and preparation. I done to want us to be known As the Nasty Guys or the most penalized team in the  though the eagles will again figure into preseason playoff picks Braman has said he wont be satisfied with just making it to the wedding rehearsal. A it was time to Stop being a bridesmaid basically and become a  in last years game a the eagles second american bowl in London appearance a Philadelphia topped the Cleveland Browns 17-13. Bills coach Marv Levy an Academia who proudly carries a masters degree in English history from Harvard helped put 10 of his players from is Stason in the pro bowl. Three of them were among conference leaders in different categories last season with Jim Kelly the a Fly a to rated passer Thurman Thomas the of cd a leading rusher and defensive end Bruce Smith whose 19 sacks were second in the league. Kelly had his Best season last year completing 63.3 percent of his passes 219 of 346 attempts for 2,829 Yards and 24 touchdowns with Only 9 interceptions. His 101.2 quarterback rating was tops in see Bills on Page 22 inside sports unbeaten Kmic claims senior title a Page 18 buddies Strawberry Davis sharing off years a Page 21 pirates Romp Over braves Page 22 unbeaten Bowe stops Brown in third a Page 23