European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a the stars and stripes wednesday october 23, 1991. Latest feats of Elway Lott scramble acc West race nil trend from a 20-0 deficit in Relief of Bubby Brister monday night against the giants before new York pulled out the game started sunday against the sea Hawks. Seattle won 27-7 in a game that was a series of mistakes by the Pittsburgh offence. But the difference was Seattle s Dave Krieg who returned after six weeks with a broken thumb and went 25 of 31 for 266 Yards and two touchdowns. The win puts the sea Hawks Back in the playoff race. A the made a whole world of difference a said tight end Mike Tice who caught one of the to passes. A a he a our Leader and that a what we  guard hits stride the Battle of the new and old guards went to the old a the san Francisco 49ers 3-4 beat the Detroit Lions 5-2 35-3. A a we re not going to get any real respect until we can beat the san Francisco and Washington a said Detroit quarterback Rodney Peete whose team had the Ball for just 14 53. Steve Young was a Joe Montana like 18 of 20, including 16 straight completions to Start the game. A file John Elway a 60-Yard missile speared Kansas City. By Dave Goldberg a football writer John Elway has Given Marty Schotten Heimer nightmares before and Ronnie Lott has done the same to John Robinson and Jim Everett. The exploits of Lott against the rams and Elway against Kansas City on sunday have turned the acc West into a four team race. At the just about Halfway Mark of the nil season a game and a Hait separates the first four teams a Denver 5-2kansas City and the los Angeles raiders 5-3 and Seattle 4-4. San Diego 1-7 after an overtime loss to Cleveland is out of the race. Kansas City coming off Routs of Buffalo and Miami went into Denver smile High stadium without a Victory there since 1982. Could sch Ottenheimer break his 0-4 losing Streak in Denver could the coach beat Elway who personally beat Schot ten Heimert a Cleveland teams in acc title games in 1986 and 1987? no. Elway who has just eight touchdowns and 24 interceptions against the chiefs made sure of that. The game set up nicely for the chiefs. They had been sluggish but finally tied the game at 16-16. And then Bill Maas and Derrick Thomas broke through and sacked Elway at the Denver 13, leaving a third-and-17. Instead of going for better Field position to set up a punt Elway rolled right put the Ball 60 Yards in the air to Mark Jackson and the play ends up at the chiefs 26. Four plays later David Treadwell kicked a Field goal and the Broncos won 19-16. A the h As the ability to throw it anywhere on the Field he wants to a said sch Ottenheimer who last year watched Elway convert a fourth-and-17 with a 36-Yard, across the yield pass to set up a game winning Field goal. And then there a Lott the former san Francisco 49er who plagued Robinson for 10 seasons before signing with the los Angeles raiders. After his overtime interception last week set up the winning Field goal against Seattle Lott was Back on sunday with two interceptions against Robinsons rams. With the raiders trailing 17-10, Lott picked off an Everett pass that started an 80-Yard drive capped by Nick Belles 1-Yard to run. Then he picked off another Everett pass at the rams 39 with 3 07 left in the game setting up Jeff Jaegers winning Field goal. Seattle meanwhile stayed in the race by taking advantage of the six Days it had to watch Neil of Donnell on tape. Of Donnell who rallied Pittsburgh the 49ers also found a running game with Keith Henderson gaining 104 of 233 Rushing Yards. Coach George Seifert who benched Henderson for fumbling earlier in the season let him play this time. As for Detroit against the top rank teams a they lost 45-0 to the redskins meaning they have been outscored 80-3 by Washington and san Francisco. A both games were outdoors and on grass a their five wins have All been inside against teams who have won just eight games among them. A Barry Sanders did no to play against the redskins and carried just seven times for 26 Yards on the Slippery grass at candlestick where the sprinklers were going All week despite a water shortage in . Smith goes to. If you have Miami a Sammie Smith in a fantasy league its time to deactivate or Trade him. For the second straight week Smith fumbled As he was diving for the goal line. This time the dolphins were trailing Houston 17-13 and just 3 10 remained in the game. Lamar Lathon hit Smith s Arm the Ball came out and Cris Dishman recovered in the end zone to preserve the oilers win. Last week a Smith Fumble was turned into a 100-Yard touchdown return by Kansas City a Chris Martin and broke open what became a 42-7 chiefs Victory. A a bal Carrier has to protect the Ball a said coach Don Shula. A you know you re going to be hit Down there. You have to be Able to handle it. A we did no to and Haven to for two  Withers in poll new York a tractor pulls More popular than nil hockey roller Derby preferred Over world cup soccer its True according to the sports marketing group of Dallas which has released its Complete list of what it says Are the 114 most popular sports in America. Last february Sig listed Only the top 20. The firm said monday that the rest of the list was unavailable until now a due to proprietary business  the nil no. 1major league baseball no. 5 and the Aba no. 7 All made the top 10. But the nil considered the fourth major professional sport was 40th in the Survey three spots ahead of pea Golf. Both finished behind tractor pulls which came in 31st. The world cup which will be played in the United states for the first time in 1994, came in 75th. That was 45 spots behind professional wrestling and 17 spots behind roller Derby a but Well ahead of another to sport american gladiators which came in no. 102. The top 20 were the nil College football Winter olympics summer olympics major league baseball High school football the Aba women a figure skating pairs figure skating ice dancing men s figure skating professional boxing swimming College basketball Alpine ski racing thoroughbred horse racing women a gymnastics College baseball minor league baseball and High school basketball. Sig revealed on monday that no. 21 was menus gymnastics. The last five sports were tour Bike racing biathlon Curling Cricket and Squash. A private research company hired by Sig conducted More than 2,060 in Home interviews in More than 175 areas of the United states to get a representable Sample of the total population not just sports fans the firm said. Participants in the Survey were asked to give positive negative or Neutral opinions to 114 specific sports a of a Spectator ship and viewership nature and the frequency of their participation in 71 sports a Sig said. The margin of error of the Survey was plus or minus 1.5  Drain provokes scoring drought by Vito s i Ellino the Baltimore Sun where have All the quarterbacks gone As the in l season nears its Halfway Mark the general managers and coaches Are scrambling to answer that question. The shortage of quarterbacks is probably tied into the drop in scoring that has been one of the Hallmarks of this season. Symbolic of the problems is Bobby Hebert of new Orleans. Hebert came Back from a season Long holdout to Lead the new Orleans saints to a 6-0 Start Only to Hurt his shoulder and give Way to Young Steve Walsh in game 7. Hebert thus joins such High profile players As Joe Montana Randall Cunningham Jim Mcmahon Timm Rosenbaugh and Dave Krieg lost to the league because of injuries. And Phil Simms of the new York giants has been benched. Meanwhile the pipeline of top flight quarterback Talent from the colleges seems All but dried up. Charley Casserly the general manager of the Washington redskins notes that since 1986, Only three quarterbacks have come out of College and made the pro bowl a Jim Everett of the los Angeles rams Don Majkowski of the Green Bay packers and. Mark Rypien of the redskins. A a that a a scary statistic a Casserly said. Not that those players Are carrying their clubs. Everett is struggling this year and Majkowski May have been a one year wonder. Rypien has led the redskins to a 7-0 Start but he a not generally rated a future Star. Looking at possible future pro bowlers Only Troy Aikman of the Dallas cowboys and Jeff George of the Indianapolis Colts get raves from the scouts and George is Likely to become the new Archie Manning because he a handicapped by an inept team around him. That leaves Aikman As the Lone future quarterback Star the colleges have pro used since 1986. By contrast Simms and Montana were in the class of 1979, and John Elway Jim Kelly Dan Marino and Ken of Brien were All drafted on the first round in 1983. The quarterback shortage is one of the reasons Why the redskins kept three Rypien Stan Humphries and Jeff Rutledge on the Active roster and stashed promising Cary Conklin on the injured Reserve list. They knew that if they tried Cut Cut any of them they a be claimed and they figure you can never be too Rich too thin or have too Many quarterbacks. A if you look at the pfc Central you re talking about Jim Harbaugh. You re talking about Vinny Testaverde slash Chris Chandler Rodney Peete. Chris Gannon or whatever his name is up there not Chris Gannon Rich Gannon and Majkowski or Blair Kiel. Put that in perspective. A a you a be starting an expansion team with thew Mii cd a poc Curli Ciuha