European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Michigan s Desmond Howard leaves Minnesota s Derek Fisher lunging at air during fridays Victory in Minneapolis. No. 4 Michigan romps by de Styc h Minneapolis apr not even blurred vision could slow Desmond Howard. Howard caught touchdown passes of 65 and 41 Yards the second alter a hard hit blurred his vision As no. 4 Michigan beat big ten Loe Minnesota 52-6 in a game rescheduled to Friday because of the world series. Alter watching Howard play half the game and still manage six catches for 154 Yards against a defense that had t Given up a to pass in 19 quarters Minnesota coach John Gutekunst said what a lot of football fans have been thinking. A after the Way Desmond ran away from our defensive backs tonight i would definitely Vole for him for the Heisman trophy a Gutekunst said. Howard and his teammates left the Melr dome with a different sort of trophy a the Little Brown Jug. The gophers 2-5 Overall. 1-3 big ten have won the Jug just twice in the last 26 years of this longtime rivalry. Howard a 65-Yard scoring catch gave the wolverines 6-1, 4-0 a 28-0 Lead with 5 57 left in the half. On Michigan s next drive Elvis Grbac overthrew Howard Over the Middle and Howard was driven to the turf Howard reported to have blurred vision did no to play the rest of the half and did no to Start the second half. But he returned Midway through the third Quarter bears try to burst saints Bubble Page 18 Frankfurt overhauls Wiesbaden a Page 21 Lemke makes Atlanta Roar a Page 22 new look sabres gut Sharks a Page 23 to catch the 41-Yard to pass. A i was t really worried Quot Howard said of the blurred vision. A it went away right  Quot he a the most consistent receiver in be played against a Minnesota safety Sean Lumpkin said. A they just out cd ecu of a us on the deep  Howard s two to catches gave him 15 for the season breaking the big ten record of 14 by Michigan s Anthony Carter in 1980. It was the eighth straight game that Howard has scored at least two touchdowns. Howard has 17 touchdowns Overall this season and his 102 Points is 36 More than the gophers have scored this season. Minnesota is averaging a 41-year Low of 9.4 Points a game. Grback a three to passes gave him a school record 49 for his career one More than Rick Leach. Grbac completed 15 of 21 passes for 242 Yards before being replaced with 3 05 left in the third Quarter. A for me its a great accomplishment Quot Grbac said of the record. Quot but in be got great receivers to throw to. 1 just put the Ball out there and those Guys go and get  the wolverines turned two Early Minnesota fumbles into scores and led 21-0 just 8 25 into the game. Antonio Carter fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and Michigan a Brian Townsend recovered at Minnesota a 25. Four plays later Ricky Powers scored on a 1-Yard run. New York islanders struggling in the nil standings and at the Box office traded two of the Cornerstones of their franchise Friday swapping holdout Cen Ter Pat Lafontaine to Buffalo and Center Brent Sutter Captain of the team to Chicago. In addition to Lafontaine the islanders sent left Wing Randy Wood de tense Man Randy Hillier and future considerations to Buffalo in Exchange for Center Pierre Turgeon  Uwe on the next Possession the gophers lost the Ball when Marquel Fleetwood fumbled the snap and Erick Anderson recovered at Minnesota s 21. This time it took Michigan three plays to score again on a i Yard run by Powers. A you just can t survive giving a Good team like Michigan Good Field position Quot Fleetwood said. A you can task your defense to keep holding them Down that close. I think we were a Little jumpy going into the game. Before we knew it. The game was out of reach a the gophers did no to turn the Ball Over on their next series but had to punt after three plays. The wolverines made it 21-0 when Grbac hit Yale Van Dyne with a 15-Yard scoring pass to end a 74-Yard, 10-play drive with 6 35 left in the first Quarter. After Howard s two to catches made it 35-0, the gophers finally got on the Board when Fleetwood hit pc swim Joiner with a 12-Yard scoring pass. The gophers who have made just one of five extra Point kicks this year missed this Point after when Holder Scott Schaffner mishandled the snap. . Carlson made a 30-Yard Field goal and Tyrone Wheatley scored on runs of 9 and 4 Yards to end the scoring. The game was moved from saturday to Friday to prevent a conflict with game 6 of the world series which is scheduled in the metronome saturday night. It was the first time in 103 years that Michigan has played on a Friday Krupp Center Benoit Hogue and Forward Dave Mcllwain then new York packaged Sutter and left Wing Brad Lauer to Chicago for Center Adam Creighton and left Wing Steve Thomas. A we tried to take a look at the Basic nucleus of this team a islanders general manager Bill Torrey said. A we took into consideration what we Felt were our needs and pieced things  what we tried to do was give a Basic group of Young players who have been the stars and stripes imports october 27,1991 c Page 24holyfield to fight Damiani new York a evander Holyfield is going Back Home to Atlanta for the next defense of his heavyweight title. Francesco Damiani of Italy will be his opponent for the nov. 23 bout in the Omni promoter Dan Duva announced thursday night. Holyfield a nov. 8 bout with former Champion Mike Tyson in Las vegas was postponed indefinitely earlier this week when the two Camps were unable to agree on a new Date. A rib injury forced Tyson out of the bout which was shaping up As the biggest Money fight Ever held. The unbeaten Holyfield will be returning to his Hometown and to the site of his first world title fight to meet Damiani a former who Champion. Holyfield will get about $8 million while the challenger will get about $750,000, according to the promoter. The Holyfield Tyson fight could have grossed More than $100 million and attracted More than 2 million Homes taking the pay per View telecast. Holyfield was guaranteed $30 million and Tyson $15 million with both expected to make More on percentage deals. Holyfield when he Learned the Tyson fight was off said he wanted to fight in november because he did no to want his training to go to waste. Shelly Finkel said the Damiani fight was taken to keep the Champion Sharp. Holyfield 29, won the undisputed heavyweight title on oct. 25, 1990 when he stopped James a a Buster Douglas in the third round. He defended the title against George Foreman in april to run his record to 26-0. Damiani 33, the Silver medallist for Italy in the 1984 olympics won his first 27 professional fights and then was stopped by 1988 olympic Gold medallist Ray Mercer on Jan. 11. Tyson is scheduled to go on trial in Marion county court in Indianapolis on Jan. 27 on a charge of rape and related charges. A we were unable to find a Date in january to reschedule the Holyfield Tyson fight that would be acceptable to All parties a Duva said tuesday. Working hard some support and help in areas needed. We came to the conclusion if we re going to do it this was a better Way to go. We be done it at one time to get the juror  the Trade broke a contract stalemate that had existed Between Lafontaine and the islanders. The sex olympian had demanded renegotiation of his $425,000 contract for More than a year and had been a holdout this season rejecting the teams offer of a four year $6 million Deal. 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