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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 4, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 rockets reach Pinnacle with 3rd title in 4 years by Mike Bowers suit writer Rhein main Germany a no one can say they re better were the words Rhein Mains starting quarterback Dennis Williams summed up the rockets third Safe football championship in four years. Rhein main four time Csc Champion put the icing on a 10-4 season with an avenging 27-6 beating of defending United kingdom and Safe Champion Lakenheath eagles. Lakenheath Defeated Rhein main 39-30 last year to claim it first Safe Crown in three attempts. A a we be reached the Pinnacle a said a jubilant Williams who passed for a touchdown and ran for 54 Yards. A a we be gone As far As we can go at what we do. We have what everyone else wants in this league a a Safe  when the season started Williams Wasny to even a part of the team. However injuries to starter Hiawathia Porter and the need for a backup brought him out of retirement at mid season. Williams said he Learned he was starting at breakfast the morning of the game. A i did no to feel any different a Williams said. A there was nothing to do but go out and play. My main concern was that the team did Well and we  according to offensive coordinator Willie Evans it was no great coaching decision to Start Williams. A the earned it with a great performance last week Over Ramstein a said Evans. A the showed he should be in  Rhein Mains season was exactly indicative of a team that had been in the Safe title game the last four years. They began with a bang beating powerhouses Ramstein and Pitburg. Then there were defeats from Small bases Lindsey and Sembach. After a so so Middle of the season As has been customary the past two years the rockets switched switched into High gear for the playoffs. A we came Back from adversity a said tackle Tim Langley a member of four rockets championship teams. A your record Wasny to exactly the Best but we took Back what was ours. It feels better than the first  first year running Back Steven Robinson who rushed for 101 Yards said the title proved something to himself. A they always kidded me about being s&8 Ken a wig rocket Steven Robinson is grounded by Lionel Haikkila front and Darrell Scott. A Rookie a he said. A there was so much hype about Csc football. I was concerned whether i could Cut it. This proves in a Good enough to play with the Best of them. We Are the  it Wasny to the Best imitation of Robinson but defensive end Marty Andres did something lineman dream about. He ran an interception 20 Yards for a touchdown that hammered the Nail in the eagles coffin. A outstanding a said Andres. A such a Rush. I just happened to be there. Once i caught the Ball i keep thinking just done to drop the darn thing and get into the end  Andres said his third Safe title is double pleasure. A we took it on the Chin last year. This is Good for those of us who lost the title and great for those Guys who missed last year because of deployment. There is no Way to describe the tightness of this team. We re like a  first year coach and linebacker Terry Maki Agre eded with Andres that the team s Success had a lot to do with its Unity. A they love each other a Maki said. A they play for each other. Its not hard to coach when you be got a great Bunch to  runners finish 1-2 new York Marathon mexican by Bert Rosenthal a track writer new York a Salvador Garcia a sergeant in the mexican army led a stunning 1-2 mexican finish in the new York City Marathon sunday while Brash Liz Mccolgan of Scotland ran the fastest race by a first time women a marathoner. Garcia 31, the runner up in last years race broke away Between the 17th and 18th Miles with a blistering mile time of 4 minutes 26 seconds. He finished in an unofficial 2 09 28, the fastest of his career in earning the $20,000 first prize and a new Mercedes Benz sports Sedan. He also earned a $35,000 Bonus for breaking 2 10 00. Andres Espinoza 28, who never had broken 2 14 in a Marathon was second in 2 10 00. Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya among the race favourites was not in Contention after Garcia made his big break and wound up third in 2 11 07. Conditions were Ideal with temperatures in the Low 50s and the humidity around 40 percent. But no one threatened the world Best of 2 06 50 held by Belayneh Desimo of Ethiopia. In the women a race Mccolgan 27, Winner of the world 10,000-meter Champion at Tokyo in August made a sensational Marathon debut. Pulling away Between Miles 23 and 24 in the demanding 26-mile, 385-Yard trek through the City a five boroughs the confident Mccolgan who predicted she would win finished in 2 27 22. The previous Best first time Marathon by a woman was 2 30 37 by Sylvia Rueg Ger of Canada at Ottawa in 1984. The previous Best first time Marathon by a woman at new York was 2 32 30 by Grete Waitz of Norway in 1978. Olga Markova of the soviet Union was a Distant second in 2 28 18 and Lisa Ondieki of Australia a two time runner up in the new York City Marathon was third in 2 28 52. Arazi s Stock soars by de Schuyler or. A racing writer Louisville by. Arazi is the talk of the town. Next May he could become the Toast of the town. The Kentucky bred French based 2-year-old Colt also became part of a wide open debate As to who is horse of the year after a dazzling performance in the breeders cup juvenile saturday at Churchill Downs. A a that a a Good question a Trainer Ron Mcanally said when asked who he thought the horse of the year would be. The first three candidates he mentioned were classic Winner Black tie of breeder s cup fair distaff Winner dance smartly and Arazi. Who is horse of year is Clear in the mind of Allen Paulson who owns Arazi with Sheik Mohammed at Mak Toum of Dubai. A if your looking for the horse of the year i think you found him a Paulson said sunday at a news conference. He also said plans Call for Arazi to return to Kentucky for the Derby on the first saturday in May. Who is horse of the year is was just As Clear to Trainer Nick Zito whose Kentucky Derby Winner strike the Gold was one of those who chased the front running Black tie affair Home in the classic. A in my opinion its Black tie affair a no doubt about it a Zito said sunday. Hell get no argument from Ernie Pou los who trains Black tie affair who won the classic As co second Choice after finishing third in the 1990 sprint As a 53-1 shot. A i Hope he is a the 65-Ycar-old Poulous said after Black tie affairs front running Victory in the Lvi mile classic the 5-year-old horses sixth straight stakes win. A a he a proved himself. They say he a Hasni to beaten these horses Well he a Beath them  Jim Day the Canadian who trains dance smartly a Canadian bred 3-year-old filly said it was just exciting to have a horse of the year candidate. A i think her race record stands for itself a Day said sunday. A a she a won from three quarters to a mile and a half on dirt and grass. She kept her boat afloat in the breeders  the distaff kept dance smartly unbeaten in eight starts this year. She beat males in four of those starts. Another horse who will receive horse of the year consideration is in excess who had won four straight Grade i stakes on the dirt before finishing in a dead heat for ninth with tight spot in the mile on the grass. Trainer Bruce Jackson said in excess did no to train Well on the dirt at Churchill Downs so he opted to Start the 4-year-old Irish bred Colt on the grass a surface he now has raced on in 13 of 20 career starts. The mile was won by opening verse who paid $55.40. Two other Long snot winners miss alleged $86.20, in the turf and sheikh a Badou $54.60, in the sprint. The other Winner was pleasant stage in the juvenile fillies. While there might be a debate about horse of the year there seemed to be no argument that Arazi was the Star of the cold Windy Day. A the was something else a Mcanally said of Arazi  
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