European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes monday april 13,1992 world Long Galaxy Home woes continue by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany a the egg cracked again. Scott Erney a 9-Yard touchdown pass with less than three minutes to play sparked a Barcelona dragon comeback in a 20-17 Victory Over the Frankfurt Galaxy in a world league game saturday night. Frankfurt 2-2 has lost four straight at Wald stadium. On the up Side one of the losses was a preseason game. Barcelona improved to 3-1 and takes sole Possession of first place in the european division. Faced with a second and Goa from the 9, Erney hit wide receiver Tony Moss for the dragons go ahead touchdown of the night and ultimately the Victory. The egg in question is the Frankfurt Galaxy football team which has been promo de around Central Germany with poster Reading a the egg is Back a a reference to the shape of the football. The game Drew an attendance of 34,376 in Wald stadium on a Breezy evening. Those fans watched As Frankfurt squandered a 17-0 Lead to fall Erney behind with 2 52 left to play. A to night we were Able to pick them downfield pretty easily Erney said. A we had a lot of opportunities to score tonight. We saw some things this week that we took advantage of like going Long. The first time we played them we did no to go Long on them. Tonight we were Able to air it out which worried them because they did no to think we could do  Erney completed 22 of 38 attempts for 263 Yards with a touchdown and an interception. Galaxy quarterback Mike Perez completed 11 of 28 for 212 Yards before bowing out with a shoulder injury in the second half. His replacement Alex Espinoza completed 4 of 6 for 11 Yards. Barcelona had several chances to score in the game but fell Short. The dragons drove to the Frankfurt 21-Yard line with seven minutes left but Erney a pass into coverage was tipped and it landed in linebacker Yapi Paul us hands to kill just one of Many dragon scoring chances. With the Galaxy leading through three quarters Barcelona made a bid to take the Lead in the closing seconds of the third Quarter. With Barcelona at the Galaxy 17-Yard line Erney misfired on three pass attempts and coach Jack Bick net sent Teddy Garcia in to make it a one Point game. His 41-Yard attempt was blocked by Kevin Hendrix to thwart the scoring Opportunity. Frankfurt drove to the Barcelona 20, but Robbie keen a 37-Yard Field goal went wide. Perez was Hurt on the series the preliminary diagnosis was a strained right shoulder. True to Galaxy tradition Frankfurt started with an impressive opening Quarter jumping out to a 17-0 Lead. But sagging second and third quarters saw Barcelona mount a comeback to Cut the Lead to 17-13. �?o1 can always Tell How the kids Are doing during a game by the kind of reactions they have a Bicknell said. I a 8as a Nga of Galaxy backup quarterback Alex Espinoza gets the attention of a couple of dragons during saturdays 20-17 loss. A not once did i think Scott was confused. A the saw things he should have done throws he should have made. I was worried More that Frankfurt was going to score too Many Points for us to be Able to come Back. Seventeen Points Are about As much As we can give up and still  Frankfurt screamed out to a 10-0 Lead when Perez hit Richard a Richie Rich Buchanan with a 6-Yard Bullet. Perez set up the score by launching a 46-Yard missile to Buchanan. Perez drove the Galaxy to Barcelona a 8-Yard line on the next play when he went on an 30-Yard sprint. On Frankfurt a next series in the first Quarter Perez unleashed a 41-Yard pass Over dragons cornerback Charles Fryar to Lew Barnes to make it 17-0 in the first quarters waning seconds. The dragons got a break defensively in the second Quarter when Perez s pass was picked off at the Frankfurt 37 by Adrian Jones. Jones scampered in for the score to make it 17-10. Garcia nailed a 38-Yard Field goal to Cut the Galaxy Lead to 17-13. The Galaxy opened the scoring on Robbie keen a 25-Yard Field goal in the opening minute. That Field goal was set up by two huge Lyneil Mayo sacks of Erney one which caused a Fumble that Michael Simmons fell on at the dragons 10. Frankfurt  find the end zone and keen notched the Field goal. Barcelona erased the Al Zippo on the scoreboard when Garcia kicked a 38-Yard Field goal in the second Quarter that made it 17-3. With the Victory Barcelona has now beaten every team in the world league except the expansion Ohio glory at least once. Frankfurt won a 10-3 decision last year and a 17-0 Victory in the season opener. A this is a big Victory because we had been frustrated by Frankfurt Quot Bicknell said. A a it a a very big win also for us because we won it on the Road in Frankfurt in front of that tremendous  rallies for 17-17 tie with monarchs by the associated press Wembley England Philip Doyle kicked a 42-Yard Field goal with two seconds to go in regulation saturday Liftin the Birmingham fire to a 17-17 tie wit the London monarchs the first in world league history. Doyle a kick capped a 10-Point fourth Birmingham which Quarter rally moved to 2-1-1 by London 1-2-1, had two chances to win the game in the 10-minute overtime but Phil Alexander pushed a 39-Yard Field goal wide right with eight seconds left. On the next play the monarchs Howard Feggins intercepted a pass by Mike Norseth and returned the Ball to the Birmingham 3-Yard line As time expired. Norseth who engineered Birmingham slate comeback completed 25 of 40 passes for 251 Yards. He also ran for the fires first touchdown a 2-Yard Bootleg that gave Bir Mingham a 7-0 Lead. London took a 10-7 Lead by halftime with Charlie Young scoring on a 2-Yard run and Alexander booting a 33-Yard Field goal. The monarchs increased their Lead to 17-7 in the third Quarter on a 35-Yard touchdown pass from Stan Gelbaugh to Bernard Ford but Elroy Harris scored on a 1-Yard dive for Birmingham at 8 49 of the fourth Quarter setting the stage for Doyle a heroics. In another world league game saturday san Antonio 23, Sacramento 20, of Sacramento Calif. Jim gallery a 28-Yard Field goal with 6 12 to play in overtime lifted san Antonio Over Sacramento. Sacramento entitled to an equal number of overtime possessions by league rules was stopped on its Lone Possession in the extra session and lost for the first time in four games. The riders improved to 3-1. San Antonio won the Coin flip in the extra session and covered 60 Yards in six plays before gallery made his kick. Sacramento tried to answer but on fourth and 15 from the surge 35, quarterback David Archer hit wide receiver Eddie Brown who took the Ball to the riders 27 before fumbling. San Antonious Bubby Humphrey recovered ending the game. Gallery forced the overtime by kicking a 20-Yard Field goal with no time in regulation capping an 80-Yard, seven play drive engineered by quarterback Mike Johnson in the final minute. Johnson playing in place of the injured Brad Goebel completed 24 of 40 passes for 250 Yards and directed the riders to Points on their last four possessions. The game featured a world league record 872 Yards of offence including 472 by the surge the surge dominated the first half and seemed to have the game under control when Mike Pringle scored his second touchdown on an 8-Yard run to make it 20-10 with 9 44 to play. Pringle who also scored on a 1-Yard run gained 110 Yards on 22 carries. Sacramento out gained the riders 250104 m the first half but led Only 13-7 at halftime after losing three fumbles. Pringle s first to run and archers 26-Yard scoring pass to Anthony Green made it 13-0. San Antonio which did no to get a first Down until 4 55 left in the half used an eight play 84-Yard drive in the closing minutes of the half and cracked the scoreboard on a 27-Yard pass from Johnson to Colbert. Ivory Brown brought the riders to 2017 on a 1-Yard plunge with 3 07 to play in regulation. Brown finished with 94 Yards in 11 carries