European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes monday May 25, 1992 world league Galaxy halts loss Streak at 748,259 watch Frankfurt nip London in finale by Kob 5taggenborg stuff writer Frankfurt Germany Willie Don Wright did the honorable thing. Just moments after his Frankfurt Galaxy snapped a seven game losing Streak with a 19-16 Victory Over the reigning world league Champion London monarchs on saturday Wright ambled towards the players Tunnel As 48,259 screaming fans Sang along with Queens a we Are the champions. The Galaxy players were far from being champions locked out of the world league playoffs two weeks ago. But Willie Don knew he had to do something. Off came the Chinstrap from his helmet and he whizzed it 10 rows Back. In the Center of the Field it was Hammer time As Frankfurt safety Jeff Ham me Schmidt held court. Quot we be had some bad Breaks this year and we be had some Good Breaks a Hammer Man said alluding to Frankfurt a 3-7 finish. A tonight w e finally got the crowd on our Side. The Way things were going for us we had to look on the Bright Side of life. Its kind of like that song by Howard Jones a things can Only get  a and better things did get for the reeling Galaxy who had not won at Home the entire season. Robbie keen a 38-Yard Field goal with 6 24 left in the fourth Quarter held As Frankfurt lost the Battle for the basement. London 2-7-1 finished the season in last place in the european division. The Galaxy a second place finish this season was an improvement of sorts Over a 7-3 season that yielded Only third in the division last year. A after you lose seven in a Row you have to kind of wonder if you can Ever win again Quot Wright said. A when you see the same old stuff the same old mistakes week after week it gets to  in four previous losses by the Galaxy at Home fans turned on the team Midway through two of the games and joined in with the . System in singing a always look on the Bright Side of life from the life of Brian soundtrack. A i hated that song a Wright dead panned. Quot tonight i Felt like i left it All on the Field a he said. �?o1 probably could be played better but it was a big improvement from the games when i  seem to make anything  Frankfurt got two huge Breaks on the drive that set up keen a winning kick when Richard Buchanan entered into a Campaign for Best supporting actor in a comedy series when he Drew a pair of defensive pass interference Calls. The first of those two flags came on a crucial third-and-28 which gave Frankfurt an automatic first Down. A i should win some kind of Academy award  i great acting Job huh a Buchanan mused. A those were two bad  not that he a complaining. Nor is Chris Cochrane who registered his first Ever world league Victory. Cochrane started the season As the then wingless Ohio glory third string quarterback. He came to Frankfurt at the beginning of the seven game slide. A no doubt about it this feels great a he said. A this one is for the fans though. They made the difference  Cochrane completed 13 of 24 pass attempts for 191 Yards. Lew Barnes pulled in two passes for 97 Yards including an 86-Yard touchdown reception in the first Quarter. London a Stan Gelbaugh and backup Fred Mcnair accounted for a 23 of 42 night for 337 Yards passing. London threatened to pull the plug on Frankfurt a party erasing a 16-9 deficit in the third Quarter when Mcnair fired a 30-Yard touchdown pass to Tony Sargent in the third Quarter to tie it at 16-16. The Galaxy took its first Lead in a Home game since april 11 when Cochrane lofted a pass Over monarchs cornerback Irvin Smith to Barnes for the 86-yarder. Barnes pulled the Ball in at the London 40 with Smith on his heels. He Juke Smith at the London 15 and thanks to a key Block by tight end Chad Fortune went in for the score. Keen a Point after on the play made it 7-6. London a Phil Alexander missed a Pat earlier and saw a crucial 23-Yard attempt sail wide late in the game. Cochrane was not through. Two series later he Barnes drove the Galaxy to the London 7 and turned a broken pass play into six Points in the second Quarter. Cochrane a 7-Yard to run Wasny to pretty but it did give the Galaxy a 14-6 Lead. London got on the Board in the first Quarter after Roland Smith recovered a Tony Baker Fumble at the London 36. Four plays later Stan Gelbaugh hit Jeff Alexander with a 47-Yard touchdown pass for the 6-0 Lead. Phil alexanders 27-Yard Field goal at the end of the first half closed that Gap to 14-9. Galaxy Strong safety Tim Broady picked off a pair of Gelbaugh offerings. Broadys second pick came when London had driven inside the Frankfurt 25. Broady who returned an interception a world league record 107 Yards against Sacramento in week 8, upped his season total to four. He has picked off a pass in three straight games. The Galaxy that showed up to play on this overcast saturday did not resemble the Galaxy of old. Defensively Frankfurt came up with the big play when it needed it like George Muraoka pasting Gelbaugh to the turf in the third Quarter for a safety to make it 16-9. Frankfurt came into the game bearing a Cross of a seven game losing Streak. The Galaxy had lost four previous games at Home by a margin of 118-38. Frankfurt a last Victory came in week 2, a 31-28 last second Victory Over these same monarchs. But Frankfurt linebacker Pat Moorer said a this is the one ill be taking Home with me. This is the game that ill remember on the ride  added Frankfurt nose tackle Garry Howe a a it a Good to leave Here on a winning note. Winning and losing Are on two opposite ends and i like the winning end obviously. After seven losses in a Row its Good to be on the winning Side. Its a disappointing season sure. I really thought we had a Good team going into the season. I thought we could go All the Way with this  Elway May be running out of Luck Sas Ken George Galaxy coach Jack Elway Frankfurt Germany a amps a Frankfurt Galaxy coach Jack Elway a Days on the Frankfurt sideline arc apparently numbered. During the Galaxy a pos game press conference saturday Genera manager Oliver Luck hinted that Elway May be Given his walking papers. Luck declined to be specific deferring an official decision until after the world bowl on june 8. A i like Jack. Its nothing personal a Luck said. A in the game of football its wins and losses your record at the end of the season. The name a Elway carries a lot of weight. Ill sit Down and evaluate him. He and i will talk. A but when you have a defense that is 10th in the league after finishing first in the league last season something a wrong. A i done to think a decision will be made on this until at least mid june a Luck said. A this win 19-16 Over London is a great win yeah but you have to remember that 3-7 Isnit a great record. We got blown out three times. It was like men playing against boys at times. A a we la base our decision on what happened during the whole season not just one or two  Luck who has been rumoured to be in line for the Houston oilers general manager Job in the next two years said his future a is in  a Rob Staggenborg Sacramento surges past riders into playoffs by the associated press san Marcos Texas a David Archer passed for 324 Yards and the go ahead touchdown rallying the Sacramento surge past the san Antonio riders 27-21 saturday night and into the world league playoffs. Sacramento 8-2 won the North american West title and will Host Barcelona in a first round playoff game. San Antonio 7-3 is out of the playoffs unless Birmingham 62-1 loses sunday to Ohio 1-8. An Ohio win would Send the riders to Orlando on saturday. San Antonious Ivory Lee Brown rushed for 91 Yards giving him a Olaf record 767 Yards for the season. Brown gave the riders a 6-0 Lead with a 6-Yard run in the first Quarter but Sacramento answered with second Quarter to runs of 15 and 2 Yards by Dou Dubose. A but san Antonio quarterback Mike Johnson and tight end Danta Whitaker combined for two touchdown passes that gave the riders a 21-14 halftime Edge. Johnson so Yard toss to Whitaker followed by a 2-Point conversion pass to Darrell Colbert tied the score. Late in the second Quarter san Antonio tried a yield goal but the surge was flagged for illegal use of hands. Johnson took advantage of the penalty to hit Whitaker on a 6-Yard to pass with 53 seconds left in the half. Cary Blanchard a 28-Yard Field goal Cut the Lead to 21-17, and the surge took a 24-21 advantage on archers 17-Yard to pass to Eddie Brown in the third Quarter. Archer who completed 26 of 38 passes drove Sacramento 54 Yards to set up Blan Charas 19-Yard Field goal with 9 53 to play ending the scoring. In other games saturday Thunder 13f dragons 10 Orlando Fla. A Tracey Bennett kicked a world league record 53-Yard Field goal with 14 49 remaining giving Orlando a Victory Over Barcelona. After missing two first half attempts the leagues leading scorer made a 29-Yard Field goal in the third Quarter before hitting the game Winner. Barcelona had a final Chance to win but Teddy Garcia missed a 47-Yard Field goal attempt with 10 seconds left. Orlando 8-2 took a 7-0 Lead when Scott Mitchell threw a 4-Yard touchdown pass to Joe Howard Johnson with 11 31 remaining in the first half. The dragons 55 answered when Demetrius Davis caught a 33-yarder from Scott Erney three minutes  41, machine 21 East Rutherford . A Eric Wilkerson caught two touchdown passes before being ejected in the third Quarter and new York new Jersey Defeated Montreal to end the season on a six game winning Streak. The world league season male meant nothing for either team and it was played that Way on a humid Day when Field temperatures at giants stadium reached More than 120 degrees. Besides the third Quarter ejection of Wilkerson for throwing a Ball into the helmet of Montreal linebacker Ray Savage the game featured 24 penalties for 212 Yards and took three hours 24 minutes to play. The knights who were eliminated from playoff Contention last weekend built a 34-7 Lead Early in the third Quarter. New York new Jersey 6-4 almost gave it away in the final 27 minutes before handing Montreal 2-8 its sixth straight loss. Wilkerson put the knights ahead for Good 14-7, on a 27-Yard shovel pass from Reggie Slack on the first play of the second Quarter. Davis Smith broke the game open later in the Quarter by returning a punt 60 Yards Tor a touchdown and later added a 40-Yard Lunback that set up a 10-Yard scoring pass from Doug Pederson to Wilkerson. Smith finished the game with sir Filer is or a ea8uc-record 142 Yards breaking the Mark of 122 he set earlier this year. Slack who scored on a 7-Yard run in the first Quarter Tore a ligament in his left knee on his run and left the game Early in the second Quarter. Pederson threw a 65-Yard to pass to Victor Floyd late in the game