European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Orts l. October 31,1992 b Page 28 Brad Darnell gains part of his game High 94 Yards Over Wiesbaden s James Hatcher 48 in Frankfurt s playoff Victory Friday. Eagles Scalp warriors 19-0 by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Wiesbaden Germany Home May just very Well be where the Frankfurt eagles hang their cleats even if that Home is 30 Miles away the eagles maintained their unblemished division i record with a 19-0 Home Victory Over the Wiesbaden warriors Friday in a semifinal playoff game at Wiesbaden. Since Frankfurt s Home Field is closed for renovations and Rhein main s foot Halffield is being prepped for today s Continental sports conference semifinal the top seeded eagles 8-0, 6-0 in conference brought their Home Field advantage to Wiesbaden. Frankfurt brought in its own Public address announcer and Pep band and used the Home Block on the scoreboard. The warriors who beat the eagles in double overtime for last year s big schools title finished 1992 at 3-5,2-4 in division i. Frankfurt used a 114-Yard passing attack by Mitch Powers and Shawn Nighbert and a 94-Yard Rushing afternoon from Brad Dar Nell to earn a berth in next saturday s Divi Sion i final. The eagles will meet the Winner of today s Ramstein Heidelberg game. Wiesbaden which had lost to Frankfurt in the regular season finale 34-7, held the eagles to a 6-0 Lead through three quarters. Morise Jackson passed the warriors to the Frankfurt 43. Jackson unleashed a 33-Yard bomb to Nick Rizzo at the eagles 10, but Rizzo could not pull the pass in. On the next play Jackson lofted another Aerial Down Field but thanks to a mix up on the receiving routes Chris Breeze intercepted. Wies Baden never penetrated the Frankfurt 20. You can look at this game and say that there were a lot of plays that could have changed the entire game Wiesbaden coach Darryl Schwartz said. That pass certainly was one of  Midway through the fourth Frankfurt took the Ball at its own 39. Nighbert picked up 20 Yards on a first Down run and Shawn Paylor picked up another 11 Yards two plays later. Faced with a third Ana one from the Wiesbaden 18, Nighbert dished the Ball off to Darnell who barged 13 Yards to the warriors 5. Nighbert scored on the next play on a keeper to give Frankfurt a 12-0 Lead the minute we got that second touch Down the kids seemed to loosen up a Little breathe easier Frankfurt coach Marcus George said. We took Wiesbaden a Little lightly and that s my fault. I did not prop Erly prepare this team psychologically. It s difficult to prepare to play a team you be beaten 34-7 the week before. Was this awake up Call yes it  Mike Logan added an 11-Yard touch Down with under two minutes left and Powers kicked his first Pat of the game to make it 19-0. Nighbert keyed the de sense with eight Solo tackles and 10 assists. Offensively he completed three of seven pass attempts for 73 Yards an gained 54 Yards on five carries. Powers got the eagles on the Board by anchoring an 84-Yard scoring drive. Pow ers tossed 33-Yard Bullet to Quentin Chisholm and two plays later Darnell s 2-Yard run gave Frankfurt the 6-0 Lead. Moore Stewart set free by Ronald Blum new York a who will Pitchfork the Oakland athletics next season it s a Good question. Dave Stewart Ron Darling and Kelly Downs Are All free agents and Mike Moore can now be come free too. Just a few hours after Stewart filed for free Agency thursday the a s refused to offer salary arbitration to Moore. He was among 17 players refused arbitration on thursday the last Day teams could exer Cise their rights to prevent players from becoming free agents for a second time within a five year Span. Darling and Downs filed earlier in the week. The four accounted for 113 Start last season. Tony Phillips of the Detroit tigers and los Angeles Pitcher Jim Gott were the Only players offered arbitration among the 33 covered by the repeater rights re Striction at the Start of the week. Only four players in this category were offered arbitration last year Moore Gott dodger Pitcher John Candelaria and Toronto outfielder Candy Maldonado. Kansas City Pitcher Dennis Rasmus sen another player in the group agreed thursday to a one year contract Worth $325,000 with the Chance to make $175,000 in performance bonuses. He was 4-1 with a 1.43 Era in 37% innings after the royals brought him up from the minors on sept. 10. Among the players not getting arbitration were storm Davis and Craig Lefferts of Baltimore Frank Tanana and Walt Terrell of Detroit Scott Fletcher and Jim Gantner of Milwaukee Mike Pagliarulo of Minnesota Mel Hall and the sus Pended pasqual Perez of the new York Yankees and Atlanta s Jeff Reardon. Stewart was among nine players filing for free Agency thursday raising the total to 82. Another 77 players Are Eligi ble to file by the nov. 8 deadline. Cincinnati hires Perez to run the reds by Joe Kay Cincinnati a Tony Perez a key player on Cincinnati s big red machine championship teams of the mid-1970s, today was named manager of the reds and Given a one year contract. The cuban born Perez mostly a first baseman starred on the teams that won world series titles in 1975-76. He was the first of seven candidates to be interviewed. He said his Lack of managing experience will not be a problem. Ill be aggressive. A lot of people think i la be a sleeping dog. But i m not a sleeping dog   can do the Job. I know the players. I know the organization. The Way i played the game i always played to win. I d keep myself in the game As a clutch hitter. I know every aspect of the game. That s what i la do As the manager. I m going to stay with the game All the time. I la do whatever it takes to  Don Gullett was announced As bullpen coach and Ron Oester became first base coach with Dave mile hired As Bench coach. Perez 50, was one of the most popular players on the reds world series championship teams. He is also a favorite of owner Marge Schott and has been with the club the last six years As an assistant coach and batting instructor. Perez whose nickname is Doggie gets along Well with Schott on an important level he publicly approves of her dog team Mascot Schottie 02, a source familiar with the managerial search said the team s seven candidates were asked during their inter views How they Felt about the dog running on the Field before games a source of friction with players. The reds Are taking a risk by choosing Perez. He and Ken Griffey another former big red machine member have the least amount of experience among the seven candidates interviewed neither has Man aged a game at any level