European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 5,. 1993 sports the stars and stripes b Page 21 skins-49ers rematch from London by Vito Stellino the Baltimore Sun Ashburn a. When coach Joe Gibbs agreed to take the Washington redskins to London last summer after opposing the trip for several years the National football league wanted to match them against one team the san Francisco 49ers. The nil was so intent on Matching the winners of seven of the past 11 super bowls overseas that they overcame a problem the two teams weren t sched Fulcd to play each other during the pc season. They took the two teams they were scheduled to play the weekend of aug. 16 a the Miami dolphins and the Denver Broncos a and snipped them to Berlin to Clear the decks for the redskins-49ers game in London. The teams put on an entertaining show with the 49ers winning 17-15, on Mike cof Eros 48-Yard Field goal on the final play. Now the nil has a better showcase for the redskins-49ers the second round of the playoffs at candlestick Park saturday. The redskins set it up by upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 24-7, saturday in the first round in Minneapolis. Call the redskins is. The 49efs the comp Ettive balance bowl the nil has spent the last five years in court fighting to maintain its free Agency system because it says it remotes competitive balance. But the Edskins-49ers have the secret of beating the system. They Are the two most successful teams of the past decade. The 49ers will be heavily favored. They Are at Home hey finished 14-2 and they have beaten the redskins five of the past six meetings. The redskins meanwhile were 9-7 in the regular season and lost their last two and four of their last seven. Don t Tell any of that to wide receiver Gary Clark even though he s expecting to hear it. After the redskins beat the Vikings he was complaining about All of the talk about How the redskins backed into the playoffs. Then he looked ahead to the 49ersgame. Quot now we be won the first round and we be got to go to play a great san fran Cisco football team and everybody is going to pick us to lose again. That a Fine. Everybody is going to say we snuck by this one against the Vikings. That a Fine. Well enjoy Reading it again and seeing it again on television. Quot but the redskins Are going to play As hard As they can and you never know. We think we re a pretty Good football team and if we play hard like we did against the Vikings Well give san Francisco a run for their Money. They be got great guar Ter backs and they be got great depth but we re the Washington redskins anti its our title to Clark added that the team wants to re peat la have a Chance to thru Cocat in 1993. Clark was wrong about one thing. Nobody will suggest they snuck by the Vikings. They thrashed them in every phase of the Joe Gibbs game. But it will be noted that the Vikings quarterback was Sean Salisbury who was starting his fifth nil game. Salisbury also did no to have much of a wide receiving corps. The 49cr$ have the league s map Steve Young at quarterback. They also have Juriy Rice and John Taylor at wide receiver. Then there a their backup quarterback. No. 16. The one and Only Joe Montana. This will be the redskins first Chance to face Young but they Are just As Happy to have Montana on the Bench. He a 6-2 against them. One defeat of the 49crs by a 14-6 margin came when he returned from Back surgery in 1986, in the other one the 1983 pfc title game the redskins won 24-21.coaches target Fumble Rookie play Atlanta a the american football coaches associations rules committee wants to take out the trash and perhaps Cut out some of the Flash. Delaware a Harold Raymond who chairs the 29-member committee said sunday that coaches May make a recommendation to the Mcaa to crack Down on Quot trash talking Quot College football players and to make the flashy Quot play illegal. The rules committee which met on the first Day of the four Day Acca convention has no authority and can Only make recommendations to the Mcaa. But Georgia athletics director Vince Dooley who sits on the official Mcaa rules committee said taunting by players is the most serious problem in College football today. Quot it needs to be addressed by coaches and it needs to be addressed by officials a Dooley said Quot Miami has done a great Job addressing it in the last couple of years after the hurricanes were criticized for excessive taunting in the Cotton bowl two years ago. They re not perfect now but compared to what they were. They were a disgrace to College football. Those teams influence All other teams and All other players. When they see teams like that get away with it on television its bad for the game. Its terrible for the the committee is not calling for a rules change As much As intensified enforcement of the ruling outlawing officials Are inconsistent in calling the penalty and Quot some coaches Arentt dissuading players trom taunting Dooley Are More divided on the Raymond said the committee is Quot about 80-20�?� in favor of eliminating the trick play but Quot coaches on the whole Are about 50-50.�?� the play has the Center making a Semi snap to the quarterback taking the Ball Back then placing it on the ground. While defenders follow the flow of the offence to one Side of the Field an offensive lineman usually the Center or a guard picks up the Ball and runs Down the other Side of the Field. In the recent Blue Gray game Houston guard Jason Youngblood ran 18 Yards for a touchdown on the trick play. A even if an official is watching for the play its difficult to see if the play is being run legally that is if the Center and quarterback Ever really Exchange the Ball Raymond said. Quot sometimes the centers on his Knees when he a pretending to snap the Ball a Raymond said. Quot if he really has the Ball and his Knees Are Down the play should although Dooley agreed the Rule is difficult to enforce he said Quot i d hate to see something taken out that adds excitement to the game on one hand i like the play. But 1 do want to make sure it can be reasonably about 3,000 coaches Are attending the convention. The Acca will name coaches of the year in four different categories tuesday for the 57th year. Also honoured will be coaches of every conference Champion National Champion and those teams ranked in the top 10 in every poll at every level of College , Garvey Niekro Knock on Hall s door new York a chants of Reg Gie Reg Gie Are expected to be heard when the 1993 Hall of Fame balloting is announced tuesday. Reggie Jackson Steve Garvey and Phil Niekro were among 14 first time candidates who appeared on the ballot mailed last month to More than 400 10-year members of the baseball writers association of America. In addition to the latest eligible 18 holdovers remained on the ballot. A player must appear on 75 percent of the ballots to gain election. Included Are Orlando Cepeda and Perez who fell Short last year when Tom Seaver and Voltie fingers were elected. Cepeda Drew 246 votes and Perez 215 of the 315 required for election in 1992. Pete Rose in t eligible again because of his permanent ban from baseball imposed in 1989. Hisnamewaswritteninon41 ballots last year but the votes did no to count. Jackson holds or shares numerous world series records. His five Home runs in the 1977 series Are the most Ever. He hit three in game 6 of that series tying babe Ruth s record while leading the Reggie Jackson new York Yankees to the clinching Victory Over the los Angeles dodgers. Nicknamed Quot or. October for his postseason Success Jackson spent nine of his 21 seasons with the Kansas City and Oakland athletics and hit 563 homers sixth on the career list. Jackson Steve Garvey the american league s most valuable player in 1973, hit 16 postseason homers. He played on three world series championship teams with Oakland a although he was injured and did not appear against Cincinnati in 1972 a anti two More with the Yankees. After five Phil Niekro years with new York Jackson played for five seasons with California before returning to the athletics to close out his career in 1987. He also played with the Baltimore orioles in 1976. Garvey the National leagues map in 1974, holds the no record for most consecutive games 1,207 from 1975-83. He played for the dodgers from 1969-82 and finished his 19-Ycar career with five seasons on the san Diego padres. Durability and consistency were Garvey a trademarks he had 190 or More hits for seven straight seasons a run stopped by the 1981 strike. Niekro who pitched for 19 of his 24 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta braves is one of 20 career 300-game winners. He won 318 and is 13tli on the career list. Bill Madlock who won four no batting titles and hit Over ,300 eight limes while compiling a .305 career average in 15 seasons with five different teams is the most prominent of the remaining first timers on the list. The rest Are Rick Burleson Bill Campbell lion Coy Cecil Cooper Doug Decinces Davey Lopes Hal Mcrae Gary Matthews Darrell Porter and Andre Thornton other holdovers on the ballot Are Dick Allen Vida Blue Bobby Bonds Ken Boyer Curt flood George Foster Jim Kaat Mickey Lolich Minnie Minoso Thurman Munson puny Oliva Vada Pinson Ron Santo Rusty staub Luis tint and Joe Torre. J
