European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sports sunday August 1,1993 0 in t i Steeles. 49ers Bear nil s thanks. It. Barcelona Spain a one year after the 1992 summer games ath letes again will be running jumping and throwing in Barcelona s olympic stadium. This time though they la be wearing helmets and pads. The san Francisco 49ers play the Pitts Burgh Steeles today 7 . Get on an to in an nil exhibition game the first time the american bowl series has 7comc to  s one of of cur nil games being played outside the United states in one week also on sunday the Philadelphia. Eagles play the new Orleans saints at Tokyo on saturday the Buffalo Bills play the Minnesota Vikings at Berlin and the super bowl Champion Dallas cowboys play the Detroit Lions at Wembley England on aug. 8. Those who make the climb up Mont Vuic Mountain to olympic stadium will be visiting not Only the site of last year s games but also the former Home of the world league of american football s Barcelona dragons arguably the Olaf s most successful franchise before the league halted play after last season. . Football is not unknown in Spain. The football Boom that began Here five years ago created about 35 semipro teams and As Many As 1,500 players mostly in the Barcelona area. The dragons once Drew almost 50,000 fans to a game More than any of Spain s 20 first division soccer teams Drew the same weekend. Bringing an american bowl game to Spain a series begun in 1986 in Lon Don is the City s Reward for its two year support of the dragons. The future of that club and the Olaf could be known at a sept. 15 meeting when nil clubs Are expected to hear a proposal to restart the nil financed Olaf. At least 16,000 tickets were sold a week before the 49ers-Steelers game with a total of 30,000 to 40,000 expected. Devers Miller break records san Antonio a Gail pc yrs and Shannon Miller did just what they were expected to do at the . Olympic festival. They dominated their events. Devers smashed an 11 year old festival record in the100-meter High hurdles Fri Day night a few minutes after running the Anchor leg in the victorious 400 relay. Miller at 16 one of the oldest gymnasts in the com petition eased her Way to a festival record in winning the All around Gold medal. Neither olympian Felt she was at her Best. Deyers said some nagging injuries have kept her from working hard on the hurdles and Miller has been nursing a sore Back. There were a lot of mis takes i could feel myself making divers of Seattle said of the hurdles. But this is just my second race the other was in the . Championships. I know what i need to work  her time of 12.76 seconds eclipsed the Mark of 13.01 set by Lynda Tolbert of Washington d.c., in 1982. It was the fastest time in the world this year. The relay time of 43.79 was second fastest in the United states this year. Miller s goal was to please the fans at her Home away from Home. She lives in Edmand okla., but both sets of her grandparents live in san Antonio. A Winner of five medals at Barcelona Miller had a score of 39.375 in the  bettered the previous record of 39.025 set by Brandy Johnson in 1990. Another 1992 olympian de athlete Dave Johnson finished fourth in the javelin with a throw of 232 feet 8 inches. The Gold medal went olympic festival to de Kaminski of Shawnee kan., who threw 246-9. Connie Price Smith showed what can be done with a trained body. The 31 year old from St. Charles mo., set a festival record in winning the discus with throw of 206-7. Four of her six throws were Over 200 feet and bettered the record of 199 9 set in 1985 by Carol Cady of Stanford Calif. The baseball Gold medal went to the North which scored eight runs in the fifth to beat the South 13-7.eric Schreimann of Jeffer son City mo.,  a two run double in the big inning. Kelly Dransfeldt of Morris hi., had a two run Homer for the North. The South s most publicized player no. 1 draft pick Alex Rodriguez of Miami was knocked out of the festival wednesday when he was  in the face by a thrown Ball. In the Pool Mary Ellen Clark of fort Lauderdale fla., finished first in the preliminaries of 3-Mcter Spring Board diving. Clark who finished second in the platform prelims thursday night had a score of 434.25 Points. Reyna Borup of fort Lau Der Dale finished second with 433.83, and Nancy Janik of Simi Valley Calif., was third with 431.76. Chris Mantilla of Boca Raton fla., was the Leader after the men s 10-meter plat form preliminaries. Mantilla scored 554.64 Points with Russ Bertram of fort Lauderdale fla., second at 553.38. Women s ice hockey made its festival debut Friday with the United states beating Canada 6-3. Offerdahl by the associated press the last thing John Offerdahl needed was another injury. The Miami dolphins line Backer Learned Friday that he might need surgery to repair a torn left bicep if it s surgery it la probably Knock  out for the year coach Don Shula said. If it does t need surgery he s prob ably got a Chance to  Offerdahl who turns 29 on aug. 17, made the pro bowl in each of  first five nil seasons. That Streak ended after he suffered a serious Knet injury in the sixth game of the 1991 season. Last year he suffered a rare abdominal injury in the fourth game and missed most of the rest of the  other Camps Friday Vikings coach Dennis Green said quarterback Sean Salisbury will Start sunday s game in Dallas and play about two series. Jim Mcmahon will follow then Rich Gannon Gino Torretta and Brad Johnson. Mcmahon will Start the game with the Buffalo Bills on sat urday in Berlin. Bears Chicago s passing game looked Crisp Friday when it went up against the Cleveland Browns in the first of three Days nil Camps John Offerdahl Filo of joint practices. It was a great workout Bear quarterback Jim Harbaugh said. Broncos free agent quarterback Mike Perez who guided the Olaf s Frankfurt Galaxy through its two seasons has a Chance to win a Ros Ter spot As Denver s no. 3 quarterback. John Elway will Start and surgery Tommy Maddox is the backup. The Broncos will carry at least three quarterbacks on their Ros Ter. Perez has a Chance for the third spot coach Wade Phillips said. But it s too Early to  rams coach Chuck Knox denied a report that Dallas has contacted. The rams about a possible Trad for unsigned running Back Cleveland  have talked to Dallas. Have talked to Dallas about Sev eral players Knox said. But i have not talked to them about Cleveland Gary. I Don t thin anyone  the rams have Given Gary s agent permission to talk to any nil team about a possible Trade but Knox insisted he would prefer to have Gary in Camp. Browns wide receiver Hassan Jones has changed  mind and decided not to retire. Jones 29, said tuesday in a statement released by the Browns that he no longer Felt capable of handling the Day to Day Rigours of the game. Falcons coach Jerry Glanville Wor ried that  players were hitting each other too hard Cut the full Contact drills out of Friday morning s practice session. Lions line out Bills 14-7 Pontiac Mich. A three expensive new starters inthe Detroit Lions offensive line will be under special scrutiny during the nil season. Their first test was a Good one in Friday night s 14-7 Victory Over Buffalo that kicked off the exhibition schedule. Our offensive line did a bet Ter Job pass blocking than i thought they were going to coach Wayne Fontes said. The offensive line s Forte is basically to come off the Ball and Knock people Over and once they did get going Barry Sanders ran foursome Nice  Sanders played the first half for Detroit and carried seven times for 33 Yards. He also had two receptions for 25 Yards. Rodney Peete making a Strong bid to keep  starting quarterback Job engineered two first half scoring drives and threw a pair of to passes. New starters in the offensive line Are left guard Dave Rich Ards right guard Bill Fralic and right tackle David Lutz. All three were signed As free agent during the of season. Quick study Mansell sets Pace in Michigan Brooklyn Mich. A it took awhile for Nigel Mansell to figure out the 2-mile, huh banked Oval at Michigan International Speedway about 90 minutes. Mansell who left Forn Jula one racing after winning the championship last sea son on Friday made another of the Quick adjustments that have become  Trade Mark in  Rookie season of indy car Rac ing turning a Lap of 231.120 Mph to Lead the opening Day of practice for sunday s Marlboro 500. Trie englishman was among nine Rook ies at the Speedway who were Given an hour of practice to get used to the rough track before it was opened to everyone. He easily led that session with a Lap of 224.528. Then about 30 minutes into the full practice Mansell turned the fast Lap of the Day falling Short of the closed course indy car record of 233.934 set in 1986 by now retired Rick Mears but going quicker than teammate Mario Andretti s offi Cial track qualifying record of 230.150, set last year. Andretti was close behind Friday at 230.664. Nobody else could even approach the two Newman Haas racing  you be got to appreciate is that i be never been Here before Mansell said. It s a Shock to the system to go into turns one and two close to 240 Miles per hour and even More into turns three and four. I Tell you it s not Comfort Able out  Raul Boesel was third fastest at 227.507. Other fast Drivers Friday included Indianapolis 500 to Winner Arie Luyendyk at 225.655, Paul Tracy Winner of the last two events at 224.180, Roberto Guerrero at 223.942, and Rookie Robby Gordon at 223.439