European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 4, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Pago 37 the game greater the High army Navy game kickers look Back army kicker Patmon Malcom 3 lists his Holder Chris Shaw alter booting a Field goal in final minute to beat Navy 25-24 last year s showdown. Byte Canavan East Rutherford no. A most place kickers go through their careers waiting or chances to make game winning Field goals. The bigger the game the greater the High. T Patmon Malcom and Frank Schenk have expend enc cd the ultimate in terms of army Navy football. They be made the big one in Quot the Malcom did Eidht year in Philadelphia with a 49-Yard-er with 12 seconds to play to give army a 2524 win. Schenk converted from 32 Yards in 1989 to give Navy a 1917 Victory Here at giants stadium which will be the site of this years contest today. For both the game is a vivid As if it was played yesterday. T Quot with this years game approaching i think a out it a lot a Malcom said in a Telephone interview irom fort Rucker in Alabama where he is attending helicopter flight school. Quot in a really excited. A lot of people have brought it up lately. I miss the pressure and the pre game activities. It was definitely the High Point of my Schenk who is assigned to the mine sweeper uss pledge in Everett wash., remembers he pick but he laughs about the minutes leading up to to attempt. "1 remember the television cameraman was trying to find me the whole time a Schenk said in a Telephone interview. A i just remember him walking up and Down the sidelines during the final drive Ana 1 heard him keep saying a the kicker is no. 1. The kicker is no. 1. Where is he a a ,. Hiding was the answer. Schenk was then a Junior. Quot i was just sitting there Nice and quiet in my jacket cause As soon As they knew it was me they were going to have the camera right in my face a he said. A finally once we started getting close i had to take the jacket off and All the sudden heard there he athe Story behind Schenkus game winning Field goal is less colourful although there was a Little drama. Schenk had missed a Short Field goal in the waning minutes in Navy a previous game a 109 loss to Delaware. He Learned from that though. Quot i just telling myself Over and Over a its a 32-Yard army a. Navy an to and radio 6 . Get today Field goal a a he said. A i made a ton of those in practice and 1 had done Well All year inside the 40. This was another kick. If you get caught up in All the other stuff you mess did to and neither did Malcom last year even though he had two chances to blow it. Army which twice trailed by 17 Points in last year s game pinned Navy deep in its own territory in the final minutes and eventually took Over on the Navy 32, Down by two Points. ,. A i knew it was coming Down to a Field goal Malcom said Quot with the time there was no Way we were going to put it in for a to. It was one of the few times fever went Over to the coaches and said anything. I said if its coming Down to a Field goal lets get it in the Center of the a it army did and Malcom eventually walked onto the Field for a 44-Yard attempt. A a. A that was probably the most pressure he said. I was just trying to concentrate on my form and see where the wind was t the kick was perfect except army got hit with a delay of game penalty. It nov ii1c iii91 of Impi i 1mv Tance. The second kick was actually a lot less pressure. Kicking the game Winner has not gotten either preferential treatment in the military. Malcom said he has of Ottun to meet some people because of the kick while Chenk said very few people seem to know what he did. One thing the two Nave in common is they done to want this years game to come Down to a Field goal. Quot actually i Hope its a Blowout a said Schenk who plans to watch the game on television with friends. Malcom plans to attend the game. Army is 5-5 and Navy is 4-6. Is no. I on line Houston Texas up notre Dame senior offensive tackle Aaron Taylor thursday was named the Winner of the 1993 Lombardi award Given to the Best lineman in College football. The 6-foot-4, 299-Pound Taylor anchored an offensive line that ranked sixth in the nation in Rushing averaging 260.7 Yards per game. Taylor the fourth notre Dame player to win the award was instrumental in the Irish a 3t-24 Victory Over then top rated Florida state on nov. 13. A a _ Taylor along with Florida state linebacker Derrick Brooks nose guard Rob Waldrop of Arizona and defensive end Sam Adams of Texas my were the four it Natiss. Tragedy stuns naval on eve of game by Tom Stuckey Annapolis my. A Alton Grizzard was noisy and upbeat. Kern of Neill was quiet and unassuming. But both former naval Academy athletes were remembered in Annapolis As True leaders with Bright futures ahead of them. A their futures ended wednesday when they were shot to death inside the Bachelor officer quarters at a Southern California naval base wednesday. Police said Ensign George p. Smith another naval Academy graduate and one ills sex Fiance shot them and then killed himself. The tragedy cast a pall thursday and Friday Over the traditional celebrations leading up to today Sanny Navy football game in East Rutherford . Only this years seniors were at the Academy when Grizzard was graduated in 1991 As one of Navy s most celebrated quarterbacks. The 27 seniors on the football team remember him Well As an aggressive outspoken Leader. Standing on the practice Field thurs Day As a Chilly Breeze blew in from the Severn River fullback Brad Stramanak said Grizzard a death might provide extra motivation for the midshipmen saturday when they play army because Quot Alton Grizzard was a motivational Quot i Don t think he would want us to dwell on this. He would want us to go out and beat army a Stramanak said. Jason Van Matre a senior tailback remembers Grizzard As someone who Quot was full of life never quiet an upbeat person to be Quot he led by example. He was always first in everything we did a Stramanak said. A a a fullback Javier Zuluaga recalled breaking an unwritten Rule As a freshman by decking the quarterback during a practice session. Tie coach chewed him out but Grizzard Quot just got up smiling Zuluaga said. Grizzard 24, was a lieutenant Junior Grade whose parents live in Bowie my. He was Navy s All time offence Leader and holds seven naval Academy football cadets records. Quot if there a Ever a midshipman who left Here and was going to become on Admiral it was Alton Grizzard a said athletic director Jack Lengyl. Quot he was a True Leader. When he went into the huddle he commanded respect a and he got of Neill. 21, was a 1993 graduate of the Academy from Kingston a. She won 12 varsity letters in Cross country and track and was the Academy s outstanding woman athlete last year. Quot she was one of the finest people i be Ever known a said Michelle Montgomery Captain of this year s Cross country team. Quot we called her the Energizer Bunny because she just kept going and going and going a Montgomery said. When the team jogged the streets of Annapolis Quot she would run in front of cars she said. Quot i would Tell her to be careful but she would say nothing could Hurt her. Quot its sort of ironic. She thought it happen to Nebraska s bowl tickets sold out a _ m 1 a. 1. T _ n in t it. Lincoln neb. A Nebraska sold its Ful 1200 allotment of Orange i pal tickets after a Rush Over the past three Days ticket manager Cindy Bell said thursday \ m a a we re sold out As of mid morning a w1 said. That additional requests Tor tickets to the new years Day game in Miami have to be rejected is a the Only disappointing part of it a she said. Although Nebraska locked in a return to the Orange bowl by clinching the big eight championship against Iowa state pm nov. 13. Bell had predicted Many fans would await the nov. 26 game against Olahoma before ordering bowl tickets. A to a degree that a what happened she said. And when Florida state subsequently beat Florida virtually assuring an 2 Range bowl contest Between the semites and the Cor huskers for the National championship the requests came flooding in. Bell said More than 3,000 tickets were sold each of the past three Days. 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