European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. August 13, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 chargers giants splash toward Berlin showdown by Joseph White Berlin a hard hitting on a wet Field with the rain pouring Down. A football traditionalist would have loved it. For a head coach used to prac timing in Southern California it was some thing m soaking yet said Bobby Ross of the san Diego chargers clutching a Towel to his face As he came off the prac Tice Field. I Don t have anything to change Ross spoiled by the California like conditions of his team s first three Days in Europe was experiencing an old fashioned european thunderstorm which threatened to Cut Short his team s prac Tice with the new York giants / we Don t get a lot of this said Ross whose team has lightning bolts on its Hel mets but rarely sees the real kind. I found myself checking the Clouds like i Don t normally do. There were three bolts we were very close to. Stopping general manager Bobby Beathard not wanting to ruin a new pair of Tennis shoes watched the practice barefooted. The players however weren t holding Back As they prepared for saturday night s game 9 35 . Get delayed on an to at olympic stadium. What we were looking at was some physical stuff Ross said. I like that. They worked Well us and we worked Well with them. No fights. Overall i think we got a lot Ross needs to get a lot done in a hurry. The chargers Are playing one of the quirk Iest preseason schedules in nil Ross Reeves history and it does t help that they started 0-2. There s not a whole lot we can do about it Ross said. We be just got to play the schedule we be been dealt and try to get saturday Marks the chargers third consecutive game on Neutral turf. They lost 21-17 to Atlanta in the Hall of Fame game in Canton Ohio and lost 31-3 to Houston in san Antonio last weekend. Following the game against the giants there will be precious Little time for the chargers to recover from Jet lag before entertaining san Francisco on thursday and the los Angeles rams one week later. We have three games in 12 Days Ross said. Our preseason ends rather rapidly so we need to Start to get a Little bit More precise and a Little bit More exact As far As things that we re trying to get accomplished. We be probably got More Miles on our planes than anyone else in the National football league. We be been on the Road now for quite a bit of time and we re prob ably anxious to get Back. Well play our regulars a Little bit More in this game but we can t play them too much More because of the nearness to the other Ross is still undecided on his rotation Tor saturday. Despite the slow Start he said there s no pressure to win the is have to come in the regular season Ross said. We would like to win and i think t would make the trip a Tot Shorter if we did but we re not going to take any fool a chances to try to go out and win the Gar Dan Reeves is maintaining the same philosophy with the giants who have lost and Cleveland. Winning is important anytime you go out onto the Field but i Don t think you can do it at the expense of not evaluating your players Reeves said. We have Aplan going in and regardless of what the score is we stick with that part of Reeves plan is the giants shift in defensive alignment from the 3-4 to the 4-3. The strategy Calls for five players to rotate in four positions. I m not sure what the coach has planned for me said Keith Hamilton last year s sack Leader at end. He joined the team this week after a holdout. I could even be playing left defensive end and left defensive tackle. One Good thing is that the same techniques we use on the inside we can use on the outside. The two positions Are Mike Fox Stacey Dillard Erik Howard and Michael Strahan Are the other players in the rotation for now. Eagles make Contact with reds Deion West Chester Paap the Philadelphia eagles have contacted the agent for free agent Cor Norback kick returner Deion Sand ers according to a published report. Sanders a two sport Star who had his baseball Eason Cut Short by a players strike talked Svith Eagle owner Jeffrey Lurie unidentified sources told the Phila Delphia daily news. The sources said that Lurie and team vice president Joe Banner flew to Cincinnati last week to meet with the red Center fielder who had played football with the Atlanta Falcons. Lurie who purchased the eagles for $185 million would like to pair Sanders with Eric Allen a five time All pro cornerback. 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Falcons second year fight end Mitch Lyons will be lost from 6-8 weeks after breaking his left ankle in a non Contact Drill wednes Day. He just caught a pass and kind of turned and something in there gave Way coach june Jones said. He did t really Roll it Over. He was t hit. We were in a non Contact Deal. Just one of those Freak Lyons who started eight games last year and caught eight passes was thought to have sprained the ankle but a rays wednesday night revealed a fracture. Packers coach Mike Holmgren continues to worry about his team s struggling running game. Free agent running Back Reggie Cobb gained just 15 Yards on seven carries in an exhibition with the los Angeles saturday and Rookie Leshon Johnson the nation s leading rusher last year sat out with a pulled hamstring. Holmgren describes the new look run Ning game As an ongoing project and nil Camps adds i was t satisfied with Cobb said it was t time to panic. It s just a matter of time. The running game is always the last thing to gel in an offence Cobb said. Rams safety Deral Boykin did not practice thursday a Day after needing six stitches to close a Cut in his head caused by a fight during the los Angeles rams prac Tice. Boykin was hit by a helmet swung by offensive tackle Darryl Ashmore on wednesday. Hell be of coach Chuck Knox said. We just did t want him to have to Wear a helmet today due to the stitches Knox said he expected Boykin to prac Tice Friday and play saturday when the rams Host the new England patriots in a preseason game. Other players involved in the fight were defensive end Robert Young Rookie tackle Ron Edwards cornerback Steve Israel and Beno Bryant. Knox would not say if or How much any of the combatants were fined but All practice. \. Colts. 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