European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Lions of win halts Cowboy Victory Streak by Denne h. Freeman Irving Texas apr Leon Lett played a big part in the last two losses for the Dallas cowboys. This time though he Wasny to to blame. Jason Hanson who had two kicks blocked by Lett late in the game made a 44-Yard Field goal with 27 seconds left in overtime monday night to Send the Detroit Lions past Dallas 20-17, ending the cowboys 10-game winning Streak. It was the first loss for the super bowl champions since last thanksgiving when a Blunder by Lett allowed the Miami dolphins to win in the Snow at Texas stadium. Lett touched a bouncing Ball after a blocked Field goal the dolphins recovered and kicked the winning held goal. Hanson made his second overtime Field goal of the year. He had a 37-yarder against Atlanta in the season opener. A i thought 1 hit the game Winner Well a Hanson said a i wanted a second Chance after what had a i thought he would miss it the Way he had been kicking a said Dallas coach Barry Switzer who Felt the sting of his More nil news on pages 33-35 first nil loss. A sometimes the Best team does no to Detroit got the Ball Back with 1 55 left in overtime when Pat Swilling sacked Troy Aikman and Broderick Thomas recovered a Fumble a the second for Dallas in overtime. Thomas however claimed he was the player who caused the Fumble. Quot i went right past Eric Williams and then went for the Ball instead of trying to tee off of after a 17-Yard pass to Brett Perriman and three unsuccessful running plays Hanson booted the Winner. Barry Sanders rushed 40 times for 194 Yards and Emmitt Smith carried 29 times for 143 Yards in a matchup of two of the a Fly a most prolific backs. A everybody has to have their bad Days and this was one of our worst a Smith said. A we executed very Scott Mitchell connected on 13 of 27 passes for 127 Yards and two ads while Aikman hit 26 of 39 passes for 223 Yards and one score. In the end though it came Down to Detroit a kicking game and Lett a outstretched the stars and stripes september 21,1994 r Page 36 arms. At the end of regulation Hanson a 57-Yard attempt was blocked by Lett and the lineman knocked Down a 51-Yard attempt 5 /2 minutes into overtime. A but Lett was not in position to Block the game Winner As the Ball sailed Over the other end of the cowboys1 defensive line. A a a a a. A tie game would have been the a Fly a first since 1989, when Cleveland and Kansas City finished 10-10. Instead the loss gave Barry Switzer his first loss As coach of the cowboys and kept Lett from finally being a hero. The lineman is Best known for fumbling away a sure to in the 1993 super bowl and for his Gaffe against Miami last thanksgiving. The cowboys trailed for most of the game but they overcame a 10-Point deficit and tied it 17-17 with 409 to play in regulation on Smiths 6-Yard touchdown run to Cap 59-Yard drive. The drive started at the Dallas 41 after Hanson missed from 51 Yards a a a v Mitchell burned the cowboys with two clutch passes to Herman Moore that helped the Lions open a 17-7 Lead Midway through the third period. Mitchell hit Moore with a 25-Yara pass on fourth-and-3 from the Dallas 36, then connected with him on a 9-Yard to pass on third-and-9. Aikman summed it up a stupid mistakes really Cost us. As bad As we played we had every Opportunity to win the linebackers Chris Spielman and Thom As stopped Smith twice from the 1 Yard line late in the third Quarter and the cowboys had to Settle for Chris Boniols 19-Yard Field goal that made it 17-10. Cowboys Alvin Harper dunks Over crossbar after scoring first Quarter to monday. The Lions 13-Point underdogs had a 10-7 halftime Lead after going 94 Yards in 10 plays and scoring on a 25-Yard Mitch Ell to Brett Perriman pass with 1 55 left in the second Quarter. Sanders rushed four times for 48 Yards on the drive including a 28-Yardcr that gave him 7,000 career Rushing Yards. The cowboys started like they were going to run Detroit out of Texas stadium charging 80 Yards on 13 plays on their first Possession. Aikman capped the drive with a 17-Yard scoring pass to Alvin Harper who celebrated by dunking the Ball Over the crossbar. Tuesday update red sox fire Hobson Boston apr Butch Hobson was fired tuesday As manager of the Boston red sox after losing records in All three of his seasons. Bengals Shaw suspended Cincinnati apr backup linebacker Eric Shaw was suspended by the Cincinnati bengals for sundays game against the Houston oilers for conduct detrimental to the team. Southampton . A Vitas Gerulaitis died from Carbon monoxide poisoning caused by fumes from a faulty propane Heater authorities said tuesday. Tests showed that a Between 72 and 77 percent of his blood was saturated with Carbon monoxide a extremely extremely High Levels a said Norma Dill assistant to the Suffolk county chief medical examiner. The 40-year-old former Tennis Star appears to have been the victim of fumes which seeped into the heating and air conditioning system of a friends Home Southampton Village police said monday night. Gerulaitis body was found sunday. The Carbon monoxide was an unexpected discovery in the autopsy according to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity and said a it was extremely puzzling since they thought what they were dealing with was an individual who died of natural causes or a drug overdose Given the individuals when a servant entered the cottage sunday afternoon the television was on and Gerulaitis was still wearing clothes head worn saturday morning at a Tennis clinic the source said. Police said they did not know whether Gerulaitis was asleep when fumes swept through the House. He was alone in the cottage of an oceanfront estate in this affluent Long Island town. Police said there were and signs of drugs or crime. Once one of the worlds top players Gerulaitis Pursuit of the fast Lane made him As much a personality off the courts As on the shaved lawns of Wimbledon. Even he conceded that drugs and Long nights eventually halted a career that had won him a place among the Tennis elite. Yet behind the after hours brio and Cascade of Blond curls was a driven athlete who sometimes practice As Many As seven hours a Day to prepare for big matches. And if he lacked Jimmy Connors backhand or Bjorn Borges forehand he made up for it with an indomitable heart. It was that image of Gerulaitis friends chose to remember monday. He was a dynamite kid a said comedian Alan King a fixture at the . Open each summer who had known Gerulaitis since the Tennis Star was a Prodigy on the Junior circuit a although he was a High liver a he went All the. Way a every year he used to give away hundreds and hundreds of rackets. There Wasny to a Charity event he did no to show up it s just baffling a said Gerulaitis agent Chuck Bennett. When you re 40 you gain a few inches around the Middle but Vitas was in great re h. A a i r i a to 4 quoth o 246850
