European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Cleveland defensive tackle James Jones pins a nine Yard loss thursday on Houston quarterback Bucky Richardson 7 during the Browns 11-8 Victory Over the oilers. The stars and stripes ports october 15,1994 r Page 32friday update Kaiserslautern 33, Frankfurt 14 Kaiserslautern Germany a Raymond Lamkin ran for two touchdowns and passed for another As the red raiders won their division i Homecoming bows out a Ilder Stadt Germany apr Martina Navratilova in her final european tournament before retiring fought off six match Points before losing to Anke Huber 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the porsche up. Earlier Story in world notes p. 31bure of d for Europe Vancouver British Columbia apr the Vancouver canucks wont stand in Pavel Buret a Way if he wants to play in Europe during the nil labor strife. Canuck vice president George Mcphey said players have a Legal right to play elsewhere during the labor dispute but the club will be unhappy if its marquee player risks injury and a lucrative future by joining a european team. Teemu so Lanny one of the no la a brightest Young stars received permission thursday from the Winnipeg jets to rejoin his old finnish club joker it during the lockout. Browns get past oilers for Best Start since 65 by Michael a. Lutz Houston a the Cleveland Browns done to want their Good feeling to spoil another season. Cleveland did just enough to beat the Houston oilers on thursday night using trickery and Vinny Testaverde a 25-Yard touchdown pass to Mark Carrier for an 11-8 Victory that gave the Browns their first 5-1 Start since 1965. The Browns who have faded in the second half of the last two seasons done to expect that to happen again. Quot this Ball club is much More mature. We stay focused a defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry said. Quot we can play the whole season. The most important thing is that this team really wants to win. It feels Good to be 5-1.�?� Testaverde completed 15 of 25 passes for 196 Yards and the Browns befuddled the Oiler offence in disarray trying to weave a tight end alignment with its schedules results Roundup on Page 30 cornerback Daryll Lewis intercepted two of Testaverde s passes but the oilers were unable to capitalize on either of the interceptions. A the oilers Haven to started a season 1-5 since 1986, when they went 1-8 before winning their second game. They were almost shutout for the first time since 1976 in the Astrodome. As poorly As the oilers played it still could have been a tie game if a1 Del Greco Hadnot missed a 29-Yard Field goal attempt Early in the fourth Quarter. Bucky Richardson started at quarterback for the oilers but he was replaced with 7 29 to play by Billy Joe Tolliver. Tolliver completed nine of 17 passes for 115 Yards including a 5-Yard touchdown pass to running Back Lorenzo White with 28 seconds left in the game. He then threw to Haywood Jeffires for the 2-Point conversion. "1 can to be bitter a we did no to score a Richardson said of his removal. Quot they wanted Billy Joe to get a shot. In a a team player. I was playing As hard As i the Browns got their Points in the Sec Ond Quarter. Testaverde hit Mark Carrier along the sideline and he out Maneu Vered Lewis and dived into the end zone. On the conversion the Browns completely fooled the oilers when Tom Tupa the Holder on placement kicks took the Center snap and ran untouched into the end zone. Cleveland got another scoring Chance when Houston a Webster Slaughter fumbled after being hit by cornerback Don Griffin. Pepper Johnson returned the Fumble 10 Yards to the Browns 45, setting the stage for the drive that was capped by Matt Stover a 35-Yard Field goal. Washington apr in an Effort to revive talks Between striking baseball players and owners president Clinton on Friday picked former labor Secretary w. J. Usery to mediate the dispute. Quot this is no easy undertaking but Dill is no Ordinary Man Quot labor Secretary Robert Reich said announcing usury a appointment at the White House Usery was mediator during the 1974 nil strike a labor Secretary in the Ford administration and head of the Federal mediation and conciliation service under presidents Nixon and , jays choose general managers a Page 28 difficult issues that need to be resolved a Reich said. Quot but baseball fans across the country want these two sides to reach an agreement. And with the addition of Secretary Usery we be got a process in place to help make that happen. Quot the rest is up to the players and owners a Reich said., when football players struck for 44 Days before the 1974 nil season Usery Rae a these negotiations Are Tough with dialled and helped Settle the dispute before the season began. He helped end the six month Coal miners strike last year. Quot i Hope something happens to bring us to the table next week a said Boston red sox chief executive officer John Harrington who said he had heard rumours a new mediator would enter the talks. Usery called the nations top mediator by the labor department spent thursday in Moline 111., at contract talks Between Deere amp co. And the United Auto workers who have been working without an agreement for a week. He is known for Long negotiating sessions a up to 44 hours a and prodding the making his Mark in Italy a Page 29
