European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago "34 the stars and stripes sports tuesday september 12, .1.995 49ers rip la san Francisco a Tim Mcdonald s. De sense had an Edge Steve Young s throwing was Sharp and Jerry Rice s receiving had a message. In no Uncertain terms the san Francisco 49ers showed they were a contending Force before they had prion Sanders and remain so now that he s gone. The demonstration came at the expense of the at Lanta Falcons beaten 41-10 sunday the Day after Sand ers officially left the team he helped win the superbowl last season to join the Dallas cowboys As a free agent a there s been a lot talk about the situation said Rice who will go one on on against Sanders when the 49crs play at Dallas on nov. 12."it really motivated us. We really took it to  Atlanta coach june Jones whose Falcons have been outscored 133r27 in their last three meetings with san Francisco could t argue it was ugly in every phase he said. We started very poorly and could t  became agitated during a Post game interview complaining about Media speculation that the 49crs would t have won their fifth super bowl without Sanders and that they won t be Able to. Repeat without ". You Guys made this into a circus Rice scolded re porters. It takes a team Effort to get to the super bowl it s an insult what you Guys did. The whole team was angry. It was an insult to All of the Guys who busted their Butts last year and in training Camp this year. You Guys did t give them any respect and that ticked me off Mcdonald intercepted a pass by Jeff George and re turned it for a touchdown. He has an interception re turn for a score in each of the first two games one shy of the total Sanders had for the 49ers in 1994. Tyronne Drakeford had two interceptions and Marquez Pope Sanders replacement at right Corner held. His own against Atlanta s run and shoot. Offensively Young set the tone when the came out throwing going 6 of 6 on the opening drive and Fin Ishing with an 18-Yard scoring pass to Rice who drag ged Ron Davis the final couple of Steps into the end zone for his 141st career to. Young was 27 of 40 for 331 Yards and three touch Downs the last a Short pass to Rice that the pro bowl receiver turned into a 29-Yard score. Vikes halt Sanders Lions Minneapolis  was an off key falsetto but it had a ring of truth to it. The improvisational Barr Sanders song As Sung by Minnesota Viking end Roy Barker Bagarry. In Haarry. Everybody Talkin bout by Narry. But what d he Dooroo close to nothing. Only 35 Yards for the Best running Back on the planet. And there was nothing Lucky about the Way he bounced into the hands of the Viking de Neilse which made the team s Home opening 20-10 Vic tory Over Detroit possible sunday in front of 52,234. Bach was witness to the Lucky Bounce a Ball tipped into the air As two lion defenders collided under an under thrown pass by Warren Moon late in the fourth Quarter. A Ball suspended in air like a soap Bubble Ion $ Chough for a cry Ismail to swipe it Down then dash Lor an 85-Yard touchdown i just shrugged my shoulders when it happened said Moon who was a solid 19 for 29 for 233 Yards. You get those  a touchdown that tucked away a Victory desperately needed with the Dallas cowboys looming around the Corner. Finally a break from the criticism although the Vikings did have 96 Yards in penalties that halted several drives and an end to any thoughts that the Vikings front four could t survive without defensive line coach John Teerlinck. L this was a Chance to meet their maker and the Vikings made the most of . Was stalking the other Side of the Field  aggressive philosophy to a lion front four that includes former Viking Henry Thomas. Meanwhile Viking running Back Robert Smith was making a drive through of the Lions line picking up a Gui Pew Ariz. A the Philadelphia arizon game a Battle of backup quarterbacks came Down to whose supporting cast was better. It was Good news for the eagles who turned Ricky Walters and Charlie Garner Loose for 165 Yards Rushing to complement Rodney Peete s steady play in the systematic West coast offence and beat the cardinals 31 19, "-., / " after the Victory sunday night evened his record at1-1, new coach Ray Rhodes said Randall Cunningham would t be benched for Long. ". We just needed to make a change and see if Kod Ricy could move the football for us Rhodes said. Rodney came in and did a pretty Good Job but ran Dall is Mill our starting  meanwhile Walters rebounded from last week s Public relations disaster when he fumbled twice and rushed for 37 Yards in 17 carries in Philadelphia s 21-6 opening loss to Tampa Bay then said he gave up on two passes across the Middle because he did t want to risk injury. This time he ran for 94 Yards in 22 attempts. Asked about Philadelphia fans who booed him his week he went on i had worse games than that in san Francisco but you just Don t hear about  but Walters said his new teammates understood. The offensive line told me on Friday that they were going to do All they could to open some holes and they couple of shakes As he rushed for 111  Only other 100-Yard game of my career was against Detroit Niy Rookie year said Smith who aver aged 5.6 Yards per carry and stretched Over backward for a touchdown in the first Quarter. The next Day i was hit full blown with the  Sanders was the one hit with a rash on sunday purple blotches All Over him. But that s Normal Sanders coverage by the Viking defense. Only once since 1992 has Sanders had a 100-Yard game against the Vikings he rushed for 110 Yards last dec. 17 in a 41-19 lion Victory in Pontiac Mich. Fuad Reveiz s 32-Yard kick in the second Quarter tied John car Ney s record for consecutive Field goals at 29. Reveiz s 27-yarder in the third Quarter set the nil record. A standing ovation followed each Field goal. To see everyone excited was great Reveiz said. It s everybody s record from Mike Morris snap to the front line not allowing a Block to Mike Saxon s hold i feel very blessed. I Don t put any pressure on any particular kick if i miss i  t he made them both accounting for the Vikings 13 10 Lead heading into the fourth Quarter v ".-. ".-. Scrupps Howard mows so Vlco Reveiz asserted them solves Early he said. Walters did t put much distance Betseen himself arid second Stringer Garner. Garner gained 71 Yards on 10 attempts scored on a 1-Yard run and set up Peete s decisive touchdown pass to Fred Barnett with a 19-Yard burst up the Middle in the fourth Quarter. Pete who replaced Cunningham in the second Quarter found Barnett in the end zone from 1.9 Yards out putting the eagles ahead 24-6. Earlier William Thomas returned an interception of Dave Kring 37 Yards for the game s first Points and Gary Anderson gave the eagles a 10-3 halftime Lead with a 43-Yard Field goal. The eagles also of the last score of the game when Fred Mccrary scored from a Yard out. Arizona s Greg Davis kicked Field goals of 21 and 29 Yards and the cardinals scored their two ads in the fourth Quarter on Garrison Hearst s 1-Yard run and a 5 Yard pass from Mike Buck to Rob Moore. \. A cute was 8 of 13 for 145 Yards and no  not a spectacular performance but the kind of disciplined work suited to the new offence installed by coordinator Jon Gruden. He said he had no quarrel with Cunningham Over future playing time. Randall s the Guy and Well just go for there Peete said. Errors Helf ers victories by the associated press the Detroit tigers and Minnesota twins did t do much to manufacture their extra inning rallies. In fact neither team hit the Ball out of the infield.   All they did was hit the Hall at fielders and wait for them to ivc a up. Detroit scored three unearned runs in the a thinning on a bunt single two errors Lorce Wal Sand a wild pitch to take a 5-2 Victory from the Toronto Blue jays on  s rally was t As filled with mis takes but Rich Becker scored on third baseman Spike Owen s throwing error with two outs in the top of the 10th to give the twins a 9-8 Victory Over the California Angels. ,. Becker s winning run capped a 4-hour, 25-Rnin Tite Marathon that saw 42 players used including  hitter Kirby Puckett at Sec Ond base shortstop and third Altin one inning. He kept moving me to where the Ball was least Likely to be hit. Thank goodness he was very successful at it said Puckett who usually plays the Outfield. Becker was hit by Mark Holz cmdr s pitch to Start the 10th and went to second on a group Dout. One but later Matt Lawton grounded to third. Becker swerved onto tiie grass avoided Owen s tag and scored the go ahead run when Owen s throw to first was ii the dirt Owen who usually plays shortstop said Becker ran out of the base path. Umpire Rick Reed said Becker veered off because he was trying to slay out of Owen s Way Truhe grounder. The Angels Lead in the Al West dropped to five games Over Seattle. \ in Toronto the tigers did t rally so much As the Blue jays fell apart Cecil fielder led off the Lith with a chopper to third that Alex Gonzalez could not Field after a walk and Bobby Higgin son s bunt single loaded the bases Phil Nevin hit a grounder off the body of shortstop Tomas Perez scoring Pinch runner Milt  Ron tingly grounded into a fielder s Choice Mike Timlin 4-2 threw a wild pitch to score Higginson from  out later Chad Curtis was walked intentionally to Load the bases before Chris Gomez walked to score Nevin with Detroit s final run. In other games sunday e mariners 5, royals 4 Seattle won its third straight Over visiting Kansas City to keep its Lead in the wild card race at one half game Over the Yankees. The royals dropped two games Back and into a tie  with Texas. Joey Cora doubled in the winning run in the eighth off Gregg Olson 3-2. Bobby Ayala 5-5 worked the eighth inning and Norm Charlto pitched the ninth for his eighth save. Yankees 9, red sox 3new York completed its. Three game sweep of visiting Boston of the strength of two Bis each from Darryl Strawberry Bernie Williams and Ruben Sierra. Erik Hanson 13-5 allowed Straw Berry s third Homer. " Sterling Hitchcock 8-9 won despite allowing to Vaughn s 34th Homer and Jose Canseco s23rd. Indians 5, orioles 3 Cleveland s league Best Home winning Streak was extended to 14 games when Sandy Alomar hit a three run Homer in the eighth. It was the indians 26th Victory in their last a to Bat. Julian Takarcz 10-2 pitched a witless eighth and Jose Mesa pitched the ninth for his 42ndsave in 44 chances. 1 rangers 5, Brewers 2 Kenny Rogers 13-7 allowed six hits in 8 /3 innings As Texas won consecutive games Force first time since aug. 21. Three Milwaukee errors led to two runs and sent the Brewers to their Lith loss in 13 games. White sox 5, athletics 3 Chicago starter Alex Fernandez won his fifth straight decision and beat Oakland for the third time this season. Fernandez 10-8 allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings