Banner Graphic, Volume 21, Number 31, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 October 1990 — Page 8

THE BANNERGRAPHIC October 9,1990

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Browns save coach with rally

DENVER (AP) What can you say about a team that has blown halftime leads in all five of its games this season? The Cleveland Browns merely say thanks. Rallying from a 19-13 halftime deficit and a 29-20 deficit in the final period, the Browns edged the Denver Broncos 30-29 Monday night on Jerry Kauric’s 30-yard field goal as time expired. IT MAY HAVE salvaged the Browns’ season, which was looking dismal, and perhaps saved the job of coach Bud Carson as well. There were rumors even during the game that his job was in jeopardy with one more loss. Carson denied it afterwards. Asked if he was given a win-or-else ultimatum from owner Art Modell, Carson said, “Never to me, no." Some of his players thought otherwise. “Bud’s been under fire, we’ve all been under fire,” cornerback Raymond Clayborn said. “But, hopefully we’re now on the right track." QUARTERBACK Bernie Kosar added, somewhat more obliquely, “It was an important game, not only to the team but to the whole organization. It really meant a lot to a lot of people that we were able to pull this out.” Cleveland (2-3) rallied for a touchdown and field goal in the * final 3:21. After Denver had moved to a 29- ; 20 advantage on wide receiver

Bears might face Rams without Harbaugh

LAKE FOREST, 111. (AP) Jim Harbaugh has a cracked rib and Coach Mike Ditka says he isn’t sure if the Chicago Bears quarterback would be available for the team’s contest against the Los Angeles Rams. Harbaugh suffered the injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s 27-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers

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Browns-Broncos, Stats Cleveland 6 7 7 10 —3O Denver 7 12 0 10 —29 First Quarter Den —Elway 13 run (Treadwell kick), 4:58. Cle—Metcalf 5 run (lack blocked), 13:30. Second Quarter Den—FG Treadwell 20,2:45. Cle—Slaughter 43 pass from Kosar (Kauric kick), 6:41. Den—Humphrey 19 run (Treadwell kick), 13:06. Den—Safety, Fletcher blocked punt out of end zone, 13:41. Third Quarter Cle—Mack 11 pass from Kosar (Kauric kick), 8:22. Fourth Quarter Den —Jackson 16 run (Treadwell kick), 4:29. Den—FG TreadweU 25,7:39. Cle—Brennan 24 pass from Kosar (Kauric kick), 11:39. Cle—FG Kauric 30,15:00. A—74,814. Cle Den First downs 23 19 Rushes-yards 31-97 27-141 Passing 318 175 Return Yards 48 46 Comp-Att-Int 24-38-2 1 6-33-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts 3-24 4-44 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-59 5-38 Time of Possession 30:38 29:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cleveland, Mack 15-54, Slaughter 1-17, Metcalf 5-14, Hoard 7-9, Kosar 33. Denver, Humphrey 20-106, Elway 3-21, Jackson 1-16, Bratton 1-1, Winder 2-(minus 3). PASSING Cleveland, Kosar 24-38-2-318. Denver, Elway 16-33-2-175. RECEIVING Cleveland, Slaughter 7-123, Brennan 5-65, Langhome 4-60, Metcalf 3-8, Joines 2-39, Mack 2-17, Newsome 1-6. Denver, Johnson 6-90, Jackson 3-30, Bratton 2-21, Humphrey 2-15, Nattiel 1-15, Sewell 1-8, Lanier 1 -(minus 4). Mark Jackson’s 16-yard scoring run on an end-around and a David Treadwell field goal following a Browns’ fumble, Kosar drove Cleveland 80 yards in 11 plays. He hit Vernon Joines few a 24-yard gain on fourth-and-2, and then immediately found Brian Brennan for a 24-yard scoring play. ON THE NEXT series, Denver

and was replaced by Mike Tomczak. “IT’S UP TO what the doctors say, we’ll know more about it by Friday,” Ditka said Monday of Harbaugh’s chances of playing in next Sunday’s game. “We don’t want to do anything that will jeopardize him physically. If he can’t go, Mike will take

wasn’t able to make a first down and thus run time off the clock. A punt gave Cleveland the ball at its own 39-yard line with 2:04 remaining. Kosar hit Joines for a 15-yard gain and found Reggie Langhorne for 20 yards on third-and-10. Another third-down pass was good to Brennan for 15 yards to the Denver 12, and Kauric then converted. “We couldn’t come up with a play at the end,” said Denver coach Dan Reeves, whose team fell to 23. “This is five weeks in a row we haven’t been able to put anybody away,” said quarterback John Elway. “I wish I knew why.” REEVES PRAISED THE play of Kosar, who completed 24 of 38 passes for 318 yards and three touchdowns, with two interceptions. “I thought Bemie played very well,” Reeves said. “They gave him good protection, and he hung in there and made some good throws, some before the receivers made their last cut.” The Broncos, who had beaten Cleveland in 11 of 12 games, including three of the last four AFC championship games, ran out of ways to torment the Browns. Elway and Bobby Humphrey, the NFL rushing leader who topped 100 yards for the fourth straight game, ran for touchdowns in the first half to give Denver a 19-13

over.” Harbaugh suffered the injury when he scrambled 13 yards for a first down and was hit by safety Mark Murphy. He played one more series but then had trouble breathing and Tomczak took over. Since the Bears have an open date the week after next, it would seem logical to go with Tomczak

Meyer would welcome Dickerson back

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - ndianapolis Colts coach Ron Meyer says he would welcome the return of Eric Dickerson, which could be realized by the time the Colts play Denver Oct. 21. The Colts have a week off to savor their second straight come-from-behind victory. DICKERSON WAS PUT on the non-football injured reserve list in late August after refusing to let the Colts re-examine an injured hamstring. The mandatory six-weeks-without-pay layoff for Dickerson expires Wednesday. Colts’ owner Robert Irsay said after Sunday’s victory over Kansas City he plans to meet with Dickerson this week. Jim Irsay, the Colts’ general manager and son of the owner, said Monday no meeting has been scheduled yet.

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halftime lead. Cleveland went ahead 20-19 midway through the third period as the usually immobile Kosar sidestepped the rush and hit fullback Kevin Mack for an 11-yard scoring play. DENVER THEN CONVERTED two turnovers into 10 points early in the fourth quarter to seemingly take control. But those who have watched the Broncos fail to hold leads all season knew better. Rookie cornerback Alton Montgomery’s interception set up the Broncos’ first score of the final quarter, which came on Jackson’s run following a 34-yard pass from Elway to Vance Johnson. On the next play from scrimmage, Denver safety Dennis Smith recovered a Leroy Hoard fumble at the Browns’ 32 and Treadwell kicked a 25-yard field goal with 7:21 to go. THE REST OF the game belonged to Cleveland. “This is really frustrating,” linebacker Karl Mecklenburg said. “We didn’t get enough pressure on Kosar. I don’t think we sacked him once. They had so many key plays, especially on third and fourth down. We keep letting teams back in after we have them down.” Elway said the Broncos have “put ourselves in a pretty tough situation. Now that we’ve lost one at home, we’ve got to pick up one on the road. We’ve got our work cut out for us now, but it’s not beyond hope.”

and back him with P.T. Willis this week. “TWO WEEKS OFF would make sense,” said Ditka. “But if he’s fine, he’ll play. I can’t be unfair to him. If he can play, he’ll play, that’s the nature of the animal.” DITKA SAID Harbaugh suffered the only serious injury.

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ERIC DICKERSON Eligible to return “I don’t expect him back this week, but I really don’t know,” Meyer said. “Personally, yes, I’d like to have him back on the team.”

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NEW YORK (AP) The NFL Players Association is asking the league to set up an area outside locker rooms so players would not be required to participate in media interviews unless fully clothed. The union issued a statement Monday from executive director Gene Upshaw saying NFL players should be afforded absolute privacy in their locker rooms. “People deserve to be treated with respect and dignity whether they are male or female, pro football players or members of the media,” Upshaw said. “Women in sports media must have the same access as their male counterparts to NFL players.” So, Upshaw said, keep all reporters out of the locker room and “provide a separate area ... where all players would be available on an equal basis to all accredited media, male or female.” Last week, Cincinnati Bengals coach Sam Wych was fined $30,000 for closing his team’s locker room to a female reporter. That incident followed one in

Craig’s streak in jeopardy

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Roger Craig, the San Francisco 49ers leading ground gainer, has been there before. Craig, who tore a knee ligament against the Houston Oilers, could miss Sunday’s game in Atlanta. If he sits the game out, it would end his streak of consecutive regular-season appearances at 114, dating back to his rookie season of 1983. Craig hurt his hip three years ago, but didn’t allow that to break his streak. “They said I’d be out six to

DICKERSON, WHO criticized the Colts’ offensive line for not protecting him last season, first threatened to retire rather than return to Indianapolis. Meyer said some of the Colts might still have hard feelings toward Dickerson, but “projecting ahead, I see no negative impact on the majority of our football team.” “The number one thing we have to address is whether he will return. Then if he does, we’ll see how it affects the team,” said Meyer. If Dickerson agrees to take a physical for the hamstring, which he injured during an off-season workout on his own, he could begin practicing with the Colts immediately. Quarterback Jack Trudeau, who will make his third straight start in place of injured rookie Jeff George,

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which Lisa Olson, a reporter for the Boston Herald, accused New England Patriots players of sexually harassing her and humiliating her in the locker room during practice. The NFLPA says it still represents interests of the players although it seeks decertification as their bargaining arm. In a related matter, Chicago Bears officials were not amused by two Milwaukee disc jockeys, Dean and Doug Gilmore of WLUM, who interviewed players Sunday after stripping down to their athletic supporters and socks. According to Bryan Harlan, the team’s public relations director, the two near-naked DJs were escorted out of the room within minutes. “They weren’t there for professional, legitimate reasons,” Harlan said, maintaining it was merely a publicity stunt for the radio station. The DJs, who attended Sunday’s game with the Green Bay Packers, decided on the dress to show their support for the players, they said.

eight weeks and I didn’t miss a game,” he said. “Don’t count me out.” The streak means a lot, but Craig, 30, said he will not go against doctor’s orders if he’s told to sit out Sunday. “We’ll just have to wait and see Friday,” he said. Coach George Seifert said Monday that the eight-year veteran would not play for at least two weeks after tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Sunday’s win over the Oilers.

said he has mixed emotions about Dickerson’s possible return. “IF IT’S INEVITABLE he’s going to return, I hope he handles it properly and the team handles it properly. I’d hate for him to come back and it be a problem. But there’s no way of knowing that. Potentially, he could help us. Potentially he could hurt us. What attitude he takes, I have no idea. “What we’re doing offensively is good stuff,” said Trudeau, who has led the Colts to two victories after three straight losses. “If he came back and we made wholesale changes, that would affect us. But I can’t see that happening.” IN DICKERSON’S absence, the Colts have relied mainly on Albert Bentley, who scored both touchdowns in Sunday’s 23-19 victory over the Chiefs. Little Al wins CART points race ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) When Al Unser Sr. won the Indy-car championship five years ago by one point over his son, he made a prediction that has come true. “In ’BS I told him after the race or sometime afterward that he would win it,” the elder Unser said Monday. “And here it is.” AL JR. CLINCHED the $400,000 CART PPG Cup Indy-car driving championship for the first time Sunday despite a crash that sent him to the hospital and limited his victory celebration. “Little Al,” as he’s known in the racing circuit and around New Mexico, arrived in Albuquerque on Monday afternoon on a chartered plane. He was greeted by about 25 cheering family members and the Galles-Kraco Racing team. They carried black and white balloons to represent a checkered flag, and they threw confetti and blew horns. AFTER MANY HUGS and kisses, Unser made his way through the crowd and quietly embraced his father, a three-time Indy-series champion and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner. “It’s just neat to have your son do what he’s done,” Unser Sr. said. “I had to take it away from him once,” he said, jokingly referring to the 1985 title. “It took him a long time to get it back.” Unser Jr. suffered a mild concussion after a three-car crash midway through the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix.