Show The Herald Journal ( Logan Utah Monday November A 2 1987 Newcomers pass tests burst bubbles yet for No Chargers Oilers Colts By United Press International San Diego Houston and Indianapolis own or share AFC division leads with this unusual NFL season reaching the midway point The Chargers 1 are first in the AFC West the Oilers 2 lead the AFC Central and the 3 Colts are tied with New England atop the AFC East The season marred by a players’ strike would be half over if not for one game being cancelled and the campaign cut from 16 to 15 games The NFC has more traditional division leaders Chicago heads the Central Washington leads the East and San Francisco is first in the West — all with 1 records The AFC surprise leaders passed tough tests Sunday The Chargers defeated Cleveland in 4 overtime the Colts upset the New York Jets one day after acquiring Eric Dickerson from the Los Angeles Rams and the Oilers scored 17 points in the final six minutes for a 9 victory over Cincinnati At San Diego Vince Abbott atoned for two missed field 2:16 into goals with a overtime to lift the Chargers Abbott had tied the score with a field goal with 1:46 left in the fourth quarter “It’s a tremendous lift for this 6-- 5-- 4-- 24-d- two fourth-quartTD passes to Willie Gault to lift the Bears er Making his first start in nearly a year McMahon completed 23 of 34 for 287 yards and three touchddowns Last week he came off the bench to lift Chicago over Tampa Bay “This isn’t exactly the way the Bears pull out victories" McMahon said 6-- 27-2- 19-1-4 31-2- er 20-ya- rd said Chargers team” linebacker Chip Banks who was traded to San Diego from Cleveland last spring TlIt was ' very important for us to stay in the fourth quarter ) together and not crumble “It’s still early but the attitude is there The guys are coming together as a team" At East Rutherford NJ Albert Bentley who will go to the bench to make room for Dickerson rushed for 145 yards to pace the Colts Dickerson gained 38 yards on 10 carries in spot duty Indianapolis Colts Ron Meyer says he now has key piece that was missing from his offensive puzzle “Eric Dickerson obviously gives us a premier running back" Meyer said “Eric has a chance to be the ingredient the catalyst to go with an already good football team and I would underline already good and bring us to another echelon’’ The Colts are home against the Chargers Sunday At Cincinnati quarterback Warren Moon capped the Oilers’ rally with a touchdown leap with 55 seconds left Houston trailed with less than six minutes remaining but the Oilers have become 29-1- 4 used to fourth-quarte- r com- ebacks three games so year coming from "We’ve won far this behind in Moon said quarter is ing a new ’Find a the fourth quarter" “We think the fourth ours We’re developslogan on the Oilers: way to win’ And somehow we found a way today’’ The NFC leaders also won Sunday Jim McMahon brought 8 the Bears a comeback victory over Kansas City the Redskins rolled over Buffalo and the 49ers crushed the sorry Rams 0 At Chicago McMahon threw 31-2- 27-- 7 31-1- “I think we have sent a message to the rest of the league that you may get the UPI Bears down but not out" At Orchard Park NY Jay Schroeder threw two touchdown passes and George Rogers led the Redskins’ offense by rushing for 125 yards Rogers carried 30 times in his first extensive action of the season after being sidelined with shoulder and toe injuries At Anaheim Calif Joe Montana threw three TD passes for the 49ers and the Rams rushed for 62 yards in their first game without Dickerson to fall to “I have to deal with the people I have on my team" Rams Coach John Robinson said “The people who are competitive and are willing to play are the ones I have to be concerned about" Tonight it’s the New York Giants at Dallas ball-contr- ol 1-- 6 Patriots At 26 Raiders 23 Foxboro Mass Tony given a second Franklin chance after an offsides field penalty kicked a goal with one second left to lift the Patriots Broncos 34 Lions 0 At Denver John Elway passed for one touchdown and ran for two and the Broncos recorded their first shutout since 1984 Elway scored on runs of 3 and 7 yards and also threw a TD pass to Vance Johnson He completed 16 of 30 passes for 274 yards Seahawks 28 Vikings 17 At Seattle Curt Warner rushed for 94 yards and caught a touchdown pass to lift the Seahawks Dolphins 35 Steelers 24 At Miami Dan Marino threw four touchdown passes including two bombs to Mark Clayton and one to Mark Duper to lift the Dolphins from a 21-- 7 halftime deficit Saints 38 Falcons 0 At Atlanta Dalton Hilliard ran for two touchdowns Rueben Mayes rushed for 112 yards and 29-ya- rd 35-ya- rd 30-ya- the Saints intercepted five passes Buccaneers 23 Packers 17 Donald At Milwaukee kicked three field goals and the Buccaneers scored two touchdowns in a 1:08 span of the third quarter Eagles 28 Cardinals 23 At St Louis Randall Cun- ningham threw for three touchdown passes including the with 40 seconds a S eft to lead the Eagles me-winn- er The New York City Marathon army 22000 strong outfitted in designer underwear marches into Brooklyn New York City Marathon She won’t be old until she’s 80 NEW YORK riscilla Welch (UPI) -P- " offered a lesson in biology as well as marathoning Sunday At 42 the Englishwoman became the oldest runner — man or woman — to win the New York City Marathon “That’s just a social disease that people say you can’t do anything at such and such an age" said Welch who turns 43 later this month “Forty is not old I think 80 is old7’ Welch who lives Boulder Colo start and division H i r't led from the 0 tr ROAD When the Kenyan 262-mil- won the women's in 2 hours 30 largest marathon welch the third fastest woman marathoner in the world this year and eighth fastest of all time is aiming for a berth on Britain’s 1988 Olympic team Since running 3:26 in her first marathon in 1980 Welch has improved her personal best by one hour She ran in May shorter middle distance while second to world record holder Ingrid Kristiansen in the London Marathon Welch however realizes her elite status may last for only a few more years “I don’t think I’ll be able to do this for a long time so I'll just enjoy it while I can” said Welch coached by her husband Dave She is preparing for her retirement by studying sign language so she can communicate with the deaf “I want to be able to help finishing people more unfortunate than myself" Welch said and back into Manhattan’s Harlem toward the finish “When I hit the mark and I saw Pat slowing down I knew I could win Husseiif s$id "He was tired' and 1 Vas feeling strong ' PeopLeakmg the way told me don't 'gO'Crazy I was confi--' dent I ran slow so I didn’t burn myself out" approached Central Park for e the 23rd mile of the race he led Petersen by a minute He coasted the remainder to the accompaniment of polite cheering Competing in only his fifth marathon Hussein crossed the finish line well ahead of Italy’s Gianni DeMadonna who sprinted the final stretch to pass Pete Pfitzinger of Wellesley Mass for second place The third- - and fourth-plac- e finishes by Pfitzinger and Petersen marked the best by Americans in five years Hussein who resides in is a NM Albuquerque former Western Athletic Conference steeplechase champion from New Mexico where he also ran other 17 seconds minutes The field of more than 22000 was the largest for any marathon Ibrahim Hussein a Kenyan native who attended the University of New Mexico on a track scholarship won the men’s division in 2:11:01 The victory ended Italy’s recent dominance of the world’s 2:26:51 Bronx le Manufacturers ? Hanover v in si ' rises of Manhattan's East Side a brief stretch in The UPI Women's winner Priscilla Welch is Francoise Bonnet and Jocelyne Villeton of France were second and third among the women Crete Waitz the eight-tim- e women's New York winner from Norway missed the race because of a stress fracture in her foot Some 2 million spectators lined the streets of the city's five boroughs for the race on a magnificent autumn afternoon Temperatures at the start Here 54 degrees good conditions for a marathon 42 and fast Taking part were runners from 68 foreign countries and all 50 states plus the District of Columbia Hussein who made his marathon debut two years ago when he placed ninth in New York assumed the lead from Pat Petersen soon after entering Queens near the 15th mile He maintained a strong advantage the rest of the race which carried him through surging crowds along the apartment high- - events He graduated from New Mexico in 1984 “I was never thinking of becoming of marathoner” said Hussein who has won three of his five marathons “I just wanted to go to school and get my degree” Orlando Pizzolato of Italy the men’s winner in 1984 and ’85 finished sixth Defending champion Gianni Poli of Italy was never a factor Among the field was Johnny Kelley 80 who has run the Boston Marathon 56 times He started in the middle of the course and ran only half the race Sports report Final match The Region 5 volleyball season is almost at a close and local teams are gearing up for the finales Tuesday Sky View is once again Mountain Crest's best friend Last year the Bobcats beat Bear River awarding Mountain Crest the region championship This year it’s deja vu — a Bobcat win Tuesday over the Bears puts the Mustangs on the pedestal “We’ve spent a lot of time working on middle blocking They are a very strong hitting team" said Bobcat head coach Calvin Jensen of the Bears “It's going to be a game of momentum It’s all in whoever can gain the momentum” Bear River brings in a 2 record the only two losses inflicted by Mountain Crest also 2 Sky View stands in second place at One advantage Sky View will have in the Tuesday contest will be crowd support The game will be in Smithfield and Jensen is hoping 7-- 7-- 6-- 3 for a big crowd “A big crowd will help We won a football game and some of that helps the volleyball team Everybody gets he said Jensen said the Bobcats are likely to demonstrate superior setting than the Bears but that the visitors are strong servers “They’re are really a good serving team They’re consistent and hard and fast" he said Sky View is coming off of a win against Logan last Thursday while Bear River suffered a loss to visiting Mountain Crest A second loss Tuesday will relegate the Bears to second place status with Sky View Mountain Crest travels to Ben Lomond Tuesday and coach Lauren Keller is expecting her team to win “I think that they'll take it seriously because they know what is riding on it” she said "They’re going to play tough" Keuer said the Mustangs will have to watch win-oriente- returns “They usually keep sending the ball back so you have to be ready at all times" But she added MC will “probably be able to stay in the rally longer” She said the Mustang team is high after the Bear River win "It was a major accomplishment We've lost four people three starters and when you lose that many it’s really tough It’s such a struggle" Keller said The state competition will begin a week from today Kelly Dawkins TRENTON NJ (UPI) — An autopsy was scheduled for today to determine the cause of death of the estranged wife of Utaz Jazz center Darryl Dawkins authorities said Kelly Barnes Dawkins apparently died in her sleep sometime between 7 am and 11:45 am EST Sunday when she was discovered by family members unconscious in her room at her parents’ Trenton home police Capt Vincent Ryel said She was taken to the Mercer Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 12:28 after unsuccessful attempts to revive her pm Rye said There was no immediate indication of the cause of her death which was under investiga' tion by Trenton police Ryel said Family members declined to discuss the couple s marital status but George Mertz i spokesman for the Nets said that Darryl Dawkins had told him before the trade that he was planning to file for divorce and KeHy Dawkins were married ii September 1986 after knowing each other foi about a year In an interview with a Trenton newspaper shortly after their elopement Dawkins said he hoped the marriage would have effect on his life and career She s got some brains and she can help 1 going to keep M0und me" her' she’s mine and I’m |