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6C COURIER-POST, Monday, October 10, 1988 ear mas mas neare in Cherry Hill resident competes in Disabled Olympics ance on the Wheaties cereal box. An estimated 4,000 disabled athletes will compete in the same arena as the able-bodied athletes who competed in the Summer Games in Seoul. Heir believes that this will make a statement to the world that the International Olympic Committee believes in the disabled Olympians and the strides they have made in becoming regarded by the general public as full citizens. "I feel that I'm a living example of life going on," said Heir. "My life's not the way it used to be, but in a sense, it's better.

Sometimes in life, pains are insurmountable, but everyone has to remember that you can overcome." Heir, a partner in the Morgan, Bor, Born-stein, Heir law firm, is currently involved as a co-author in his autobiography, "It's Your Choice." The book, scheduled to be released next spring, provides a message that coincides with Heir's view on life that you are your future and the choices and changes you make for tomorrow are up to you. By OVETTA WIGGINS Courier-Post Staff CHERRY HILL And you thought the Olympics were over. Well, don't put away the old red, white and blue yet. Carl Lewis and Dennis Mitchell may be home, but another local athlete is headed for Seoul, South Korea. Doug Heir of Cherry Hill will represent the United States on the United States Disabled Olympic Team.

Heir, who's been called "the best overall wheelchair athlete in the world," will try to repeat his previous gold-medal efforts in this year's competition. As Heir prepared for his departure today, he hoped for a repeat of the 1984 Olympics in which he swept the field to win gold medals in the shot put, javelin and discus in the process setting world and Olympic records. "I've been breaking world records during my training, but you never know what could happen when you're actually out there competing," said Heir, who has represented the United States in world competitions since 1982. Competition isn't new for this one-time college football player. After becoming disabled 10 years ago, he was given a challenge a challenge to make the most out of life, even though he knew he'd be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of it.

Heir was a lifeguard when he broke his neck in an attempt to save a child he believed was drowning. In reality, the child was playing a practical joke. It's a joke that Heir, a quadriplegic, will play victim to for the rest of his life. Heir isn't a man full of bitterness and anger. Instead, he feels that he's a better person for the experience, that in a sense he was fortunate to have the accident.

"I found that I had inner strength," he said. "I have more strength, compassion, courage and understanding than I ever thought I had to help me accept what had happened to me, and to get on with my life." Three months after the accident, with the support of family and friends, Heir began lifting weights to keep his upper body in shape. Four-pound weights soon turned into 400-pound weights. Heir's training was rewarded by an appear Seoul-bound: Cherry Hill's United States Disabled Olympic Pro Football Unbeaten Bengals do 'Ickey Shuffle' to ward off Jets Broncos breeze i to overtime win 1 over erring 49ers; fy mt so. Doug Heir will compete on the Team in the Seoul.

bulled over to give the Jets a 9-0 lead. It wasn't the ideal way to start against a defense that had yielded just 61 points in five games, but Esiason said the Bengals knew there was plenty of time left for a comeback. "We said to each other, 'Come on, let's get going and don't worry about Esiason said. "We thought we could move the ball on them, but we didn't know because we hadn't held onto it long enough." It turned out that there was plenty of time left, and that the Bengals' AFC-leading offense could carve out 402 yards against a defense that had averaged yielding just 274. Esiason brought Cincinnati from behind with two touchdown passes to Eddie Brown, one for 60 yards and the other for eight.

The second one immediately followed the reversal by replay of an apparent Esiason-to-Tim McGee TDtoss. After one of Jim Breech's extra-point attempts was blocked and the other hit the left goalpost upright, the Jets caught up at 12-12 with their only legitimate drive of the day, a 60-yarder that produced a 30-yard field goal by Pat Leahy. Esiason passed to McGee for 38 yards and another TD, but the Bengals bungled again. On the first offensive play of the second Associated Press Over the top: Cincinnati's Ickey, Woods is tackled by the New York Jets' Jim Sweeney (left) and Mark Gastineau after a short gam. Woods gained 139 yards and scored two touchdowns tions," Elway said.

Said Sammy Winder, whj rushed for 100 yards: "I'm always" happy to rush for a lot of yards, but I'm happier that we won." Joe Montana, who left the game twice, the second time with bruised ribs, failed to throw for a touchdown. He completed 12 of 24' passes for 191 yards and was inter-' cepted once and is questionable for next week's game against Rams. The 49ers not only lost their tie with the wind, but also with the, officials. Penalties stifled the 49ers, wiping out an interception by co'; nerback Darryl Pollard late in fourth quarter. "It's hard to believe all these' (penalties) could have occurred continuously to one team," 49ers Coach Bill Walsh.

"We felt we played as well and as hard as we could and lost." Montana was briefly replaced by' 1 Steve Young late in the fourth quarter because the 49ers thought" )' they could combat the windy conditions with Young's running abit- ity. Montana was brought back in overtime after most of the 61,711 fans implored, "Bring back Joe Young stepped in again when," Montana was hurt after being sacked, but Young faltered with two interceptions. The last one, by cornerback. Steve Wilson, set up the winning field goal. "There's no excuses," said Young, 0-for-3 passing.

"The wind, was a factor, but not an excuse You have to be very precise throwr'v ing against the wind. It was very windy." As for the officiating, Young said, "They do their best and we do. our best." Montana scored the 49ers' touchdown on third-and-goal from' the Denver six and four wide' receivers in to give San Francisco 10-3 lead. Both teams failed to take tage of turnovers in the first After Tim McKyer's interception- in the first quarter, the 49ers were forced to punt. Denver defensive- end Walt Bowyer came up with an interception in the second quarter but the 49ers responded with another interception, by line-, backer Keena Turner.

By DENISETOM Gannett News Service SAN FRANCISCO Rich Karlis kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime to give Denver a 16-13 victory against San Francisco yesterday in a mistake-filled game. "All I was thinking was, 'Don't screw up. Don't be a said Karlis, who had missed a 34-yarder with five seconds left in regulation. Played in swirling winds that caused havoc for both teams' passing efforts, the game was filled with seven turnovers and penalties 19-for-133 yards with the 49ers racking up 93 of those yards. "I've kicked here (Candlestick Park) before and I know how tricky it can be," said Karlis.

"It was the kind of day that really taxes your ability to block out the wind." The victory gave the Broncos (3-3) sole possession of second place in the AFC West behind Seattle (4-2). The 49ers (4-2) dropped to second in the NFC West. "This was a great win for us. That's a bit of an understatement," said Denver Coach Dan Reeves. "Our team didn't quit.

To hold them to 13 points is a big, big step for us." John Elway hit 21 of 39 passes for 210 yards and one TD. He was intercepted twice. "I feel lucky that they didn't get any points out of the intercep- boys that running back Herschel Walker was held to a season-low 51 yards on 15 carries. Walker did catch five passes for 92 yards. Both teams were hit by injuries.

The Redskins lost punter Tommy Bernhardt to a leg-muscle pull in pregame warmups and linebacker Monte Coleman sprained his knee in the third quarter. Dallas starting free safety Michael Downs went out with a groin pull in the first period. Downs replacement, Victor Scott, dislocated his shoulder on a tackle. Scott, playing his first game this season after recovering from an ankle injury, is out for at least six weeks. By GEORGE RORRER Gannett News Service CINCINNATI All along, Ickey Woods of the Cincinnati Bengals figured he was a time bomb about to explode on the NFL.

The big rookie running back out of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas was so sure of it that he invented an end-zone dance for scoring a touchdown. He got to do his stiff-legged "Ickey shuffle" twice in a comeback 36-19 victory yesterday over the New York Jets. It kept the Bengals the league's only unbeaten team after six games and two games ahead of Houston (4-2) in the American Football Conference Central Division. Woods used his speed and his powerful 232-pound frame to pound out 139 yards on 30 carries, one rush shy of his previous total for the first five games. He did it against an AFC-lead-ing defense that had permitted no runner to gain more than 65 yards.

Added to Boomer Esiason's 10-for-20, 220-yard, three-touchdown passing day, it was more than enough to overcome 16 points worth of misplaced generosity. On Cincinnati's first offensive play, Esiason was tackled in the end zone by Marty Lyons for a safety. On the Bengals' next play, Stanley Wilson fumbled the ball away at the Cincinnati seven-yard line and two plays later Roger Vick Redskins By NATHAN HUANG Gannett News Service IRVING, Texas You won't hear Kelvin Bryant complaining about a lack of work any longer. Not after the Redskins' running back produced 200 yards and scored three touchdowns in Washington's 35-17 victory yesterday over the Dallas Cowboys. Bryant rushed for a career-high 118 yards on 23 carries, silencing a Texas Stadium sellout crowd of 63,235, the Cowboys' largest since the Redskins came to town in 1986.

Bryant nearly matched his output for the entire 1988 season; he had entered the game with 122 yards on 23 carries. Bryant scored on a nine-yard run and on passes of 10 yards and 24 yards from quarterback Mark turn Bryant loose against Cowboys Rypien. Bryant, primarily a third-down receiver in his Redskins career, caught five passes for 82 yards. Rypien, in his third start, completed 13 of 21 passes for 187 yards without an interception. He also had a 13-yard TD pass to Gary Clark and scored on a 19-yard run.

The Redskins, 3-3, won for the first time since Rypien replaced the injured Doug Williams. The Cowboys, 2-4, lost their second straight game. Dallas has not had four losses this early in a season since 1974. A loss next week in Chicago would give the Cowboys their worst start since 1965. Dallas quarterback Steve Pel-luer was intercepted twice in the second quarter and Kelvin Martin lost a fumble on a kickoff return.

The Redskins turned each miscue fumble," said Woods, who wears a hand-towel headband to control his trademark ponytail hairdo. "You feel you have to do something to make people forget the fumble. Woods entered on the series after the fumble by Wilson, who was playing despite a badly bruised hip. "Once you get a guy in there with hot feet, you don't take him out," Cincinnati coach Sam Wyche said. Literally, our backs were against the wall." The Redskins got five Cowbovs turnovers, one more than Washington had all season.

Pelluer completed 14 of 33 passes for 269 yards with three interceptions. He had a 35-yard TD pass to Martin, but was replaced in the fourth quarter by Danny White, seeing his first action this season. Dallas had taken a 7-0 lead early in the first period on Timmy New-some's one-yard run. The score was set up when Rypien fumbled at his own 25-yard line after Jim Jeffcoat sacked him from behind. "We felt excellent, like this was going to be our day," Cowboys linebacker Eugene Lockhart said.

"From then on, things went downhill." Things were so bad for the Cow in the goal line confusion before scoring the touchdown. The Oilers had to overcome their own miscues. Two touchdowns were called back by Oiler penalties. Toni Zendejas, who missed two field goals in the first half, kicked the extra point, giving the Oilers their first lead of the game. Green Bay 45, N.

England 3 Brent Fullwood ran for three second-half touchdowns and Green Bay's defense intercepted five passes. Green Bay, 1-5, scored two touchdowns in the final five minutes of the second quarter to take a 17-3 halftime lead in getting first-year coach Lindy Infante his first Packer victory. Fullwood ran 33 yards to make it 24-3 in the third quarter and then added scoring runs of 7 and 31 yards in the fourth to finish with a career-high 118 yards on 14 half, Woods fumbled the ball away at the Cincinnati 18. Two plays later Ken O'Brien passed to Al Toon for 11 yards and a TD that tied it 19-19. But that was it for the Jets.

Woods atoned for his miscue by hammering out touchdowns of five and 17 yards, then helping kill the clock on a drive to a 25-yard field goal by Breech. "I felt I had to make up for that into a touchdown to take a 28-10 lead at halftime. Bryant scored twice. "I had never run the ball that many times since becoming a Redskin. It felt pretty good," said Bryant, who has a history of injuries.

"I'm just trying to stay healthy. When I'm in the game, I'm not worried about getting hurt." Washington Coach Joe Gibbs, however, stopped short of moving Bryant ahead of starter Timmy Smith, who had 26 yards on eight carries. "Kelvin's working in more and more," Gibbs said. "I'm always on the edge with him, he gets hurt so much. I think we're at the point of finding out if he can hold up.

"I was really proud of our guys. We had some guys stand up for us. 1978 when they were beaten 23-6 at the Orange Bowl. The Dolphins broke a scoreless tie when Lorenzo Hampton scored on a one-yard plunge with 8:55 left in the second quarter to cap an 84-yard, 11 -play drive. The Dolphins made it 17-0 less than three minutes later on a 45-yard field goal by Fuad Reveiz shortly after Jarvis Williams intercepted a pass by Schroeder and returned it 23 yards to the Los Angeles 45-yard line.

Houston 7, Kansas City 6 Houston backup quarterback Brent Pease, frustrated by three earlier pass interceptions, ran four yards for a third quarter touchdown, rallying the error-prone Oilers to a victory. Pease, who replaced injured Cody Carlson late in the first quarter, spiked the ball in the end zone at the end of a 63-yard drive with 2:42 to go in the period. Pease, getting his most extensive playing time of the season, had to call the Oilers' final two time outs Down 17-0, Kelly rallies Bills past Colts COMMERCIAL WEB OFFSET PRINTERS All Types of Quality Commercial Printing Newspapers Shoppers Mini-Tabs Circulars Quarter-Folds Four Color Web Offset Printing COMPOSITION PRINTING FACILITY For Your Quality Web Offset Printing Call John Lampman 663-4200, Ext. 41 Suburban Newspaper Group 1111 Union Avenue Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034 Associated Press Jim Kelly threw three touchdown passes, including two to Andre Reed, as the Buffalo Bills came back from a 17-point deficit and took a 34-23 victory over the Indianapolis Colts yesterday.

Kelly had only two touchdown passes in the Buffalo's first five games, but the Kelly to Reed connection accounted for two third-quarter touchdowns that gave the Bills their first lead in a game in which they trailed 17-0 late in the second quarter. The Bills moved to 5-1 and remained atop the AFC East, while the Colts, last year's division champion, dropped to 1-5. Reed, who had seven catches for 124 yards, caught touchdown passes of 16 and 12 yards and Kelly completed 21 of 39 passes for 315 yards. Kelly's other touchdown pass went to Ronnie Harmon. The Colts turned three Buffalo turnovers into 13 points, including a 22-yard field goal by Dean Bia-succi that put them back in the lead, 23-21, with two minutes gone in the fourth quarter.

But the Bills got the winning points four minutes later when Scott Norwood's 45-yard field goal just cleared the crossbar. Eric Dickerson, the NFL's leader in total yards from scrimmage, was held to 66 yards rushing and 12 yards in pass receptions by the Bills. Miami 24, LA. Raiders 14 Liffort Hobley returned a Vance Mueller fumble 19 yards for a touchdown for Miami's second score in an 11 -second span of the second quarter and the Dolphins went on to beat the error-prone Raiders. Raiders quarterback Jay Schroeder threw four interceptions for the second straight game.

Los Angeles, which fell to 2-4, had five turnovers, leading directly to 17 Miami points. The victory raised the Dolphins' record to 3-3 and broke a six-game losing streak against the Raiders, who hadn't lost to Mjami since ft f-.