European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 12, 1969 the stars and stripes Page question can Namath Pierce Colts right like this new York Jet quarterback Joe Namath clowns it up with coach web Ewbank during practice for sunday s super bowl. The gesture was to imitate a funny catch by one of Namath s receivers. Up photo Unitas ready in background Shula has Confidence in Morrall Miami a coach do Shula of the National football league Champion Colts was asked if he would make Quick use of John Unitas should ear Morrall run into Early trouble against the jets defense in Sun Day s super bowl. We have no pro set Way of playing our quarterbacks Shu la said. Ill Tell you this. Mor Rall is not going in there with a string around his neck. If he misses with a pass or two Early or has one intercepted he won t super facts figures Miami aim fact and flu pm of thetis i r l afi.-nf1. World professional football game san any Tournai Iscil Elmore Colls Champion is. New York Jeta . Site or untie bowl. Miami weather forecast t Ulm and sunny. Attendance 75,354 t in Pelly l players Nhare of per player to tic Winner $7,5 10 to Lite loser television and Nadilo Nhuc american Koi can network 7 45 ., Cetl television receipts-3,500,000, division on receipts a m u n competing clubs Trio Al and nil of Flea. Die ii old co and to member clubs who Wui contribute portion to ply a pension fund. Game conditions nil Homo coloured Kemlos Akl. \ in Linn team wearing while. Nil Bull to be use when nil on offence Akl Bull to in used when Akl on off cite. Conversions one Point conversions Only Olther by kick run or. Sudden Ufuti if game in tied it end of regulation 00 minutes Pluy continue in kill Dan us huh overtime with first u us vol of the Winner. Official six three Tram Earl league to alternates one nun each league. Scoreboard Clook official time. Trophy Sterling Livor trophy for Peru annul phase Melon of the Winner a foul Bull mounted on thro led Wue with Kilt Emblem attrve4 in j be yanked. He deserves the Chance to run the i Shula added however that if it becomes obvious that Morrall is having a bad Day Well make a change. He has Unitas one of the All time great quarterbacks of professional foot Ball ready for action. The sore Arm which has Side lined Unitas this season has improved to the Point where he could perform if needed. It rained in Miami Friday and was expected to continue into saturday. The Orange Bowsfield site of the game before a sellout crowd of 75,454, was Cov ered with a Tarpaulin. The Long Range weather fore cast however was for Clearing skies and temperature in the70 s. Not worried Alnut weather both Shula and new York Jet coach Weeb Ewbank said the weather would not be u Factor inthe game. We be played some of our Best games this year on a wet i Field and in the rain said the Stocky Ewbank. I Don t like any game in the rain or on Abad Field but i Don t think it will affect the Shula Felt the same be played on All kinds of surfaces he said. The Western conference title game against Minnesota was on us Bud u Days you can play a game rain and cold and mud. We re no concerned with the the Baltimore coach made Point to say about the Colts 15-1 record this season everything we be accomplished this year As a football team goes on the linear 3 Sunday. If we blow it everything is destroyed. Wedon t want everything to go Down the jets condition goo because of the rain the jets remained indoors Friday going Over their game plan. They did a Little Light running. Shula How Ever took his team out in the rain for an hour s Drill including work on some special plays. Physically Ewbank said the jets were 100 per cent. He said flanker Don Maynard s pulled muscle was better and that the Tricky pass receiver ran Well in i practice. He said also that Matt Snell s bad knee had been i drained of fluid and he Wasi ready. \ Shula reported that defensive Back in Onard Lyles and line Backer Don Shinnick collided in practice thursday. Lie said Lyles suffered a leg problem and Shinnick a bruised thigh. He said also that Timmy brow pulled up slightly lame on a pass pattern. Brown returns kickoffs and punts. He expected Lyles and Shinnick to be but planned to use Preston Pearson on kickoffs and Rick Volk on punt returns in place of Brown if the halfback in t a Leto play. Uniontown a. Up Michael a Crupi 22, St. Paul minn., member of the Johns town pa., jets of the professional Eastern hockey league was one of two men killed Fri Day in a one car Accident East of this Community in Southwest Ern Pennsylvania. Sports Dallas to Seeh super bowl tilt Dallas Tex. A Clin Murchison owner of the Dallas cowboys said Friday he will submit a formal proposal at the joint meeting of the National and american football leagues in March that the super Bow game of 1970 be played in yet to be constructed Texas stadium just outside Dallas ground breaking ceremonies for the proposed Home of the cowboys Are scheduled Jan. 25providing that voters in nearby Irving approve. Also the matter of a lawsuit against the stadium must be cleared up. Murchison said the stadium would have a sliding roof to guarantee play on a dry Field. "1 believe the game should be alternated Between nil and Al cities Murchison said. Until somebody else builds a covered stadium it should be in j Houston in the Astrodome one year and Here the super answer comes today in Miami by Ben Funk Miami a can Broadw Yjoe Namath Golden Arm of the new York jets and his talented Trio of receivers George Sauer Don Maynard and Pete Lam Mons Pierce the awesome de lenses of the Baltimore Colts the answer to that question will determine whether Sun Day s third super bowl game isto turn into another Dull Runa i Way for the National football league or at last produce the Type of thriller envisioned when the world series of pro football was everybody in the american football league Talksabout How the Junior circuit is whittling away at the Quality Edge of the nil. Some think Namath s Aerial wizardry which carried the jets to their first Al championship can make it an exciting Battle. But not the Odd makers. The installed the Colts As 1 Point favourites largely on the theory that Baltimore s mighty defense would prevent new York from establishing a running game and make Namath a victim of the Colts Strong Rush. Some Surprise was express Dover the Point spread which Nide the jets the longest shot sin super bowl history. However in the first two games the Green Bay packers of the nil beat the Kansas City chiefs by25 Points 35-10. And the Oakland raiders by 19 Points. 33-14.still going for the Colts also is the nil a sort of psychological wha Nimy employed by the older and deeper conference to intimidate its up Start rivals of the of coach Weeb Ewbank of the jets understands this very Well. Frankfurt special the american forces network will broadcast the super bowl Gam Between the National football league Champion Baltimore Colts and the american league Champion new York jets live and direct from Miami s Orange bowl starting at 7 45p.m. Sunday evening. Both Kansas City and Oakland lost their poise he said. The big question is whether we can keep oui a. But with Namath and our receivers we have a better Hance of winning than the chiefs and the raiders cocky and controversial Namath did t help overcome the nil mental advantage when he decided to Lee off on the Colts quarterback. Earl Marr Alllice Namath. Morrall Wui chosen player of the year in his league but Broadway Joe said there were at least five passers in the Al. Including himself who were As Good that Shook some people including Ewbank who said Joe did t really mean it coach Don Shula and All the Colts took due notice of Namath s remark and an Al coach commented. Wryly one tiling the Colt Sidn t need was extra incan super bowl game Starl ing at 3 St Abc radio to pays about $15.000 to play ers on the winning team and$7.500 to the losers but Namath to pts tit 19
