European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes wednesday january 15, 1969 8 to Piny fit Al All Star game High flying jets i .\4 sife Miami a the new York jets were still in orbit mondays they departed the scene of their stunning 16-7 upset Victory Over Baltimore in the super bowl which won them professional football s world title. The game erased any doubt that the american football league had come of age. I came after the Green Bay pack ers of the National football league had trimmed Al teams in the first two super Bow games. Most of the Jet coaches an players were on the plane that left Miami Airport for new Yor Knear noontime. Some however departed for their Homes in Var ious parts of the country. For eight of the champions there will be another game neat sunday in Jacksonville american football league s ail Star picked to play in this game Are quarterback Joe Namath who steered the Al champions to Victory Sunda with what coach Weeb Ewbank called game. George Sauer who caught eight of Namath s 17 completed aerials Don Maynard a Decoy most of the game Gerry Philbin an Verlin a. Two members of the Star front line defensive corps Dave Herman and win Ston Hill largely responsible for opening up the holes that permitted fullback Matt Snell to gain 121 Yards in 31 carries and at scene of glory Ivor whose three Fieldor nine Points. Receive a single the a Star squad. And Poi Ltd Ohio state graduate was not abashed at Felting one and All know about Guys spent an week Tell ing us few great they Are Tom Matte and Jerry hill/1 said Snell in the dressing room after the game. Now go talk to Matte picked up 116yards in n carries 68 of them with one run. Hill gained 29 111nine attempts. Ewbank anxious to get Backhoe to nurse a leg injured in a Post game Celebration after win Ning the Al title two weeks ago held a Brief press Confer ence before the team left its fort Lauderdale m going right out to Shea i to giant killing jets return Home new York a the giant killers arrived Back in Manhattan monday. World football champions after their stun Ning Victory Over the heralded Baltimore Colts Fin the super bowl at Miami sunday the new1york jets flew into Kennedy Airport and were greeted by some 300 fans including mayor John v. Lindsay. Notably absent was Joe Namath the out Back of the Ewbank said that the american league and super bowl s most Valuer had other commitments in id of the jets returned on the chartered night and a mob of admirers who waited Over an hour converged on Man carried a placard which read j the Colts were most Money on Colts upset Tutaan to bookmakers new York a the chances Are that bookmakers who took wagers on the superbowl football game in which the new York jets upset the Balti More Colts cleaned up. The Colts were favored to Winby As Many As 20 Points. In some cases the Colts were 10-1favorites without a Point spread. When the Odds opened the Colts were favored by 17 said a new York bet Ting Man. When the spread went to 20 Points that showed that bookies were Hunting More Namath wants More surgery new York a the Newyork times said tuesday new York jets quarterback Joe Namath has requested a fourth operation on his left knee to Mendan inflamed Tendon in the joint. The jets physician. Or. Jamesa. Nichols sees an element of risk in the operation and feel surgery is not necessary. Or. Nichols expressed the belie that after a rest Joe s knee should be All right and he will take another look at it before a Money to be bet on the under dog jets. It has to be that most Money in the game was on the Colts mainly because they had won 15 of their 16 Small bookmaker around town seemed to go int hiding on this game reported another betting Bookie wanted to give me the jets and 14 Points. This indicated that he might have had some Small wagers say $5and $10, on the one new yorker made two wagers through a Miami Book stars and stripes final decision made. On surgery is jets will meet College All stars new York Apas win ners of the super bowl the new York jets will meet the Colleg Eail stars in the annual game in Chicago in , the contract called for the National football league champions to play the All stars but with the merger of the nil with the american fool Ball league the superbowl was made the criterion. If wildcats throttle Georgia rally Lor ? Victory Lexington by. A Kentucky put Down a fierce Georgia rally monday night to score an 88-88 Southeastern conference Victory and become probably the first school in his tory to win 1,000 basketball games. The wildcats saw an 11-Pointlead dwindle to two Midway in the second half before their fast break and Sharp passing begun clicking again. In 6 minutes Kentucky outs cored Georgia 20-8 and coach maker and won $375. He got17% Points and the jets for $125. He also made a 125 Wager on the jets at 10-1. Norman Sawnson of the Reno,nev., turf club said his establishment had a satisfactory game because we had to have the jets win. I d say the Genera Public favored the new yorkers with their Money. They backed the jets much More than they did the big bettors came in late after taking a last minute look at the weather and pushed the Odds the other Way. The game opened Here with the Colts favored by 16 Points. The highest was 18 Points and at game time they were 1714."if the Al team had won last year it would have Bee rather disastrous because Oak land Money came into Here like it was going out of at Las vegas nev., Sammy Cohen said the game was a mexican standoff As far As we stadium and Etc into a whirl Pool said new Alk. The leg is some better this morning but instill pains. I have told a of the coaches to report next Friday to Start working on the draft. The draft will be held in new Yorjan. 28. Just like 10 years ago said the rotund coach referring to his 1958-59 nil triumphs with the Colts. But i guess i would have to admit i got a Little More satisfaction out of this one. They called our 1958 game with the new York giants the greatest since we won in overtime. But now this is no 1 in my Book. A of my players were great Philbon Sauer Herman Snell Maynard of course Namath and All the others. I had a hard time convincing people that Philbin and Herman were Topflight Phi Yirsa Okiey came through. I always have said that Sauer was ii fast Ramond Berryand he showed it again. Berry was the Colts great end when they won the two successive know i almost started bake Turner in place of May Nard Ewbank continued. He has been nursing a sore leg. Buti came to the conclusion that the threat of Maynard would open up things for Sauer and it Maynard who broke Berry s pro football record for Yards gained As a pass receiver did t catch a single Namath Aerial Ewbank watched the game for a second time on television at Midnight. And would you Adolph Rupshis Bench. Began to empty Bob Linhard led the Georgia attack with 27 Points while Lanny Taylor added 12 for the bulldogs. Kentucky s Mike Casey had royals contracting 40kan As City a the new City rivals of the Amer ican league have mailed con tracts to 40 players and announced that the expansion team would open Spring practice feb. Swiss gymnastic team to tour . Campuses los Angeles a . Gymnastics federation announced Here that it would Spon Sor a two week exhibition four of the Swiss olympic gymnastics team this month. The team will arrive Jan. 15and make appearances at Penn state Temple Iowa Iowa state the University of Washington and the University of California. Zug uan Issei a Ana l Arr Steele had 15. The 1,000th Victory hinges on whether the Mcaa recognizes three games discovered Las weekend in newspaper files by Kentucky s publicist. All three were played Early this Century. The Victory was Kentucky fourth without a loss As the wildcats seek to defend their conference title. Kentucky Georgia opt Oft Prall 33-59 Weatbrook 3 m 7steele 1-4 15 it tote 30-18 is Al 8 2-4 18 Ltan Hurd 12 3-4 of Sargento s 3-4 13 Hilluk 13-34 Cavey t 6-8 80 Taylor a 041 13uccowan 80-00 Brennun 20-14 pm 2 pm 4 main 40-28btwey 1 a 8 total w h total 31 6-14 08 fouled out Sittl Loui a Mersin 18, Kentucky 19. A 11.800, were concerned. We did no make any Money we did t Loose at any far As Large amounts of Money bet they did not did t handle anything that looked like an unnatural Robinson Hendricks honoured in puerto Rico san Juan a Pra Krobinson and Elrod Hendricks of the Baltimore orioles Man Ager and Catcher respectively of the Santurce grabbers of the puerto Rico Winter baseball league were picked As the league s outstanding performers of the year Robinson was named manager of the year Hendricks Cooktop honors As the most valuable player receiving 37 out of 41votes cast by local sportswriters and commentators Hollywood up movie company monday offered new York Jet Star quarterback Joe Namath a role in a new film in which the super Bow hero would play a French resistance fighter in world arh. Levy Gardner Laven productions dispatched a Telegram to Namath offering him the Rolein underground to be filmed in Ireland this Spring and re Quested a meeting to discuss salary and related matters. Believe it he quipped the result was the same. The boys played As Good the second times they did the first Snell always has been the Complete player in my opinion Ewbank continued As he asked member of the Jet staff to get his bags. He has been pall wee k. Perhaps he saw the Dollar sign $15,000 to each win Ning player in front of him but he also knew he did t have to save his aching leg for another game Ewbank pointed out that Snell was so determined to get a few inches More each time he car ried the Ball that he put his head Down and barrelled h i s Way into the Colts told him to keep his head up for fear of he Emerson did get Hurt a Little when he went into theline with his head Namath As if anticipating questions regarding his controversial quarterback. What can you say about him that already has not been said. Sure continued on Page of to baby s birth hampered viewing but not much Kansas City a fre Arbanas tight end of the Kan Sas City chiefs was watching the super bowl game from his wife s room in the maternity Ward of research Hospital. My wife had the baby in the third Quarter but i Only missed one or two plays said the american football league vet wife Sharon did t miss too much of the game was Back to see part of the fourth Quarter Arbanas , a Man not Given to overstatement said he wus Happy with the outcome of both events the birth of the Arbanas third child a 6-Pound, 11-ounce daughter and the 16-7victory of the Al new York jets Over the Baltimore Colts of the National football league
