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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, January 13, 1978

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 25 Bronco Back hits Jackpot with Trade Nelson in world ski elite yanks boast 2 threats Bojoh Mossman Denver a Jim Jensen had it a highly regarded running Back for the Dallas Jensen and his wife were building a Home in thai Texas and were expecting their first their sense of Security was buoyed by Jensens belief that the cowboys had a real shot at reaching the super which would mean several thousand dollars in but As the preseason wound to a close last Jensens world was Shat he was traded to the Denver Bron a team whose to put it didst rival that of the cow i was said the second round draft Choice in you always feel bad when you find out a team Doest want and their reason for trading me didst make much Tom Landry told me that if Robert Newhouse went he Felt Scott Laidlaw would do a better Job As a Laidlaw had two bad Jensen being traded to Denver was the Best thing that could have happened to me out of 27 other this Here i am going to the bowl Lias and Denver meet 15 in bowl Xii in new it was difficult having to leave Dallas because we had sort of put our roots said the 235pound running Back from my wife was eight months and i was worried about the Strain it would put on her to our House was two thirds at the same i was Happy to be coming to Denver because i knew it was a great i was impressed by coach red Miller when i met him at the senior and i knew the Broncos had had a pretty Good year in Miller sweetened the Deal when he promised Jensen More playing it didst take since Jensen As a Rookie haunt carried the Ball or caught a pass during the regular season for in his pot action at running Back in the slammed for a key touchdown in invers 2413 Victory Over i didst understand Why they didst run me at he said it was frustrate this year is just the its so much More enjoyable when youre play Jensen is asked to compare the two Craig Morton agrees with me that when you play at Dallas know if youve won or Jensen observed you dont get praised much if you Landry has his own Way of doing things its a More impersonal you dont find Guys laughing its different this is an emotional red is a hang Loose and theres More humor during its fun to play theres a looser and the team is closer than Dallas does either style have an advantage in the super bowl i dont think it makes much difference after you gel this Jensen Brill sets Canadian indoor Mark with 6314 High jump Saskatchewan api Debbie Brill of Vancouver established a Canadian open indoor High jump record and equated her own outdoor Mark with a leap of 6 at the 13th annual knights of Columbus Saskatchewan indoor Brill who has consistently hovered Al about that measure throughout 1977 indoor and missed in three attempts at 64 but had no regrets at her Effort before a crowd of about by John Nelson a p sports writer ski racing buffs dont have to search their memories very far Back to recall a Day when a top 10 finish by an american in a world cup race was characterized by works like amazing or Bui his a couple of Young skiers Are in the process of removing those words from the journalists vocabulary just at a time when it might mean the most to their with the world Alpine championships 20yearold slalom specialist Phil Marc and 21yearold Cindy veterans despite their Are moving to turn the european ski world most amazing theres that word again is of White always known As a gifted though perhaps a Siulc Mahre this year has become one of the most consistently Superior racers in the of the six world cup races he has competed in this he has finished no lower than although he has not been Able to break the string of victories by Sweden Ingemar in his last three races since he has finished third and american slalom specialist Phil Mahre consistently near the top on this seasons circuit cowboys will see different Morton now by Denne Freeman Dallas api it will be a different Craig Morton than the Dallas cowboys have seen before in super bowl that opinion comes from Cowboy Spe Cial assistant Irmal who says there is no comparing the Craig Morton of the Denver Broncos and the Craig Morton for Merly of the new York of played for Dallas six years before he was traded to the where he Laboured 2 seasons he was 0 for5 against the cowboys in games while at the Helm of the Craig has corrected the bad habit of throwing says Dallas coach Tom Landry night hand at new York he  Lake the trap or throw the Ball out of hell Lake the trap and does an excellent he Only has 12 and in the past it would have been some thing like 21 or Allen Craig has been trapped 50 limes and Denver ranks 27th among the 28 teams in the National football league but Craig is making the big play he has 15 touchdown Craig Doest have great mobility but has bootlegged the Ball four limes for although Allen gives Morton his the Cowboy assistant defense is the reason they the Broncos Are in the super in not taking anything away from Craig bul they have five players in the pro howl off of their defense we have that tells you Allen their defense is no 1 in the they have allowed Only five touch Downs Rushing in 11 games they Are first i the nil in average Yards allowed per game Only 109 Rushing and also they have allowed just 3 3 Yards per Rush Allen they have 25 interceptions by 10 different people they Are very Active new Orleans is the sue of Dallas Only super bowl a 243 thumping of Miami in Dallas Defeated Denver 146 in the final game of the regular but Morton Only played in one series of of an olympic Bronze medallist in the had it going last year when a fall ended her season in january with a broken a More Well rounded skier than Nelson has recovered fully and finished in the top 10 in five of eight world cup races so far this in the last two downhill 6 and she finished both times to for Mer world Champion Annemarie this group of results is the Best in any on week period for our team said Hank head of the Alpine in really pleased about the fast Start in the january races by Cindy and with the world championships running from 5 at  West Mahre and Nelson Are the top american Hopes for the word upset no longer a look at some of the other american hopefuls Steve phils twin still Hast overcome the inconsistency that plagued his Best result was a his in a slalom race in no results since could break through one Gary Adgate Boyne one of the most experienced american skiers bul a late usually Doest get it going until this Early an out Sider a Andy Mill of a downhill specialist with a lot of Talent and too much courage some people think Hes a Little crazy on had a Good race going last month at Cortina but wound up a Lith after a costly can do better bul its a Lough Field with Franz Klamer on none of the other men appears in form to contend at the world two Geoff of and Greg of Lake never have competed up to potential inter Eric of will be Fine once he makes up his Hes Given up downhill for giant slalom Becky Dorsey of just beginning to get it one of three or four Young racers who could make the women learn one of the strongest in the has three top10 finishes in cup Competition this year and fell in another after her first run had her near the she can beat the Abbi Fisher of South they Call her but Shes More accustomed to water in Snow probably the Best Allaround athlete Man or woman on the although come she didst crack the top 10 until last tuesday with a sixth a Les All her teammates think Abbl will do it one Heidi Pruess of last at she won the Canadia american finished in the top 10 in a couple of cup races and looked like a but she strained some Back Muscles in december and Hast competed since catch you next thirteen women skiers have finished world cup races this but none appears within striking distance of a powerful International former National Champion Vij Down Hiller Susie Sun and Rookie Christin Sun appear Dunlap captures Walter Camp award new api Fred head football coach and athletic director at is the 1977 Walter Camp Man of the the Walter Camp foundation whose red raiders were 101 in will be honoured at the foundations annual awards banquet  
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