European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Davis betraying Oakland fans Trust Al Davis has put up a Blacken Silver smoke screen around super bowl instead of an analysis of the game Between the Oakland raiders and the Philadelphia much of the emphasis somehow is on what will happen if nil commissioner Pete Rozelle has to present the super bowl trophy to Ai the raiders Man aging general Genius who has accused him of super bowl its almost As if Peter had to present the keys to the kingdom to ill take a crash course from Bowie the commissioner on How he presented the world series trophy to Charlie he handed me the trophy when we won super bowl says and i didst like him any better then than i do the real matchup in super bowl Xiv is not to its the if the eagles Rozelle will be presenting the trophy to Leonard the eagles and the real Issue is not that the raiders May win the super its that Davis wants to move the raiders to los Angeles after what could be their finest the first wild card team since the 1970 merger to win the super even before the raiders outscored the san Diego chargers 3427 for the american conference Cham Davis talked about How proud he was of his his coaches and the meaning Oak that the same City he wants to if the Oakland people had abandoned the then Davis would be but the raiders have had a sellout crowd of More than at every game in the Oakland coliseum for More than a when the raiders chartered Jet returned to Oak land sunday loyalists welcomed you Guys Are the John the huge defensive told the youre the but if Davis gets his those Best fans wont have a team next Ever since the rams left the los Angeles coliseum for Anaheim Davis has been ogling the empty col where he has the Promise of luxury boxes that would be Worth to compete in the says we need More income than we can generate in Oakland i dont want an apologist i want a but there is More to owning a sports franchise than building a there is the matter of Loy Alty to the people who support that when a franchise accepts the name of a its owners also accept the Trust of the people in that by trying to move his franchise to los Angeles when the Oakland people Are still supporting him financially and Davis has betrayed that Davis likes to talk about growing up in he Learned How Branch Rickey and George Weiss built those wonderful dodger and Yankee baseball Davis does not talk about Walter but apparently he Learned from him How to move a fran Chise to los Omalley took the Romance out raiders Ai Davis disloyal to franchise supporters of sports when he moved the dodgers from Brooklyn to los Angeles for the 1958 Omalley was not justified in doing it the dodgers had turn away crowds at ebbets Field but he did other franchises have been with just Ifica when the people in a City no longer even the baseball giants had a valid reason to go to san Francisco they were not drawing at the decrepit Polo grounds in those same but the Only justification for the dodgers1 move was Omalley and the Only justification for the raiders move would be Davis Davis will be challenging the nil Constitution in a Federal antitrust trial that is scheduled to begin 9 in los his argument is that he has a right to move his franchise wherever he with out the approval of at least 21 of the 28 club his argument is that if a Mcdonalds or a Burger King franchise wants to move to another Street Cor it other business do not have a cites its never the Oakland Mcdonalds or the Oakland Burger it the Oakland and the Oak land stands for the people of the not for where Davis happens to when he came to Oakland As the Raider coach in he had two catch phrases Pride and poise and dynamic he depended upon the people of Oakland to support which they have done now he wants to change Pride and poise to shame and change dynamic to the solution would be to let Davis leave by let the nil owners award him an expansion team in los but leave the raiders in where they belong to the not to when the Raider charter returned from Cleveland a week a fan at the Airport hassled Al telling spa is Over meaning the airline that has frequent flights to los Davis you do your and ill do when the raiders left Oakland last week for san he was escorted through the Oakland Airport by two policemen in helmets and Black leather All that somebody said on seeing a wire service photo of the is a Raincoat Over his in the Davis seemed to be but maybe he was with its always hard to the new York times capitals grab 30 Victory Rookie goalie Parro zips Kings Montreal Steve Shutt 600 Points by Tony Favia up sports writer Dave a Rookie had just done something that Many veterans would be proud of shutting out the High scoring los Angeles and he said it want that third period was the longest Ive played and those last five minutes were said who backs topped the Washington capitals to the 30 Victory thursday they put Good pressure on through the last i think i was a Little tense throughout the game and i never did completely shake Veteran Rick Smith scored his second goal of the season and Mike Gartner logged his 25th As the capitals ended the Kings five game unbeaten Paul Mulvey added the last goal at of the third who recorded his first nil shut was particularly rough on the Kings triple Crown which logged 11 of los Angeles 18 shots Over the first 40 brought up from the minors As an injury replacement two weeks stopped 29 shots in his his biggest saves came in the second period when he faced 10 one on a Clear breakaway by Veteran Mike Murphy and another by Marcel the most prolific in the Kings big from the Edge of the face off capitals coach Gary Green said of Par Davy Doest give you Hes a standup the kind who gives la trouble because they like to shoot and by standing up he cuts Down their elsewhere in the nil canadians jets 3 Pierre Larouche scored a hat trick and Doug Risebrough added two goals to help extend Montreal unbeaten Streak to 11 Larouche scored once in the second nil Roundup period and twice in the final giving him a total of 12 goals for the Steve Shutt scored his 23rd goal of the season and added an assist to become the ninth player in Canadien history to reach the 600pioint Nordques flyers 1 Alain Cote and Dave Pichette each scored a Power play goal to help lift que Bec to its first Victory in 11 the flyers were penalized at of the third period for having too Many players on the and the Nordques took advantage by raising the margin to 31 when Pichette tallied from 25 feet Black Hawks Bruins 2 Denis Savard set up two Chicago goals and Tony Esposito allowed Only two bos ton Power play goals to snap the Bruins five game unbeaten Glen Sharpley got his 100th nil goal just into the game when Terry Ruskowski beat Boston goalie Rogie Vachon to a Loose puck and fed him for the easy Rockies rangers 3 Mike Gillis scored his first nil hat including the Winner with to Lead Gillis intercepted a pass by the rangers Dave silk and scored unassisted at of the first Walt Mckechnie followed with a shorthanded goal at to make it marking the 12th straight game in which he has scored a flames red wings 0 Kent Nilsson scored three goals and assisted on three others and Kevin Lavalice notched one goal and four Nilsson got Calgary rolling at of the first converting lava Lees Bob Macmillan scored his 12th of the season 62 seconds goalie Rejean Lemelin stopped 31 shots to record his second consecutive Home rangers pick up Fotiu the new York rangers have re acquired left Wing Nick Fotiu from the Hartford whalers for future consider one of the most popular players in Ranger played in new York from totalling 190 penalty minutes in a native new Fotiu was selected by the whalers in the 1979