European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 21 eagles7 Smith could be key to bowl new Orleans a Charlie Philadelphia broken awed wide will almost certainly play sunday and Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski says his presence could be Pivotal in the super bowl against were definitely going to need him in Jaworski said because weve been playing the last couple of weeks with Only two wide receivers and its made my Job a lot so its a real plus to have him Hes worked out some what the last couple of weeks and in sure hell be coach Dick Vermeil Sake he was pretty sure hell be in there Charlie Smith is the kind of person if i went to him and youre and he Felt hed be a he would not hed in not Start Rodney that the kind of person Charlie right now i think Hes since being knocked out of commission during the final regular season game against Smith has been Only a spec Tator in the eagles playoff victories which put them in this National football league championship his workouts have been his participation i feel like in ready to play he Ive lost some weight Ive lost some maybe in not 100 but in my timing is off and i Haven practice All that Haven played in i dont know How Long almost a in trying to get my timing my i guess if i play ill be a Little but till be All on while wide receiver Harold Carmichael and most of the other eagles were engulfed by the swarming news Media Smith reclined on the sideline in the Louisiana almost with his jaw wired shut and a web of rubber bands blanketing his he finds talking even and making himself understood is a but a deeply religious accepts the Fate which has befallen him in his seventh pro season and his first shot at a Ive been depending on the lord for a Long he so in Gonna keep leaning on him and Pray that its his will that ill be Able to help the its not All that being out the Way Ive its like my Nephew told maybe the Good lords just giving you a id never thought of it that so now i can feel comfortable about it come if in meant to Thall be and if it comes that the coach decides not to use that i know Ive played a Long time to get Here and now it looks like till be taken away from but look at Moses he spent All those years wandering but he never crossed Over to the promised even though i Haven been Able to Ive still Felt very much a part of this continued on Page 23 Charlie Smith pretty sure to play raiders say experience will be j2th Man new Orleans a the Oakland raiders believe their Edge in super bowl experience will pay off against the Phila Delphia it should help but in not going to say Philly could use my defensive lineman John Matuszak said tues Day before the raiders held their first work out of super bowl he is one of 11 current raiders who played on the super bowl championship team of four years a 12th starting cornerback Dwayne was with the los Angeles rams in last years super Gene who will be playing in his third title game offered one tip to Philadelphia firs time it involves the National football leagues Friday night the elaborate affair which this year is being held at a riverfront new Orleans ups Haws advice forget that party not for its for nil commissioner Pete Rozelle and 000 really of his close personal and it costs the league you never see a player at the up Shaw Well have our own Upshaw went to his first super bowl As a Rookie with Oakland 1967 american foot Ball league who lost to the nil Champion Green Bay packers in Mia Al managing general partner of the recalled we were an awfully Green haunt even been in the playoffs before that super we treated it like a College bowl and it that said i even watched the halftime some of our players have never asked for and this week he and Art senior members of the raiders roster have made it a Point to Tell younger players what to expect this been they might be asked questions by people who cant even speak Upshaw when they went to Pasadena to face the Minnesota Vikings in super bowl the raiders were John then head got valuable advice from sever Al fellow such As miamis Don about How to handle the hectic super bowl its definitely going to be easier for us this it was pretty easy four years because big John had everything All set said a 13year Veteran Tom Flores was with us then As an assistant so he knows How it was added Flores confirmed that he is following Al most exactly the super Bow week schedule of four years it includes curfews for the starting tuesday having super bowl veterans on the team is one hell of an said Mike one of the younger they have experience and knowledge that can help every one of we know what to expect and How to keep our concentration on football even through the and there will be a lot of the raiders dont go overboard by treating the super bowl As super Davis that characteristic of this he Well stay because if you get too youre never Able to Barefoot Franklin gets kick out of super bowl new Orleans a i dont think placekicker Are a strange Tony Franklin said in reply to a i dont consider myself in just like any other in the next few moments the Phila Delphia eagles mustachioed specialist proceeded to Tell How he Learned to kick by watching Jan Stenerud on to and found out he had greater length and accuracy by booting the Ball a keeps a couple of Amazon parrots in his lets them sit on his shoulder and rubs their stomachs As he would a purring there like he then he told How he got in Dick ver Meils Doghouse by pulling an onside kick against Tampa Bay last year against his coach he was hit with a Fine for every game played in the 1980 a total of i want you to be Able to remember it every Vermeil told with the super bowl game against the Oakland raiders coming up the 182pound graduate of Texas is not brooding Over his i Felt some pressure in the Middle of the season that Why i had a he said tuesday in the super dome where both teams dressed for a press photography and interview r i  let it eat me i began i think i can make anything from working i discovered i was pressing eagles placekicker Tony Franklin too jumping at the Ball and missing by a few inches kicks that i made a year Franklin hit on 16 of 31 Field goal chances compared with 23 of 31 in he converted All 48 extra Point the 24yearold texan denied As some critics claim that he has lost accuracy and distance since his College when he booted 15 Field goals More than 50 three Over 60 and one of 65 i dont worry about the onside kick in he you can talk to coach Vermeil about i am in a better Frame of mind when i go out i think i can make anything from in two games in the Franklin has a 6for6 its he 72 on artificial no you cant beat the eagles who Borts soc said he Doest pamper his right foot and never has had it stepped on by a created the muscle tissue on the inside of my Arch is a fraction of an Inch he i dont Wear any special kind of shoe both shoes size his most miserable he was the conference title game against dal Las in Philadelphia two weeks won by the eagles 207 in sub freezing i kept my foot warm on the he and took a Towel on the Field with but it was like kicking a shot