European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 new Goa line stand Tor the Gipper at Long they win one for the gip Ronald Reagan undertakes his Juiciest role since he played George Gipp in the film Knute Rockne All american 40 years the former began serving As presi Dent of the United states so this ought to be As Good a time As any to Tell what they did to his biggest movie of is the deathbed scene in which dying of a viral Throat infect tells the notre Dame Rockne when the teams up against when things Are going wrong and the Breaks Are beating the Tell them to go in there with All Treyve got and win just one for the i dont know where ill be but ill know about and ill be now it is halftime in the 1928 game with neither team has but army incomparable red Cagle is Oddson to trample several people to says in going to Tell you something Ive kept to myself for and he repeats Gipps deathbed Rock in sure this is the game George Gipp would want us to Cagle Hast heard the but it  have stopped him his passes and running take army across All but the last 2 Yards of notre Dame and Johnny Murrell plunges in for a touch now notre Dame charges sending Jack Chevigny across to Cap an 80yard that one for the Gipper Chevigny with the score notre Dame comes on red Smith Johnny an end who has played but goes in As a he reaches High for a pass from Johnny Niemiec on the army 10yard stumbles off balance As he juggles the Ball and Falls into the end on play Obrien has won one for the Gipper and a nickname for that How they made the picture in in when the film was included in a package sold for those scenes had been Cut no not even seemed to know there was speculation that somebody had raised Legal objections Rockies Gipps Rel Gipps a sportswriter named in the maybe there had been complaints about the presence of a priest in Gipps which could imply that a had converted to Ca it remained a mystery for 25 but recently Tom Singer of the los Angeles Herald examiner searched the Warner he Learned that the original screenplay had been based on a radio script written by John Driscoll and broadcast on Dupont cavalcade of America when Warner discovered that its Robert had lifted the deathbed scene from they paid Driscoll for movie rights to two pages of the Buckner thought this Deal covered the whole so he borrowed several More of Driscoll when the movie Driscoll threatened to sue for theft of seven the studio settled for but the agreement said nothing about television that How it came about that when the package was sold for the scenes in question were deleted to eliminate any possible infringement on the Dris Coll there were 16 candidates for the Gipp but Only Reagan and Dennis Morgan were William John Robert Young and Robert Cummings were among others under consid Reagan was not chosen on football for his reputation As an athlete at Eureka College was not noticeably More impressive than that of Nixon at and nowhere near that of Gerald Ford at the Rockne part was written for James but Rockne and notre Dame found Cagney gangster image the next Spencer was Rockies per Sonal Choice would have been Paul Pat brought in Only Days before production was to found it one of his favorite he used to tear off a Rockne dressing room Spiel at the drop of a dessert the new York times makes for a Dull Tennis match two borgs one too Many by will Grimsley new York a one Bjorn Borg is sensational a marvelous Tennis mentally As unbreakable As a Stan Chion of almost flawless in stroke but two Bjorn borgs across the net from each other heaven help its so Bor ing it can put even to such was the Case in last sundays grand prix masters final at Madison Square in which the unflappable swede swept past Young Ivan lend of Czechoslovakia you could hear the snores drown out the applause of the in the packed Gar Den All Over the television viewers must have been getting up every few minutes to grab another Beer from the refrigerator or do a Quick switch of the dial to see what the basketball skyscrapers were doing on another not that the Tennis want Borg was the epitome of the Man who won five French titles and stormed through the last five it was just that Borg Borg spells the 20yearold newest net Prodigy off the czechoslovakian Assembly is a clone of his swedish As likes to stand on the Baseline and wham those Moo Ball loopers Over the net All Day Long if so what do you get in the Windup match prolonged rallies that frequently saw the Ball Cross the net 20 or 30 Borg usually hit the last it was All the electricity you see generated at Wimbledon or at Flushing Meadow for the open when Borg tests his Mur Derous consistency against the net Rushing daring of John Mcenroe or the Nev Ersa Ydie spirit of Jimmy Connors was the Guy is a no doubt about commented Jack Ameri Cas great Champion of the he is commentary certainly the most consistent player in the but i cant understand anyone try ing to beat him at his own Don one of the Only two men Ever to score grand slam winning the Wimbledon and in a single its hard for me to understand the mentality of anyone who will stand out there and try to hit with Borg All said you cant beat a Man who if you hit 50 balls ill hit and then does both Kramer and Budge were among the mass of spectators bored stiff by the spectacle As the Climax of the worldwide professional should have provided the Apex in tension and High dra the sponsors will have to change the even Borg Felt constrained to make an apology ninety percent of the Early matches Are usually better than the final because of the he no doubt about Borg is the Best player in the world said to beat you have to you have to go to the no matter How much you get ultimately you must break his concentration and Budge Borg at his Best would have had Trou ble with Guys like Pancho gon Zales and Rod said the 56yearold modestly excluding him he is amazing the Way he can keep those top spin shots going unless someone challenges it makes for very Dull Mcenroe is the Only Man around with the tools to do Jimmy because of his can always give Bjorn a both of them can make it an exciting perhaps Lendl will be ready to do it after a couple of years of computerized training behind the Iron he is a Superb 6feet2 and 170 a relentless backcourt the trouble against he is against the master of the the Iron swede is almost inhuman the Way he runs Down every Ball and turns an opponents cutaway shots into Cross court his unshakeable Demeanour has made him a world but he needs a catalyst such As Mcenroe or Connors to make him Shine his Bjorn Borg most consistent in world Ivan Lendl newest net Prodigy eagles7 injured Smith could be key to bowl continued from Page 21 Smith went i didst get put on injured ing Vermeil said he sensed not so much frustration on Smiths part As but Hes very Loyal and he realizes in this business youve got to take the Good and the Hes going through a negative phase in his career right but hell come out better for having experienced that one reason Why i Hope very much hell of does no matter How much he shrugs off his this could be my last Chance to play in the super he pointed this is it this is the world every baseball player wants to play in the world every football players dream is to play in the super you look at a great player like woul Dve Given his right Arm to play in a super he never got the Chance in Smith Doest seem to think his presence will make All that much a difference in the eagles after he Parker caught four passes against Dallas in the National conference championship i think the raiders have to be worried about Smith but you know there always going to double team whore you Gonna double up on Harold or Rodney or me