European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes 9-0 record gives Ditka new image by Jam Sutke a Mas Success forged i new image for Mike Ditka it a is i question Pui to the Man now in his i writ and most successful year As c hears coach. bit his lip. Allowed himself a Quick mile ind replied i m glad it was t inc old Mike out there sunday when the bears Defeated the i Cen Hay packers 16-10 in a mis take filled Brawl beset contest. That Mike would have been awfully excited for a while the questioner persisted. Was there a new or different Mike off the held i Don t drive the highways As said Ditka. Referring to ii much Public cd arrest in Chicago for driving under the influence of alcohol following a Victory Over san i Franeisco last month. That s for secure because he already has been awarded a second three year contract burned by Success and hailed recently As something of an innovator Ditka can of lord to Lampoon his new image. He can Ifford lube restrained. Me is winning. It was not always so. Dilka was an All pro tight end during his first slay with the bears but he came Back to Chicago four years ago As an untested Dallas assistant coach. Mis selection by Chicago s owner the late George Halas. Was snid to reveal More about Malas sense of loyalty than Ditka s acumen. Hut the bears 19h4 March is far the National football conference title game they were derailed by san Francisco 23-0and their 9-0 performance so far this year including the mild revenge that came with beating the 49ers has silenced most of those critics. It has also changed Dilka from a coach Whu two years ago took out his frustrations on a locker in Baltimore breaking his hand to one who has learned1 to live with everyone s shortcomings including his own. I think he s reached the Point where he can have Confidence in his players and the abilities of this said defensive line Man Dan Mumpton a Tough All pro player in the Ditka Mold. I really think he came Here and tried to get too involved in every facet of the game. Maybe part of it because he was new Hampton continued. But now he understands we re professionals and he lets us play our indeed Dilka has become secure enough in that Confidence and his own hunches to convert 300-plus-Pound Rookie defensive lineman William refrigerator Perry into a running Back. What Many assumed was that Perry s conversion from immovable object to irresistible Force was simply Ditka s Way of paying san trances co Back for a similar stunt in the pfc title game. But Hose who figured that Angle under estimated both Perry s Talent and Dilka s boldness. Chicago s refrigerator7 is Hoffes new Media Star Chicago a William the refrigerator Perry who is paid to push his massive self away from the dining table soon May be pushing hamburgers French Fries and other fast food temptations As Well As real refrigerators. The Chicago bears 308-Pound Rookie defensive lineman whose Girth makes him Worth plenty to advertiser hands to profit More from endorsements this season than from his four year is. 35 million con tract with the National football league club. I Don t know of a hotter properly in the country right now his agent Jim Steiner of St. Louis based Bry & associates said. Muck some Money said Perry. But it la have to be something sensible Mcdonald s. Coca cola and refrigerator makers general electric and whirl Pool arc seeking endorsements from the 22-year-old Perry who says a decision is expected in about two weeks. The offers arc coming in at the Rale of 1 5 an hour said St incr whose firm rep resents More than 100 athletes including the new York wets Darryl Strawberry Killen Winslow of the san Diego chargers and the St. Louis baseball cardinals Vince Coltman. Offers were Corning in even before Perry became an important Factor on of sense scoring a touchdown and Clearing inc Way for two ads by Walter Paylon against Green Bay two weeks ago. He victimized the packers again sunday catch ing the first touchdown pass of his career As the bears Defeated Green Bay 16-10, raising their record to 9-0. That earned him a monday appearance on the lbs morning news plus a front Page Story in Usa today. Among the companies lining up to sign Perry Are a toy manufacturer which wants to Market a William Perry robot a manufacturer of Hospital scrub suits and a ther Mal underwear company Elciner said. We be had a Compi by that wanted him to endorse a scat Cushion food tray Combina Tion for football games sle incr added and dentists Are offering to replace Perry s missing front tooth for free. Perry s show by. Career is being plotted carefully Steiner said. We cannot overexposed him. And we want to alien him with Quality Compa Nies he said. Perry raised in Aiken s.c., was a sur prise first round draft Choice out of Clem son. Many pro analysis had figured his weight would drop his value but the bears gambled that he would stay within the weight and body fat ratio clauses of his unique contract. His 120-Pound wife Sherry is keeping him on a lean diet of baked Chicken vegetables and fruit. Perry said he did t know if a Slimmer profile would Cost him fun but added i m sure trying to get under 300 the massive new Bear has Lakin Chi Cago by storm. His praises Are Sung on a record re leased locally called Perry across his Jersey based on the old hit ferry Cross the he has a fan club whose members receive among other things a so uric "72" refrigerator Magnet celebrating his Jersey number. The Chicago Sun times recently published a full Page color poster of Perry and the robust Rookie is to appear nov. 11 on the David Letterman show. Perry who earlier acknowledged he had never seen the Wise cracking Letterman said monday he finally had watched the show. He s a Nice funny Guy a Little differ ent. Well have fun said Perry. Blocking Carr c Way Houston s Akeem Olajuwon left blocks the attempted shot of Portland s Kenny Carr while Ralph Sampson appears ready to grab the errant Ball in tuesday s National basketball association game at the Summit in illusion. Action came in the first Quarter As Houston won 127-113. A ranks gators no. 1 for 1 St time by n1ssenson a football writer the Florida gators Are the associated press no. 1 team in College football for inc first time in the 50-year history of inc wire service poll. While Florida was defeating sixth ranked Auburn 14-10, no. 8 Ohio slate was knocking off no. I Iowa 22 13, a Selback Hal dropped the Haw. Keys from first place to sixth. That enabled the gators 7-0-1, to move up from second place to the lop spot. They received 42 of 59 first place Voles and 1,159 of a possible 1.180 Points from a nationwide panel of sports writers and sportscasters. Penn slate which is Florida coach Galen Hall s Alma mater turned Back Boston College and climbed from third place to second with 15 first place votes and 1,113 Points. The Kittany Lions arc 9-0, one of three in Scalen and untied major College cams. The others arc fifth ranked air Force and in ranked Bowling Green both 9-0. I think it s great Hall said of the no. 1 ranking. "1 appreciate the writ ers taking Inlo consideration the sched ule and the Competition we be played. Everyone starts the season with that goal and we wanted to be around the top coming to the end of the season. With the people we be played and inc Way our players reacted i think we deserve it. Florida s season however will end prematurely because of Mcaa Proba Tion. The gators who Are ineligible for a bowl game arc bidding to become the third team to capture a National championship while on probation. The others were Auburn in 1957 and okla homa in 1974. Nebraska which trounced Kansas stale 41-3 saturday jumped from fifth to third with 1,027 Points. Michigan which had been fourth was held to a 3 3 lie by Illinois and slipped la ninth and Ohio stale vaulted from eighth to fourth. Ai Force a 31-10 Winner Over san Diego slate jumped from seventh to fifth its highest ranking Ever with 882 Points followed by Iowa with 834. The Hawk yes had been no. I for five consecutive weeks and were a unanimous Choice the last two weeks. Oklahoma which crushed Kansas 48-6, Rose from ninth to seventh with 821 Points and one first place Vole Fol Lowed by Miami of Florida which Beal Florida stale 35-27 and leaped from Lith to eighth with 815 Points while dropping flu from 10th to 16th. Rounding out the top ten was Oklahoma state which edged Colora do 14-11 and moved up from 12lh to i oth with 600 Points. The second ten consists of Baylor. Arkansas Auburn Urcla. Ltd. Flor Ida stale Georgia Brigham Young Tennessee and Alabama. Last week it was Miami. Oklahoma slate. Baylor Arkansas. Urcla. Leu by Georgia Tennessee and South Ern methodist. Smitj fell oui of the top Twenty by losing to Texas am 19-17 and Ala Bama moved Back in after a two week absence by defeating Mississippi state44-28. Hall noted thai Florida has Ihrck very Lough football games the gators meet Georgia in Jacksonville this weekend then play Host to Ken Tucky on nov. 16 and Florida state on nov. 30. 1
