European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 25. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Allen raiders whip rams a Champion rams id i Anaheim calf a Marcus Allen ran for p 3 Yards to win he i s5 National Loo Ball Pue Rushim Crown and in Malir kicked three Field l night to give the i of Angeles raiders a 1c, the los Angeles rams the Victory closed he raiders regular 12-4 record and the Ai c we monday when All 7.iiuo tickets to the playoff a Pence sold 30 minutes after they went on Sale about 1.500 fans braved for caving weather and camped out in sleeping bags Al the stadium hoping for a Chance to see the National football league team in postseason action team officials said. Most fans wanted to buy he limit per person four ticket but Many were turned away said Tim . Director of stadium operations there was nowhere near he number available to accommodate people s re he said. There was some disappointment but they left very Oie Darquea 19, of West Chicago arrived at the stadium at 11 . Sunday and Bough the first set of when Gale opened Al 8 . This is the first one he shouted. Hope fully. I la bring a Girlfriend with me to the game he said. By i m going to have a Good time no Mailer who goes with a Loial of 7.000 tickets for the playoff game to be held Jan. 4 or 5 were available Al the Gale and through tick tron agencies in Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana officials said. The tickets Cost from $15 for the family Section to $23 for Yard line scats Al the opener Ugains the Winner of the dec. 29 wild card game Belicen the new York giants and san Francisco 49crs. Chicago Park District officials had told fans of inc 15-1 bears not to show up Al Soldier Field before 5 ., but few heeded the warning. When we showed up Al 5 this morning they had been he recall night la favour said. No serious incidents developed. It was a very Calm crowd la favour said. Phones were ringing off the Hook Al a downtown tick Iron outlet said Wendy Levi Star an Agency computer operator. The Calls Kepi coming even after tickets had sold out and most fans look inc disappointing news in stride she said. I think most of the people peeled she said. Television toting fans wrapped in blankets also camped out in front of a tick tron outlet on North Michigan Avenue on Sun Day and watched the bears end their regu Lar season with a 37-17 Victory Over Detroit. The line began forming sunday morning and some who showed up had been paid $75 to Brave the cold for absent fans. We earn the Money said Adam Kalz l9,. This is not the Only said Darnell Eason. 35, of Evans Lon. We wailed for Tina Turner Kool and the gang Bruce Springs can record Lor Yards from scrimmage in one reason with breaking Ranis line do Conn s ix4 Mark i and tied Wal or s league re caul wit ninth consecutive 100 my Ruh u g line Loahr in need Field goals of 27 and 51 cards in the Quarter As the raiders to.4. A Leal. Nailed a 21 Ariler Fiu inc final the opened up some Threalt in a Rimini on Yard Loii Cadoun Pas Furcin Marc a ij.,v ii i Dokie Villi 1 2il remaining. The rams scoring came on Mike landlord s 52 Field goal in lev second Quarter and his 4ll- Ard kick third period. Dickerson the m a s leading rusher each of the two years gained w .111 2 carries in the los ranks far Down on the league Rushing list this year i4.44 h in n the Pasi lie Afler Selling a record of 2.1115 in l �4 i he raiders open lie playoffs .11 a the in Ian the Winner of s Niu dark ,Lels-n-.- i patriots mid card game. The rams Lien Hie play Home again the ill.is c Imbi. On Ian 4 the Vic lord Pill the raiders record 01 Day night games at 2- -1. The Are no 14 the Raider defense held the rams in Cheek a quarterback Dieter Brock six lime., including Leo Fircz Tounsend and Milch Willis Brock under heavy pressure most of inc evening pitted 14 of 28 throws Lor 15� Yards with no intercept i he raiders Wilson sacked just once completed 2 passes for is Yards. Runners up watch the champs coach him Olson left and Jun land dinner take All match in Munich. Stefan Odberg flinch re Sweden s drama members of Sweden s a is cup team watching arc Boris Becker second from in �2 Lictor by Healing Wostphal j-6 hold their championship cups oter their right and Michael we Alphal right of 7-5, fr-4, 6-3 in the final Davis cup pair Heads in Celebration after the sunday s West Germany which finished second ing. Cose delivers Eulogy at St. Patrick s Maris receives final standing ovation new York up Roger Maris the Home run slugger who fell most at Home on he North Dakota Plains monday was eur Ogi cd amid the gothic majesty of St. Patrick s Cathedral us a Man of sportscaster Howard Cosell. Delivering the Eulogy cited he Many ways in which a person is measured. Other countries other languages have different names for it he said. Our american name for it is guts. Our definition for in is Roger Cosell spoke before an audience of 4,000 to 5.000, a gathering that extended far beyond the baseball Community. Among those in the aisles of one of the country s most famous and architecturally splendid churches were former president Richard Nixon mayor Edward Koch for Mer mayor Abe a came and police com missioner Benjamin Ward. Nixon dressed in a Blue lop Coal Shook hands and exchanged Christmas greetings with the lunchtime crowd and Holiday shop pers outside the fifth Avenue Church i was with Roger Maris Al Yankee stadium a few months before he Nixon said. And not once did he talk about his illness. I be was a class Cardinal John o Connor celebrated the memorial mass and metropolitan opera Star Robert Merrill Sang the lord s scores of baseball celebrities were on hand in tribute to the former new York Yankee great who hit 61 Home runs in 1961, breaking babe Ruth s record. Maris died dec. 14 at age 51 after a iwo year Battle with Lymphatic cancer. He was buried on a snowy thursday afternoon in i Argo n.d., his to Mcloud where he used to mingle among friends and withdraw from the pressures of baseball in new York. Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth and his predecessor. Bowie Kuhn were among the congregation As was american league president Bobby Brown and Lee Macphail. The outgoing president of the player relations committee. Former shortstop and current broadcaster Phil i Uto who called Maris 6lsi Homer against Tracy of the Boston red sox. Read the prayer of the faithful. Others from the Yankee organi Alion included principal owner George Slein bran Ner who fought Back tears during the serv ice former managers Yogi Berra and Gene Michael and former broadcaster Mel Allen. The Maris family was Al St. Patrick s and Roger Maris or. The Clesi of six Chil Dren was a Reader at the service
