European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary in he i a 1 1 rams should be ready to Bear truth now just ask yourself this if the on again off again one minute hot. Next minute cold los Angeles rams Toulon t handle the Atlanta Falcons or new Orleans saints How in the Rood name of Richard Dent can they possibly Slop him and All inc rest of the Chicago bears from going to the super bowl rid you Caich thai Shol on to of John Robinson the rams coach i n lies after the bears disposed of the giants sunday he was watching the game no Home and he talked about How impressed he was with the Way Jim me million the bears quarterback had thrown the Ballin the wind. To me Robinson looked worried. Anxiety was writ ten All Over him. Me had his hand on his Chir and seemed As if he was anticipating the worst when his rams face the bears at Soldier Field sunday to see Olio goes to super bowl xxx on Jan. 26. Robinson has a right to be worried. About Many things. Not the least of which is the bears remarkable cast Iron defense easily inc nil s Best i be seen since Pittsburgh s steel curtain. Dwight while inc steel cars Able defensive end was part of that great line. Nothing on Earth was going to keep him from playing against the Vikings in super bowl x Vei though he came Down with a viral infection which sent him into inc Hospital twice before that contest. Dwight spreads declared Joe Greene an other line member. The rest of us spread soil is with the bears. They re the bad news dears with heavy accent on the word especially thai defense of their s with intimidator a like pent William the refrigerator Perry Steve Mcmichael and Dan Hampton up front. They simply grind Down the opposition and the others directly behind them Imilce Mike sing Tatary Otis Wilson and Wilbur Marshall often give the impression Chicago is playing is men on defense. A few years ago after Green Bay had recovered some measure of the Success it had previously achieved under inc Lute Vince Lombard Tiu heard the cry the pack is Back. Well now those old feared monsters of the mid Way an Back and As someone who has watched both sets of try Aires on the Field i m not so sure the current Crew in t equally effective. Or at least As destructive. The bears 16-t record is no Fluke. What a shame George Malas in t around to see in and be a part of it during the past half Century i be watched people like Bronko Nagurski play for the bears and saw How it generally took More Ihan one Man to bring him Down i be seen other exceptional players in bears uniforms like Sid Luc Lunan George Musso Danny Fortmann Clyde bulldog Turner Joe sly Dahar Beattie feathers and later Gale Sayers and Mike Dilka who coaches them now. With Ditka what you see u what you get. He s Down to Earth pretty Plain spoken and not much for embroidering the facts. You Don t hear him enshrining his present team As a unit Cyl but if you ask him i think hell Tell you it could probably hold its own with Many of the stronger bears learns he has seen in the past even though they beat the giants handily 21-0, last sunday. Inc bears still made a number of mis takes. That gives you an idea of How Strong they Are Earlic ulary when i he y re playing it Home in inc col Dut Friendly confines Tif Soldier Ticlad. First inc bears defense ale Phil Simms for lunch sunday and then finished the meal by ceiling up the giants. Donl who in t us cry Happy i h his contract and whose a genl. Tiv Cratl Glenn in t Gunni meting hell play past this sunday was like a Man programmed far dest Rueiinn. Over and apart from his Sis Lack los and three sacks he never gave inc Gums any breath in Nim so much As once. Ai monday s press conference Bitka called in one of inc Besl performances he Lead Ever seen by any player. Dent was t really that impressed with cell her his showing or thai of the bears in lira defense. In can be n lol he said when i asked him How he d rate it. You re never As Good As you think you Are. I think we can do that should give the rams a clue whal they re Likely to be up against next sunday. They certainly have to be thinking about How the Falcons beat them 30-14, on nov. 17. And How easily the bears Demul Ishad Atlanta 36-0, inc following week. The week after that even the 5lruup, saints humbled the rams 29-3. Traditionally the rams Hutc never been us their Best at n cold weather site. Maybe they la be Lucky and the weather will be Nice sunday Bui How Nice and How warm can Chicago Ever be in the mid dle of january the bears arc Lott Point favourites against she rams bul 1 think the game will wind up being a Blowout. Prelly much the Way it was with inc giants i can t see anyone keeping the bears from gelling to the super bowl. A word of caution though. I also thought they were going to make in last year. United Prill Lendl Jarryd Advance in net Challenge tourney Atlanta up Ivan Lendl shifted into High gear during a first set tie breaker and then tailed through the second set tuesday to defeat Andres Gomez 7-6 7-l6-1 in the opening round of a $500,000 at to Challenge Tennis tournament. Sweden s Anders Jarryd upset his Dou Bles partner and countryman Stefan de Borg 3-6,6-3,7-6 7-4 in the other second Day match. The tournament features round Robin Competition within two four player groups. The two players in each group with the Best records Advance to the semifinals Friday. Lendl was pleased with his first performance of the year. I was Happy Wilh the Way i hit the Ball he said
