European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 15, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary i Iliili Iiah  pass credit Berry for super bowl trip tilt to Tel it fld of .1. The Hir Story of course inc one you know All about by this Lime is Hal the wild card new f Island a allots ure going la the super Bow for the first Lime and even if nobody else thinks they have any Chance of knocking off i he Chicago bears there they do you should pc heard some of Iho new Enslund rooters when Lime was winding Down sunday in Ilic Orange bowl Nad Ilic pair Iota 31-14 win Over the Miami dolphins in the of j Lille game was secure. We want inc bears we want inc bears the bellowed joyfully. J somehow nil that feverishly expressed desire had a very familiar ring. Reminded me of the same Thun Dering cry i heard from  new York giants fans at the Meadowlands Only a couple of weeks ago after the giants put away the san Francis co 49ers. Those fans wanted the bears in the worst Way they eventually Goi hem and you Kaow what happened but Lei s gel Back to the patriots who look advantage or six Dolphin turnovers to end an 18-game losing string in the Orange bowl and keep Miami coach Don Shula from going to the super bowl for the seventh time. Virtually All the Patriot players agreed they owed the Victory primarily to i hair uncommonly Laid Back second year coach Raymond Berry and if you Hap pen to be one of those people who always keeps count ibis is the second Lime he has burned he old Bosi Shula and burned him Good. Berry who i in the pro football Hall of Fame was one of the greatest receiver the Baltimore Coin Ever had. When he came to the Colls in 1955 from sum he did same strange things. Strange even fur i professional football player. He weighed Only ik2 pounds when he reported to the Colls but to make sure he got an accurate honest Reading he carried his own bathroom scale around with him. He also used to have prescription Sun glasses strapped to his Helmel whenever the Colts played in los Angeles. That was because he s nearsighted Contact Lens had t been refined yet and he had it All figured out about inc Lime the Sun set in los Angeles they laughed at inc Skinny introverted Berry Over some of his habits but nobody laughed Over the Way he grabbed passes. He had a real Knack for that. Shula found that out the hard Way. By Exten Sion you could even say Berry s exceptional pass catching ability chased Shula out of the professional playing ranks and into the coaching profession. Shula was a defensive Back in the pros and after the Washington redskins picked him up near the end of Bis career Berry playing for the Cults nearly destroyed him in a game with the redskins by catch ing 12 passes for 224 Yards. Whether or not that was the Straw that ended his playing career Shula was placed on waivers by the redskins two Days later and he became an assistant coach Al the University of Virginia the next year. Later when Shula look Over As head coach of the Colts Berry played fur him id it was another disc of the Pupil showing the leather How to to it sunday in he Orange Liol. If you know in Rich Berry then you know he does t believe in Long  said j Jii Rizii Light end Lin Dawson. Lie did t have o much a say to us about our is straight losses to Miami in the Orange Bow because he does t believe in things like jinxed what he did say to us much earlier in these Imin was Hal we d have to beat Miami twice to win and he made us believe we could a  the patriots Defeated the dolphins 17-14 ii i us Bora mass earlier in the season but dropped a 30-17 decision to them three weeks ago in Mimi. Don t worry the coach told us after that  Dawson remembered. We Are Well Able to Over come it. We have been delayed but we have not been denied he  patriots Center Pete Brock a 10-year Veter an also talked about the Way Berry had Molina cd the whole team. In the end though it was the players themselves who look it right to the dolphins much in inc manner the bears did to inc rams in shutting them out 24-0 in Chicago. Last year a lot of my friends sat around in my House in Norfolk muss and we had one of those super bowl parties Brock said. We watched the game Between the 49ers my the dolphins. Somebody Al the party Suid we re sick of having these super bowl parties at your House All the time. Let s have one in new Orleans next year i told him that was Fine with  in Ltd priv  Odd makers at Odds Over super bowl bets by Robert Macy Las vegas. Nev. A there is disagreement among Odds Akera at no Vadas sports books about the super Bow game not about the paint spread the Chi Cago bears were a solid 1 of Point favorite monday but rather on the Impact la new England patriots would have on Bel Ling action. I think we will be in the Vicinity of $45 million Sonny Reizner predicted of bet Ting totals Al the slate s 34 Legal sports books should Bis prediction be Fusil us. In will be the heaviest bet super bowl of All Lime. It looks like t Dud countered Jimmy Vaccaro of the mom grand hotel sports Book who predicted a bet Tola under $30 million. I venture to guess there la be 25 percent Cut in our share of the super bowl  year s super bowl Between the san Francisco 49ers and the Miami Dolphina Drew nearly s40 million at Nevada books. The Only place in the country where Paru Belling is Legal. That handle was a record Odds Uken raid two weeks ago a Chi Cago Miami matchup would have been a Winner while a Chicago new England game Widd Cut substantially into the bet Ting action. Reizner the Long time Odds maker at the castaways sports Book repeated that View saying b Dolphin win sunday would have meant an additional $5 million in Belling action. Chicago people Are much More geared toward big Belling than people from new England Reizner said noting heavy Early action on tic bears. The patriots Don t figure to draw much Money from their  one thing that May Al Kracl patriots Money is Hal they be covered the spread the last 13 or 14 Lima this season a Cion Craid. If Yon had bet on inc patriots the last 13 limes you would have spa every bet. And they seem to be a Cinderella  Art Manleyii Odd maker ill the cae sars Palace sports Book predicted the Point spread would remain Between 10 and 11 until the game. Manleyii said the bean appear Loo awesome 10 beat but the patriots May capture 3 lot of action As underdogs. America always loves an underdog Manteris said i think by super bowl sunday the patriots will have captured the imagination of the american Public the same Way the Kansas City royals did in the playoffs. No one expected them to via their division to win the american league or the world series. They had to struggle All the Way dark horses do capture the fancy of the american people Manteris said. Whether the underdog role can shift the betting action to the patriots remains to be seen the Odd makers agree. New England is a Good betting area but it does t have the belting Impact Tike a new York or u solid West coast team Vaccaro said. Last year s record bet was bolstered by californians coming to Nevada to bet the game and junkets from Miami stopping in Nevada on the Way to the super bowl in Stanford Calif. Miami and the bears would have been e much better situation because Miami tins a great Deal of Charisma with quarterback Dan Marino and coach Don Shula,1 Sci nor said. They be been there before and they would have had their   believes the Point spread is Loo High but he adds the Public does t Sec the number spread they just Nee the Bel Ter learn and they  if we opened this game at seven where it should be we d be inundated with bears  refiner said. Even at this High number there s going to be plenty of bears  Manteris opened the super bowl bet Ting sunday afternoon with four minutes remaining in the patriots dolphins game and began getting Good two Way action Vaccaro put up his line 20 minutes after the game and counted Only 115,000 in bets sunday night compared to $230,000 bet the first night a tin the dolphins-49cn line was established a year ago Uncle Sam has Alto had a chilling effect on super bowl belting Vaccaro said. Last year we took three $ 100,000 bets. Now if you bet 110,000 or More you have to fill out an irs form. It s sure to Cut Back on a lot of the big bets Chicago fans reveling in bears7 first super bowl Chicago a flight to new or leans Are sold out and game tickets Are Only available to a select 4,000, but Hal s not hopping Chicago fans Ana merchants from Eveling in the bears first trip to the super bowl. Two weeks before the monsters of the Midway take on the new England patriots fans Are flocking up on souvenir heralding their team s first trip to the super bowl the bean won the National football league championship in 1963, beating the new York giants but there was no super bowl until 1966, ,. I be never seen anything Ida this said Steve stave to co owner of sports distributors a North Side wholesaler and retailer of sports  than 24 hour Fler the bears clinched the pfc title by mauling Lite los Angeles rams 24-0 sunday sports distributors received in first shipment of super bowl paraphernalia. To Jutt so jammed Here it unbelievable. This will break a records Shavitz said in a Telephone interview adding that be bad bad about 600 phone Calls too. Sales of the bears 25-Minutc music video super bowl shuffle also surged after sunday  were getting phone Calls this morn ing eve i before we opened said Mia Poland a clerk at the video King in trendy Lincoln part she said out of tale fans also were Call ing about the s19.9j video featuring the football uniformed song and dance team. It s the no. 1 Best seller Poland said. We keep getting them in and they keep nil  half the revenues from the bears video and a record Are going to a fund for needy Chicago families according to officials at red Label records which produced them most Chicago fans will have to Settle for teeing the Jan. 26 super bowl on television. The bears share of tickets to the game about 4,000 of them will go to those among the estimated 13,500 season ticket holders to be chosen in a special lottery wednesday. Those who Nave the most season tickets and have had Uick the longest will have the advantage. If a fan has bought two season tickets for eight years his name will go into the lottery 16 times said Jean Jensen a spokeswoman for the bears ticket office. All seats will sell for s75. And lottery winners better have made Ravel arrangements Early Al flights from Chicago to new Orleans have been sold out for weeks travel agent Cynthia Hall said. By mid morning monday the most timely available flight was one arriving Jan. 22 five Days before the game Al Baton Rouge about 70 Miles from new Orleans. Amtrak s daily Chicago new Orleans train also is sold out with inc first available Date Jan. 22, said rail agent Shelly Zurek an alternative is the super bowl shuttle offered by the Zola Century club a travel club Hal Charters Amtrak trains for special events. At sj49.9j round trip for coach 2w times the Normal fare fans can leave Jan. 25 and drink free Champagne during the 7h-hour ride to new Orleans arriving Al 9 30 . Sunday for the 4 . Game. Bui even fans who find a Way in get there will have trouble finding a Hole in new or leans. Travel a Gnu say every room is booked