European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 26 stars and stripes tuesday january 28, 1986 Nof much hype just solid coverage by Barry Wilnor a a Perls writer the Chicago hears delivered As promised overwhelm ing the new in Gand patriots in the super bowl on sunday. Jmc Idiku did As it Iii ii would going with a Basic Xcvi is Mure approach to inc nil championship game. Nothing fancy Nul Hing outrageous. Just solid coverage. I Only Abc had offered .1 less pretentious and Shorter pregame show minus the non foot Barf material and the publicity gimmick of a minute of silence the network might have been As successful As inc hears. Using 2 cuiiicra.1, for the grime. Abc did t mils much. Anything that was overlooked live Chicago s Leslie Fra Ier tumbling on a reverse during a punt re turn fur example was caught in replay. The reverse single and slow motion re plays were particularly revealing and the network made Fine use of rub Gnesi and Ilic Griese s explanations of Why William the refrigerator my did not throw the Bill on a planned option piss. And is analysis of Jim s Iwa Yard scor ing run supported by overhead shots of the plays were especially enlightening. The Tuluo if play by play announcer Dick in Borg and analyst Merlin Olson was Low key As usual not allowing flip hype a the festivities id creep into the broadcast of tic game. Olsen Nul ii that both coaches probably preferred to lose the Coin loss to get their defense on the Field first. He also taught a clip by Dennis Mckinnon of Chicago which the replay you can t Tell me it s nol a clip Olson said express ing indignation thai no Flag was thrown. On Perry s aborted play later in the opening Quarter said the patriots had unplugged the Cord on the refrigerator. Olson chipped in i a i somebody is trying to gel the handle off the refrigerator when some pushing and shoving followed inc play nobody seemed to notice thai Mcmahon who is becoming a fool Ball fashion plate of sorts and even wore gloves sunday Rio ugly Iho game Wasj Jayd indoors changed headbands in the second period from one Cele braking inc juvenile diabetes foundation to one about pow Sand mias. He later wore one with Pluto on it. Commentary Merlin Olson ten and Dick Enburg. The Law key Abc duo com rolled broadcast Enberg let the numbers do the talking late in the first half noting that new England had no first Downs and negative yardage. He was right on the spot when Steve Grogan who replaced Tony Eason at quarterback connected for the patriots first completion with 4 50 icel in the second Quarter. Olsen explained that Grogan mulched up better Ign inst the bears awesome defense because he was Marc suited to throwing to wide receivers and taking advantage of Lite on on on coverage. Not that it helped Gro Gan any. Olson also mentioned that bears wide receiver Ken Marcrum said he wears dark shoes because they make me look slower. If they defenders think i m slower i la beat them Marcrum used that deceptive Speed for n Long gain near the end of the half. Abc missed the game officials Messing up us the end of the first half. In the final 10 seconds with inc clock running after Mcmahon was tackled Ai the new eng land 3. Chicago snapped he Ball illegally so Mcmahon could throw an incompletion to Stop the clock. The bears were assessed a i Yan penalty for illegal procedure but nil rules in that situation also Call fur an additional 10 seconds to be run off the clock. That assessment was not made and Kevin Butler kicked a Field goal to make it 23 3. Not until the conclusion of proceedings did Olson and Enber Gmack Nole of the officials error. Perry s Short explosion into inc end zone marked the first touchdown scored by a refrigerator in super bowl history said Enburg. Solh he and Olsen seemed to be enjoying the relaxed atmosphere treated by the run away. Midway in the fourth Quarter director Ted Nathan son added in ironic touch showing a photo of inc 1969 Dallas cowboys. In the Back Row stood assistant coach Raymond Berry inc current coach of the patriots. In front of him was tight end Mike Dilka now the bears1 coach. Bob cosivas asked All the right questions of Mcmahon Payton and Ditka in the locker room after the rout including a query on How Oflyn Dinka though about the late George Halas founder of the bears and creator of the nil. I always think of coach Halas said Dilka. He s inc reason i m generally Abc rare in strayed from the Mark stick ing to what it docs Best straight coverage of yet another less than super super bowl. Eason Windy City roars for bears from Page 21 Good idea Eason said of the Aerial strategy. I do whatever they Cail and do he Best 1 offensive tackle Brian Holloway said that by passing Early we Are telling them we arc going i you. Their greatest strength on defense is their pass Rush and a i a. Physically inc matchup were Tough but their Success came from our mental guard Ron Woolen said he thought a son s illness and a Lack of practice late last week affected him. I Don l think he was 100 percent healthy today Woolen said. The added pressure that we let get la him kind of snowballed thai. We were missing some things we had prepared for Bird Walton Lead celtics past 76ers Boston a Larry Bird held to six paints in the first half broke Loose for 22 after intermission and Bill Walton scored 19 in a Reserve role sunday rallying the Boston celtic to a i os-103 National basketball association Victory Over the Phila Delphia 76crs. The celtics who trailed by As Many As 13 Point before Bird found his touch blew an eight poem Lead in the fourth period be fore rallying a second Lime. With their eighth consecutive Victory and 12th in inc East games the celtics hiked their Home record for the season to 20-1, the 16ets had a four game winning Streak snapped White losing for Only the third time in 20 games Bird also had 14 rebounds and six assists. Charles Barkley led the 76ers with 26 Points. By William Ries Chicago up Chicago sports fans who endured 22 years without a major sports Champion erupted with Joy sunday after the bean whipped the new England Patriot 46-10 in the super bowl. The Victory was More than a Triumph for Chicago sports fans. It was a Long Awai cd vindication for a City that has la bored to shake off the inferiority comply of being called the nation s second City. I be been fallowing the bears for so Long. 1c the first Chicago team in 22 years that has t choked said Marge pastor 27, of Chicago. No second City now said Marty Brown 26, of Lagrange Iii. She was among Ijmte 300 people watching he game at the ultimate sports bar and Grill in Chicago s trendy North Side. It s a tremendous shot in inc Arm. Nobody realty Bicic cd this Day would Ever come. This is something i can Tell my grand children about. This is the Celebration started Early because the bears were in control from the Start. Fans started talking about a bears dynasty during the third Quarter. A City As great As Chicago deserves a team As great As the bears said John Rudic 2i, of Chicago. This is Only their first year Back As the monsters of the Midway the bears Are inc Best team said Craig Tomura 27, of Chicago. Chicago has been waiting a Long Long time for this. This is one of those few towns that lives and Dies with its the bears were also the last Champion the Windy City enjoyed. The monsters of the Midway last captured an nil championship in 1963. The bears had never Comek Rcd in a super bawl which was established three years later. It s nothing like 63," said Edgar Fitz Patrick 63, of Chicago who was enjoying the game no Schiller s pump on he South Side. Fitzpatrick said inc 1963 learn Cre ated none of he excitement this year s team has produced. Believe me it s something new i la Tell As super bowl sunday dawned Chi Cago fans were Stilt nursing the psychic bruises icel by inc collapses of its teams the past few years. The bears lest last year s pfc championship game against san Francisco. In 19s4 the Chicago cubs lost the National league playoffs after winning the first two games of a five game set from the san Diego padres. In 1983 the while sox last the american league playoffs to the Baltimore orioles. Patriot fans find Little to cheer about by Ted m. Natt or. Boston a new englander who hockey in High spirits to bars and House parties sunday to Walch the super bowl went Home subdued after the Patri ots 46-10 loss to Chicago. "1 thought they tried hard but just went up against a Strong Wall said sgt. Richard Conboy of inc Boston police depart Mem i downtown District a. I thought it was All Over after the first e Lra police units were brought into District a in Case of any trouble by Cele Brating fans following the game but were not needed Conboy said. Bar owners throughout the City said spectators became subdued us the score mounted and Many establishments said he crowd thinned out in the second half. At least i m glad they made it to the super bowl said Maureen Racca 23, of Saugus among the crowd still at Jason s in Boston s Back Bay As the game ended. But i m kind of depressed they got slaughtered so they made it to the super bawl said Bunny Evendoll. Manager of the Cloud nine lounge at Logan International air port. If they play As a team again they la make it 10 the super bowl again and prob ably she said an average of 100 people watched the bar s to sell. Not everyone who was aware of inc game could be classified a football fan. I Don t really understand i Efrem Vart Kelevich of Newton son in Law of soviet dissident Elena Bonner who is in Boston for medical Tran Lmont said of american foot Ball i understand the new England team fast. My condolences on the Chuck Cascio a bartender at the Keg room in Springfield said he feels the super bowl hoopla is overdone. One out of every five games is a Good one said Cascio who said he does t have a favorite nil team. The Media coverage is blown out of proportion what 1 can say is at least we weren t shut out said Cheryl Phillips of Goffstown
