European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 28, 1986 the stars Ano stripes Page 19 bears still have the want to win by Mario Fox Chicago a yes they know Aboul the super bowl Jinx yes they arc aware of i hair own vulnerabilities. The Chicago bears nevertheless open the 1986 season As confident As the team that ripped through 1985 with one loss and piled up the biggest winning margin in super bowl history in their 46-10 Vic tory Over new England. The want is Mill Here for All of us safety Dave Ducran insists. We Are not concerned. We re a Bunch or Winner. The super bowl was a great thrill and it s something i d like to repeat Over and As Long As 1 can hit somebody i Don t care who the defensive coordinator linebacker Otis Wilson. He Wili be playing without buddy Ryan s guidance for the first Lime in his nil career. The weak pfc Central division and a generally weak schedule virtually Guaran tee the bears a spot in the playoffs. Bui once they gel there there Are Factor working against them. One of them is history. Super bowl champions have repealed Only four times since he firs game in 1967. The Green Bay packers did it the Miami dolphins did it and the Pius Burgh Siccle redid it twice. No learn has repeated since he Lecle won in 1930 and Only one. The 1982 83 Washington redskins has eve played in two straight championship games. The sacrifices you have o mate o win a super bowl take a lot out of you Bui Walsh said last season. His san Francisco 49era did from their own 18-1super bowl year to 10-6 and a wild card loss to the new York giants. Then you get All the off season Hoo Pla and the next season is on you before you can even think about it. You end up with less concentration and that leads to lie mistakes thai kill beyond that there Are other question about the bears this season. For starters they have lost two starters to knee injuries cornerback Leslie Frazier and wide receiver Dennis Mckinnon. They also Slart without Ryan the architect of their heralded "46" de sense was tops in the nil in almost every category last season. Ryan left after the super bowl to take the head coaching Job Wilh inc Philadelphia eagles the new defensive coordinator is Vince Tobin who has installed his own system of formations and coverages even using 320-Pound defensive tackle William the refrigerator Perry As linebacker. The bears also have re signed former All pro safely Todd Bell and Tine Backer Al Harris both whom sat out the championship season in contract Dis Putes. One of Tobin s chief asks is finding replacement for Frzier. Second year Man Reggie Phillips and Rookie Vestee Jackson Are the main contenders. What has Mike Dilka worried is find ing someone to replace Mckinnon Alwida receiver. Veteran Ken Marjenin who was expected to Start in Mckin nun s spot opposite Willie Gault Hai been slowed by a muscle pull. Ditka has not been Happy with the performances of the Oiher backup receivers. Then Here s the new Bear Neil an Derson the team s no. I draft Choice from Florida. Though a running Back the speedy Anderson could see action As a Kickoff returner and wide receive while he Waits for All time nil Rushing Leader Walter Payton to retire. And returning this season is Kurt Becker a starting guard who went Dow with a knee injury in the third game last year. As in he Pasi however the main cogs in the Bear offence Are Payton and quarterback Jim Memahon. The bears have won 26 of Mcmahon s last 30 starts. The club is 50-23 when Payton gains 100 Yards. But Mcmahon has been slowed by a sore hip muscle and says Ditka extra pounds. There s also concern Payton might be a step slower at age 32. The bears Bope to pass More than their 60-40 Rush pass Ralio of last season when pay ton ran for 1,551 Yards we re going to have o Start to put it up Memahon said. You just can keep tinning Wally. T Don t know How Many More years he is going to play a a Jim Mcm Hoq will Nuu More you just can l keep running Willy Payton. Of the bears 16 opponents his year Only the los Angeles rams and Dallas cowboys had winning records last year and their combined opponents had a 107-149 Mark last year. Bui that could prove a mixed Blessing because the bears arc at i hair Best against Strong opposition. While their Only loss last season was to the 12-4miami dolphins they beat seven other in game winners the patriots twice redskins 49crs, cowboys. Juls giants and rams by a combined score of 245-33. One thing is certain the bears will still put on a show. When the football is near the goal line he biggest Bear of All Perry will come barrelling out of the fullback position from which he scored two Rushing touch Downs and one receiving last year. Well keep using him and teams will keep saying we can Stop hint and they won a Dinka said. Sex Redskin dying of aids Smith Hopes world learns a lesson by Vincent Del Judi Cwashington up1 Jerry Smith weighed 210 pounds when he played forthe Washington redskins from 196s 1978. Today the retired football Star is fed intravenously comforted with drugs and weighs 150 , 43, has aids. He stand tiring easily last summer and began policing he was losing weight. One year later the hospitalized Smithis hoping his plight will teach the world a want people to know what i be been through and How terrible this disease is Smith said in an interview appearing in tuesday s editions of the Washington Post. Maybe it will help people under maybe it will help Wilh development in he said in his room at holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. something positive will come out of s disease was confidential Al this time until Jerry came out w h re said Miki Yaras the director of Benefit for the nil players association. He by for has been one of my Best spirited play pm and i be had everyone from quadriplegics to cancer victims. His sense of dignity and. Inners Rengh has been remarkable. Dunn Chw whole process Yaras said m an to tar Jerry Smith in 1975 ,. Lvi want people to know. View tuesday with United press International. He t been an inspiration to she also said the player Union will join the fight against aids now thai Smith has appealed to the world. A it Redskin Smith was selected to play in the pro bowl in 1967 and 1969. He caught 421 passes for 5,496 Yards and 60 touchdowns in his 13-year career. In 1967, Smith boasted the second Best record for pass receptions in inc nil following teammate Charley Tay Lor. He retired in 1978 and ran his own construction company and a restaurant and worked in Home financing. Smith remained out of the Public Eye until tuesday when he decided to address the Public. In the fall Smith is expected to be inducted to the Washington Hall of Stan Ai Robert f. Kennedy stadium the Home of the redskins. Jeff Levi the executive director of the National Gay task Force in Washington said he knows of do other allele to publicly acknowledge having aids which mainly afflicts male homosexuals. Cathi Campbell a Hospital spokeswoman declined to discuss the Case or re veal Smith s condition. Smith declined to discuss his lifestyle in the Post inter View. It s a shame something like this has to make you appreciate what life is a labout be said. You realize How maybe you should have taken life a Little slower and spend a Little More time with your family and cyclists flock to Colorado for world event Colorado Springs Colo. A the world cycling championships the first such mod Ern Day event held in the United tales begin this week with about 700 cyclists coming o race in Colorado Springs. The bulk of the Competition which will run until sell. 7, will be on he 7-eleven velodrome in this Southern Colorado City. Spectators will see the likes of Mark Gorski inc 1984 american olympic Gold medallist competing in he match sprint. He will be up against inc defending Champion Lulu Hess Lich of Easl Germany qualifying for the Amateur Maich sprint and women s match sprint and the Amateur individual Pursuit began wednesday. The woman to beat in the match sprint is Isabelle Nicoloso of France. She beat three Lime world sprint Champion Connie Paraske Vin of the United Stales in last year s world event. The defending Champion in the individual Pursuit is Viatchesla Ekimov of the soviet Union. The Road events begin sept. 4 at the air Force Academy
