European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 30,1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary rediscovering radio via super bowl Neu Stift Austria its super sunday and some 130 million Itai Esic Brethren party in from of the to while Phi Simms busts the Bronco Jin he third Quarter. Loads More around Europe slay awake into the wee hours while new York s defense Halls John Elway in hat fateful period. Here in this tiny ski resort it s do Neville at 2 in the morning. If there a a to in the hotel it probably showed skiing and that was hours ago. Bring up the super bowl in these pans and they d in Ink you meant super giant slalom. What do you do you keep listening to thai ancient messenger that dream machine. The radio. This ii an incredible statistic. The Denver Bron cos have run off Lix plays in the third Quarter for a my of 2 Yard. The new York giants have scored 17 Points in this third Quarter thai s  thai s Bob Trumpy. He s doing color on this Abc radio broadcast. You be heard him All season on monday night football. Now he s hotter than Ever. Absolutely incredible he says after Elway passes across the held. Pargh he barks after an instant replay decision goes against Denver for the second time. To s blow ing it. They have 14 cameras Here and they should be giving the officials every possible Angle we re All in this  Phil you know i be been a big fan of yours. You just hid a tremendous game. Twenty two of 25 pass ing. Whew what s amazing ii How you diverted from your Normal game plan and came out passing Trumpy says during the Post game interviews. Trumpy a former Cincinnati tight end can grate by trumpeting the nil s cause. He s also maddening when he keeps calling the teams Denver Broncos and new Yorac giants As if listeners can t under stand simply Broncos und  but he s alive. If you feel left out of super mania he s for you. The new York giants Are immediately taking Jackson. They la run behind Bavaro i blocking. The Denver Broncos belter do something or they la get run Over All  when Trumpy in t dissecting strategy and bellowing opinion i can t believe he Denver Broncos ran three running plays when they had first and goal at the one Don Criqui fills your car plug with ral a lat Tat play by play. Criqui guns scenes to you Simms is passing on third Down. Goes to Bava Roin the end zone. It s off him intercepted no caught by Phil Mcconky for a touchdown someone else is getting splashed by gatorade. No that s a  you Wilt discover the next Day that a pension in town picked up the super bowl on sky Channel. But who needs to Criqui and Trumpy paint the forma Lions passes runs penalties Wilh electronic strokes. Bob Costa in cedi most of the halftime chatting with an insightful George Allen and Criqui fills the rest of the Gap Inlet viewing Pete Rozelle while Tabores everyone else with goofy. You hear him in the background. Radio gives you thai fun Side of life drawing on your imagination. When Criqui toys Elway escape the Rush for a Long completion you picture the Blue no. 7 on the White Jersey the Green grass the spiral. You get another Bennie. No inane to ids no depressing fillers telling you about lonely wives. An radio usually replaces the and slots with sports shorts although an this broadcast you hear an inordinate amount of fasten your Seal Ell clips. The broadcast ends at 4 . You hear no new York fans cheering. No Denver fans wailing. A few hours later you head for the Glacier outside of tiny no Stift. Time to enjoy Austria s National pastime skiing. You ask your instructor a local Guy named Peter Schoenherr whether he knows the super bowl was played the night before. He says no. You ask if he has heard of football played in Austria. He says yes. There s a team in nearby Innsbruck named the Blu knights. Or something later you learn that Schoenherr 29, Wona big austrian ski race. That was. 16 years ago. He beat a couple of fellow austrian Haiti Weirather and Klaus Heidegger who would later Star on the world cup circuit. Schoenherr never made it. He chose College and a sport store and says he has never regretted it and to it goes amid the austrian Alps. Pete Schoenherr is bigger than Phil Simms. You sink into this Snow Drift. With a radio at your Side. Sports letters dear editor on sunday Jan ii 1987, v corps made sports history in Usa eur. V corps Community recreation Center sponsored the first clinic Ever to certify 14.1 billiards officials. Bui unless you read this letter you d never know it because Stan and stripes report ers did not cover inc event even though they were notified of it. You see. Stars and stripes sports staff does not con Sider billiards a sport. I was told this quite plainly Over the Telephone by an is staffer in the sports Section when i culled in to suggest the Story. Never mind that More soldiers will play some form of billiards White in the service than will play Basket Ball football or baseball. Never mind thai one of the instructor won over2,000 Swiss francs last year by. Placing fourth in an International billiards Competition held in Basel Switzerland. Never mind that the second instructor is a three time corps billiards Champion and a two time Usa eur billiards Champion. Never mind that both these Soldier instructors unselfishly gave up a sunday with their families to teach their fellow soldiers the intricacies of the sport of 14.1 billiards and How to officiate the game. Never mind thai 16 individuals at the clinic who passed the exam Are now the first card carrying certified 14.1 billiard officials in v corps or Usa eur. Apparently Alt that is not newsworthy it s not a matter of is Noi having enough time staff or resources to cover Al the events thai arc Hap pening across Neucom we know that s a  when per com officials Telephone the results of Usa Keur level Competition to is the results Aren t published. It s not even a matter of printing news that Sells newspapers because is has a captive audience. It s matter of editorial policies priorities and definitions. Chess billiards table Tennis youth sports triathlons body building and other competitive activities popular with soldiers and youth Are routinely ignored by the is sports Section. When and if such events Are Cov ered it is by the Grace of the City desk assignment Edi Tor and that s Fine Well Lake whatever we can get Harriet �. Rice director v corps Community recreation centers dear editor i m looking for two golfers to join myself and three then on a Tnp 10 Scotland in May. The Only qualifications ire a Handicap under n and a willingness to have a Good time. For details write to  106, Apo 0905s turning Point for Simms was dismal 83 season by Tom Canavan Anaheim Calif. A Call it the turning Point of Phil Simms career. It did t come sunday in the Rose bowl in Pasadena with a record setting passing performance that ear ried the new York giants 10 a 39-20 super bowl Victory Over the Denver Broncos. It happened three years earlier when Scott Brunner beat him out for the starting quarterback Job with the new York giants according to Simms. My biggest doubts were was i Ever going to play As Well As i thought 1 could Simms said. I always thought i could play Well but i never had been Able to do it. I was beginning to  injuries had kept him on the sidelines More often than not in his first four seasons but in 1933, it was Brunner who put him there. When Simms finally Didget in he fractured a thumb. The giants eventually went 3-12-1 with Simms missing 14 games. It was probably the turning Point in my career because i Don t know if i could have done anything said Simms. It was a terrible year. Everything went wrong and you can t blame the quarterback or any body. It was a Tou team Effort and we failed. I probably was Lucky not winning the Job because at least i did t play myself out of position the for me no. 1 draft pick said. That s what Scott did. He played himself off the team. If i would have been the starting quarterback i might have done the same  in 1984, Simms was named the no. I quarterback and the Guili now have gone to three straight play offs. Much of that Simms credits to better players arid changes in the offensive philosophy. I was working out at the stadium that Spring and he coach Bill parcel told me to work on nothing but throwing 20-Yard in cuts and 20-Yard out cult. Thai s Ron Erhardt s philosophy and 1 think it s the perfect offence for me right now. Sunday in worked to perfection against the Broncos. Simms hit 32 of 25 passes for 268 Yards and three touchdowns and guided the new York offence to 30 second half Points. He was named the game s most valuable player. I dont think Phil threw one bad pass said Parcells Phil Simms Syi he begin to doubt himself in 113. He played about As Well As you can play. I just had to yell at him once which is Down from about Loa  Simms mistake came Early in the fourth Quarter with new York at the Denver i on  sent in a play action pass much 10 Simms displeasure. Parcells liked it even less when Simms was thrown for a 5-Yard loss. On third Down Simms made up for in he thought learning with Phil Mcconky on a scoring Pasi that deflected off the hands of Light end Mark Bavaro. "1 a pretty Happy heading to the sidelines. We rewinding something like 19-10 actually 13-10and Bill Calls me and says. Hey " the next couple of seconds Simms got the message not to Lake a sack Down in scoring position Ever again. I was blaming him for my own stupidity Laid part till. Simms simply laughed it off. Hey i won the super bowl t mean the giants won the super bowl he  cant Lake it away from