European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 22, left Al the star3 and stripes pao23 commentary prediction Broncos xxx skins Vii get ready for super blow oui xxii. When the Jan. 3 Bash in san Diego is Over it la be Denver xxx. Washington Vii. Thai is if All Haji sheikh can hit an extra Point. Seems like Ages since the super bowl produced a super bowl. That s because it has been Ages. Five Yean ago the redskins Rode John rigging in the fourth Quarter id overtake Miami 2-11. Since then we be had these Yawn cars raiders 38. Redskins 9.49crs 38, dolphins 16. Bears 46, patriots 10. Giants 39. Broncos 20. Which makes it Tough staying awake through an nil title game after mid night m Europe. You could Call six of the 21 super bowls played since 1967 exciting. That s dumb founding. By the very nature of championship football you expect the Besl quarterbacks throwing to the Best receivers against the Best defensive linemen and com cracks. The Best against the Best. It worked hat Way in 1971, when Baltimore s Laie Field goal beat Dallas 16-13. And in 1976 and 1979 when Pittsburgh beat the cowboys by 21-16 and 35 31 margins. And in 1980 when the sleepers rallied in the fourth Quarter past the Kami 31-19. And in 1982 when san Francisco held off Cincinnati 26-21. And the Riggins rumble of five years ago. Other than those the average spread in super bowls is 19 Point. Denver should surpass hat. Too bad. I figured Cleveland would bust the Bron cos. With the drowns going Man to Man with Washington k Gary Clark and the redskins unable to sack Bernie Kosar that would be been one hectic bowl. Alas the Browns never made it. So the redskins must enter the Elway Speedway. When that race ii Over Denver will stand 1-2 in Bucky Fox super bowls and Washington 1-3. Did i hear someone mention Joe Gibbs that the latest Best nil coach would never let his redskins Flop you evidently Don t remember the 84 bowl. With Gibbs defending champions taking on the Dan raiders this tango in Tampa looked like a dance to the finish. Then Gibbs called for thai Jilly screen pass from he own 12 with 12 seconds left in the half. Jack Squirek surely you remember him intercepted for an . To and suddenly the raiders were Snake dancing through Washington. Now the Gib skins face another acc West teaming an acc West Lown. They won t like the taste of Orange crush South of Orange county. You get the Point. I see landslide problems with this Denver Washington matchup. If Only a few fumbles bumbles and stumbles had gone differently in 1987, we might have a super bowl deserving of us roman numerals. Here Are bowl showdowns Well miss two sundays from now Minnesota is. Cleveland. Forget the Twilight zone. This one s the end zone. The Vikings and Browns dream of getting there until Damn Nelson and Earnest byner intervene. San Francisco is. Cincinnati. Bill Walsh the Geni us riddles with Sam Wyche the next Genius. The five hour halftime spotlights Einstein and Mickey mouse dancing at Midfield. Indianapolis is. St. Louis. Dob tray shows Bill Bidwill the latest in moving vans. Dallas is. Miami. Tom Landry and Don Shula plot to avoid a fifth super bawl loss. Detroit is. San Diego. My bowl pick of 1984 finally wipes the egg off my face. Rams is. Ziden. My bowl pick of 1987 gels me off the Hook. New Orleans is. Seattle. Used to the Comfort of indoor football the saints and sea Hawks Battle the san Diego element with sideline beaten. Kansas City is Philadelphia. Chiefs coach fran Gansz whose combat fighter Pilot lag was revealed As a lie seeks therapy from or Marine buddy Ryan. Green Bay is. Buffalo. Brent Fullwood ills Why he loves living in Bay. Jim Kelly describes the  Adise of upstate new York. Tampa Bay is. Houston. Tank Mcnamara panned this matchup a couple of years ago. See if they care. Jeu is. Giants. East Rutherford goes West. Mark Gastineau who had Only 4 a sacks this season in. Veils his no sack dance. He shuffles while Phil Simm j wings one to Mark Flavin to. New England is. Atlanta. The nil offer a super bowl ring to any fan who names five Falcons. Pittsburgh is. Chicago. The Steeler go beyond the Shotgun. They Nin a no quarterback formation sheif Best alignment since Terry Bradshaw. On the bears Side Mike Dilka chases refrigerator Perry out of every fast food joint. An exhausted Dilka repeats his disdain for Perry s stature Folk heroes come and go. Just think about Davy Crockett. 1 Haven t heard la name mentioned All  maybe Well hear that at super bowl Xxiii. To but and strip you Don t belong in the ring sex trainers fear for Holmes against Tyson . Atlantic City no. A Larry Holmes will to win could result in a bad beating by Mike Tyson says Eddie Fulch who trained the former heavyweight Champion for 12 title fights. Tyson has the style and strength that could make it hard for Larry to avoid gelling badly beaten and Possi Bly Hurt Futch said in a Telephone interview from his Home at Las vegas Nev. I Don t fee Good about the  Tyson the 21-year-old undisputed heavyweight Champion is an Al favorite to beat Holmes m their scheduled 12-round fight Lon Arjit at the Atlantic City convention Center. Larry has Pride Futch said. He will go in there and do his Best. Larry is not afraid of anybody but i feel he does t have the physical capabilities Al this stage of his  Al his Point in his Carter 1 Hale to Sec him in there that s All Aid Kay Arcel who helped Futch prepare Holmes for his i3ln-Raund knockout of Gerry Cooney on june 11,1982. You Don t belong in the ring not with a 21-year old Guy who can punch Arcel said by Telephone from new York. Tyson is gelling better Fulch continued. At one Lime i thought he bad gone As far As he could go. He started standing up like he did against Boner Sherand Tony Tucker both decision victories. I could see him getting licked. Then he went Back to what he had been doing against Biggs going to the body and crouching. In his last fight Tyson knocked out Tyrell Biggs inthe seventh round Here on oct. 16 and boosted his record to 32-0, with 28 knockouts. Holmes Hai a 48-2 record with 34 knockouts. I advised Larry More than a year ago nol to take another fight Futch said. Holmes who was the Premier heavyweight in the world for 7vi years has not fought since losing a is round split decision to Michael spirits when he tried to regain the International boxing federation Lille april 19,1986. He has been holding closed workouts for several weeks Al his training Center at Emion pa., and did l arrive Here until wednesday afternoon. Tyson who is a student of boxing history and films has said he thought Holmes Besl Flohl was his is your to split decision Over Ken Norton for the world boxing Council title june 9,1978. I think his Peak was around the second shaven fight Futch said. Holmes who won a one sided 12-round decision Over Eamick shaven to earn his title shot at Norton struggled up from a one punch Knockdown to Slop shaven in a title defense sept. 28,1979. He started showing signs of deterioration about three Yean ago about the time of the Bon Crusher Emrih and David Bey fights Fulch said referring 10 the i woes Usa eur Boxen. Holmes who was Cut and in trouble slopped Smith on cuts in the 12th round nov. 9,i9s4, and stopped a Pudgy Bey in the 12th round March 15,1985. Players charge collusion again Union assistant Mark bcunger".,. Not a Market out there by Ronald Blum new York a the major league baseball players association tiled a collusion grievance Over this Winter s free agents the third Lime in three Yea the Union has charged owners with conspiring to dose the Market. Mark belangci1. A special assistant to the Union said wednesday that the grievance was filed with the player relations committee tuesday. The Union won the first collusion grievance involving i98s free agents in a decision last sept 21. Hearings to de Termine the damages began monday in los Angeles before arbitrator Thomas Roberts. Hearings on the 19s6 grievance concluded last week and arbitrator George Nicolau is expected to Issue a decision in april 01 May. Nicolao also will hear this new grievance which involves those players who became free agent in 1987, unless the owners or the Union objects. Among the lop player who became free agents this Winter Only Jack Clark switched teams. He left the us Louis cardinals for the new York Yankees two weeks ago. Top players who received few or no Offra from teams other than their own this Winter according to the Union were Jack moms of the Detroit tigers Paul Mobil roof the Milwaukee Brewers Mike will of the California Angels Charlie Liebrandt of the Kansas City Royal Dave Smith of the Houston Astro and Gary Gaetti of the Minnesota twins. All re signed with their former teams. It s Clear to us that there s really nol a Market out there Belanger said wednesday. There s no five year con tracts. It s still going on. It s Mill very  no player has been offered a contract of More than three years since Ken Oberkfell signed a four year Deal with the Atlanta braves in 1955, the charge is ludicrous Barry Rona executive director of the pc said. Unfortunately this Union will never Stop filing charges and will never be statist fed unless everyone has a five year guaranteed  contract. Of 76 free agent this Winter 47 have signed. Of the 47, Only nine have switched teams