European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 23.1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 again it s Superman Elway trying to take on the world by Dave Goldberg san Diego a John Elway. Is Superman in an Orange Cape carrying the Denver Broncos to i hair second straight super howl. Doug Williams is known More us the first Black quarterback to play in the nil s showcase game not As the Star of the show. Or As he puts it i Don t win the games 1 just Don t lose for the second straight year the super bowl comes Down to John Elway against the world the world this year being the Washington redskins rather than the new York giants. This year he was everything he was supposed to be when he came out of col lege five years ago. The turning Point May have been he 98-Yard drive in the last five minutes of last year s acc title game with Cleveland that put the Bron cos in the super bowl and gave him the Confidence he might have lacked this year he has carried a Denver team that lost five starters to retirement and More to injury their starters missed a total of 61 games. Beginning at mid Sean when the Broncos began using the Shotgun More than so percent of the Lime he has been closer to the old smile Wing tailback than the traditional nil quarterback. Thirty years ago he would have been called a triple threat not Only does Repass but he s Denver s second leading rusher and even has Quick kicked twice once last sunday against Cleveland in the acc championship game. The Shotgun began after Elway s Only bad game 13 of 30 for 163 Yards in a 30 Mph wind in Buffalo where a 21-14 loss in Buffalo dropped the Broncos to 4-3-1. It was Pul in for the bears to offset their ferocious pass Rush and continued on in wins Over the bears raiders and chargers Elway threw far six touchdowns und an average of 329 Yards and ran 20 times for i do Yards and a touchdown. Ovra Den ver is 8-1 since the Shotgun started include in two playoff wins. He always had All the skills he has now coach Din Reeves says. What he has now is experience and Confidence and the knowledge of what to do and when to do what he can do Are things like he play in last year s super bowl when he scrambled to the left Side of the Field then threw the Ball 55 Yards in the air to Steve Watson on the right Side. That also showed what he can t do that drive ended with Rich Karlis miss ing a 34-Yard Field goal attempt. To also shows what can happen in super bowls while everyone talked Elway Elway. Elway Phil Sirms of the giants went virtually ignored. All he did was go 22 of 25, led the giants to a 39-20 Victory and Wun the most valuable player award. So pay at least a Little attention to done William like Simon last year he ii just a name behind a Bunch of other names. But he docs Lead a Waihing Lon team that will be playing in its third super bowl in six Yean. There s Dexter Manley the some times nonstop talker and sometimes All pro defensive end cornerback Dar Roll Green the nil s fastest Man run Ning backs George Rogers and Kelvin Bryant wide receivers Gary Clark and an Monk and the offensive line collectively known As the hogs but Doug Williams nothing More than a 32-year-old re tread from the Usel who got the quarterback Job because Jay Schroeder completed just 48 percent of his passes. Yet there was a time nine years ago when Doug Williams was John Elway. He was Tampa Bay s first pick in the 198 draft and the Man around whom the second year franchise would build. He was of Cui sic nil dimensions fr-fool-4, 215 pounds with a Rifle Arm and Quick feel. But instead of slowly learning his Trade he was thrown in from the Start with a bad team his first regular sea son pats was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. His first season he completed just 37.6 percent of i passes and in his Sec Ond completed just 41.8 percent he could throw the Ball 60 Yards in the air with ease but he also bounced Bull Cut off the chests of receivers Teven Yards away. Nonetheless he look Tampa Bay to the pfc title game in 979, where in lost 9-Ololherom. Yet he retained his Confidence. You Don t pay a Black quarterback 1475,000 to be a backup if he can t play he said. Mirk Jackson Tom Jackson correction when Mark Jackson scored on an 80-Yard pass play from John Elway last sunday in turned out to be the winning touchdown As the Denver Broncos beat the Cleve land Browns 38-33 to Advance to the super bowl. In our haste to gel a picture of Mark Jackson Inu the stripes sports Section we goofed an grabbed a Mug of Tom Jackson above As in is on tuesday morning above Mark s name from our files several Bronco fans set us straight in a hurry. The picture is actually Tom Jackson who retired from the Broncos last year and will unfortunately not be playing when Den ver defeats Washington in super Bow xxii wrote a member of the Denver Bronco fan club of Wiesbaden High school. John Sather of Kaisin Lallem wrote hopefully the Broncos will win this year s super bowl and i will be Able to View Many photos of smiling Broncos in your Newt paper especially a Correct photo of Mark Cash from Page 21 the final four games As the australian piled on the pressure. Both Cash and lend went into the match without having dropped a set in the tournament and the Mutch was an epic Battle. Cash lifted his record to 3-5 against Lindl who had hoped to record a. Calendar year grand slam in 1988. Cash s Victory buried his reputation As a player who Tan Only win on grass towns. All these people keep telling me 1 can t play on hard courts he said. "1wonder what they think the women s title match scheduled for saturday was to pit Steffi Graf the no. 1 seed against two time australian open Champion Chris even. Edburg was attempting to become the first Man in 20 years to win three Succes Sive australian singles titles. Wilander Winner of the event in 1983 and 1984, halt reached the finals four limes in the past five opens. He did not compete last year. The second seeded Edberg who turned 22 on tuesday had trouble with his first serve and his Volley for much of he 3-hour,19-Mifluic Battle. He played from the base line More than usual but was unable to match Wilander s accuracy. Wilander 23 and seeded third in the 128-Man tournament is in the ninth grand slam final of his career. He lost 10 Lindl in the title match at both the French open and the a. Open last year. Quietly but ruthlessly efficient i Lander has moved the finals virtually unnoticed. The sets he dropped Friday against his fellow swede were the first he has Given up in the two week event. Wilander romped through the first set in just 23 minutes As Edberg was Able to win just 10 second set was a Sec saw affair with Edburg leading 4-2 before Wil Anderwon three straight games and was serving for the set at 5-4, Only to be Wilander was Brilliant Early in the match. Edberg s game was Riddle with errors. That changed in the second set but Wilander re established his superiority in the third Only to drop the then col an Early break in the final set and Edberg was unable to break match was the first Between the duo to go to five , chasing the 28lh Nabisco grand prix title of his career and his fifth grand slam Victory now has a 9-Ilifetime record against Edburg and a 5-1 advantage in semifinal matches. Yet this was the first of their 14 matches to go five . S loss broke his it Malch win Ning string at the australian open the first grand slam tournament of the was mostly psychological out there Wilander said 01 the Victory Over his Friend and swedish Davis cup prac Tice partner. "1 fed i m psychologically stronger than did t play Well in the first set but he got his game together in the Sec Ond. Stefan certainly did t serve As Well As he usually , who served and volleyed More than usual said one of the Rea sons i was doing that was because i get a rhythm going gel More Speed in my game and 1 return much am sports television College basketball tub nigh a Oklahoma 10 pin. Saturday Kansas it notre dime 2 in. College football senior bowl 7 . basketball by Hilum Young at new Mexico 11 . Siru Nuy Iraklion of Rennes Lead Safe Small units hoop Iraklion As. Crete the Flor Ennis Falcons and the Iraklion Mino Laurs survived a second undefeated Day in the Safe Small units basketball championship Friday. The min Laurs stand at 4-0, while the Falcons arc at 3-0, Neu Brucke 134, High by Comet 76 after 10 minutes of close play with the eagles leading 25-21, Anthony Bannerman hit two 3-Pointcrs and was fouled on a Layup resulting in three More s favor. Additionally Brian Boykin scored his next four shot to Aid the Eagle s cause. The 17-Point run Gafencu Beilcke the blowup they were looking for and they never looked Back. Bannerman and Eddie Hobson teamed up for 68 of their team s final scoring 37 and 31, respectively other eagles scoring in double digits were Boykin with is James fool. Ray Wood 14 and Linwood Radcliffe 10. Tom Morrison led the scoring for the havens with 16, and Ralph Sander added 19.lriktbo85,n�pl64 cold hooting on Naples part Only netted them nine Points in the first 10 minutes and gave the Miu Laurs the Chance to spark a 24-9 Lead ending in a 41-24 bal Flims score. However Iraklion was unable after that first bunt that Pul them ahead to move above a six Point scoring spun for the remaining portion of the game. The minotaur s scoring was led by Marchie Murdock with 21. Scoring 16 each were Ronald Jones and Danny Al irbe. The Lions James Walker was the game s High scorer with 24. It Marti 122, Croo Chloo 81 to Donahue and James Peterson came out of the locker room at halftime air Force basketball and added eight Points each toward the Falcons cause to blow out he close game the cougars had been fighting for. Earlier. Do Wayne Tatum Lead scored ii of his game High 27 in the first 10 minutes to Pul inc Falcon s ahead 31-13.however, Gerald thomas1 12 and William Mason s eight closed the Cou Gar s deficit to 52-42 at half Linie. Thomas tied Tatum s High scoring Mark with 27.falcon Donald Harrison followed inc leaders with 24.ntubrocke 96, Naples 84 in what was the tournament s closest game thus far both teams displayed some pretty heavy hitting in the first scored 21 of his 29, while Ralph Hill added 16 for the , Boykin dropped 16 in the same half for his Mengirt. The result was a35-35 tie broken on a steal by Fox on which Boykin scored. Foi followed with a score of his own pulling the Eagle ahead by a wider margin. No Brucke never trailed after that the exception of Waller i gems. Who came off the Lions Bench in the second half to score 12, Naples shoo inf had gone cold. No Broeke scored 10 of the last 12.inulon 89. High Wynot Abc 70 artha Jackson s two 3-pointers move the min Laurs to a 20-Point Lead after tic half and they never looked tally was close at 3 m5 Only seven minutes Inlo the game. William Hughes added nine of his game 22 Points in put the min Laurs ahead 44-30 at the half. Mel Hallman led the scoring for the Tuv its with 20 and Ralph Sanders scored 17
