European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 1966 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary everything figured except the Winner whew. Clad t got that right i predicted in this very space thai sunday s super bowl would he a Blowout. To was. I foresaw thai the winners would pass the losers my. They did. Ok., so there was thai Little matter of picking he wrong team. Picky Picky. Yes i promised Denver would beat Washington 30-7, the redskins made a 42-10 liar of me. Sorry. I m More sorry if you awoke at Midnight to ice this trumped up National football league title game from san Diego. Maybe you heard the one from abcs Frank if Ford during the we Klong buildup "1 really think this n going lobe an exciting game what game it was More like a half. Once dour Williams made a Juke of Denver s secondary win four touch Down passes in 13 minutes. The Only thing left 10 watch were dancers an pianos. If you can stomach halftime shows. I can t if i had been watching on to. I d have pulled my hit the sack act of 1985. Thai 4tes-Dol pins fiasco was Over by halftime. Too something gift Ord recalled when he said the last time we did the super howl 1 could hear Clicks from All Over inc and Europe. On sunday. I watched Williams air raid from Jack Murphy stadium s auxiliary press bos. That s a Long Way of saying outdoor seat. If you re Wilh a publication or station that docs l regularly cover the nil you sit in roped off stands with an nil clipboard. That made it Lough 1o fall asleep at halftime. No matter if the redskins led 35-10, with John Elway turning into fran tar Kemon by the minute. Or he Broncos turning into the Vikings. Anyone Bucky Fox fool enough to fall for Denver in next year s bowl and yet who would thunk i. Williams would pass Joe Montana s super bowl record Wilh 340 Yards Here was a quarterback no body wanted a year ago one who had t done much in big games since his horrid production in the 1979 season s pfc title game. This Guy was hurting. Williams underwent Emer gency Root canal surgery on saturday then late in the first Quarter Wilh his team Down 10-Iip, he slipped and Hurt his knee. At this Point no thanks to three drops Williams had completed four of 11 passes for 68 Yards. I figured Williams was reeling. Coach Joe Gibbs did t when he Hurt his knee in the first Quarter he told me he was All right so i told him he d be said flanker Ricky Sanders Early id the season i was on the scout learn Wilh him and we had a lot of timing patterns there and it really helped. When you gel thai year and a half of working Wilh a Guy like that you re automatically going to play Well evidently. Ai soon As Williams resumed in earlier games he overthrew the upper deck. This Lime he displayed a howitzer on sideline patterns and a pistol on Short patterns. A winning touch. Said Mann i came up to Doug and i told him it could t happen to a Bill or gentleman than himself he s handled a lot of adversity including the 1983 death of wife Janice. He s handled it Well Bill or than anybody could have handled it. And when you go through life like that Good things arc bound to happen to when Williams 50-yarder to Sanders made it 28 10, lbs radio s Hank Strain presented Willums Wilh the ultimate Praise and Denver with inc ultimate slam it looks like a bag Drill 2. Jetway would make Denver fans remember Craig Morton motion also wearing unlucky no. 7, threw four interceptions in the Broncos first super bowl a 27 0 loss to Dallas in 197 8. You i everyone thought Elway was Bill or than that. Yet this Duke of Denver ducked to Morton s level three interceptions 37-percent passing and Zero Points Over the last three quarters. Maybe Elway was t the Bronco bust. Maybe it was their line. They gave Doug Lime and we did t give John time said coach Dan Reeves. Maybe it was their receivers. I think inc three Ami Gnu have gone South Jack Buck said on lbs radio. Then again said Vance Johnson who made no catches we Don think they nullified inc Ami gos if you look Al inc game. 1 know i was open. I m not trying to be selfish or anything like that. He Elway was just not getting the time. Sometimes when he had the time maybe he was Elway looked confused. About As confused As Tony Lilly the Denver safety. Toast Lilly looked like roast running after Sanders and Timmy Smith. No wonder they set super bowl records Sanders Wilh 193 Yards receiving and Smith 204 Rushing. Still this was Elway s loss he countered with zilch once the redskins rolled. Think of How Elway feels. Karl Mecklenburg the Broncos linebacker said of last year s super Bow loss to the giants i m still not Over it. I was a devastating thing. A lot of players say All they want is to get into a championship game. What they Don i realize is How Tough it is when you lose this i realize How Tough in is to watch this game. Sun Day s super bore boosted the average spread of the last five bowls to 27.6. Now All t have to do is gel the Winner right. Johnson left off team for Calgary olympics crested Butte Colo. A Bill Johnson is out and Tamara Mckinney is in As the \j3. Ski team devastated by injuries and poor results on the world cup circuit looks to gel Well on is Home turf and gain some badly needed momentum heading into the Winter Olympia. The Healing process was scheduled to begin thursday when the . Alpine ski championships opened Al this Colorado resort. Men s and women s downhills were on Lap. Edilh Uliys edged am Fletcher in the final women s downhill training run on wednesday while a. Kitt shaded Bill Hudson to Pace the final men s run. But of overriding significance were the is skiers named wednesday to inc Ameri can team that will compete Al Calgary be ginning feb. 13 and the one who was left Oft he learn. Johnson the 198-1 olympic downhill Gold medallist will nol gel a Chance to de fend his title. Johnson. 27, of Trout Dale ore., has never fully recovered from knee and Back surgery last year. His Best result in eight world cup downhills this season was a 33rd on Jan. 2 j at leu Kurbad Switzerland the majority of his finishes have been inthe 70s and 80s. There should be an automatic enemy lion for the pail olympic Champion Johnson insisted wednesday after learning he had t Mode the learn. He saw it com ing however having blasted officials of the team last week for trying 10 get rid of me. They Don l like me. And they never the omission of a past Champion is nol without precedent. Austrian Franz Klam mar the world cup career Leader with 25 downhill victories and Winner of the 1976 olympic downhill did t make inc 1980 austrian olympic team. We All feel sorry for Bill . Ski team Alpine director Harald Seho Chaar said but if you Lake results from this year or last Bill is the sixth or seventh Man on the olympic rules limit teams to a a i mum of four starters in an Alpine race. Mck Nncy considered America s Best Hope for an Alpine medal at Calgary before breaking her ankle in training nov. 9, headed the team announced wednesday even though she has nol raced competitively this season. Mckinney 25, of olympic Valley. Calif1., will be appearing in her third consecutive olympic. Her first Competition of the season is expected to be in the nationals this returning to the olympics is Debbie Armstrong the defending olympic giant slalom Champion. Armstrong 24, of Seattle was slowed by an Early season knee injury but had some Success in Europa cup races last women skiers named to the team were Thys. 21, of Squaw Valley Calif Flelcher. 25, of Acton. Mass. Hilary Lindh id. Of Juneau Alaska Diann Rofle 20, of Williamson . Belh Madsen 23, of Aspen Colo. Heidi Voelker is of pills iced mail and Kristin Krone 19, of trucker Calif. Cold medallist Bill Johnson. They Don t like me among those named to he men s squad was of Clit Megrath 24. Of Norwich vt., who is ranked Lith in the world cup Sla Lom standings and would appear la have the Best shot at a medal in Calgary. Joining Mcgrath is Tiger Shaw 26, ots Lowe vt., the Only male skier with previous olympic oui the men s team Are Kitt 19, of Rochester . Hudson. 21, of olympic Valley Calif. Bob Orrnsby 24, of Tahoe City Calif. Jeff Olson 22, of Brae Man. Mont. Doug Lewis 24, of burling ton it Alexander Williams 24, of Roc i Ester. . And Jack Miller. 22, of Steamboat Springs Colo. 3 More sign to Cut list in arbitration new York. A Tim Launcr of the Minnesota twins Jim Winn of the Chicago while Sot Houston astros agreed to one year contracts wednesday reducing the num Ber of players in salary arbitration to 55. Ludner a free agent who agreed to the twins arbitration figure will gel 1295,000 plus an additional 112,500 if baseball Roundup he plays 95 games or More Laudner had asked fat while the twins had Oit Rcd $245,000, the same As he made last year. He balled .191 in 1987 with 16 homers and 43 runs batted in. Winn who was 4-6 last season Wilh sin saves and a 4,79 earned run average had been scheduled to have his Case heard tuesday. He will gel 1165.000 and has the Opportunity to earn j207.500 More in incentive bonuses. Pankovits had asked for si50,000 while Houston offered si35,000. Remade j 100,000 in 1987, when he batted .230 with one Homer and � Bis. In late signings tuesday. Julio franc agreed to a two year $2.2 million contract with the Cleveland indians jell Robinson agreed to a one year j475.000 contract Wilh the Pittsburgh pirates and Frank Dipino agreed to a one year $465,000 con. Tract with the Chicago cubs. Franco who batted .319 last season in 128 games will make $975,000 in 19kb and 11,225,000 in 1989
