European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 20, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 commentary quit cracking that super bowl a. Bucky Fox All right. No More or. Knife Guy. No More sticking the super bowl. No More jabbing its hyper name. No More cutting its 42-10 Yawner. No More slicing the acc for lying Down which actually sent me lying Down to bed at halftime of the 49ers-Doiphms sle Peroo four years ago. No More slitting the super bowl s halftime mar athon which makes the Orange bowl s show seem like an injury timeout. No More slashing san Francisco s cheerleaders forbearing More clothes than Green Bay fans. No More clipping Cincinnati s helmets for sport ing More stripes than your sergeant major. No More carving the game s site Miami for holding riots in protest of the super bowl s mislead ing expectations. This time let s be Nice. So. Where to begin 1. This is a super weekend yep on Friday we say hello to a new president and goodbye to an old sol Dier what with Baum older s olympic heavyweight Champion Ray Mercer trading in his machine gun for a pro boxing career. On saturday we think about what a thrilling game the liners and bengals will provide. On sunday we watch the clutch bengals Law within 40 Points of the teetering liners. 2. What about those Miami parties thin about that Juicy giant shrimp enough ice Cream to rival military Community carnivals the kind of music that excites up with people. And that s just the Pete Rozelle Bash. Now All you need is an invitation. 3. You can t beat that Abc pregame show yep i starts at 9 . On your an Channel and lasts two hours. Almost As Long As the halftime show. And what pregame coverage the last time Abc pulled off one of these gems before the bears patriots Clas sic of 1986, Dick Enberg led us into an american Home in Maine. Or was it Vermont do you shiver Over that hard hitting reporting of the nil you bet you do. 4. We get to watch geniuses Al work Bill Walsh 1 that s not Joe Montana. It s world Trainer Pat Martin venue wearing Joe s number and facing Bengal Tiger Rakhman orchestrating the 49ers. Sam Wyche conducting the bengals. Minds Over chatter. Maestros who borrow ing from . Times columnist Jim Murray listen to Mozart on their sideline headsets. Men whose Mere presence is a guaranteed three nil Walsh will Clinch sunday thanks to a bit of help from Joe Montana Roger Craig Michael carte Rand Jeff Fuller. All Wyche needs is a defense. 5. Believe it a spread of less than 40 sure Montana will Riddle Camcy s linebackers with passes to Craig and John Frank. And Boomer Esiason will throw nowhere while counting Carter s sacks. And bythe fourth Quarter you la wonder How you stayed up till 2 . Watching this dog. But have Faith Wyche will think of something maybe a Quick huddle wit time melting. 6. You won t have to put up with Howard Cosell no Abc in t doing this super bowl. And even if it were Cosell has Long since taken his warmth away from Al Michaels. Cosell spends these Days eating with famous people and telling you about it on his radio show. Have you heard it i had lunch today with Weeb Ewbank the former coach of the new York jets. He had a hot dog. I had a cheeseburger. Now there was a coach. Lemme Tell you about his upset with Joe Willie Namath 20 years ago that changed the world. I see you Don t have to live in the past All sunday night 7. You can hear the game on the radio other than Jack Buck of lbs always five seconds late Tell ing you who caught the Ball this is really your Best Deal. Hank Stram delivers biting commentary that will keep you awake in the Early hours. Lbs actually offers an intelligent halftime show. Dal Burnett of the armed forces radio and television service will keep you posted on the latest sports during Commer Cial Breaks which is another excuse to turn off the to sound while some housewife on the screen Trieste Tell you How depressed she is. There. See How much fun the super bowl is i you re still not convinced just look at that picture of Man and beast. Maybe the bengals Are the real thing. The stars and stripes no. 51 Krishnan stuns no. 1 Wilander India s Ramesh Krishnan. Numbers Don t matter Melbourne Australia a smooth stroking Ramesh Krishnan of India outplayed dispirited defending Champion Mats Wilander 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 7-5 in the sec9nd round of the austra Lian open Tennis championships thurs Day leaving Wilander contemplating a break from the sport. Krishan 27, played an intelligent composed game against the swede the top seed and Winner of three of Las year s four grand slam tournaments. The Indian ranked 51st in the world mixed up his shots using guile and touch to baffle Wilander who made a Succes Sion of uncharacteristic unforced errors. Wilander who has won the australian open three times in the past five Yea Sand took Over As world no. 1 following his . Open Victory last september suffered his earliest loss in a grand slam event since losing to Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985. Once you get out onto the court numbers Don t matter Krishnan said. It was just him against Krishnan whose father was a Wimble Don semifinalist in 1960 and 1961,squandered three match Points before winning. You feel the pressure when you Are that close to the biggest win of your Ca reer. The court seemed to get smaller said Krishnan playing Only his third tournament since the . Open. He had been sidelined by a Back injury. Australia open Krishnan quicker after a weight los program won last week s new zealand open in Auckland. To beat the number one player in the world is thrilling but he is not in Good form Krishnan said. Wilander who has slumped since . Open Victory and lost to lowly rated Carl Uwe Steeb in Sweden s Davis cup final loss to West Germany in Gothen Burg in december said he was feeling the pressure 9f being no. 1 and was Dis gusted with his form. I played really Short and you can get away with that against Ramesh i Lander said. Mentally i just was t in the match. He never let up and did make any mistakes. It has been difficult for me to Moti vate myself since the . Open. That was such a big thing for me. Maybe being number one has got to me because fro there you can Only go Wilander said he was bored not enjoying his Tennis and was considering a break. Krishnan was to next face mexican Leonardo Lavalle. Third seeded Boris Becker of West Germany ninth seeded czech Miloslav Mecir 12th-seeded swede Michael pern fors and 14th-seeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden advanced to the third round. Yugoslav teen Ager Goran Ivanisevic ranked 300th in the world eliminated15th seeded australian John Fitzgerald 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Becker downed new Sealander Kell Evernden 7-5, 6-1, 6-3, Mecir beat australian Mark Krautmann 6-2, 6-7 4-7 ,7-6 7-26-2 and perfors Defeated Tore Meinecke of West Germany 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Svensson beat Hans Dieter Beutel of West Germany 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Three time Champion Martina Navratilova led four other seeded women into the round of 32, but 12th-seeded Ameri can Patty Fendick and 14th-seeded australian Anne Minter were ousted. Navratilova the second seed beat australian Jenny Byrne 6-4, 7-6 9-7staving off a set Point in the second set tiebreaker. Fourth seeded Shriver of the United states recovered from being a set and a break Down to beat Sarah Loose More of Britain 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, fifth seeded Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia beat american Heather Ludloff 7-5, 6-3 and loth seeded american teen Ager Mary Joe Fernandez Defeated compatriot an Grossman 6-4, 7-6 7-1. Hana Mandrikova of Australia seeded15th, struggled past West German Eva Pfaff 4-6, 6-1,6-4. Wimbledon Junior Champion Brenda Schultz of the Netherlands upset minter6-4, 3-6, 6-1, and Ronni Reis ousted compatriot Fendick 6-4, 7-6 7-4. The tournament being played on syn thetic rebound Ace courts continues through Jan. 29
