European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes january 20,1993 b Pago 36 Dallas Upa president Bush took time from monitoring the air assault of Iraq on monday to congratulate a coach about to go to his first super bowl. The Call came just As Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson was trying to figure out How to Deal with people no were a com ing out of the  Dallas 30-20 Victory Over the san Francisco 49ers sunday pushed the cowboys into the super bowl for the first time in 14 years and Johnson is suddenly Seo pcs. 30,35 for More on nil the a Fly a hottest commodity. Just How hot was demonstrated by the Surprise Call he received shortly after he reached his office monday. A president Bush called and congratulated us on the win yesterday a Johnson said. A the made mention he was at Camp David and watched the game with country music Singer George Strait and Barbara. A then George Strait got on the phone and talked about How excited he was since he was such a big Cowboy fan. I did relate to him that i knew we have some players who Are big fans of his Ajohnson said the Call lasted about 10 minutes and no mention was made about the presidents leaving office. A i did say a Johnson said a that i hoped i would be receiving a phone Call in a few weeks from his  choose Wannstedt c Chicago a Dallas defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt on tuesday was named coach of the Chicago bears to replace Mike Ditka whose fortunes fell As Wannstedt s Rose with the super bowl bound cowboys. A pm sure some of the fans will wonder Iffla a Tough enough to be in Chicago a Wannstedt said at a news conference announcing his hiring. A i m Tough enough and pm looking Forward to the  in making the announcement two weeks after he fired Ditka Bear president Mike Occas key said of Wann a Virtu Ai. A Wannstedt Stedt a this is the right Man and the right  Wannstedt complimented Ditka who coached the bears for 11 seasons and said he wanted to meet with him to discuss the team. He said he would not talk about hiring assistant coaches until after the super bowl. Until the past few Days Wannstedt was considered the front runner for the new York giants coaching vacancy. Washington assistant Richie Petit boil was a top candidate for the bears. A the talks were very intense in new York. That was As far As it really went a Wannstedt said. A after Mike and i visited and 1 was very comfortable with the Way the organization was going 1 had a Strong feeling for the bears All along. And personally with my family we re excited about living in  the timing of the announcement is a Surprise As the cowboys Are preparing for the super bowl against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 31. But it is believed the cowboys did no to want Wannstedt a Job status to remain in question until after the super bowl. The 40-year-old Wannstedt who be comes the bears 10th head coach has been credited with rebuilding the cowboys defense into the Fly Best this season holding opponents to 15.2 Points and 245.8 Yards per game in the regular season Wannstedt followed Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson from the University of Miami in 1989. The cowboys were 115 that season but improved to 79 in 1990, 11-5 in 1991 and posted a 15-3 record going into the super bowl including Quot against Philadelphia and san playoff wins Francisco. About Wannstedt a future intensified. A the will do Art outstanding Job. He a a tremendous coach and the players love to play for him. We will miss  had he taken the giants Job Wannstedt would have had to coach against Johnson and the cowboys twice a year. He wont face that in Chicago. During Wannstedt a tenure As defensive coordinator at Miami from 19861988, the hurricanes held the opposition to 2.2 Yards per carry and 10.9 Points a ame. Under Wannstedt the Miami de Wannstedt followed a path similar to Ditka a. Both grew up in Pennsylvania played College football at Pittsburgh and went to Chicago from assistant coaching jobs at Dallas. Johnson has nothing but Praise for Wannstedt who has also served As assistant head coach since last january. A Dave Wannstedt and i have been together 16 years and we re extremely close personal friends a Johnson said this weekend in san Francisco As speculation Ense produced six All americans and 11 nil draft picks including five in the first two rounds. Wannstedt played offensive tackle for Pitt from 1971m973, serving As Captain of the 1973 panthers. Chosen in the 15th round of the 1974 entry draft by the Green Bay packers Wannstedt spent his Only season on injured Reserve. Ditka went 5-11 in his last season which was marked by friction with Mccasky players and fans. Victim of swedish by Steve w1lstein Melbourne Australia a the australian open is turning into the. Swedish open. Ivan Lendl suffering a first round loss in a grand slam event for the first time since Wimbledon in 1981, fell to swede Christian Bergstrom 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 tuesday amid a fluttering of Blue and Kellow swedish flags and chants from Lue and Leitow painted swedish fans. Lendlr a loss came one Day after swede Anders Jarryd knocked off no. 4 Boris Becker in the opening match of a tournament that Lendl won in 1989 and 1990 and Becker won in 1991. �?o1 was watching that in the apartment and i got so psyched up a said Bergstrom a Friend and practice partner of Jarry do a. Sweden a Best player no 2-ranked Stefan Edberg got the crowd pumped earlier tuesday with his 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Victory on his 27th birthday against Leonardo Lavalle of Mexico Edberg predicted Lendl the 32-year-old no. 8 seed would have a hard time against the no. 62-ranked Bergstrom after coming Buck from a Groin injury and not playing much recently. Lendlr a rust showed his usually solid ground strokes floating wide or Long on Loo Many unforced errors. He made Tough shots then missed easy ones the sign of a player who has been away from the game too Long. Bergstrom 25 and fit to play a Long match was Content to rally with Lendl australian open Roach Volley wide and slapped a bad and wide to set up match Point. Bergs and let him make mistakes As he did when he netted an easy Volley for the first Point of the final game hit another  pc a Troni then closed it out at love with an Ace Down the Middle that Lendl watched with a look of helplessness resignation. Pulling out the old around the Back trick Michael Chang stunned his giant intimidator in the first round 6-3, 6-1, 61, cutting him Down with one Swift shot. Chang whipped his Racket around his body Midway through the first set and drove Back an overhead by Chris Bailey a lanky 6-foot-5 briton who towered nine inches Over the american and tried to bludgeon him at the net. They had played evenly until that to Ift Ltd a a a ment the set on serve after Chang held to 4-3. But at 15-30 in the eighth game Bailey leaped for a solid overhead that Chang dashed after a Little too quickly. A what happened was i overran the Ball so 1 didst have much of a Choice a Chang said its a do or die shot that he and other players practice for fun and rarely use in matches. Even More rarely it works. This time it worked perfectly Chang ripped the Ball Back at Bailey who volleyed it weakly leaving Chang to put it away with a Crisp Cross court forehand Chang broke the dispirited Bailey with another Cross court forehand pass. Michael Chang stretches into a return during his straight sets Victory tuesday