European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 34 the stars and stripes sports Friday january 22,1993 officiating can Lead to big Bucks by sue 11arfer staff writer right now somewhere in America there Are seven Guys waiting for word that they will be officiating m the super bowl. Jerry Occman director of National football league officials knows who they Are but in t telling. Quot they done to know that they have been chosen to officiate yet a he said nil officials who work the games using Vaca Tion time make $700 per regular season game fatter 22 years they get $2,400 a game the super bowl pays $8,500. Most nil officials Start in the recreational leagues and work their Way up to get the mandatory 10 years experience Occman a former 16-year nil official said. The need for officials stretches All the Way to military installations overseas. The draw Down crashed into military recreational sports leagues in Europe leaving a shortage of sports officials says Usa eur sports director Ken Polk a we need sports officials for All sports a Polk said. Some upcoming officials clinics and work shops local notes Clink voile boil softball track Date feb 23-28 april 6-11 May 12-15 location Grafen Wuhr Bamberg Tea the officials who have been chosen to officiate the super bowl have been scrutinized All year by video analysis. They Are evaluated on Mcchan incs Calls made and missed Calls he said. National basketball association officials arc full time employees and do not need another Job to support themselves. Starting officials in the Aba get roughly $60,000 a year with benefits. Top officials pull in $150,000 yearly. In the major leagues a starting baseball official can make $60,000 to Start and go up to $175,000 army wants pen athletes the Pentathlon training Center at fort Sam Houston is looking for outstanding Soldier ath lets who have the potential to represent the army in the 1996 olympics. The Pentathlon consists of five events running swimming fencing horseback Riding and shooting applicants must be experienced in rum nine and swimming but not in fencing horseback Riding and shooting. Experience in those events is a plus. Male and. Female Soldier athletes interested should Contact their local sports office or Call the 26th ask snorts and outdoor recreation office at Dan 370-8141 to see if they qualify for a tryout. Bouts set for saturday though most lop european boxers Are vying for an All army berth at fort Hua Chuca ariz., Europe has t lost its punch for $2, spectators can see 1992 Light welterweight army european Champion Kevin Jeter and Andre Harvey the 1990 All army open lightweight boxing Champion try to fight their Way Back to the top at Hamm s Cardwell gym at 7 . Saturday. A a in Mon a serious comeback trait to win the army european championship a the 5-foot-9, 139-Pouud Jeter said wednesday. Cardwell gym is located in Hanau a Cardwell housing area next to Chi chips on Chemnitz Strassl. Those who want to Start their sports spectating earlier saturday can go to the Ramstein Power lifting invitational at 10 . In the Vogel Weh gym. Admission is free. The Bullaro Bills started preparation for the super bowl with quarterback Jim Kelly foreground leading a Warmup exercise wednesday afternoon. The Bills meet the Dallas cowboys at the Rose bowl on Jan. 31. For. Can you win the big one by Ira Berkow. The new York times a seed has been planted in the minds of the Buffalo Bills and a question grows and echoes from it Quot Are you Ever going to win a super bowl arc you Ever going to win a super bowl Are you Ever going to win a super bowl a this in the opinion of fran Tarkenton an expert in that doleful refrain. For ii was Tarkenton a the great Tarkenton the future Hall of Famer Tarkenton the Holder of numerous official passing records and unofficial scrambling records Tarkenton a who Quarter backed the Minnesota Vikings into three super bowls All of which they lost. The Vikings with Tarkenton went to super bowls eight nine and 11 a in 1974, 1975 and 1.977 a and fell in Triplicate to Miami Pittsburgh and Oakland. Quot and by the third time a said Tarkenton recently Quot we began to wonder can we do it its funny though. By game time we Felt we were definitely going to they lost to the raiders 32-14. The Bills losers of the last two super bowls find themselves like Tarken tones old Vikings facing yet another super bowl after having Defeated Miami last sunday in the american football championship game. That combined with the idea that the cowboys Are a Young Brash unexpectedly powerful team with no super bowl experience makes for a game that is filled with psychological implications. Outside of Rich stadium now on 1 Bills drive in Orchard Park n.y., the recent Snow has been shovelled aside to Clear the Road. Inside in offices on the second floor coach Marv Levy the Gray Eminence of the Buffalo football team is seeking to sweep aside any forlorn mental debris left Over from two straight losses in the super bowl the super bowl Between the Bills and the cowboys is still 10 Days and some 3,000 Miles away in Pasadena Calif. This is a Long Long time to go for most fans who in the ensuing final week will find few avenues of escape from super hype and the inundation of information. Now though in these Early moments it is still fresh and provocative. Levy commentary Quot of sure super bowl 27 has already begun a we re deep into it a said Levy by Telephone. A and that a the a Only one we re concerned about. Super bowl 25 and super bowl 26 Are in the past. Like last weeks Miami game. We have our hands full in preparation for Dallas we have no sense of an Albatross around our while Levy the Only pro football coach with a Phi Beta Kappa key and a master s degree from Harvard is aware of the bards stricture that Quot what a past is prologue a he also is familiar with another line from the Canon and quoted it. Quot this thing about losing twice before in the super bowl is much ado about so preparation for the future and not wallowing in the past is Paramount for him. And As a history major he also knows that while both the Vikings and the Broncos indeed lost three super bowls in four years there is another relevant piece of National football league lore. Quot Don Shula lost two super bowls before he won one a said Levy. Shula while coaching Baltimore lost to the Joe Namath jets in the third super bowl and then with Miami lost to Dallas in the sixth. In the seventh super bowl in 1973, Shula a dolphins edged the redskins 14-7. Is there a sense of whistling past a graveyard of suppressing demons hard to Tell. Levy prefers to Deal with hard facts. He agrees with Tarkenton that the team that can run the Ball better and defend against the run better will win. Quot Ive kept an account in my drawer of every regular season game in the nil this year All 224 games a said Levy. Quot where is that paper 1 have it Here somewhere. Of Here it is. Yes the team that runs the Ball the most times won 86 percent of the Levy does no to buy the cliches about Quot destiny Quot or Quot momentum for his team who three sundays ago pulled off that memorable comeback against Houston after trailing 35-3, in the third Quarter Quot people said Miami had momentum last week too after beating san Diego 31-0, and look what happened to them a said Levy. But he will use a psychological ploy and remind his team that experience helps. Tarkenton meanwhile respects both quarterbacks Jim Kelly of Buffalo and Troy Aikman of Dallas but gives an Edge to the Dallas offensive line and to its defense. I Tarkenton picks Dallas. Levy surprisingly enough likes Buffalo. On this end the heart for the two time loser says Buffalo. But the head says Dallas. I
