European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 18. 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 l a summer cell Madd its nil As usual Foke sure so what did you expect fireworks and chorus girls football is football no matter what the network no matter who the announcers although As they prove again when the announcers Are Pat Summerall and John Madden football even nil exhibition football,.can be irrepressible enjoyable. The fan does t  s paid $1.58 billion for rights. The fan does t care about flashy pregame Intro Duption. The fan cares Only about two things who s playing and what time is it on much has been said of this Fox network debut at a recent 49ers exhibition at candlestick Park. The Dif Ference Between men and boys we be been told is the Price of their toys. And what is this flaunting of the theft of the pfc from cd but just another method of showing what Mommy brought Home from . Schwarz what was Fox going to do bring in Heather Lockyear in place of Steve Young use bar Simpson As a wide qut Why All blather the game went on the camera work was purposeful the announcers were no sur prise wonderful. End of  Long time ago before marketing and promotional consideration sports used to be , with Summerall and Madden or Madden and Summerall if you prefer that Billing football still is run. Yes Fox has Given us the permanent time and score logo something that looks like an old mayan pictogram with a digital insertion to stick in the upper left hand Corner of the screen. And of course the gimmick Al Lowed Madden one More Opportunity to exploit his charming Talent for digression. You hear frightening tales of Madden throwing his considerable weight around in rehearsals using status and Fame but on the air John comes across As an you be read this before the Guy on the next bar Stool. He is perceptive outspoken Clever and  s curriculum lists his College As Cal poly san Luis Obispo. But in truth he s from the school of wow look at that when the inevitable discussion about the time and Art Spander commentary score graphic did occur there was t a lot of breast beating unless you were talking about a Turkey or Chic Ken breast. You la always know How much Tinie is left advised Summerall getting in the obligatory plug. I wonder if you could use it to time dinner Muse Madden. You put a roast in the oven walk out of the Kitchen look at the game and time the roast off the game  they Tell us Madden is getting $7.5 million. So what matters is he gets the audience involved. If you Start a football team right now said John and you were to pick one Man i Don t know if you d want that Man to be anyone other than 49er quarterback Steve  to which Summerall perfectly timed As always added Young s done everything but pass the  a certain degree of knowledge is demanded of the viewers expected to know that Young has been a pro bowl a a the last couple of seasons and this past Spring graduated from Brigham Young Law school. Madden and Summerall never insult the  of the hey stupid we know something you Don to so better pay  there s always a proposed degree of uncertainty the better to make the rest of us feel comfortable. It seems like the last couple of years Madden suggested there Are More blocked passes than in the last 10  and when Young was shaking his left hand the one with which he throws Madden asked what everyone would have asked i wonder if that hand is Okay it proved to be. Fox came marching in with the slogan same game new  the first part is True. The second part really is inconsequential it the replays Are Quick an they were and the station does t leave the game Early to show  Summerall and Madden were teamed for sons at lbs. Now they re teamed at Fox. Change the backdrop and the Blazer pocket crests and what have you it did t seem any different said Summerall after the final  you see any difference John responded Madden no.  full whether its for lbs above or Fox Pat Summerall left and John Madden still make football fun. Mused Summerall it s Tough having a second pre season game As your first game. You Tell All the stories but you still have to remember that for some of the Young Guys what s going on out there is important. You can t forget  Summerall arid Madden Don t forget a thing. And in bringing them on Board Fox has t forgotten How to keep us interested in the nil. From the sen Francl Tco examiner and distributed by Scripp Howard new Stretc Switzer just Happy no one Hurt in mud Austin a the Dallas cow boys returned to training Camp tues Day still in one piece after a 6-0 exhibition loss to Houston in Mexico City. To coach Barry Switzer that was the biggest thing. We got it played and no one was Hurt Switzer said. That was the Best thing to come out of that  a Muddy Field put a serious cramp in the cowboys game plan in particular their intentions to play pm Mitt Smith for the first time of the preseason. Switzer said when he saw now Loose the turf would be he asked Smith if he really wanted to Chance playing in these conditions. He looked me right in the Eye Switzer said and he said no coach,1 Don t want to play on this stuff but i do want to be introduced " consequently Switzer said the cowboys coaching staff will treat sunday s preseason game against Denver to be played in Texas stadium As a real game for the first half. Switzer said All healthy starters will play the entire first half including Smith starting wide receivers Michael Irvin and an Harper and quarterback Troy Aikman. Pro bowl Center Mark Stepnoski is the Only starter not expected to  is coming of surgery to re pair a torn Anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He practice in pad for the first time last week but still has not been exposed to Contact in practice. Not Only were the cowboys disappointed the Field conditions prevented Smith from playing but also Over the continued inability to evaluate their Rookie kickers Chris Boniol and Richie Cunningham. The cowboys Only kicked the Ball twice one Kicko Fand one Field goal attempt. Boniol benefited from the Kickoff sending the Ball to the 6-Yard line wit decent Han time but Cunningham in the Muddy conditions badly Shaneda 32-Yard Field goal attempt before a crowd of 112,376. Switzer was particularly Happy wit the play of Lincoln Coleman the Sec Ond year Back trying to convince the cowboys he is capable of becoming Smith s backup. The cowboys experienced Long de lays getting to the Airport in Mexic City and men had to de plane in san Antonio equipment and All. The cowboys got Back to their training Camp late wednesday. Ware 7s catching on to Vikings system Mankato Minn. A the Minnesota Vikings offensive system is Start ing to make sense to quarterback Andre Ware and it All came together just in , who spent four seasons with the Detroit Lions after being their no. 1draft pick in 1990, is battling with Brad Johnson and Gino Torretta for the Vikings backup quarterback position be Hind Warren Moon going into last saturday s game against new Orleans Ware appeared Tobe losing that Battle having completed just 2 of 12 passes. Coach Dennis Green insisted that the quarterbacks would be evaluated on their entire preseason performance and Ware rescued himself against the saints."1 put a lot of pressure on myself to begin with Ware said tuesday during break Between practices at Mankato state. I wanted to go out and execute and put the Ball in the right Guy s hands. Things worked out. The offensive Lin played Well and the running game was working. Anytime you have a Good run Ning game that takes a lot of pressure off the  aware the 1989 Heisman trophy win Ner completed 5 of 8 passes for 67 Yard Sand a 10-Yard touchdown to Rookie tight end Andrew  needed things to happen in a Posi Tive Way for me Ware said. You never question yourself but it does give you anew Outlook and new sense of conf  said things started to Click during last week s practice. He s now Bee learning the system at training Camp for a  had a Good week of practice and that carried Over to the  have to continue to build take another step for Ward and keep  coordinator Brian Billick said Ware has shown improvement but there s still More to be done. Andre has looked Good in practice and at times he s struggled with the pro Cess Billick said. He still needs to improve his manipulation of the offence. Andre has always had the physical skills. It was Good to see them show up in a  said that each week he practices More things become second nature. The past week i started to feel More comfortable with the system. Things Are starting to make sense and you see Why different plays go together he said Ware s Battle for the backup position will continue through saturday s game at the Seattle  at the quarterback is the thing particularly with the backup Bil lick said