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Wednesday. January 18,1989 The Battalion Page 11 ENQ Cards ■ :ur rent|,D Bengals, 49ers prepare for clash Teams’ styles similar 19. 'PA Revi, e 680 02 1/3 LB, ^MBURGi LARGE SOR DRINK SUPER SUNDAE ONLY 3.91 WITH MIAMI (AP) — Uric: 1 homas looks at Eddie Broun and sees Jerry Rice. Jeff Fuller looks at Roger Craig and sees Ickev Woods. More specifically, as the San Francisco and Cincinnati de fenses get reach for Sunday’s Su per Bowl, they see the other team's offense reflected in their own. That was the consensus on Tuesday’s “Picture Day,” the first of the three hour-long sessions the players must spend with the more than 1,()()() reporters and camera crews in town for the game. The focus w;is on the two of fenses, which ranked 1-2 in the NFL, with Cincinnati averaging almost 379 cards per game and San Francisco almost 370. I he 49ers were first in rush ing, the Bengals first in passing, but both have been run-oriented during the plavof f s. “They want to run the ball First, then throw it; we want to run the ball first, then throw it,” said Thomas, Cincinnati’s left cornerback, who was burned twice by Rice for touchdowns in the Bengals’ 27-20 loss to the 49ers last season. One was a 22-vard I D pass on the final play of the game. “But it's more than that. Thev have Roger Craig at running back, we have Ickev Woods and James Brooks. Thev have a great quarterback, we have a great quarterback. I hev have Jerrv Rice, we have Eddie Brown.” Both offenses are stacked w ith talent at the same positions It starts with two of the best quarterbacks in the game — Joe Montana, the 49ers' two-time Su per Bowl MVP, vs. Boomer Esia- son. the Ni l. MVP this season. Esiason is vounger. left- handed and more mobile, but each is capable of winning a game bv himself. It continues with the running games — Craig, who led the XEC in mshing with 1,502 yards, vs. Brooks as well as Woods, who had 1 .()(>(> lor a 5.3 average as a r< >okie. Foi more of the sameness, there are Rice and Brown, the two long-ball receivers. Blown was the otfensive rookie of the year that season but lias been overshadowed since bv Rice, who last year set an NFL record will) 22 touchdown catches in 12 non-strike games. I don’t say everyone is similar, but the weapons are the same." said David Fulcher, Bengal si rong safety. "Montana? 1 he guy reads de lenses. He doesn’t panic. If he sees somebody coming he’ll get rid of it or get down. Boomer’s a fullback wearing No. 7 and play ing quarterback. He doesn’t mind being hit. He’ll go down." Fuller, the 49ers’ equivalent of Fulcher as an oversized (225 to 228-pound) strong safety, also sees the similarities. "We have a lot of weapons and so do thev," he said. " I hat’s win defenses will probably decide the game." “We’d like to stay off the field.” Fulcher said. "We’d like to see the of fense control the ball to keep their of fense from getting the ba Rice’s sprained ankle may alter 49er plans MIAMI (AP) — Jerrv Rice couldn’t move right or cut left in Joe Robbie Stadium on Tuesday, even when matched up against the media. Rice walked gingerly into an interview session, favoring a taped-up, sprained right ankle he said needs more rest and more ice before Sunday’s Super Bowl. "It’s really sore, but I still have four days to rest,” said Rice, vow ing to be reach. “I don’t know how strong it's going to be, but if there’s am wav possible I’m going to be out there. "I think just with my presence out there, they've, got some re spect for me,” he said. San Francisco coach Bill Walsh showed no sense of alarm about the Rice injury, including a false report that Rice was carried oil the practice field after it oc curred. He said it was too soon to judge its severity, although Rice will be held out of practice until Thursday or Friday. “We’ll see what happens,” Walsh said. Mike Wilson and John Tavlor would be the 49ers’ main down- field receivers in Rice’s absence, with starting tight end John Frank also likely a more frequent target along with reserve wide re ceiver Terry Greer. “Jerry’s been Mr. Touchdown for us, so that’s some very large shoes to fill," said Wilson, an eight-year veteran who caught 33 passes for three I Ds and a 12.3- yard average. “But if Joe (Mon tana) can come out and play the wav he’s placed the last couple of weeks, it should be a very happv Sunday.” Tavlor caught 14 passe*, two for touchdowns, this season and made his mark as an All-Pro re turn specialist by running back two punts for scores. Frank, who missed half the sea son with a broken hand, had lb receptions for three IDs, while 'former Canadian Football ■League star Greer caught eight passes. Rice, who was troubled bv a hip injurv early in the season, hurt the ankle on Oct. lb when cor nerback Jerrv Gray of the Los Angeles Rams hauled him down bv the face mask after a long gain. He did not miss any games, but caught just one touchdown pass in the next four games, becoming less a primary receiver and more of a decoy. Rice said he wasn’t that sur prised when he felt the ankle give as he made a cut on the practice field Monday. “My ankle’s been hurting all year long,” he said. “Now it’s back to where it was when I first hurt it. “I played three or four games when I didn’t have lateral movement and couldn’t bump- and-run. You just have to block it talent at the same positions. their offense from getting the ball." passes for three 1 Ds and a 12.3- out. :oupo\ 1 "" Super Bowl city’s image hurt by riots resl-30-85 MIAMI (AP) — A shooting death promotes Dade County for new “If the media on a national basts lence will negate Miami’s 1 TtoUSS hat triggered a disturbance in a Mi- business development. keeps the thing in perspective, it this week, inii neighborhood also damaged a Miami’s Superhost Committee is may not (do) that much damage,” he ■ ■H SS£S MIAMI (AP) — A shooting death hat triggered a disturbance in a Mi- uni neighborhood also damaged 2 million effort to improve the ity’s image during Super Bowl _yeek, several officials conceded ■Tuesday. The fatal shooting of a black mo- orcyclist by a white policeman in an trea near downtowiT sparked vio lence that involved at least 200 peo ple and included gunfire and arson. “I think all of Miami is embar rassed,” said Tom Ferguson, presi- lent of the Beacon Council, which VN ENGE ILL m ASS ROBICS ENGTH promotes Dade County for new business development. Miami’s Superhost Committee is spending $2 million to make a good impression on visitors in town for Sunday’s game. Officials met Tues day to discuss the unexpected public relations setback. The outbreak of violence is likely to receive extensive publicity, since by week’s end more than 1,500 re porters are expected in Miami. Ferguson said this additional me dia coverage will determine the long-term impact on the city’s image. “If the media on a national basis keeps the thing in perspective, it may not (do) that much damage,” he said. “I think people will consider it more as a local disturbance, as op posed to a race riot, which absolutely it was not.” At least one out-of-town reporter, Houston Post sports writer Ray Buck, saw tHe disturbance at close range. Buck and his wife had their car windshield shattered when tliey happened to drive through the area on their way elsewhere. Buck said publicity about the vio lence will negate Miami’s hospitality this week. “Unfortunately I think a lot of good effort was ruined in one short three or four hour period,” he said. “A year of hard work went down the drain.” New York Daily News sports writer Mike Lupica was not so sure. “To say, ‘Here goes Miami going crazy again,’ I really don’t think that’s fair,” Lupica said.” Mellowing McEnroe has new view of tennis MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Though he wants another Grand Siam title, John McEnroe isn’t sure e wants to be No. 1 again. “When 1 was No. 1, I didn’t han- lle it very well,” McEnroe said Tues- lay alter beating Michael Westphal )f West Germany 6-4, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in he first round of the Australian 3pen. “The pressure was so great, I eally didn’t enjoy it the way I should lave. It seemed I was always looking jM fek /tk over my shoulder. I’d rather not be No. 1 if that’s the way it would be again. Of course, if I could handle it in a positive manner, it would be a different story.” During his last Australian Open 'appearance in 1985, an agitated McEnroe pushed a journalist, spat at a cameraman and left in disgust af ter losing a five-set quarterfinal to Slobodan Zivojinovic. A lot has changed since then. Getting married to actress Tatum O’Neal, having two sons and falling out of the top 10 has altered McEn roe’s perspective on the sport. “There’s a lot more to life than tennis,” he said. “Losing a match is not the end of the world.” McEnroe, seeded seventh here, is pushing to regain the form that made him the world’s best player in the early 1980s. But the three-time Wimbledon and four-time U.S. Open champion knows he still has a way to go. The only losing seed was No. 8 Yannick Noah, who was ousted by Australian Mark Woodforde 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 in a four- hour match that didn’t end until early Wednesday morning. 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