European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 Kuharich fought off death 0 years by Dave Anderson for the last 15 the late Vince Lom Bardi has been credited by historians with having winning int its the Only according to Morris Siegel of the Washington that Credo was uttered As Long ago As 1954 by Joe then in his first season As the Washington redskins i looked it up in the Siegel Joe used that line at the redskins Welcome Home luncheon that at the of Kuharich was talking about winning football which his teams some times had trouble during five mostly Strug gling seasons As the coach of the Philadelphia a he was castigated for having traded Sonny Jurgensen to the redskins for Norm and in the Long history of notre Dame he was the Only coach to have had a losing but every coach whose team has won the super bowl or who has had a to ranked team at Dame would gladly Swap that glory for what Kuha Rich won an extra decade of Joe Kuharich died last sunday at age but doctors had told him in 1970 that he had about 30 months to live because of Bone playing Golf one Day that year he thought he Tore a rib two weeks later he was having a rub Down after a steam Bath when pain seared his Back and he visited James the eagles As soon As Nixon studied the he turned to his i want every Bone in his body Nixon by then ill have a room for him in the Hospi Kuharich was supposed to stay in the Hospital for six but after two weeks he returned to his Home with a prescription that prompted the local pharmacist to phone one of the cancer specialists treating i heard the pharmacist Tell the All these pills will kill Kuharich said but the prescription was i sometimes took 36 pills a but there Are no pills for no pills for refusing to surrender to the patients either have that or they Joe Kuharich had the doctors told him to take it but he kept Joe Kuharich he walked his he carried he lifted by his condition had improved enough for the doctors to Stop chemotherapy he did not have to take any More and he was working again As an observer of National football league game but he was the one who deserved to be the cancer he had to be i dont know whats going to Kuharich told Pete Rozelle from the Hospital two weeks but in going to fight when his death was announced in the super dome press Box during halftime at super bowl foot Ball people who knew Kuharich were but later they started telling stories about him that he always especially those about his Malaprop his classic line was his description of the Jurgensen Orstead trading quarterbacks is a he said at the but its not in other memorable Kuharich i can Only answer a question about a the charge on that blocked kick came either from the inside or the we were three Points behind but that not the same As being in not vacillating and every coach must View a player with three different and when George Preston then the redskins introduced Ralph who had been an Alameri Ca at notre to Kuharich at training Camp with the admonition that our quarterback troubles Are the coach put his Arm around the he go Down there with the defensive Kuharich was born to be in born and reared in South where his father worked in the Studebaker As a youngster he and his friends used to sneak into notre Dame games at old Cartier Field through a sawed Plank in the wooden but one just As he crawled he was accosted by Knute the legendary notre Dame Rockne told me to stand Kuharich once he waited for my four pals to crawl one by and then he made us crawl Back through the but then he told i dont want you boys doing this any if you want to go to a meet me at 11 Oclock outside the main Gate and ill take you in with Joe Kuharich was an Al America guard at notre Dame and returned there in 1958 As head his most successful season As a occurred in 1951 when his University of san Francisco team was unbeaten in nine ten players from that team went on to the notably Gino Marchetti and Ollie each now in the pro football Hall of a world War ii had arrived on Campus wearing a Black leather jacket and Riding a get out of Here before the jesuits see Kuharich told dont come Back without a coat and and the sports information director at us that unbeaten season was Pete who delivered the Eulogy at Joes funeral wednesday a funeral that occurred a decade later than the doctors thought it the new York times bulls Cut celts7 13game win string by Mike Tully up sports writer if the Boston celtics arrived believing they were the Only hot team in they soon discovered Chicago just beat us in All phases of the game celtics coach Bill Fitch said thursday night after the Streak ing bulls snapped Bostons 13game win Ning Streak with a 10885 we were just continued explaining Bostons lowest Point output and worst Overall Outing of the they just beat give credit to Chi Chicago entered the game with a five game winning Streak and showed that it was no with three minutes Theus remaining in the first the sparked by Reggie outscored Boston to take a 5341 coming off a Victory Over could not now they know How it feels to come in and play us after playing Phila explained one of six bulls in double weve had to do it three times this its a Good feel Theus had never played on a Chicago team that had beaten the bulls had lost seven straight to the celtics Dat ing Back to March weve played them real close All year and Treyve pulled some out at the last Theus that Why when we pulled away in the fourth Quarter it was i didst want it happening Mike Mitchell helps cars dim suns to us Artis Gilmore scored 17 Points and Larry Ricky Sobers and Bobby Wilkerson added 12 Dwight Jones scored 10 for which impressed coach Larry Sloan with its i think this was our Best defensive Effort All he this is bound to give us a lift for the second half of the Robert Parish paced the celtics with 17 and Nate Archibald added Larry hampered by a hip scored 10 Points but sat out More than half the Why risk being out for two months we beat them five in a Bird they were bound to win Cavaliers suns 111 at Mike named to the East Allstar team earlier in the combined with Kenny Carr and Roger Phegley for 80 Points to give the Cava Aba Roundup Liers their sixth Victory in the last seven Walter Davis led Phoenix with a game High 31 kicks Hawks 111 at Ray Williams scored 24 Points and campy Russell added 21 for new John Drew scored 29 Points for the who nearly made up a 17 Point deficit then fell to their 13th loss in 14 spurs nets 108 at san George Gervin scored 26 Points to help the spurs snap a three game losing Maurice Lucas led new which lost for the 13th time in the last 16 warriors pistons 112 at Bernard King and Lloyd free each scored 30 Points for Golden John Long led the pistons with 31 Points and Keith Herron added jazz rockets 97 at Salt Lake Adrian Dantley scored 36 Points and contributed a key Field goal with five minutes left to help Utah overcome a 15point Moses Malone topped Houston with lakers Kings 104 at los Kareem Abduljabba scored 35 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Jamaal Wilkes added 30 Points for the Reggie King led Kansas City with 27 including 15 in the first nine minutes of the nuggets Bucks 118 at Rookie Kiki Vandeweghe scored 12 of his 22 Points in the final period to Lead the nuggets to their third straight Milwaukee was paced by Junior Bridgeman 25 Ransey Vandeweghe Trail blazers clippers 106 at san Rookie Kelvin Ransey hit a 10foot jumper at the Buzzer for port which received a game High 30 Points from Jim Phil Smith paced the clippers with 20 padre players salaries Rose 230 in 6 years san Diego a even Las place baseball clubs say they cant score against the san Diego padres paid in players salaries in 1974 after Ray Kroc bought the National league in the salaries came to a 230 percent increase in six