European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 from Blanchar Davis to the lonely end l the stars and stripes Page 25 recalling Blaik in his Days at army to jtw1wv by red Smith new York not when red Blaik was football coach at West he directed the cutting of oranges into Seg ments that the players would suck during the such was the mans capacity for detail that he dictated How Many segments should be Cut from each when Paul Dietzel was one of Blains army was marching strongly in the scoreless stage of a Multi a third Down play found ered and it was fourth Down with a Yard or two to Blaik called for the kicking lets go for Dietzel weve been moving the we can make first Blaik we but if we make first Down i Etzel and go in for a commentary Well be in charge and it will be easy the rest of the red its bad kick West Point the receiver Fum army recovered and pushed across for a thank Dietzel for lesson football has been played at West Point for 90 years and in that time Earl Blaik was far and away the Best coach Ever to operate on the he is 84 lives in Colorado and lately he gave the school More than to Ward a new hockey rink and basketball in his 18 years at West from 1941 red proved himself remarkable in Many now he comes up with another Surprise he is a former football coach who didst marry Money but has the gift reflects reds feelings about the United states military he has donated Money to Miami of where he earned a degree and played foot Ball before enrolling in the Academy As a and to Dartmouth where he was a popular and successful coach before taking Over at but West Point occupies a special place in his affections and his Lar that is easy to for at West Point he enjoyed his loftiest Success and suffered the heaviest blow of his Over a seven year stretch from 1944 through he built what May have been the finest undergraduate teams that Ever the mis called cribbing scandal destroyed what he had built and Tore him up yet he resisted the temptation to put in eight years rebuilding from the and before he resigned after the 1958 season he had brought off a Small he had taken the Junior varsity team of instilled in those kids the Esprit de corps and the Confidence that had characterized his National and brought them along to defeat in when red resigned in january of catching the military the the Public and his own family by he was 61 years it is he wrote in his res that one should stay beyond his time had not caught up with let alone passed him but this attitude was characteristic of red was a Guy who would Settle for provided it was very he knew that football coaches sometimes did overstay their he became vice president of Avo a firm doing research in missiles and space in his the red Blaik he writes that he enjoyed his work with but still fresh Mcaa probes alleged recruiting violations in Grid program a the Mcaa is investigating allegations of improprieties in the recruiting of football players by the University of it was reported the probe was disclosed by the Arizona which said it had obtained documents from the school and the National collegiate athletic association in response to a re quest last the 18monthold which the Mcaa would neither confirm nor includes allegations that coaches provided prohibited transportation and gifts to High school it also includes charges that athletes were paid for jobs they didst work or for work while getting Fuh both Mcaa at the same the Mcaa is reportedly trying to determine if coaches and boost ers broke a Rule limiting the number of times they can try to recruit the same play the inquiry involves former head football coach Tony Mason and at least one of his former according to the Mason and six of his former assistants Are facing criminal charges in connection with apparently unrelated expense account they have pleaded the latest if could Lead to Mcaa action ranging from simple reprimands to a ban on postseason bowl games and television games for a specific University officials said they were disputing some allegations of football improprieties being investigated by the but athletic director David Strack said the officials could not determine if some of the other allegations were the Mcaa placed Arizona state uni in on two years probation in documents released voluntarily in the University of Arizona Case question the conduct of coaches at the Tucson school in trying to recruit High school standouts Mike of and John of a neither player enrolled at Ari University officials said information on the allegedly improper conduct came from the Caas operation a relatively new program in which top High school athletes Are interviewed by the association to determine what tactics Are being used in recruiting Strack said two incidents in which a Wildcat player borrowed a vehicle to drive a recruit around Campus were de spite allegations that they broke an Mcaa Rule barring University representatives from loaning vehicles to athletes unless the vehicles Are available to All red Blaik survived scandal in memory is a lunch with him and Terry who had been fired As notre Dame there was a fourth Man at the a Friend of and atone Point he remarked to the former coaches that he guessed they must sleep a lot bet Ter these Friday nights than they used this was Blains first year in the corporate and he growled like a i dont notice any he Mut Blains years at West Point embraced a lifetime of triumphs and gratification it was watching army lose to that prompted Robert Eichelberger to lure Blaik away from four years army was the undefeated National this was the unforgettable Era of Glenn Doc Arnold Tucker and their a team that some fans vowed could have whipped the Chicago then known As the monsters of the the Blanchar Davis teams probably could not have beaten the but they could and did beat notre 590 and 480 237 and 380 Pitts and just for the red Blaik of those Days was consid ered cold to quote the late Boston Bill Cunningham brusque and a prudish tee actually he was a gentleman of faultless the most Loyal of and so painfully shy that if he had to speak in Public he might be physically ill be it was the summer of 1951 when disaster a number of including Many on the football admitted that they had helped one another out on a weekly they All left the editors note included among them was Blains the team the years immediately following were the most wretched in Blains and pos Sibly his starting with Junior varsity he rebuilt army football As far As circumstances those were the exciting years of Pete the it was the Era of the lonely one of the most strik ing innovations in offensive football since introduction of the Forward finally there came when army was tied by and Defeated everyone including notre 142 and that seemed to red a Good time to pack it yet 22 years army is still his West Point still his 4 others tied in Hawaii Golf Honolulu a Tom wat struggling Back from a double to scrambled to a 6underpar 66 and tied four others for the first round Lead thursday in the hawaiian open Golf i played like a said wat who got off to an  ble bogey the results were great but the exe cution was said the Man who has been golfs player of the year for the past four the Way in it would be a Miracle if i shot another he shared the top spot with Bruce a two time Winner this season who extended his string of consecutive rounds at Par or better to 15 Jay Haas Scott and Jon the group at 67 included Veteran Don Bill Pat my Doug Tewell and Terry there was a starry Crew at including Ben two time open Champion Hale Irwin and John the course played about As easy As Ive Ever seen Watson if the weather stays like i think the tournament record 22 under Par is in in Only surprised the scores Arent the weather was near perfect Light Trade winds rustling the Palm fronds and temperatures in the but some of the games leading lights had their problems on the Yard Waialae country club layout that is nestled less than a mile from the looming Heights of Arnold Palmer took 38 putts on the Way to a defending Champion Andy bean had a far off his Pace when he set the tournament scoring Lee Trevino had to rally for a 70 already the Winner of the Bob Hope classic and last weeks san Diego had no such he didst make a bogey and played the par5 which he says Are the key 3 he got off to a fast Start with three consecutive birdies Early in the he reached a Par 5 in 2 for the first then his Short Irons within two feet of the cup on the next Lietzke wedged close for two More then claimed a share of the Lead with a 20foot putt on the final after hitting an Iron to four feet of the pin for a first Hole Eagle and going 3 under Par with a Birdie on the second Watson hit into the water on the third and made double the key to his round was a burst of three consecutive birdies on the Back two on putts of less than three feet and the other from 10 he had to make a 25footer to save Par on the