European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes May flyers Clarke Quick to earn spurs As pm Philadelphia Apas a Bobby Clarke was the heart and soul of the Philadelphia their inspirational Leader As Well As their finest a future Hall of Clarkes Daggres dedication and versatility were the Cornerstone of two Stanley cup Champi throughout his 15year Clarke was one of the most respected play ers in the National hockey in less than one year As the flyers general Clarke again has earned respect in the National hockey his flyers play hard and they play All and they work just As hard in practice to rectify the few errors they make in their organization has taken on the character of Bobby Denis the Veteran of the new York you could see that with every their intensity and Treyve Learned How to handle themselves and the pressure placed on if they get some of his they can go All the Clarke replaced Bob Mccammon As Gen eral manager last Spring when Mccammon was fired and Clarke retired As a the team was having lost nine consecutive postseason games and not advancing past the first round of the playoffs for three since when their two year reign ended against Montreal in the Stanley cup the flyers have been Back to the final Only enter who had no previous managerial Hes a Quick and a hard work said Keith who built the flyers championship he also trusts the people around him one of Clarkes first moves was to select Mike Keenan As who won titles in the american hockey league and on the Canadian collegiate was sought by several nil Clarke won the Keenan turned out to be the perfect coach for the blend of players Clarke the rapid development of Ron Peter Lindsay Todd Rick Tocchet and Derrick Smith can be attributed in part to Keenan so can the return to Allstar form of Mark Howe and Brad Marsh and the sudden emergence of Pelle Lindbergh As one of the games top Mike has a controlled Clarke he goes after what needs to be Hes a All on those things made him attractive to Clarke accepts credit he prefers to let the players who carried the flyers to the Nils Best record this season hog the More than even our i think the important thing is that these kids have Learned a winning attitude very i j a Clarke he didst say that his winning Aura had rubbed Treyve Learned How to win and Treyve Bobby Clarke demonstrates versatility Learned they Are expected to we figured we were going to make youth work for us instead of against we figured that if we were going with we might As Well go All the Way with it was a new i was new in my we had a new a new Captain Dave we wanted to emphasize a new but he also wanted to bring Back some thing that has been missing for 10 years a Stanley cup championship in i remember what is was the mag ical Way it Felt Clarke i took Over an organization which was running pretty All Ive wanted to do is keep it going and working in a winning Arbour returning with islanders up Al a citing the Challenge of regaining the Stanley cup announced monday that he will return for his 13th season As new York islanders in not ready to be packed in Mothballs and stored Arbour Arbour coached the islanders to four Stanley cup championships from 198083 and advanced to the final against Edmon ton last this the islanders finished 40346 their worst record since arbours first year As coach in they were eliminated by Philadelphia in the Patrick division up until late last Arbour had been expected to he had hinted that he would like to step Down As coach some time with the islanders failing to reach the Stanley cup finals this season after five straight this seemed like the right time arbours 12year reign with the islanders is the longest stretch with one team of any current nil he has a 513288157 record with the islanders and a 555328 182 career since Arbour became the Island ers have failed to reach the postseason Only in his first the 52yearold former defens Eman has coached 113 Stanley cup playoff one less then the Leader Scotty who served As arbours Mentor in it pays to dress properly France a Laura who placed second saturday in the Hennessy cup la Dies Golf received a 50 Pound Fine for wearing scruffy trousers which officials called detrimental to the image of the women professional Golf Assoc a the 21yearold Davies of informed of the Fine for improper dress moments before being presented with her broke Down and asked about it at her Post tournament news she cried again and walked the decision to Levy the Fine was made by Colin Wyga executive and Christine Lang chairman of the Wyga com she was told that her trousers were scruffy and was Detri mental to the image of the Assoc a Snape said All our members were warned last week at Dur ing the Ford classic tournament that next time anyone strayed Over the line they would be image is Paramount to the Success of our association and our standards Are improving All the he Davies was playing in Only her Sec Ond tournament As a As a when she has time to think about in sure it wont do her any Snape adding that officials had tried to be fair and appearance is part and parcel of pro sport he the Wyga code of ethics states Only a member shall be deemed to have violated the code if found guilty of conduct Likely to injure or discredit the reputation of the no specific injunctions on dress Are included and the committee full discretionary Ueberroth from Page 23 tiny before a Federal grand including such Well known players As Keith Hernandez of the new York Lon Nie Smith of the Louis cardinals and Tim Raines of the Montreal although All of the players publicly identified Are thought to have been granted immunity from Ueberroth has said he believed the inquiry was damaging to Sam a Pittsburgh criminal Law yer retained by Many of the players called to said he did not believe that acting on information gathered by the were after my opinion is that no players Are going to be said 1 think this is an investigation of drug some people in the baseball world Are not for Don a member of the new York Yan Kees and the american leagues player representative said i dont know any but its going to come Down pretty hard on they actually have beyond the Pittsburgh which according to some reports has led to similar investigations in other Ueberroth cited unspecified other factors in his an Al rep Don Baylor players will be hit some other information Ive been Given said that it probably was in the Best interest of the game to move he he declined to except to say that he had been Given information by a la enforce ment official that his announcement had had a deterrent effect on an unspecified criminal activity in the at least three players this year have publicly acknowledged drug Cap Ping a string of such incidents in recent the largest single Case involved four members of the 1983 Kansas City but sources familiar with court papers in that Case said affidavits named about 35 players who had used the latest incident involves Alan wig the starting second baseman for the National league Champion san Diego who was suspended this month for the remainder of the year by his team for what officials described As a relapse of co Caine Wiggins had been arrested for cocaine Possession in but the charges were dropped after he completed a rehabilitation because of Wiggins value to his team he stole 70 bases and scored 106 runs while batting last year Ueberroth and other baseball officials Are especially concerned about the for the padres were to lose their or even the playoffs or world by a margin that could have been overcome by a player of Wiggins Many people will no doubt conclude that drugs played a significant role in the out come of the although baseball fans Are accustomed to accepting injuries As part of the How they will react to Pennant races being decided by disabling drug dependencies remains but How Many players Are involved with or even their Star is not Ueberroth Only its not necessarily said Barry general counsel to the player relations it is the extreme danger he sees to the game if someone is involved in there is a vulnerability to loan Sharks and although most of the details of the drug testing program for the nonunion employees have yet to be including the substantial costs of buying Ueberroth said he envisioned urine samples being taken three or four times a although everyone in the including owners and minor league would be subject to random not every body necessarily would be tested every he the which would be aimed at Dis covering users of illegal would be kept Ueberroth As executive director of the los Angeles olym Pic organizing he established a testing Laboratory that screened for steroids and other banned through a numbering code that kept secret the names of the even the lab workers and directors did not know whose urine they were the baseball pro Gram would be Ueberroth adding that he had every intention of put Ting the plan into in going to be boringly consistent on this he
