European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Walter Davis sorts learning to get by without each other tuesday. December 17, 1985 the stars and strips Page 23 Phoenix Ariz. A Phoenix suns guard Walter Davis entered in a Southern California clinic for treatment of drug and or alcohol abuse seems to be responding Well said coach John Macleod who admitted the team must find a Way to get along without him Tor a while. David a five time National basketball association All Star and the suns leading scorer this season with a 24.4 Point per game average was admitted to Pasadena Calif Community Hospital last thursday after asking club officials for help. The 31-year-old Davis is expected to sidelined a minimum of four weeks Tor he rehabilitation. Macleod said he spoke briefly to Davis Over the weekend and he seemed to be doing Well. The conversation was Short. It is pan of the treatment that they Don t talk too Long to people outside the however Davis talked twice by Tele phone last thursday to he former College coach North Carolina s Dean Smith. Walter will be Back and be better than Ever As a player Smith said. He always has been a special human being to me. Walter is such a special person to anyone he s Ever been around. In fact he tried so hard to please people. That could be part of his Smith said when Davis told him of his Deci Sion to seek treatment it was something i admired and fully supported. Want to emphasize How pleased i am that when he be came sick he sought help. Some Don another North Carolina Alum guard Michael Jordan of the Chicago bulls said he is still trying to come to grips with the news of Davis problem. He s the Only incl i Ever had. I was very Hurt by it. I Don t now what s going on in his Lite. It s a very Tou a situation Jordan said. I really Admire him the Way he works the Way he plays. But there Are a lot of bad things happening that you can t really control feel a lot of things Are meant to be. You have to accept it Anklet life go Jordan said he will try to Contact Davis by sending him a card or letter at the clinic. I want to let him know i m thinking about him and am concerned about him did Jordan. It Hurt me very very suns Walter Davis. In treatment Center meanwhile the suns say they arc deter mined to withstand the Shock and Impact of losing Davis. We were starting to Roll with Walter. We Are going to continue said All Star Forward Larry Nance. When Waller gels Back Well be that much tougher. There is a lot of charac Ter on this team. It is a terrible thing that happened to Waller. But we have to go on and win. The schedule does t Stop. We be been struggling All year and sticking together All year Walter would Tell you that Phoenix now 7-17, has played twice without Davis so far. The suns lost 127-102 to the los Angeles lakers on thursday night and then beat the los Angeles clip pers 114-92 on saturday night their big Gest margin of Victory this season. I think thursday night the Shock of Walt suddenly being gone hit us hard said Center James Edwards. We Felt it and we struggled against the lakers. But we be talked about it a Little. We have to realize Walt is out. We have some talented players Here. We can pull together and be a lot stronger for winning est football coach retires with 405 victories Brownwood Texas up Gor Don Wood the Brownwood High school legend who has won More games than any other football coach announced his retire ment monday. Coaching has been great for me. If i had my life to live Over would do it again and i might decide a year from now that i want to coach again. But right now i m going to retire said Wood 71. Wood whose career record is 405-88-12, has been at Brownwood for 26 of his 43 years in High school football. He has been honoured by presidents John son Carter and Reagan for his Gridiron achievements. Wood said he wanted to spend More time with his family and that by retiring and drawing his pension and social Security benefits he could earn $ 10,000-$ 12 000 More per year than if he continued working at the a morning news conference attended by about 75 people including his players Wood criticized the no pass no play Rule which bars failing students from Takin part in extracurricular activities for six weeks. The Rule was adopted by the legislature in 1984 after a Blue ribbon panel headed by Dallas billionaire h. Ross Perot suggested it As part of a sweeping education Reform package. Wood called the Rule elitist and said it discriminates against poor whiles poor Blacks and mexican americans. There Are so Many discrepancies and bad Points that the Public has not been made aware of. We coaches can t buy legislators to get our Bills through bul i Promise you in three years when we have an elected state school Board again or. Perot May own the stale of Texas until then bul we will reverse thai and people will realize that coaches have always been working to help i hair students get the Busl grades they can Wood said. He said based on grades his senior play ers currently rank i 2, 4, 6 and ii in their class. The Board of directors of the 10,000 Mcm bar Texas High school coaches association voted unanimously Friday at a meeting in Austin to form a political action committee to fight the Rule. Wood said he would work with them to have the Rule softened. Is football contest win a trip for 2 of fhe super Bow How to enter d d Mark an x in the Block by the learn you predict to win then answer the three tic breaker questions and print your name at the Bottom of the ballot. Mail your entries postage free via i s in football contest stars and stripes Apo 09211. Sunday dec. 22 Holiday bowl Al san Diego. Calif Arkansas 9-2 is. Arizona is. 8-3 saturday dec. 28 Sun bowl at Elpaso Texas Georgia 7-3-1 is. Arizona 8-3 Citrus bowl at Orlando Fla. Ohio St. 8-3 is. Brigham Young 11-2 monday dec. 30 Gator bowl , Fla. Oklahoma St. 8-3 is. Florida St. 8-3 Freedom bowl at Anaheim Calif. Washington 6-5 is. Colorado 7-4 tuesday dec. 31 peach bowl at Atlanta army 8-3 is. Illinois 6-4-1 Bluebonnet bowl at Houston air Force 11-1 is. Texas 8-3 wednesday Jan. 1 fiesta bowl at Phoenix. Ariz. Michigan 9-1-1 is. Nebraska 9-2 Orange bowl at Miami Oklahoma 10-1 is. Penn St. 11-0 Rose bowl at Pasadena Calif. Urcla 8-2-1 is. Iowa 10-1 Cotton bowl Al Dallas Tunas am 9-2 is. Auburn 8-3 sugar bowl at new Orleans Miami. Fla. 10-1 is. Tennessee x-1-i? ire first tie breaker mow Many Points will scored in the Orange bowl total for both teams second tie breaker How Many Points ill be i 1 scored in the Rose bowl total for both teams _ third tie breaker How Many paints will be i i scored in the Cotton bowl total for both teams contest rules 1. Except for stars and stripes employees and members of their families anyone who is eligible to shop in the Exchange and use the Apo or Fpo is eligible to enter. 2. There is no limit to the number of entries however Only original ballots no copies clipped from the stars and stripes will be accepted. The ballot will appear in the stars and stripes daily from dec. 10 through dec. 19. 3. Entries must be postmarked not later than dec. 20, and must arrive at stripes not later than dec. 31. The Winner will be announced Jan. 10. Hand carried entries will not be accepted at the newspaper offices All entries must arrive by mail with a postmark. Stars and stripes cannot be responsible for entries that arrive past the deadline. 4. There arc no provisions for picking tie games All lie games will be counted a Correct picks on All entries. 5. The Winner of the contest will be the person whose entry i beats the Consen sus picks of the stars and stripes sports staff to be featured in the stripes sports Section on dec. 20 and 2 then beats All entries that beat the staff. The decision of the judges Bob Wicker Klint Johnson and Ben Abrams will be final. In the event of a tic after the lie Breakers the Winner will be selected by random drawing. Winner to the super bowl the Winner of the contest will receive two tickets to super bowl xxx in new Orleans on Jan. 26. The Prie also includes round trip airline tickets for two and hotel accommodations for five nights during super bowl week. Name address Telephone number
