European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Northwestern s Green takes Job with 49ers Evanston 111. A Northwestern football coach Dennis Green resigned Mon Day to accept a Job As receivers coach for the san Francisco 49ers of the nil where he worked briefly before joining the wild cats. I be enjoyed my five years at Northwestern and i feel the program has made a great Deal of Progress said Green who leaves the big ten school with a 10-45 Overall record and 7-37 conference Mark. The Opportunity to return to the 49ers and to work for head coach Bill Walsh is a great one and i look Forward to doing my part to help them continue to be Success Ful Green said. Green 37, never produced a winning team in his five years at Northwestern but helped make the wildcats a competitive Factor in the big ten said athletic director Doug single adding that a replacement could be named As Early As wednesday. It s a very exciting time for me in one regard and a very difficult time in another Green said. He rated his performance at Northwestern "50-50" 50 percent a failure Given the won loss record but 50 percent successful because the program now is better than it had  i be enjoyed my five years at Northwestern and feel the program has made a great Deal of Progress Green said. I m going to miss working with great Young people who have made a great commitment to continuing this  up photo Lamarr Hoyt. Ready by april Hoy to re oin team thursday wants action Yuma Ariz. A Pitcher Lamarr Hoyt will rejoin the san Diego padres on thursday a month after checking into a clinic for evaluation of a possible substance abuse problem team officials said. There has been no announcement on the right hander s condition but manager Steve Boros said Hoyt could be in the padres starting Rota Tion by the third week of april two weeks after the regular season be gins. He s sent word already that he wants to throw three straight Days when he re enters Camp and then pitch every other Day Boros said. I Don t think it will take him any extra time. He does t have to come up with any new pitches or learn a new delivery the manager said. Green took Over the Northwestern pro Gram in 1980 and inherited a team mired in a 20-game losing Streak. Green s first wild cat team lost All 11 contests in 1981 and the first three the following season setting the nation s longest major College skid at 34 games. The losing Streak ended with a Victory Over Northern Illinois and the wildcats wound up winning three games in 1982, evacuating the big ten cellar for the first time since 1975. Green earned selection As coach of the year for that feat. We talked about getting on Board a slow moving train Green said recalling those difficult Days. I think the train had actually stopped. And you can never afford to let that train  Green an innovative offensive thinker guided the wildcats toward respectability by installing a wide open passing attack. He was credited with developing a pair of exceptional quarterbacks in Mike Green Field and Sandy Schwab. His 1983 and 1984 teams finished 2-7 in the league but last season the wildcats managed just a 1-7 Mark and tied Indiana for last place in the conference. Green came to Northwestern after serv ing under Walsh for three years. The first two 1977 and 1978, were at Stanford. He then worked for a year with the 49ers be fore taking the Northwestern Job. I consider him to be one of the gifted Young coaches in the nation today said file photo Dennis Green. Improved program Walsh. He has done a truly outstanding Job at Northwestern and his leaving is re lated to furthering his career in the nation Al football  Green graduated in 1971 from Iowa where he earned honorable mention As a tailback his Junior and senior seasons. He went on to play briefly for the British co Lumbia Lions of the Canadian football league before returning to the Hawkeye program As a graduate assistant. Green then took Over coaching duties for quarterbacks and receivers at Dayton from 1974 through 1976, before joining Walsh at Stanford. Green s departure comes just two weeks after Northwestern basketball coach Rich Falk was let go. Sax injury helped dodger cause in 85 by John Nadel Vero Beach Fla. A Little did the los Angeles dodgers know at the time that one of the Best things that happened to them All last year was an injury suffered by second baseman Steve sax two Days before the season began. That s because it got Mariano Duncan to the big leagues and the Young switch hitter ultimately became the dodgers shortstop and a key Factor in their Rise to the nation Al league West championship. If Wally Pipp had t gotten a stomach ache Lou Gehrig might never have been discovered manager Tom Lasorda of the dodgers said thursday at the club s Spring training Complex. That s the Way things happen in this  Duncan finished his Rookie season with a .244 batting average six Home runs and 39 runs batted in. He also stole 38 bases and was Brilliant in the Field once he got used to playing Short. In the dodgers first 11 exhibition games this Spring the 23-year-old collected 16 hits in 38 at bats a .421 average. Eight hits were triples three in one game. The los Angeles regular season club record for triples is 16, set by Willie Davis in 1970. Last year i had a big problem with my left handed hitting said Duncan who hit .224 left handed and .286 right handed in 1985. I m much More comfortable now. I be worked hard on my left handed  said dodgers hitting instructor Manny Mota he s improved a lot from the left Side. The main thing is he has to make Contact and bunt More take advantage of his Speed. That Way the Way he can run he can put a lot of pressure on the opposition. He worked hard in the Winter. He was swinging too hard from the left Side. He s Cut Down on his  sax missed most of the first month last season because of a Strain to the lower right leg. He was Hurt when second baseman Bobby Grich of the California Angels fell on him in the final exhibition game. Because Utility infielder Bob Bailor was also Hurt the Call went to Albuquerque of the Pacific coast league for Duncan who was notified he was being brought up on opening Day. Duncan was the dodgers Lead off hitter at Houston that night and in his first big league game he performed like a minor leaguer Nolan Ryan struck him put on three pitches in his first at Bat he finished with no hits in four at bats and made an error that helped the astros score the run in a 2-1 Victory. I was t nervous recalled Duncan who became a switch hitter following the 1982 sea son his first in the dodgers organization. I be never been nervous in my life. Why there s no reason to be. I was just Happy to get the Chance to play with the dodgers. I was surprised to be called up. Tommy Lasorda told me i d be up for 10 or 15 Days. I was ready to do whatever they  when sax was ready to play in Early May Duncan who is from the dominican Republic moved to Short because Dave an Derson was injured. Duncan became a fix Ture at Short on june 1 and wound up play ing in 142 games. I knew i was going to get a Chance eventually Duncan said. When i moved to Short i had trouble. I had t played the position since 1983, and i made about 16 or 17 errors my first month. One Day after i had made three errors in one game Tommy told me not to worry about it. He told me dodger Utility player Bill Russell has played 16 years in the big leagues and he made four errors in one game. That made me very Happy very comfortable. It helped a  Veteran third baseman Bill Madlock traded to the dodgers last aug. 31, said Duncan is on his Way to becoming one of the Best. Ozzie Smith of St. Louis is in a class by himself but Mariano s not too far be Hind him already Madlock said. He can play with the Best of  i Don t play like Ozzie i play like Mari Ano Duncan said. Interest High for Theismann Washington a Washington redskins coach Joe Gibbs says he s been getting plenty of phone Calls from National football league teams interested in obtain ing a healthy Joe Theismann. Theismann 36, the most productive quarterback in redskins history broke his leg nov. 18 when he was sacked in a game against the new York giants. He has vowed that he would return and fight for the starting spot against Jay Schroeder who led the redskins to five Vic tories in six games. Until Theismann proves he can once again compete in the nil All Trade talk is moot according to Gibbs. I Don t think any of those teams inter ested in Joe want to do anything now Gibbs said monday. No one knows if he can play  if Theismann proves healthy but can t beat out Schroeder then Gibbs said he would Trade the Veter an if he could t Han dle life on the Bench. There s Only one thing Joe has Ever Joe Theisman considered since he broke his leg said Gibbs. That s playing and starting. To be honest i Don t think he could take being anything but being a  Theismann admitted at a luncheon in Norfolk a. That his future with the redskins May be Over. You d have to be stupid not to read the handwriting on the Wall Theismann told an audience at the Norfolk sports club monday according to a Story in tuesday morning s Washington times. When a team gives you permission to talk to other teams to work out a Deal they re not exactly saying we want you to be our quarterback " Theismann said he thought his chances of returning As a Redskin were about a three on a scale of 1 to 10, the times said. Should Theismann be placed on the Trad ing Block Gibbs  would not come cheap. We d expect to get a High pick for him Gibbs said. That s what we deserve considering he s been the nil s most valuable player and led us to two super  Gibbs said three teams have showed More than a passing interest in Theismann but added until Joe gets healthy any talk about trading him is like putting the cart before the  Theismann s rehabilitation is progressing Way ahead of schedule according to Gibbs who said Theismann is already play ing racquetball. Gibbs claimed that while Theismann s doctor might think differently the quarterback told Gibbs that he Felt like he could be ready to compete in a matter of  i want to get my leg ready the quarterback said and then if someone Calls me and says Joe come on out Here for a work out i la go. Maybe even the redskins will want me  before he went Down with the first major injury of his career Theismann had started every redskins game since 1978. Radio College basketball nit final Ohio state is. Wyoming 3 . Thursday