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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Young made be fevers at army by Dave Walcz ajl suit no incr frankfu11t when army found itself in trouble it look a Page from me air Force. Thai pilferage ordered by head coach Jim Young has opened a different chapter for the army cadets. Today army football fans no longer have to look Way Back to discover Success Al Tsi Point. They need Only glance at the last iwo years to find heir Gridiron heroes talking about victories. The cadets finished 8-3-1 in 984, cafe Piitz the season with a d-6 i ump hover Michigan state in the Cherry bowl last season the army team went 9-3. Again the Black and Gold chalked up a Bow Victory and again it was a big ten foe who succumbed to the army s version of the air farce s lactic. Marching in step behind the Wishbone attack the cadets edged Illinois 31-29 in the peach bowl. Young beginning a Usa eur funded two week tour of Germany said the switch to the Wishbone was one of Many changes Ihal turned things around at West Point. The biggest change came in Alli Lude said Young who look Over u army head coach in december 1982. The players did not believe they could win. You have to believe you can win before you can win. Winning pc pct urls itself prior to Young s arrival army football players would have had to read history to know about winning. After a 7 4 season in 1977, army Strung seven sub-.500 campaigns before marching to a winning tune in 1984. Young suffered a lot of second thoughts after his 1983 team finished 2-9. Talking a Cue from inc air Force Academy which had found Success using the Wishbone offence. Young decided it was Lime to try it at West Point. The Wishbone is option football said Young 51. You have to adjust your system for the Tinct in. We Don t have big Strong linemen. The Wishbone allows them to come off Low and aggressive. It keeps us out of Long yardage  Young who in nine years of head coaching at Arizona and Purdue compiled a 69-32-1 record mixed the old with the new in fashioning it cadets into winners. We be an to show highlight films of former Heisman trophy winners Glenn Davis and of clip  Young said we asked for the support of former corps cadets and the army. 1 was utterly amazed. Before each game pol enough telegrams and letters to fill an entire  Young an Ohio native who played College football at Ohio slate and Bowling Green said West Point Foo Ibal has benefited from changing values in he United slates. The Lone of the country has changed. There s talk of patriotism. More people Are applying for inc Academy. Thai has made y mine s recruiting Job easier. The service academics arc about the last place where you have inc True student athlete said Young. At Oiler universities ii s a sort of wine pm and Dine pm thing when it comes to  Strong academics an interest in the military and the a ability to play division l football Are  for would be Cadet players. Young said there s no Lack of App Licals. Most of the Young men we get at the Academy arc interested in athletics anyway said Young. Of the 1.300-1,400 freshman Mayhe 200-300 sign up for foot Ball. You could Call them walk on and a lot of our play ers Are walk on. Doug Black who gained 1,000 Yards the last two years was a  Young under a five year contract said hell be looking at plenty of walk on Ai West Point the next few years. I m Happy at the Academy. I m enjoying coaching. There s a great commitment by the coaching staff the players and the Academy for football. Bui i know there s a Fine line Between winning and losing. That s the Challenge to keep the successful program i the Academy  editor s note Young s soar will include meetings with troops Anco High school students in the following military communities june 4 slullg3rt june 5 ludwigs Burg june 6 Nuernberg june 9-11 Berlin s4s Bomio by 0�r dicta Arm head coach Jim Young. Success with Wishbone Loyola loses to Arizona in College series Omaha neb. Up Todd Trafton delivered the go ahead run with a two run Homer in the seventh inning monday night to Lead inc Ari Zona wildcats to a 7-5 Victory Over Loyola Marym uni in the College world series. Trafton s Homer scored Mike Senne who earlier had singled up inc Middle. Arizona scored the game first run in the third inning when Chip Hale drove Home Gary Alexander with a Cingle to Center Field. With two outs and two Arizona runners on base Loyola Maryroy Ounla Pitcher Mark stomp walked two Baltra to give the Wildcat their second run. Arizona went up 3-0 in the fifth inning when Dave Rohde scored from third on the Lions second base Man Fielding error. Bobby dear Din dropped a Ball hit by Hale miss ing a Force out at Secona with no outs in the fifth inning. Loyola capitalized on its first two bits and two Arizona errors in the Bottom half of the fifth inning to Ralty and tie the game 3-3, Dejardin tingled into right Center Field swung Jim Mcanany who took a base after being hit by a Pilch. Jim Brusic who singled and took second on in overthrow to first base and Dejardin scored on Carl fran Telli s single into right Center Field. In the tilth inning Arizona s Steve Strong jingled and took second base to a Loyola error in right Field. Strong took third base on a sacrifice to second and scared on another Sac Rifice hit in shortstop to put the wildcats up 4-3 Loots tied the game when Chris Donne scored from third on a balk. Brusic homered to Pul Loyola up 5-4. Inaccuracies revealed in new Book famous quotes mis attributed Seattle up the author of a new Book on sports quotes and quips said monday his research revealed that sonic of the must popular comments in athletic lore either were attributed to the wrong person or never said at All. Lee Green who spent three years compiling the quotes for his Book  said he found inaccuracies in quotes attributed to for Mer Green Bay packers coach Vince Lombardi baseball manager Leo Durocher and shoeless Joe Jackson of the infamous Chi Cago White sox of the Early 1900s. Vince Lombard did t say winning in t everything it i the Only thing said Green of Santa Paula Calif. And Leo  never said Nice Guy finish last " former Vanderbilt football coach red Sanders coined the phrase about winning and Durocher i quote was a condensed version of several sentences said Green whose chief vocation is writing outdoor and adventure stories for magazines. Vinee Lombard denied a Long Lime ago having said winning in t everything it s the Only ining and Durocher was very upset about the Nice Guys finish Tut quote Green Aid. He said it made him appear to say you can t be a Good person and  Green s Book Points out that Lombard in his 1973 Book Vince Lombard on foot Ball vol. I said what i said was win Ning is not everything but making the Effort to win is " Lombard was Adamant that the quote attributed to him came from Sanders who coached Vanderbilt in the 1940j. Durocher s comments came in 1948 when he was managing the Brooklyn Dodg ers and was asked Why he liked the competitive Eddie Stanky. To punctuate his lengthy explanation Durocher pointed across the Field Al the me York giants and told the writer take a look at them. All Nice Guys. They la finish last. Nice Guys. Finish  writers ran the sentences together to make ii sound As if i was saying you could t be a dec Cal person and succeed durum her said after the comment was publicised. Green said his research revealed a Young boy never said. Say it Ain t so Juc to shoeless Joe Jackson As was widely re ported during inc 1919 Black  scandal when several White sox were accused of throwing a world series. Jackson said there never was a Young boy who asked him that Green Nind. He said the Only question he got thai Day was from a sheriff s Deputy who asked for a ride. Apparently thai quote was a writer s flight of  Green said researching the Bonk was an adventure. It was like a treasure Hunt he said. You Don t know what you re going to find " three titles on line in no. Bouts by Tom Canavan East Rutherford. . A a couple of month after arriving from Cuba i leis cuban to Perez knew the fight game Wai for him out of necessity not Choice. When 1 first came from Cuba i was 12 years old and 1 was Small for my age said the 27-year-old Perez most of the people in school were bigger than me. There were same fights so i said to myself i had belter learn How to fight or someone is going to kill  Perez of Las vegas will face the biggest fight of his career wednesday night when he attempts to Lake the International Box ing federation lightweight title away from Jimmy Paul of Detroit. The bout is one of three 15-round title matchup at he Brendan Byrne Arena. Gaby Canzate will defend Bis world Box ing association bantamweight Crown against Bernardo Penango of Venezuela in the main attraction and former Champion Carles Santos of puerto Rico will meet busier Draylon of Philadelphia for the vacant if Junior middleweight Crown. Perez 31-1 with 24 knockouts thinks he ins just As much Talent As the 26-year-old Paul and something More Trainer Eddie Futch in his Currier i know quite a bit about Detroit fighters and their styles and 1 know Well be in for a Good fight said Futch. But i think my understanding of the situation it going to make it possible for cub Anilo to become the nem lightweight Champion of the  Paul 24-1 with 19 knockouts has his Doubli about that prediction. I m expecting to win said Paul who captured the 135-Pound title in april 1985 from Harry Arroyo and defended it successfully against Robin Blake on june 30, Canizales will be making his first defense of the Crown he captured on March 10 with a seventh round knockout of previously undefeated Richie Sandoval. The Laredo. Texas. Tighter has a 33-2 Mark with 26 knockouts. Penango. Who will be making his debut in the United slates has a 17-2-2 Mark with one no decision. He has won his last four fights and is ranked As the no. 1 contender in the 118-Pound class by the Aba Santos 30-1 with 21 knockouts was stripped of his if 154-Pound title for failing to fight no. 1 contender Davey Moore within a specified amount of time. He got a second shot at the title when Moore broke bit Arm. Dray ton 32, will bring a 27-9-1 Mark into his first title bout  
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