European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary trainers needed on fhe football Field the casualty count has  played Ohio state in the Kickoff classic wednesday night and then rushed Home for the funeral of defensive tackle Willie Ryles who died sat urday of an acute subdural Haematoma after collapsing on the practice Field last week. The night before Alabama s Victory Craig Larsen a Junior defensive lineman at Deer Valley High school in Phoenix ariz., collapsed during a half Speed tackling Drill and died an hour later. Ten Days earlier Ricardo Arzaga another Phoenix area High school player collapsed and died. Each player had passed rigid physical examinations and been cleared for football. And now each is there was nothing to suggest something like this would happen said Wayne Indall athletic director at Deer Valley still grieving Over the death of Larsen. There never  s Why kind Ali is to be commended for hav ing a certified athletic Trainer available for his foot Ball team. Rob Archer the Deer Valley Trainer rushed to Lanen s Side when the 16-year-old col lapsed and treated the player until paramedics arrived. They were unable to save the youngster but imagine the Burden the athletic administrators at his school would be bearing today if they had no Trainer there to Supply emergency care to give Larsen a Chance to , there Are Many High schools across the country where athletic budgets Don t have room for Trainer. Dick Vermeil who has coached football at every level from High school through the nil has seen programs like that. The Trainer often is the coach equipped with first Aid kit and a three unit course in the prevention and care of injuries Vermeil said. Maybe there s school nurse out she goes Home at 3 . If you get anything worse than a sprained ankle or a deep Bruise you re in trouble. You worry All the time about the catastrophic  the National athletic trainers association estimates that 90 percent of the nation s s.6 million High school and prep school athletes get Only mini Mal health care once they Are on the Field. Trainers just Don t exist on most campuses Vermeil said. Care sometimes is  Vermeil had the reputation of being a hard driving coach which May have hastened his burnout and Retreat to the broadcast Booth. I was always criticized for working players top hard but i relied on my training statto Tell me if there was a problem. If a players not in condition sure he feels overworked. If they come to Camp ready to work they Don t run As much of a risk of serious injury. They considered me brutal and said i Over worked players. But i like to believe they were extremely Well prepared for what they were going to face on the Field. In 23 years of coaching i had one player with a broken leg at Urcla in 1970."at Philadelphia we had fewer knee injuries than anybody. I like to believe it was because of a Superior training room operation. It was a $50 Fine if you skipped the Cyrex  in seven years As eagles coach Vermeil los just two players with knee injuries linebackers Bill Bergey and John Bunting. If that record was a re sult of working them too hard then i m glad i worked them that hard he  High school the regimen is less strenuous but the danger of serious injury remains High. In a recent Survey 97 percent of High school coaches and athletic directors endorsed the need for certified Trainer sin their programs. Vermeil has a thought for the three percent who voted against the proposal. They ought to be  no decision made yet on firing Driesell College Park my. A University of Maryland Chancellor John b. Slaughter says no decision on the future of head basketball coach lefty Driesell will be made until a grand jury investigating the death of a american Len Bias returns its report next month. He commented wednesday a Day after a Prince Georges county grand jury declined to indict the Veteran coach on obstruction of Justice charges in connection with the cocaine induced death of his Star player. The grand jury s action does change and of the issues before me at All Slaughter told the Washington Post i certainly think the Public needs to know exactly what happened. All of us Hope the grand jury investigation will provide that. Whether it the explanation comes from the coach or not All ofus want to know the facts of the matter Slaughter told the Post. Slaughter said his key concern is making certain that our basketball program is operated in a Way consistent with our desires to have a program of integrity and  Slaughter and athletic director Dick Dull said they did not know until recently that Driesell and his agent Lee Fen Tress. Exchanged several Telephone Calls on the morning of june 19, when Bias collapsed in his dormitory suite and died of cocaine intoxication. Fentress allegedly advised Driesell to have the suite cleaned up. Driesell wanted tests for drugs 2 years ago College Park my. A University of Maryland head Basket Ball coach lefty Driesell asked school officials two years ago to initiate drug testing for athletes according to documents released by athletic director Dick dul Driesell told a Prince Georges county grand jury investigating the cocaine induced death of All Ameri can Len Bias that he sought a drug test for basketball player Terry Long even before the University began test ing All athletes last season according to a report in the Washington Post release of the Driesell memos came the Day after Prince Georges count state s attorney Arthur a. Marshall or. Said Driesell was aware of drug use on the team but took no  of Dieseu s memos were in response to articles concerning implementation of drug tests by other uni , i think we need something like this at Maryland. What do you think Driesell wrote in the summer of 1984 on a copy of an article about the Mcaa pursuing a drug testing policy the Post  november 28, 1984, As Mary land officials were developing a drug testing program for athletes Driesell read a Story about testing programs another schools and wrote Dull we have got to act on this right  do you think the newspaper said. Prince Georges county state s attorney Arthur a. Marshall or. Said the University should explore very carefully the idea of firing Driesell Marshall said he asked the grand jury tuesday to Render a decision on whether Driesell Fentress and Robert Wagner who coached Bias at Northwestern High school in Hyattsville obstructed Justice by advising that evidence of drug use be removed from the  contended that Driesell knew drugs were involved within an hour of Bias seizure june 19 but failed to Tell police took no action despite having knowledge that one or More players had a drug problem and that the coaching staff was aware players were trying to circumvent drug tests. While noting University officials have indicated a willingness to make substantial changes in the basketball program Marshall suggested Driesell might not belong in such a program. The question is he said whether you want to keep a coach who has been hired solely to win basketball games hired at a very High  the prosecutor also contended that players were being used by Driesell and the University with the emphasis on winning and moneymaking rather than education. Driesell reached at his summer Home in Delaware said i m not interested in what he Marshall thinks. I Don t have any  Dull maintained his support of the coach. He s still our coach and rightly so Dull said. I Haven t wavered in my sup port of him throughout this experience. Never thought lefty engaged in criminal conduct and i think that was evident tothe grand jury. It is an administrative matter an beyond the scope of or. Marshall Dull said contending the investigation Cen tired on Only a Small segment of drive Seu s 17 years at Maryland. I think i equipped to judge lefty Driesell and be has my Confidence underdog eagles face Challenge in gators 34-13-1 record since starting the Georgia Southern football program from scratching 1982. But if i were a realistic person i would t be Here. Anytime we go to play a game we feel like we have a Chance to  eagles eliminated football in 1941 and brought it Back 41 years later. The key player in their recent Success is quarterback Tracy Ham a 5-foot-10 senior when is one of the Best athletes on any Gainesville Fla. Up five years after its resurrection Georgia Southern s football program is about tonight a key Battle the struggle for legit the eagles won the division 1-Aatitle last season with a 13-2 Mark under Erk Russell who served As defensive coordinator at Georgia for 17 years. When Georgia Southern lines up saturday to play. A Ouwejan conference Power who personally accounted for 54 percent of Georgia Southern s total offence in 85.ham s favorite target is 5-9 wide receiver Monty Sharpe who had sevenths and averaged 21 Yards per catch last year. Ricky Harris added 1,051 Yard Rushing and fullback Gerald Harris scored 17 , the eagles face major prob lems trying to contain Florida quarterback Uwin Bell. The former walk on has thrown for 4,301 Yards and 37 ads in two remarkable years with the gators and Georgia Southern s defense had plenty of trouble shutting Down division 1-aa rivals. The eagles have never faced a Quarter Back with the poise and skills of Bell who finished second to Michigan s Jim har Baugh last year in passing efficiency. This team has a lot More to play Fortis season says Belt. We can play for the Sec championship and we can playing a bowl. Last year we played to show the rest of the country that we weren going to fold. Now it s our  the gators 9-1-1, were ineligible for Post season play last year because of Mcaa sanctions imposed in 84. Those penalties Are Likely to be revoked some time this fall if the Gator program passes Caa inspection