European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Donau tries to shake drug image sports and drugs. The chorus hit Home in Hanau last Spring. Roderick Roach heard the whispers and n could t have come Al a worse Lime. The drug team. The buzzing backcourt. The Back court had More Speed than ils legs could generate Darmstadt May be the demons but Hanau had the Speed demons. Things were being said about he Hanau learn things thai weren t so Nice. Things regarding drugs. Roach the Rookie coach of the Horn cos last year heard All of this and with Good reason. In the Middle of the v corps playoffs one of his guards lop re serve Elm orc planter was arrested for distribution and use of amphetamines. They made it sound like the team was a Bunch of addicts and that just was t True Roach said of the snide remarks in the crowds. The hornets had to go to Darmstadt Down 1-0 in the bust of three playoffs to determine the v corps Champion. They had to take on the demons cart Beard and of course the Mouth that roared Darmstadt guard Virgil o Neill. Things did not look Good. On the bus ride to Darmstadt guard Wilbur Jor Dan got up and urged his teammates to Bear Down and get the Job done. He reminded his teammates they could t worry about what people in the stand were saying they could Only worry about what had to be done on the court. The hornets roared into Darmstadt shut Down Beard shut up o Neill and then showed up in Vicin in As the v corps champs. They look a determined disciplined setae squad 2-1 after also losing the tint game in the Usa eur semifinals. The hornets were not so Lucky against Heilbronn in the final series. The eagles Lea by guard John Rousky s 52 Points won the opener in Hanau 117 104. The eagles then travelled Home to Heilbronn to Clinch the Usa eur title behind Center John re More s 27 Points in a 110-100 win. But the worst was not Over. At the end of the season Point guard Warren Cherry arguably the Best at his position in Usa eur la Rycar. Was also arrested and charged with the same offences As plan Ter. Both planter and Cherry were convicted. Roach knows he has just been through the toughest year in his sporting life. And he says with an optimistic Outlook that he s Learned from what happened. He thinks despite everything he can put it All together for the hornets to compete for the v corps and Usa eur crowns again this year. Bui first. Roach lines up with Ronnie and Nancy. The president and mrs. Reagan arc right Roach says. " if you use drugs Stop. 1 f you re sell my drugs they la gel you. We work for the president we re our nation s defense. I Don t want to be in foxhole with some Guy who s so High he does t know what he s doing. " Don t care if it s Adrian Dan Llcy and Isiah Tim Boivin Thomas instead of Warren Cherry and Elm orc plan Ter. Look Al John Drew and John Lucas in the Guys arc making 1250.000-$ 300,000 a year and they re booted out of the pros for drug society is combating drug. Drugs arc not the Way to go. Roach and his squad have been working hard Al ready trying to get a jump on the rest of Usa eur. We be been practising since july. We Dnn l know when the season is going to Start but if Heilbronn goes to the Berlin thanksgiving tournament so will we. If they go to England Well go Here to play them. They re the champs we re inc. Runners up. Well go wherever they Are Roach said. As Hanau swing Man Gerald Davis said the Way i look Al it Why should we be afraid of anyone we re equal to Hie drug arrests Hurt Roach not just As a coach but because this was his icam. These were his Guys. Maybe a coach in t supposed to gel close to his team but someone forgot to Tell Roach that. These were his us against hem Guys. Guys who weren t even supposed to win the Eastern division Crown of v corps much less the corps championship. One coach in the league said he has the horses but i Don t think he knows How to use that was a commonly held belief. At times Roach a Rookie coach did t know what he was doing. He was out of control. He bailed the refs too much instead of concentrating on what his icam needed to do to win. A Teiry was the key to last year s Hanau team. If he hit Ine jumper off the Wing thai freed up the leaping lizards on the front line. Leapers like Richard Johnson Robert Eslos and shoot pm up Davis skied in the Lane for slams around teams zoned out to try to Cut Down Cherry. I Cherry did l hit the jumpers the 7oncs vanished and Hanau s leapers vanquished. But Cherry s on his Way to fort Riley kan., to serve his time. Planter Cherry s second is already there. The front line is solid but the Bac Keoun is reeling with Jordan the other starting guard posing. Roach still looks to this year with a gleam in his Eye and a look Back at what he did wrong last year. Yes Call or. Ripley. Get Jack Palance on the phone. Roach i Hraf to or to admits he made some mistakes last year instead of blaming the perpetual second place finishes in the 1985 tournaments on drugs he blames it on himself. He now sounds like a choir boy gone wrong who goes sing ing come saturday confessional. I Learned a Lough lesson last year right Al inc Gil go in the Berlin tournament. Roach said. No matter Liow hard you ride the refs. Alliey Wren l going to change a Call. 1 Tost the Berlin and Ahcin main tournaments Noi my Roach is referring to his comments about Gary Milnor after last year s Berlin tournament in which he said Milnor took his big men out of inc game by calling too Many fouls Early. Unfortunately fur Roach. Milnor nol Only is one of the most Ruspi Clad officials in the business bul As usual he was going by inc Rule Book Roach in his first week on inc Job was Barking up the wrung tree and he thinks other fora shirts roared up and took notice. But does thai mean there s a new Roach on the sideline will Roach Field a squad with miss Man ners and Emily Post in the Hae court and a from line of gentle Ben. Sir John Gielgud and Jimmy Stewart nol by n three Point shot. Hey. Look my philosophy is his. If inc game is going bad and the coach does t say something. Then the tone is never Goime to change. If the teams getting beat and i be tried everything with inc players then i la say something. Bul i m going to concentrate on inc team this year nol the refs Roach said. Even with his backcourt blown apart. Roach says he can make another run at Usa eur. , Surprise inc hornets Are going to run again. With Johnson. Esles and Davis we can gel Heball quickly on the outlet pass off inc defensive boards. If Tony Tyler who we re counting on to replace Cherry comes through in the backcourt Well have the Speed to Roach said. Roach also plans to have Davis in a swing Nan a role to Lake advantage of inc three Point Rule dial Snew to v corps its year. With Davis in the Back court on occasion. Roach sees 6-Fooi-j Charles Bales another leaper slamming inc boards from the Forward position. If Tyler does t come through in inc backcourt it la be a Long Row to Hoe for the hornets Noi just against Heilbronn bul again it everybody else. I keep Irving to emphasize to Roach that he Hasto Lei Tyler to Tyler big Al Williams Roach s assistant said. Cherry was special there s no re placing him. Bul Tyler has his own game and has to play that Way. La can l be i want another Cherry Cherry s gone but Noi forgotten. Roach Hopes people learn from Cherry and planter s plight. They did wrong and icy have to pay the Price hey if you want Loicl High come out to the Courland catch a High on basketball. Or come to the stands and gel a High from cheering the team on. I get High on sports. The Only thing i can say Aboul drugs is that they re the Sun and Auitt no from Page 21 Wally Backman and Magadan singled for one run. One out later Darryl Strawberry singled Home Backman. In the fifth Dykstra doubled and reached third when Eckersley bobbled Backman s Sacri lice for an then delivered his third sin Gle of the game raising the Lead to 3-0. Rafael Palmiero hit a two run Homer in the eighth inning for the cubs runs. Palmiero i second Homer of the season came one out after Chico Walker s Lead Triumph capped a restructuring begun by general manager Frank Cashen in 1980 despite finishing last As late As 1983, the acts grew so Strong that St. Louts manager Whiley Herzog took one look a them this april and conceded the title. New York look sole Possession of first place on april 23 and never gave it up at one Point the Lead reached 22 games i be Only real slump came Wilh the club on the verge of taking the Tille. Needing to win Only one of three games last weekend i Philadelphia the mets lost All three. They lost another in St. Louis before clinching a tie tuesday night in St. Louis. Then came wednesday night and a Chance to finish the Job. In other no games exp 6-1, pirates s-4 Montreal Sid Bream broke a lie with a two run Homer in the sixth inning As Pittsburgh beat Montreal for split of their doubleheader. A two run double by Andres Galarraga keyed a five run seventh inning As Montreal overcame a four run deficit to win the opener 6-5,Bream hit his 15ih Homer off Bob Sebra 4-5, after Barry Bonds doubled. Pittsburgh starter Bob Kipper s-7, Al Lowed seven Hiu in tvs innings. Robin son got his 12th save in the opener Galarraga lined a 3-2 Pilch from ban Jone. 2-4. Off the Wall in left Field to make a Winner of Randy St. Claire t-0, and set up Jeff Reardon for his 34lh save braves 4, dodgers 1 Atlanta Fernando Valenzueia failed in his bid to become a 20-game Winner for the first time in his career and become the first no Pitcher to reach that plateau this season when los Angeles dropped a decision to Atlanta. Bruce Benedict highlighted a three run seventh inning with a two run single to Lead inc braves Over Valenzuela who fell to 19 10. The loss was the dodgers fifth straight. Reliever Jeff Dedmon 6-6, who had allowed the dodgers 10 tic the score in the top of the seventh when he hit Pinch Hilter ale Trevino with the bases loaded got credit for the Victory. Astros 6, reds i Cincinnati Jose Cruz drove in five runs with a pair of homers As hous ton Defeated Cincinnati to take a nine game Lead Over the reds in the no West. Right hander Danny Darwin 3-1, Al Lowed just five hits to continue the astros domination of the reds who went into the game in second place a half game ahead of san Francisco. Houston has won 13 of ils 17 games this season against Cincinnati. Cruz snapped a scoreless tie with his two run Homer in the fourth inning off Chris Welsh 6-7, and added a three nun Homer in the eighth off 8, Phillies 5 Philadelphia Bob Forsch and Rookie Todd Worrell combined on a six Hilter and Forsch drove in he game win Ning run with a sacrifice Fly As St. Louis snapped Philadelphia s five game win Ning Streak. Forsch 14-8, worked 7w innings. Worrell got his 34th save. Al from Pagol 21 ing Detroit a 7-3 Lead. Jack Morris 13-8, pitched eight innings in earning the Victor. Jesse Barfield belled two Solo homers for Toronto lying Rob Deer for in league Lead in homers with 3. Indians 5, twins 2 Cleveland Pat Tabler singled Home Joe Carter with the go ahead Runin the sixth inning to lift Cleveland. Orioles 8, Yankee 3 new York Jim Traber drove in three runs Larry sheets hit a two run Homer and Eric Bell won in his first major league Start to Lead Baltimore Over new York snapping the orioles five game losing Streak. White sax 3, mariners 0 Seattle Floyd Bannister and Bob Thigpen combined on a four Hil shutout to Lead Chicago Over Seattle on a night when one of Bannister s records was broken. Mark Langston. 12-12, struck out 14 White son to give him 211 strikeouts this season breaking the mariners record of 209 thai Bannister had set in 1982,
