European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday. January 15.1987 attack Only gome plan for Lewis a 1 Al Kuisis Lauvurn Huri a Kaiser so a turn Leslie Lewis uses in Hody to punctuate a conserva Tion about wrestling. His hits clench in Xci Tomem. His Cje search for weaknesses in imaginary opponents la n i come at you on the Mal i and id ccnnt1 at Jou hard. 1 want to Lii you harder harder and said Lewis the reigning Usa eur Champi on in inc class for Bah free Stylc and Greco roman wrestling. You begot to come Oul there in the first period and give 150 percent. Ami come out in inc second period and give lift percent m trial juy across from you is Sasin Man. Of Man " in freestyle wrestling attack is i Conly strategy. On the mat. In training in the mind offence is the Only game plan. You never Lake a step Back Lewis said. Once the whistle blows to Start a match the contestants receive cautions for moving backward three Steps Back and you re Oul. Lewis in t stepping Back. Last cur. The eventual Susareu Champion pinned Lewis. This year. Lewis pinned nine of his 10 opponents in inc recently concluded Usa eur tournament Al Neu Ulm. Now that the 2j-Ycar-old truck Driver a private firs class with the 89th transportation of in has the usar rur titles under i Belt he Al ready is looking ahead to the qualifying amp fur the All army tournament Al fort Campbell by. Although he still awaits official Selec Tion Lor the Camp the coach of the arms map Taylor lands trophy new York al1 Lawrence Tay Lor has Good news i or National football league quarterbacks. The super bowl bound new York giants linebacker says he is beginning to think Ghoul three More Sears Taylor said As he accepted the most valuable player Tro Phy in cd to him by the pro football writers association. I think that would be Good fur me. My contract will be up then. I Douht 1 will go in for until then though offences will have to Deal with Taylor inc first defensive player to capture the award in the 12 years it has been presented. In a league full of so Many great play ers like Eric Dickerson Waller pay Ion and Joe Morris it s a Garcal Honor to he considered with them Taylor said running backs quarterbacks and wide receivers usually gel the trophies but de sense is a great thing and 1 love most of All he said he enjoys feeling the crunch when he makes a sack. There Are sacks ind in re Are sacks said Taylor who led he league with 20of them this season second highest total since the league began recording the statistic. It depends Host you hit Taylor explained. When you run up from be Hind and he s no watching and you get a Chance to put your helmet into him and Thi coach conies Oul and asks if he s All right that s a Tasler said the giants Are still enjoy ing the afterglow of the 17-0 Victory Over Washington in the pfc championship game and Haven t set concerned them selves Wilh the Denver Broncos their opponent in inc Jan. 25 super bowl. Thi inlay it will be Back to Busi Taylor said. The big Gisl thing Isle will have to take care of Bronco quarterback John 64s photo by Lynda spirits mat chump la silk in wis. Goal is All army Camp team has told Les Vii he will be going. Orders for the Camp Are expected this week. Success there can mean a berth inthe inner Scricc wrestling Competition and a shot Al the world c up and olym Pic trials. I be seen some of the olympic com petition and he sol what in takes said1st la. Richard Kramer of the Fife la transportation co in has uni mild Kramer a four year wrestler in col lege look second in his Sci Gill class at us Keuk and trained with the 21st support come team Suhich Lewis coaches. The Chance to wrestle at world class Levels represents the culmination of Adream that marked for Lewis in Junior High school. Dul while he is moving for Ward on the mat now there have been a few Steps Hack along the. Way. Lew is first tried the sport when i Grade school coach paired him against acuity wrestling Champ in a physical Educa Tion class although untrained. Lewis held his own. Coach said you will go Oul for Llie Lewis recalled. While in High school in Moline Iii. Lewis placed sixth in the stale tournament and went on to wrestle the Junior College level. Hut a dispute with ins col lege coach Over rods hurling ended Wilh Lewis out of wrestling. It was his father s suggestion that he join the army that eventually Brozig Llewis Back to the Mal. He said join inc army drive trucks go to Germany and wrestle Lewis said. I said. Sure. Inc army s going to Lei me do All that " in Short order Lewis found himself driving in Kais Mautern. Bui the discipline needed to hone his wrestling skills was t there. Yet. La was easy to Lay in bed and avoid the workouts Lewis said. But my Roommate. Timothy Byars. Said come on we re going to the gym " with Byars As a Drill partner Lewis began the regimen of daily three hour sessions of weight i fling jogging jump ing rope and practising wrestling moves. Early Success convinced Lewis com Manders to give him inc necessary Lime i or preparation and travel to tournaments. Lewis also coached the 21st sup port come Leam this year. That exp Cri Foj kinds Lin bucker Lanrence Tat stir. We will hair id Luu cure of John enc nol Only brought Back memories of Lewis firs coach in helped prepare him mentally and kept inc fundamentals of the sport in front of hint. What 1 like Aboul coaching is i makes me think about the moves he said if 1 was t coaching i would t be thinking Aboul the basics offence defines free slyly wrestling but when Lewis goes 10 inc Mal there is moment of hesitation before the Battle Start. Then the endlessly repeated prac Tice moves the Miles of running an Days of dieting pay off. I always have butterflies before match until the referee blows the Whis Ile he said. I Don t look at him inc opponent in the eyes i m looking Al his Knees. What i m thinking is make on shot. You Slart watching feeling. You score one Point and then the adrenaline starts Lewis docs l let the adrenaline Stop flowing when he wins a match. Other opponents Are waiting in line and Only 3 Lille match earns him a bit of Relief from inc attack. You think Aboul How much you enjoy the sport. Don t think about it being a championship match Lewis said. You to Oul there and for Sis min utes you give them everything you Vegi. And when you win you Slart think ing about the next match. When you win the last one that s when you raise one Finger that s the one you be wailed for. All the others in Between Don t mean Lewis is working to drop Down one weight class to 149.s pounds for Competition at the All army level. Wilh he Hunt for this year s Usa eur Lille Over he Heads for Kentucky feb. 2 to Start inc Chase again. Arizona names Tomey As new football coach Tucson Ariz. A the univer sity of Arizona named Dick Tomey of Hawaii As its new football coach tues Day 10 years after he had first sought the Job. Athletic director Cedric Dempsey introduced Tomey 48, Al a news Confer ence. The move ended a search that began11 Days earlier with the resignation of Larry Smith who took the head Job at Southern California Tomey who w it be Given a four year contract with a base salary of �85,000 annually called the Arizona football pro Gram one of the very besi in the coun he said he and his new staff will Endeavor nol to maintain the status quo but to bring Arizona a Pacific-10 Confer ence championship. He said he has received five or six commitments for assistants including some from the University of Hawaii and will have his coaching staff in place by Laic this week. Tomey said Arizona is behind at this Point in recruiting but added that he is confided that he will do Well because whal recruits respond to is Tomey spent monday in Tucson inter viewing for the Job then was offered the Posi and accepted. He was a finalist for the position in 1977, but the Job was Given to Tony Mason then the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. Tomey a graduate of Depauw univer sity in Greencastle ind., was a graduate assistant Al Miami of Ohio under John 1 ont and to Schembechler before misting a i Davidson College under Homer Smith. He was an assistant at Kansas under i Epper Rodgers from 1967 to 1971. Then t allowed Rodgers to Urcla
