European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. July 25, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 23 Taylor giants knew he was hooked by Frank Lutsky new York Nytz Lawrence Taylor say the new York Claris management and inc National football league knew of his drug problems before he voluntarily entered a rehabilitation facility in february 1986. He also said that he cheated on urinalysis during the 1985 season by submitting the urine of a drug free teammate rather than his own. Taylor the giants Star linebacker has disclosed in his autobiography thai he used cocaine and crack a powerful cocaine derivative As frequently As three times a week during the 198 season. When asked to comment on Taylor s disclosure. Team officials would Only restate their policy on Dis cussing drug problems. As far As he drug Issue is concerned we arc in he business of confidentiality before and after the act George Young the giants general manager said thursday. The disclosure came in it living on the a Book Taylor wrote with David Falkner a free Lance author. It will be published in september. Sport Magazine bought the first serial rights to inc four chapters of the Book dealing with drugs. Excerpts appear in the september Issue of sport copies of which were widely distributed thursday. Until now Tayjor had refused to discuss details of his involvement with cocaine. Last january in an interview with the new York times when Taylor was asked to discuss his drug problem he said i Don t want to talk about thai. It s nobody s business but the giants will open training Camp monday in Pleasantville n.y., primarily with rookies. Taylor and most of inc other veterans Are scheduled to report next Friday. The 28-year-old Taylor has been a pro bowl player in each of his six nil seasons. Last season he led the league with 20vi quarterback sacks and the. Giants won the super bowl. In a poll of players he was voted the nil s player of the year. In inc excerpt Taylor said he was nol sure when he started using cocaine before 985. I made no Effort to hide in he said. I could do it and i could Stop it knew what i was doing. How much to but in time he said i started giving myself excuses to use cocaine. Where i had been using half of a Gram Over a month i was using a Good part of urn in a single Lawrence Taylor gave himself excuses la use evening he said. Twice a month became three times a week and maybe More. I did crack Loo Man times to count and More limes than i warn to re Mem in 1985, Taylor had an erratic year. In mid season he said he had been drinking Loo much hut had Cut Back. Did crack from the Middle of the i to the end he said usually when we were i Home. I d slay out All night gel blasted on crack and the try to pick up As though nothing had happened the next Day. I Don t know How Long i could have gone on that Way through much of this. I thought i could Mill play Good Ball. I knew thai i was no longer going 31 100 percent. But i also knew Hal my 75 percent was better than most other Guys Looper can. I began to get paranoid rather than just Mellow. Where was i who were is people i was with. Drugs were a Way of escaping rather than dealing with my problems the pressures of playing in a huge place like new York having to please so Many people having to work out a life with my family. Drugs. Took me away from the people i love and care about Taylor told of one time in late 1985 when his wife Linda arrived Al an apartment in which he was using drugs. He said inc incident led him to seek help for his drug problems. He said he heard his wife in another room of he apartment. He said he tried to close the door of his room and she tried to open in. He said his wife shouted ill break inc Damn door Down if you Don t open in Lawrence Taylor. I m not leaving til 1 leave with you you re going Home with me said Taylor Linda then proceeded to kick the Damn door open i went with Taylor said the giants management knew which players on the team were using drugs. In Bill Parcells forthcoming autobiography written with Mike Lupica of the daily news Parcells said that from 1983 to1986, his first four years As head coach of the giants he knew of 20 to 30 players on the team who had used drugs. Some he said were still with the team. Taylor said no one in authority took action against him. Cops and nil Security people people i knew would follow me he said. In was it he said he knew he would not be arrested nol As Long As 1 was who i was and my game was if 1 were Joe blow he said of in arc d be the Slammer or some Midnight trip to Betty Ford s farm. It was almost a thrill in itself knowing that people knew what i was doing and would t do a Damn thing to Slop Germain Lauer Lead open by Tom Canavan Edison township . A eighteen months ago Dot Germain was playing Golf so Well she was thinking of quilling. Earlier his year Bonnie Lauer had an 80 Mph Golf swing and scores to match on thursday the two members of the Lyga tour s Over-35 crowd had some thing else in common round of by under Par 69 and a share of the opening round Lead in the 42nd . Women s open. Lauer and Germain held a one stroke Lead Over Kathy Postlewait. Ayako Okamoto Jody Rosenthal and Sandra Palmer were two shots behind the leaders. Those six were the Only players in the Field of 153 to overcome the weather 90 degrees and humid and break Par on the 6,284-Yard Plainfield country club course where big numbers seemed the order of the Day. The 3-under-Par rounds bettered the women s course record of 71 set by Mickey Wright and lied by Betsy Rawls in the 1962 Mcauliffe memorial tournament. A year and a half ago 1 just did t want to play Germain said. I thought it would be smart for me to gel into another venture of tic so she went into teach ing Golf look Lime to care for a close Friend and teacher who was ill and then got the urge to come Back. It was t easy. Germain missed the Cut in five of her first seven tournaments but she has got ten things going again in recent weeks. I am enjoying Golf now she said. Lauer s problems earlier this year resulted from a Little overcompensation. The first few Lyga events were played in Windy conditions and Lauer said she seeded up her swing because of it. In became a bad habit and look months la Correct. I Only missed one Cul but i was Fin Ishing in the 40s," she said. I have it Back in synch now and i have played Well inc last Lauer and Germain had the advantage of Cool Early morning tee off times and they made the most of them. Lauer 36, who could do no better than a tie for 30lh in her first 10 events this year Sank Birdie puts of 20 feet on the first Hole id feel on the 13lh and 15 Fucci on no. 15 in a round thai did not include a bogey. Her Putter also helped her save Par four times on the fron t n i be knocking in Par savers ranging from fourth 15 feel. I m sure the greens will Jet firmer and faster As the week goes on and this will turn into a survival test said Lauer who in the past two months finished Sec Ond in the Mayflower classic and 11 in in the do Maurice classic. I think there might be some red numbers under Par on sunday but right now i d set lie for Par and take my Germain 40, used i hot Putter to Post six birdies with three bogeys. She moved into a lie for the Lead by making consecutive birdies on 14, 15 and 16, the last one with a 60-fool pull. I Don t remember the last time i had the Lead after one round Germain said. I have been playing Well the last few Germain finished tied for 13th in bos Ion last week and was tied for eighth in the Dumaurier two weeks ago. I be made some mechanical change in my swing and it s starting to come she said. The key was inputted much belter poll email 38, had five birdies and three in the group behind Lauer she held a share of inc Lead but bogeyed the Par-5 no. 17 Alicr hitting her third shot Over the , a three Lime Winner an the Lyga tour this year and the no. 3 Money Winner was lied with poll email but bogeyed the final Hole after hitting her second shot into the 46-year-old Palmer and Rosen Hal the no. 4 Money earner on the Tourand he recent Winner of the Dumaurier each had three birdies and iwo bogeys in their rounds. Former open Winner Amy Alcott headed a group of five players Al Par while recent Hall of Fame inductee Nancy Lopez still looking for her first open Victory was at 1-Ovcr 71. Defending Champion Jane go Doirs and Betsy King the iwo lop Money win ners on the tour this year both had open ing round 75s. Palty Sheehan the no. 5 Money Winner had a 74. Pat Bradley last year s player of the year continued to struggle this year and had an 81, one shot higher than former open Winner Jan sic Henson. Thomas Back with cowboys As author thousand Oaks Calif. A for the first Lime since his at tempt to return to the Dallas cow boys in 1976, once silent Duane thurr of k tack with the team the limn As a member of the press. Coach Tom Landry and president Tex Schramm have forgiven the mercurial running Back for the grief he gave them in the Early 1970s, when he called Schramm sick demented and totally dishonest and said Landry was a plastic Man not a Man at All. Once a Star running Back for dal Las. Thomas was Back at the cow boys training Camp this week work eng on a Book about the franchise joking with Schramm and eating lunch with Landry. Thomas said he would be Al every Dallas game this season to gather in formation for the Book which Wilt cover inc path he and the cowboys have Laken since the Earls 70s. He is collaborating with Paul Zimmerman of sports Luul Ralpd. This will nol be a fictional Thomas said. It will not be a Book that is slinging mud around or pointing ringers. It will be one that is uplifting and one Hal is informative. Hut it will be the
