European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 22 the stars and stripes thursday october 29,1987 College football Holtz playing Down 5-1 Irish record Al foul Nola f Raihl ii loll As sir Imp. M ins or Titi tuesday trying in it Eft everything m he proper diiniii1 ii i Oil Ili season Loolu Raie i is Iii Ute. Into the outside work. Hul even in ins isolated sink1 he is aware thattlu1 Iris i be causing some Kiili i s. I i Oril. Their Tiesi Man inset ii Sears id a t know whirl inc perspective hi1 said i cause 1 Don 1 go any where Hul ilu1 office and Home. I Don t gel a during the season Ihal 1. Why i look so shaggy. I Don t go Oul for lunch it s dark when 1 gel to inc office and in dark when 1 gel still Moll ran see some Daylight in his rebuilding Effort even though he has often quipped that the Light Al inc. End of the Tunnel May bean oncoming train. Going into a season you never to expect. I fell we d be improved because we be been together for a year and a half hut not As Ulen cd because we lost some Good senior players. You understand the players Bill or this is his Kane raises orangemen Back to top to by William Kates Syracuse . A Tommy Kane and Syra Cuse football arc catching on. Syracuse has is firs lop 10 ranking since the National championship season of 1959, and Kane a Ca Nadian born wide receiver is pan of he offensive combination that hat brought talk of another no. 1 ranking to the land of Orange. Tommy is doing an outstanding Job Al wide receiver. Tommy is the Leader the eldest and the most talented quarterback Don Mcpherson said of his favor Ite target. Tommy Kane can out match any defensive Back in the orangemen coach Diek Macpherson is even More enthusiasm about Kane s emergence As one of the lop receivers in College football. A kid like Tommy Kane comes along once maybe Isicc. In i coach s career. We re glad to have him with us and nut against us said Macpherson whose team travels to f ills Burgi this weekend. Macpherson made it Clear where he puts Kane in relation to Syracuse s other top receivers washing Ion All a Roart Monk and Miami Rookie Scoll Schwedes. Monk is something special Schwedes is something special and Tommy Kane is something special. He s certainly in that Mode and in that class of player Macl Herson said. Kane started opposite Schwedes last season and played second fiddle As Schwedes caught a school re Cord 47 paws for 652 Yards and six touchdowns Kane finished 1986 with 19 receptions for 339 Yards and three touchdowns. This year Kane who has -1.37 Speed in the 40-Yard dash and a 42-Iijch vertical jump has come into his own. After seven games he has caught 31 passes for 720 Yards and a school record 10 touchdowns. Kane is averaging nearly 23 Yards per catch. Against Colgate last weekend Kane tied Mike Siano s school record for touchdown catches in a Gam and he had the second most productive Day Ever by a Syracuse receiver with 193 Yards on seven catches. I fell like one Man on an Island said Colgate senior cornerback Sheldon Spicer. Who covered Kane most of the Day. He s the Besl receiver i be Ever gone up in addition to his Possession catches. Kane is also acc and season at Nick Pichih i jul they Usu Wersland you. You Kim where i in program s going. We Plavi d Well Agam i a Kinin an Michigan slate hut Ihen m Lusi some players to injuries. H s a it my nurse because we re playing a lot at True freshman. We re not As Nuiji k improved As i d like. Any Lime Ami lost Good play ers ind replace them with untried play ers it hurts the Overall chemistry of he football learn. There s no doubt we re Mil As Good a football team As Early in the year but 1don t think there s any question we re playing with a Little mnn1 Confidence than we have in the past. We be played As a Cam. 1 he offence and defense have complemented one an other. It s not like either Side of inc Ball is carrying the other. Hul there Are so Many things that Are unsettled right especially at quarterback where senior Terry Andrysiak suffered a career ending broken Collarbone against Pitt in the fourth game notre Dame s Only loss. Sophomore Tony Rice who did t Playa All last year has started inc last two games hut he Siil Levit a concussion Amia a sikh Fash in hts Chin against Southern Cul hut the weekend and is a Ului Stinn in irk Lor Navy on Salurds be Hind him is Kent f Ira Ham. It True fresh Man. Rice and Graham have Only Chai inthe program fur eight weeks Moll said but we might he starting our third quarterback in seen games. We re playing people we have to play and they la hi1 inconsistent. I can l say we re a very Good football Tram until we become con. Sistena in Many Many areas. We be got so be Able to throw the Ball the Irish have thrown Only 17 passes in the last two games while Rushing for 705yards. We May see Highl and nine Man fronts we May Start seeing single cover age on All american flanker Tim Brown. That might be hazardous to peo ple s health but i Don t know if we can get him the How far along is the rebuilding pro Gram it s a Little bit difficult to evaluate. We have some real Fine seniors who Are playing Well but we have an awful lot of Young players. The Sophomore and join in classes Are not a Irli Eul ii Strung affording to the Caliper of the purple we be got to Plaj. The freshman class is pc try Luria it hues untre Paini deserve ils no. 9 ranking i can t say. All i m Mem sted in right now is that we re Heller than Navy on saturday. Thai s Hie Onk thing on my for notre Dame fans Ami alumni Sulvay and old enc he can l Promise a return to the glory Days Al though he has shown signs of waking up the echoes As inc notre Dame Victory Mir Chi says. I won t Ever he a Genius Here at Noire Dame he said. I be never been a Geni us anywhere else and 1 won t be Here because i be never Coa Clied a perfect game and anything Luss than that is nol quite Good enough because this is where Knuth Rockne Frank Leahy and Ara i arse Ghiaia coached. Wilh the schedule we play the Aca Demic requirements and the parity i College football it Yville be a while before trim1 another Genius at notre Syracuse s Tommy Kant left hauls one in behind curate s Sheldon Spicer during the 7-fl orangemen s 52-61 Mclory. An acrobat on the Field. Take for instance the first of his iwo touchdown a Aichs in Syracuse s 48-21 Romp Over Perm state two weeks ago. Kane had beaten his defender going into the end zone bul Mcpherson unik threw him. Kane while running it full Speed leaped Inlo the air and defy physics by twisting his body Over and in front of the defender hauling in the pass while his legs were extended in a a shape to one Side i be watched that catch a least 30 times on Filoni. Watched in Complete amazement Mcpherson said. The position of his body you really can t do Justice explaining it in words you have to see it. The Hall is one place Bis body is another and its hands Are Sill Mcpherson said the catch ironed the greatest of Kane s talents his ability to make something happen out of nothing. All 1 did was keep the Hall in the end one. I knew Tommy would make everything happen he you have a receiver like him. You can take chances and do things with the Ball Xou would t otherwise it appears Kane a i get a Chance at placing professional football when his career Al Syracuse ends. But it was t Long ago Hal the 23-year-old appeared destined for a different future. "1 was the worst kid on the Kane said. I was notorious forgetting Inlo he stayed away from drugs but Kane said stealing cheating and defrauding people were nol beyond him bul All that s in the past he said. Kane credits his salvation to his Mother and Bobby White a fellow Mon Trealer who has made a name for himself steering Black athletes from Canada o Ameri can campuses. The two persuaded Kane to stay in school where he excelled in hockey basketball baseball and football. I owe a lot to said Kane. The Junior receiver also credits Schwedes and Siano with his development As a lop pass Catcher. When came in Here As a freshman i Learned from Mike and Scoll. To litre were adjustment i had to make void Kane referring to the longer wider Ca Nadian football Fields. I had to learn How to use my Speed More North and South and get upfield rather than use it laterally. And they helped me polish my
