European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 20,1987 the stars and St flies Page 23 commentary Barber s eagles  to dog 8/fburg Charlie tuna Laid his Tine an an monday if there anything to Darwin s theory pit bulls will evolve into defensive  tuna could easily apply thai 10 he Lakenheath eaglet. The . Champions arc ready to pounce and claw and growl again when they visit Pitburg for the Usa be title Ai i . Sunday. What do you expect Lakenan Catts coach. Jimmy barter is a veterinarian. He loves dogs. He loves them so much he lends to real his players like them. I probably do that Barber said from his environmental health office in Lakin health Vince Lom Bard who was said 10 treat the packers like dogs was my favorite coach. Vince Lombard was feared respected and loved All at  sounds More like a Trainer than a coach. Lakin Heath s Star linebacker Andre Caver knows about jumping to Barber s bark he j very Lough the Guy s crazy. Put it this Way you Don t want tomes up. He does t care who s around hell let you hear about  1 Haven t heard Barber bark. Have heard him draw about man1 Best Friend. I could listen for hours since my Beagle has made me a dog fan. My favorite animals Are dog and horses. But no. I dogs say Barber. They have More Intelli gence and they re terrific companion  re willing to give More than they  kind of like Barber s defense. While the Eagle give hits to enemy runners they receive hardly any setbacks. They yielded these numbers per game in the regular season 6 Point 56 Yards on the ground and 70 Yards in the air. Lakenheath can pet that defense for its he record and i a strip to the playoff since 1980. Somehow Lakenheath has resisted a dog defense nickname. The Eagie Don t bother with Alpo an milk Bones the Way Hahn did last year. Barber 38, prefers meaner things. He awards Skull and cams stones for terrific hits and blocks with ultimate intensity. Socks  Caver a 23-year-old1 former defensive Back from Elderado ark., has the most Skull and crossbones stuck to he helmet.  coaches who Felt his hits Bucky Fox Jimmy softer left in 7 1 and Andre Caver "87voted him defensive player of the year. Barber says of his defensive Captain he s the same height 5 1 1same weight 1 94same k i and of linebacker i was. He reminds me of myself in col lege. He s a natural. He has the natural ability la read like an inside linebacker and the mobility to be an out id linebacker. I give him the leeway to Gam ble. That s part of the defensive initiative i want them to take. But if he goofs his ass is  Barber Learned the Anima Listic ways of football while growing up on a farm in Portland Tenn. He played guard and linebacker in High school and landed All mid Stalc honors. Then he took his 3.6s Grade Point average up the Road to Western Kentucky. The Hill loppers recruited Barber m a linebacker and red shirted him the fall of 1967. The next year he quit the lean to get my head together and commuted to school from his farm. He resumed to football in 1 969 to help the Hill toppers go 6-3-1. Then Barber boomed. Wiiilie Western Kentucky won the Ohio Ailcy conference title with an 8-1-1record in 1970, the College sports information directors voted him to the All academic second team. In 1971, the Hill toppers repeated As voc champs at g-2, and Barber was voted to the All academic firs team. No wonder Barber habitually connects academic  in Sampe  rental sports conference final alter seeing the Hahn Tilburg game i m very confident. I know in was played in the mud but i was disappointed in the Quality of Ball the Csc is playing at the end of the season. There was an academic breakdown in running assignments miss ing tackles not  Barber graduated in 1972 with a degree in animal science. His Grade Point average 3.33. He owned a triple minor in chemistry biology and military Sci ence from army Roth. The nut year he entered Auburn s vet school an transferred to the air Force. Barber landed in Lakin Halh in August 1985. The eagles hired him As defensive coordinator in 1986, after going 4-6, the eagles gave Barber the top Job. As their . Title attests they adopted he Mobile. Agile hostile motto he carried from his Western Kentucky Days. Barber lets a Weatherman and fellow major Mick cos Din run the offence. Barber is his own defensive coordinator. His College credentials Are reason enough. Dont want it to sound on Ravious. I feel i have the ability to know my athletes says  know How to drive them of top performance. Some need to be abused. Some need to be soft gloved. Drive them hard but i m also  s not like other coaches who know just one position says Caver. He knows every defensive position because he played linebacker that s where i have the respect of the players defense says Barber. When i jump them they know they made a  jump them like what i m Ike a bulldog says the Barber of Lakin Heath. I clench my Teeth and Don l let go till it s done Dawson from pack eel losing teams to win the map award. Banks won it in 1958 and 1959 while playing for Hiiop for the cubs who finished Tiffi in the eight team no in both seasons. Klein won it with Philadelphia in 1932. Dawson Banks Klein and Hank Sauer with the cubs i 1952 and Rod Carew in 1977 with Minnesota Are the Only players to win the map award with second division teams. Dawson lied Oakland Rookie mar Mcgwire for the major league Homer Lead. Dawson s Home ran and rib totals were the Moat in the no since George Foster s s2-Homer, 149-Rbt season for Cincinnati in 1977. In 1986, Dawson batted .284 Wilh 20 homers and 78 Bis for Montreal and spent two weeks on the disabled Lisl Dawson s 1500,000 base salary was a figure earned by most journeymen and surpassed this season in Bonus Money by Kansas City s Sieve Balboni $$25.000 Only cubs shortstop Shawon Dunston had a lower salary on Lite team. The cubs want to re sign Dawson for 19ss and Jim Fry who succeeded Green realizes it will Cost a lot of Money. Dawson wants to stay at Wrigley Field. I m going to be the starter next sea son. This h 3 new Home for me Daw son said i can honestly say i Don t think i would have enjoyed playing this season anywhere As much As  on aug. I Dawson hit three Home runs at Fri Efcy Field for the second time in his career. He also hit three Home runs in september 1981 Agai nil the cubs when he was with the expos Wilh Dawson tearing up opposing pitchers and former by Young award Winner Rick Sutcliffe off to a last Start the cubs contended for the no East title. But the club began june with a swoon and key injuries Ihen headed permanently South. By september manager Gene Michael resigned in Dij Guji. No moment May have meant More to Dawson this past season than his final Wrigley Field at Bat when he ran the count to 3-and-l against St. Louis reliever Bill Dawley and then drove the Ball out of the Park accompanied by a rhythmic chant of  Graf breezes past Garrison 6-0, 6-3 White Green named pfc s Best new York a Charles White of the los Angeles rams who rushed for 213 Yards in 27-24 nil Victory Over St. Louis and comeback. Darrell Green of Washington who bad three interceptions in a 20-17 win Over Detroit have been named the pfc players of the week. White s yardage included a 47-Yard touchdown run and 61 Yards in a fourth Quarter drive that led to Mike Lansford Swinning Field goal. Green s interceptions included one at the 15-Yard Tine that stopped what might have been a tying touchdown drive. Other offensive nominees included new Orleans kicker Morten Anderson Washington quarterback Doug Williams Minnesota running Back Damn Nelson and Dallas running Back Herschel Walker. Defensive nominees included defensive ends de Jones of Dallas Gary Jeter of the rams Chris Doleman of Minnesota and Reggie White of Phila Delphia. New York a top seeded Steffi Graf breezed past Zina Garrison 6-0, 6-3 in the opening round of the Virginia slims Tennis championships wednes Day night Graf won the first eight Garnet of the match before Garrison Brake her serve in the third game of the second set. But Graf regained control broke Gar Rison for a 4-2 Lead then closed out the 47-minute match with a booming Ace. "1 Haven t played a tournament for three weeks so i was eager to play the match Graf said i was really concentrating  the 18-year-old West German had split two previous three set matches with Garrison ranked no. 9 in tic world. But Garrison was unable to mount a serious Challenge wednesday night losing 59 of the 92 Points. She s so Quick said Garrison a 24 year old Houston resident. I m used to Hilling shots that would be Winner against any other player but she Geu to  in other first round matches wednes Day night fourth seeded fan Shriver beat katrina male Eva of Bulgaria 6-1,3-6, 6-3 and no. 7 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia downed Lori Mcneil 2 6,7-5, 6-2. Shriver who has been in lop form lately played erratically against Malee a. "1 hint i got tired mentally said Shriver who played a three set double match the previous night that did t end until ims . Graf who has won 72 of 74 matches this year was surprised at her performance because she had been playing poorly in practice. I was terrible in practice she said. All i could Hope for was to play Betterin the match Sutkova who " As to meet Graf in he quarterfinals Oie if player tournament thursday my rallied after a slow Sun in beating Mcneil. It was Sutkova s eighth straight Victory Over the 23-year-ofd american who upset Chris Evert in the . Open quarterfinals. Lori was playing so Well at Chr Start Sutkova said. I said to myself Jusi keep trying and hang in Here. She can t play this Well All the Lime and i can t play this bad " Mcneil broke Sutkova to Lake a 3-1 Lead in the second set but the 6-foot-2 Sutkova Brake right Back and Wen on Loeven the match at 2-2. I think i became a Little Camions in thai fifth game Mcneil said. Looking Back i think i could have hit my serve a Little  in the final set. Sutkova broke Mcneil to take a 2-1 Lead then cruised to Victo  has a history of playing Well in major tournaments like the ii million slims championships which feature the top 16 singles player and top eight Dou Bles learns in the world. Although she Hain t won any tournament this year Mcneil has been in three finals and risen from no. 14 to no. Ii in the computer rankings