European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 26, 190? the stars and stripes Page 19 commentary. No Mas from contemptible Knight Bobby Knight cried no Mas. No Mas indeed if not in  word and removed his Indiana University basketball h am from he court forfeiting the game saturday night in he soviet Union it is Tiai Kobe to Duran abruptly proclaimed relinquishing his middleweight title to sugar Ray Leonard and departed the ring in disgrace. Both Knight and Duran blamed stomach problems for their actions. Thai is in Duran s Case when he Cali cd he d lose he suddenly had stomach cramps. With Knight his hoosiers were behind by �6-43 with five minutes gone in the second half when he decided he could no longer stomach inc of Kin is. Knight had been called for a third technical foul under the Rule he had to leave he court he did and look his team along. Later Knight apologised. Just As he had apology cd a few years ago Tor throwing a. Chair in a fit of pique during a game his team was losing then. Too. Jusi As he has apologized on other Occa Sions for nutty behaviour. It is not conduct expected of a big boy and certainly not Hal demanded of a College educator. Knight s action was contemptible since it affected to whole Tram rat blame on the referees and deprived the paying customers inc 16,975 who packed Assembly mall in Bloomington of getting their Money s Worth. More Bobby Knight is a kind of Symbol in this country. He is not Only a winning basketball coach but a Man whose outrageous behaviour has made Hima household name in u Way that say quiet Johnny wooden who won Many More National championships than tonight was not. So the sign is Clear to would be imitators Bobby Knight gels away with that goofy Huff Why can t i yet Knight after All is the self styled High Preil of integrity in big time College sports. He does cheat he says and insists his players go to class thus maintaining a stance of self right if a Berlt few Cousin ass unparalleled in College sports. He my not cheat in the conventional sense but he robs his students of Clement of a College Educa Tion that arc As important a propriety in recruiting rid class room attendance. He does not offer a Model of rational behaviour of taking a Broad perspective with his overemphasis on winning and of not displaying Grace under pres sure his defenders say he is misunderstood that his tantrums and wild eyed techniques arc All carefully calculated and marshalled to motivate his Slu Donl All Clos. Maybe quitting in a game throwing a chair hitting a policeman arc All designed to fashion better athletes and distinguished citizens. If so give Knight a Nobel prize for advancement in psychological stratagems. No Knight has shown that winning in what drive Shim no the development of the minds and Char Acter of his charges. A few cases in Point once he said he d  a player because he thought it would t be fair to he players getting a degree within the usual four Yean time. Now he redshifts the better for winning games. He once Laid he d never recruit Junior College play ers because he wanted teams that developed Cohe Sion with four year players at his school. Now he recruits Junior College players the belter for win Ning games he insists on players going to class and when an important player does the May have an assistant coach regularly pick up inc player and chauffeur him to class exactly whal a minium should expect when he later enters the business world. And when a player who is a disappointment on the court like Mike Cilomi misses classes Knight eventually throws him off the team Knight Alia coaches by intimidation calling his players some of Fth vilest barnyard epithets in another atmosphere they arc fighting words. Sometimes he will use physical Force a whack on the Back or in at least one documented instance in a practice throwing a basketball in a player s face. Knight gets away with his because he wins games. He is a master at playing defense and making substitutions. Out in the end for All the basketball Mill acc uial ism. The game is reduced to just a game and Indiana wins the National championship last season when a Junior to a Reera hit z school Yard shot in he last seconds. Knight if As gotten away with his antics be cause winning brings millions of dollars to the University. More than just from to and National collegiate athletic association tournaments it thrills alumni and inc Board of trustees and thus More Bucks flow from them into Bloomington. If anyone should wonder whal governs Academia where there exists a big Lime sports program we need Only look at Ohio stale which dismissed it football coach after he had lost four games this Tea son. The Board of trustees was getting stomach pain from he coaching of Earlc Bruce who in his nine Yean As coach of Ohio slate had wan More games than any other big ten coach in Hal time. As for Knight under Normal leaching Circum stances his tactics at most colleges would be deemed so reprehensible he d be swiftly booted off Campus. Instead the president of Indiana admonishes night on occasion fur being a Nau Lily boy that s whal just happened again and gives him a Perma nent reprieve. For Ai Long As he wins basketball games. Tom new Yahk to it mentally and physically Archie Moore still Champ by Hal Bookap sports writer the old Man s eyes were dancing. He was Barking commands and the four Young boxers from lock Haven slate University were hanging on his every word. Line up now repeat after me in three syllables acc Jit on uie last one pos i lion " the tall Boxer tried but the old Man was t satisfied. The command voice was l right. So he drafted another fighter this one from the naval Academy where developing a command voice is lop priority. Pos i Tion the kids from lock Haven jumped into the Basic boxing stance. Oul the old Man commanded and the four kids snapped left jabs. Recoil Back they snapped As if their bodies were attached to rubber bands. In was still not Good enough for the old Man. Do i again. Harder you re Gonna smash a Man s  from behind one of the downtown athletic club representatives tried to interrupt. Don t bother me the old Man said brushing her away. When i say Oul i want you Back on the v  again the lock Haven boxers shot the punch and brought in Back in unison. This time the old Man Wai pleased of he said whatever you think you just had your first lesson in jabbing. Class  nobody left though. You Don t just walk out on Archie  was named Winner this week of the Dac s Rocky Marciano award and As part of the Celebration eight collegiate boxing teams staged some exhibition Ignis. The lessons were an Impromptu extra Benefit. Whal did Moore think of his students they were extraordinary Young men he said. They had a lot of boxing intelligence and they were disciplined. That s the key ingredient in boxing discipline. If you be got thai you can learn  Moore did his learning a lifetime ago in the hard meets of St. Louis taught the basics of boxing by a Moore 2 others honoured new York a former Light heavy weight Champion Archie Moore received the Rocky Marciano memorial award for being a Champion in the ring. A Champion in life from the downtown athletic club monday night. The award coincided with an article in the current Issue of ring Magazine in which Moore Champ from 1952 so 1962, is rated the Best i history in his division. Abo honoured by inc Dac were Veteran Man Ager and fight commentator Gil Clancy and or. Kenneth m. Cox professor and boxing coach at lock Haven University. Moore who won the Light heavyweight Crown in 1952. Was the last Man to fight Marciano an was knocked out in the ninth round sept. 21, 1955. It was the first of his two unsuccessful bids to win the heavyweight championship. Neighbourhood fighter with the engaging name of Haiti ing Johnson. Properly schooled in the basics Moore refined them through a professional career Hal requires almost two full pages in the ring record Book. There were 215 fights the first one in 1936 and thelast one 27 years later if you Don t count the exhibition in 1965. He won the Light heavyweight championship in 1952, at age 39, and defended in nine  finally took the title away from him in 1962 because at age 49, he had t defended it frequently enough to satisfy the Barons of boxing. The hint of whiskers on his Chin son of a Token goalie seemed to bristle when Moore talked about the politics of boxing hat deprived him a Chance at i retitle until he was almost too old to win in. I was determined i would make it he said i was willing to pay the Price but not dishonestly. I out waited them and i outlived them. It s paying Fornor Chimp Archie Moon off now. There Aren t Many people around in As Good shape As i am mentally and physically. Thai s my  Moore will be 74 next month a boxing elder states Man. It seemed sensible to ask him what lie thought of the chances of senior citizen Larry Holmes who fight Young Mike Tyson for the heavyweight Crown in Jan  have not seen Tyson under  Moore said. Larry is a Good fighter a game fighter and he s no body s Dummy. He s a very Good puncher and he can still fight. He has unused potential la s untapped. I saw it in him. He s like a finely lunch Rolls Royce without a proper  untapped potential Al age 38? the old Man smiled. I was 39 when Gol my Fin shot at the tight heavy weight  and 49 when they finally got it away from him