European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september 10, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 Tyson denies suicide try no one loves living More Fhern / do by Ronald Blum new York. A in his first interview since his weekend Auto Accident heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson on thursday denied reports that he tried to commit suicide underwent mental treatment or beat his if. Tyson said the Story in wednesday s new York daily news that claimed his car Accident last sunday was a suicide attempt was funny and they re trying to make a Freak show out of my life to say i would try to kill myself. Nobody has More belter reasons to live than i do Tyson said during an audio interview with new York television station new. I have Way too much butt to kick in the ring o try to kill myself out of the ring. It s funny god from a Illic mistake i can believe someone would consider me trying to kill my self. No one loves living More than i do. I got in the Dent. These things happen to people. People get into car Tyson who said his Chest was aching after the Acci Dent denied in the interview that he underwent men Tal treatment that he was drinking before the Accident and that he had h it his wife actress Robin Givens. Why does it have to be my wife look at hundreds and millions of people that have wives. Why Aren t their wives negative Force i just let it drip off Why can l i be successful have Money have a wife and be Happy he asked rhetorically. Why does in always have to be something Why docs my wife have to be a bad person we re both basically Good people. We re High sprung bul we re basically Good people i love my wife. I Don l beat on my wife. I m never going to leave my wife. My wife s never going to leave me. So whatever somebody s trying to do it s never going to wort. It s just a waste of time. I Don t talk out because when you talk out you just draw it out even More. So it s better to just let it go Tyson said he was going la Lake some time off an predicted he could tight again in two months. Bill Cay ton his manager said the same thing thursday As he announced that the postponed fight with Frank Brun could take place in november or december. Cayton said Tyson will be examined again in the next week by or. Carolyn Brillon associate prof visor of neurology at Columbia presbyterian medical Cen Ter and thai if Brillon gives the go ahead Tyson could begin training for his fifth defense of the undisputed heavyweight title. If he checks out absolutely perfectly in a couple or three weeks he can begin training said Cayton who wednesday dismissed the suicide reports As despicable sometime late in the year possibly november or december the fight against Bruno can Lake place in the Wembley Arena rather than the60,000-seat stadium Cayton said. Tyson org Nally was scheduled o fight Bruno on oct. 8. The fight was postponed to oct. 22 after Tyson fractured his hand during a fistfight with Boxer Mitch Green on a Harlem sidewalk. Ceylon said he was angry with reports that he was pressuring Tyson to fight too often. Mike has probably been the most protected fighter in boxing history Cayton said. I m trying to have him examined by one or two other leading neurologists. Not that i m dubious of or. Brillon. I just want tomake Cayton said he thinks Tyson should fight about four limes each year. Meanwhile boxing types reacted to the recent tur Moil in the Champion s life. Sugar Ray Leonard in an interview on lbs this morning said he was troubled. My personal observation is thai there is something bothering Mike Leonard said. Probably something thai stems Back to when he was a kid. And they say thai Fame and Fortune has affected him i Don t thin that s particularly True. I think if anything in probably has festered up those demons if you will because there s something upstairs that s really bothering Mike. I think the people around him need to pay More attention to Mike Tyson the person the human being As opposed to the Muhammad a the former heavyweight Champion said Tyson was different from most people because of the notoriety that comes with the title. People do things worse than Tyson every Day by titty never make the press Ali said if he was t famous and he was t where he was he would t Makei he news. But he s despite this Leonard said the incidents must Slop. As Good As Mike Tyson is and As great As he can Brand will be people will not remember him if this continues Leonard said. They won t remember him for his greatness. They la remember these incidents redskins Doug their own Bhole by Dave Goldbe Gap football writer Doug Williams is 33 years old and has a surgical knee. His in the pocket style leaves him vulnerable to injury causing Blindside hit that Knock the Ball Loose Jim Hurt s 39-Yard touchdown return monday night marked the third time in two seasons Williams has had a Fumble returned for touchdown. His backup Mark re pics has never taken a snap in a regular season a flame. And when Jim Laccy arrived in Washington tuesday he found himself with no place to play on the offensive line although hell probably Start a left tackle in a three Way shift that will leave right guard Thafel Mann As the Oddman out. So who got the better of the Trade that sent Quarter Back Jay Schroeder to the raiders for Laccy and some still undetermined draft choices most football people think it s the redskins if for no other reason than addition by subtraction. And As Long As Williams can stay healthy. For it was Clear during training Camp that Schroeder was a negative influence on the defending super bowl champions moping in the clubhouse and grousing about his Lack of playing Lime. In a sense the problem was caused by Williams map performance in the super bowl. Instead of starting Camp with Schroeder and Williams competing for the quarterback Job that they shared lost season coach Joe Gibbs was More or less forced to make Williams his quarterback unless something untoward happened. Schroeder began an immediate sulk. Williams nil Roundup a talked in the off season several limes Gibbs says. It reached a Point where i was absolutely convinced that he was not going to be Able to play Here mainly because of a number of things retold me. Besides me there were some Otlet Cathings around Here that Jay we a hippy with. When he told me those things knew it was Over with. I be had a lot of other Guys go through that situation say ing they should be playing but there were several things Jay said that was unlike any other As for the raiders they will probably go Back to the old Al Davis style vertical offence that was being shunted aside by Mike Shanahan he new coach. Ulicy certainly have the receivers logo deep in Willie Gaul Tim Brown and James Lof ton bul even if he s an immediate hit with his teammates it will take time for sch Roedfr 10 adjust to the raiders offence. Five years from now we May know but for now give Washington a Small Edge. As Long As Williams stay healthy. Miking a plus from minus six players three Taylors two Smiths and a King were suspended last week for violations of the nil s sub stance abuse policy. Yet the five teams they play for All won last weekend the new York giants Lawrence Taylor Seattle Terry Taylor san Francisco John Taylo Buffalo Bruce Smith and Cincinnati Daryl Smith and Emanuel King. In fact the suspensions May have had a positive effect on their teams. Melvin Jenkins who replaced Terry Taylor at left cornerback for Seattle intercepted a John Elway pass and re turned in to the Denver 6 to set up a touchdown in the so Hawks 11-14 Victory. The giants comeback 27-20 win Over Washington monday night was in part due to the work of third year linebacker Pepper Johnson who was Given some of Taylor s blitzing duly. He had two sacks of Doug Williams that forced two Fum Bles one returned 39 Yards Tor the clinching touchdown by Jim Burl i guess we showed them said Harry Carson the giants Captain who bad been telling reporters All week not to give up on the team. Everybody thought it was our entire Defonse the Bills Shane Conlan said the sus pension of Bruch Smith their All pro defensive end had the same effect. It licked us off a Little bit everybody saying we d get blown out because of the suspension Conlan said after the 13-10win Over Minnesota. "1 guess we showed the bears and rams who lost three players Between them his week Hope forthe same sunday. Flying High or Low no sooner had the Philadelphia Eagle beaten Tampa Bay 41-14 than Phila Delphi ans were talking super bowl. You know Randall Cunningham Mike Quick Reggie while All those great . If Philadelphia is to contend an their chances look better now than a Cou ple of weeks ago it won t be because they beat up the hopeless bugs. In will be because of a couple of late August acquisitions offensive tackle Ron Heller a former buc and Center Dave Rimington. Heller was obtained for a draft Choice from Seattle and Rimington whose$500,000 salary the bengals did t want id pay was Cul for allegedly failing a physical after holding out. Both started sunday and the eagles did t give up a sack which does t sound like much against the defenceless bucs. But it s significant in View of the 72 sacks the eagles surrendered last Yea Rand the record 04 in 1986. Personality thu Plant Bill Bidwill one of the nil i More penurious owners has suddenly opened his Wallet since his move from St. Louis to Phoenix which at 138 a ticket he certainly can afford to do. On the Day the move was approved he signed quarterback Neil Lomax to a11.4 million a year contract. That Means that the erratic Lomax one Good year followed by two bad years followed by one Good one is making almost twice the 1750,000 earned by Phil Simms the super bowl map two years ago. This week the cards re signed wide receiver . Smith guards Todd peat and Lance Smith and safeties Lonnie Young and Travis Curtis to new two year or three year deals. Some learns won t do that because they think in kills incentive. Loman certainly did t Start brilliantly throwing two interceptions in the 21-14 toss at Cincinnati sunday and failing to get the cards into the bengals end zone after they had first and goal at the one in the closing minutes. More significant than the expenditures May be the promotion of Larry Wilson from director of pro personnel to general manager. That puts him above George Boone who has had sole control of the Cardinal drafts and whose methods and More importantly results have been Odd at Best. Man Ingle stats All four teams in the acc Centra Lare 1-0. Home teams Are 8-6 the acc leads the pfc 3-1 in games played which leads to for the fifth straight year the of Champion will probably win the super bowl by a double digit margin. An sports television College football Southern California at Stanford 9 30 . Saturday. Michi Gan at notre Dame 3 a. Sunday. Radio College football Syracuse at Ohio state 9 30 . Saturday Nebraska it Urcla. 2 06 . Sunday
