European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 16,1988 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary mailman a one delivers for Utah by Sam Goldaper Karl Malone was called the mailman at Louisiana tech because he delivered. Today As a Star with the Utah Jarz he s still de livering As the Power Forward of the National basketball association. I m not one for pinning labels on people says Del Harris he Milwaukee Bucks conch. Larry Bird and Charles Barkley Are whatever you want them to be. But Karl Malone is the definition or what a Power Forward is supposed to be and do out there. The Euy fits the Mold perfectly. He is a Lough inside defender. If he gets the Ball in the right spot on the Low Post it s difficult to move him out because he is so  Harris continued. Yet he has the agility of a Small Forward. He is at his Best going to the boards. He can pass run the floor and can shoot reason ably Well from the outside. He has the total package. The Only player have Ever seen to match a Lonc s All round skills was Elvin Hayes in his prime. He lakes Llie Ball right to the Hole the Way Elvin used 10.". Don Nelson the Golden slate coach who has to contend with the wide bodied Malone More than Harris docs since the warriors Are in the Western conference said even though the Guy runs the court like a Small Man i Don t know of a More dominant Power for Ward in he game  the 6-fool-9-Mch, 256-Pound Malone with a Torso that Narrows to a 31-Inch Waist said "1 Don l know what my Label is. I just think of myself As a Plain Forward i like to think 1 have some finesse to my Cam but inside the paint is where men Are made. If you can t Plav there you should be Home with your mamma.1 although Malone averaged 14.9 and 21.7 Points a game in his first two pro seasons Frank Layden who stepped Down As the jazz coach last week said it was t until Lasi season thai Karl went from being the mailman in the postmaster  his physical skills arc incredible said Layden. What a gifted athlete. For his size he has great hands and he s so Quick and agile i would love to Sec him play football. I could Sec him As a Light end or a fullback his athletic skills remind me so much of Jimmy Brown. The difference Between his game now and his Rookie season is temperament. As a Rookie he was like a runaway Colt difficult to put under control. Now he plays under control and with a  Malone 1 is a special feeling for by Dan too. I fell Frank s  was coming bul f Jinn l think it would be until the end of the season he said. I will miss him As a person and coach. It s strange looking at Llu Bench and not seeing him there. I m going to miss  the 25-year-Flld Malone led the Larr in scoring in 63  and in rebounding in 59 games last season his 27.7-Potn scor ing average was fifth Best in the league and his average of 12 re Bounds was fourth. He was Narti r on the All Star Leam and Malone was the West s leading scorer with 22 Points. Bul it was not until the playoffs thai Malone re placed Buck Williams of the nets As the league s prototypical Power Forward he averaged 29 Points and 12 rebounds in the seven game series against the los Angeles lakers As he carried the Jaa to within a game of the Western conference championship series. Malone who signed a 10-year contract before this season Worth it reported Jib million is continuing where he left off last year. M alone s Rise to stardom has left several general managers and pro scouts embarrassed and still asking Why he lasted until the 13th pick in the 1985 draft after he left Louisiana tech following his Junior year. Layden now the jazz president remembered that june 18. "1 was sitting there watching the draft said Lay Den and As i watched Guys like Charles Oakley Joe Klome Jon Koncak and belief Schrumpf go ahead of Karl my first reaction was Why. I repeatedly asked myself is there something the matter with this Guy is there something about this Guy we Don t know is he sick or something i remember my son showing me films of this lid and telling me not to get worked up Over him be cause he was t going to be there by the Lime we picked he continued referring to Scott Laydon. The assistant coach and player personnel director of the jazz. There were doubts at times when Karl was in consistent and Vcra notional As a  Crank Layden said. He d Knock away rebounds from his own people miss breakaway dunks and his foul shooting was awful. At times i would have to take him out near the end of the game because fit Bui i have been around basketball Long enough to know that All Karl needed was growing  the Phoenix suns had the 10th pick in the 1985 draft and used it for de Pinckney the Villanova  Bianchi the new York kicks general Mung or was the suns assistant coach and chief Allenl Hunter at the time. I went Down to Louisiana and spent two Days with the kid to Check him out said Bianchi of Malone. There were a lot of stories floating around that i think might have Hurt him. I remember when a lot of us went to Sec him play and he did t. They said he had a  Malone remembered spending time with Bianchi. "1 thought Phoenix was going to take  Malone said. He told me they would take me bul so did Sacramento Dallas and a lot of other to Caine it bothered me at the time not being among the first 10 picks but that has  Bianchi would not say Why the suns bypassed Malone but there were reasons Given by scouts and others. One possibility was that Andy Russo his College coach had Given him a poor recommendation. Some thought Malone should have stayed in school another year and others saw in him a perfect body but a person who lacked the desire intensity and authority that Malone now exhibits. I know of one team that wished they would have had a Chance to pick him said Jerry West the Laker general manager. We would have taken him a lot earlier than he was picked. He does so Many darn Good things for a big Guy and t mean this Guy is big. He can run the court pass the Ball and shoots it Well. He s shown tremendous improvement each year and i think hell continue to gel  College from Page 21. Coach pal Kennedy said. On this Occa Sion Florida state led 40-27 with 1 39 left in the half but South Alabama would t Roll Over. We lacked mental intensity tonight Kennedy said. South Alabama is an experienced Road Leam and they gave us a  Lewis hit a 3-Pointcr with 4 48 to play to give South Alabama its first Lead of the game 73-71. Cal Smith s Layup made it 75-71 the seminoles 5-0, regained the Lead for keeps at 77-76 when Derrick Mitchell drove the Baseline for a Layup with 2 53. I play the 87 Points was Florida stale s Low est output of the season and marked the second time the so minolts were held under 100 Points. Florida state Defeated Stetson dec. 9 91-74 the jaguars 3-3, were led by the guard tandem of of off Hodge with 21 Points and Lewis with 20. We did t play As Good As we Possi Bly could play but we played Well enough to win " Dawson said i m not trying to put flu Down bul i really Don l think they re the 12lh-Best team in the country Lewis said. They have a Good team and Good players. Bul i really Don t Sec Thomas a 12th-Raiikcd  Georgetown 91, Oral Roberts 75 Landover my. Georgetown gut into a close game for a change a trend that should continue now that its schedule is finally getting tougher. " from Here on in a lot of the games will be  hoyas coach John Thompson said after no. 5 Georgetown withstood a second half rally by Oral Roberts to hand the titans their sixth straight  hoyas 5-0, held a 49-31 second half Lead bul Oral Roberts got 12 Points from Greg Sutlon in a 32-16 burst that Cut the margin to 65-63. Georgetown then got two baskets from Dwayne Bryant in u 10-1 run that upped the Lead to 75-64 with 7 04 left. Oral Roberts 2-7 got no closer than nine Points the rest of the Way.". Syracuse 135, . International 93 Syracuse . There was no Way . International would match up with no. 3 Syracuse so the visitors decided to. Use a zone defense. That brought a smile to the face of malt Roc. It s the kind of situation i like. 11 was the first zone we saw in awhile and i had the shot. It was a Welcome sight said Roe who lied his school record by hit Ting six of seven 3-Poinlers in Syracuse s grounding of it soaring gulls. Roe matched the record he set last season against Texa san Antonio. The orangemen hit 10 3-pointers to surpass the team Mark of six set against Texas san Antonio. Defensively it was there Syracuse guard Sherman Douglas said. Malt started Hilling 3-pointers and it ignited everybody.". Syracuse conch Jim Jocheim said he expected that kind of shooting from Roe against any Leam willing to throw a zone at the orangemen. He s been shooting Well ail year except our first game Jocheim said if he gets time Over there hell put the Ball in on Mosi   Roe who scored 22 Points in the first half hit three 3-Pointcrs As Syracuse opened Vith a 23-5 burst. Syracuse .9-0, led 70-48 at the half a school record for Points in the first half of a game. The old Mark of 69 was set against Siena in -.197,9. The record for a half is 75 in the second half of that Siena game in which Syracuse finished with a school record 144 Points. The 135 Points was a record for the Carrier dome Syracuse s Home floor sine the 1980-81 season. Junior forwards Derrick Coleman and Stephen Thompson each added 19 for Syracuse and Douglas had 18, including four 3-pointers. Paul Wilson scored 30 Points for . International 3-6 after its fourth straight loss.  -., Iowa 102. Central Florida 68 Iowa City Iowa Iowa basketball coach Tom Davis says Central Florida did its Best but it s obvious the Road weary knights need a Home game. , Armstrong scored 24 Points and Roy Marble added 20 to Lead the fourth ranked Hawk yes to an easy Victory Over the knights. Iowa improved to so Cen trial Florida fell id pm. They be been in four very very Lough places to play against some pretty Good basketball teams Starling with Florida state and ending with us Davis said that s two Mcaa tournament learns. And you put Toledo and Dayton in be tvs can there and those Are Tough places to play "._. I think you saw thai Central Florida has some problems and in t a very Good bal club right now Davis added. Can tray Florida coach Phil Carter knew his team was Oul manned from the Start. .v.v-.  This was an Opportunity to play in a Greal environment la s import land for our program at a time like this to play in an atmosphere with knowledgeable fans and Media Carter said we re trying to develop a first class program Ana part of doing that is trove Ugto first class Arenas he said the Tia Keyes red 6i-2s at dial flame and never looked Back in the second half leading 94-60 with just under six minutes to play Armstrong who along with Marble had 15 Points in the first half showed no ill effects from a hip spasm that limited him