European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 19, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21a Jiff i by ass Josise of sports a 91=- -"--.va. A i of  . Werner of Wurzburg top controls Jeff Brad Burn of Wiesbaden in route to scoring a pin in the High school mat action 119-Pound title match of the Central european High school wrestling championships saturday at Heidel is l. Emmett Lewis or. Berg. See Story on Page 25, summaries of finals on Page 26. Oklahoma officials knew if says and Thompson tested positive before season by Bill Johnson woman okla. A University of Oklahoma officials were aware before the football season began that quarterback Charles Thompson sought help for a drug problem after testing positive on two drug tests athletic director Donnie Duncan says. Duncan in an interview Friday night with it Tel to in Tulsa said Thomp son sought drug treat ment on the advice of family members after testing positive on a Sec Ond drug test last sum Mer. Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer told the daily oklahoman he cannot confirm or deny. I have this Legal  Switzer said that okla homa could require a athlete who tested Posi Tive for drugs to go Barry Switzer through rehabilitation and then if he did not test Posi Tive again return to the team. Switzer has said Thompson did not have a drug problem and any problems he May have had that led to his arrest monday were for the  University officials have said Thompson tested negative on 16 straight drug tests since August. Duncan did not say whether Thompson s positive tests results came before those tests. Other comments Switzer made after Thompson arrest have prompted the embattled coach to Issue an apology to Lawton officials for saying the City was the biggest drug Center in the  Switzer suspended Thompson from the team Mon Day hours before his arrest an action that has angered authorities who claim Switzer May have Hurt their investigation. Thompson entered a drug treatment program paid for by his family last summer after testing positive on a second drug test Duncan said adding he was not in formed when Thompson tested positive on the first test. That s the one that prompted me to become aware of the situation Duncan said referring to the second test. Duncan said under University policy Thompso could have been suspended from the team if he tested positive on a third test. What i m saying is the second time is the one that really matters because it s current and recent. As Long As we observe the Steps along the Way. The exact Day or time of the drug tests is not the Issue. What is the key Issue is did we do something about  Charles went to a drug rehabilitation Center some where we do not know where Duncan told Kotul. That was a family Endeavor. We know that he did. But again that s not a University requirement. We encourage that. We know that that happened. But that was not a University expense that was not a University  Duncan responded to questions Friday night from Kotul after Koco to in Oklahoma City aired a re port that mentioned Thompson had sought treatment. In an interview earlier this week with Koco Switzer said Thompson was involved with drugs Only for the Money and did not have a drug problem. He did it obviously for the Money Switzer said. Charles Thompson did t have a drug problem. Redid it because Why most people do for the Money.  Garvin Isaacs Thompson s attorney said Friday night he did not want to respond to reports about his client receiving treatment. Meanwhile Switzer said he mailed a letter Friday to Lawton s mayor apologizing for saying the City was Oklahoma s biggest drug  i m very sorry i really am Switzer said in a Tele phone interview with Lawton television station Swo. It was a stupid mistake on my part but i Hope that you understand that it s very difficult because of All the  had made his comment about Lawton in a Telephone interview wednesday with the associate press saying obviously i did t know when i recruited Charles Thompson that two three years later he d do what he did. How do you know he s from Lawton where fort Sill is the biggest drug Center inthe state and he got  Lawton mayor Wayne Gilley said he was shocked to hear of Switzer s comments about the City. I think a Man of his Caliper should t lower himself that much Gilley said. He butchered us More or less. He has no reason to come out and say those things about us like  Swank Oklahoma interim president had apologized to Lawton officials earlier Friday about Switzer s remarks and had told the coach to apologize by phone or however he wants to do  have Hopes that hell do More than just apologize Gilley said. Maybe hell watch his Tongue inthe  the Lawton television station aired the apology on its evening news. Gilley said he had not received copy of the apology letter Friday night. Well i think it s a fact that you have a lot of Micro phones and a lot of cameras stuck in your face and you re asked so Many questions in so Many interview about what happened to Charles Thompson Switzer told the Lawton station. And in my conversation should have been More sensitive to stating something that had been stated to me by an investigative agent about what was going  Sam Ard president of the Lawton chamber of com Merce said he and other business leaders accepted Switzer s apology but did t excuse the coach s re Marks because they came during an emotional time for Switzer As he talked to the Media about Thompson s  Man gets paid $100,000 a year to think before he talks Ard said adding that Switzer s apology does t Correct what s wrong. But then we accept it because if we did to we become what he is