European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 sports wire specs of on prompts Vos Debef Blu of prom press dispatches Knoxville Tenn. Don Devic says he was prompted to quit As Tennessee basketball coach when pc Eulalior about his Job Security reached a Point where he could t do his Job. I m just really lived of All the speculation on my status he said tuesday after his resignation was announced by athletic director Doug Dickey. Vou gel to a Point Here enough is enough. It was to the Point where it would affect my staff my ability to manage the program my family Devon said. " just Felt it was time to resign and take a new  was widely reported that Dickey was prepared to fire Dvoe whose teams were 204-137 in 11 seasons. Both men said their discussions Over the past several Days did not get to inc quil or by fired stage. We talked about the program and the direction we  div Ocsid. Dickey announced he acceptance of Devoe s negotiated resignation and said the University Wilt Honor he remaining 27 months of the contract which carries a base salary of 172,15 a year. Although the vols were 19-ij this season the school s Best since 1985, and appeared in the Mcaa tournament Dickey said he had to consider the circumstances that surround the program Over a longer period of Lime Ihan one  ,.- Dickey said the team which posts five starters to graduation could be facing a Downside that might be detrimental to coach Dvoe his family and theuniversity.",.--. That possibility he said led Dvoe and him to the conclusion that it would be Best if Devon resigned. Dickey said there is no timetable for hiring a re placement and has no Partie usar candidates in mind. We will move Forward with a National search he said. Well just open the door and Sec what s out  getting Tough on steroids Halm desert Calif. Any nil player who tests positive for steroids will be suspended for Ai least to Days a More stringent policy than for such Street drugs As cocaine commissioner Pete ro7clle announced tuesday. ,. At the same time Rozelle gave notice to All current and potential nil players to allow them to get Oft the Rufis for which  tested Over a 10 Day period during training Camp. ,. I think this gives us the most stringent drug pro Gram in any sport/1 he said. Under the steroid policy a player who tests positive the first Lime will be suspended for 30 Days or until his tests come up negative whichever is longer. The names or those testing positive will be made Public the wednesday before the final exhibition game meaning they will miss that game and three during the regular season. The.  then become subject to weekly testing Ana would be banned for the season if he tests positive a second time. Moreover any player Laking diuretics or other masking agents for steroids will need a note from a doctor staling the reason for such use. Without that note a positive lest for a masking agent will be consid ered a positive test for steroids Roc ii said that Gene Upshaw executive director of the nil players Union had agreed that something had to be done on the Issue. Rozelle did t say Wyeth to today supa station an to thursday s programs my Abc world newer Upshaw went along with the disciplinary action but Sid the Union s chief had a copy of the idler which will be mailed to players within id weeks. Quitting might help Walsh says Palm desert Calif. Bill Walsh who stepped Down As coach of the san Francisco 49crs after three super bowl victories in 10 years said tuesday he thinks the coaching change might help make the team the first in a decade to repeat As nil Champion. We made just the right move at just the right  said Walsh who will serve As the team s chief operating officer while George Scifert formerly the defensive coordinator takes Over As head coach. Sometimes a different face is what you need. It might be just enough change to expect that the athletes will respond in a different Way no super bowl Winner has repeated since the Pitts Burgh Sie Elers won the last of their four titles of the "70s after the 1979 season. The 49crs under Walsh won in 1981, 1984 and last season but never have repeated ,.  Hon pred by Grid writers Palm desert Calif. Tom Landry deposed its coach of the Dallas cowboys last month in what be came known As the saturday night massacre was honoured tuesday by the professional football writers of America for his unstinting cooperation with the Media in his 30 years As the cowboys  an unprecedented move the Pawa unanimously voted to present Landry Wajih the. Jack Horrigan award Given annually to the player or league or club official who  a High Quality of professionalism in style in helping the pro football writer do his or her Job. The 64-year-old Landry the Only each the cow boys had Ever had was summarily dismissed feb. 25 after Arkansas oilman Jerry Jones purchased the team Jones immediately installed his longtime Friend and former Arkansas teammate Jimmy Johnson the coach of the University of Miami As Landry s replacement. The award is normally Given in the summer in a. Mailed vote after nominees Are selected. But Pawa members meeting at the nil owners meetings fell the circumstances of Landry s dismissal and his Coo operation Over the years merited presenting the award immediately. Other nominees for the award included Jim Finks general manager of the new Orleans saints Welling ton Mara owner of the new York giants and George Young the giants general manager Dan Rooney president of the Pittsburgh St Celers nose tackle Fred Smerlas of the Burtalo jills cowboys president Tex Schramm and Gary Wright vice president for Public relations of the Seattle sea Hawks. Hundeby wins first . Title Chapel Hill . Chad Hundeby of Irvine Calif., won the first National championship of his Ca reer. Tuesday by winning the 1,000-Yard freestyle in 9 minutes 1.s3 seconds Al the . Swimming Short course National championships Hundeby who swims for the Irvine Nova program in that City proved that he belonged among the Ca Tion s elite As he held off Rob Darcy Kiewra of Chap Paqua . Darcy Siewiez was second in 9 03,57, in the Only other event of the night Julie Kolo of Baltimore md., won the women s 1,650-Yard freestyle in a time of 16 06.60. Kolc who was a double Gold medallist in the 1986 . Olympic festival swims for the Fok Catcher swim club in suburban Philadelphia. Jane Skillman of Princeton n.j., was second in that race in 16 10.37. Thrift signs on with Yankees fort Lauderdale Fla. Syd Thrift tired As general manager of the Pittsburgh pirates after last season was named senior vice president of baseball operations for the new York Yankees on tuesday. The Yankees said Thrift will direct baseball operations for the team along with vice president and Gener Al manager Bob Quinn and George Bradley a vice president for player development Thrift who had been Oul of baseball for a decade look Over the pirates after the 1985 season. When they finished 57-104. He traded veterans for Young players reducing inc payroll and turned the franchise into a Winner. The pirates improved to 65-98 in 1986. 8042 in 1987 and 85-75 last year. In 1988, they Dre a fran Chise record 1,865,713 fans More than twice the Atten dance of the season before Thrift look Over. Duisburg to Host games Brussels Belgium the West Ger Man City of Duisburg will stage a scaled Down University games in August after Sao Paulo the original Host of the 1989 world student games bowed out two months ago due to Brazil s financial woes Kiev the Only other City still in the running until wednesday had hoped to organize a full scale univer Siadi. But it dropped out Asil could not gel ready in time ".  s  the inti Irna Liana federation of University sports Hsu ended a frantic two month search for an alternative Silt for the world s largest Multi sports even outside of the olympics. The. Univ Ersi Ade is held  years. I am so relieved because 1 know the ii now will go on. Fish secretory general -. In Chi Campana 1  be always been great with this kind of escape acts. It was the second Lime in 14 years thai the games had to find an alternative site. In 1v75, the Gums were switched from Belgrade to Rome Al inc last Moron a because of internal political strife in Yugoslavia. Bui the Rome games featured Only track and Field events. 1 fish found no cily willing to organic the 10 events usually staged at a unit Ershadi. But Duisburg agreed to Host a Skeleton games of track men s basketball fencing and rowing events. The games will be held Between aug. 20-30. We have to look at inc positive Side said Cam Pana. We got four sports.". The Duisburg games budget is estimated around $5,3 million Only a fraction of what 11 full blown games in Western Europe would Cost. It is a very healthy figure which will allow us to do Good work said Campana. Sao Paulo had budgeted 115 million. But it dropped out after brazilian authorities withdrew their financial backing and no private sponsors were willing to take Over. Had Etc games been held in Sao Paulo some 6,000 students from Over 100 countries would have taken part. 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