European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 31,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Holtz says Colorado will be rattled by Rick Warner a sports write Miami at a prayer breakfast earlier in the week notre Dame coach Lou Holtz said he did t believe in criticizing opponents because chopping up your neighbor 5 furniture does t make yours any  by Friday though Holtz found himself having to explain Why he did just that to Colorado. Irish at the Orange bowl on monday night. His speech was taped by a Denver television station. They Ain t playing any Kansas state Holtz said during practice at the University of Miami. Frustration will set in on Colorado s offence. By the Middle of the third Quarter they will leave the game plan completely and Start grab bagging. Remember me telling you that. They Are not patient Holtz also seemed to contradict earlier statements that he did t care who finished no. 1 in the polls. The fighting Irish Are currently ranked fourth but could win the National championship if they beat Colorado. The bad of it is Colorado feels they re being slighted. That they Don t get any respect and All that other nonsense Holtz told his players. The Good thing is it sends a message to everybody who votes that after we win the football game they can t do any thing else but put notre Dame number one. They the Orange bowl can to believe  they re expecting an outstanding football team and they re Gonna see one Holtz added. They re going to see the Best notre Dame. And we re Gonna whip  the remarks at the Start of practice were recorded by Kunc to the Abc station in Denver. The first 10minutes of every notre Dame practice Are open to the Media but no other radio or television reporters at tended the workout because there was a mass Media session later that Day at the Orange bowl. At a news conference Friday Holtz said he did t see the cameraman recording his remarks and though the was having a private conversation with his players. Never in my wildest dreams did i believe this would be Public he said. Holtz said he spoke to Colorado coach Bill Mccart Ney at a luncheon Friday and told him that if we had offended the Colorado football team i  Holtz said he did t mean to insult Colorado but was just trying to motivate the fighting Irish who suffered a letdown after losing to Miami 27-10 in their regular season finale. My Job is to build Confidence he said. After the Miami game i questioned whether my team believed it could beat Colorado. That s All i m trying to do make them believe they can  said he did t recall making the statement about Colorado living a lie All year an apparent reference to a quote attributed to notre Dame Quarter Back Tony Rice. Rice reportedly called the Orange bowl just another game and predicted a notre Dame  players reacted angrily to the remark but Holtz said Rice was misquoted and suggested that the buffaloes were using an unverified Story to get fired up for the  team has motivational tools Holtz said. We have them and Colorado has  Colorado players did t seem upset by Holtz s com ments which were broadcast in Denver thursday night. Some players saw the Story because Koncs reports Are being shown in the team s hotel. It does t anger me at All linebacker Alfred Wil Liams said. It sounds just like what a coach would say to his  tackle Arthur Walker said the buffaloes were taking it in stride. Well wait until game time to  said Holly s Pep talk was a private matter. His motive for preparing his team is his prerogative Mccartney said. I Don t care and i Don i intend to mention it to my  but Holtz said he thinks the controversy is a tre see Orange on Page 26 remembering Billy Martin a True Yankee Byl Daberkow new York times new York All around this town Friday on a cold late december morning still cheery Christmas decorations remained in evidence. But near the Comer of Madison and 51st Street about a Block from St. Pat Rick s Cathedral the taxi slowed because of a police barricade and heavy traffic. Must be the funeral for the ballplayer the Driver said. What s his name Billy Martin she was told. I m not a snorts fan she said but i heard about him heard How he died. So stupid. Him and his pal driving after drinking. Thank god no innocent people got  Billy Martin according to reports had been drinking at a bar Christmas Day with a Friend near Martin s farm Home in upstate new York. At around 6 in the evening the Friend William Reedy driving Martin s pickup truck with Martin in the passenger s seat spun off an icy Road and crashed. Martin not wearing a seat Belt was thrown through the Windshield and killed. He was 61. There seems now some kind of Cele bration some great homage to Billy mar tin who say his supporters was a Man of the people the Little Guy who fought the big Guy a Winner a True  there were two Days of viewings at a funeral parlor in Manhattan and a line of fans stood in the cold to bid him Farewell. Some were deeply moved including his pal and teammate in the 1950s, Whitey Ford. I did t hear about it until 6 in the morning said Ford. A reporter called and asked what i thought about what happened to Billy Martin. I said what did Billy do now when i heard i said i could t talk and Hung up. I did t answer the phone the rest of the  Willie Randolph who played for mar tin during Martin s five turns at Man aging the Yankees said Martin was no Angel but i always thought he had a Good heart said Randolph. Randolph and Ford were honorary pallbearers and along with Mickey Mantle and George Steinbrenner and five others wheeled Martin s coffin into St. Patrick s for the mass. Some 3,000 people packed the Church. Yankee owner George Stern Brenner left Mickey Mantle and Richard Nixon sit behind the casket of Billy Martin. Including Martin s widow Jill his Daugh Ter Kelly and his son Billy Joe. Richard Nixon was there and Bill Skowron Ron Guidry Don Mattingly Phil Rizzuto and Chris Chambliss As Well As those standing several deep along the Side altars. Besides his pugnacious Ballplay ing and combative managing Martin was famous for unsavoury incidents. Some considered him a great fighter when he kicked dirt on umpires. Some thought him feisty when he stood up to the principal owner. But he kept coming Back for More and it seemed demeaning. As for being a True Yankee some thing Martin liked to Call himself no on would have mistaken his Demeanour for that of the elegant Joe Dimaggio the patient Mattingly the reserved Lou Gohng. Perhaps Martin who won some and lost some saw it More As a craving for winning. Martin drank. He drank regularly and regularly drank to excess. He engaged in bar brawls with people from a marshmallow Salesman to his Pitcher de Whitson who broke the Man Ager s Arm. Billy said Denny Mclain recently always got in the first  nor was Martin always a stand up Guy. He said he did t hit he marshmallow Man and later admitted he had. He said he did t Call the Boss a liar he accused reporters of making it up and later admitted he had. With Billy said Bishop Edwin Brode Rick in his opening remarks Friday you got a lot of thrills and spills ups and Downs but he was always one must admit an interesting  Mantle holding a White handkerchief wiped his eyes and his nose. The Bishop spoke of Martin As a senti mentalist a soft touch for old ballplayers Down on their Luck and said that he Al ways carried in his pocket a crumpled prayer card of St. Judy. That was Billy s favorite Saint said the Bishop. The Saint of the  to Many Martin was impossible too. The Bishop called him an unforgettable  Martin s last Public appearance was shortly before Christmas when with the Tampa symphony and Steinbrenner he participated in a Christmas Benefit for underprivileged children in Florida. Martin in Blue suit and Reading glasses recited " twas the night before  we worked real hard on that Jill Martin had recalled. It s a real Tongue  "1 told Billy recalled Steinbrenner. " if you screw this up it s the end of your lifetime contract he laughed and said pressure pressure pressure he pointed to the Santa Claus suit i was wearing and said that s Nice George. You did t need a Pillow " now at St. Patrick a Broderick concluded the mass. May he rest in peace he said. Then the pallbearers stood gathered and rolled Billy Martin s coffin out of the Church