Show Standard-Examine- r October 22 1988 Saturday 3ft Sports Bears may want taste of revenge against 49ers Player's return in hands of team By DAVE GOLDBERG “We’re not a dominant team" San Francisco Coach Bill Walsh HEMPSTEAD NY (AP) — Mark Gastineau the flamboyant defensive end of the New York Jets would have to get the approval of his teammates if he decides to return and a survey of the players Friday indictated the vote would be close Gastineau said Thursday he was through playing because of the illness of his Fiancee Brigitte Nielsen a Danish actress The Jets said Friday no decision had been made on what the NFL club would do regarding Gastineau and while there was no indication that the player was considering a return Coach Joe Walton said “He can’t come back unless the team says said “There are no dominant teams in the NFL this year" Perhaps But Walsh faces a good test Monday night when his 49ers go into Chicago to play the Bears who despite a spate of injuries and 13 rookies on the roster share the NFL’s best record with Cincinnati and New Orleans at 6-- 1 This is also a test for the Bears Assuming that San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana’s elbow ribs and other injuries heal he’ll be the ultimate test for ChiDacago’s two rookie safeties who had two vid Tate interceptions against Dallas last week and Todd Krumm Look for Dave Duerson to recover quickly from the bruised kidney that kept him out against the so” “This is a team matter The players themselves will make that decision” The players’ mood was split Most expressed a concern for Nielsen’s health — she said she is suffering from uteran cancer — and an understanding of Gastineau’s reaction However all would’ve preferred Gastineau address the team “I’m not saying he doesn’t care about us but that’s the way he is” center Jim Sweeney said “I wish he would’ve talked tq us This is supposed to be a Cowboys Raiders at New Orleans Come on The Saints win every week but they don’t win by more than six in any given week 8 Saints New England at Buffalo The Bills were flying after winning in their first Monday night football appearance since 1984 Philadelphia learned a lesson about that last week but a little air has to go out of the balloon 19-1- Bills 21-1- 7 Cleveland at Phoenix Speaking of balloons did Washington prick the Cards’ last week? Bernie Kosar’s back and the Cards are vulnerable if the heat doesn’t get the Browns first Browns 20-1- 7 Seattle at Rams John Robinson doesn’t think his Rams are very good They couldn’t stop Roger Craig and they may not have much more success with Ground Chuck Up- One other factor The Bears have been less than a set special 0 Seahawks 500 team against playoff teams Jets at Miami the past three years They also The Jets are playing like Delost 41-- 0 to the 49ers in San cember has come early Francisco a year ago 0 Dolphins Revenge is sweet Dallas at Philadelphia 4 Bears Houston at Cincinnati Buddy’s o should be in the Esia-son Sam Wyche and Boomer up position this week 0 Eagles seemed almost relieved when Minnesota at Tampa Bay the Bengals suffered their first The Bucs are coming loss of the season at New England last week Warren Moon is ooooooooh so close as they did back for the Oilers a consistently two weeks ago when they inconsistent team that can lose couldn’t get the field goal team 45-- 3 one week and win 45-- 3 the on in time at Minneapolis to next With the AFC Central lead avoid a 3 defeat 3 Vikings at stake Other games 4 Bengals (Home team in parenthesis) Washington at Green Bay Giants 27 (Atlanta) 9 Green Bay 45 New England 3 (Kansas City) 5 Detroit 4 Green Bay 34 Minnesota 14 Denver 20 (Pittsburgh) 10 Will wonders never cease? (San Diego) 23 Indianapolis 20 This week they will Last week 6 season 0 Redskins 16-1- 31-1- 21-1- yo-y- 24-1- team” “If he had explained it to us I think we all would’ve understood” defensive end Marty Ly- ons said Linebacker Kyle Clifton has no problem with Gastineau returning “He’s a great football player If he wanted to come back I wouldn’t have a problem with it” Clifton said “That would be up to the coaching staff but my opinion would be no” nose tackle Gerald Nichols said “This is a NFL AP football writer 14-1- 14-1- 30-2- business You can’t come and go as you please” Walton was visably upset but insisted on the term “disappointed” to describe his “I think I’ve always supported his football abilities” Walton said “I’ve said every time I was asked that I thought he was practicing hard and working When asked if he thought Gastineau had ‘betrayed’ his loyalty Walton said “I don’t like that word I think you should honor people’s wishes 59-37- -1 8-- 31-2- Only three seem run title of capable in Carbon High coach charged assault Football PROVO (AP) — A Carbon High School assistant football coach has been charged with assault following an altercation after a football game earlier this month LaFoga Lalu Jr 34 of Price is facing one count of simple assault a Class B misdemeanor The charge was filed Thursday by Utah County Attorney Steven Killpack Lalu is not a Carbon teacher but a paid coaching assistant at the Price school The charge comes on the heels of sanctions recently imposed against LaLu and other Carbon officials by the Region 8 board of managers a governing body including the principals of the league’s eight member schools Both Carbon and Springville are members of Region 8 The charge and sanctions stem from an Oct 7 postgame incident in which assistant coach Jim Young was blind Spri-ngvill- le hard” sided by a punch while pulling a referee away from a crowd upset with the officiating in Carbon’s 4 loss The single blow to Young’s face fractured his cheekbone and knocked him unconscious for several minutes The sanctions imposed by the region included barring Lalu from any coaching through the 1989-9- 0 school year a $200 fine imposed on the school and letters of reprimand to Carbon Principal Larry Leonard and Carbon Coach Don Gressman A stipulation of Lalu’s suspension is that he must petition the governing board of managers of any Utah region in which he may wish to coach after his suspension Payson High Principal Cary Bailey refused to disclose the purpose or contents of the reprimand letters to Leonard and Gressman Bailey is serving as interim director of the region’s board of managers while the incident is being reviewed with Springville Principal 19-1- two-ye- ar That’s their business” Denis Poulsen temporarily stepping aside as director because of his school’s involvement Since the region’s managers tried to follow Utah High School Activities Association bylaws in conducting their review and issuing penalties Bailey has requested the incident also be reviewed by the association The matter was placed on the upcoming agenda of the UHSAA board of directors “We felt that they ought to review the incident since it is the board of directors that directs our board of managers” he said If found guilty of the simple assault charge Lalu could face maximum penalties of a jail sentence and a $600 fine said Killpack He added that the reported incident did not meet the definition of aggravated assault e a felony which requires an apparent intention to cause serious bodily six-mon- th third-degre- College works on fired LDS coach’s payoff Idaho (AP) — NAMPA Northwest Nazarene College officials have been putting together a financial package to compensate former assistant basketball coach Norm Parrish fired last week because he is an active Mormon “This is no way intended to be a buyoff” President Gordon said “We hired him for the no doubt would like to and year pay him for the year" Wetmore however refused to comment on the amount of compensation the package under review would call for Parrish 25 who had played two years of basketball at the col Wet-mo- re Bell lege run by the Nazarene Church before taking the assistant coach’s job four months ago was dis- missed because his “religious beliefs did not adhere to the Nazarene Church’s doctrine and discipline” He is a Mormon Parrish has said he has discussed the situation with an attorney but no legal action has been taken Head basketball coach Garry Matlock upset over what he said was Parrish's unfair firing said he would stay on at the school “The thing I want to say is that I'm going to work just as hard to put this behind me as far as in justice or anything else” said the seven-yeveteran at NNC “I’ve said my piece and now it’s time to go back to work” The dismissal followed a local newspaper column that mentioned that Parrish was also teaching at the local seminary of the Church of Jesus Christ of -day Saints That information generated outside pressure to dismiss Parrish that Wetmore has conceded brought the issue to a head “A school that's supported by a’ Nazarene Church needs to subscribe to the doctrines of the church” said Leon Doane presi ar Latter- dent of the school’s board of regents There has been some debate over whether the firing was legal but Northwest Nazarene Academic Vice President Hal Weber said that as a private school without government funds it has the right to choose its employees But whether the case gets to court or not Weber conceded the school breached its agreement with Parrish “The bottom line” Wetmore said “is that we have deep respect for Norm as a person and he has got caught in the middle of a policy decision We don’t want him to suffer from it” suspended for violating drug abuse policy KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) — Kansas City defensive end Mike Bell who served time in 1986 on a cocaine conviction has been suspended by the NFL for 30 days for violating the league’s substance abuse policy the Chiefs said Friday Neither the Chiefs nor the NFL said what substance was involved Bell will be treated as an outpatient at a facility Tom Condon Bell's agent declined to comment and said he had advised Bell to make no comment The Chiefs and Bell were advised Thursday night that Bell was being illness list put on the Chiefs’ vice president Jim Schaaf said the club was saddened by the news “We are in full support of the league’s sub drug-treatme- nt non-footba- ll stance abuse policy and its actions in this matter” Schaaf said “We will work with the league its medical advisers and our medical staff to see that Mike receives the care and counseling he needs" Under the NFL drug policy Bell could be permanently banned from the NFL if he ever y tests positive again after serving the suspension Bell had been randomly tested by the NFL since the beginning of the season because of his previous con viction He became the 13th NFL player to be suspended for v iolating the substance abuse policy this year draft choice by the Bell a Chiefs in 1979 was convicted in June 1985 in US District Court in Wichita with his 30-da- first-roun- d ks The brothers were each sentenced to one year in prison and served four months in the federal prison system Commissioner Pete Rozclle reinstated Mike Bell to the NFL on March 25 1987 on miscondition he “avoid further conduct and any other conduct detrimental to the integrity of NFL football" Bell had started every game for the Chiefs this season and had 36 tackles He was credited with one quarterback sack and with forcing three fumbles drug-relate- d The not-s- o Big Ten has its biggest game of the year Saturday Yes Michigan is in it No Ohio State is not d The Wolverines d welcome the Indiana Hoosiers to Ann Arbor The winner becomes a heavy favorite for the conference’s Rose Bowl slot The Big Ten has had a rough year — every team has at least two losses except for the Hoo-siewho are overall and 0 in the conference Only Indiana Michigan — which is but has lost by two points to Notre Dame and one point to Miami — and Illinois (3-- 0 in the Big Ten heading into today’s home game with Michigan State) appear capable of making a serious run at the championship “Right now we’re all in the thick of things and each week is important” Hoosiers Coach Bill Mallory said “The farther we go the more important each game becomes” Indiana beat Michigan 0 at s’ Bloomington last year the 20th-ranke- 14th-ranke- rs -1 3-- -1 14-1- Hoo-sier- first victory over the Wolverines since 1969 To make it two straight they’ll need a big effort from Anthony Thompson the junior tailback who had his d sixth straight game against Minnesota last week Thompson ranks second in the nation in rushing with 964 yards “He’s a better back than he was a year ago (when Michigan held Thompson to 77 yards on 27 carries)” Mallory said “First of all he’s matured more physically He’s stronger he’s quicker faster and with the experience and know-hohe’s smarter and he’s learning “We feel he’s an outstanding back This is not a putdown to the other backs I’ve been associated with but he’s the best back I’ve had the opportunity to be 100-yar- w twin brother Mark on two counts of using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of cocaine and one count of attempting to possess cocaine Mark Bell played for the Seattle Sea-haw- By BARRY WILNER AP sports writer around” Michigan has a good one too in Tony Boles who needs 167 yards to reach 1000 Still Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler isn't thrilled with his team's attack “Our problem is that we’re not scoring enough" Schembechler said “We just don’t get enough points on the board We’ve been a offense and that’s just 17-poi- nt Colege not good enough today We’ve got to start scoring more points “Our goal is to come out of every game with 24 points” That might not be enough — Indiana has scored at least 28 points in every game this year Elsewhere UCLA is at Arizona No 2 Notre Dame entertains Air Force fourth-rate- d Miami is at home for Cincinnati No 5 Nebraska visits Kansas State Boston College is at No 6 West Virginia No 7 Florida State plays host to Louisiana d Oklahoma Tech goes to Colorado No 9 Clemson visits North Carolina State and d Auburn entertains Mississippi State Also it’s No 11 Georgia at Kentucky Utah at No 12 Wyoming No 13 Arkansas at Houston No 14 Indiana at No 20 Michigan Missouri at No 15 Oklahoma State No 17 Washington at Oregon and No 19 Syracuse at East Carolina d Southern California No 16 Lousiana State and No 8 South Carolina are off UCLA gets to show off its stuff as the No 1 team for the first time ever The last time the Bruins were 0 in 1980 they came into Arizona Stadium ranked second but left with a 7 loss “Tucson’s always been a tough place for us to play" Bruins coach Terry Donahue said The Wildcats are 2 under d-year coach Dick Tomey who has worked as an assistant to Donahue and is a close friend of the UCLA coach “I don’t enjoy playing against friends I never have" Donahue said “I don’t enjoy competing against them Other coaches kind of thrive on it and revel in it I don’t My personality’s different than that” Miami which was No 1 until losing last week to Notre Dame should have an easier time with Cincinnati The Hurricanes are favorites "We’re going to be hot for Cincinnati" wide receiver Andre Brown said "It’s a bad thing for Cincinnati that they’ve got to be the ones we take it out on” The Bearcats are 4 after losing 4 to Virginia Tech top-ranke- d eighth-ranke- lOth-ranke- Third-ranke- 1 6-- 23-1- 4-- 46-poi- nt 2-- 41-1- secon- |