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M M 'fVT'y y T V y f ?T f W f f ap H V 1'VVTfVVI f f T Karl Can Grit His Teeth Again Karl Malones battle with braces was shorter than some of his free enough with their current players to nail the door shut throws NBA Malone had braces put on Frida Dec 12 in Salt Lake City By last Monday — the 15th — he had them Passing the main branch of the U S Post Office in DC Kelly Tripucka Washington " laughed "So that's w here it all goes Post-script- Notes removed after the Jazz practiced in Washington DC "I had em taken off and I threw them in the river said the Mailman 1 11 never have em again And when I have kids they 11 never have em either because III know what those little tykes would have to go " through The problem with Malones braces'’ Pain "My gums were so sore I couldn t (hew" he explained "I lost seven pounds in three days All I ate was (milk shakes and soup and ice cream was so weak I was sick to my stomach " The night after getting the braces a Malone scored only 12 points in 36 minutes during the Jazz s win over the Clippers "I got hit in the mouth early" he said “and it hurt the w hole game ” But in the first two games after having the braces removed — "I felt better as soon as they broke the wire" Karl returned to form Malone scored 24 points in a win over the Bullets and a season-hig27 in a loss to the Pistons “I don't know if I played better" he said "But I know I felt better" In all the Mailman says the braces cost him "about 1500 dollars" He isn't sure if he's going to get any of it Steve Luhm down and a less luxurious bus was sent Nis-salk- Bat-tisto- h 122-10- 7 back "But" Karl says sternly "we re go- Riding the Bus: The jazz took a bus from Detroit to Cleveland Thursday morning Everybody it seemed knew the travel plan except Carey Scurry who apparently thought the Jazz were headed to the airport About three hours into the ride Scurry said wearily “Man are we taking this bus all the way to Cleveland or what?" Scurry's previously drowsy teammates exploded in laughter Another bus tale The vehicle scheduled for use bv the Jazz in DC broke Washington Monday i k fv- get back Gulp M -: 4 3L2-ho- k - g wheeling-and-dealin- 109-10- 6 rl the outside paint Stabilized Jazz: Frank Layden doesn't see a lot of by 'he Jazz in the near future When asked about continuing rumors this week that the Cavs had an interest in obtaining Bobby Hansen he again denied anything was in the works e Layden explained "When Tom was the coach we made a lot of personnel changes And with reason But we were going in 20 different directions Then with owner Sam we went with a philosophy of conservatism We decided to try and get better through the draft with patience " When Larry Miller came in we continued that philosophy In fact Larry's taken it one step farther He's doing contracts over before they're up He looks it at like this: If we have players we like let s have these guys play here their whole careers I kinda like that approach " Currently Malone is the only Jazzman with less than three years left on his existing contract The Mailman has two years remaining on the contract he signed as a rookie Among the others players like Griffith (6 years) Thurl Bailey (6 years) John Stockton (5 years) Mark Eaton (4 years) and Hansen (4 years) all have new long-terdeals The bottom line? The Jazz seem contractually and philisophically committed to the group of players now on their roster Unlike the revolving door some professional teams seem to enjoy using Miller Layden and Jazz President - I On he looked around and joked "I haven't been on a city bus since I got my drivers license " 115-10- 0 ing to talk about it when home " its place fith climbed aboard d r in was peeling and there were more than a few dents Inside windows were cracked and the seats were narrow and ripped When Darrell Grif- 1 Li Malone Rangers In the Jazz's recent win over the Bullets the Malones scored 91 points Moses Malone had 38 and Jeff Malone had 29 for the Bullets while Karl Malone scored 24 for the Jazz In all the trio accounted for 36 of the game's 86 baskets and took 76 of the game's 199 109-10- ' 5 s: David Checketts seem content The Salt Lake Tribune Ga Southern Is Division II Champion i Sun 12-2- 1 all i Mon Sat 9 i -- Sunday am-9:3- 1 1 back-to-bac- k Ham ran coach L'rk Russell s "Hambone" offense to perfection The 5 11 senior from High Spiings Fla rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 306 more ards and another TD in the Tacoma iXinie Ham rushed 24 times and complet ed 12 of 21 passes the last a to tailback Kicky Hams for a touchdown with 4 08 gone in the fourth quarter NBC Nightly News recently finished a story on the Jazz's Kent Benson Tentatively scheduled to be aired Christmas Eve the feature highlights Benson's involvement with charity and in the community It covers the angle "It's neat" says Benson "It seems like they've made a real effort to make a first-clas- s piece Is that the jargon?" second behind Akeem Eaton AUTO SERVICE CENTERS Olajuwon and just ahead of Kareem r m this week's Western Conference voting said "Looks like the Jazz fans are taking care of me" Bookworms: Layden bought ah his players Christmas presents in Washington D C He invaded a book store "I think you have a responsibility when you're coaching" Layden said "I think you should set a good example You hope you're giving these young people something You hope there are some lessons they're learning You hope you’re teaching “After all you have a lot of control over them when you're their coach And when they leave you hopefully they will have learned something more than X's and O's which in the long run aren't very important anyway" Abdul-Jabba- All-St- STEEL BELTED RADIALS COCSMEDLDK SNOW TIRES Why books? 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