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PAGE 14 PRESS-REPUBLICAN SPORTS WEDNESDAY,! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18,1995 MIKELUP1CA Daily News Bleak Sunday in New York The way it works is this: The coach benches the quarterback and not the other way around, which is why Dan Reeves was still on the job at the end of Giants vs. Eagles and Dave Brown was not. Brown was no star Sunday, and hasn't been a star for a single Sunday. He is still having a better season than his coach so far, Reeves is a star coach having a very bad season. If his solution to the Giants' problems, even for a half, is a former protege named Tommy Maddox, then the rest of the schedule is a waste of time. Maddox' quarterback rating in the stat sheets the Giants hand- ed out yesterday was \0.\ Frankly, that seemed a bit high. Reeves said the Giants would win 11 games this season. The way they are going, they will be need luck to even roll a seven. It is not just Sunday, when Reeves was outcoached, and badly, by a rookie at the position named Ray Rhodes, whose defense had an answer for just about everything the Giants threw at him, especially Tommy Maddox. Reeves shouldn't have had Maddox in the game for more than five minutes, and the way Rodney Hampton, with a bad hand, keeps dropping the ball, he shouldn't have had Hampton in the game at all. To make this all about Dave Brown suddenly is to ignore the other players Reeves has in the game, and the way they have been coached the first seven games. Coaches without big resumes get themselves into real trouble with a season like this. The quarterback got into some trouble with his coach Sunday, and ended up out of the game. He made physical mistakes in the wind, and mental ones. The biggest mental mistake involved not putting a man in motion at the proper time. So for one real bad moment, Brown looked as confused as his coach. Dan Reeves' idea for shaking up this team was putting Mad- dox into a game Reeves badly needed to win and keeping Corey Miller out, even against a team like the Eagles that loves to run. You have to start thinking Miller didn't just miss some tackles, or assignments, but also blew up the coach's mailbox last Hallow- een. On the seventh Sunday of the NFL season, the two worst teams in the entire league were the Giants and the Jets. The expan- sion Panthers beat the Jets. The r Giants looked like an expansion team on offense, but only when they were going real good. Dan Reeves is supposed to be so much better than this as a coach. Of what we have seen so far from Rich Kotite from the Jets, there is no way of telling if he can coach at all, Kotite has his own pet, Bubby Brister, as a backup with the Jets. At the end of the first half Sunday on the Clemson Univer- sity field, in the college place known as Death Valley, Brister made a high school play, all but handing the ball to linebacker Sam Mills for the touchdown that really gave the Panthers the first victory in their history. It might have been the closest we have come to Joe Pisarcik Indians AL champs By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE — They were the epitome of bad baseball for four decades, stuck in a stadium call- ed the Mistake by the Lake and so terrible they inspired movies about a team that never won. Make no mistake now. -These Cleveland Indians are definitely major league. The Indians reached the World Series for the first time since 1954, stopping Randy Johnson and the Seattle Mariners 4-0 Tuesday night behind Dennis Martinez to win the AL playoffs 4-2. \I think that the people of Cleveland have suffered long,\ said Indians manager Mike Hargrove, who played on some of Cleveland's terrible teams. \This is something you can never count on.\ The Mariners, for the fourth time in 16 days, asked Johnson to save their season. Relying on his slider more than his over- powering fastball, he kept his team close until Carlos Baerga's homer capped a three-run eighth inning, and Johnson left — with one last wave — to a standing ovation that included the ap- plause of series MVP Orel Her- shiser of the Indians. \You don't win 100 games just because of a great offense,\ Johnson said. \They have some pretty good pitching over there, too.\ Now the Indians, who domi- nated the regular season and swept Boston in the first round of the playoffs, will take on, the Atlanta Braves, the team with the best record in the National Cleveland Indians celebrate, after capturing team's first pennant in 41 years Tuesday night. AP Photo League. The World Series starts Saturday night in Atlanta. Greg Maddux, likely to win his fourth straight NL Cy Young Award, will start Game 1 for the Braves. Hershiser, 7-0 in postseason play, likely will pitch for Cleve- land. \It's so great to be able to ac- complish something we haven't done for a long time,\ Martinez said. \Especially for the Cleve- land people. They've waited a long time for this.\ Even as recently as four years ago, when they were still playing at run-down Cleveland Stadium, the Indians lost 105 games. Their story inspired Hollywood to make \Major League,\ a movie about a Cleveland club that overcomes its bumbling history to win a pen- nant. And a sequel, too. Fiction became fact Tuesday night at the Kingdome. Indians fans had been waiting for this moment ever since Willie Mays' catch on Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series sent Cleve- land skidding to a four-game sweep by the New York Giants. That was a disappointing end to a year in which the Indians won an AL-record 111 games. Continued Pag* 17 Meltdown in Montreal Winless Canadiens dump Demers, Savard Th« Associated Prait MONTREAL - The Mon- treal Canadiens were willing to give coach Jacques Demers another chance after the team missed the playoffs last season for the first time in 25 years. They were also willing to give another chance to general manager Serge Savard, whose personnel moves in recent years were spotty. But after the Canadiens opened the season with four losses, outscored 20-4 in the *•'<>• 5ova ' d process, the team ran out of patience Tuesday and fired Demers and Savard. Assistant general manager Andre Boudrias and pro scout Carol Vadnais also were dismissed in the housecleaning. \People are saying it's too early in the season, but it's not just these four games,\ Canadiens president Ronald Corey said. \Ever since we won the Cup in 1993, the team has gone down. \I had to make a decision. If I waited three weeks or three months, it might be too late. With a new team in place, we can still have a good year.\ No immediate replacements were announced, but Corey said he had candidates in mind. Assis- tant coaches Jacques Laperriere and Steve Shutt were to handle the team until a new coach is in place. Savard was in his 13th season as general man- ager. He had been the only general manager Corey worked with since becoming club president in 1982. Demers was starting his\ fourth season behind the Montreal bench. He led the club to the Stanley Cup in the 1992-93 season, his first year as coach of the Canadiens. \I never saw it coming,\ said Demers, reached at his home by The Canadian Press. '\But I knew that if we didn't start winning games, I'd be in trouble.\ Demers will stay with the organization in an unspecified job. \I've always said that my goal was to remain with the Montreal Canadiens,\ he said. \1 have that opportunity and I'm going to work as hard in my new job.\ Savard won Stanley Cups with the team in 1986 and 1993. But he was under increasing pressure as the team struggled last season. AP Photo Jacques Demers will no longer be behind the bench in Montreal. Bills' Levy in good condition after surgery Th« Associated Pratt ORCHARD PARK - Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy was listed in good condition i at Roswell Park Cancer Institute following surgery to remove his | prostate Tuesday. \The surgery was I highly successful and coach Levy is resting! comfortably at this time,\ said Dr. Robert Huben, Levy's physi-1 cian. Levy, 70, learned he Marv Uvy had cancer this summer Continued Pag* 16 during a routine physical before training camp but kept the news from his team until a meeting Monday morning. Doctors have told Levy, in his ninth year with Buffalo, that the disease was discovered at an early stage. There is a 60 percent to 80 percent chance the surgery will result in a complete cure if the tumor was confined to the prostate, said Huben, chairman of the urologic oncology department at Roswell Park. Levy is expected to stay in the hospital about a week, and hopes to rejoin the Bills on Nov. 12 for their game against Atlanta. He will watch Buffalo's practices and games on video until then. Assistant head coach Elijah Pitts has stepped in for Levy until he recovers from the surgery. There won't be much change for Buf- falo's coaching staff from its daily routine in Levy's absence. Offensive coordinator Tom Bresnahan will still develop the of- fensive game plan, while defensive coor- dinator Wade Phillips handles Buffalo's strategy on the other side of the ball. Pitts said he and a few other coaches will likely be involved in play calling for short-yardage and goal-line situations. That's something Levy usually handles on game day. The Bills, off to a surprising 5-1 start and in first place in the AFC East, are not scheduled to practice again until Thurs- day. They play New England on the road Monday night. Reeves has elbow surgery EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - New York Giants coach Dan Reeves under- went surgery Tuesday to remove bone chips from his left elbow. He is expected to be back at practice Wednesday, the team said in a statement. The Giants, who have a bye this weekend, also disclosed that tight end Howard Cross had arthroscopic surgery Monday to remove torn cartilage from his right knee. His status for New York's next game, Oct. 29 against Washington, will be determined next week. Both operations were performed by Dr. Russell Warren at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery. FLASHBACK 40 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: Howie Paige of Lake Placid is elected Section VII Athletic Council president, succeeding Paul Vogan of Mooers. John Glasgow of Dannemora is elected secretary and Evalon Merritt of Pittsburgh, treasurer. 30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: Chris Dernatz runs for 187 yards and two touchdowns and Steve Howe contributes 79 yards and two scores in MAI's 28-7 win over St. John's. 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: Bob Bridge scores two goals and Jerry Tucker, one, as Willsborcrwraps up the Mountain & Valley League soccer ~\ Rn^tlh^3^iEltbh ' 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK: - Travis Angevine's 38-yard toss to Matt Crowley sets up. Tony MonteinoTra's go-ahead touchdown a* Peru beats Beekmantown, 21-13, to snap the Eagles' 21-game unbeaten streak. NHL counterpunch: Domi gets 8 games Thi Associated Pratt JL TORONTO - Tie Domi of the Toronto Maple Leafs .was suspended for eight games and fined $1,000 Tuesday by the NHL for sucker-punching Ulf Samuelsson, a blow that left the New York Rangers defenseman unconscious and with a concus- sion. ' \Mr. Domi's actions were de- liberate, premeditated and clearly-administered with the in- tent to injure his. opponent,\ said Brian Burke, the NHL's director of hockey operations. - Domi will not be paid during the suspension. The $1,000 fine is the maximum allowed under the league's collective bargainingv agreement with the NHL Players Association. The punishment was an- nounced following a hearing in Toronto involving Domi, Burke, Jim Gregory, vice president of hockey operations, and Cliff Flet- cher, president and general manger of the Maple Leafs. Maple Leafs captain Doug Gilmour was startled by the ruling. \We were expecting one, two, three (games), at the most,\ he - said. \I-would-say we?re-in kind oL a state of shock. We're not going to make judgment on the ruling, but we're very disappointed.\ • D.omi T a forward who led the league with $47 penalty minutes two seasons ago, dropped the Swedish .defenseman with an unexpected left to the jaw with 64 seconds remaining in the Rangers' 2-0 victory at Toronto on Saturday night. Samuelsson fell and his head bounced twice off the ice. He lay flat for about five minutes before being helped to the locker room. He sustained a concussion and took four stitches to the back of his head. \He wasn't breathing well,\ Rangers goaltender Mike Richter said. \I was afraid he was going . to^w^p^^hisJtongue^His eyes_ were glazed and loVking backward.\ Burke said Domi attacked an \unsuspecting and. -unprepared\ opponent. The league acknowl- edged that Samuelsson taunted Domi before the punch, but that in no way excused Domi's ac- tions. \That was a totally dishonor- able play and it lacked courage,\ Rangers coach Colin Campbell said. Samuelsson remained over- night in Toronto. He missed the Rangers' 7-5 loss to Hartford on Monday night and Tuesday night's game against the New York Islanders. Domi, who came into this ^irw1trrl73^3peTtaHy minutes in 254 games, said he regretted the incident, . \I didnlt inow he wasn't going to drop his gloves,\ he said. \I'm sure not known for my sucker punches.\ • ' <# • Seton By TIM I Staf PLATTSBUB boys race was - consensus Was • had upset Setoi scoresheet said In the girl Valley's Heathe to open a late Edann Brady i '. na Evans — b\ .; 20 yards from i ' ed across the fn • . And after th< - ulated, Peru c ward wore si . shade, holding ; while talking a • pie his team sti It was a str; the end result . but odd. Seton's boys ; and AuSable, while Peru's g 58th-consecu Valley Athletic meet with win - 32) and AuSabl All this on birthday. In the girls Brady ran 1 Freeborn tr throughout the tions. 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