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Times-Advocate Business Sports Thursday, May 28, 1987 Pistons hope Parish-less Celtics are perishable By Bob Ryan Boston Globe PONTIAC. Mich. Who needed this? "It's just another obstacle we have to deal with," said Celtics General Manager Jan Volk, "and we've been dealing with obstacles all year." He was referring to the onegame suspension of Robert Parish, who drew the punitive measure in response to his punchout of Pistons center Bill Laimbeer with 23 seconds remaining in the first half of Game 5 Tuesday. Parish also was fined $7,500, but the team's immediate concern was the availability of Parish, who, according to both Volk and assistant coach Jimmy Rodgers (who will run the team in the absence of K.C. Jones), definitely was going to play in tonight's game (6 p.m., Ch.

8, KSDO-AM 1130). "This was not a gratuitous suspension," said Volk. "He didn't come here because the weather was nice. He came here with the idea of playing. The decision had been made that if his ankle was marginal, he would not make the trip.

The decision was ultimately made that he was going to play." Volk was upset because the suspension announcement, was made after the Celtics arrived at Metropolitan Airport. "If we had been notified in advance," Volk said, "he would not have been subjected to the rigors of the trip." Anyway, Parish will be a spectator until either Saturday (at Boston, Game 7) or Sunday (at Los Angeles, Game 1). This means acting coach Rodgers, running the team while Jones goes home for his mother's funeral, will have to find a lineup replacement for The Chief as the Celtics attempt to wrap up the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. "I don't know who it will be yet," he said early last evening. "We're still discussing it.

We have some options, although not an awful lot of them. We're going to be looking at Darren Daye and Fred Roberts, and at the whole Green Team." As for his own role in this scenario, Rodgers blanched when it was suggested he was "taking over" the team. "I'm definitely not 'taking he said. "We've been through this before. It's a matter of substituting, just as you would a player.

Somebody steps up into a little different role. You won't see any drastic changes." Rodgers filled in as head coach earlier in the season when K.C. was laid low by a virus. The team went 3-1, and one of the victories was in the Silverdome on Nov. 15 Please see Celtics, page D2 Robert Times-Advocate Hugo Perez calls his club to action, but the Sockers never responded in Tuesday's loss to Tacoma.

'Heartless' Sockers lose Stars outmuscle San Diego, lead best-of-seven series 2-1 SAN SOCK By Bob Gaines Newman also could not believe Times Sportswriter SAN DIEGO After losing 3-2 to the Tacoma Stars, Juli Veee compared his Sockers to the Tin Man in the "Wizard of Oz." Neither, it seems, had a heart. "But at least the Tin Man wanted a heart," said Veee. "He went to the Wizard and demanded one. That's what we need heart." While the Sockers tripped on the cracks of the Yellow Brick Road, the Stars took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven MISL Western Division Championships before 9,704 at the Sports Arena Wednesday night. When it was over, the Sockers could only kick themselves.

"I hate to say these things, but they outmuscled us, they outran us," said Veee. "Those guys are hungry. They see a chance to beat San They've wanted to do that for years. I'm angry at the fact we're not the ones sticking it to them. "We talked about being aggressive we talked about it.

I want to see angry soldiers. I want to see bodies in uniform fighting and dying. Bury them right there on the field. Years ago, when we were a bad team, we were still always sliding and tackling and dying out there. heart." Veee wasn't the only player noting the Sockers lack of fight.

"Half the time, we didn't even look dangerous," said Branko Segota. "We didn't create for each other. Usually, we let the ball do the running. But, we're not patient and not finding the open man. We took a lot of foolish shots." The Sockers took 26 swings at Tacoma keeper Mike Dowler, but they seemed to be shooting at a shrinking net.

"The shots were all over the place," said Coach Ron Newman. "Nobody could get on target. I couldn't believe it." Padres also struggling to score at trading table to happen today, and I was surprised it didn't," said McKeon while watching his club lose still another game Wednesday, this one 6-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies. McKeon, who says he has talked to a couple of clubs a day for the past 10 days, cites two reasons for his failure to produce any trades since December, when he sent Kevin McReynolds to the New York Mets for a slew of young players. Aaron Tucker teamed with Joel Knights gain By Kevin Scattareggia Times-Advocate Sportswriter SAN MARCOS Bruce Storrs has had some quality teams while coaching boys tennis at San Marcos High School.

Storrs' teams have won Avocado League championships and produced individual champions. But there has always been one thing missing a CIF playoff victory. All that changed Wednesday. For the first time in school history, the Knights were on the winning end in the 2A CIF play- the officiating of Billy Maxwell and Gino Dippolito. The Sockers were whistled for 20 fouls and five penalties.

"One time, their player tripped over the referee and Maxwell gives us the foul," said Newman. "That's a tough call, that one. I'd have called a penalty on the ref. I'd have red-carded him." There were other bad moments, including an apparent dive by Preki that led to the Stars' first power play goal. With 14 seconds left in the first period and the Sockers leading 1-0, Preki not only conned Paul Dougherty into a foolish sixth foul, but also stepped on George Katakalidis.

"Preki took a dive, but it was a double whammy," said Newman. "He threw himself into Dougherty for the foul and then knocked Katakalidis out of the game by falling on his foot." Actually, it was a triple whammy, since Preki then scored on the power play 58 seconds later." Tacoma's other power play goal, late i in the third period, proved to be the winner as Godfrey Ingram broke a 2-2 tie. Tacoma was 2-for-5 against the Sockers penalty killers, while San Diego went 0-for-4. "They beat us up with the power play," said Newman. "We weren't strong enough to handle them." According to Newman, muscle made the difference.

"All in all, they were physically stronger than us," he said. "They were all over us yards ahead of us. It's the best I've seen them play. They deserved to win." The Stars agreed. "Our whole team played very hard," said Steve Zungul, who earned the winning assist.

"We controlled the ball and built our attacks properly. And our defense was tremendous." Please see Sockers, page D3 By John Shea Times Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO Are you wondering why Jack McKeon hasn't made any deals to improve the last -place Padres? The general manager said it's not because of a lack of effort. In fact, he says he came close to a deal Wednesday. But, like so many other things in the Padres' 1987 season, it fell through. "I thought something was going Chargers have a ringer running with the rookies By Jay Posner Times Advocate Sportswriter SAN DIEGO The calendar says it's May, the schedule says this Chargers minicamp is for rookies and free agents only but, wait, isn't that Kellen Winslow out there? The Kellen Winslow? The former All-World tight end? Out running around with a group of rookies and other players battling for jobs? Yes, that Kellen Winslow.

Why? Maybe Winslow's worried about his job. After all, the Chargers selected a tight end, Texas Rod Bernstine, in the first round of last month's draft. "No," Winslow said Wednesday. "I started working out in January, long before the draft even happened. I set goals for myself at the end of last season that have nothing to do with us drafting a tight end." Those goals? Simple, Winslow says.

"My goal is to return to the old form. And the old form is being aggressive, catching the football, turning upfield, getting yardage, getting the ball to the end zone. just helping out where I can to help this team win." Winslow's old form, of course, made him one of the most dominant tight ends in the NFL. From 1980, his second year, until he suffered a serious knee injury midway through the 1984 season, Winslow caught 374 passes in 64 games, an average of nearly six per game. The injury ended all that, of course, and even Winslow at times doubted the possibility of returning to his old ways.

No longer. This is a new Kellen First, because the season is still early and there's a chance struggling teams may eventually prosper with their current stock, general managers are hesitant to shake up their rosters. Secondly, and most importantly, McKeon has not found a general manager to agree with him over any deals. Despite the Padres' 11-37 record, McKeon has no plans to panic and make a trade just to make a trade. After all, the organization is in a rebuilding phase, and it was decided long ago that the Padres wouldn't contend for awhile anyway.

"A lot of times I feel optimistic," McKeon said, "but everybody wants a day or two to think about things. Then, they change their Like the club he expected an OK from Wednesday after discussing it Tuesday. Though McKeon Robert Times-Advocate Alonzo for a San Marcos victory at No. 2 doubles. historic tennis win offs when they defeated Carlsbad After three unsuccessful tries 6-1 on their home courts.

in CIF, San Marcos and Storrs San Marcos will have little finally have that elusive first time to celebrate its historic win, win. The importance of the feat though. That's life in the CIF was not lost on the participants. playoffs where a victory means "We really wanted to win toanother opponent the following day (Wednesday)," said Ed Laviday. gueur, the Knights No.

3 singles For the Knights, their next player "We really didn't talk opponent is La Jolla, synonom- about it too much, but we wanted ous with championship tennis. The Vikings have captured 19 CIF titles, including 15 in a row at one point. The teams were scheduled to play at 2:30 p.m. today at Bishop's in La Jolla. wouldn't name the other team, it is an American League club and it's a one-for-one swap involving a Padres' pitcher.

"I can't tell you about it because it's not dead yet, and I don't want to kill it," McKeon said. "It could be revived anytime. It's up to them." Don't bet against the other team being the hitting-rich New York Winslow, but one who feels like the Kellen Winslow of old. For one thing, Winslow is lighter these days. He currently weighs 248 pounds, 10 less than at this time last year and 13 less than his training camp weight last summer.

He said he would like to play this season at between 240-242 pounds, 8-10 less than his playing weight the last few years. "I feel so much better," he said. "What's this, May? I feel like in years past the way I sometimes felt in September." That's due both to the weight loss and arthroscopic surgery he had performed on his right knee April 17. "Having my knee scoped has a lot to do with the way I feel right now," Winslow said. "I'm running better and I get excited about the upcoming season.

Last season was not the greatest season for me, but I still caught 64 balls and I was really playing with a handicap. Having this piece of scar tissue taken out of my knee, I feel 100 percent better. "If I could catch 64 balls under those conditions, then under better conditions maybe I can get back to the old Kellen Still, he isn't required to be here this week. Winslow, who spent most of the offseason taking graduate classes in counseling psychology at his alma mater, the University of Missouri, could have continued to work out on his own. "Normally I would not be here," he admitted.

"But I've been gone for a while and I just needed to come in here and get some work in. I leave next week (for summer Please see Winslow, page D2 Please see Padres, page D3 Snyder gets assistant coach job with Patriots By Terry Monahan Times-Advocate Sportswriter ESCONDIDO Denny Snyder will return to the football field this fall as an assistant coach for new Head Coach Dave Lay at Orange Glen High School. And Snyder, whose firing after 21 years at Escondido including the last nine as the head coach touched a yearlong controversy there, will be joined by two former assistant coaches, Ken Walker and Dave O'Connor. Lay, who comes to Orange Glen after a stint as an assistant coach at Colorado State and San Diego State, put together a staff that also includes three holdovers from the staff of Jeff Carlovsky, who resigned this winter and eventually took over as Escondido's athletic director. Rob Gilster will be back handing the offensive line, Alan Dale switches from defense to take the running backs and Mike Lewis is in charge of the defensive backs.

"Obviously, Dave has put together a staff that knows the personnel and the schools in this area," said Snyder. "Normally, a new staff needs one year to familiarize themselves with the teams they're playing. "This staff is already past that stage." Snyder, 45, will be the defensive coordinator and take the linebackers, the same post he held for 12 years under Chick Embrey at Escondido, while Walker, who will be Please see Coaches, page D3 it." Doubles player Mike Krause remembered last year's playoff loss to St. Augustine and did not Please see Tennis, page D5.