The Reporter Dispatch from White Plains, New York • 27

Road trip tough stretch start today in Toronto vs Raptors 4D Sports Editor Mark Leary: 694 5038 Sports Gannett NewspapersSaturday January 17 1998 Section NL 5 Local 6 i Classified Last scores 694 3557 i i i RDM YK I io health IlM USB 1KA MAURY ALLEN He is listed in the press guide simply as Red Holzman Most of that red hair is gone now the rest of it all white at age 77 for one of New York basketball legends Wil liam Holzman of ranklin Lane High in Manhattan and CCNY under Nat Holman Red Holzman is in Long Is land Jewish Hospital fighting leukemia i It is hard to believe he has not been in his accustomed Garden seat the last couple of veeks watching his beloved Cnicks shaking hands with ans When I called his room the ither day Holzman said he vas feeling well but alk very much doctors let le said With his wife of 55 years Selma at his side Holzman haseen going through intensive nedical treatment It is hard to believe that this ictive bouncy gregarious for ner coach of the Knicks is in rouble his Hall of ame career Holzman has alwayseemed capable of handling bvery setback with a smile bredit the coach When the Knicks first took Jthe old Garden floor in the all bf 1946 Holzman was playing against them occasionally withhe Rochester Royals Bobby Davies and BobbyWanzer were the stars of the Rochester team that beat the Knicks of Carl Braun Dick McGuire and Harry Gallatin in 0951 Holzman was a backup jfuard a smart floor general who could lead a comeback iwhen the stars rested or add to ja lead with his slick play He coached in Milwaukee pnd St Louis before coming home to the Knicks as a scout in 1959 He succeeded McGuire I Knicks coach in 1967 In three years he had Willis eed Bill Bradley Dave De usschere Clyde razier and dck Barnett playing as a uni ed team instead of five guys ghting for one basket ballThe Knicks finally won a tie that Spring of 1970 andagain three years later I I The glory went to Dollar Bill the Princeton whiz to iReed the emotional leader to iBarnett for his flashy shooting DeBusschere for his muscu lar intensity and to razier for his cool style in hot games I Holzman? Oh yeah he was coaching I those superstars In the name of love He have hair like Pat Riley or the self promotion of Rick Pitino or the massive 1 Knicks jersey with his name on i it was raised to the roof in 'i presence of Don Nelson Holzman was just a New York kid who loved the game learned it at the feet of the master Holman could play it smart and knew how to get inside each head He ran the club from 1967 through 1977 when he was moved out for Reed and came back again in place of Reed in 1978 He retired from coaching after the 1981 82 season On March 10 1990 the Gar den rafters shook when a retirement alongside and other Garden heroes is hard to go to a Knicks game at the Garden these days without seeing Holzman as much of a landmark of the franchise as anyone The Garden hosts the all star game eb 8 when Michael and others show up for a little fra ternal fun the hope that Red Holzman is back in his seat that familiar smile on his face And the fans remembering what it takeg to win i The Knicks have two titles in 51 years Holzman made both of them happen Allen is a staff columnist Manhattan snaps losing skid career high 22 points power 77 68 win over airfield By Andrew Gross Staff Writer Manhattan spent the last 30 minutes of last game against airfield trying to forget the first 10 And the Jaspers had spent the last two days of prac tice trying not to remember last second loss at Iona All is forgotten Manhattan used a 15 0 run at the end of the first half to recov er from a horrible start in a 77 68 win over airfield at Draddy Gymnasium just the second vic tory in the last 10 games for the Jaspers (4 9 2 4 MA AC) were trying not to focus on the Iona game but we came out a little said senior Steve McDowell who scored a career high 22 points started off real well but we felt they were slowing down and we knew there were 40 minutes in the game We just wanted to cut the lead to under double digits before The Jaspers did better than that as freshman Mars Mellish hit a 3 pointer from the top of the key with 69 seconds remain ing in the first half to make it 33 33 at halftime Manhattan out scored the Stags 15 0 in the final 3:51 of the half airfield (6 7 1 4) lost its third straight and the sixth of its last seven and is 0 6 on the road The Jaspers moved out of last place in the MAAC with the win had a tough loss at Iona and we did a lot of talking with the said Manhattan coach John Leonard who watched Io John McDonald hit a shot at the buzzer as the Gaels erased a seven point Manhattan lead with 2:00 left in the game had a clinker of a first half for 10 or 15 minutes and all of a sudden we started playing the way we wanted to play airfield did a really good job early with the press and we were dribbling too Even with the uncertainty of a Manhattan win in the first half and the early part of the second half last game qualifies as a compared to the rest of the season De spite three blowout losses Man hattan has lost five other games by a combined 18 points started off the game play ing lackadaisical and making a lot of Manhattan se nior Travis Lyons said want to do that in the Red Storm going back with Turner at point 3D second half because they would'! have put us Lyons with 16 points and 10 rebounds recorded his fifth dou ble double of the season presence down low created many of opportunities as the Stags tried to double down low got a lot of help from Travis by them collapsing and kick the ball said McDowell who scored eight points during Please see MANHATTAN 3D: i Dobbs erry senior forwards Jessie and Becky O'Donohue (31) will both continue their basketball careers at Niagara University HajijjBBI HL I ikf rEm a w' hB mnin 1 JE A A a' z) 2 a A2 Staff photoLeo Sorel Double vision Dobbs twins close in thousands of ways By Brian Heyman Staff Writer Becky and Jessie O'Donohue were sitting together with a friend at the multiplex in Hawthorne one night not long ago watching and weeping The Titanic had just cracked into some iceberg and was sinking The girls could have used a lifeboat the way the tears were flow ing now our favorite movie is Becky was saying this past week at her home in Dobbs erry last hour of the movie sit ting there Becky and Jessie go to the movies together They listen to music togeth er in the room they live in together They sing in the church choir togeth er They play basketball and volley ball together at Dobbs erry High They will be going off to play Divi i The by the numbers In: Jessie Becky 1997 98 points: 166 191 Career rebounds: 1022 1235 1 1997 98 rebounds: 137 98 Career points: 1 262 982 sion I basketball together at Niagara University You see Becky and Jessie You see Jessie and Becky They are identical twins 17 year old sisters with an unbreakable bond Jessie said go out together We have the same friends a relationship closer than sisters would be in the same class to gether 24 seven my best friend" is the best friend in the world to Becky said al ways there for me I think we get along very nicely The only thing we fight about is what radio station what TV channel stupid little fights And right within five seconds we burst out laughing I can talk to her about The 5 foot ll senior forwards will Please see DOUBLE 7D 4 Big loss 1 a net gain! for ormer White Plains star now excels for Niagara after shedding 44 pounds By Rick Remsnyder Staff Writer NIAGARA ALLS NY When Iona meets Niagara this afternoon at the Gallagher Center I some of the visiting Gaels may not recognize former White Plains High star Jermaine Young 6 foot 8 230 pound senior has dropped 44 pounds since the end of last season The sleeker scoring (108) and rebound ing (58) averages are finally approaching the numbers Niagara coach Jack Armstrong expected when he recruited him Iona will face Purple Eagles at 3 pm 1 today in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference clash at Niagara Iona (13 3 overall) leads the MAAC with a 5 1 record and its nine game winning streak is the third longest behind Stan ford (15) and Utah (14) Niag ara (5 8 1 4) owns an impres sive 86 63 win over St but been getting the job done in MAAC play Young has been a pleasant provement uiui luiuiucutv in my game i nearly threw Jermaine Young him off the Niagara forward 1 i team after his lj junior year 7 Armstrong called Young into his office the day after Niagara suffered a season ending loss tot Canisius in last MAAC tournament Arm strong gave Young 24 hours to decide whether to shape up or ship out believed him when he said I had to Young said knew I be back if I lose the Armstrong took Young to the Buffalo Bills for) help last summer Bills head trainer Bud Carpen ter and strength and conditioning coach Rusty Jones structured the proper diet and training' regimen that turned Young into a leaner more! athletic player i have a lot more lift on my jump shot and moving a lot better since I dropped the said Young the Gannett Suburban Newspapers i Please see YOUNG 3D HI have a lot more lift on my jump shot and moving a lot better since I dropped the weight I can play all day now and I have a lot more confidence in my game Jermaine Young Niagara forward 'A lin vUi 7 r5 4 A 7 'A Photo courtesyThe Niagara Gazette Jermaine Young who played at 274 pounds last season for the Purple Eagles is down i to 230 and irf the best shape his college career 5 Xz.