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Chicago Tribune, Thursday, November 17, 1994 Section SHORT TAKES Teny Armour Odds Ins John Husar On THE OUTDOORS Chicago gets team in new soccer league Stable deer herd New book puts female form in clearer focus all started when photographer Bill Dobbins persuaded female bodybuilder Lenda Murray to pose for a provoca i By Robert Marfciis Tribune Staff Writer No one knows for sure if there will be major league baseball or hockey in Chicago or anywhere else by 1896, but the city was assured there will be major league soccer with the announcement Wednesday that Chicago and Tampa have been awarded franchises for Major League Soccer. The season will run from April through September and games will be played in Soldier field. No owner was identified by league chairmui Alan Rothenberg and it is possible that Chicago could be one of several teams owned and operated by the league. But Lamar Hunt millionaire Texas oilman who owns the Kansas City Chiefs and part of the Chicago Bulls, was introduced Wednesday as an owner-operator for a team of his own choosing. "Lamar has his pick," Rothenberg said, "and it's conceivable he could pick Chicago.

If he does not then it's a question of whether a group of investors will come forward that are acceptable to the league." Both Kansas City and Hunt's hometown of Dallas are on a list of cities being considered for franchises. "We've given him a list of cities we'd be happy with and if he picks any of les, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. already have investor-operators and Hunt makes the fourth. Chicago and Tampa became the seventh and eighth franchises and Rothenberg said at least two more would be added by 1996, with the possibility that as many as 12 teams would be ready to go by thea Chicago was not even considered a candidate for the league when it was announced back in June, just before the World Cup, but Rothenberg says that was only because Soldier Field appeared to be unavailable. "The reason Chicago was not on the list was a fluke of timing," Rothenberg said.

"Soldier Field was in the middle of a management change. There was no one to talk to about making a long-term commitment" "We've negotiated a three-year deal," said Bob Glazebrook, Soldier Field's general manager. "Our discussions centered around 20 games a year. They'll be second to the Bears in the August September time period. We're excited about having them" The league was scheduled to begin operations in 1995 to take advantage of any World Cup fever carryover, but Rothenberg announced Wednesday, as expected, that the startup had been delayed until 1996.

those that will be fine with us," Rothenberg said. Lee Stern, who owned the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League and brought two championships to Chicago, said he probably would not be interested in being a major investor in the new Chicago franchise but "anything I can do to help in putting together a group I'll gladly do." He did not rule out the possibility of major involvement "Whether well resurrect the Sting or not I still have my doubts," he said. "It would depend on how the bottom line looks. My bottom line before was in the basement If the opportunity presented itself and it made some sense to me I might do it "As far as being a major investor is concerned I don't think I'd be a major investor. But with the experience I've had, both me and my son Kenny, I'm ready, willing and able to do all I can." "Everybody knows his devotion for soccer," Rothenberg said.

"In one way shape or form I'm sure hell be involved. But as far as his being an operator-investor I don't see that on the horizoa" Rothenberg said the plan is for half of the league's 10 teams to be operated by the league, the other five by investor-operators. Three teams Los Ange tive picture. The picture stayed in Dobbins' files for two years. "Lenda land I loved it, but there was no place to publish it," Dobbins said.

"Bodybuilding always been very conservative. There's ia lot of pressure for the women to not do anything too sexy." The photo was eventu-ally published in Flex, a magazine for bodybuilders. Then everything broke opea" Dobbins said. "Suddenly, that kind of picture could be published and people started seeing these women differently. I began doing a whole series of pictures, 1 which led to the book." That book, "The Women: Photographs of the Top Female Bodybuilders," features the likes of Sharon Bruneau, Kim Chizevsky and Leilani Dalumpines.

Some of the pictures are pro-i vocative. Most simply show a different side jof the sport "My interest was to show the inherent aesthetics and the sensuality of the body," Dobbins said. I The inspiration: Murray, who in won her fifth Ms. Olympia title, had no problem posing for the book. "At first it was kind of difficult, but I'm very comforta-; ble with my physique," Murray said.

"The way Bill took the photos is very artistic. People have a different view of women in bodybuilding, most of the time associating i it with us wanting to be masculine. This just shows the physique in a different way." The question: If new Cubs GM Ed Lynch I i4 WSCR finally gets to play all night long I 1 .1" persuades Ryne Sandberg to come out of retirement, should Sandberg even bother trying to come back? "If he were to wait another year, I'd say forget it," said former Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse. "But since Ryno's retirement is recent, he still has time to come back. We've al- Sandberg i ways had people come out of retirement ask Frank Sinatra and George Foreman." Another View: Sandberg's good friend, former teammate Gary Matthews, thinks it would be a tough decision for Sandberg.

Reuters photo Serves her right Mary Pierce puts every ounce of effort she can into this serve against Amanda Coetzer in Wednesday night's New York Virginia Slims action. Pierce gained the quarterfinals with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory. Tonto's pacer' ever faithful "When he retired he said he had lost the desire," Matthews said. "When you lose the flame it's not like you can just go right in and ignite it again. It would really be a great challenge for him to come back.

The best thing about the whole scenario is that All-sports radio station WSCR-AM 820, after nearly a three-year wait learned Wednesday it finally has been granted a Federal Communications Commission license to broadcast 24 hours a day. "We're all going crazy," said general manager Harvey Wells. "If been a long, long time." WSCR first took to the airwaves as a daytime-only station in January 1992, after a few preliminary skirmishes with the FCC over signal interference. But because of objections from a Ft Worth station that also broadcasts at 820 AM, the granting of a 24-hour license dragged oa While the FCC construction permit was granted last Thursday, station officials didn't find out from their Washington lawyers until Wednesday. Officials of Diamond Broadcasting, which owns WSCR as well as WXRT-FM, wouldn't say what the additional hours will bring.

"We have to decide what kind of a station we want to be," said Diamond executive vice president Seth Masoa Will the station go after play-byplay rights of local teams like the White Sox andor Bulls? "There's only a finite amount of good play-by-play out there," said Masoa "And some of those rights are getting outrageously expensive." The Score did have a football and basketball package from the University of Illinois last year, but school officials dropped the station when it couldn't get its nighttime license. "Competition is good for all of us," said Greg Solk, program director at WMVP-AM, a station that makes no secret of its play-by-play desires. "But we don't react to what they do. They wont affect us one way or the other." And it won't affect WMAQ-AM, which carries the Bulls and White Sox for at least another year as well as the nighttime "Sports Huddle." "In terms of what we do, well continue to do it" WMAQ station manager Weezie Kramer said. Before the Score can start to broadcast its nighttime signal (as compared to its daytime power), it has to build six directional towers in Lemont "ItH probably be several months," said Wells.

Steve Nidetz should pay off in the long run i Illinois' deer herd seems to be nearing stability. Three years of liberalized hunting permits have checked the furious 10 percent growth rates (in some counties, even higher) that threatened to mushroom state deer num- bers beyond reasonable control. Wildlife biologists now estimate growth of the deer herd at less than 3 percent accord-) ing to Paul Shelton, the Department of servation's chief forest game biologist If growth can be stabilized by judicious hunt-; ing management Illinois will maintain its i "golden age" of deer hunting for years to come. i Stability also will mark the end of anoth-, er tradition the annual shattering of deer' harvest records. As Illinois' herd multiplied: along with its eager throng of hunters, har; vest records never lasted more than a year.

"We're getting to the point where I think: I'm seeing the inflection point on the curve," Shelton said. "I suspect if we see a harvest increase this year, it will be just a small one. I don't want to go out on more of a limb than that" Shelton certainly does not expect a dupli- cation of last year's opener when a three- day Illinois firearm season begins on Fri- day. A second four-day season starts on Dec. 1.

While shotgun hunters took an astounding 68,000 whitetails (an increase of 25,000) just in the first season last year, that was an aberratioa "In effect they were killing deer we had stockpiled for a year," Shelton said. He was referring to the drenching of 1992, when many hunters left the soggy woods without success, keeping many deer around an extra year. "We won't have anything like that this time," Shelton warned. But what we do have are unprecedented opportunities. This year the DOC has made available 421,000 deer permits, a 5 percent increase.

Some 248,500 are for firearms, and 151,600 are for archery. The rest are for landowner, muzzleloader and handgun hunters. Of course, only a fraction of permits will meet success. Last year's deer harvest totaled 117,000, with 91,937 by firearms. Shelton said the DOC will continue to shuffle county-by-county permit formulas to keep the population in check.

"Right now we're trying to do this by encouraging more hunters to take does, which is the best way to control population growth," he said. "But there are a few counties where so many either-sex permits have been available that we haven't been able to interest hunters in buying antlerless-only permits just for does." i Two counties in particular have been thickly wooded west-central Adams and Browa where a total of 5,850 either-sex permits had been assigned, and some always went unsold. This year Shelton is expert- I menting with a plan to cut the either-sex permits by 500 in each of those counties, hoping more hunters will buy permits just fordoes. If his fine-tuning works out Shelton ex- pects hunters never again will see the bleak old days when deer permits were rationed well below hunter demand. "If the popula- tion drops, we can increase the herd by increasing the ratio of hunters with antler-' only permits," Shelton explained.

"That causes more fawn-bearing does to survive." One other welcome change is in store for hunters in some of the more popular deer counties this Nine counties will have extra check-in stations to help cut the immense lines of pickup trucks and vans that typically clog streets around established stations. These will be at Siloam Springs state park in Adams County, Anderson's Out- door Supplies in Middle Grove, Fulton County; West Pike High School in Kin-derhook, Pike County, Weinberg-King state park in Schuyler County; Modesto Firehouse in Macoupin County, Little Grassy Fish Hatchery in Williamson County, New Bumside Firehouse in Johnson County, Herod in Pope County, and Trail of Tears state forest in Union County. The extra stations in Macoupin and Union Counties also will be available for the second seasoa From the game warden's blotter: When a pair of illegal crow hunters were caught shooting a great blue heron from a tree in Shelbyville Wildlife Management Area, they made the mistake of antagonizing officers by admitting they "blasted" the bird without knowing what it was. The "book" that landed on their heads included killing a protected species, crow hunting in a retricted area, illegal use of -firearms and using lead shot in a steel shot area Their shotguns also were confiscated. Politically Speaking: Sen.

Paul Simon's decision not to seek re-election in 1996 upsets conservationists' plans to hold his feet to the fire should he fail to extricate the Joliet Arsenal Bill from its grave within a Senate committee. Through Simon's oversight the bill to add 19,000 recreational acres to the Chicago area is on the cusp of being buried. And why are we only now seeing the long-hidden plan to add 11 percent to Cook County's forest preserve holdings? Well, since the plan was initiated by outgoing board president Dick Phelan, sensitive types in the forest preserve district believed they had to wait to see how incoming president John Stroger really feels about land acquisition. Stroger apparently has signaled he ison board. By Neil Milbert Tribune Staff Writer Aficionados of old-time radio and television know that the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion is Tonto and that Tonto's horse is Scout In real-life, TVs Tonto was the late Jay Silverheels.

And his horse is Hi Ho Silverheels, a standardbred named in memory of the actor by a close friend, trainer Milan Smith. Acquired for only $1,800 at the Los Alamitos yearling sale and unraced as a 2-year-old, Hi Ho Silverheels has developed into one of America's finest 3-year-old pacers. In quest of his 15th victory in 20 starts, Smith has taken Hi Ho Silverheels to Maywood Park for Friday night's $350,000 Windy City Pace. The only time Hi Ho Silverheels has failed to finish in the mutuel money was in last weekend's Windy City eliminations when he barely managed to qualify for Friday's main event by finishing fourth. Significantly, Jack Moiseyev, driver of victorious even-money favorite Pacific Rocket asked in the winner's circle: "Did Hi Ho Silverheels make it?" Moiseyev had reason to hope not Twice earlier this year Hi Ho Silverheels defeated Pacific Rocket in New Jersey Sire Stakes by a nose in 1:54 at Freehold Raceway in August and by 4' lengths in a track record 1:5035 performance at Garden State Park in late October.

That prompted Smith to advise the colt's owners his wife, Myma, and Roy Moorefield to make Hi Ho Silverheels a $17,000 supplementary nomination for the Windy City. Earlier he was supplemented for $15,000 in the Confederation Cup at Flamboro Downs in Canada and made it look like a shrewd investment by winning both the $74,500 elimination race and the $149,000 final. Smith believes he was able to buy the high-yielding colt for a junk bond price was because the horse had a cut on his rear legs. The trainer, born and raised on a Sioux reservation in South Dakota, served in the Pacific during World War and then worked in Hollywood as a stuntman for 18 years. When he was called on to perform a stunt for an episode of "The Lone Ranger" he met Silverheels and a friendship developed.

Eventually, they started dabbling in racing as partners, first owning thoroughbreds and later harness horses. Subsequently, Smith left TV to became a standardbred trainer. After Silverheels died in 1980 Smith promised himself he someday would name a horse after his paL Ryne Sandberg is young enough right now to come back and still be able to have a decent year, at best" I Talk like Mike: Yes, that really is Mi-; chael Jordan's voice on the phone message at his restaurant saying stuff like the place is a "free throw" away from the Loop. Jor-( dan also is kind enough to tell us that his Fastbreak Bar Grill will be opening soon. Gee, what a nice guy.

I Sightings: Yes, that really was former Raider Howie Long chowing down at the Hotel Sofitel's Cafe De Paris in Rosemont Long, one of Fox-TVs in-studio NFL guys, I was in town promoting Pharmavite's new line of vitamins at the Private Label Manufacturers Association convention. Mr. Hollywood: Frank Thomas just re- turned home after taping a bit part for an upcoming "Married With Children" epi-I sode in which a bunch of striking baseball players have odd jobs. Remember how in I those old movies a newspaper spins around and then you see some dramatic headline I' like "Dewey Defeats Thomas' job in the show will be to actually spin the newspaper. Also on the show are Los Ange-I'les Dodger Mike Piazza (ESPN camera- man), New York Met Bret Saberhagen (pizza deliveryman) and New York Yankee Danny Tartabull (mall cop).

Around the town: Chicago Wolves right wing Justin Duberman will speak at the Schiller School, 640 W. Scott, at 1 p.m. Thursday. Also on Thursday, Wolves de-! fenseman Bob Nardella will make an ap- pearance at Merle Harmon's Fan Fair in Schaumburg's Woodfield MalL Boxing great Muhammad All will be on hand Friday for the "Celebrity Charity Chair Auction" at Navy Pier. Chairs signed by Ali, Jordan, Thomas and Walter Payton 'I are among the ones that will be auctioned DuPage, Triton colleges open bids for national soccer titles National Junior College Athletic Association polls, will meet No.

4 Mercer County (NJ.) College (15-1-1), the host school, at 11 a.m. Thursday in the opening round of the Division I double-elimination tournament DuPage advanced to Trenton by defeating Springfield (HI) Junior College in the Midwest District championship. The Chaparrals are led by Region IV most valuable player Joe Cavello and five other first-team regional selections: Scott Graham, Jose Esparza, Christian Padgen, Jose Rico and Steve Matschulatt Trenton, N.J., is soccer's version of titletown this week, and two local junior colleges hope to cap successful seasons by bringing home championships. Suburban men's soccer powers College of DuPage and Triton College begin their quests for national championships Thursday in the opening1 round of four-day Division I and Division tournaments. DuPage of Glen Ellyn is seeking its second straight title and Triton of River Grove its first DuPage (22-0-0), the No.

1 team in the Triton (9-3-2), ranked Uth in the NJCAA's Division polls, will meet No. 4 State University of New York at Morrisville (13-5) in the opening round. Triton won the Midwest Region IV title and qualified for the eight-team tournament by defeating suburban rival Harper 4-1. The Trojans are led by Ray Javadi, who scored three goals against Harper and leads the team with 14, including three hat tricks, and Beny Bujdei, who has scored seven goals. Richard J.

La Susa off to benefit United Chanties' domestic vi- olence prevention programs. WBBM-Ch. 2's Corey McPherrin will help, er, chair the event The Boys and Girls Clubs of Chi-f. cago will sponsor "Casino at Comiskey" from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday and Satur-' day in the patio area at Comiskey Park.

Admission is $5, with all proceeds benefit-j ing Valentine Club programs. GIL THORP SVBS, ALUS. ANPyYTHENI TAKE 5UT. ME 3 rvou WANT ME TO TAKE IMAFSTy MOON AN7IAKE 1TPTACI WITH, A Ji THIS HAS JUST 00N' FOR SOU HE PTE 2SrT OJU1.7 PA OFF INVITED ME TO hr H2ZA Tf THE PIZZA 1 POf! YOU HAVE A PTZINK fS Vis ON ME Lr I WfTT TIME r-rzfW- i In closing: Just because Charles Barkley isn't playing doesnt mean he's stopped i talking. In this month's issue of GQ maga- I zine, Barkley says his feelings were hurt last season when Golden State's Latrell Sprewell called him a punk, right there on the court "The players today they're like what you see on TV: Kids killing kids and stuff like that kids in gangs," Barkley i says.

"I think that's the generation of the TFTACI HOME young player coming to the NBA. Rebel- 1 tt i i rm 1. I iiuua. uiuuscipuiieu. iiiey speon iui uux su- i ciety." Wait a minute: Wasn't Sir Charles rebellious and undisciplined when he came out of Auburn?.

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