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C-7 Green Bay Press-Gazette Wednesday, March 2, 1988 Pittsburgh might be interested in QB Robinson Associated Pren farmer Tennessee star Tony Rqbjnson talked with Pittsburgh Steelers officials about their quarterback job Tuesday, just four days after he was released from prison. Robinson, 24, was released from the, Knox County, Penal Farm at midnight Friday after pleading no contest to three counts of attempting to deliver cocaine. Me played for the Washington Redskins during last season's player's strike. "Basically, it's a get-acquainted thing to meet Coach (Chuck) Noll arid the other coaches. He also is to have a physical," Steelers spokesman Dan Edwards said.

jAsked if Robinson would try out at Three Rivers Stadium, Edwards said: "There has not been (a try-oiit) and, at this point, it's not certain there will be." The New York Post said it had learned "it's a done deal," and, ac- cording to an unnamed Jets source, "all they have to do is pass the physicals." "Nothing has been done," said Ron Cohen, a public relations spokesman for the Jets. Other than 1 that, he declined comment. Both Carter and Coleman were first-round picks in the 1984 draft. Carter, 26, is a free agent and has been tendered a qualifying offer for 1988 that would give him a 10 per- cent raise on his $450,000 base salary in 1987. The newspaper said the Jets had been trying to unload Carter be- cause of his inconsistent play and history of injuries.

He missed 19 1 games in four seasons with New York. of the team since its founding in 1960, has debts estimated at somewhere between $83 million and $110 million. Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Vito "Babe" Parilli was hired to coach the newly-formed New England Steamrollers of the Arena Football League. Parilli, 57, played for Packers from 1952-53 and 1956-58 during a 16-year pro career. He also has coached in the NFL, World Football League and the United States Football League.

Seattle Seahawks reserve quarterback Gale Gilbert was charged with another count of indecent liberties for allegedly fondling a 24-year-old woman he met at a suburban nightspot. Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County prosecutor's office, said Gilbert had entered an tinued in New York, but no final agreement has been reached, an attorney for the family said. After New York real estate developer Donald Trump announced Monday that he no longer was interested in trying to find a buyer for the club, Tisch, 61, entered the picture. Joel Kozol, attorney for the Sullivan family, said the group discussed the possibility of Tisch backing a Philadelphia group that has 'gone to court in an attempt to exercise its option to buy the team from the Sullivan family. Tisch estimates his personal fortune at just less than $1 billion.

He has been Postmaster General since 1986 but is retiring as of Tuesday at midnight, Kozol said. The Patriots are up for sale because the Sullivan family, owners innocent plea to the charge at King County Superior Court. Donohoe said Gilbert was released without bail on his promise to appear in court to face the charge, which was combined with previously filed charges of second-degree rape and indecent liberties involving a 21-year-old woman. Gilbert pleaded innocent to those charges on Feb. 22 and a pretrial hearing has been set for March 14.

Donohoe said the second charge resulted when the woman came forward after hearing of the rape and indecent liberties charges brought against Gilbert last month. The New York Jets will trade cornerback Russell Carter to the Indianapolis Colts for comerback Leonard Coleman, according to a published report. Crivitz, Gillett romp in tourney openers Soviets Union has big goals for its baseball program Preti-Gaiette Crivitz and Gillett, two of the area's top-rated Class teams, romped to easy wins in WIAA Class subregional tournament games Tuesday night. The Wolverines tripped Suring 60-44 and the Tigers stopped Lena 70-52. Mark Foht's 18 points and Mark Fiore's nine assists and three steals spurred Crivitz.

Suring's Jeff Jossie scored 23 points befour fouling out. Gillett used a balanced inside-outside attack with both center Ray Johnson and guard Brett Lucht notching 16 points. That easily overcame 21 points by Lena's Todd Dembroski. In other Class games, Kyle Gerend's 12 first-half points helped Wrightstown to a 33-10 halftime lead and a 71-37 victory over Gibraltar. Gibraltar, 7-13, hit only two of its 20 field goal attempts in the first half.

Sevastopol scored the final 20 points of the game but came up short in a 55-50 loss to Hilbert. Hilbert led 55-35 with five minutes left in the game when Sevastopol, 3-18, went on the run. Craig Piepenberg led the Wolves with 15 points. Richard Gretzinger, Kirk Schal-lock and Ron Cole scored six points Class boys Wausau WMt Sectional Friday's Regional pairing At Florano Wausaukee (14-7) vs. Florence (20-0) AtWabtno Pembina (11-8) vs.

Wabeno (12-6) AtEleho Crandon (9-10) vs. Elcrio (9-8) At Three Lake Laona (6-13) vs. Three Lakes (12-4) At Coleman Crivitz (19-2) vs. Coleman (8-11) At Peshtlgo Gillett (18-2) vs. Peshligo (12-8) AtShiocton Bonduel (13-8) vs.

Gresham (12-8) AtKeehona Menominee Indian (15-3) vs. White Lake (7-11) At Abbotatord Greenwood (17-4) vs. Abbotstord (8-12) At Spencer Loyal (14-7) vs. Spencer (9-11) At Edgar Marathon (15-6) vs. Edgar (20-0) At Stratford Merrill Lincoln Hills (1-8) vs.

Stratford (7-13) At Granton Auburndale (19-11) vs. Granton (1-19) At RoshoH Pittsville (14-5) vs. Rosholt (15-5) At Bowler Amherst (12-9) vs. Bowler (13-7) At iola-ScandanavIa lola-Scandinavia (10-10) vs. Tigerton (1-19) apiece in the first quarter as Crandon posted a 22-9 lead en route to a 75-41 victory over Phelps.

Phelps finishes its season 0-17. Jesse Long scored 29 points and grabbed 23 rebounds to lead Wausaukee to an 84-56 drubbing of Goodman. will make his second start of the season in the tournament that begins Thursday on the famed Blue Monster course at the Doral Country Club. Nicklaus said he played in the nine-hole shootout "because I needed the competition. I've played only once this year and thought it would be good to get in the extra day.

"And I won something. I won the Doral shootout. That's better than I did last year," said Nicklaus, whose last official victory was in the 1986 Masters. His schedule going into the Masters this season is uncertain, he said. "I've left two weeks open between now and then.

I may play, I may not. It all depends on how I play this week. "If I'm not playing any good, it doesn't make any difference whether I play any more before Augusta of not. If I play decently, maybe I'll play some more. We'll just have to wait and see," Nicklaus said.

Nicklaus, new driver ready for Doral Open Wins 1 0-man shootout By Alan Robinson Associated Press 1 BRADENTON, Fla. The Soviet Union hopes to be competitive in baseball a sport introduced to the country only last year in time for the 1990 Goodwill Games and 1992 Olympics, says the Soviet national coach. There are only about 25 Soviet teams of 20 players each, Tanging in age from 18 to 28, and find equipment so difficult to obtain that they often substitute tennis balls 'wrapped in tape for regulation said Coach Alexander Ardatov. 1 But he said enthusiasm for the sport is high, especially after he and assistant coach Guela IChikhradze went on Soviet TV and showed films of major ileague games. "Our national sports paper is beginning to run many articles lajxnit the rules and the players 'themselves in the U.S.

and in ICuba, which, of course, is a close jally" said Chikhradze, 33. i But, asked if the sport is now 'purely recreational in the USSR, Chikhradze replied with jan emphatic "Nyet!" as he jtoured the Pittsburgh Pirates' training camp. "We want to develop a very good team," Chikhradze said an interpreter. "Once he players, are introduced to get to love it so tnuch they don't want to give it "We are.not having difficulty ijittracting; athletes from other hfports. We tell them they may $iave to wait a long time to make volleyball or hockey teams, iut they can play baseball right Teams from Nicaragua and Czechoslovakia already have visited the USSR, and the Sovi-j Jets earned their first international victory by beating the jJCzechs last fall.

i Ardatov, 34, said the Soviet 'sports hierarchy is expected to supply adequate funding to de-jjvelop players and build regula-dtion diamonds, since baseball jwill be a medal sport in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Although baseball was only a demonstration sport at the 1984 lOlympics in Los Angeles, crowds of nearly 50,000 attended most igames at Dodger Stadium. Pro football notsbook Steelers quarterback Mark Ma-; lone was rated as among the NFL's worst last season. "He's an outstanding athlete," said Joe Bugel, Redskins assistant i head coach for offense. "He's probably one of the best-coached quarterbacks you'll see coming out of college.

He's a natural passer with great speed." Robinson played for the Redskins with the approval of NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle. When the Redskins released him after the strike, he returned to prison to finish his sentence. Negotiations between retiring U.S. Postmaster General Robert Tisch, the newest potential buyer for the troubled New England Patriots, and the Sullivan family con Ardatov, a former hockey goalie and a professor of physical education, and Chikhradze, a former fencer, spent three days at the Los Angeles Dodgers' camp in Vero Beach. After a quick stop at the Pirates' camp, they visited Tuesday at the Kansas City Royals' new $11 million complex near Haines City.

"We had a lot of interest in them coming here," said Larry Doughty, the assistant to Pirates General Manager Syd Thrift. "We are learning more about international baseball and we feel we have some unique things to offer them." The Soviets seemed especially interested when trainer Kent Biggerstaff told them the Pirates used the U.S. Air Force's eye examinations and vision tests. The Russian coaches will also spend time at Florida Southern, Georgia Southern and Tennessee learning more about teaching baseball and the training and conditioning of players. "The coaches are very impressed by the organization here and the players' attitudes about baseball," said Olga Klempner, an interpreter and University of South Florida instructor who accompanied the coaches on part of their trip.

The biggest problem now in the Soviet Union is the lack of diamonds, the coaches said. Games are played on converted soccer fields, and since a soccer field is rectangular, either left-field or rightfield is disproportionate. Chikhradze said the Soviets already have developed some good hitters "just from working in a gymnasium" but that good pitchers are more difficult to find. "The kind of movement by a pitcher is not natural to the (Soviet) sportsman," he said. "There are some special tech-' niques they must master." The coaches were instructed in fundamentals by Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda and Pirates Manager Jim Leyland, and received gifts of caps, bats, jackets and balls.

Asked what gift the Soviets most appreciated, Chikhradze replied, "The gift of knowledge. The Americans have given so generously of their knowledge of baseball." "I beat all my women, except one, and nothing ever happened to any of them." Boxer Carlos Monzon constructed for police the events of an evening he says is fuzzy because he was drinking. "Murderer!" yelled some. "Champion!" yelled others. Police say he may be both.

The former boxing champion faces up to 25 years in prison on a charge of homicide. His detractors include the victim's mother, who has charged Monzon threatened to kill her daughter many times before. His defenders include two sons, Abel and Carlos. Monzon also has an older daughter he is a grandfather -and young Maximiliano. Maximiliano, a wide-eyed boy who bears an uncanny resemblance to his father, has since interviewed on television, saying, "I miss my mother." He is staying with an uncle, Alicia Muniz's brother.

The reporting on the case has been competitvely furious. Psychologists have written articles urging young Maximiliano be told the full events of the death of his mother. Friends and foes also have been interviewed, as well as neighbors and people on the street. The Mon At Bonduel Shlocton 14 41511-51 Bonduel 12 II 20 -SB 8Modon Sommers 2, Powers 1, Krull 19, Sykes 15, Allen 14. 3-pt: Sykes 3.

FT: 14-19. 16. Fouled out: None. Bonduel Artis 27, Genke 2, Henn 17, Rueckertl, Wegner 5, Krull 2, Prien 4. 3-pt: Henn 1 FT: 13-20.

12. Fouled out: None. AtNlafara Pembine 11 25 1 24 68 Niagara 17151615-63 Pembine Fahey 22, Huempfner 11, Kristoff 16, Delsanto 9, Johnson 2, Kitzman 8. 3-pt: Huempfner 1. FT: 19-36.

12. Fouled out: Huemptner. Niagara Lindgren 9, Charter 10, Kinsella 11, Antonini 23, Abel 10. 3-pt: Kinsella 1, Antonini 4. FT: 10-16.

26. Fouled out: Chartier, Nelson, Abel. At HHbert Sevastopol 4101125-50 Hilbert 15 10 17 13 55 Sevastopol weis 15, Free 13, Colombo 12, Peot 6, Haen 4. 3-pt: Colombo 2, Frea 2. FT: 4-17.

17. Fouled out: None. Hilbert Piepenberg 15, Lau 10, Bornemann 7, Ouandt 6, Gruett 6, Schnieder 5, Schaffer 2, Plate 2, Brantmeier 2. 3-pt: Piepenberg 1. FT: 10-20.

15. Fouled out: None. AtCrMtz Suring 9131012-44 Crlvrtx 16121121-N Suring Jossie 23, Johnson 5, Draft 2, Miller 4, Rakow 4, Kiesling 6. 3-pt: Jossie 1 Johnson 1 FT: 10-12. 18.

Fouled out: Jossie. Crivtti Mike Fiore 12, Mark Fiore 6, Gehm 6, Steiglman 12, Font 18, Behnke 2, Dams 2. 3-pt None. FT: 12-24. 12.

Fouled out: None. At Lena Gillett 14171123-70 Lena 1 17 1 21 12 GUM Steffen 3, Lucht 1 6, Nelson 2, Schultz 1 1 MacArthur 5, Cole 2, Frank 16, Johnson 16. 3-pt Lucht 1. FT; 19-28. 17.

Fouled out: None. Lent Dembroski 21, McNurlen 3, Meyer 10, Shallow 3, Huberty 3, Kugel 7, DanUnno 5. 3-pt i Dembroski 3, McNurlen 1, Shallow 1, Dantinne 1. FT: 6-14. 21.

Fouled out: None. Conviction might send agent to jail OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) -Prosecutors say the verdict sends a message to unscrupulous sports agents, but Jim Aber-nethy is confident he won't have to go to jail because of his dealings with a former Auburn football star. Abemethy, a former sports agent from Atlanta, was convicted Tuesday by a circuit court jury of tampering with a sports event, a misdemeanor. Despite a plea for leniency by defense attorneys, Lee County Circuit Judge Robert M.

Harper imposed the maximum sentence: one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. The jury, after 2V4 hours of deliberations, returned innocent verdicts on two other misdemeanor counts, commercial bribery and violation of deceptive trade laws. Assistant attorney generals Don Valeska and William Was-den, who prosecuted the case, issued a statement praising the decision. "We're extremely pleased that college football is finally being protected, and Attorney General Don Siegelman has been the only public official in this country to take on sports agents for giving college athletes money illegally and ruining their eligibility." The charges stemmed from Abernethy's involvement with Auburn cornerback Kevin Porter before the 1987 season. Por ter, an All-Southeastern Conference selection, testified that he signed a contract with Aber-nethy and received nearly $4,000 in cash.

Abernethy, who remained free on $1,000 bond, said he would appeal the verdict to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, which probably won't consider the case for at least six months, according to attorneys on both sides. "I'm comfortable with the two acquittals, and we're confi dent that the conviction will be reversed on the appellate level," Abernethy said. Defense attorney Bill Baxley, a former Alabama lieutenant governor and attorney general, said he was disappointed with the verdict but this was a high ly legal case. They (jurors) did the best they could. He also said he was confident Abernethy's appeal would be successful.

The case went to the jury Tuesday afternoon after the judge, outside the jurors pres ence, told state prosecutors they were stretching Alabama law "about to the breaking point" in their case against Abernethy. Mark Fahey scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead Pembine to a 68-63 come-from-be-hind victory over Niagara. Pembine outscored Niagara 24-15 in the fourth quarter. Senior center Mike Artis scored inside to break a 48-48 tie and spur Bonduel to a 58-51 win over Shioc-ton. Artis scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half.

At Crtndofl Phelps I 11013-41 Crandon 22 1721 15 Phelpe Engelbrecht 4, Larson 11, Margeth 12, Neimisto 1, Volkmann 11, Bruni 2. 3-pt: Larson 1. FT: 14-20. 17. Fouled out: Oxley.

Crandon Statezny 4, Votis 13, Montgomery 9, Bocek 6, Gretzinger 13, Schallock 13, Castellion 4, Cole 1 1 Vargo 2. 3-pt: Votis 1 Montgomery 1 FT: 15-21. 16. Fouled out: None. At Wrightatown Gibraltar 2 11314-37 Wrightatown 14 19 20 11-71 GkValtar-Kuhn 7, Nelson 2, Bauldry 6, Schultz 2, Gllson 6, Hlggenbotham 5, Conlon 3, Plutt 5.

3-pt: Kuhn 1 Hlggenbotham 1, Conlon 1. FT: 8-1 5. 17. Fouled out: Bauldry. Wrightstown Huss 3, Van Zeeland 7, Theunis 3, Lamers 11, J.

Rotzenberg 15, S. Rotzenberg 2, Clancy 2, Hendricks 3, Gerend 14, Vickman 9, Meiers 2. 3-pt: Huss 1 Van Zeeland 1 FT: 1 5-30. 15. Fouled out: None.

At Wausaukee Goodman 10151112 WeuMukee 25 2411 17-14 Goodman Taylor 29, Kasakaitas 4, Buck 11, Majewski 4, Krenzke 2, Danieltcak 6. 3-pt: Taylor 2. FT: 8-16. 24. Fouled our.

Krenzke. Wausaukee Christ 2, Schlies 16, Renikow 14, Smith 2, Scholtz 2, Long 29, Rod 8, Kinunen 1, Carpenter 1, Lockwood 6, Goldschmidt 2, Potomis 1. 3-pt: Schlies 1. FT: 19-32. 15.

Fouled out: None. Jack Nicklaus Set for second tourney He faces a 144-man field that includes U.S. Open title-holder Scott Simpson, PGA champion Larry Nelson and Doral defending champ Lanny Wadkins. Also on hand in the chase for a $180,000 first prize are Steve Pate, a two-time winner this year, Ben Crenshaw, 1987 player of the year Paul Azinger, Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, Andy Bean, two-time Doral winner Mark McCumber, Fuzzy Zoeller, Hal Sutton and Bob Tway. Portions of the final two rounds Saturday and Sunday will be televised nationally by CBS (Channel 2 in Green Bay).

what the cameras show," Mrs. Monzon has said. Monzon gave up boxing at the urging of his then-girlfriend Susana Gimenez, with whom he eventually separated after a tempestuous relationship. "Starting tomorrow, I'm just one more ordinary citizen and I won't have any more responsibilities," Monzon said upon retirement in 1977. He had a career record of 89-3-8, including 14 title defense fights.

Since his retirement from the ring, Monzon has appeared in two Argentine movies, modeled professionally, purchased real estate and was preparing to promote a line of sports clothing bearing his name. Monzon apparently invested his earnings well, earnings that before his retirement were a half-million dollars per fight, not including television rights. He owns property throughout Argentina and last week flew to France to appear on a Paris television show featuring boxing greats. That might be his final trip abroad for many years. as sportscaster McCarren, who has appeared on Channel 11 's Packer Replay, will have the title of sportscaster.

He is replacing sports director Jim Cline, who is remaining at the station through the end of the month, Jensen said. 1 iilonzon's story is boxer gone awry By Bob Green Associated Press MIAMI Jack Nicklaus pulled the driver from his bag on the first tee and Lee Trevino's mouth fell open. "We finally got you, huh?" Tre-vino said, staring at the club in Nicklaus' hand. It was a metal driver, a club favored by some of golf's older players and shorter hitters. And Nicklaus used it for the first time in competition in the 10-man shootout Tuesday that preceeded the $1 million Doral Open.

He won it, holing a seven-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Ray Floyd. "I liked it," said Nicklaus, 48, holder of a record 18 major professional titles and now a part-time player on the PGA Tour. "I hit it maybe a yard shorter than the old driver. But I hit it straighter. I don't lose it to the right.

And that's something I've been doing for several years now. "I like it," said Nicklaus, who latest of zon case has been front-page news in all the newspapers and magazines. Some chronicle his rise to fame as a story of a boxer gone awry. "The history is simple," Gente weekly magazine wrote of Monzon. "He had been at one time a man who lived with his closed fists.

His business was violence he became an idol. "Perhaps because of this, intoxicated by it all, he didn't understand that death is not a game, that you can't resurrect a life after 15 rounds," Gente magazine said. "There are many who want to dirty the image of papa," Abel Monzon, 23, said this week. "But of this we are sure. Papa, our papa, is not a murderer." Monzon rose from humble beginnings as one of 12 children in Santa Fe, shining shoes, selling newspapers and lugging sides of beef in a meat-packing plant.

But the incident that resulted in the death of the attractive Muniz, whom he met in 1978 on a flight to Europe, wasn't Monzon's first touch with violence outside the ring. Monzon was charged with strik ing a photographer at a Christmas party in 1967, injuring the man's eye. On three other occasions, he has been charged with beating men in fights, once at his mother-in-law's house, another at a discote-que and at a casino. During his illustrious ring career, he also fought with what the media here calls "his women," Those in cluded his wife, two women who also were called wives but with whom he never married, and short lived affairs with several actresses, including Ursula Andress. Police said his wife, Marcela "Pe-lusa" Beatriz, whom he married at age 19, required eight stitches to close a cut above her right eye when she made a remark at a family dinner about Monzon's longtime girlfriend, Argentine actress Susana Gimenez.

In February 1973, police said Monzon was shot in the arm and shoulder but not seriously injured during an argument with his wife in the family home in Santa Fe, 250 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. They eventually separated but not before she brought charges of wife beating, citing an incident in which police said he punched her at their son's birthday party, that resulted in a six-month jail term. Monzon pleaded momentary insanity and was pardoned but because of his behavior he was denied a visa in August 1976 to visit the United States. "Carlos is a great champion but as a person he isn't the same as McCarren hired Preii-Gaietto Larry McCarren, former Green Bay Packers center, has been hired by WFRV-TV, Channel 5. Gerald Jensen, news director, said McCarren has joined the station and will appear on the air beginning April 4.

Bj Randall Hackley BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Ajragedy is unfolding in Argentina anjd it has nothing to do with the ration's teetering economy or the latest military revolt. iThe story involves Carlos Mon-zm, the dark-haired idol to mil-liidns who rose from being a shoe-shjne boy to become Argentina's greatest boxer, the world middleweight champion from 1970 until his retirement in 1977. 'iMonzon, 45, has been charged with the death of his estranged liver during a fight in which she fyll from the second-story of an adartment in the coastal resort of Nfer del Plata, 250 milffl south of this capital. IThe results on an autopsy showed Alicia Muniz, 32, whose skull was crushed in the head-first fajl, had been strangled to the mint of unconsciouness before ffimbling from the balcony. Their fjyear-old son was asleep in the rjext room at the time.

beat all my women, except je, and nothing ever happened to of them," local news agencies uoted Monzon as saying in his dfense. judge has ordered a psychiat-i exam of Monzon, who suffered io broken ribs and a broken clavi-le during the fight, Monzon is be-g held incommunicado in a Mar Plata police commiiwary. 500 people flocked to the partment Tuesday when Monzon, storso swathed in bandages, re-.