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Left, Fans in the grandstand at Goodland Field get a bird's-eye view of the action on the field during the Appleton Foxes' Class A minor league baseball game against Fort Wayne last Friday. The Foxes will move into a new state-of-the-art stadium next 1 .9 Sharpe returns to field Packers' All-Pro competes in drills GREEN BAY (AP) Sterling Sharpe, the NFL's leading pass receiver the past two seasons, has returned to practice for the first time this preseason at the Green Bay Packers training camp. Sharpe is recovering from post-season surgery to correct a turf toe problem. On Tuesday, he practiced in uniform, running routes and making catches in seven-on-seven drills. Sharpe was running perhaps three-quarters speed in the drills, which do not include linemen or Appletom9 diamond in the rough Time running out for Goodland Field, but you can't beat fun at Foxes games -vM V7 A like plopping down in your favorite chair.

If you're really a baseball fan, you know that this is where The Game should be played. Not in a stadium, not on fake grass, not under a roof. This is where The Game belongs, on a field that's closer to the sandlots and Little League diamonds of your youth (and to Wrigley Field and Fenway Park) than to Riverfront, Three Rivers or Veterans Stadiums. If you're a true baseball fan, you know you're home. The Players Over the years, the Appleton club has provided its fair share of players to the major leagues, from the "whatever-happened-to" journeyman to the legitimate all-star.

Of course, this is a beginning step See Goodland Page C4 she's hardly decrepit. Sure, there's a few places that could use a coat or two of paint. The posts holding up the grandstand roof are a minor irritation, but the crowds aren't so big that you can't find a fairly unobstructed view. The bleachers along either foul line are exposed to the elements. And a recent deluge before a game revealed a couple of low spots in the outfield that you could lose a moped in.

For those reasons and more, Goodland Field will be replaced next year by a brand new stadium. Still, there's a beauty to this old park that can take your breath away on a warm summer night. It might not be the same chill you felt when you got your first look at a major league diamond. But when you take your seat and gaze out across the groomed basepaths and the emerald outfield to the fences emblazoned with local advertising, it's By Todd Jensen The Reporter Staff APPLETON Drive a couple of miles east from Highway 41 along College Avenue, past the fast food joints and discount stores, the car dealers and quickie marts, and you could be anywhere from Poughkeepsie to Podunk to Pomona. Ditto for the three blocks of homes when you turn south on Outagamie Street.

Small, unpretentious, blue-collar. You're in Anytown, U.S.A. But the scene changes fast when you get to Spencer Street, where an ivy-covered chain link fence stretches for a block to the south and east and banks of floodlights stand silently, waiting for night to fall. Here, flanked by homes, industry and a neighborhood grocery store, sits the home of the Appleton Foxes, a Class A Midwest League farm team of the Seattle Mariners. This is Goodland Field, Appleton's diamond in the rough.

The Park At 55, the grand old lady of Apple-ton baseball is showing her age, but tackling. The seventh-year player established NFL single-season reception records each of the last two seasons, first with 108 and then 112. Between Sterling Sharpe practices, coach Mike Holmgren said Sharpe's recovery is on schedule and reiterated the team's plan to have him practicing full speed by Aug. 22. "He's been running and I think it's going pretty good," Holmgren said.

The Packer offense got a tough test in a blitz period at the end of the morning practice. That's when defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur turned loose linemen Reggie White, Sean Jones, John Jurkovic and Steve McMichael and linebacker Bryce Paup, among others with the understanding that they not hit the red-jerseyed quarterbacks. "That's a tough period in camp for the offensive team," Holmgren said. "Particularly with our (defensive) group they come after us pretty good." Monday's release of offensive lineman Eddie Blake left the team one man below the 80-player roster limit. General manager Ron Wolf told a radio audience Monday night that the Packers would like to trade for another tight end.

"I'm not going to devulge the names we're throwing around or the people we're throwing around," he told WGEE listeners. "I don't know if we're going to be able to do that with this new system we're under now. Nobody seems to want to make trades anymore." Wolf said the team had no interest in former Minnesota Viking tight end Steve Jordan. Running backs Dorsey Levens and LeShon Johnson practiced for the first time this week Tuesday afternoon. Council rejects liquor sales bid for Lambeau GREEN BAY (AP) A Green Bay City Council committee unanimously rejected a proposal to allow the sale of hard liquor and wine coolers at Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers play.

The current license permits only beer sales. The Protection and Welfare Committee acted Tuesday after Promotion Management the concessionaire at the stadium, applied for a Class combination liquor license that would have covered Lambeau Field and its parking lots. Extending the license to cover the parking lots would have enabled the company to become the sole legal source of alcoholic beverages for pre-game and post-game tailgate parties, Brown County Tavern League president Vera Krawczyk said. 1 'I Brian FairbanksThe Reporter New park should open next April By Todd Jensen The Reporter Staff APPLETON It's the top of the ninth for Goodland Field, and extra innings are highly unlikely. Site preparation has already begun for the new home of the Appleton Foxes and the team expects to open play in the yet-to-be-named stadium next April.

Since it was built in 1940, Goodland Field has been home to minor league baseball in Appleton, but the years have taken their toll. Fans, and teams, have come to expect more from a stadium. Major League Baseball has provided much of the impetus for the new stadium by setting standards difficult to meet through renovation. "The size of the clubhouses, that's one of the major things," said Foxes General Manager See New park Page C4 Brian FairbanksThe Reporter Appleton Foxes third baseman Brian Wallace signs a ball for 9-year-old fan Adam Hendrick of Me-nasha prior to going on the field for pre-game Reasonable prices mean parents can come back time after time with the kids, take the time to answer questions and leave early if it's past somebody's bedtime. 'IX 1- 1 Brian FairbanksThe Reporter Left, Freddie Fox, the Foxes' mascot, shakes hands with one of his many young admirers.

Above, The Matuszak family enjoys hot dogs and drinks during their first Foxes game. Richard (left), 10-year-old Tim, 16-year-old Ryan and mother Marge wanted to get to a game at Goodland Field before it closes. 1 1 REMAINING HOME GAMES: Today, Thursday and Friday vs. Burlington; Saturday and Sunday vs. Quad Cities; Aug.

17 and 18 vs. Beloit; Aug. 26-29 vs. South Bend. The Aug.

28 game begins at 1:30 p.m., all others start at 7. ADMISSION: $4 for adults, $3 for students (ages 12-17) and senior citizens (55 and over), $2 for youths (5-11) and free for children-un-der 5. Special group rates, seating for 20 or more and birthday packages are available. INFORMATION: Contact the Appieton Foxes at 733-4152..