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Sunday, June 10, 1990 News Journal, Mansfield, O. Sports 3 Whitmore knows football? r-w id Hal 1 Lebovitz 1 111 while Greg Brinda, long-time sports talker at WERE-1300 kc, is laughing at all of them. In this precarious business he has just been given a three-year contract extension. GOLDEN VOICE: The most wanted man by WWWE apparently is Nev Chandler, sports anchor at Channel 5 and play-by-play voice of the Browns. The new owners at WWWE have made overtures to see if Nev would be available.

He'd "Sports Line" and other features for the stallion. But this iS in conflict with hk 'Channel 5 contract which is up at the end of the year. Channel 5, I hear, doesn't want to lose him. It's possible he'll get permission to do some sports news spots for WWWE in his new pact with Channel 5. Yes, that was Al (Bubba) Baker spinning records at last Monday and he did such a good job subbing for regular disc jockey Denny Sanders he'll be back tomorrow night for four hours And, yes, that also was Bubba you saw running up that 60-foot incline at 1-480 and Tiedemann Rd.

He started to run that hill several times daily as an adjunct to his weight-lifting at the Browns' Big Creek physical fitness center and now Webster Slaughter and Herman Fontenot, ex-Brownie currently with Green Bay, are puffing up the hill with him. COMING SOON: Although Ken Phelps, a left-hand hitter with Oakland, last week nixed a deal that would have brought him to Cleveland, he loses his right of refusal after June 15, so look for the swap to become alive after that date. He'd be a DH here Chances of Mike Greenwell being obtained from the Red Sox are slim and none It's ironic that the year the Indians decided to hire a full-time sports psychologist, their most talented prospect, Joey Belle, blows his top more often and worse than ever. The psychologist, Rick Wolff, has visited Joey and has had Virtually a direct phone line to him without obvious success. "Joey just hasn't opened up to him," says Dan O'Dowd, head of the Tribe's farm system.

O'Dowd doesn't plan to talk with Joey at present. "We've always gone after him," he says. "Now he's got to come to us and ask for help." Belle never has had any psychiatric treatment. This could be the next step if he admits he needs it. Should Tribe starting pitching continue to falter look for Charles Nagy to be brought to the varsity Also Kevin Bearse after he gets a few more starts at Colorado Springs.

STRONG MAN: Teammates of Chris Pike, Browns' defensive tackle, can't believe their eyes. Players at Big Creek are tested to see how many times they can bench-press 225 pounds without stopping. Pike's record is 31. Closest to him is Andrew Stewart's 27 Pike now weighs 304 pounds and only 13 percent is body fat. Now that he has more confidence in his repaired knee "he's a different person," according to the coaches.

He's one reason Coach Bud Carson figures the pass rush will be better. He says privately, "Picture him playing a longside Michael Dean Perry. How would you like to try to block those two?" Getting their kicks Greg Humrichouser (center) and Joe Ortiz of the Ashland Attack celebrate a goal by Humrichouser in the first half of overtime against Strongsville in the Liederkrantz Youth Soccer Tournament Saturday. (Photo by Jim Johnson) A little bit of this and a little bit of BUY OUT: Darrell Whitmore, the third player drafted by the Cleveland Indians last week, apparently thinks he could be another Bo Jackson, a big leaguer in both football and baseball. The Indians don't want him to be a sports split personality and are prepared to sign him if he concentrates on baseball exclusively.

"Fine," in essense says Whitmore (or his advisor), "buy me out of football. Pay me for deciding to stick to baseball." Whitmore has been a speedy running back for the West Virgina University, but NFL scouts tell me he's no Bo Jackson who is? He doesn't figure to be a top draft choice if he stays in college and graduates. In baseball he plays the outfield and Tom Giordano, assistant to Tribe prexy Hank Peters who scouted Whitmore, says, "He's a bonafide home run hitter, a franchise type. When he gets to the majors he could hit 30 or more homers a year." The Indians picked him 46th in the draft, as compensation for losing Pete O'Brien to free agency. The Indians aren't inclined to pay a huge amount to keep him off the pro gridiron which, as of now, is just a remote possibility.

Still, it puts Whitmore in a better bargaining position, i HIDDEN HAND: What's the differ-encej between' ail 'gefnt'" and "advisor?" That's what many baseball execs want to' the Indians specifically. And they want to know when the NCAA is going to crack down on advisor-agents, if ever. The NCAA has this rule: If a high school or college athlete employs an agent he loses all his college eligibility in all sports. But, says the NCAA, it's okay to have an advisor, provided he isn't directly in on the negotiations. He can't even be in the next room.

And the advisor only can tell a player yes or no when asked if he recommends the acceptance of an offer. He can't give any other advice. Both Giordano and Chet Montgomery, Indians' scouting director, call this arrangement, "a joke." When trying to sign draft choices, in almost every instance they see the fine hand of an agent. "Now they're getting bold about it," says Montgomery, "because they see the rule isn't being enforced." EXCUSE ME: The negotiations generally go this way: After the club presents its offer, the player or his father will excuse himself, presumably to make a phone call to the advisor, supposedly a friend of the family who actually may be in a nearby room, and then come back with a counter offer. After the player signs he gets an agent and, lo and behold, the advisor and the agent turn out to be one and the "We can't do anything," says Montgomery, "because we haven't any proof that the agent was paid for his "advice." Giardano and Montgomery both say the NCAA either should crack down on the charade or throw out the rule.

They also are disappointed that the commissioner's office hasn't issued a "get tough" edict to the NCAA. FORWARD LOOK: Speaking of agents, Clevelander Mark Termini has signed Dave Jamerson, the Ohio University scoring machine who is a projected first-rounder in the upcom- ing NBA draft. Termini also has Ron Harper among his clients Cleveland based IMG, the world's top sports agency, had the foresight to see the potential in Jennifer Caprioti, the teen tennis whiz. They signed her two years ago, when she was 12 and before she ever played a pro match. Almost immediately they got her $5 million in endorsements, chiefly from the makers of Prince racquets and Diadora clothes.

HBO, the pay cable TV company, jumped on the Capriotta bandwagon, too, and paid her for a special. HBO also thinks Mike Tyson's fights will be worth more in the future, now that he lost a bout, for viewers won't think his fights will be over the first round. HBO has expanded its pact with the ex-champ. It's an eight-fight deal for $27 million This corner wrote when Tyson lost to Buster Douglas that Don King set up the script so the fight would be prolonged, thus making future Tyson fights more saleable. The HBO deal makes bears out the Douglas fight was a "fix" in that sense, although King never expected Douglas eventually to win it.

OPEN HOUSE: The Indians have decided to open the Stadium to the public today when they commence their mini-camp for the drafted players they have signed. Workouts will run 10 a.m to 2 p.m. through Wednesday. The final session, on Thursday, will start later because all the players will be taking physical exams until noon. After these sessions the rookies will be assigned either to Waterloo, Burlington or the Gulf Coast League The Tribe's top draft choices, Tim Costa and Sam Hence are expected to be at the workouts Meanwhile, 40 rookies who have been working out the past two months at St.

Petersburg leave Monday for assignments to one of the three above clubs. Three players stood out in this camp: Joe Perez, left-hand hitting outfielder, an offensive threat; William Canate, 18, from Venezuela, a pure center fielder who has all the tools; Paulino Pena, 19, who was moved from third base to short at the suggestion of Buddy Bell. Remember those names. AIR WAVES: A new player is about to be added to the radio sports field. WGAR-1200 kc, under new ownership, plans to go after the Cavs' broadcasts next season.

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The Yankees' payroll remains staggering. Certainly it's not because Steinbrenner has lost his ferocious drive to succeed. Not long ago, I mentioned to a veteran baseball executive that Steinbr-enner's greatest success with the Yankees coincided with his association with Gabe Paul. My theory was that Paul offered a restraining influence that had proved essential and never had been replaced. "But remember," the executive said, "that then Steinbrenner was relatively new in baseball.

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Steinbrenner is not only a hands-on owner, which is not necessarily bad, but his hands are on his employees' throats, which usually is very bad. The consequence has been organizational chaos. The Yankees could have bought the best man available to run the organization, just as they bought expensive players. They could have given him time to develop his plan, almost unlimited assets and the respect to which skilled executives are entitled. Steinbrenner seems emotionally incapable of surrendering that much authority and his position of absolute command.

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