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2 The Sentinel, Carlisle, Saturday, March 7, 1987 Easement program keeps areas open for use ML By Bill Porter Sentinel correspondent Many landowners have expressed an Interest in preserving open-space and natural features such as streams and lakes on their lands, and in keeping these areas open to free public fishing and boating. "Easements: Public Recreation and Conservation by Deed Restriction" is a new Fish Commission pamphlet that describes the Commission's easement program, which ensures that selected lands and waterways will be available for public fishing, boating and conservation purposes. The publication explains what an easement is, how it works in the program, its benefits and additional information. For a free copy, send requests to Publications Section, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, P.O. Box 1673, Harris-burg 17105-1673.

Enclose a business-size stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request. In another matter, the Fish Commission has recently updated its basic publication on acid rain. A map of the state, showing streams affected by the fallout, is part of the pamphlet. Updated test material has been provided by Fred Johnson, Water Quality Officer for the categories in between. The contest is for amateurs no professional anglers or guides allowed.

There will be over $1,000 in cash and tackle door prizes whether one fishes or not. And local restaurants are featuring, catfish stew, catfish burgers, catfish fillet sandwiches, hush puppies and cole slaw. Fishing will be done on the fabled lakes of Santee Cooper, with registration and weighing stations marked on the registration blank. Jim Herring, owner of Randolph's Restaurant and Motel, Manning, S.C., developed the tournmanet idea from being annoyed at all the hullabaloo over bass tournaments and the like. His position was that something needed to be done for the thousands of anglers interested in catfishing as a sport, an art and a food supply.

His efforts have produced a major fishing event on the Sanatee Cooper lakes with a lot of fun and prizes for the "non-professionals" in the fishing world. There is a small registration fee for those actually fishing, but there are door prizes and other goodies available to participants that are part of the entry fee of $20. For more information, call (803 478-2152, or write Champion Catfishing Tournament, Box 1300, Roue 4, Manning, S.C. 29102. The Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education Region IV, will hold a seminar on the issue Tuesday, April 21, from 7 to 9 p.m.

in the Fellowship Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church, 2000 Chestnut Camp Hill. The program includes the film, "Acid Rain: Requiem or Recovery." And a panel of expert speakers will present various areas of concern. Included: Ralph W. Abele, executive director, Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Pa. Rep.

John Broujos, 199th District, Chairman of the Bi-Partisan Caucus of Acid Rain; and Dr. Candice Wilderman, Dickinson College Professor of Environmental Studies, Coordinator of the Alliance for Acid Rain Monitoring. Incidentally, a free water testing of samples from home or business will be provided to those in attendance who want it. With the annual spring hype on trout fishing beginning to affect sportsmen up and down the valley, one might think that trout are the only fish worth catching. Not so.

The Fifth Annual South Carolina Championship Catfish Tournament is scheduled for next weekend, March 14-15. Cash prizes range from $777 for the most fish to $77 for the smallest single catfish, with loads of Bill Porter Commision. Copies of this brochure are also available for the asking. Continuing with the acid rain for a bit, Perry County has the distinction of having the highest fallout in the state. In fact, as a result of a Penn State study in 1985 and addtiional research from other sources through 1986, Perry County has been the hot spot for the nation.

Cumberland County is not far behind. problem for these local areas lies outside their boundaries. In other words, our immediate natural environment is taking a beating without the locals contributing the source of the acidic fallout. CoACh's CORNER Helmig takes best shot at O's camp Precise, speedy execution keys to a potent fast break ByGregGrasa Sports editor i mm if shot, is only one option on the break. The middle man could stop at the foul line and take the jump shot, or pass back to the trailer for a jump shot.

Kostelac describes the ideal fast break as beginning with good defense, then a box out and rebound, a clean outlet pass to the middle of the court, one crisp pass and then a basket. "That's the perfect fast break, but they don't happen very often," he laughs. At such a fast pace, things can and do go wrong. Kostelac cites a tendency to commit more turnovers and a tendency to force the fast break at times when the opportunity is just not there. "The fast break was really good to us all year, but there was a period toward the end of the year where we were trying to go with it too much," Kostelac notes.

"We began to feel we were invincible and we got out of control. That hurt us against Palmyra." The coach added that his team got things back under control by the time they met Wyomissing in their first District 3 playoff game. "We went with it only when it was there. When it wasn't, we were patient." Running the fast break is one thing, but what about defensing it? Kostelac feels the up-tempo teams are tougher to play because they can wear a team down if they keep it up throughout a game. This is interim coach for a year when Dooley was coaching in Iceland.

When Dooley returned, Kostelac spent one more year as the Eagles' JV coach before he returned to his alma mater, where he's now in his third year as head coach. The fact that the fast break is an important part of Trinity's game plan is evidenced by their practice regimen. Kostelac says the team spends one-third of a practice running the break. The Shamrocks run what's known as a "control fast break," where the objective is to operate in the middle of the floor. Since the fast break unfolds so quickly, it often looks as though it's ad-libbed.

In fact it's very designed, with each player assuming a role. In Trinity's scheme, the "middle man" gets the outlet pass and pushes the ball upcourt, flanked by two "lane runners." These two post up, giving the "middle man" the option of dishing off to either wing. He then fills in on the side he passed to and the "trailer" fills in on the other side. The fifth man is the rebounder who gave the outlet pass. He would come into the offensive set if the team pulls the ball out and goes into a half-court offense.

"The rebounder is most integral because he secures the ball," Kostelac says. "That's why we stress boxing out and rebounding. If you can't rebound, you can't fast break." Passing off to the lane runners, who then penetrate to the hoop for a "We'll treat him like any other, player, not special or freakish," Giordano said. "We'll look at him as a prospect and since he paid his own way here, what can we lose? Helmig, a left-handed batter, has played the last two seasons with the Haarlem Nicols, the 1985 European champions. Last season, he hit .358 with nine home runs and 44 RBI in 42 games.

He also has played as a pro for Netone in Italy, in a league with former major leaguer Lenny Randle. Before that he played two years for College of the Desert in Palm Springs, and one season with Riverside College. "At 25, 1 know my chances are not too good," Helmig said. "But I get encouraged more when I hear the word That makes me go for it harder." "I came here to swing the bat," Helmig said in an interview Wednesday. But then he added, a bit sheepishly, "I'm very superstitious.

I want to see what happens instead of. talking about it." Helmig wants to blunt the notion that his presence in camp may be considered a publicity stunt to cash in on the trailblazing efforts of his father and uncle. "I'm ready to surprise some people," he said. "If I play up to my capabilities, there's no way they won't notice me." Initially, Helmig may be hampered by a lack of recent conditioning and the after effects of a 30-hour trip from Frankfurt. "It was still snowing at home recently," he said, "so I've only worked out in the gym.

But I think I can get adjusted quickly. Mentally, I'm ready." "With all the other players in camp under contract," he said, "I feel privileged just being here." MIAMI (AP) Martin Helmig, an outfielder from West Germany, slipped quietly ito the minor league camp of the Baltimore Orioles Thursday and began his quest for a job. His unannounced arrival contrasted sharply with the fanfare given his father and uncle 31 years ago, when they also were given tryout in Baltimore's major league camp. Team officials greeted Claus, Martin's father, and Hanjorg Helmig at a New York airport in 1956, presenting them with Orioles' caps as cameras clicked. They happened to be on the same flight with famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, heightening the hype.

A guest spot with network television host Dave Garroway followed. The whirlwind of publicity continued through spring training before the German youths were released outright after being assigned to teams in Baltimore's farm system. Claus Helmig, now 51, has kept in contact with friends in Baltimore over the years, most recently when he wrote to Eddie Hauser to suggest a tryout for his 6-2, 195-pound son. "Martin has a strong desire to win under all circumstances and is best in the clutch," the proud father wrote in a letter from Mannheim, where he runs a sporting goods store and is president of the German-American Baseball League. When his father first asked if he would want to come for the tryout, Martin recalled, "I said, 'Let me think about Two seconds later, I A Baltimore newsman, acting as intermediary, passed on the proposal to Tom Giordano, executive director for the minor leagues and scouting for the Orioles.

He readily agreed to the tryout. Two words can make a basketball coach's heart beat faster, bring a crowd to its feet and get a team two points in the blink of an eye. Fast break. This term describes the designed lightning-quick offensive movement of the ball upcourt after possession has been gained at the opponents' end. When executed properly, the fast break is arguably the most dazzling play the game has to offer.

This up-tempo style of play is favored by several area high school teams some by choice, others by necessity. The Trinity boys squad, which starts three players listed at 5-10, employs the fast break frequently. Shamrock coach Larry Kostelac sees this as the perfect style of play for his small, but quick squad. "As a coach, you have to evaluate your personnel," Kostelac says. "There are more pros to our fast break game than cons.

We're designed for the fast it's an essential part of our game. Kostelac has gone from running the fast break at Trinity to coaching it. He was a senior guard for the Shamrocks in 1976 and later went on to play at Shippensburg University, where he graduated in 1980. He began his coaching career as an assistant to Jim Dooley at Cumberland Valley High School for two years and then served as CV's Larry Kostelac particularly true if your team isn't deep off the bench. Since most of the Shamrocks' opponents like to run, Trinity works hard on defensing the break.

They set up a "high-low" tandem to go against a three-on-two break. In this set, the "high man" goes for the ball and the "low man" goes where the pass goes. "The goal is to make the opponent make two or more passes," Kostelac notes. "The tandem is stalling for time until the defensive pursuit catches up." Though it might give him headaches at times on the defensive end, Kostelac loves the fast break. And he says Trinity will live or die by it.

"The players really enjoy it," he adds. "I haven't run into a kid yet who doesn't like to push the ball up the court. Let's face it, that's the way the game was meant to be played." NBA players, owners face serious talks Wilson planning pit stop at daughter's wedding from $260,000 to $440,000 in that time, figures the Players Association do not dispute. The salary cap agreement of April 1983 came nearly a year after the previous labor contract expired and only a few days before a player-imposed strike deadline. Fleisher threatened that the players would boycott the playoffs if no agreement was reached by the deadline.

Changed conditions as many as 20 of the 23 NBA teams expect to make money this season, an almost complete reversal of the situation four years ago make for changed negotiations, Fleisher said. "The salary cap took effect when the league was in terrible financial shape," Fleisher said. "Now that the situation has improved, we don't need it any more. The whole reason for putting it in was that four teams were going belly-up." "What are we going to do?" said San Antonio Spurs President Angelo Drossos, a member of the owners' Labor Committee. "Put it on and off as weaknesses and strengths system and the elimination of the college draft.

Fleisher said his talks with NBA players in recent months reaffirmed his determination to tackle those issues in colllective bargaining, which has already started although the current contract does not expire until the end of this season's playoffs. "The primary issue in their minds is that the current system is unfair and unneccesary," Fleisher said. "Virtually every player in the league for six or more years has been a free agent. With rare exceptions, they have not gotten offers from other teams. They tell me there is no such thing as free agency." Stern and Russ Granik, the NBA's executive vice president, said the salary cap system, which includes a guarantee that players will get 53 percent of gross revenues, has greatly benefitted the players.

Gross revenues have risen from $120 million to a projected $300 million next year. The salary cap has jumped from $3.2 million to $4.3 million per team in four years. The average player salary is up NEW YORK (AP) Both sides agree that the NBA is thriving. What its players and management must decide in months of negotiations is how best to continue that prosperity. The players, under the leadership of general counsel Larry Fleisher, believe that total freedom is the only fair way to face the future.

Commissioner David Stern, representing the 23 NBA owners, won't discuss the league's negotiating strategy directly, but it's clear that he wants to convince the players that the status quo is their safest, and richest, bet. "Sometimes bargaining is just a matter of persuasion," Stern said in his office at the NBA's Manhattan headquarters. "You close the door and talk for days or months. We have no tricks up our sleeves." Stern said there might be a time "when both sides' positions harden and we'll have to take a public stance, but it's not the time now to characterize the positions other than to say they are entitled to ask for whatever they want." Fleisher, at the NBA Players kj 7 1 the half-mile oval. Instead, he'll be in Charlotte, N.C., walking his daughter, Lisa, down the aisle at the First Baptist Church.

The wedding was scheduled on what had been an open weekend in the grueling 29-race Winston Cup season. When the race postponement came, Wilson knew immediately he would not be in Richmond today. "I should be at the track with Darrell and the rest of the crew, but I'll be dressed in a monkey suit, giving Lisa away in Charlotte," he said with a grin. "I'd never hear the end of it from her or her mama if I wasn't there." But the curly-haired Wilson will be back in plenty of time for Sunday's 400-laprace. Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup champion who has driven for Junior Johnson in recent years, holds the Richmond qualifying record of 91.218.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Some racing people say that the final practice session on Saturday is the time to handicap the cars for Sunday's race. "That's the time when you see the cars in their racing setup, figuring their fuel consumption and running the kind of laps they'd like to be running in the race," said Waddell Wilson, crew chief for Darrell Waltrip, the newest member of the Hendrick Motorsports team. That's why Wilson is a bit upset this week as NASCAR's stock cars visit Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway for the Miller High Life 400, which was postponed for two weeks by a snowstorm. Wilson, also a newcomer to Rick Hendrick's team, but considered one of the top crew chiefs and engine builders in the sport, will miss that all-important final practice today at David Stern Association offices a few blocks away, said the players intend to ask for plenty.

They want an elimination of the right of teams to match offers to free agents by other teams, the elimination of the 4-year-old salary cap TV SpORTS- Pro wrestling cashing in with Wrestlemania III parties, where someone will invite a bunch of friends over to eat and drink and watch the show. It's really more than a wrestling event. It's a happening." Wrestling fans unable to attend "Wrestlemania III" or watch it at home can view the event at one of 300 closed circuit outlets in the U.S. and 32 foreign countries. A crowd of 88,000 the largest ever for an indoor event is expected to watch the event live at the Silverdome.

The numbers add up to big money for the WWF. "You figure 600,000 (pay-per-view subscribers) at 20 bucks apiece and a million (closed-circuit viewers) at an average of 12 bucks each, and that's $24 million right there," says Basil surpass the estimated 400,000 households that tuned in to "Wrestlemania II" last April. "Our pay-per-view (audience) is going through the roof," says WWF executive Jim Troy. "Last year, it was like pulling teeth to get them (cable systems) to sign up. This time, they're coming to us." Pay-per-view allows cable subscribers to pay a one-time fee to watch a special event or show that isn't carried by any regular station.

The service is not available on all cable systems. "It's the wave of the future," Troy says. "The pay-per-view universe is still expanding. Right now, there's about 8.2 million homes with pay-per-view capability. In the next mark on NBC, which airs "Saturday Night's Main Event" as an occasional replacement for Night Live." Judging by the ratings, viewers would rather watch body-slams and drop-kicks I than comedy skits.

The last time "Main Event" aired, on Jan. 3, NBC received its highest rating ever in the 11:30 p.m. EST time slot. Why does a pseudo-sport like pro wrestling have such mass appeal? "I think it's because our fans really have an opportunity to participate," DeVito says. "In a lot of sports, fans feel removed from the athletes.

But in wrestling, they can yell and scream and actually become part of the event." DeVito vice president of marketing for the WWF. "And that doesn't include things like T-shirt sales. I would guess that when it's all over, we should generate about $25 million in sales." The widespread interest in "Wrestlemania III" isn't surprising, considering the sport's popularity on television. Two weekly shows on the USA network, "All-American Wrestling" and "Prime Time Wrestling," are among the top-rated shows on cable. The WWF and several rival wrestling organizations also produce a number of syndicated programs that are shown throughout the country.

Pro wrestling even has made its five years, that could grow to about 15 million." "Wrestlemania III," like its two predecessors, will combine riotous wrestling exhibitions with show biz glitter. In the main event, Hogan will defend his WWF title against Andre The Giant. The show will also feature appearances by a number of non-wrestling celebrities, including Mary Hart of "Entertainment Tonight," Bob Uecker and Aretha Franklin. According to Troy, "Wrestlemania" events have become pro wrestling's version of the Super Bowl. "It's an annual thing that fans really look forward to," he says.

"There's even the Super Bowl-type By Rick Warner AP sports writer "Masterpiece Theater," it's not. Then again, "Masterpiece Theater" never got the kind of ratings that professional wrestling attracts. Having already conquered the world of network, cable and syndicated television, Hulk Hogan and his pals in the World Wrestling Federation are about to take part in the biggest pay-per-view event ever. More than 600,000 cable television households are expected to pay $20 each to watch "Wrestlemania III," a WWF entertainment extravaganza to be held March 29 at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit. That would.