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Plenty of talk but no swaps ByMIKETULLY UPI National Boieball Writer ceived a one-year, $150,000 offer from Montreal. The Expos offered a one-year, $250,000 deal to right-hander Dennis Martinez, who made more than $500,000. The first deal of the meetings came Monday, when Baltimore sent catcher John Stefero to Montreal for a' player to be named later. Also, the American League announced it has approved the sale of the Cleveland Indians to Richard and David Jacobs. Game-winning RBI stat faces extinction By United Press International Tommy Lasorda and Sparky Anderson have won the Milton Richman Memorial Award, established Tuesday by the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America, Chuck Stevens, secretary-treasurer of the organization, made the announcement at the winter meetings.

The group plans to offer the award annually im memory of the former sports editor and columnist of United Press International. The award goes to the person or persons doing the most to help former baseball people in need. Richman, a member of the Hall of Fame, died suddenly on June 9. its pitching. Garcia has said he'd like to play second base for his former manager, Bobby Cox, who is Atlanta's general manager.

Through mid-afternoon Tuesday, however, only one minor transaction had taken place. Not even the old trick of making a trade to excite the fans back home appears to provide enough motivation. "You used to hear from the general managers that they had to make a big trade to sell season tickets," Herzog said. "You don't hear that anymore. When you get all these people together, writers, media, people from all over baseball, it seems like an awful expensive trip for nothing happening.

Several free agents trying to negotiate with new teams have found the offers much lower than they expeted. Catcher Rick Cerone, who was making more than $750,000 with Milwaukee, re year, the first one without a trading deadline, 13 trades took place, involving 28 players. Heavy action at these meetings grows increasingly less likely because many club executives will be leaving for home after Wednesday's joint league meetings. Player agent Tom Reich has decided the pace will not quicken. "I came here to be available but if there is not going to be any business I'm going to visit my sister in Sarasota and then go home to California," Reich said.

"Draw your own conclusions. You guys write what's not happening here. I have had a very good relationship with the various teams and I want to maintain that. But it's obvious what is taking place." The Houston Astros have expressed interest in Pena, one of the best defensive catchers in baseball, but Pittsburgh may be asking too much. Seattle wouldn't mind dealing Tartabull, a 24-.

year-old outfielder. Brunansky looks like the bait Minnesota is dangling to improve TRAIN TREE PLATFORMS MADE TO ORDER HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -Tony Pena, Danny Tartabull, Tom Brunansky and Damaso Garcia dominated another day of all talk and no action Tuesday at the winter baseball meetings. All four players could change uniforms in the right deal, but the lack of a trading deadline leaves clubs with too many reasons for inactivity. Most teams, rather than risk a mistake under deadline, prefer laying groundwork or waiting until spring training.

"Not too many people are serious about doing anything," St. Louis Manager Whitey Herzog said. "I think it's because of the rules. This didn't happen overnight. You could see it coming for the last few meetings.

If you want to do something good for winter baseball, I think you should put the deadline back to Friday night." These meetings could become the least productive since 1982, when eight deals moved 22 players. Even last 00 AND UP 6 STARTING FROM The Scoring Rules Committee, at its annual meeting, voted Tuesday to abolish the game-winning RBI statistic as an official major league statistic. The recommendation will now be passed to the Playing Rules Committee for approval. PLAINS LUMBER COMPANY 4 S. Oak Plains Phone 824-3549 Herzog proposing a neutral site for Seriesi AUTO GOLD WEATHER PROBLEMS? TRANSMISSION KESISTAXT TO MOVE OR NO REVERSE AT TIMES VERT POOR PERFORMANCE WHEN COLD OR HARD TO START ENGINES CARBURETORS STARTERS ALTERNATORS ALL POWER EQUIPMENT Guaranteed Results That Last Hold Up ASK SOMEONE WHOSE BEEN THERE "KITZY" KITZMILLERr.

OREGON ST. Off Wood St. SOUTH WILKES-BARRE 825-5617 New York Mets Manager Davey Johnson only looks like a push-button manager. The 1986 World Series championship season actually involved more intricate moves than might at first appear. "I'm tired of playing it like the NBA, running people in an out of the lineup," Johnson said at the winter meetings.

Last year, Johnson used regulars only in right, first base and catcher. This year, Len Dykstra appears set in center and the second base platoon of Wally Backman and Tim Teufel looks solid. Toronto second baseman Damaso Garcia indicates some of his problems with the team could be settled in time to keep him with the Blue Jays. "I have no problem with my teammates, I have no problem with the general manager but I even have no problem with my salary now," Garcia said at the winter meetings. Now if he can patch his differences with manager Jimmy Williams, Garcia would be totally happy.

"If he was here I would say, 'let's go over there and we'll settle Garcia said. "When I was down, he pushed me further down. I don't like what he did with the lineup. "We need to go out for dinner for about three hours. Maybe something can be worked out and maybe I can still play in Toronto.

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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (UPI) Whitey Herzog said Tuesday he believes it is time for baseball to consider a neutral site for the World Series. The manager of the St. Louis Cardinals said a neutral site would be the perfect way to make the event the greatest of all sports spectacles and eliminate the problems of hotel space, travel arrangements and postponements that remain a perennial headache to baseball officials. "You can make the World Series the biggest spectacle in the world if you take it to New Orleans and play it in the dome," Herzog said at the winter baseball meetings.

"The World Series and the Super Bowl. You could get 80,000 people for every game. "You would have one off-day on Saturday and then go seven straight days. You'd get more revenues for TV and you wouldn't have to ever play at 5:30 like they do when the games are in California. "You wait and see, one of these years they'll be playing baseball until Armistice Day (Nov.

11). They're already playing almost to Halloween." Herzog said the lack of hotel space and difficulties in airplane scheduling also would be solved by playing at a neutral site. When the World Series was played in Kansas City two years ago, lodging was difficult to find for most of the "It's a great Dlace for hitters and third base coaches." Kelly said at the winter meetings. "With the lighting and the turf, a lot of things can happen. If a coach stays on his toes, he can score a lot of runs." Son Fran, at New England Seattle at San Diego MONDAY Chicago at Detroit Kansas City at LA Raiders Miami at LA Rams Minnesota at Houston New Orleans at Atlanta Philadelphia at Dallas St.

Louis at NY Giants SATURDAY Pittsburgh at NY Jets Washington at Denver SUNDAY Buffalo at Indianapolis Cleveland at Cincinnati Green Bay at Tampa Bay The Montreal Expos, by default the most active team at the winter meetings, signed free agent left-hander Mike Madden to a minor league contract. Madden, 28, went 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA in 14 games with Houston in 1986. He was traded to the Phillies and as Tic Breaker signed to the minors June 20, but was returned to the Astros organization seven days later, suffering a left Point. Of Tki tamo- Highest Scoring Gam. shoulder problem.

CIRCLE THE WINNERS ONLY NO SCORES He is not being placed on the major league roster. The Expos made the first major league move of the meetings, acquiring catcher John Stefero from Baltimore for a player to be named later. NAME ADDRESS. CITY The Cincinnati Reds have obtained right-hander Bill PHONE. Cutshall from the Montreal Expos to complete last MAIL ENTRIES TO: Citizens' Voice Football Mania 75 N.

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