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14- THE STAR. HERALD Sunday. May 11. 1980 Chicago's new pro Softball entry hits snag during the Softball i By JOAN BOGAR Chicago's newest profesidnal sports franchise, the Chicago Nation ide Adver-'tising CNAi Softball team may have dropped the ball in Hi planning to use Harvey Lou Boudreau stadium for home games Organizers overlooked one not so-minor detail-getting permission from the stadium's oners. the Harvey park district.

there until the park district knows what's going on." George Simmons, park board president, said Friday afternoon Simmons said be and the park board knew nothing about plana for the new North American Softball league, unveiled Tuesday at a Chicago press conference, or plans lor the Chicago team to play home games in Harvey's stadium. "I'm still in the dark about all these new arrangements." Simmons said late Friday afternoon. i won't say yes or no about any games being played here riit now." Simmons wants Fred Aprati. a Chicago Heights attorney who apparently- offered CNA the use of Lou Boudreau field, to give the park board an explanation APRATI HAS HAD a lease for several years with the park district to use the stadium tor amateur games for a south suburban Softball league. The league, a not-for-profit corporation called South Suburban Softball Association, pays the park district $1 a year for the lease.

It also maintains the stadium and has put In substantial Improvements. The corporation gets whatever profits are made from concession stands SCANNELL SAID HE thinks the professional softball league is probably a good thing for Harvey and the south suburbs, but the arrangements have to be legal. "I will do everything I can to facilitate the fames, but has to be done accordance with the law. We have to protect the ball club, the public and park district commissioners." be said. Neither Aprati nor Joe Pepitone, president of CNA, could be reached Friday for comment.

According to the calendar, three double-headers in the new league's 64 game schedule will be played here on Memorial day weekend. On Saturday and Sunday the Chicago team is hosting Fort Wayne and on Monday a team from Detroit. The league has announced an admission fee of S2.50 for adults, SI for senior citizens and children under 12. for a permit. But at 4 p.m.

Friday Simmons said no application had been received. Even if one is submitted, be pointed out. the board still has to approve it. THE BOARD HAS a meeting scheduled Wednesday evening. Scannell.

who doesnt want to throw curve to the new sports franchise, said he will recommend the board approve a permit to let the league use the stadium If the professional groups Involved will pro-ride adequate Insurance coverage and pay for extra security for borne games. He said he will also recommend that the board ask for a share of the profits from the professional games. Simmons said be, too, wants to see the park district get Us share of any profit made, along with adequate insurance coverage. "We have an umbrella policy but that doesn't mean we have to insure the soft-ball teams for injuries," Simmons said. The omission could, mean mat the new nation, ide Softball league's second series of the season, set for this weekend in Har- But according to park district attorney William Scannell, the lease does not authorize use of the stadium for al games.

"MR. APRATI IS going to have to explain his program for this year and the news stories that appeared in the metropolitan press." Simmons said. "Up to now the park district has bad no communication, no mail from Aprati concerning this," be added. What could make the Chicago club's arrangements legal, according to Scannell, is a special permit from the park board. If the board doesn't approve a permit, he said, he will have to file an injunction to keep the games from being played here.

He said he talked to Aprati Friday afternoon and Aprati said he would apply ve. on De played nere alter all "NOBODY'S GOING TO play ball out Softball players no strangers self and fashioned to resemble the Cubs' home uniforms (white with blue pinstripes) with the CNA emblem replacing the CURS over the heart. ON THE ROAD the team will play-in uniforms copied after the White Sox, their caps resembling those worn by the Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh will be one of the cities In which CNA will play this summer, the other six league members being Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Milwaukee and Lexington, Ky. It is felt that the CNA break-even point will be 2,000 paid admissions a game at $2.30 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under plus Senior Citizens.

"As an owner, in order to be serious about a sport, one has to be able and willing to lose a few dollars when just getting started," said Ted Stepien, Chicago team owner and NASL president. STEPIEN, Cleveland financier and advertising agency executive, owns 37 per cent stock in the Geveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball By LARRY ODELL Anyone who has been a fan in the past of south suburban sio-pitch soft- ball will have little difficulty 'identify-1 tng with the new Chicago National Advertising CNAi 12-inch profession- al team which ill play its games this summer at Harvey's Boudreau field The team will be managed by Ed Zplna. manager-pitcher of national champion Chicago Bobcat fame. The Palos Heights resident has led his Bobcat team into Boudreau field several times for key confrontation's with Fred Aprati's Mr Lucky team from iiarvey. "Yes.

I may still play some." Zolna said at Tuesday's press conference announcing the birth of the newest Chicago professional team. "1 MAY even pitch an inning or two if we, are ever that far ahead." the greying, but well-conditioned Zolna said. Ironically, at first base Zolna will have his club's president, Joe Pepi-tone of one-time Chicago Cub, New York Yankee fame. will be in the unusual posi-Von that if he doesn't rest me the sec ond game of double-headers, he could be fired." joshed Pepitone at Tuesday's affair. All eight teams of the North American Softball league iNASL) will play 64 games.

32 at home and 32 on the road. Each. home date will be a double-header, starting at home Saturday for CNA against Ft. Wayne who they will also play two games on Sunday. Game time both nights will be 7 The remainder of the CNA starting lineup could read as follows: CATCHER, Terry Muller; Tom Chmela; shortstop, Orland Park's Ken Kamradt; left 'field.

Ron Olesiak; right field, Oak Lawn's Willie Simpson; center field. Curt Dusek: and short center field, Greg Linhart Mike Krolicki could start on the mound for CNA. Each team will play with 10 players from their allowed 15-man roster. "Instead of using the four-man outfield as most teams w'ill probably be doing, we may go with a five-man infield quite often," Zolna said. The club will appear in Harvey in uniforms designed by Pepitone him jSpMsssr.

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