Morning Sentinel from Waterville, Maine • 22

22 MORNING SENTINEL Thursday Jvfy 9 1981 The strike By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Managrrnenfs chief negotiator in the major league players strike testified Wednesday mat be knew of no financial problems plaguing basebaU Ray Grebey director of Player Relations Committee also testified that be is the sole spokesman for management in negotiations with the Players Association On the eve of the first owning of ma jor league owners since the baseball strike began 27 days and 339 games ago Grebey outlined his rote in negotiations am the spokesman for the Player Relations Committee Inc be said "There are no other spokesmen" Grebey was the only witness to take the stand Wednesday in the continuing National Labor Relations Board bear ing before Administrative Law Judge Melvin Welles The NLRB acting in behalf of the union has charged management with the unfair labor practice of bargaining in bad faith The labor board is seeking a ruling that management be forced to open its financial records in view of continuing statements by various owners on the economic plight of the game But Grebey testified that it is his im pression there is no financial problem in the sport industry or club financial pro blems were brought to my hesaid Grebey said that in negotiations with the players management has never claimed any or incapacity to pay" Grebey also denied any attempt to at tack the tree agent system tgecU are here io stay" be said are a benefit to baseball I know some people in management share that opinion but there is no intention or desire to attack the Grebey quoted Buzzy Bavasi executive vice president of the California Angels for an example of management philosophy in the area of compensation which requires a team signing a tree agent to surrender a replacement player That issue has caused the current strike Bavasi has said care who I have to give up as long as I get the player I want and pay him whatever he Grebey said The owners are pushing for direct compensation with a team signing a top quality free agent giving up a roster player in return The players who went on strike June 12 have proposed com pensation from a pool of players with each club contributing to the pool Grebey also dismissed the suggestion that Calvin Griffith president of the Minnesota Twins and Ruly Carpenter president of the Philadelphia Phillies represented management positions in public statements regarding baseball economics and Ruly are not spokesmen or members of the Board of Directors of the Grebey said comments were not cleared and there is no obligation to have them City owns operates minor league team VISALIA Calif (UPI) A novel baseball experiment in this Central California city may provide inspiration for major league cities some of them losing $100000 for every game cancelled by the baseball strike The city of Visalia purchased a minor league franchise five seasons ago and Assistant City Manager Dick Anthony who acts as of the Visalia Oaks in the A rated California League said the municipal venture into pro sports has been a success goal was to get professional baseball back to the community The only goal was that ownership should be local We solved that goal We happen to be the Anthony said The city was left without a team in 1975 after the New York Mets pulled out their farm team When no private group stepped forward the Visalia City Council spent $14000 and purchased a Minnesota Twins franchise which began operating in 1977 The Twins pay the salaries and some expenses while the city picks up transportation and equipment costs and runs the local stadium After five seasons with an annual operating budget of about $100000 An thony says the city is in the hole just $8000 almost all of that incurred last season had some plus years and had some minus years Our big gest loss was last said Anthony had a big flap with the general manager (who was fired) and we had bad weather at the beginning of the season And we had a lousy But Anthony says the big plus for the community aside from the fact that local fans get to see a few players who eventually make it to the big leagues is the secondary revenue a pro franchise generates brought in threequarters of a million dollars from the Minnesota Twins in the past five Anthony said money in salaries and ex penses that came from Minnesota to the local community also food and lodging expenses for visiting teams If we can get credit for the sales tax and bed tax revenues generated more than making This season the Oaks currently two games out of first place in the 8 team league are averaging 629 fans per game with a total seasonal attendance to date of over 23200 miniscule by ma jor league standards but up 4555 over last year And major league attendance lately in case you noticed has been zero Goodrich VACATION SPECIAL STEEL BELTED OR IBERGLASS BELTED 1750 PLUSET ANY SIZE LISTED ALL ONE PRICE NEVER OERED BEORE AT THIS PRICE Reg up to 5750 SAVE 8000 on 4 Tires P1 8580 R1 3 iberglass Black Blem P20570R1 3 Steel Belted Blem BR78X1 3 Steel Belted 1 st P20570R14 Steel Belted 1 st P18573R14 iberglass Black Blem P20575R15 Steel Belted Blem ALL BLACK ORIGINAL EQUIPMENTTYPE OER ENDS JULY 18th 1981 ABSOLUTELY MdUNTEDREE A TIRE COGIVES Save Up To $16500 in 5 Years On ree Tire Service REE lat Repair Save up to $2500 on 5 flat rspalrs REE Rotation Save up to $2000 on 5 Rotations Tin ECO REE Changeover Save up to $12000 on 10 changeovers aiVBS or the life of the tire Save $15500 In 5 years A TIRE MS Seberrwa St I si Bath Rood I 41 Bridge Street I 140 College AVe Lewiston I Bruntwlck I Mexico I Waterville 714 3464 I 725 8754 364 7923 873 2773 Auburn 786 3564 IM VI' iwi IH' 1 Options Up Bargains goo 395 0 Let It Shine A Gas Miser 099 fie 169 iT9 99 3 32 I 730530 Mon ri Machine Shop Service aXi Q99 GEC17 EenEcrsy STEEGO Gumout Carburetor uel System Cleaner 16 oz (liquid) 14 oz (paste) aaamrai CUMB Go Jo Waterless Hand Cleaner Blue Poly Car Wash Prices good through July 18 1981 Not effective in STEEGO Paint Stores Rittenbaum 6 Piece Bucket Sponge Set Spray away grime with Radiator Specialty Gunk Degreaser 10080 8oz Mark ore Vatco Basket Carrier for EXTRA cargo space Protect and beautify surfaces with Armor All Protectant 1109 18 oz Pennzoil AT Dexron II Valvoline 10W 40 Motor Oil One rebate per family Limit 10 quarts 7518 (liquid) 12 oz Interdynamics Deluxe Portable Air Compressor 1601b PSI Automatic shut off pre set pressure PW75 16 oz pair cost after rebate Groboski Splash Guards Lifetime guarantee Clip on installation no drilling necessary WATERVILLE 24 Silver Street 872 2746 ValvoliNE Motor eqc when you buy 5 quarts of oil with rebate 5431 Swiss Body iller 99 Westley's Blue Poly Wax cleans shines and seals in one step easy application Guaranteed to protect 24 months or your money back from Biueuorai BP25 (liquid) BP30 (paste) Your Extra Specials Air 499 pr mfgr 1 00 mail in I rebate Jjk OTune Up And Go aslJK" Improve your gas mileage with AC ire Ring 1 SparkPlugs Limit 16 Add class with Roberk Dual Sport Mirrors Turtle Wax Whitewall Tire Cleaner 99 QQC sale 03 price Qftt mfgr mail in VW rebate per quart AUTO PARTS The Right Parts or The Job Wumwul TIM T684 20 OZ aaVl Ga Wrllw I EB1 2 I Zm1 I IT CJUM8HM If IfiKwLn Tii I 1111 tadvMer 4 vk A i i poll Wen Easy? llllllllllll EEISI.