Wi ‘receiver ;

(Greet. % Toronto
-Arg@iauts / says he's
‘ask the Canadian
Foot League team to
‘reledgde. him so he can “
play: in.the United States.
’ . Gréer is under contract
to the Argos through 1985,
at ab dalary of $80,000 a
year;

“Bart: is.

year: |

oK class, pay attention.
Professor Earl Weaver,
wha --helds: a PhD In
“baseball, is about to
conduct his: "seminar on
strategy. ~!'-¢ ..
The, gospel atcor
contain
Weaver Oni ‘strategy, ‘a
primer for’. managers,

gt6

- written. with Terry Pluto

‘and ‘to be ‘published Jater

this‘ month. .In ‘it, the.

forrtier:boss of Baltimore
Origles: ' ‘reduces © the
complicated’ ‘ ‘Sport of

- pageball to 10 laws. They
, bear. repeating,

Law ‘No. li “No one's

‘ going to give a damn in
 Julyit you losta game In
: March.”

Translation: ‘Don't take
spring training too

Larry

NEW YORK (AP) —
position. :

~ derstand

| -Seriously,. Save
stomach | fo:
games really’ count,.°:
Law No.2: “If you don't
make’ any promises to:
your players, you won't”
have to break them," .;

Weaver's ‘adyice’ for °
dealing with rookies ‘is .

simple. “You shouldn't
tell a rookie anything.”
That takes care of a
- Maultitude of. probleins,.
Law No. 3: “The easiest

way around the bases Is’.
with one owing af the.

bat °

This ‘law, of: “ebutbe;!
a lineup: “of.

requires
‘Sluggers. . capable ° of
: repeatedly reaching the
fences. You can un-
then why
Weaver developed such
an affinity for guys like

Holmes ¢

— Larry Holmes thinks boxers. |
_shouldn’t get into politics,

but few boxers are in his

Holmes, a4, is secure in the knowledge he is the
premier heavyweight in the world —a 45-Jrecord and:
17 World Boxing Council title defences... .

Hehas victories aver a fading Muhammad Ali and
Gerry Cooney, considered by some to be Invincible.

s beaten Earnie Shavers, one of the hardest

vin ers ever ; Mike Weaver, a knockout winner over

vie. Coetzee, who last September became the

World Boxing Association champion; . and.; Tim.

Witherspoon, the current WBC champion. “: |."
Asid be knows that at this stage of his career he can

demand rather than be commanded,. © -
So; he told the WBC it can have its title, beéause he

felt’

e $2.55 million called for In a contract with

profioter Don King was not enough for.a mandatory
defence agdinst Greg Page, who was beaten by
Witherspoon for the vacant title. .
es wanted — and got — lucrative paydays for
easy'tights against Scott Frank and Marvis Frazier, .
Now, he istelling the WBA thathis fight June 8 with .
Coétzee at Las Vegas, Nev., won't be for ifs-title, but

for nthe ‘International’ Boxing Federation. title ~
bestowed upon Holmes by that fledgling organization, —
president is Robert Lee of New Jersey.

whob

And, said Holmes, the fight will be run by officials

appointed by: the IBF, which first gained ‘attention

;,it-conducted the ‘tight between Marvin Hagler
ands iford Scypion, a bout the WBC and WBA -

reful

to sanction in 1983.

- “Tim the champ," said Holmes. “Who the hell cares

atiout the WBA?”

; you are -dgiving .

Your acid ‘Frank - ‘Robinson, “Boog |
tr When' the :

Powell” Eddie .
Murray. ° :

“Law No. a “Your most |
“precious. possessions on

offence are your 27 outa;"

and

This':is ‘why Weaver.

frowned on the bunt.::
Thy name, the: sacrifice
bunt, tells - °-you
something,” Weaver
writes. “Sacrifice means
up
something.
In this
you' Te giving up an.out.”

' Outs are tobe cherished
‘not |

and. protected,
squandered ‘ carelessly.

"insiance, ,

“There are only three an

ining, and they should be
treasured."

Law No. 6; “If you play’

for -one run, aa alt,

you'll Bet. "

gives up title

- Holmes: became angered when the WBA. sald it {

. would withdraw championship recognition if Coetzee: _
: fought Holmes, who was not ranked by.the WBA. But...
‘the WBA said Holmes could get ranked by applying : a
‘ for a-ranking.
“ ““T have my pride, an ‘gaid Holmes. “Why should I’
‘asked to be. ranked? I'm 45-0 and. have been a

champion for-aix years.”

He held the WBC title from June 8, 1978, “when he"
beat Ken Norton on a 15-round split decision, until he .
relinquished it last December (5% years).
‘Helping Holmes in his putdown of the WBA is the —
‘fact Coetzee is willlng to go‘along with him. .

. “I'm sure Larry Holmes is better-than anyone else
Teould fight," said the South African, who became
champion with - & 10th-round knockout of. Michael

Coetzee will get $3.2 million or $4 million, depen-
ding to whom you.talk, which is much more that he .

_ can get fighting anyone else. A vietory over Holmes '
also would put hith i in a solid position in any purse

negotlations. .

~ What the WBA could do i is: refuse. to’ ‘sanction the aa

Incther words, be bold
Go for the gusto, © ly

’ Law No. 6: “Don't play’
for” ‘one run ‘paless you,

in an
know that ran will w .,- Step for an infielder is the

ball game.’* we

Don't skimp..A.3° or. 4 :
ais hit.”

Jooks 50 much nicer on the
scoreboard © “than -
lonesome 1.

aw No. 7: “It's easier’

‘to ‘nind four good atariers :
. than'five.’”
‘This is simple commen ,

sense, In this world, it is

easier to find four good”) |"
anythings than it ts to find qd.

five of. them, 22"

Law No: ‘8: “The: best
place for a rookte: fe pteher:
is long relief.'? '::.,

Tn that cae, ithe: best

t

plat ‘or him is Starting

. the second game of the

playoffs’ and the second
‘ game of the World Series.
Law No. 9: “The key

first one — to ‘the left ‘or
right, but before: the ball

“Wenver may have been
spoiled ‘from years of

watching Mark Belanger,
the consummate glove,
play shortstop. for: the
Orioles, Belanger was so
‘good that, Weaver learned

to live ‘with. his light.

hitting... And Belanger

could, dt least, bimton the

off chance the rianager
might require one, | -.
Law No. 10: “The job of

APRIL 12th 1984

The Herald, Tuesday, April 10, 1904, Page

Gospel according to Earl Weaver

arguing wit: “the umpire

hefongs to the ‘manager, ©

because he can’t hurt the
team'by getting thrown
out of the game.” -

Weaver was thrown oul |
of 89 games Including one .

in the 1969 World Series

_and another during’ spring

training, When he did not
follow his own Law No. 1,

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the Day . In. -which
mankind can, behold
the Falth, and. hear

Promised-One, The
“Call of God has bean

His”

hath been liftad up
upon men:

Baha'y'llah

From the writings

Verily | sly, had ia -
the Voice; of ‘the fF.

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fight, but not strip Coetzee of the title. That way, if: Ea

Coetzee wins, the WBA also would have. the No. 1
heavyweight as champion and there is an-excellent
chance Coelzee would embrace the more established
WBA more closely than he would.embrace the IBF. -
. While the WBA and the WBC did‘not:sanction the
Hagler-Scypion fight as a title fight, they continued to. Ҥ
‘recognize Hagler as champion. . &
“It Is a young, strong organization, which gives —
fighters a break and isnot tied to any promoter,” said

‘Holmes.

‘Greer wants release

te not unhappy with

ios and I’m not
sy with the, city,”

said Monday in a
telephone interview from
his home in. Memphis,
“But am unhappy
finaiglally.

“When: 4 ‘Took at what I
haveyind t then I consider
what," “I could have,’ it
meee me very
mi ie.”

Gréér,; an Argo for four
years’; was named. most
outstanding player in the
Eastein «Division * last
he caught 118
pa for 2,003 yards and
eight’ idowns. He was
a major. actor in the
team’s: first Grey Cup

championship since 1952.

Greg said he recently
asked’ : Argo president

release. The request was

uke aes
Bennett * work. oe
Toronto agent Gil Scott to
try and negotiate a set-
tlement. .
" -Sazio insists he will not
low Greer to leave until, a
t the earliest, the end of
the 1984 season.

Greer said he- received
less than $40,000 in U.S.
funds after taxes last

" year.

"I know I signed | a
contract with Toronto but
it wasa serious mistake,"
he says. “I held out from
the Argos two years ago
to get'a raise (he was
making $30,000 a year at
the tlme).

"It worked because I

_ Was given a new contract,

but I would never. have
signed for so long had I.
known the USFL (United:
States Football League)
would be driving up
‘salaries the way {t has..
Right now, I’m ° not
making anywhere near
the kind of money a
player of my. calibre
could get.” .

Greer. said he probably
will appear at.the

Argos
training ¢aimp. jn “Glie Netph ote

Ont., on time next ‘month;

and play out the 1984.

schedule grudgingly.

“I won't be happy, but,’

if lgive the Argos my best _

for another year, then
maybe they'll take it into
consideration."

‘Greer said he knows Na

lot of backup receivers'in- ~

the States who are

making triple what I.

made with the Argos last
year.”

“'The-CFL can’t afford :

the money - I wn-
derstand that.

hopetully,

the players in the CFL
who could make the kind
of money that they’re

But, .
itll be -un-.
derstood that I'm one of -

paying in the States, like

Warren Moon did.”
Moon, who beat out
Greer in final ballotiig
for most outstanding CFL
player last year, played

out his contract with -
Edmonton Eskimos and -

signed a multi-million-
bilae deal with the
National Football -

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