European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 22,1987 the stars and stripes Page 19 Cowens holds clinics in Germany i Liis a am son special to the slurs and stripes Frankfurt contrary to popu Lar belief basketball is not necessarily inc big Man s game it s cracked up to be. As a matter of fact former Boston celtic Star Dave pm vans claims it can be anybody s same. Cowens is in Europe on a promotional Lour running Din its Tor soldiers. He will be in Baum older thursday fora clinic at the Hall of champions gym from 2- 30 . And in inc ram Sicin gym for another clinic Friday from 11 . 10 12 30 . Cowens will wind up his Lour saturday signing autographs Al the Frankfurt sports store from 1-2 . And attending the Frankfurt Mainz v corps men s garni1 at inc Falcon nest gym from 3-5 . Owen s hallmark in his career with inc celtics was his All around play. It earned him a lie for Rookie of inc year honors in 1971 with Portland s Geoff Petric and the Aba s most valuable player award in 1973. In his map year the celtics were at the head of the mass during the regular season in the Atlantic division beating out the new York kicks by 11 games Tor firs place with a 68-14 Mark. However the kicks gained revenge in the Eastern conference playoffs ousting the celtics four games to three and going onto take inc Aba title. The 6-foot 8-Inch. 230-Pound Center usually playing against centers with four or More inches on him averaged 20.5 Points and 16 rebounds per game in his map season. On his career Cowens averaged is.2 Points and \4 rebounds per game and shot 46 percent from the Field and 78 percent from the line. Not so incidentally the celtics made the playoffs in seven of the 10 years Cowens was with Hie club taking the Aba Crown in 1974 arid 1976. In ceremonies at Boston Garden on feb. 8, 19si, inc celtics retired cow ens no. 18 Jersey and Hung it in the hallowed rafters of the Garden along Side the jerseys of such other celtic luminaries As Bob Cousy Bill Russell and John Halacek. Red Auerbach currently the celtics team president and then the general manager hailed Cowens As a True cel tic in inc ceremonies. Cowens retirement did t last Long. He made a Short lived come Bank at Boston president red Auerbach hailed Dave Cowens As a True celtic. Apchain tempt in the 1982-83 season playing 40 games for the Milwaukee Bucks be fore calling it quits for Good. Cowens shrugs off his accomplishments saying hat of the 250 professional players in the Aba there is no com Mon denominator except maybe Luck Cowens says that despite having played in a league where size ranges from a s-7 Spud Webb to a 7-7 Manuelc to and All the Way around to that round Mound of rebound Charles Barkley. Actually it s belter to be Lucky than Pood Cowens said. Those Guys were just in the right place were Tough minded and whether big Strong Small or whatever they be secured a Job for them selves for the time being  the Bottom line Cowens says when asked How to make in in the Aba is that there is no real  the Florida slate graduate now spends much of his time operating his basketball clinics just outside of lips Ion in Weston mass. The enterprising Cowens began the school in 1971, shortly after his pro career was launched. Since that Lime the school has become world renown cd drawing children Ages 10-17 from As faraway As the United kingdom and Africa. Married and the father of to Daugh ters Ages 3 and 6, Cowens likes to note that he was on of the firs to establish a coed tamp. However he also notes that the fact that he has two daughters did t influence his decision to open the Camps to girls. He said his Daugh ters arc still too Young to express an interest in sports but if they do he will encourage no pressure them. When in comes to women in sports Cowens does t have any objections but he is realistic enough to understand they would have a Tough time competing on the level of an Aba even though Nancy Lieberman has played in the minor league Continental Basket Ball association if they can compete in s alright Cowens said. Basically they Don i have inc vertical leaping ability inherent quickness or the strength and even he thinks inc games in the Aba Are too rough for women to com Pete in Cowens does t think in is too rough Overall despite some highly publicized Bench Clearing brawls in recent years. It s Tine. It s the same today As it was when was playing and there just Aren t that Many altercations. It s very Seldom that anything happens cow ans claimed. Cowers is currently chairman of the Board for the new England sports museum and coaches High school squads from throughout the . That compete annually in the Boston shootout. Although he started playing the game at age 8 for fun and never took n seriously Cowens said he always played hard and was very conscientious. He was an All around athlete in his teens participating in track and Field football and baseball in addition Lobas netball. He explained that it was a High school coach who decided he should focus his efforts on hoops. One summer right before my Junior year i grew four or five inches. The coach saw this tall lanky kid and decided he had a basketball player cow ens quipped Lam Anonen it � Lutfe fun to Khallil Tor coffin stun  Tor pm Anond ind Caflun Riby aah sports agents clocks set to strike Vinny time by will and Murray Stanford Calif up in inc world of sports business it s Vinny time. Vinnie Tesla verde the University of Miami quarterback who won this year s Heisman trophy is potentially a one Man multimillion Dollar Industry. Testa verde is Al but certain to be tagged i the top pick in this year s National football league draft and his position Quarter Back is the highest paid in proc Sion Al football. Estimates of what Tesla verde will ultimately sign for ran As High As just Over $1 million a season with a healthy up front signing Bonus Wilh Between 3 percent and 4 percent of the package going to his ugent the Testa verde representation bowl has moved into High gear i would say the biggest scramble this year is to sign Tesi Averic said Andy Brandt director of the learn sports Divi Sion of pro serv a Washington based sports marketing and representation firm. The family has put into place a very elaborate system for picking the right  the Testaverde. Ike Many sports families have heard Uil the horror stories about an athlete s Money being lost through poor investments made by an agent. So they have asked a Florida stale court judge to screen All potential agents. From a list that should eventually num Ber about 100, the family will pick eight semifinalists and then narrow the num Berlo just one. I comes Down to a matter of Trust and Confidence and what you be done in the past Brandt said. For example offensive linemen want to know what you be done for other offensive linemen you have represented. They feel they have to he in a  the Field of athlete representation has undergone an explosion Over the Hal 15 years. Not too surprisingly the average athlete s salary has undergone a healthy increase Over the same period. The aver age salary in professional football has in creased to about 5209.000 a season. Basketball s average income hovers around see Vinny on Page 22 1 Drentla multimillion Dollar Industry Vinny int verde has agent scrambling. A pub