European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 21, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports notes from Miami from press dispatches Miami the super bowl two cocky cornerback took off the gloves thursday launching a War of words with lofty prediction Sand Choice insults. Cincinnati cornerback Lewis Billups predicted a 28-13 bengals Victory sunday Over san Francis co then unloaded on his 49erscounterpart, cornerback Tim Mckyer for making bras statements. Mckyer predicted wednesday that the 49ers would win 28-10, and suggested that Billups was a big talker who was being quiet this week because he was feeling super bowl pressure. When Billups read that in newspaper thursday he let Loose a Volley of his own. Billups suggested Mckyer who like Billups is a third year cornerback had Toerag to get attention because he s not very Good. Billups also Sai Mckyer was t Good enough to make the bengals passing defense As an extra defensive Back. He has no class that s All Bil Lups said. I think he s just More immature than probably anybody Over Here. If he came Over Here and played i Don t think he d play on Nickel defense Here so he s got to use that  wide receiver Jerry Rice in t lying around in his hotel room nursing his sprained right ankle. In fact Rice went dancing wednes Day night. Rice who has complained that he can t move laterally because of the injury joked thursday that he could t dance from Side to Side just straight  Rice was held out of the 49ers practices at the University of Miami wednesday and thursday. He has said his ankle is about 85percent healthy. Rice s status has been upgraded from questionable to probable. Defensive end Jeff Stover i expected to be activated by the 49ers for the super bowl Accord ing to san Francisco coach Bill Walsh. Stover a seven year Veteran and sometime starter has been out since october with a right knee in jury. San Francisco is following the same system of preparations that worked in two previous superbowl go easy the week before the game. The 49ers Are not practising i pads at All this week. Walsh said the objective was to keep the play ers healthy and fresh. The nil was Given Legal Power thursday to seize an Esti mated $1 million Worth of counterfeit souvenirs of sunday s superbowl Between the 49ers and the bengals. More on super bowl pages 23and 25. 23 players ask clubs for at least $1 million by Ben Walker new York a Orel Hershiser asked for a record $2.425 million during salary arbitration and Roger Clemens Dwight Gooden and Kirby Puckett also sought to become $2 million men thurs Day As players and teams exchanged Fig ures which were obtained by the associated press. Hershiser the by Young Winner an world series most valuable player was offered $2 million by the los Angeles dodgers. The dodgers offer and Hershiser s bid for a $ 1.325 million raise were the biggest figures Ever submitted in salary arbitration. If Hershiser won he would be the highest paid player in 1989. A total of 109 players exchanged num Bers with teams with 23 asking for a least $ 1 million. Cincinnati had the most players seeking More than $1 million Eric Davis Danny Jackson Tom Brown ing and John Franco. Arbitration hearings will be held feb. 1-20, although a majority of cases Are Likely to be settled beforehand. Last year 104 players traded numbers 14 seeking More than $1 million but Only 18 cases went to hearings. There were several that shot for the Moon to pressure clubs to file for a higher number or to go for broke at a hearing said owners consultant Tal Smith who prepares arbitration cases for 11 teams. I think some clubs made some bad deals Toshy away from the process. They try to buy their Way out of  eight players who had filed for arbitration agreed to new contracts thursday. The biggest Deal went to Cleveland third base Man Brook Jacoby who got a two year Deal for a guaranteed $2.1 million. The highest salary Ever awarded in arbitration was $1.975 million to do Mattingly of the new York Yankees in 1987. The most Ever sought was $2.105million by Toronto s George Bell last year and the most offered was $1.85 Mil lion by the Chicago cubs to Andre Daw son in 1988. Seven players were offered salary cuts by their teams. The highest was $67,500proposed by the new York mets to Tim Teufel while Boston s Oil can Boyd baseball Roundup Orel Hershiser. Wants $2.425 million and Detroit s Dwayne Murphy were offered $25,000 cuts. Eight players including san Francisco s Scott Garrelts were offered the same salary they made in 1988. Clemens asked for $2.36 million an the Boston red sox offered $1.9 million. The two time by Young Winner made$1.5 million last season. Gooden who lost in arbitration Las year and was paid $ 1.4 million is seek ing $2.079 million. The mets countered with $1.675 million. Gooden and his agent Jim Neader had planned to ask for about $ 1.96 million but raised their number to Over $2 million after an Early morning talk with the major league baseball players association. We have discussed various factors and i would Call the figure we selected meeting of minds Neader said. Puckett is asking $2.15 million an the Minnesota twins offered $1.9 Mil lion. He made $1.21 million last season. Jose Canseco the american league most valuable player asked for $1.64 million and the Oakland athletics offered $1.3 million. He made $355,000last season. Whatever Union official or player agent said salary arbitration is a no lose proposition will certainly be prove right judging by the numbers said Barry Rona head of the owners player relations committee. I think the club numbers Are High but generally realistic in terms of today s  Randy Hendricks who along with brother Alan represents Clemens in t so sure. I think the club numbers for Hershiser Gooden and Clemens Are Low Hen Dricks  general manager Lou Gorman said he still Hopes a settlement can reworked out with Clemens. The arbitration figures Are one  negotiation figures Are entirely Dif Ferent Gorman said. I m still hopeful we la get him signed. Well continue to try to get things  Incaviglia of Texas had the big Gest Money difference. He is asking$828,000 and the rangers offered $475,000. He made $275,000 last sea son. Other players in the upper Echelon Andy Van Slyke who made $870,000 last season is seeking $1.833 million an Pittsburgh offered $1.35 million Ron Darling who made $1 million is asking $1.725 million and was offered $1.275million by the mets Ted Higuera com ing off a $1.025 million contract wants $1.675 million and Milwaukee proposed$1.35 million Eric Davis who made $929,000, is asking $1.65 million an Cincinnati offered $1.15 million Joe Carter who made $840,000, is seeking$1.63 million and Cleveland offered $1.15 million and Mark Langston who made $862,000, asked for $1.5 million and is being offered $1.2 million by Seattle. Clippers 10-28 fire Shue los Angeles a the los an Geles clippers fired Gene Shue late thursday afternoon and named assistant Don Casey the interim coach for the rest of the season. Shue is the winning est Active Aba coach with 784 victories. The lacklustre clippers though lost their 11th straight game wednesday night bowing 111-90 to the los Angeles lakers. The clippers Are 10-28 this season and have suffered a number of blowouts including recent consecutive Road losses of 35, 34 and 35 Points. This was a very difficult decision to make general manager Elgin Baylor said in a press release. We thank Gene for everything he has done for the organization and we appreciate his efforts. We have had some individual efforts. However As a team the aggressiveness intensity and spirit of Competition that we had earlier in the season have disappeared. The enthusiasm and desire to win Are qualities we no longer seem to have. The organization never set a goal for the number of games coach Shue was expected to win Baylor added. Since we Are a Young team our goal has simply been to play hard be competitive in every game we play even in defeat and to learn and develop in the process. Losing Danny Manning has been a devastating blow but there is no reason the team has not played harder with More desire and  Manning the top pick in the 1988 Aba draft underwent reconstructive knee surgery saturday and could be out for a full year. He was injured going in for a Layup in a game earlier this month at Milwaukee. Casey 51, a Veteran of professional and collegiate coaching was in his fifth season As a clippers assistant and had served As Shue s assistant for the Pas two seasons. The clippers had the league s worst record Over the last two seasons. Casey formerly was head coach at Temple University where he compiled a 151-94 record from 1973-82. Regarded As an outstanding defensive coach Casey led the owls to one Mcaa tournament bid and three nit berths. We Hope Don Casey can regenerate some of the competitive spirit that was evident Early in the season Baylor said. We be got a six Day break to work on some things and get this team Back on  Shue compiled a 27-93 record in 1 /2 years at the Helm his second stint As clippers head coach. He coached the club for two seasons 1978-80, while the clippers were in san Diego. His Overall record with the team was 105-179. He has a 784-861 record in his Aba coaching career which began with the Baltimore bullets in 1966. He later was the head coach at Philadelphia then Fol lowing his first term with the clippers he returned to the bullets at washing ton