European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars Anc stripes thursday february 14,1991 Foreman Means business ind diet of one liners by John e1senberg the Baltimore Sun Washington a in Between the videos and flags and ice sculptures and bad jokes and map of the world balloons and sick kids and sex champions and hangers on and gospel and flacks and self Flagel lating speeches from everyone who Ever uttered the word a boxing a George Foreman and evander Holyfield assumed the usual stances last week. Holyfield was the Young clean Champion of All that is Good. Foreman was the fat old Man. Those Are the roles the commentary have affected during the Semi cartoon of hype a Thon they have undertaken in adv Vance of their april 19 championship fight. It moved through these parts Friday with most of the talk As usual about hamburgers pizzas and other Mattefs of the Mouth. �?o1 used to eat a dozen eggs when i got up in the morning a Foreman said a but How in a in training so in a Down to  Bada bum. A George is a Light eater a said Lou Duva a . A was soon As it gets Light he  but seriously. A i have a left and a right and a Jab and a Hook a Foreman said a and if they done to work in be got a secret weapon the  a bum. The hotel manager presented Foreman with a key not to the City but the hotel Kitchen. A reporter asked whether the it fight might be moved if Donald Trump  raise the Money. A fall i know a Foreman said a is that wherever they have the fight even if its in a phone Booth behind Fevand cry a House there la be a dynamite pre fight  that is the routine the shtick. Holy Field arid his chiselled body by co Manittee against Well against the anti athlete. The 42-year-old who trans on hamburgers. A Cross Between big Bird and Henny Youngman. A a he a got a nutritionist  Foreman said a and eve got room  Bada bum. If Only it All were True. A a it     a. A. A a in be had my Eye on George during this tour a Duva said a and he a  he is indeed. Big George As they Call him Isnit As big As he was last month or even last week. The hype doctors Are going to hate it when the word gets out. They re going to scream. But its True big George is in training. For real. A i see him going out to run every morning a Duva said  in a heading up to the George Foreman feeds son George v As Well As the misconceptions of the Public. Weight room with evander and big George is heading out to the Street its the real thing. I done to know what he a doing out there but he a gone a Long  a the jokes the schmoozing the bit about eating a dozen hamburgers for a snack a it is just an act at this Point a gastronomic rope a dope. Foreman has lost a lot of weight in the last month. We done to know How much. Some reports have it it at 40 pounds. We do know that he looked pretty lean yesterday. Lean for a Lunian whale. A fall i know a Holyfield said a is that George  fit into a sports jacket when we started this tour last month arid now he can. I can see what a going on. He a getting into shape. No doubt about  a. ,v.\. Foreman would have you believe that he does it by eating More by hurling calories and Zarbos Down his Mega Hatch without any conscience. He just jokes about it then jokes about it some More. After a month of touring he has the part Down. A a in a going on a strict diet of Cornbread i rip greens and burgers a he said. A it took me years to put this weight on a he said. A a in a not going to part with  . But he is. It is happening right now As you eat your breakfast. And Foreman will admit it if you persist. A i m in Good shape a he said letting his guard Down briefly. A a in be been running a seven Miles a Day he said. Soon he will go to an Island in the Caribbean. A place for some Good hard training a gnaw a he said a just a place with Good room  Bada bum. Colorado Springs Colo. Apr the . Olympic committee on tuesday received its formal invitation to participate in the 1992 olympic Winter games at Albertville France soc officials said. The invitation was delivered by los Angeles letter Carrier Deby Sweezy a 1976 olympian who competed in the 100-meter hurdles at Montreal and was selected for the 1980 . Olympic team. Assistant postmaster general Deborah Bowker presented the. Invitation to John Krimsky jr., soc Deputy Secretary general during a ceremony at the . Olympic training Center. For the first time All 16 p National olympic committees worldwide were sent invitations by express mail service from the International olympic committee in Lausanne Switzerland. The invitations were dispatched via expedited mail with the assistance of Swiss Post Telegraph and telecommunications following ceremonies there feb. 8. Invitations to the games Are traditional you can to beat him. No. You can to beat the news out of him. All you can do is look. Look at him and measure. That a what the people in the Holyfield Camp Are doing. They Are looking and measuring. And they Are watching big George shrink. Watching the hamburger Man eat riot quite so Many anymore. A a nah this talk about hamburgers a sniffed Bob arum the promoter a but the Man is really running and training. He goes into the gym to spar twice a Day. He Isnit taking any  meanwhile the show goes on. The videos and flags and ice sculptures and bad jokes and map of the world balloons and sick kids and sex champions and hangers on and gospel and flacks and self Flagel lating speeches from everyone who Ever uttered the word a boxing a and the shtick. A i went Back and looked up his birth certificate a Duva said a arid in the month he was born he came out in the 22nd, the 23rd and part of the 24th.�?� but seriously. A was soon As in a through Here a Foreman said  in a going to find me a big plate of hamburgers. Get Down to some real  a bum. He is grinning. He sees people catching on. He sees them looking. He knows. This Isnit in the script. The hype doctors Are going to hate  by Senft All National olympic committees exactly one year before opening ceremonies. National olympics committees have until june 8 to respond to the invitations. During the 1988 Winter games 57 nations sent athletes. Bowker also unveiled the design for a Quot stamp bearing the new 8-ounce rate for express mail. It features the profile of a Bald Eagle in flight with the olympic rings printed in White against a red background Quot. Astros roam in 92 by Michael a. Lutz a sportswriter Houston a the Houston astros committed the Astrodome for the -1992 Republican convention without approval of the National league and intend to leave the stadium for one month baseball officials said tuesday. Astros chairman John Mcmullen who is attempting to sell the team said the astros Are considering playing part of their 1992 Home schedule at the super dome in new Orleans which lost out to Houston in bidding to Host the republicans. National league Rule 2.1 requires All stadiums to give precedence to baseball. Philadelphia Phillies president Bill Giles said approval was not sought from no ownership a baseball official speaking on the condition of anonymity said permission for a one month rental was not asked of the league office. A a it a never been brought up in a league meeting. Its certainly a real problem a Giles said. A i know we were trying to to Ted for the world cup Here in 1994. They told us we could Only be gone 14  the 1992 convention is scheduled for aug. 17-20, but gop officials have reserved the Astrodome for most of the month to prepare the site. Mcmullen said he did riot envision scheduling problems. We Are aware of everything and we intend to work everything out to the satisfaction of everyone a he said. A we intend to be As cooperative As we have to be to get it worked out. We done to see it As a major stumbling Block a the major league baseball players association said in new York that it would not permit either a lengthy Road trip or having the astros play Home games in another City. V. A a Quot Quot absolutely we object a said Eugene Orza the unions associate general counsel. A we want to talk with them about it too. Its changing working conditions. They have to talk to us.�?�. A u Mcmullen said playing Home games in new Orleans was under consideration. A a that a one of the possibilities a he said a but the 1992 schedule Isnit made up yet spy the question is  no spokeswoman Katy Feeney said the the league did no to have anything to say about the situation at this time. Copies of the tentative schedule must be presented to the players association by july 1. A the n l does not have any comments right now about Houston the republicans or the schedule a she said. The astros played 16 August Home games in the astr Dopie in 1990. Fifteen games Are scheduled in the Astrodome for this August. The convention will bring in an estimated. $60 million boost to the City a Economy  it  great tiling for the City but not so great for us a Mcmullen said