European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday fitoruftry25, 1993 1 sports the stars and stripes a Page 31 Larkin opposes plan for Schott to meet reds Plant City Fla. A Cincinnati reds Short Stop Barry Larkin says owner Marge Schott would do More harm than Good if she talks to the club before beginning her one year suspension for using racial  if she comes Down Here she can make he situation a lot worse Larkin said tuesday. It could become an extremely volatile situation if she does t say the fight things and i Don t think there s anything she can say where the Guys will think gee she s really not like that " Larkin said two players told him tuesday they might leave the club when they Are Able because of Schott s statements and he s not so sure he wants to stay in Cincinnati either. If i had t signed my five year contract yet and this had happened i Don t think i would have signed for More than one year Larkin said. General manage Jim Bowden said tuesday he d like Schott to talk the players before her suspension starts monday and a newspaper reported that she plans to visit training Camp Friday to meet with the team. Schott did t return Calls to her suburban Cincinnati Home or the reds office. Bowden said Schott had not decided whether to meet with the team when he talked to her tuesday morning. It would be her first meeting with the players since baseball s executive Council on feb. 3 suspended her and fined her $25,000 for using slurs against Blacks jews and asians. Schott will be banned from non Public areas of the training Camp after her suspension starts. She told the Cincinnati enquirer she wants to meet with the players. Why not they re my boys she was quoted As say ing in tuesday s enquirer. That s what i say. They re my boys and i m with them All the  Bowden who will run the reds during Schott s absence planned to discuss Schott when the full squad reports to Camp today. If the players have any questions she can answer them. I think the players need to know her True feel Ings Bowden said. The sooner the situation is confronted and dealt with that s better than waiting until March of 94 to have a team  we can t let it affect us second baseman Bip Rob erts said. My focus and the rest of the Guys focus is on base Ball. I think it makes no difference whether or not she addresses  Boss rides again when sports illustrated proposed to George  that his return to baseball be heralded on us March 1 cover the new York Yan Kees owner took the idea a step farther. At his own suggestion the Boss is dressed As Napoleon and posed astride one of his arabian horses. Six teams interested in pistons Rodman from wire reports Detroit a half dozen Aba teams have expressed interest in trouble Detroit pistons Forward Dennis Rodman the club s president said tuesday. Thursday is the deadline for trades. Nothing is imminent pistons presi Dent Tom Wilson said tuesday. Some thing will or won t come to a head very very shortly. There about six teams who have a definite interest in Dennis. Tothe Point where they be made an  the Detroit free press quoting unidentified league sources said the pistons will Trade the two time All Star to the los Angeles clippers for two former Michi Gan players guard Gary Grant and Power Forward Loy Vaught plus first round draft pick. Clippers coach Larry Brown said talks with Detroit have been going on for  Rodman said tuesday night it looked like he would be leaving the pistons but he did t know where he was headed. It does t really matter where i go Rodman said before the pistons game against the 76ers. I just want to go somewhere where i la be  Rodman is the Aba s leading re world notes Bounder averaging 19 a game. Sanders has surgery Cleveland Forward Mike Sanders of the Cleveland Cavaliers underwent arthroscopic surgery tuesday at the Cleveland clinic to repair a torn cartilage in his left knee. Sanders 32, an 11 year Aba Veteran will be out four to six weeks the team said. Norman activated a. Los Angeles the los Angeles clippers on tuesday activated Ken nor Man from the injured list replacing ale Stivrins on the roster. Norman was averaging 14.5 Points per game when he was diag nosed with Chicken pox on feb. 8. Additionally the clippers announce the team had signed guard Lester Conner to a second 10-Day contract. Sonics Paton robbed san Leandro Calif. Gary Payto Nof the Seattle supersonics was robbed of $60,000 in Cash and jewelry last sunday night but escaped injury when the robber Sun went off during a struggle. Payton Seattle s starting Point guard sprinted to safety after the shot was fired and the gunman disappeared with pay ton s valuables. A native of Oakland Payton had re turned to the area to visit friends and fam ily during the Aba All Star break. It. Ted Nelson of the Alameda county sheriffs department said Payton had been seen around town sporting expensive jewelry and carrying a lot of can. Investigators believe the robber tracked Payton to the building hid behind a trash bin and waited for Payton to come out. The robber ran off with the loot and re Mains at Large. Apo nabs Aba Lead Toledo Ohio Adam Apo Athree time member of the team Usa Amateur squad averaged 253 Over eight games tuesday to move into the Lead at the Bud Light professional bowlers association championship. Apo of Honolulu rolled High games of290 and 280 tuesday in route to increasing his 16-game pinball to 3,875. Broncos release Kay Denver tight end Clarence Kay plagued by recent off Field troubles was Given his release tuesday by the Denver Broncos at his request. Kay a starter for the last nine seasons asked for his release monday after talk ing to Broncos coach Wade Phillips. 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