European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R saturday july 31, 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 31 i Joh Copeland. Ready to play j new agent negotiating for Copeland Cincinnati a two weeks into training Camp first round draft pick John Copeland has taken the first Ste toward joining the Cincinnati bengals in the 95-degree heat and 90-percent humidity at Wilmington College. The 6-foot-3, 286-Pound defensive end from Alabama considered a Likely starter As a Rookie hired an agent  is ready to play new York based sports agent Joel Segal said. We a begin talking As soon As possible. I m looking Forward to expediting a negotiation and getting John into  Copeland attended the bengals mini Camp this Spring although he was overweight and said he expected Mohave a contract in plenty of time to re port for training  he fired his agent Carl Poston a week before Camp started july 19, an went More than a week without Contact ing the bengals although pm Mik Ebrown tried to Deal directly with him. Brown told Copeland that there was Only a certain amount of Money left in the bengals Rookie salary Pool sinc Copeland was the team s Only unsigned draft pick and that there was no use Cut Ting an agent in on his Deal. But Copeland decided to negotiate through Segal who obtained a four year Deal for a reported $2.76 million. His Mark but Walsh Canton Ohio a Bill Walsh who used to speak to millions As an nil analyst on television is afraid he might become speechless when he is inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame today. I m really concerned about whether m going to be Able to talk Walsh said this week. I think i could be eloquent if Given the Chance but i m not sure i eleven be Able to get a word  even if he can t express himself Walsh s record Speaks volumes. The architect of the san Francisco 49crs superbowl victories in 1982, 1985 and 1989, Walsh had a record of 102-63-1 in a dec Ade As the team s head coach. Joining him for induction saturday willbe Chicago Bear running Back Walter Payton san Diego Charger quarterback Dan Fouts Miami Dolphin offensive lineman Larry Little and Pittsburg Steeler coach Chuck Noll. I be been haunted for the last month losing sleep As to How i m going to be Able to get up and receive this award. Be cause the last two or three times i be been in these kind of situations i be come Little unravelled and Haven t been Able to express myself at All Walsh  of the reason for his stage fright Walsh said wag the realization that his induction speech will be the last official act of 20 years As an assistant or head coach in the pros. It s the Gravity of it All and the finality of the moment he said. This really Stamps the end of my nil experience Sand the end of my association with the 49ers. Then i la have some of my Grain former athletes sitting there with their families and it s pretty  always an emotional Man Walsh said it will be difficult to reign in his feeling when he is presented by 49er owner Edward Debartolo  s worried the same Way so we could end up crying in each others armsand being led off the stage. With that in mind i can t wait to get it Over with Walsh said. In contrast to Walsh Payton said his induction is almost anti climactic. The reason i can t get excited about the Hall of Fame is that too Many Guys already put me there a Long time ago he said. It was like somebody showed me my Christmas presents three month ahead of  r for / Bui Walsh has trepidation As today s Hall of Fame induction arrives. To in Georgc Payton rushed for More Yards than anyone Ever to play in the nil 16,276. His 3,838 carries and 110 touchdowns also Are records. He also won a super bowl ring in 1986 with the  never made it to a super bowl but did turn the chargers from woeful Toone of the most exciting teams of the 1980s. In is seasons he passed for 43,040yards.  -. Only fran Tarkenton and Johnny Unitas also topped the 40,000-Yard Mark. But Fouts Stul had misgivings he could make it in the nil. I doubted it right up until the firs time i stepped on the Field he said. I never planned on being a pro player until the scouts starting coming around. I was just playing a game i enjoyed , at 190 pounds was a Good but not spectacular lineman in High school i Miami. He was t drafted signing a free agent contract with san Diego he spent two years there before being traded to his Hometown  flourished As a Cornerstone of Futol it aint Spanish writers say the dolphins running attack which produced super bowl championships in 1972 and 1973. There s no doubt. I had to prove my self that i had to be five times Bette than the Guys that were drafted said Little now the coach of the fledgling team at North Carolina Central. I did t know if i d Ever get a  read that Sid Gillman was bringing in 40 free agents and that Only two or three would stick. That motivated  Noll engineered the Steeler dynasty that won super bowls in 1975,1976,1979 and 1980.despite inheriting a perennial Doormat when he took Over in 1969, Noll led Pittsburgh to a 209-156-1 record an nine acc Central division titles. If there s one thing i be Learned i football it s that you never do anything yourself Noll said As always giving credit to his players. After the induction the los Angele raiders and Green Bay packers meet in the annual Hall of Fame exhibition game 9 . Get on an to v by Stephen wad Barcelona Spain a Span ish journalists Cristina Cubero and Euse Bio Brosa chased and sweated for quotes in the Mediterranean heat with dozens of their american counterparts As the Pitts Burgh Steeles and san Francisco 49erspracticed thursday for sunday s flex  saw things from another Angle. I never get Over How different Ameri can football is from our Futol Cubero said using the Spanish word for  course the games Are different i Don t mean that. It s the training the Way americans and spaniards go about things. Lifestyle things , just Back from covering the two clubs training Camps in the unite states is a Veteran of three super bowls and a fan of . Barcelona one. Of Europe s powerhouse soccer teams. She is a rarity As a woman sportswriter Here and even More unusual because of her knowledge of american football in country where the game is mostly in  . Barcelona trains in pre season millionaire players stay in five american bowl Star  Cubero said. Training i Latrobe pa., players stayed in student like housing almost a military like discipline  Brosa was struck by the game s play Book mentality. It s night and Day with the playbook nothing is left to Chance. Spaniards Are better known for More  the teams with a travelling Parry of about 700, had set up almost a Little America in their hotels since arriving tuesday with about 10 tons of equipment for a week Long stay. Cubero joked Good Nat redly about the american Way of eat  we eat a first and second course. Americans fill their plates up twice or three times with the same foods she said. Some seem to like our food but Only  san Francisco Security director Rick Sandoval said some players were sur prised at a team Parry wednesday when what they thought were onion rings turned out to be deep Fried squid. I saw a lot go on the floor that s Alli la say Sandoval said. At the More adventuresome end was Pittsburgh s player development coordinator Anthony Griggs a former of linebacker who had baked Duck from lunch on  Good but it s not exactly a special on the training table Back encamp Griggs said. What struck both Spanish reporter was the fact that a Rookie like Pittsburgh wide receiver Andre Hastings and Sanfrancisco s millionaire quarterback Steve Young each practice with the same in Tensity. A Spanish soccer team would bring 20players to training All knowing they could relax because they had made the team said Brosa who also recently re turned from both clubs training  75 come stars and everybody and they All work  clubs have organized Tours  ties and fairly rigid schedules to keep the players families and office staff Busy see ing Spain but in a pretty american Way that might not let them see the real country Cubero said. 4-game bean hits giants7 guard Moore new York a the of suspended new York giant Start ing right guard Eric Moore on Fri Day for the team s first four regu Lar season games for violating the league s policy on anabolic steroids and related substances. Moore pleaded guilty to a Mise Meanor charge of Possession of steroids on june 24 in Atlanta. Heis scheduled for sentencing sept. 9, four Days after the giants Ope their season against Chicago. Moore s suspension without  will begin on aug. 28, the Day after the giants final preseason game and end on oct. 4, the Day after the giants play Buffalo in their fourth game of the season. Moore said he expected to be suspended. It was fair he said