PHOTOGRAPHER NOT PLEASED AFTER ASKING BELLE TO SAY CHEESE

          Attorney Fred Weisman has filed a lawsuit against the
     White Sox' Albert Belle on behalf of Sports Illustrated
     photographer Tony Tomsic, according to Will McDonough of the
     BOSTON GLOBE.  The complaint, filed in Cleveland's Court of
     Common Pleas of Cuyahoga, alleges Belle "deliberately hit
     Tomsic with a baseball last April 6 before an Indians game." 
     Weisman: "This sort of conduct has to stop, and we hope this
     is the place where the message will go out to all of them." 
     The complaint seeks over $25,000 plus punitive and
     compensatory damages and "reasonable" attorney fees (BOSTON
     GLOBE, 12/18).  In trying to get photos of Belle in April,
     Tomsic was the target of Belle throwing baseballs into the
     photographers dugout area.  Tomsic: "It's something I just
     agonized over a long time.  I had a lot of divided emotions
     on this thing. ...  I believe that in the interest of all
     concerned, a point needs to be made" (DETROIT NEWS, 12/18).