SCHOTT-GONE? REDS OWNER EXPECTED TO SELL INTEREST IN TEAM

          Reds Owner Marge Schott "has signed a document agreeing
     to sell her controlling interest in a deal that could see
     the Reds with new owners by early 1999," according to team
     sources cited by Geoff Hobson of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.  A
     deal "was apparently not finalized" Wednesday night because
     MLB execs "had yet to receive" the paperwork "ending
     Schott's" tenure before Game Four of the World Series.  MLB
     is "expected to make an immediate announcement if and when
     it receives Schott's signed intent to sell."  Reds Managing
     Exec John Allen will remain in charge until a sale is
     finalized.  However, "indications" from MLB are that Schott
     "would be welcome as a limited partner as long as she has no
     control" if she can work out an agreement with new owners. 
     Schott had no comment Wednesday night (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER,
     10/22).  For more on the Reds' ballpark, see (#20).