START SPREADING THE NEWS: GIULIANI PROPOSES FINANCING PLAN

          N.Y. Mayor Rudy Giuliani "proposed a financing formula"
     in which the Yankees and Mets "would pay one-third of the
     costs of new stadiums" and the city and state would divide
     the remaining costs "down the middle," according to Thomas
     Lueck of the N.Y. TIMES.  Giuliani: "The city has the money
     to do it" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/29).  Mets co-Owner Fred Wilpon
     confirmed that the three-way funding proposal "has been on
     the table."  Wilpon added that the organization was "still
     considering several options" for a new Mets home (N.Y. DAILY
     NEWS, 9/29).  Meanwhile, NEWSDAY's Jon Heyman reports that
     comments made by Mets co-Owner Nelson Doubleday about
     renovating Shea Stadium "confounded club executives." 
     Heyman: "Until Doubleday spoke, we thought everyone knew
     that Shea is unworkable, unlivable and untenable as a
     baseball stadium this century" (NEWSDAY, 9/29).