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JL Page 24, Thursday July 29, 1971 ftfe ffolafcpm xsqxw I SPORTS Television-Radio Classified Ads AERY HISLE Putting It Back Together at Eugene With .338 Average I'm so pleased with the way I'm hitting now, I know I can come back and play the kind of ball I'm capable of playing." Larry Hisle iirv9! Si-s -stir 41 1 Hisle was disappointed by his demotion to the minors but not embittered. "I thought briefly about going home to Ohio and trying to relax and get things off my mind," he said. "That's what my folks wanted me to do. But I decided to come straight out here and get started as soon as possible. I felt that the faster I proved myself, the faster I'd get to the big leagues." Richie Allen, the former Phillie slugger who now toils for the Los Angeles Dodgers, created a small furor recently by suggesting that the farming-out of Larry Hisle was evidence that the Phils' are a racist organization.

Hisle disagrees. "I respect Richie," the soft- "Looking back, maybe it would have helped if I had sat out two or three weeks early in the season," he said. "But, you know, at that time I didn't feel that way. I wanted to play every day and work myself out of it. I didn't want to sit on the bench." The young outfielder's outlook had improved by the time he reported to spring training this season, but he saw only sporadic action before being sent down.

"I felt real good when I came to camp. But I didn't get the chance to play as much as I would have liked. It's awfully tough to come in cold in the late innings, under pressure to produce, and get the job done against the best ballplayers in the world." By BRUCE KEIDAN Of The Jnqvirer Stalf Portrait of a super prospect: Excellent size (6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds), speed and power. Age 24. Hits right, throws right.

In 80 at-bats in Class AAA bast-ball this season, has compiled .338 average with six doubles, three triples and five home runs. Fine defensive outfielder. Good character, very coacha-ble, dedicated to the sport. OK, so it sounds too good to be; true. The last time anybody found a kid like that, his name was Joe Hardy and the play was called "Damn Yankees." And even then, you'll remember, there was a catch.

All the same, such a pros pect does exist. And he is the property of the Phillies. His name? Brace yourself. It's Larry Hisle. That's right, the same Larry Hisle who stormed into the National League in 1969 and promptly whacked 20 nomers, five triples and 23 doubles while hitting .266.

The same one for whom the 1970 season turned into an unending nightmare, a single prolonged slump. The same Larry Hisle who was hitting .238 with two runs-batted-in in 25 games when the Phillies waived him to their Pacific Coast League farm club at Eugene, on May 26. "He was injured not too long after he got here," said Bob Lunn, Eugene's assistant general manager, by tele- Larry Hisle Tries Harder Ex-Phillie making comeback in Pacific Coast League Hisle said. "There are no Tom Seavers or Bob Gibsons in this league. And the shorter fences help.

But confidence has to rate at the top, and I'm so pleased with the way I'm hitting now, I know I can come back and play the kind of ball I'm capable of playing." Hisle hesitates to gloss over his awful batting performance of 1970 with an instant analysis, but admits that much of his problem may have been psychological. phone Wednesday. "He suffered a pulled muscle in the groin, and he hasn't been able to play regularly. But he's been out there hustling as much as he can, and he's been a big help as a pinch-batter." Hisle should be ready for full-time action by this weekend, and he figures he can play himself into condition within three t-eeks and be ready to help the Phillies. "I'm not kidding myself," was sent down, I think, had nothing to do with racism.

"I have no gripe with the Phillies. I can't wait to rejoin them. I want to give it another whirl." spoken Hisle said, "and that statement may have some validity to his way of thinking. But the Phillies have treated me as well as they've treated anyone. The reason I sa to Beat Wis, 6- stros 30 9 RICHARD HARRIS Wise Is Routed 5t Top Pick 'Square' But Mean (July 28 1971) -A A I 4 By ALLEN LEWIS Of The Inquirer Staff The Astros are IOV2 games behind in the National League's Western Division race.

If they played against the rest of the teams the way they did this season against the Phillies, they might be in the lead. Despite the gap between the third-place Texans and first-place San Francisco, the Astros think a winning streak would put them right in the thick of things. HOLD 8-4 EDGE The Astros defeated the Phillies, 6-3, before a Knothole Night crowd of 20,089 (15,802 paid) Wednesday night behind strong pitching by Don Wilson and finished their season's work with the Quakers with an 8-4 edge. "I still feel we can win this thing," said second baseman Joe Morgan, as usual a key performer against the Phillies. Morgan singled, tripled and walked as Houston banged ismann?" said Len Tose, the club owner and Notre Dame cheerleader.

Skeptics, including Coach Jerry Williams, convinced Tose that at 5-foot-IIV4 Theismann was a borderline prospect as a pro quarterback. Harris was signed to a four-year contract worth an estimated $140,000. "I tried to make four people my wife, my mother, my sister and me happy," he said, "and I've got a lovely little daughter, Kimberly, who will be a year old Sunday. I'll be out there Friday night trying to give her a birthday present." Harris insists that the College All-Stars can match the Colts on a physical basis. Besides Harris, the All-Stars will start 250-pound Jack Youngblood at end and 252-pound Tony McGee and 258-pound Julius Adams at tackles along the rushline.

As a group, they showed enough pop on a rainy Wednesday to Continued on Page 27, Column 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday's Results California 5, Cleveland 1 (N). Baltimore 3, Oakland 2 (N). Washington 7, Minnesota 1 (N) Chicago 5, New York 4 (N) Milwaukee 5 Boston 0 (N) Detroit 8 Kansas City 7 (N) Tuesday's Results Baltimore 1, Oakland 0, 1st, twilight. Baltimore 6, Oakland 4, 2d (N). Boston 4, Milwaukee 3, 1st, twilight.

Milwaukee 5, Boston, 1, 2d (N) Cleveland 4, California 3 (N). Chicago 9, New York 6, 12 Innings (N) Minnesota 4, Washington 2 (N) Detroit 5, Kansas City 4, 11 innings (N) Standings East Division NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday's Results Houston 6, PHILLIES 3 (N) St. Louis 6, New York 3. San Francisco 2, Atlanta 1. Cubs 10, Montreal 2 (N) San Diego 4, Cincinnati 2 (N) Pittsburgh at Los Angeles (N) Tuesday's Results PHILLIES 8, Houston, 3, 1st, twilight Houston PHILLIES 1, 2d (N) Montreal 6, Chicago 1 (N) New York 3, St.

Louis 2 (N) Cincinnati 11, San Diego 3 (N) Atlanta 4, San Francisco 3 (N) Los Angeles 8, Pittsburgh 5 (N) Standings East Division Pet. G.B. Pittsburgh 65 37 .637 worked up it was 'damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead' with him. We found out he has a temper. He is mean as hell.

He has Willie Davis's quickness. Whether he develops Willie Davis's kill I don't know." Harris-was rated as the best defensive lineman in the country by scouts in the BLESTO- talent organization. At 6-foot-5 and 262 pounds, he can outsprint most if not all of the linemen in the All-Star camp. There was perhaps a moment of debate before the Eagles selected Harris on the first round. "What about (Joe) The- i Inquirer photo by EDWARD J.

FREEMAN Richard Harris Loosens Up Eagles' No. 1 draft choice at workout here in May Pet. .624 .574 525 .490 .412 .410 38 43 38 53 60 59 63 58 53 51 42 41 Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Cleveland Washington 10 10 12 2112 25 St. Louis 56 48 .538 Cubs 55 47 .539 New York 52 48 .520 PHILLIES 45 60 .429 Montreal 41 63 .394 G.B. 5 10 13 21,2 21' 1 G.B.

10 15 16 17 20Vi West Division Division West TOM SHELLABARGER Another Eagle Ducks 'Old Chop' Pet. .624 .525 .476 .465 .455 .420 38 47 55 54 55 58 63 52 50 47 46 42 Rick Wise (9-9) for eight ot their 12 hits. "All we need is a winning streak of eight or nine in a row and we can catch some clubs," Morgan added. "The best we've won all year is six in a row and when we did that we were only six out. WALKER CONFIDENT "I know we have a team capable of winning.

If we have I a healthy (pitcher Larry) Dierker down the stretch, I think we can do it." I Manager Harry Walker, I whose only uneasy moment I came in the seventh when the Phillies scored all their runs, talks confidently, too. "If he (Dierker) and Wilson Oakland Kansas City California Chicago Minnesota Milwaukee G.B. 8 10 10 14'i 26 Pet. SanFran'sco 63 42 .600 Los Angeles 54 19 .524 Atlanta 54 53 .505 Houston 52 51 .505 Cincinnati 49 57 .462 San Diego 37 68 .352 Continued on Page 28, Column 7 By GORDON FORBES Of The Inqui'er Staff EVANSTON, 111. At a time when families are being polarized by drugs, long-hair fashions and love styles, Richard Harris stems almost square.

Having risen from a broken home in a wild section of Shreveport, to become one of the select rookies in pro football, Harris has decided to dedicate his career to his mother. "I told her that whatever field I chose I would always strive hard to get the best out of it," he said. "I remember one psychology class we had kids said they don't owe their parents anything. I feel I owe my mother evervthing in the world." 'MAKE HER PROUD' Harris, who is expected to improve the Eagles' pass rush this year, will start at right defensive end Friday night against the world champion Baltimore Colts. Annice Harris, his mother, will be watching thousands of miles away in a modest frame home in the Moretowi section of Shreveport.

"During hard t.mes," he recalled, "she had to bring up me and my sister. I always promised her I'd put my right foot forward and make her proud. "A lot of guys that I grew up with got in trouble and their parents had to get them out of jail. I've nover seen the inside of a jail or a courthouse." ON HER OWN When Harris was three, his mother and father were divorced. Annice Harris, a proud woman, took on extra housekeeping job? to support her two children.

"We didn't get everything we wanted," the strapping lineman said. "Lut she kept us clothed and she made sure there were some toys under the tree at Christmas." Harris had to dolay his football career because of an excess amount of fat surrounding his heart. "This was when I was an eighth-grader," he said. "Guys from the neighborhoods close by would come over and jump on people, break into homes and steal and take automobiles. I stayed away from that." HAD TO PLAY' After two years of restricted activity, Harris rroved out of the neighborhood with his mother and sister.

"Mom scraped up money for us and bought a home in another section of Shreveport," Harris related. "She didn't want me to play football but I just had to play. So I started telling her I was going out to see different friends when I really was going to practice." Harris grew to 200 pounds and eventually entered nearby Grambling, a school notorious for its hulking defensive linemen. "He impressed us with his size and speed and quickness the first time we saw him," said Eddie Robinson, the Grambling coach. "He could outrun most of our backs.

"Sometimes he'd get so Torre, Cruz Hit HRs To Power Cards in 6-3 Victory Over Mets laughs. "Get in there," the coach told the big kid from San Diego. He says he has never wanted to hold a football since then. Shellabarger did a pretty good number hitting guys with the ball after that first horrifying experience. He did his thing mostly at defensive tackle at such stops as San Jose City College, the University of Oregon, and Ventura Junior College before he landed permanently at San Diego State.

But Coach Don Coryell was a big believer in offense as well as defense and he put Shellabarger alongside Allison. The record speaks for itself. "Playing defense is predicated on being fired up," Shellabarger says. "On offense you have to learn to control your temper more. To be more controlled." Shellabarger's roommate, 265-pound Rick Saathoff, gave the San Diego State tackle a chance to prove that theory in a recent nutcracker drill.

The Northern Arizona end cracked in to stop a back from getting through. Shellabarger "blew him on his Saathoff took a swing at Shellabarger. "I would probably have wanted to hit him in the head too if that happened to me," the burly Californian says. It was the kind of play that so far has kept Shellabarger from the "old chop." claimed it. That was about six years before the swarthy Californian ate himself out of basketball.

He had been a sleek 6-5, 175-pound forward averaging 20 points a game for Ayer High School in Ojai when he took a construction job in the summer. By the fall he had a 38-inch waistline, 240-pounds on his frame and decided basketball was for the skinny guys. Tom Shellabarger couldn't live without sports so he took his first shot at football. In the first game Ayer's fullback got hit so hard he started to cry. "They looked around for a dumb guy and the coach saw me," Shellabarger stay healthy, sure I think we can do it," Walker said.

"In one month you can gain nine games. All we have to do is win seven or eight in a row. And, of course, the Giants have to lose. "The Giants have to lose for anybody to do anything, and LA and us can both get hot. Phillies' manager Frank Lucchesi, whose club has now From Our Wire Services NEW YORK.

Joe Torre and Jose Cruz walloped home runs Wednesday, helping the Cardinals to a 6-3 victory over the Mets. Torre, who went into the game leading the National Continued on Page 28, Column 3 League with a .370 batting average, hit a towering two-run homer in the fifth and Cruz connected in the eighth. KZ? Xs" 'S' By CHUCK NEWMAN Of The Inquirer Staff READING. Tom Shella-barger phoned his wife the other night to assure her that the "old chop" wouldn't get him. He thinks she believed him.

Escaping the "old chop" is the name of the game for rookies in an NFL training camp. Pete Retzlaff gave what Shellabarger calls the "old chop" to five rookies on Tuesday, placing them on waivers. Shellabarger, 6-5, 255-poun-der from San Diego State was the fifth draft choice of the Eagles, a pick obviously designed to save the team medical bills for its quarterbacks. Running backs and quarterbacks have been known to spend restless nights thinking of Eagle linemen being tossed back in their faces in recent years. So Herman Ball and Johnny Carson got this great idea and drafted two of the top blockers from a San Diego State team that had won 29 of 32 games the past three seasons.

Their first choice was Henry Allison, an NEA all-America who came with the second name of Henderson, making him an underdog with the communications media. On the fifth round they tabbed Shellabarger, ex-basketball forward, ex-construction man and skin diving nut. Shellabarger was 12 years old when he brought in his first shark. He had stalked his prey stealthily, dropping carefully behind a rock before he fired a telling shot from his trusty spear gun. The shot was about three days late according to his instructor who pronounced the fish dead 72 hours before Shellabarger last 26 games for the Mets.

Gallagher Drives Giants to 2-1 Win SAN FRANCISCO. Alan Gallagher belted a run-scoring double in the sixth inning and drove in the winning run with an eighth-inning single, boosting the Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Dick Dietz belted a two-out-double off reliever Jim Nash (6-7), who came on in the eighth, and Ken Henderson, walked. With two out, Gallagher lined his tie-breaking, single to right center. The Giants scored an unearned run in the sixth off-starter George Stone.

Dietz led off with a walk and was safe on attempt to steal second when Felix Millan dropped catcher Bob Didier's. throw for an error. Gallagher then doubled with two out, scoring Dietz. Ferguson Wins 17th As Cubs Drub Expos MONTREAL. Ferguson.

Jenkins coasted to his 17th win and helped his own cause by driving in two runs in leading the Chicago Cubs to a 10-2 victory over the Montreal Lefthander Steve Carlton (14-6), beaten three times by the Mets this season, spaced eight hits to earn the victory. The Cardinals gave Carlton a quick three runs when they bunched four hits in second inning. Singles by Jerry McNertney and Dal Maxvill and a walk to Carlton loaded the bases with one out. Lou Brocks's grounder scored one run and two more came across when Julian Javier singled and Don Hahn booted the ball for an error. New York got two back in the fourth on a bases-loaded, two-out single by Duffy Dyer that took a bad hop over shortstop Maxvill's head.

But Torre restored the three-run bulge with his 17th homer in the fifth after Luis Melendez had walked. The Mets loaded the bases with none out in the seventh but managed only one run in the rally. Cruz got that one back quickly, opening the eighth with his homer. The loss was the 19th in the Expos. It was Jenkins' sixth straight victory and sixth consecutive complete game for Jenkins, who has lost eight.

Jenkins collected three hits. Frank Dolscn is on vacation. His column will be when he returns. Inquirer photo by JOHN A. MORGAN Astros Roger JMetzger Gets Second and a Cloud of Dust Third baseman easily steals as Phils' Denny Doyle reaches for catcher's throw and umpire Lee Weyer watches Continued on Page 28, Column 8 re ri r- 1.