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Ezzard Charles boxing 'Quiet Tiger, dies at 53 I I I In; I visitors with a radiant smile and by blinking his eyes to indicate yes or no. HE MADE A fortune in the ring and went broke on unwise business deals and too much generosity. But he showed no rancor, shrugging away his losses and moving to his adopted home town, Chicago, to work for the city helping kids in trouble. "I'm in a different kind of fight game now," he said then. "This time I'm trying to take kids who think they're tough off the street and straighten them out." EZZARD CHARLES, the onetime "Quiet Tiger" of boxing, is dead.

The former world heavyweight champion was 53. Charles fought the greatest boxers of his time Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jersey Joe Walcott but he fought his longest fight against amyo-tropic lateral sclerosis, a paralyzing disease that causes muscle degeneration. CHARLES DIED in his sleep early Wednesday in Veterans Administration West Side Hospital, 820 S. Damen where he had been hospitalized since March 4, 1974. Survivors in In 1971, a Montessori school at 6701 S.

Emerald was named for him. The Rev. Clyde Allison, pastor of the Emerald Avenue Presbyterian Church, which runs the school, said of the former champion: "He's a great guy, an amazing guy. He can't talk, he can't move his hands, he can't do anything. But when I see him he has a smile on his face." Former world middleweight champion Tony Zale, who worked with Charles on the Chicago Park District boxing program, said Wednesday, "He Continued on page 7, col.

1 clude his widow, Gladys, and his three children, Ezzard II, Deborah, and Leith. Visitation will be held in the funeral home at 318 E. 71st St. on Sunday. Services will be at 11 a.

m. Monday in the Emerald Avenue Presbyterian Church, 6701 S. Emerald, and burial will be In Burr Ceme- -tery. Charles felt the first symptoms of the disease while still in the ring in the late fifties. It gradually took his power to walk, to speak, and finally to move.

But he refused to surrender to its effects, and in his last days communicated to Ezzard Charles center exchanging verbal jabs with present heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and former light heavyweight champ Archie Moore at 1968 testimonial dinner in Chicago. (Chicago (Tribune Thursday, May 29, 1975 ports CT7 MUM 1 f' Jose Cardenal skidding past surprised Braves, tatcher Vic Correll and pitcher Carl Morton 49, to score on sacrifice fly to shortstop in second inning Wednesday. Larvell Blanks caught it, back to infield, and "Hosey" crossed him up to tally run which made difference in 5-4 Cub triumph. I might be a career minor leaguer, which is not only frustrating but not very profitable. But when the Cubs brought me up last year about this time, it made all the bus rides worthwhile.

I'm thrilled to be here, even if it is late." ON AFTERNOONS like Wednesday, Zamora is an inevitable latecomer. The Braves had fallen behind 5-1 after four innings as the Cubs shelled Carl Morton, who waSonce ihls season and Is now Bonham had opened the third wiW an infield, hit and Jose Cardenal had, taken a The meat, of Cub order accosted A healthy; Hifckl Monday sli gled for "run. Bill Madlbck punched a short fly to center and Cardenal hustled in with Andy Thornton doubled for a third run. Pete -LfCock drilled a single for a One inning "later, Manny Trillo tripled and Bonham singled him home with the winning run. But Bonham wasn't the winner; he was gone in the fifth.

"It wasn't running the bases that bothered me," said the frustrated right hander. "I don't know what, it was. I just lost my rhythm all at once. The' plate started jumping I wish I knew why these, things happened. Maybe I'm, trying tod hard to be consist Section 4 ent.

The big difference between today and the game I pitched in Los Angeles a week ago a two-hit complete game is one thing, really. Control." AFTER EARL Williams' single made it 5-3, Geoff Zahn relieved Bonham. And the Braves built their fourth run in the sixth. Zamora relieved Zahn. Thereafter, Zamora's performance was an Oscar-winner: he surrendered a double to Larvell Blanks in the eighth and a walk to Ralph Garr in the ninth.

"That's the first unintentional walk I've given up all year 28 innings niaybb I was shook up from the bases in our 8th," laughed Zamora. "Actually, that's my bread and butter. I have to throw strikes, because I don't have the great velocity. They said In the minors I didn't throw hard enough, even tho I started a lot. "But I'm delighted with my.

role here. Any reliever who tells you he doesn't want to get in there to nail down a save or win isn't leveling with you. You naturally root for a guy to finish what he but if he cant' you hope, it's you they call on' when there's trouble." The Cubs did a year ago, and -since then, there hasn't been as much trouble. Smith had broken the Garden record of 18- by clearing 18-1. THE WORLD mark, let outdoors earlier this year by Dave Roberts, is 18-6.

The Indoor record by an amateur Js 18-1, held by Dan Ripley of San Jose' State. A professional mark can 1 not' count at world Smith did not stop after his record leap. He went for an all-time pole vault mark, either indoors or outdoors, of 18-7. But he failed on three attempts at that height. Box score in scoreboard ing an anniversary of sorts, you see.

"It's a year ago that I got a letter while I was pitching in the minors at Denver," said Zamora. "It was from a friend of mine, Orlando Pena, who was with the Cardinals. He said then Cubs' manager Whitey Lockman had been asking about me and that they might bring me up. "For a guy who'd been pitching' in the for nine years, it was very encouraging. I'd say 99 per cent of.

the jsitchers in Triple A-ball have, at least had a chance, at the big But I had never even been on a major league roster. I kept trying every year, but never got a shot in the Houston system for five years, "I thought for a while that If lllllii By Bob Verdi IT'S NOT how you begin a job but how you finish it, which is what the Cubs were all about Wednesday. And it's not how you begin a baseball career but how you finish it, which is what Oscar Zamora is all about every day. Summoned to protect a lead that starter Bill Bon-ham produced with his bat but threatened to erase, with his arm, Zamora threw strikes, strikes some more strikes to assure the Chicagoans a 84 Wrigley Field triumph At-, lanta Braves And continued possession of first place -in the National League East. Zamora's splendid" rescue job one hit In four innings'' earned the Big his third victory of the season at the timeliest of times.

The 30-year-old reliever is celebrat: 'J. ill annsen wins aa roll 9- if as Box score in scoreboard return to the front ranks of starting hurlers, however, Bahnsen has won three in a row, the most recent of which was Wednesday night's breeze. It was his first nine inning game since last Aug. 1. Bahnsen surrendered only six hits, one of which was the game's only home run by George Scott, which followed one of seven Milwaukee walks.

The base on balls continues to plague Stan, and the Brewers' only other run grew from one of these. But charity came more to the White Sox than to the Brewers this evening. Milwaukee made four errors, and four of Chicago's runs were unearned. By the time the Brewers finished tossing the ball around in the first two innings, Pedro Garcia had two errors, Robin Yount one, and the Chicagoans. were well underway with a 7-0 lead.

The White Sox sent ten men to the plate in the first yet somehow Starter Jim Slatonv managed to sur 7 Trlbunt Photo by Phil Maxtor Eduardo Rodriguez and Tom Murphy, Crandall's relief aces, were given two innings of work apiece cause the Brewers, like the Sox, have an open date before them Thursday. The Sox appreciated the complete game more than any kind of work for their relief man, however. They've only had six start-to-finish jobs this season. Furthermore, they didn't have Terry Forster for this one. He was sent back to Chicago for an examination of his left elbow.

He says it's all right, but his leaders aren't convinced. They've known Terry to pitch when he should have been resting his aching body. attacked George Carter, 68, with his bat after disagreeing with the umpire's call. The chairman of the court, Sidney Lancaster, told Jones: "You know perfectly well what the traditions of the game are." wrwxy II vive party because there was nothing more robust than three singles along with the two walks and two of the errors. SLATON WAS removed in the second inning after three consecutive, White Sox hits, including a double by May that put two men in position to score and another double by Henderson, a chalk-biter over first that drove in two runs.

Williams Castro yes, he has a plural first name pitched then thru the fifth. The rookie ran afoul of nothing beyond May's third hit and second double which had the Sox well into their laugher with their eighth run in the third. Smith vaults 18-5, world indoor record row By Richard Dozer Chicago Trlbunt Presi Servlc MILWAUKEE Del Cran-dall didn't try any gimmicks here Wednesday night. No lottery to determine his batting order. No Henry Aaron in left field.

Only the banishment of his interim third baseman, Kurt Bevac-qua the gent whose defensive spectaculars upset the White Sox 24 hours earlier. With things back in their proper place, then, the Sox found themselves up against a normal opponent and completely destroyed the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 with a 12-hit attack that was led by Carlos May and their slump-ridden center fielder, Ken Henderson. But if anyone is finding his way back from exile, it is Stan Bahnsen, the troubled veteran who has spent 18 days In the solitude of the bullpen trying to find a reason for an earned run average that went over 12.00 during April. He lost four of five starts in that time; won none. IN THE 10 DAYS since his Unser still remembers rookie hazing at Indy 1 Robert Markus' profile, page 3 Weary traveler home after Stanley Cup 'Wake of News on page 3 Motta '99 sureV of no fast Bulls' trade Bill Jauss story on page 4 That's not cricket, mate NEW YORK AP-CoIor-ful Steve Smith, a 23-year-old Califoraian, soared 18-feet, 1 higher than any other, pole vaulter has ever gone In-doors, at the International Track 4 Association, meet at Madison Square Garden Wed- Flying over the bar on his first attempt at the Smith, surpassed his previous indoor mark 'of.

18-4, established earlier, this- yeat'j at Portland Ore. Earlier in the competition, the aggressive BIRMINGHAM, England, Reuterl An irate cricket player broke an umpire's arm wtih his bat after he was ruled out in a match here. Elwaldo Jones, 35, was fined $120 Wednesday after telling a court here that he Nastase's nastiness an edge -dpeiihiijjf Rick jVfe.i thing drastic. So, on the eighth serve he served and fell down, clutching his leg. -v THE RECEIVER, seeing him fall, caught the ball whereupon the server jumped up and ran forward, claiming the serve, point because if a ball touches the receiver's body, the point goes to the server.

The trickbag player went on to win the" match, but subsequently was barred from Davis Cup play. The meanest, lowdown, dirty gamesmanship trick I've ever heard about came in a club level tournament, 'with no linesman, of course, to make calls. Therefore It's left up to each player's honor, right? SITUATION: MATCH point against the server. He serves and the return whizzes past for the apparent match winner. But he calmly pulls out another ball and says "second serve I foot-faulted." A gentleman's game? Rick Talley Sports can bs heard Monday thru Friday at 7.25 a.

m. and 5 p. m. on WIS radio (890). Talley appear on WIS-TV (Channel 7) Eyewitness News on Saturday and Sunday.

waited leading 6-3, 5-4, and 15-love on service but after Nastase's return, completely fell apart in the nationally-televised match, losing eight games in a row and the match. So Incensed were tennis-TV, fans that the network carrying the match was flooded with phone calls, insisting on Nastase's default. One Irate caller promised to donate $10,000 to charity if Nasty were banned from the Now he's starting early on his Wimbledon psyche job. GAMESMANSHIP, of course, has been part of tennis for years. It Isn't considered gentlemanly and is often censured for violating the "spirit of the game," but it nevertheless persists.

You can count the ways walking slowly to the net to hand the balls to the other player instead of bouncing them to him deliberately bouncing them out of his reach when returning them frequently stopping play to wipe oft your glasses feigning Injury to upset the tempo of play, etc. There's the classic story, of course, of the player in European Davis Cup play several years ago who, after losing seven consecutive match points, felt It necessary to try some HEADLINE: Nastase still plans boycott of Wimbledon. Comment: If you believe that, you'll believe that Burt Hooton and Jim Marshall are a doubles team. This must be said for Hie Nastase, tho. He keeps em' off balance and that's his whole game.

HE'S ONE of the greatest tennis players In the world and also one of the more entertaining, or one of the biggest jerks, depending on your point of view. Most people in the tennis establishment just wish Nasty would go away somewhere and start a revolution. His most recent display of bad manners, childish behavior, came last week in the British Hard Court championships, where he was disqualified after arguing a line cad his smash had been called out on the end line and he raced around the net, pointed to the spot, and refused to continue play. "PLAY ON," instructed referee Mike Gibson. Nastase just stood there In the drizzle.

Finally, Gibson shouted, "Nastase, you are disqualified." Now Nasty says he won't play at Wimbledon because Gibson will be the referee. "The president of Romania is the only one with the power to make me play," says Hie, runnerup at Wimbledon in 1972 but never the champion. "I don't really want to play there." BUT HE PROBABLY will, and once again he'll be armed with a psychological advantage over his opponents. Players have been tortured by Nastase's antics for so long that they now see evil where it doesn't exist and It gives him an edge in a sport where only the smallest of advantages can determine the result. Earlier this year, at the Tucson Tennis Games, Nastase "quit" against Ken Rosewall and had to be talked back onto the court by officials.

Rosewall, the gentleman, patiently.