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THE BOSTON GLOBE MONDAY. JULY 25, 1983 29 Can Gordon rom court to turf Patriots candidate grid novice 1 1 r. By Ron Borges Globe Staff SMITHFIELD, R.I. At 6 feet 5 and 212 pounds, Eddy Gordon looks the part, but every now and again the truth slips out. It never has been anything obvious.

He has not yet tried to dribble the football nor has he slammed it (Sullivan is 5 feet 9, Jordan is 6-7) and wait. Sullivan said he would not negotiate until Jordan returns to camp, thus painting himself into a rather small corner. Jordan and Coleman have countered by saying they will not budge until a new deal Is hammered out. It is, of course, difficult to negotiate a new deal if you cannot talk with the people doing the dealing. And so Coleman spent the weekend at his home on Cape Cod.

Jordan spent it jogging around Smithfield. And Sullivan spent it watching his other employees work out. "I hope Pat doesn't think he's backed himself into a corner," Coleman said yesterday. "I'll, be out of town for several days, but we're ready to talk again when I get back. "I would think they would want Shelby back -before they leave for California (Aug.

12 for games against the 49ers and Rams). He wants to be there. Now it's up to them." PATRIOTS l9TCQ0CSt SMITHFIELD, R.I. As Shelby Jordan sits in his living room just up the road from Bryant College, where his teammates begin two-a-day workouts this morning, much is being made of his demand that the Patriots renegotiate his contract for the third time since 1979. General manager Pat Sullivan has not missed an opportunity to mention the fact that Jordan has spent more time with his paw out than Lassie, and certain local news sheets have stated that Sullivan is "plainly getting sick of it." Perhaps he is sick, but if so he has no reason to be unless he got a hold of a bad piece of cod fish over the weekend.

While it is true that Jordan has twice renegotiated, Sullivan himself admitted last week that on both occasions Jordan was underpaid by industry standards, which are the only standards over the goalposts at Bryant Col lege. But occasionally the subtle things give him away. The tirst lew times got open on pass patterns I turned around and started slapping my hands together, calling for the ball," Gordon recalled yesterday as an embarrassed grin crossed his face. You know, Pass it over here. guys.

Finally coach (Uantej tcar- necchia took me aside and said to leave that stuff on the basketball court. He told me if someone wants to pass me the ball, they will. I don't call for it anymore." I TIIE f.ilLE OFFLBI Already he had begun to learn, but for Gordon to make a place for himself as a tight end in the Na mm tional Football League he will have to be a faster learner than Albert that mean much in professional sports. "We renegotiated Shelby's contract in 1979 and again in 1981 and both times he was underpaid." Sullivan admitted last week. "It was only fair to re-do those contracts.

"But after he signed his last contract, his attorney told us Shelby was happy and would not ask for. another renegotiation as long as he was his attorney. He was right. Shelby fired him and now Dennis Coleman is asking for a new contract." As cute as such statements may be, the fact is that Jordan again finds himself underpaid, judging by the raises teammates Pete Brock, Bob Cryder, Ron Wooten and Don Hasselbeck have received over the past 18 months. In addition, he happens to be holding enough 1 IS Installed Quickly Expertly Laurent Fignon won the 70th Tour de France and raised high his trophy at a ceremony held along Champs Elysees in Paris, upi photo Steinberg said he was interested in me, I figured if basketball is out I'll try this.

I didn't start playing basketball until the 10th grade and I did so well I thought maybe I'd be a natural at football, too. "I know there's the possibility of getting hurt here, but that's a chance you take because of the money factor." For a free agent, the money factor is minimal relative to your normal athletic millionaire, but as long as Gordon and people like him are in professional training camps, dreams of mounds of money live on. And it is that dream which gives him strength when his pads are as foreign as the Greek alphabet and he is asked to put his rather handsome face into the chest of somewhat angry and overheated linebackers. "This blocking stuff isn't like taking the charge," Gordon said. "That's been the hardest part.

It. seems like the few times I do get a block in, someone tells me I hit the wrong guy. "But I kind of like the contact. I was known for fouling a lot in basketball, and at least here you can't foul out." You can, however, foul up, as Gordon has learned more than once. While he says coach Ron Meyer and his assistants have been most patient with him, he knows there are limits to that patience once games (not to mention jobs) are on the line.

The most notable case of basketball player turned football hero is that of former Dallas Cowboy All-Pro defensive back Cornell Green, but to be honest, for every Cornell Green there are hundreds of Un Knowns who have walked the same road. "It's a long row to hoe for Eddy," Meyer said. "He absolutely missed the violent world of college football and now he's in a situation where bombs are going off all around him. I'm not sure he's too pleased with that. But he's not shy." "When I first got popped, I didn't think it was too bad until somebody said we were only going half speed," Gordon said.

"Then I thought it was bad enough. "But now I'm looking forward to doing a little popping, too." Fits most cars. it CAU THE DEALER NEAR YOU CAMBRIDGE 354-1570 EVERETT 387-0636 CHARLESTOWN 242-9709 NfWTON 527-0837 leverage to lift the World Trade Center. If the Patriots were to try their hand at the upcoming and other participating dealers throughout New England KljUjQ season without both Jordan and the retired John Hannah, their line, once one of the most Fignon wins world's top cycling race From Wire Services 1 PARIS Laurent Fignon, a 22-year-old Frenchman, won the 70th edition of the Tour de France cycling classic yesterday in a sprint fin mile powerful in football, would be as productive as a Russian wheat field. That fact is not lost on muSfler And so the two sides sit eyeball to stomach Einstein.

His problem is not that he is not a fine athlete. In fact, his problem, if you care to call it that, is that he is a fine athlete. So fine, in fact, that the Patriots decided to take a look at him even though he never played a down of football until he arrived at New England's mini-camp in May. Gordon, you see, is a basketball player by trade and by inclination. He is a football player, at the moment, by chance, not by choice.

After completing his senior season at San Diego State, Gordon went unnoticed in the NBA draft. But when you stand 6-5 and can cover 40 yards In 4.7 seconds, there are people in the NFL who will take note. "I was out there for spring practice and his agent mentioned he might be interested in football," Patriots personnel director Dick Steinberg said. said I'd take a look. "We signed him because he can run, is durable and showed he can catch.

You just have to be patient and willing to live with a guy like this during his awkwardness." "I got hurt last season so I didn't get a good look from the NBA scouts," Gordon said. "When Mr. 2 ENGINEERS COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS LOGISTIC SUPPORT s' ish down the Champs Elysees as thousands of fans lined the street to cheer the hometown fa- vorite. It was the first time Fignon had participated 1 in the world's most prestigious cycling race and only the second time he had won a race since j-1 his professional career began last year. Fignon never was considered a top threat for the title when the race got under way in Paris on July 1 He took the lead in the race only on 4 Monday when countryman Pascal Simon with- 1 drew after fracturing his shoulder blade.

i Since then, Fignon had built a commanding lead, which was increased Saturday when he won his first leg in the 22-leg race. He finished the tour with a combined time of 105 hours, seven minutes and 52 seconds. Spain's Angel Arroyo took second place, four minutes and four seconds later, while Dutch- man Peter Winnen finished third, four minutes and nine seconds behind Figndn. I- The final leg was over a 121-mile course from Alfortville to Paris. Switzerland's Guilbert ML mi Glaus clocked five hours, 30 minutes and 56 seconds jto win the last leg in a sprint finish with second-place finjsher Sean Kelly of Ireland.

1PEJE. Eugene Urbany captured third place, one second later, and Fignon finished fourth in the f- same time with a pack of 76 riders. Only 88 of the 140 riders who began the race three weeks ago completed the 2230-mile cir- q)fo)t cuit. Jonathan Boyer of the United States finished -5'' in 12th place overall, 19 minutes and 57 sec onds behind the winner. He was 31st in yester day's final leg, one second behind the leader.

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