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wis Seams Iiomf to fa a the family moved to Los Angeles, he says he might have become a street hood or a drug addict And, if San Francisco Giants Manager Frank Robinson hadnt been sensitive to the young man's desire and the hopes of other minor leaguers in the organization, Charles "Chili" Davis might still be chasing flies in the desert Life has worked out rather well and Davis' biggest problem now is trying to outguess the wind in Candlestick. -YOU CAN GET DIZZY trying to catch a ball here," Davis said. "The wind blows in from left, swirls around and shoots out to right That's on a normal day. We dont have too many normal days. You can never take your eye off the balL I've had San Francisco Chili Davis, like many an outfielder before him, curses the fickle skies above Candlestick Park.

The ever-changing breezes, the San Francisco Giants rookie center fielder has learned, can turn a routine fly ball into an adventure, dependent on the whims of the winds. Davis 22-year-old life has taken a few capricious turns of its own. If he had remained in his native Jamaica, Davis might have grown up swinging a cricket bat rather than being hailed as one of the brightest of the 1982 National League rookies. If his parents had not been as firm with him when immmmmmmmmmmrmmmaKTam HOUH FOOTBALL WMAtlKW OUTLAW S1S.M A50CR FREE camp jas Lll-I- balls out there I had to turn two or three times to catch." Davis was a catcher in high school and a right fielder In the minors. Jack Clark, a former pitcher, is the Giants' regular right fielder Davis was assigned to center or left "I'm a quick learner," Davis said.

"At first I didn't like left and I had never played center but it doesn't matter. I just want to play." Robinson likes Davis' attitude. "He accepted the moves without said. "That tells me something about his makeup. "Last year he had a great spring so I kept him on the club even though I didn't think he was ready," Robinson said.

"I did it more for. the other rookies than for him. If I didn't take him they might ask 'Geez, what do you have to do to make When he went back down to the minors a month later, it helped him get his head on right" Davis had another good spring this year and this time Robinson thinks the youngster might be ready to come into his own. I The Giants are in the cellar in the National League West but after a slow start the switch-hitting Davis is batting a respectable S8 with four homers and 16 runs batted in. Davis hit .350 last year at Phoenix and had 19 homers in 83 games.

Two years ago, he hit J294 at Shreveport "TIE HAS A SMOOTH, easy swing, quick and compact," Robinson said. "He doesn't have a lot of movement at the plate. With that type of stance, he won't have any long slumps. There's no reason why he shouldn't be a .300 hitter. "He's an impressive young ballplayer," said the Hall of Famer.

"He hasn't gone on a tear yet and isn't grabbing the headlines. But that's good. There's less pressure on him." There was a time when Davis felt a lot of pressure, much of It Internal, a desire to bust loose. "I was pretty rebellious when I was younger," said Davis, who came to the U.S. at the age of nine.

"I could've turned out to be a gangster or a drug addict if my family didn't get on me. I got a lot of whippings. I guess they were worthwhile but I hated them at the time. "I thought my parents were trying to kill me," he said. "I got whipped with belts, shoes, whatever.

My uncle once beat me with a fan belt from a car." While his family was beating character into him, Davis was falling in love with baseball. In a few years, he knew he had special talents. Now he realizes he still has plenty to learn. "I was a star in high school and the minors," Davis said. "We played merely on talent We didn't have the coaching.

But Tve improved a lot over last two years. The coaches in the Giants organization have patience. I've matured a lot TVE LEARNED TO PLAY team baseball instead of individual baseball. Individual baseball is trying to accomplish your goals without regard for winning. Team baseball Is doing things that help the team win.

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