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lames Trade Mulhern's fe Talent Star Richard EIjeHantaSonmal Staff BiUy Downs 4 Streetcar Named 'Garage Okay what can they do next? Where do they go from Sports Editor i 3 0 See Page 2 77777 HARTSIELD AVORED ANNIVERSARY 5 i liO IS See MAUCH Page 7 MANNING WAIVED ii to $9000 4x' 4 alcons Sign Hilton Reg $1400 to $2500 Reg $2000 to $3000 ifc nerves in American patriotic systems: Bataan Corregidor Luzon the McArthur making his seaborne retreat but shaking a fist and making that stiff upper lip declaration "I shall 3 4 ers Lyles or that poor relic Jimmy Ellis whom they have to wind up stand up and tell when you see this white towel come out time to stop for The last time they had to take him all the way to Austra lia before they could find an audience the news reached yet The game has become a streetcar named hired earlier this week however leaving Hartsfield wide open for the Braves post really surprised that John was said Hartsfield when contacted at his Atlanta home Thursday Padres had never finished higher than sixth and they moved up two notches this Hartsfield said he met with Robinson about a week ago to talk over the job know I really he said when asked if he would get the position far as I know still up fn the air We had a very nice meeting though We discussed things that are a manager's duties and how they should be handled but sure Eddie has gone over the same things with the other candidates think Eddie likes Hartsfield went on coached here a couple of months so I know Eddie fairly well I think we have a good personal Asked how much he was counting on getting the job here Hartsfield said interested in getting a major league managing job and Atlanta being my hometown would have some advantages and maybe some minor disad vantages too would be very nice to have the Atlanta job if they see fit to give it to he went on are only 24 of those jobs available you Hartsfield refused to assess the personnel or the future of the organization I' I Peekaboo' Comeback Not that the world is running low on respectable and in 16 13 win over Dallas in 1971 had two sacks of the quarterback Giants simply wanted to go with youth and I was a victim of said Hilton situation here in Atlanta appears to be the alcons need experience and they need it now and I hope I can Manning a 6 5 255 pounder was a four year veteran and a 2nd round draft choice in 1972 He spent most of his first two seasons on the taxi squad and had never measured up to the potential he exhibited as a collegiate at Northeastern Oklahoma State He was most famous for walking into the camp at Greenville SC two seasons ago unaware that a strike of veteran NL players was in progress Manning sat down at the training table ate and then looked up to see nothing but rookies "I knew something was wrong when I see any of my laughed Manning who had spent the off season as a Las Vegas blackjack dealer and claimed he read any news papers Meanwhile ex alcon and Georgia Tech star Jimmy Kobinson is slated to get a tryout next week with the Pittsburgh Steelers who are plagued with injuries at wide receiver probably take a look at him after game with said a spokesman now Lynn Swann has a hamstring and rank Lewis is bothered by a shoulder bruLT a fine team and he should feel right at Carriere letcher said add mus cle and aggressiveness to the Atlanta de The of a Lifetime was something less than that A little difficult to relate to the traditional identifica tion of the work in fact was thrown out a few times between Don Dunphy backed up lip Wilson out of See URMAN BISHER Page 4 URMAN BISHtR 2 By RON HUDSPETH The alcons signed veteran Roy Hilton Thursday to beef up their injury riddled left defensive end Hilton 32 and a veteran of 11 NL seasons began workouts with the alcons Wednesday afternoon Hilton who played nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts was cut by the New York Giants three weeks ago In order to make room for Hilton on the 43 man ros ter the alcons waived veteran defensive end tackle Rosie Manning Hilton adds strength at defensive end where Claude Humphrey (knee surgery) is sidelined for the season and his replacement rookie Jeff Merrow is hobbled by a ham string pull Hilton a starter last season with the Giants was sur prised at being waived came to camp in the best condition of my life ready to have the best season of my said the 6 6 250 pounder was kind of a shocker Especially being waived I had figured they would go with youth but I thought that meant be traded not cut Hilton according to the press guide a fine last year He had a 71 yard TD run with a fumble recovery against the Cowboys and also blocked two field goal attempts in a game against the Redskins Hilton played two Super Bowl game white a Colt $37 99 By GARY CARUSO Atlanta Braves executive vice president Eddie Robin son will likely be naming a new manager within the next week but he giving many hints as to who it will be other than say there are five people in serious conten The five most eligible candidates appear to be Los An geles Dodgers coach Tom Lasorda former Braves coach Roy Hartsfield interim manager Connie Ryan and recently fired Montreal Expos employees Gene Mauch and Dave Bristol Robinson did throw somewhat of a kink in that list however when he said is one candidate who been mentioned anywhere He would not elaborate rather not say who the five said Robinson who is looking for a permanent replacement for Clyde King might be able to make a decision before the World sometime during the The best of five American and National League playoff series begin Saturday I Lasorda was recently thought to be the No 1 choice but speculation has turned in favor Hartsfield a native Atlantan who attended West ulton 'High coached here a couple of months in 1973 under Eddie Mathews but left to take the job at Hawaii of the Paciffc Coast League 7 Hawaii is a San Diego farm team and when rumors had it that the Padres would fire John McNamara Harts field was listed as the likely successor McNamara was re Braves Looking at '5' s19 s49 There were some indications during the 14 rounds that played across the screen Tuesday night that razier was returning The first one won in the stage like atmos phere of Madison Garden when he sent Ali down for the first time The second he lost in a sort of an elimination contest to see who was first in line for the then new cham pion oreman This one came as a fitting conclusion to a long and profitable business relationship Each has made a comfort able fortune trying to put out the lights Each had his high and each had his low in this one irst All then razier who finally threw caution to the wind when he could have been jabbing dancing and inviting Ali to look him up and by going in for the kill himself became the killee 7 Is Showing By ALAN TRUEX Rich Mulhern is taking a cram course' in National Hockey League defense So far he is passing And shooting And hitting After the shakiest of starts he has been: playing well through this harrowing exhibi tion schedule He scored the Atlantal only goal in a 1 1 tie with the New York Islanders Wednesday night The game was played before a scatter ing of 5758 the smallest crowd ever to view a lames game in the Omni Later Mulhern received about as high a compliment as coach red Creighton will pay a rookie he had a sound Creighton said he bad It was one of his better efforts His talent is A couple of weeks ago his talent was not nearly so obvious In training camp in Ottawa Creighton frequently had to whistle practice to a stop so he could point out some of the many errors Mulhern was mak ing on defense lacked a lot the: first round draft choice admits still making mistakes I tend to roam from'my defensive offensive play leaves nothing to be desired He is a long striding skater! and at 6 1 195 pounds strong enough to keep the puck in traffic And he appears to have the best shot from point He has scored two presea son goals which is as many as any other! lame has scored Mulhern put Atlanta ahead in the sec ond period as the lames cashed in on one power play out of seven which seems to be about their average Taking a pass from Tommy Lysiak Mulhern flipped a hard wrist shot into the far low corner of the net beating goalie Glenn Resch The lames led until 8:44 in the period when Billy Harris intercepted a Pat Quinn pass and put a high shot by Phil Myre Creighton said was a little disap pointed we carry the play to them more in the third period but they were checking very well on us We had better positional play than we ve had We probably played better than in the other The tie too hard to take of what happened last time the lames played the Islanders New York beat Atlanta 5 1 in Long Island Monday night Some of our new guys were mulling around and wondering what they ran Creighton said Mulhern insists he was not one who was mulling think we were beaten that bad he said had kind of a rough trip and we were just 71 The lames in that stretch played five games in five different cities (and towns) in! five nights really made me wonder about traveling in the Mulhern smiled was unbelievable But the guys Searching: lames Islanders Look for Deflected Puck here? Anybody got any bright ideas about what the world can do next with the heavyweight fight game? Just toss it in the attic and forget it? Lock it in the trunk with Demp old gloves rope burns minutes from the meetings of a Month wedding gown and old family albums? Best answer mailed in by midnight any night wins a free trip to Manila Of course the winner will be late for the but the Philippine travelogue that bounced off the satellite into The Omni before the big encounter Tuesday night indicates that fun and excitement ran ram pant in the gateway to the Orient before the cauliflower eared invasion Al AU UUK VKKAf HIKMJrt 3 mciw rvUNVtU Lenox Square Greenbriar North DeKalb South DeKalb 7 7 veKwear r9 $6oo By ALAN TRUEX Jacques Richard who was once the player tie Atlanta lames were going to build around was traded Thursday morning to the Buffalo Sabres In exchange the lames received de fenseman Larry Carriere and the first round draft choice next summer The trade is indicative of the move toward a bigger more aggressive hockey team Carriere is 6 1 195 pounds and a physical 23 year old defenseman 1 Richard 5 11 170 pounds is one of the fense getting a defenseman we can use now plus a high draft choice takes a while for a defenseman to mature but I think he can blossom into a good solid defenseman although never going to be a Employed as the fifth defense man last season Carriere scored only 12 points But when used regularly two sea sons ago he scored six goals and 30 points He had 103 penalty minutes that year and 111 last season Richard the' first amateur draft choice in theirfirst season never did play up to expectations in Atlanta The English language was a struggle for him and he was clearly not happy here much of the time In fact in his rookie sea son he jumped the team and departed for See ATLANTA Page 2 run the Ali razier show so many times a rival for the Andy Hardy series It may become the happy hour replacement for Perry Mason Everybody knows bow it comes out by this time Both parties look like the last guys out of a plane crash George oreman was humiliated in Zaire Ken Norton offers all the challenge of Art Norton of the Jerry Quarry has apparently made his heavyweights only but also geography Doh King got last contribution to the bloodstream American arenas many addresses left to carry his game I wonder if he has nobody new in sight and God knows the traffic given the moon a thought stand another succession of Wepners Bugners Stand This one touched an old base that twanged sensitive WJfTS Thurs Oct 2 1975 I fastest skaters in the National Hockey League But he does not play physically veiy often and he has been vulnerable to in 1 juries IHamaa oanoral mannffar ffiiff lMfhpr in announcing the trade said didnot have a good year last year and injuries had a lot to do with it He have a great training camp this season although he never has looked Great in training Suffering from a broken cheekbone and an elbow injury Richard scored only 17 goals and 29 points in 63 games last season It was an enormous decline from his 127 goal 43 point production of the year be fore when Richard was considered one of the best young left wingers in the league letcher said still think Jacques has the potential to be an outstanding player Buffalo has several rench players and Greenbriar North DeKalb ft I nnr Smar a gaKManr smwEsa DeKalb a I 1 1 IHt i i A I aA vX 'id jcu 11 nu bm miii i oi a v' 3 aMTn1 fr JT' NSMaans iA I Bm Az 3 AA Iftwaw mwiT TOM li li'W A inmig lUIIIM I I aw i Ar0AX rty fA 7 A asagsnw 3 1 Ci' 1 5 I i 1 'L a 1 '7 '4' 0 1 'x 7 1 A A A A A XXA '7! 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