European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 Pardee quits bears May coach skins byjoe Mooshil Chicago a coach Jack Pardee caught the Chicago bears thursday by tendering his presumably to take Over As coach of the Washington although Pardee and the bears had been bickering Over a new general manager Jim Finks apparently Felt that Pardee would eventually As a the bears found themselves without a candidate to replace Jim Finks has been doing a lot of thinking Over the said a spokesman for the but he haunt considered any other he had an open mind Over the he haunt thought about the future except that he really expected that Pardee would sign with the Pardee his move hours after George Allen was fired As coach of the Washington Allen is expected to take Over As coach of the los Angeles rams with Pardee taking the redskins Finks announced Ardees resignation after the two had met thursday morning and said Pardee would be seeking the coaching Job at i caned for the meeting to offer Jack a new contract Here in Finks nobody has underestimated jacks role with the bears in the past three we wish him Well whether he gets the continued on Page 24 301 ouf of 379 votes Mathews elected to Hof by Fred Rothenberg new York a slugging third baseman Eddie one of baseballs greatest Home run was elected to the Hall of Fame the 46yearold tied with Hall of Famer Ernie Banks for ninth place on the Al time Home run list with was named by the writers association of in order to gain Mathews needed to receive at least 75 per cent of the votes by members of the he collected 301 of the 379 ballots who spent most of his major league career with the braves in Eddie mat Fewx i a big hit with Elizabeth Only former player to make the Hall this year Eddie will Start his career at Bottom and work Way father had said by Milton Richman new York up you made you made it Eddie Mathews Mother could barely re Strain herself Over the news her son was furnishing she was the first one he called to Tell he finally had been elected to baseballs Hall of Fame after four years of disappointment and the words were hardly out of his Mouth when 71yearold Eloise Mathews did what most other mothers would do in the same she broke Down and who hit 512 Home runs during his 17 major league most of which were spent with the Milwaukee made repeated references to both his Mother and father thursday in the hotel banquet his de died in 1954 and never saw him play a game in the and As Mathews spoke about his parents and How much they had helped his mind raced Back to when he was a kid of the major league scouts were coming Al Van in Mathews sat in his Home in Santa and listened As one scout for an american league club offered him a big Money in those another National league club offered him plus an Al expenses paid vacation for him and his parents in new when the offers reached Mathews father called a thank the senior a told All the Eddie will Start his career at the Bottom and work his Way up to the Call us old Fash but we believe our boy should learn to walk before he can we dont think theres a Short Cut to now when is the last time you Ever heard that kind of talk today player agents would consider that some kind of Mathews signed with the braves for a modest and did exactly what his father said he he started at the with High poin Thomasville of the North Carolina state league for whom he played third batted and hit 17 homers in 63 three years he made it to the big leagues and alter retiring As a player in he served As a coach for the braves in 1971 and then Man aged them from the end of 1972 into speaking of his career on Mathews proved he is still his fathers son in that he believes that too much Money too quickly is As Good a Way As any of ruining a Young the subject came up when someone asked him whether he would like another crack at i have no desire to manage or coach said now a scout for the Milwaukee i had my pressed As to Why he Felt the Way he Mathews gladly its the attitude of the play he there making too much you ask them Why they dont run to first base and they say they dont have their head you ask them to come out for extra batting practice and they Tell you they have to take their wives grocery in not bitter about the players in sorry for you pick up the paper and there always unhappy about some their uniform Doest fit just right or their locker is too close to the Marvin Miller probably wont like what Eddie Mathews but i and i know plenty of others who feel the same including a great majority of there the ones who make today astronomical baseball salaries possible like male Treyve been turned off by the general Getrich Quick attitude of the the most Money Mathews Ever made in any one season was and he earned every Penny of thai by giving it All he had until the very last Day he finished up with when the tigers asked him to come Back for another year in he told them he Felt he want Worth the Money and among those present thursday As Mathews called his election to the Hall of Fame the most exciting moment of my life was another Hall of Monte who played against him with the i remember the first time i saw said who now works in the baseball commissioners he hit this tremendous Home run against us and 1 though to myself How Lucky he was to be so to be Able to hit the Ball As hard As he did and to be playing in a City like Milwaukee where the fans would appreciate 1 remember thinking he should make a million set All kinds of re cords and probably wind up in the Hall of he didst make a million but he did everything too bad he didst come along a Little later in today hed have made five million Bucks Milwaukee and Atlanta before winding up with the Detroit had finished second in the Hall of Fame balloting last when Banks was the Only player elected by the this Mathews was the Only player to be named to the Hall at outfielder Enos Slaughter finished second in the 24 Short of the 285 needed for in still in a state of said who was the 57th player elected by the writers since the first year of voting in Mathews had a career batting average of and was a Strong candidate in his first year on the when he collected 118 after he pulled 189 and 239 last following Slaughter were outfielder Duke who received 254 the late Gil with and Pitcher Don they were the Only players to receive More than 200 Mathews became the fifth third base Man elected to the Hall of but Only the second named by the pie tray nor also was chosen by the while Home run Jimmy Collins and Fred Lindstrom were installed by the veterans this the committee on veterans will meet 30 to name us Hall of who will be inducted along with Mathews next Mathews established several records for a third baseman during his 17year career which began with the braves in Boston in he holds the Mark for most games most assists most chances and most Home runs in a season by a third baseman 47 in he played on the braves championship teams in 1957 and 1958 and was an important pit of the lineup that included All time Home run King Hank Mathews was dealt to Houston in Hen moved on to where he completed his career As a Par timer on the tigers world championship team in he later managed the braves in Atlanta after ending his playing Mathews said he had been disappointed a year ago when he finished second to i Felt i deserved but theres nothing you can do he i look it like a Mathews said he was stunned by the news this i dont think its he i know its happened and in but its like getting your nose broken youre still in Shock Mathews said he had come to new York on the Chance thai he might win election this there were a couple of things thai indicated i had a Good he 1 took a Chance and came Here a Day ear Lier than 1 had planned just in the Gamble paid off with his election the voting new York Apt it Ami of in wit it Toction Rrt Uriot or us Bow Tell t of with i required Lor tuition Eddy end i out Gil 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