European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary for family and games on july Pat Harmon retired at age 69 As sports editor of the Cincinnati a position he held for he held onto the position for two reasons he loved writing about and Sec there were 13 Mouths to feed at and sometimes he and Anne had 11 who now Range in age from 27 to for the family Christmas card showed the Harmon family lined up like a foot Ball four kids in seven in Back and the two coaches on the each kid wore a Jersey with a number on it the number indicated the off Springs the household swarmed with and not just the Anne once counted 26 of them playing in their another Pat came Home late and rather Blear eyed and saw a roomful of kids watching he shooed them All upstairs to All except in not going the boy How come asked because i live next came the on the Day Pat he wrote a Farewell column and recalled the most remarkable athlete hed Ever seen Harry Pete father of Pete he had played in a Tough Amateur football league in Cincin Nati and made ferocious tackles when he was 44 years that where Pete gets the Hustle Pat said by phone Pat recalled the Day Jimmy Dykes confronted an Umpire who was working in shirt Dasco do you miss your coat Why youve missed everything else dizzy Dean invited Pat to sit with him when broadcasting a baseball game in Dean had trouble with some wrote the reds trapped a base runner in a rundown and the Ball went rapidly from Borkowski to Kluszewski to said the Ball goes from Bork by to Kuminski to now its Back again and it goes to them same telegrams were delivered to the Booth and Dean read them on the schoolteacher says i dont know the Kings i dont care if he Rocky Bridges was also very the reds were on the Road in wrote and their bus passed a schoolhouse with the roof blown said some kid flunked Chemis Harmon began his career As a 17yearold in Illi Nois in during those depression he hitch hiked from game to slept on wrestling Mats in school gyms and sneaked into Chow lines with the teams he Harmon remembers one coach who had his players Wear White wristbands in order to see each other better for another coach had a wife named Shep and a dog named Pat became widely known in Illinois when he inaugurated the selection of Allstate High school basketball and football one of those he selected on the first team he Ever in was a dark haired basketball player named Lou who threw full court behind tieback to this the Hall of Fame baseball never fails to thank Harmon for that the late buddy a member of the pro foot Ball Hall of once told Pat How much it meant for him to be selected for pats 1945 Allstate football from Wendell Phillips High school in was picked along with his teammate Earl who would become head football coach at Morgan Young and Banks marvelled that har Mon had the courage to select two Blacks on the team and from the same the practice was unheard of in those years Young mentioned it to i never thought about Harmon that what made it so replied in Pat was inducted into the Illinois High school coaches Hall of when the committee asked him for his views of the new he compiled a list of 26 mistakes concerning people left out my people left his Days As a sportswriter in Illinois Are memorable for something besides his coverage of As a College student at working for the Champaign he met and married my College an Irish Pat and Anne were married in 1941 and she travelled with him to Basket Ball sometimes As Many As eight in a at and now used to Large the couple began working on a crowd of their ironically for a father of Pat was an orphan and Only pats parents were trapeze artists with the Forepaugh Sells pats father died in a train Accident four months before Pat was and his Mother died when Pat was besides having no Brothers or 1 had no uncles or aunts or said when his Mother he was taken in by a family of kindly strangers who lived Down the Street from his Home in fort i was never devastated by these said i lived in a room with this family and and i got very Anne says too Damn Pat says that he was blessed with his in a Guy who had and now Ive got a family and its a vacations for the family were understandably difficult and rare on his but one year friends of the has Leys in Cedar invited the Harmon clan to that not the half of Pat they had nine kids of their that made 24 people 20 kids and four parents in the it was quite a but Hasley was very she even made up a schedule for when to go to the Bath and you went at your time whether you had to or new York times veterans feel axas rosters Are trimmed by the associated press guard Joe a member of the electric company that turned on the juice during Simpsons record sea son with the Buffalo was Cut Mon Day by the National football leagues Cleveland jeopardizing his Streak of 175 consecutive among the other notables Cut monday were Veteran wide receiver Alfred Jackson of the Atlanta safety Jeff Nixon of the and quarterback Wayne a castoffs from the United states nil Roundup football league who had signed As a free agent with the Cincinnati nil whose rosters generally number in the 70s and 80s these have to be pared to 60 players on 50 players on 27 and the 45man limit on Denamiel lures which he shares with punter Ray Guy of the los Angeles is second among Active players Only to Dave Dalbys 189 in a Row for the Delamielleur teamed with linemen Reggie Mike Dave Foley and Donnie Green and tight end Paul Seymour in 1973 to open the holes for Simpson when he rushed for a record surpassed last season by Eric who gained for the los Angeles a 12year Veteran out of Michigan was buffaloes first round draft pick in 1973 and played seven seasons with the he then was traded to Cleveland for the Browns second round pick in 1981 and third round pick in he was a six time pro bowl selection 197580 and was named by the Hall of file photo Joe Delamielleur Streak threatened Fame As a member of its All nil squad of the who sat out last sat urday nights 127 exhibition loss to san because of what he said was leg left for his Home in before the Cut was Dan who played for the a sols Tampa Bay is expected to replace Dela the Browns also Cut free agent defensive Back Terry minor from Knoxville and punter John Vernasco from quarterback Paul Mcdonald was nudged a bit closer to the Cut list when coach Marty sch Ottenheimer said Rookie Bernie Kosar and Veteran Gary the latter acquired from de will play in the Browns exhibition against visiting Jackson was Atlanta fifth Al time leading receiver and the Falcons 2 receiver last when he caught 52 passes for 731 second to Stacey Baileys 67 catches for Jack sons 193yard game last year against san Francisco set a club single game receiving the Falcons also Cut wide receiver Perry a fou year Veteran who came to Atlanta last season on waivers from Tampa and free agent Rookie punter Mike the Bills 1 draft Choice in was traded to Tampa Bay before the 1984 then was claimed on waivers by Atlanta six weeks into the he had Only one reception for 7 Yards for the Nixon was one of six players Cut by the who picked up free agent tight end Eason a six year Veteran with san Francisco and Nixon had a knee operation two years ago and sat out the 1983 and 1984 among the five free agents dropped by Buffalo was guard Rudy Phillips of North Texas who played four seasons with Ottawa of the Canadian football league and twice was named the cols Premier a former University of Florida was listed As Cincinnatus fourth quarterback behind Ken Anderson and re serves Turk Schonert and Boomer Esia he was the Only a a who didst play in Cincinnatus 3527 loss to Kansas City on saturday he was signed by Cincinnati after vetoing a Trade from the ban dits to the Portland Breakers in the also Cut by the bengals were wide receivers Gary Williams and Darrell linebacker Bernard King and guard Louis elsewhere the Washington redskins signed tight end David formerly of the a sols los Angeles and Cut tight end David linebacker Keith Biggers and running backs Greg Jones and Ron the redskins also formally announced that 36yearold running Back John Riggins had agreed to a contract for the 1985 terms of the contract were not officially but the associated press Learned last week that it is Worth the highest sum Ever paid an nil running Back for a single the Green Bay packers Cut guard Dave who failed his physical after undergoing Back surgery in the off guard Leotis tackle Gary linebacker Cliff nose tackle George safety Mark tight end Curt Cole and guard Morris the packers ninth round draft halfback Del Rodgers and linebacker Rich Wingo were put on injured re the Denver Broncos Cut kicker Steve quarterback buddy offensive linemen Dan Russell Gal Lon and Mao Mao they also Cut wide receiver Steve defensive line Man Jim linebacker Tommy thur son and defensive Back Nat the san Francisco 49ers released running Back Gar ret t defensive Back Gardner Williams and defensive end Lloyd the new England patriots Cut defensive end George who spent the last two seasons on injured and five Rookie free agents defensive backs Dave Pereira and Arnold place kickers Eric Schubert and Chris Perkins and linebacker Bill