C4 | Tuesday, December 8, 2020 |beaumontenterprise.com |BeaumontEnterprise SPORTS DICK ALLEN: 1942-2020 Phillies legendrememberedas‘courageouswarrior’ By RobMaaddi parkevery dayand just play were 56-106 and only AP SPORTS WRITER baseball.” 495,000 people came out Allen wasMiddleton’sfa- to Comiskey Parktosee DickAllen hitthe ballso vorite player as akid. He them. hard, fans in Philadelphia called the abuseAllenre- “It wasone of those startedshowing up in bat- ceived“horrific” and point- things wherethe fans were ting practice during his ed outhis accomplish- kind of down in the rookieseasonjusttowatch ments areevengreatercon- dumps,”Bill Melton, hisAll- him hammer shots overthe sidering the racism he en- Star teammate in Chicago, Coca-Cola sign atopthe left- dured. recalled Monday. “Things center field roof at Connie Allen batted .292 with 351 were bad. The economy Mack Stadium. home runs, 1,119RBIs and wasbad,everything.” The rousing attention, he .912 OPSin15seasons.He “I think Dick just brought gotthatearly.The rightful playedfirst base, thirdbase aflavortothe WhiteSox. acclaim,sadly,hehad to and left field. And the flavorwas this: na- wait much longer. Afterseven years in Phil- tional attention. We’d go in- Allen, aseven-timeAll- adelphia, Allen playeda to NewYork, we’d finally Star sluggerwhose fight season each with the Cardi- getwriters,press, pictures against racism duringatu- nals and Dodgers. back to Chicago. …Wewere multuoustime with the In 1972, he joined the starting to draw attention, Philliesinthe 1960scost WhiteSox andwas an im- magazine covers,”hesaid. him on and off the field, mediate hitinwinningthe Melton said Allen would died Monday.Hewas 78. AL MVP.Allen led the AL in always shrug off theHall of The 1964 NL Rookie of Matt Slocum /AssociatedPress homers(37), RBIs (113), on- Fame vote,sayingitwasn’t Year and1972 AL MVP hada Former Philadelphia Phillies greatDickAllen, pictured in 2017,aseven-time base averageand slugging meant to be. But he wasn’t lengthy illnesswhile at All-Star,the 1964 NL Rookie of theYear and the1972ALMVP,has died at 78. percentage. sure howhis former team- homeinWampum, Penn- Hisimpactwas felt on mate reallyfelt. sylvania. erful connection to,and maker.” “Imagine what Dick the diamond and in the “Weprobablyweremore “Dick willberemem- pridein, Dick leaves all of “Dick wasasensitive could’veaccomplished as a stands. Chicagofinished angrythanhewas,”hesaid. bered as not justone of the us in astate of mourning. Black man whorefused to playerinanother era, on second in theALWestthat “There’salot of badcharac- greatest and most popular He will be remembered not be treatedasasecond-class another team,left alone to year with 87 wins and drew ters in baseball. Dick wasn’t players in ourfranchise’s onlyfor hisextraordinary citizen,”Schmidt said in a honehis skills,tobeconfi- nearly 1.2million fans; two one of them. He wasbe- history, but alsoasacoura- baseball skills and accom- speech. “Heplayedinfront dent, to come to the ball- years earlier,the WhiteSox lovedbyhis team.” geouswarrior whohad to plishments, but equallyfor of home fans thatwere overcome far toomanyob- hisstrengthofcharacter. products of thatracistera CLASSIFIED Merchandise | Real Estate | Auto | Auctions | Business Opportunities stacles to reach the levelhe Hishumility, gratitudeand (with) racist teammates did,”the Philliessaid in a compassion were so evi- and different rulesfor statement. dent when we retired Dick’s whites and Blacks.Fans Allen’s No.15was retired number just three months threw stuff at himand thus by the PhilliesinSeptem- ago. Iamgrateful he was Dick wore abattinghelmet ber,anhonorthatwas con- able to participate in the throughout the whole TO ADVERTISE: Call (409) 838-2888 or Email [email protected] sidered wayoverdue by ceremonyand experience game.Theyyelled degrad- manyfor one of the fran- theoutpouringofaffection ing racial slurs. They How to pay for your ad: All payments due upon receipt of your ad. Payment chise’sgreatestplayers. andrespectwehavefor dumped trashinhis front methods accepted: VISA, MC, AMEX, Discover, check by phone. You may cancel Philliesmanaging part- him,”Middletonsaid. yard at hishome. In gener- your ad at any time, however, cost will remain the same. Rates are ner John Middleton broke Mike Schmidt,aHall of al, he wastormented and it non-transferable to new ads. Some restrictions apply. from the team’s longstand- Fame thirdbaseman who came from all directions. 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