Larry Bowa, who did not make the baseball team during his first three years in high school, is signed by Philadelphia as an amateur free agent. The persistent infielder, who made the C. K. McClatchy squad as a senior, will be given the Phillies’ starting shortstop position in 1970 by Phillies’ skipper Frank Lucchesi, who likes the 24 year-old’s fiery personality.

Larry Bowa, who did not make the baseball team during his first three years in high school, is signed by Philadelphia as an amateur free agent. The persistent infielder, who made the C. K. McClatchy squad as a senior, will be given the Phillies’ starting shortstop position in 1970 by Phillies’ skipper Frank Lucchesi, who likes the 24 year-old’s fiery personality.