March 5 1980 – All-star shortstop Garry Templeton, who signed a $4 million St. Louis Cardi­nals contract last week, said Wednesday he will use some of his earnings to help under­privileged and handicapped youngsters attend games.

The 1,950 box seat tickets purchased by Templeton for $12,675 will be distributed to the youths during 39 games at Busch Stadium during the months of June, July and Au- gust.

“My agent (Richman Bry) and I discussed this plan two years ago,” said Templeton. “I just decided I wanted to do something to help kids.”