Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 May 1973 — Page 3
Saturday, May 19, 1973
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Fountain Central, Cascade Hand Cougars Two Losses
North Putnam’s Bill Draper (far left) checks runner at first base as Bill Brothers (center) anticipates throw. Moments later,
Draper did throw the ball but the runner made it back in time. (Banner-Graphic Photo)
Eagles Upend Athenians, 5-2
A two-run blast by Rick Booe in the first inning and a solo home run by Dale Mendenhall in the fifth inning sparked South Putnam’s baseball team to a 5-2 victory over Crawfordsville’s Athenians last Thursday afternoon. The Eagles, who had lost two games in a row last week, came back against the Athenians to play error-less ball and limit the powerful Crawfordsville team to five hits. The winning pitcher for South Putnam’s ball club was Randy Williams. Williams had five strikeouts against the Athenians and allowed only two walks enroute to his eighth win of the year against three losses. The loser for Crawfordsville was Baldwin. After trailing South Put-
nam 2-0 early in the contest, the Athenians tied the game when R. Shelton hit a tworun homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. But the Eagles came right back to take a one-run lead on Mendenhall’s homer in the fifth inning and then added two more in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Craig Sibbitt and an error by the Athenians to gain their eleventh victory of the season. The Eagles’ overall record now stands at 11-7. Their next games will be against West Central Conference rival Monrovia next Tuesday afternoon and then against Clinton’s Wildcats on Saturday, May 26, in a varsity and reserve doubleheader. The WCC title is still undecided concerning its location and time while next Saturday’s game will be held at Clinton and will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Bryan To Be Enrolled In Racing Hall Of Fame
Indianapolis, Ind.,—Jimmy Bryan, a three-time National big car driving champion and winner of the 1958 Indianapolis 500-mile race, will be enrolled as a member of Auto Racing’s Hall of Fame during special ceremonies at the Indianapolis 500 Oldtimers' Bar-B-Q on the Speedway grounds Monday evening (May 21).;. Membership in the exclusive group is limited to outstanding individuals active in racing 20 or more years ago—as chosen by the votes of at least 75 per cent of the ballots cast by a committee of 100—and Bryan is the 43rd man to be honored in this manner. After five years of competition in spring car and midget car events on the nations’ smaller tracks following World War II, Junes A. Allison Tony Bettenhausen Jimmy Bryan BobBurman Gaston Chevrolet Louis Chevrolet Earl Cooper Bill Cummings Ralph DePalma Peter DePaolo Bert Dingley Augie Duesenberg Fred Duesenberg Harvey Firestone Carl Fisher Henry Ford Ray Harroun Harry Harti Eddie Heame Harry (Cotton) Henning Ralph Hepburn Ted Horn All members of the group have been the recipients of distinctive bronze medallions and Clint Brawner, Bryan’s crew chief during his championship years, has been invited to accept
he placed sixth as a rookie at Indianapolis in 1952. He became a regular on the big car championship circuit the following year and earned his national titles in 1954, 1956, and 1957. At one stage during this four year period he won seven consecutive dirt track events. Bryan also finished second once and third once at Indianapolis before winning the “500” in 1958. In addition, he won Italy’s Monza “500” in 1957 and placed second in the 1958 race at the same track. He lost his life in a I960 racing accident at Langhome, Pennsylvania. Members of Auto Racing’s Hall of Fame, which the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation has sponsored since the AAA Contest Board was disbanded, are: Tony Hubnm Frank Lockhart Jean Marcenac Rex Mays Louis Meyer Harry MiDer Tommy Milton Lou Moore Ralph Mutford Jimmy Murphy T.E. (Pop) Myers Barney Oldfield Dario Resta Eddie Rickenbacker Mauri Rose Wilbur Shaw Harry Stutz WiUiamK. Vanderbilt Bill Vukovich Fred Wagner Howard Wilcox Jimmy’s award for display in the Speedway museum. Additional candidates for membership will be considered by the selection committee next year.
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Fountain Central’s baseball team took advantage of six Cougar errors while also coUecting twelve hits to hand North Putnam its seventh loss of the season last Thursday evening, 12-4. Central’s Mustangs jumped off to a 3-0 lead in the first inning when T. Furr hit a triple with the bases loaded. Central then added two more runs in the top of the second inning before the Cougars came up with their first run of the contest in the bottom of the same inning. The Mustangs increased their lead to 6-1 over North Putnam’s ball club in the third inning but the Cougars fought back in the bottom of the third scoring three runs on hits by Bill Brothers, John Alice, and Fred Blaydes. Central then exploded for six runs in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach for the Cougars. The winning pitcher for Foutain Central was Furr. Bill Draper was the loser for north Putnam’s ball club
with three other Cougar pitchers coming in relief after the third inning. Earlier in the week, North Putnam dropped its fourth West Central Conference game of the year to Cascade, 4-2. The Cadets took an early lead over the Cougars when Jerry Allen and Bill Weatherman drove in one run each in the first inning. The Cadets then added two more runs in the second and third innings for their final scores of the game. North Putnam’s ball club only runs of the afternoon came when John Alice hit a homer the second inning with the bases empty and Blaydes singled in the fourth to drive in one run. The losing pitcher for the Cougars was Charles Simpson while the winner for Cascade was Allen. The Cougars had problems handling the ball against the Cadets as they committed five errors during the afternoon. One of those errors brought in a run for Cascade’s ball club.
North Putnam’s baseball team is now 1-4 in the WCC and 3-7 for the season. The Cougar’s next game will be against Owen Valley this Monday at home. The game is scheduled to get underway at 4:30. LINESCORES FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 321 000 6-12-12-2 NORTH PUTNAM 013 000 0-4-9-6 Furr-W Drapper-L Triple-Allee (NP)-1, Furr (FC)-1 Doubles-Keeling (FC)-I, Million (FCH RBI-Furr (FC)-4» Million (FC)2, Keeling (FC9-I, MacDonald (FCH, Kenny (FCH, Allen (FC)-I, Tillotson (NP)-l, Brothers (NPH, Alice (NPH, Blaydes (NPH
CASCADE 211 000 0-4-6-1 NORTH PUTNAM 010 100 0- 2-5-5 Allen-W Simpson-L Home Run-Allee (NPH Double-Lam berm ont (NPH RBI-Allee (NPH, Blaydes (NP)I, Allen (C)-l, Weatherman (CH, Alltop (C)-I
State Regional Bound Laurie Bitzer (left) and Susan Ross, sophomore members of Greencastle's GAA tennis team, will travel to Columbus for the state regional tennis tournament. Bitzer and Ross qualified for the regional meet by winning the doubles championship at the Greencastle sectional last week. Columbus East High School is hosting the meet with thedoubles matches beginning at 10:30 A.M. (Banner-Graphic Photo)
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