Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 September 1973 — Page 9

Thursday, September 20, 1973

Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

Page 9

ISU Rug

Needed I Repair

. TERRE HAUTE, Ind. APThe 35-ton nylon rug that started he fake football field craze in i967 had to be dry-docked for repairs this summer. Indiana State University s football field, the nation’s oldest outdoor artificial playing surface, needed a major overhi.ul to make it playable again this season. When the Sycamores open their home season Saturday night against Eastern Michigan, players will notice a new spring in their step. Athletic Director Gordon H. Chalmers, who said in 1967 the surface would be maintenancefree for at least 10 years, said the ' overhaul was not unexpected.

“It cost us $80,000 to $85,000 to replace the pad under the playing surface,” Chalmers said. “But we’re not a bit unhappy. “We’ve been able to use this field for everything since it was installed. “We could only use the old grass field four or five times a year for home games. And the maintenance crew was always having to re-sod or water or dig something up.” This summer, the covering, which tops about 77,000 square feet of asphalt base, was hoisted up and a new five-eighths inch waterproofed pad was installed. In six years, water and dirt had transformed the old fibrous pad into stone. ISU players suffered

through last season with an assortment of bumps and bruises attributed to being tackled on the non-resilient surface. “It was like playing in the street,” one player said. “When you went down, you knew it was going to hurt.” But the new pad feels like a wrestling mat, Chalmers said, adding, “I don’t think the players will mind being tackled on that field now.” With the help of private donors, the grass and dirt of Memorial Field was replaced in July 1967 by $250,000 of synthetics and asphalt. Except for an occasional scrubbing with chemicals and repainting of lines, there has been no maintenance, university

officials said. University officials claim the Astro Turf field, which now represents an investment of more than one-third of amillion dollars, has been worth it-what-ever the costs. The grass-like playing surface has only worn down 10 per cent in seven years of use, officials said. The first artificial playing surface was installed in 1966 at the Houston Astrodome. The pad under the nylon surface there also required replacement this summer. A synthetic field was installed at Seattle, Wash., Memorial High School at the same time the ISU field was put in. But the Indiana State field was in use first, officials said.

Reds Must Prove Greatness Consistency Makes Good Club

Ruth vs Aaron: Which One Is The True Champ ?

NEW YORK AP Babe Ruth didn’t need as much time as Henry Aaron to hit his 714 home runs, baseball traditionalists will argue. That’s true, the younger fans will admit-but Ruth didn’t have to put up with some of the travail that Aaron has had to face in his career, like coast-to-coast travel and night games. ftrhaps the biggest handicap Aaron has had to overcome is the memory and mystique of Ruth.

What it comes down to is that it’s easy to set a record when nobody’s done it before. But to break one, especially one set by a legend, is a different matter entirely. Roger Maris discovered that 12 years ago en route to breaking the Bhbe’s one-season record of 60 homers. Aaron, with 711 home runs, is discovering the same thing now. Threaten a legend and your whole world is shaken.

Consider, for a moment, the “records”Ruth was pursuing when he began busting fences. When his major league career was beginning as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox, the modernera post-1900 record for homers in a season was 24, set in 1915 by Gavvy Cravath of the Philadelphia Phillies. Cravath. whose 13-year career with the Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Phils ended in 1920, also owned the

Corso Moves Hoosiers To Gross, Final Preparation For Arizona

BLOOMINGTON Ind.(AP)Indiana moved to the grassy practice fields north of campus Wednesday as Coach Lee Corso sent his squad through its last heavy workout in preparation for Arizona Saturday night. “We’re polishing up for our trip out west," Corso said. “We have new shoes for the grass playing field and our kids are

ready. I took for a great game.” The Hoosiers readied for the game almost free of injury. Senior guard Dean Shumaker, listed as doubtful earlier this week with a deep thigh bruise, returned to full contact work today along with tackle Tim Mills, who had recovered from a slight concussion. Defensive end Butch Smrt

and defensive tackle Elmer Burton also were back after resting weak ankles earlier in the week. Corso said no personnel changes were planned for the game, with the starting quarterback position depending upon the Hoosiers’ game plan. Rod Harris, Mike Glazier and Bob Kramer are being considered for the starting spot.

"Battle Of The Sexes” Tonight Riggs Picked To Beat King

HOUSTON AP-Bobby Riggs is the pick over Billie Jean King in tennis’ Battle of the Sexes at the Astrodome tonight. The score w ill be 6-4, 7-5, 6-2. Billie Jean is younger-21 years younger. She covers the court better. She serves harder and hits many of her shots-particularly her backhand-better. But it’s Bobby’s hustle. You never go against a hustler when it’s his hustle. If the two were prize fighters and were to be judged on gymnasium tune-ups, you’d have to go with the girl. Billie Jean has been overpowering in practice, Bobby has been just mediocre. But that’s only for fun. It’s different when the big prize is at stake. Riggs is accustomed to playing pressure matches. He has more than 40 years of competitive experience behind him. He is a master craftsman at his trade. As Wimbledon and U.S. champion and later king of the pros, he was the best. The best male

player can beat any woman player without loss of a game, without loss of too many points. But Bobby is 55, not as quick as he once was and not even the best senior player in the United States. Billie Jean, on the other hand, as five-time Wimbledon champion, can claim to be 1 or 2 among the women in the world. Mrs. Court is the only one who can dispute her. “Bobby will never psych me the way he psyched Margaret Court," boasts Billie Jean, speaking of the 6-2, 6-1 rout of the Australian at San Diego Mav 13. Just in repeating it gives the impression that Billie Jean s probably psyched already. Billie Jean isn’t the tennis player that Margaret Court is but she is a fierce competitor. Like Bobby, she has been computerized for competition. Billie Jean isn’t the tennis player that Margaret Court is but

she is a fierce competitor. Like Bobby, she has been computerized for competition. It is Billie Jean's determination, her fierce fighting qualities, that will enable her to make the match as close as it is. Riggs will destroy her rhythm and shake her confidence with the most tanshots, lobs and loops you’ve ever seen. Accustomed to playing against the services of such players as Pancho Segura and Billie Jean’s best deliverv. Bobbie has no weakness of the ground-except that of age, slowness and dulled rellexes. But he can still hit the ball better than anv woman. Billie Jean’s fortes are her whistling backhand and her sound overhead. Kinks in her armor include an average, not in her overpowering service and a bad forehand. She can volley well but Bobby does it better, and it’s really tw o different leagues.

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Bowling Results

Tues. Morn. I.B.M. Ladies

Sept. 18,1973

Contract Bridge

7 ! B. Jay Becker

Living Dangerously

Porter, J.

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Broadstreet 22 10

Scrogjcin

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Frost

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Dunn

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Rolls

14 18

Crawley

14 18

Cash

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Hifti Ind. (dime: Becky Dunn 189

High Ind.

Series: Sharon Scroggin

48“ Series over 400: S. Scroggin 489; B. Dunn 473; S. Burris 456; D. Cody 450; C. Parker 438; D. Broadstreet 438; J. Porter 429; E. Jordan 29; B. Gilti 409. CashConcrete 9-18-73 TEAM Clay Col RTC 28 4 Stultz Feed& Seet 23 9 Paris Construction 20 12 Walton's Masonry 20 12 CashConcrete 20 12 Edmonds 19 13 BelleniaBearty Salon m IstNational Bank 14 ]g McMOIan Carpets 12 20 Pepsi Cola 12 20 Barton Heating, u 21 Cooling, Plumbing Women’s World 10 22 Figue Salon Ogle’s Trucking StardustH ills High Team Masonry, 835 High Team Masonry, 2430 High Ind. Game-N. Chambliss, 200 High Ind. Series-M. Monnet, 546 Series over 450 (female), 550 (male) highest to lowest; M. Monnett, 546; M. Tyler, 519; B. Nees, 499; N. Chambliss, 488; J. Alex, 472; D. Sfllery, 468; S. Cash, 460; J. Evens, 459; J. Paris, 457; S. Anderson, 454; L. Dickey, 451; E. Pearson, 451; B. Edmonds, 450.

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East dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH *8 6 4 VK976432 ♦ - *9 6 3 WEST EAST *753 * K 9 2 V J 5 V 10 8 ♦ A 5 2 9KQ7 *87542 * A K Q J 10 SOUTH * A Q J 10 V A Q 4 J 10 9 8643 * - The bidding: East South West North 14 2 * Dble Pass Pass Redble Pass Pass Pass Opening lead - ace of diamonds. Partnership misunderstandings are a dime a dozen, even in the best of company. Consider this deal where South overcalled East’s club bid with two clubs, intending to designate a void in clubs and a good hand. West doubled and Northplaying with South for the first time—thought his partner had a genuine club suit and that East had opened a short club. Accordingly, North passed, though he unquestionably should have bid two hearts to avoid the possibility of a misunderstanding.

modernera lifetime homer record with 119. For purists, the pre-Ruth alltime career homer record was that ended in 1897 and the singleseason mark was Ned Williamson’s 27 with the 1884 Chicago Cubs. What it all means is that, back , then, nobody made a big deal about records. There was no pressure on Ruth when he hit 29 homers with the Red Sox in 1919 and none when he hit his 132nd with the New York Yankees two years later, when he finished the season with 59, the record he himself broke six years after that in 1927. Aaron, completing his 20th season in the majors, has remained silent when the comparisons with Ruth are flung at him. And. remarkabley, he has shown no visible signs of reacting to the intense pressure, the flood of hate mail he has received and the downgrading by those who view him as a threat to the sanctity of the legend.

Ruth played for 22 years before retiring in 1935-but and this is what a lot of his supporters will loudly proclaim he batted only 8,399 times in that span. And in 11 of those years, he was a parttime pitcher, which conceivably cut down a bit on his at-bats. Through Tuesday night, Aaron had batted 11.264 times. That’s 2,865 times more than Ruth,the Bambino’s supporters shrug. And, they add pointedly, the babe had a career batting average of .342 while Aaron’s is .311. Manders Signs Dallas AP - Center Dave Manders has announced he’ll rejoin the Dallas Cowboys after a bitter contract dispute with Cowboy General Manager Tex Schramm. Manders announced his retirement earlier this year after nine years in the National Football League.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Some people say the Cincinnati Reds are one of baseball’s great teams. I think we have to prove that yet. I agree with Vince Lombardi that consistency over a period of time is the only thing that makes a good ball club. I think we have to win a World Series and continue to win three years after that before we can be considered one of the best clubs in baseball. Truthfully, this is the best ball club I’ve ever been associated with. I’m more satisfied with this team. It’s been more of a team effort than past years. We should have been hurting when we lost Gary Nolan, Roger Nelson and Dave Concepcion. But there was never any crying. We had to come out of the clouds when most people had written us off. I’m not going to say I thought we would catch Los Angeles. But I did think it would be close. I felt we would make a rush at them at some point. It’s been a combination of a lot of w ild things. You always think of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and the others, but we’ve got other guys too. We’ve come from behind in 40 games, our starting pitchers are staying in there longer, our young players have come through and our pinch hitting has been excellent. It’s the best bench I’ve ever had. We're going back to a developing club, with guys like Dan

Driessen, Ken Griffey and Ed Armbrister. And we have two outstanding minor league pitchers who are a year away. Larry Payne, our No. I draft pick of 1972, has major league stuff right now. He’s a great athlete who reminds us a lot of Don Gullett. Payne struck out 19 in one game this year. And Tom Carroll can throw bullets. But both will spend at least two months in the minors next year before we bring them up. Our people have worked hard to produce these good kids. It’s not an accident. We’ve had our backs to the wall in the drafts for the past four years. Most of them were crude kids who knew very little about baseball. Look at Driessen. Nobody knew about him, let alone went after him. He wasn’t even drafted, but he’s going to be a .300 hitter in the big leagues. Our farm system has to rank among the top three in baseball. Baltimore and San Francisco are the other two. Only the clubs that produce the young and strong can survive. As far as the playoffs are concerned, I feel the New York Mets are the team to watch. They’ve got their pitching down now. and with Tom Seaver going twice and maybe three times — in a short series, anything could happen. In the American League, I like Baltimore. As far as I’m concerned, Earl Weaver is one of the great managers in the game. Dick Williams at Oakland is the same dynamic type. They know how to win and

handle personnel. It’s longevity — not wins — that marks a great manager. Look at Walter Alston, Gene Mauch and Ralph Houk. I have a goal to last as long as Alston. The greatest enjoyment in this game is to see someone come to you as a baby and become a ballplayer—and a man. Some guys let dollars and cents get ahead of all the other things. That’s not for me. Purdue Ready For Miami

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. (AP) — Purdue’s Boilermakers wound up their last heavy workout before Saturday’s game with Miami of Ohio by applying some polish to their offense. Purdue spent the week working on gaining offensive consistency, since it was the defense that saved last Saturday’s 14-13 victory victory over Wisconsin. The only change in the offense was the shifting of sophomore Rich Keys to halfback. Keys had been moved to flanker because of his small size, but head coach Alex Agase moved him back to a running spot when he picked up 90 yards in a scrimmage Monday.

Come see the '7H Oldsmobiles.

But dad, all you said was that Cutlass Salon had reclining seats.

\bu didn't say it came in a new coupe, too."

^ Last year Cutlass Salon was a new coupe. Like the sedan, it has a new, lower kind of American car—a sedan built for steering ratio for quicker response, its roadability. Steel-belted radial tires to grip the road. This year there’s a Salon two-door Special suspension for tight corneriny.

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Contoured seats that recline. And you can even order a Landau roof. ** ^ Cutlass Salon Built in the Grand Louring Tradition.

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"Look Walter! Now we can get an air conditioner that filters smells."

Not only does Temprnatic regulate

offensive odors from the air entering the car. front and rear. And underneath—a

temperature inside your car to a preset level, It’s available on all full-size Oldsmobiles.

it also charcoal filters the air. -w. I he filter acts to reduce many *»•.

suspension system that’s as tough as ever.

The ’74 Delta 88 coupe has a brand Olds Delta 88. It’s really put together, new roofline. Hydraulic bumper systems, More than just another pretty car.

When two clubs doubled rolled around to South he redoubled, in effect screaming for a takeout. But his appeal fell on deaf ears as North clung to his view that South was loaded with clubs. Of course, South also shouldn’t have trusted partner under the cirumstances; there was simply too much danger of North’s mistakenly passing the redouble. However, North did pass, to South’s horror, and South wound up in two clubs redoubled with a void in trumps. West should have led a trump, but instead he teed off with the ace of diamonds. Given a life, South proceeded to take advantage of the error. He ruffed the diamond in dummy, took a spade finesse, ruffed another diamond, repeated the spade finesse, and ruffed a third round of diamonds. Then with fingers crossed, he cashed the A-Q of hearts and ace of spades as everyone obligingly followed suit. So the amazing outcome was that declarer won the first eight tricks to make two clubs redoubled. East took the last five tricks with the A-K-Q-J-10 of trumps and also got credit for 150 honors, but in effect he was buried with honors, for South had managed to score a game in clubs despite East’s extraordinary trump holding.

"Hey! I didn't know we could get these new little windows in theToronado."

Order a Toronado with an opera roof and you get opera windows and a padded canopy of oxen-grain vinyl. You can also order a new interior with rich velour upholstery, a high-energy ignition system,

and True-Track braking. The 1974 Toronado has a new instrument panel with a message center that lights up to warn you when certain things such as your gas, oil pressure, seat belts,

etc., require your attention; there’s even an exceptionally accurate digital clock, with quartz-crystal controlled movement. Front-wheel drive Toronado. Engineering can be beautiful.

Stop in at your Olds dealers. Hes got surprises for every member of the family in all the other '7£s, too: Ninety Eight Regency Cutlass S and Supreme, Omega and station wagons.