Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 October 1973 — Page 8

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BonnT-Grophic, Greencostle, Indiana

Thurtdoy, October 4, 1973

“Hey Cmon-- South Putnam cross meet with Avon and North Putnam. It was ^ Man-Push —Freije continues his chants as it country coach Tom Freije yells some words of one of the last home meets of the season. looks like a clean sweep by the Eagles. Seven of his runners encouragement to his runners in a triangular finished in the Top-10, which is one of South Putnam s best showings of the year.

“That Away Eddie“~ Eddie Broadstreet won seven straight and still improving. But, finished third in the triangular meet which what about the coach? Who says they have an was won by South Putnam. They have now easy life?

South Putnam Eagles’ Run, And Win, On "Pride”

Jr. Tiger Cubs Lose Third

Greencastle’s Junior High Seventh Graders Win Opener

unfolded yesterday when Avon and North Putnam traveled to South Putnam for a triangular meet held within the confines of Cinema 40. The Eagles weren’t very good

Cubs rushing with 80 yards. Pat Feld was near second, with 71 yards.

Southmont Beats Clovers

third man across the line with a time of 14:15. “I tell you, “Freije said after the meet, “those five runners are just great. They’ve improved themselves by 24 seconds already.” Pride is what South Putnam runs on, just like the gasoline you get at the service center, it keeps them going through the 2 l A mile course from the first shot. It was kind of obvious yesterday as the last two Eagles across the finish line held each others hands, making sure the other finished the race.

he passed for two touchdowns and ran for one twopoint conversion. He connected with Mark Rutenburg and Ricky Lucas for the touchdowns. Ronald Beaman scored their initial touchdown, w hile Neil Jordan put the cap on things when he returned a blocked punt. They play Cascade away next Tuesday.

It was a close meet until the race started, that’s when the runners with “pride” took off from the pack and left the other runners behind. The other schools, Avon and

Greencastle Junior High lost their third straight eighth grade football game Tuesday night at the expense of Edgewood, 12-8. The Tiger Cubs score came sandwiched in between Edgewood’s two touchdowns. Edgewood scored in the first quarter when they raced 65 yards around left end. The extra point attempt fell short. Eddie Miller scored Greencastle’s only touchdown in the second quarter on a five yard run. Shane Huber added the two-point conversion with a quarterback sneak to give the Tiger Cubs a shortlived 8-6 lead. Edgewood scored the winning edge on a 55-yard pass interception return. The extra-point conversion was

Watch out high school football fans, here come the Eagles, in full glory. This is the year of the Tiger Cubs, but in a year or two, the Eagles could very well push their way up into the county’s number one slot. That’s the way it looked Tuesday night when both South Putnam’s seventh grade and eighth grade swept their contests from Cascade. The eighth graders raised their record to 3-2 with a 14-0 shutout, while the seventh graders won their second game against one tie with a 2814 shellacking. Tim Thomas, the Eagles’

CINCINNATI (AP> — Johnny Bench’s longest season is nearing an end and his powerful swing has erased most of the doubts. “I’ve been very fortunate indeed,” said the Cincinnati Reds’ 25-year-old superstar. “I’m here and we’re in the playoffs again,” said Bench, the National League’s Most Valuable Player a year ago when he hit 40 home runs. Six months ago, on the heels of a major operation that clouded his luminous career, he was rushed into the 1973 season with little time to regain his strength. And though he has finished second in the National League in runs batted in and his arm remains the most feared in baseball. Bench says “it’s not all there..Tm not pleased." His batting average suffered, dropping to .253 when he closed out the season with only five hits in his last 39 at-bats over the last three weeks. “I’m physically strong, it’s just that split second—that 124th of a second—that could have made the difference,” said Bench as the Reds await the National League playoffs.

North Putnam, took chase but found their competition too tough, and all except for a mere handful fell back into the pack. That’s the scene that

marred by a penalty, w hich invalidated the points. Miller again led the Tiger

Greencastle’s Junior High seventh graders opened their season with a 6-0 victory over Edgewood T uesday night. The Tiger Cubs scored the only needed touchdown in the second quarter on a pass play from Terry Gobert to Mike Secrest. The extra point attempt was no good. Paul Warfield picked up 51 yards while Terry Taylor rushed for 41. Terry Cooper played an excellent defensive

premier eighth grade running back, was first to score on a 40-yard run. He then added the remaining six points on a three yard run. He then added the remaining six points on a three yard run. Bill Heeke, another strong point for the eighth graders, added both two point conversions. “Our defense has looked real good all season, ” Coach Paul McGill said after the victory. “We’ve shut out our opponents all three times.” The seventh graders won on the arm of Curt Steinbaker, who completed 10 out of 11 passes. Bruce Dorset scored the

“I have to believe there were a lot of balls I would have gotten to had it not been for the operation. For one, I wasn’t able to do the usual weight work or isometrics in the spring. 1 think that hurt,” he said. “It’s understandable, I guess. I have to look at it reastically. We won, that’s the important thing.” “I had hoped for 30-35 homers and 100 RBI’s,” he noted. He reached the latter goal with 104 RBIs, but his home run production dropped to 25—lowest since his rookie year six seasons ago when he had 15. An ugly crescent-shaped scar etched across his chest remains as a permanent reminder of a career once jeopardized. It began a year ago with a routine September checkup. A spot on his lung was detected. Told of it’s presence. Bench went on a seven-game home run hinge. He batted .333 in the World Series, but it didn’t prevent Cincinnati losing to Oakland. In December, 2'/$ hours of surgery on the broad-chested Oklahoman catcher proved

game. Their next home game is Wednesday against Northwest Hendricks. Game time is 6 p.m. "Flying Finn" Dies HELSINKI — Paavo Nurmi, 76, the legendary “ Flying Finn” who captured nine gold medals in the Olympic games of the Roaring Twenties in distances ranging from 1,500 meters to 10,000 meters, died.

first of four on a 25 yard run in the first quarter. Steinbaker ran over the stripe in the second quarter, while Allen Holton raced 10 yards prior to the first half conclusion. The final touchdown came in the final quarter when Steinbaker connected with Phil Dunn for a 20-yard pass play. All four extra point conversions were done through the air. “Our boys looked really good,” Coach Larry Bottorff said with a smile. “We have a lot of potential that will make real fine varsity players in a couple of years.”

negative. The lesion was benign. The scare over, the toughest part remained ahead. Pressed into service less than three months later, Bench showed the effects. His batting average dipped alarmingly into the .100s and his ineffective arm became the talk of spring training. Through it all. Bench’s staunchest supporter was Manager George “Sparky” Anderson. “He’ll be back,” said Anderson. With Bench a question mark, baseball’s experts leaned toward Houston and San Francisco in the Western Division race. They had their reasons. Two years ago, when Bench slumped to .238 and only 61 RBIs with 27 homers, the defending National League champs finished a disappointing fourth, 11 games behind. “But a lot of people don’t remember that I wasn’t the only one who had a bad year in ^l. We were never really in it,” remembers Bench. “The guys really picked me up this year. Everybody chipped in something. It was a complete 25-man effort,” he said.

hosts, and sent their guests away disappointed as they swept the meet, 19-58-64, with the Cougars behind finishing last. It was a battle for the number one slot between two of the county’s herald runners, Keith Puckett from South Putnam, and Eddie Thornburg from North Putnam. Keith won out, eight seconds better, than his running mate for a good portion of the meet. “It was the last 50 yards that won it for Keith,” Coach Tom Freije said, “he just

Scores sometimes are deceiving as indicated by Cloverdale’s freshmen football loss to Southmont Tuesday night. The Clovers lost 28-6, but according to Coach Joe Curran, the game was closer than the score indicated. The frosh wasted little time in chalking up the points when Richard Coon raced 72 yards off tackle to notch Cloverdale’s only score. At first it appeared to be the first of many to come, but Southmont’s defense clamped down, and held the homesters scoreless the rest of the way. Meanwhile, after a scoreless first quarter Southmont added a touchdown in each of the remaining quarters, with one exception, they scored twice in the second. Their first came on a 60yard pass play, only to be followed a short time later, by an interception, and a two-pont conversion. Southmont came back strong in the third quarter and scored on a 45-yard pass interception. Their final score came with 20 seconds left in the contest on a 35-yard pass connection. Coon picked up 144 yards on 16 carries, while Brent Mennich, quarterback, passed for 58 yards. “We were a little rusty,” Coach Curran said. “We haven’t played in two weeks, and the long lay-off hurt us. “But you have to give credit to their defense, it was the key to the game.”

MADISON Wis. (AP) — If you want your son to be a football player, you might want to Fill him up with lots of pancakes, syrup, spaghetti, lasagna, toast, tea and honey. That’s part of a new high carbohydrate diet being followed much of the week by the University of Wisconsin Badgers. Steak, the old standby, is out, especially 48 hours before a Saturday kickoff, and not because the price is so high. “Research has indicated that proteins are tougher to digest,” says team trainer Gordon Stoddard. “A balanced diet’s the best routine until midweek, then a switch to more carbohydrates is recommended.” Coach John Jardine says the new diet has forced him to ad-

lifted up those legs and gave it all he had.” The big “five”, who have been winning the big spots for the Eagles, again continued their improvement as they finished four, five, six, seven, and eight. Brian Chadd led the quintuplets with a time of 14:32, followed by Rick Kelley, 14:30, Mike Tyler, 14:32, Lonnie Hassler, 14:53, and Mike Brown, who was the anchor man, with a time of 15:01. Ed Broadstreet, who has been a steadily improving runner for the Eagles, was the

Cloverdale was the first team this year to score against Southmont which has yet to be beaten in two years. While Cloverdale’s frosh were losing, the Junior High team put a feather in the coaching staffs hat, as they upped their record to 2-1 with a 30-6 victory over Monrovia Tuesday night. Mike Monnett played a big part in the Clovers’ victory as

leges, NFL and Canadian league players who play out their options and players cut by the leagues,” the source said. The source said a formal announcement on the new league would be made near the end of October.

A chant of P-R-I-D-E went out after the score was announced, and you could just see the twinkle of pride that Freije had for his boys. Top-10 Runners Puckett 14:06 SP Thornburg 14:14 NP Pacers Place Lewis

INDIANAPOLIS (API — The Indiana Pacers have placed guard Freddie Lewis on waivers, club officials announced Wednesday. Lewis, six-year captain of the defending American Basketball Association champions, has been holding out because of a contract dispute.

Broadstreet 14:15 SP Chadd 14:15 SP Kelley 14:30 SP Tyler 14:32 SP Hassler I4:53SP Brown 15:01 SP Inman 15:09 A Shonk 15:10 A

On Waivers It had been announced earlier by club officials that a verbal agreement had been reached with Lewis, but troubles apparently flared early this week when Lewis rejected terms of the written contract. Lewis and club officials had no comment.

Pancakes, Syrup,

For Your Footballing Son

International Football Next

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gary L. Davidson, who helped start the American Basketball Association and the World Hockey Association, now has plans for an international professional football league with franchises stretching from London to Tok-

yo.

A source in Davidson’s office said the Santa Ana attorney is organizing the worldwide pro football circuit and plans to have it working a year from now. Initially, the league wants 12 franchises in the United States, with franchises already lined up for the Los Angeles area, Honolulu, New York, Boston, Chicago, Toronto “and maybe Europe” for the first season, said the source. The league, as yet unnamed, also is looking to establish franchises in London, Tokyo, Germany and Mexico as well as Memphis, Tenn., Milwaukee, Phoenix, Ariz., Oklahoma City, Seattle, and North Carolina. The new league will not try and fight the established league for players, said the source. “The league will get its players from semipro leagues, colAnd Spaghetti,

just his thinking. “I’ve always been a steak and eggs man, so it’s really strange for me to watch the guys eat a big bowl of lasagna on the Friday night before a game,” Jardine said.

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