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Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana

Thursday, May 23,1974

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The South Putnam Eagles, who must get by Cascade next Friday to advance to the Finals of the Greencastle sectional tournament, consist this year of (left to right) front: Greg Hammond, Mark Cowger, George Pearson, Danny Bain, Dale Mendenhall, John Jones, and Julian Briones; back:

Lee Sheppard (mgr.), Fred Crawley, Jim Coleman, Joe Burnham, Larry Chestnut, Kelly Chesshir, John Scobee, Gordon Knetzer, and Coach Steve Holsapple. (Banner-Graphic Photo)

Cub Golfers 2nd In WIC; Clinch All-Sports Trophy

Greencastle was five strokes away from the WIC golf championship Tuesday afternoon at Forest Park in Brazil, but couldn’t come up with a fourth man score to cut the margin Sullivan rode to the title, 313-318. The second place finish is the best for the Cubs in the conference meet since they claimed the title in 1964. Leading the charge for Dick Crawley’s forces was David Conrad, who fired a 75 to take third medalist honors for the meet. Jay Franklin and Rick Bittles both stroked 78’s to keep the Cubs in contention for first, but nobody else could make it in in less than 87. Jim Lett, although he played well, found himself out of bounds three times enroute to that score.

All-ICC Baseball Team Named

Linton finished four strokes back of the Cubs with a 322, followed by Brazil 330, Schulte 33, Clinton 336, West Vigo 383, State High 402, and North Central 459. By placing second, Greencastle passed up West Vigo and Brazil in the standings for the all-sports trophy, and assured themselves of winning the title, even with the final baseball standings still out. Bittles, meanwhile, kept his chances alive to break the alltime Greencastle record for seasonal low average, set in 1969 by Rick Bundy. Bundy, who is presently assistant pro at Robinson Country Club in Robinson, Illinois, averaged 78.5 during that, his senior year, a bit

ahead of the current 79.46 pace maintained by Bittles. The Cubs will entertain State High this afternoon at 1:30 at Windy Hill, but are

looking with more anticipation to a week from today when Sullivan comes to town for a 9:00 a.m. head to head confrontation.

College Ball Powers Collide Today

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. APDefending champion Minnesota and pretournament favorite Southern Illinois collide Thursday in first-round play of the District 4 National Collegate Athletic Association NCAA baseball tournament. The University of Cincinnati and Mid-American champion Miami Ohio meet in the tourney opener. SIU, which was eliminated by

Big Ten king Minnesota last year, carries the “favorite” tag on the basis of its 43-9 season record. Minnesota stopped SIU 2-0 and 7-6 in the District fray last year and marched through the College World Series before being halted by Southern California 8-7. However, Minnesota is without Dave Winfield, its All America pitcher who is now a regular outfielder with the San Diego Padres.

Indiana Collegiate Conference co-champion Butler placed five men on the allICC baseball squad and Evansville’s pitching ace, Mike Meyerrose of Greensburg has been picked as Most Valuable Player. Announcement of the 1974 all-league team and postseason honors was made yesterday by the ICC News Bureau following selection of the winners by conference coaches. Three ICC head coaches, in an unprecedented tie, shared the Coach of the Year honors. Getting a third of the laurels and Evansville’s Wayne Boultinghouse-mentors of runnerup squads, plus Emory Bauer, whose Valpo team shared the title with Tom Warner’s Butlerclub. Butler Bulldogs picked for the 11-man all-ICC first team

include Randy Bohon, outfield; Steve Clayton, pitcher; Chuck Hawkins, first base; Mike Goodman, catcher; and Harry Muta, the first player ever selected to the new allICC category of designated hitter. Rounding out the rest of the dream team are the league’s top hitter (.444) Bob Skaltsas, Valparaiso, outfield; DePauw freshman outfielder Bill Slapke and number two hitter (.419); Evansville shortstop Mike Metzger; St. Joseph's second baseman Jim Gambiania; and Indiana Central’s third baseman Steve Montgomery. League MVP Meyerrose finished the season with a perfect 5-0 mark, was third in conference ERA at 2.78, and was seventh in strikeouts, averaging .64 per inning. Meyerrose edged Goodman, Skaltsas, and Clayton

for MVP honors. Goodman led the league in RBI’s with 14 and tied Muta for the home run mark with six, which was a new conference one-season record. The old mark, set in 1962, was five. Six schools placed players on the 12-man second team, topped by Valpo'sfour. The Crusaders, who will play this week in NCAA postseason tournament action, were represented by second team choices Matt Rhode and Carey Govert. pitcher; Jay McDowell, catcher; and Jim Dermody, designated hitter. Evansville put on Rick Pfeifier at third and Mike Platt (in a tie) at second; Wabash had Tom Geisting and Jack Roudebush at outfield and shortstop respectively; Central placed Ken Brooks in the outfield; Butler had Bruce Carmichael and A1 MacDonald at outfield and second respectively; and St. Joseph's had Bill Zinser at first base. Twelve players were designated on the Honorable Mention team including two from Evansville; two from Wabash; three from St. Joseph’s; one from Indiana Central; two from Valparaiso; and two from DePauw.

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FIRST TEAM

Position

Player

College

Outfield

Bob Skaltsas

Valparaiso

Outfield

Bill Slapke

DePauw

Outfield

Randy Bohon

Butler

Pitcher

Mike Meyerrose

Evansville

Pitcher

Steve Clayton

Butler

First Base

Chuck Hawkins

Butler

Second Base

Jim Gambiania

St. Joseph’s

Shortstop

Mark Metzger

Evansville

Third Base

Steve Montgomery

Ind. Central

Catcher

Mike Goodman

Butler

Designated Hitter Harry Muta SECONDTEAM

Butler

Outfield

Tom Geisting

Wabash

Outfield

Ken Brooks

Ind. Central

Outfield

Bruce Carmichael

Butler

Pitcher

Matt Rhode

Valparaiso

Pitcher

Carey Govert

Valparaiso

First Base

Bill Zinser

St. Joseph's

Second Base

Mike Platt (tie) Al MacDonald (tie)

Evansville Butler

Shortstop

Jack Roudebush

Wabash

Third Base

Rick Pfeiffer

Evansville

Catcher

Jay McDowell

Valparaiso

Designated Hitter Jim Oermodv HONORABLE MENTION

Valparaiso

Outfield

Jeff W ilkie

Evansville

Outfield

Mike Brown

Wabash

Outfield

Ken Losin

St. Joseph's

Pitcher

Mark Peters

Evansville

Pitcher

Jerry Walsh

St. Joseph’s

First Base

Dave Wood

Ind. Central

Second Base

Fred Schebor

Valparaiso

Shortstop

Mark Onesi

St. Joseph's

Shortstop

Ted Hofferth

Valparaiso

Shortstop

Bruce Greenwood

DePauw

Third Base

John Chin

DePauw

Catcher

Carl Gjeldum

Wabash

MVP — Mike Meyerrose, Evansville Coach-of-the-Year — (tie) Wayne Boultinghouse, Evansville

George Post, St. Joseph's Emory Bauer, Valparaiso

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

STANDINGS

Conference

All Games

PCT.

1. Butler

.750

1. Valparaiso

.750

3. Evansville

.667

3. St. Joseph's

.667

5. Indiana Central

.250

6. Wabash

.250

7. DePauw

.167

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HALLMARKS “Now the children tried to find it and they can’t believe their eyes. Cause the old team isn’t playing and the new team hardly tries. And the sky has got so cloudy when it used to be so clear. And the summer went so quickly this year.” Yes, there used to be a ball park right here.”—Sung by Frank Sinatra Almost every baseball fan has some kind of memory locked up in the hallowed confines of “The House That Ruth Built.” The famous Yankee Stadium, home of so many New York Yankee powerhouse baseball teams, is now in the process of being torn down to make way for 65 million dollars' worth of renovations. I can remember my grandfather telling me of the time he stood outside the then-awesome structure waiting for a chance to see “the Babe swat one out of the park," only to see the bambino strike out twice, and hit a bloop single. Now “youngsters” with names not universally known like Munson, Murcer, Blomberg, Nettles, and Clarke, will attempt to create some memories of their making in the new park. The new Yankees look like they might just have something going for them this season. With a power-hitting lineup and above average pitching, the Yanks have been hovering a few games above .500, leading the Eastern Division of the American League much of the spring. The Yankees, 1973 version, disappointed followers by finishing below .500 after leading the Eastern Division for many months. They’ve got some size 16, triple E width cleats to fill. Babe Ruth and his 60th home run, Don Larsen and his perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Mantle’s grand slammer in the 1953 series. And as the Invirex-Cuyahoga wrecking ball smashes into the upper decks where Joe Dimaggio once tagged a few long balls en route to his 56 game hitting streak--one can’t help but feel that something more than metal and wood is being blasted from the framework of the most famous battlefield in America’s most traditional sport. “There used to be a ball park—

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Sectional Schedule Greencastle athletic director Gary Myers has released the schedule for the 1974 sectional baseball tournament here, which will kick off at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Cloverdale was the recipient of the home team draw for the first game, taking the field against North Putnam. This will be the only game Tuesday, with the second contest set for 9:30 Friday (May 31) morning, pitting Cascade (home) against South Putnam. Then at noon Friday Greencastle will take the field first against the winner of the CloverdaleNorth Putnam game. The victor in this matchup will face the winner of the Cascade -South Putnam game at 4:00 Friday afternoon for the sectional championship. The price of admission has been announced as fifty cents per session.

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