Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 October 1974 — Page 4

Cougar cross country day a success

6th grader 5th grader

Chet Clodfdter of Russellvilte won the sixth grade race of the Cougar Cross Country meet with a time of l:?4. (BannerGraphic Photo*

Terry Franklin of RusseOviUe claimed the championship of the fifth grade Cougar Cross Country meet race with a time of S:87. (Banner-Graphic Photo)

Eagle harriers flying

South Putnam's cross country team ran to their third straight win Friday afternoon at Eminence, slicing the host Eels 20-36 in a dual meet. Keith Puckett customarily set the winning pace at 13:56, followed closely by teammate Rick Kelly at i4:04. Ware gave Eminence their only place in the top five next, as Lonnie Hassler and Mike McCammack took fourth and

fifth place for the Eagles with respective 14:21 and 14:30 times. South Putnam freshman Jeff Mosteller ran to a 14:39 8th place finish to round out his team's scoring, while Chris Steinbaker backed in the 10th position at 15:00. The Eagles will run at Van Buren tomorrow before returning home to host rugged Southmont Thursday.

Dolphins reflect NFL Establishment pains By WILL GRIMSLEY \P Special Correspondent MIAMI AP) — "The football season so far has been zany, and it is going to get zanier." said Joe Robbie, president of the Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins. ‘ All of us are struggling to keep our heads above water. Part of it is the economic situation. The strike hurt. Fans have been turned off Congress is on our backs. Elimination of TV blackouts is a big problem. There is pressure from the World Football League. "To meet this threat, we have had to double salaries in some cases We have mortgaged the financial future of the Miami Dolphins." Pro football, as represented by the established National Football League, is hurting, and the pain can be felt in this tropica! citadel of the NFL's two-time champions and the most successful franchise in the league Is the bloom finally fading from big-time pro football? There are ne w gaping holes in the giant stadia which only a year ago were packed with capacity crowds of cheering fans. At the height of the game's popularity, the only way to get a good ticket to a big game was to inherit it. Fans without tickets w*ould travel miles to escape the blackout circle and watch their favorite team on TV. There were thousands of empty seats when the Dolphias opened their bid for a third national crown against the New England Patriots at Foxboro. Mass A w-eek before the Dolphins were to make their home debut in the Orange Bowd agaiast Joe Namath and the New York Jets, some 6.500 seats remained unsold. Dolphin season ticket sales were off bv 9,000—down fo 69,000 from 78.000 They are not suffering alone Season sales for the transplanted New York Giants, playing their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven. Conn while Yankee Stadium is renovated, were down 18,000. Early games against the Washington Redskins and New England Patriots were 10,000. and 12.000 short of 1973. The Dallas Cowboys, perennial title threats, drew only 46.353 against the Giants, lowest for the regular season since 1965 Houston played its first three home games before anemic crowds of 25.317 . 28.538 and 30.049. "The WFL didn't hurt us. but the strike did." said Bud Adams, owner of the Oilers. “I think a lot of fans were turned off by the players strike." Tex Schramm, president of the Cowboys, said: "People resent management because they think it didn't do enough to keep the players happy. Where fans beeme embittered with the players, that feeling didn't turn off when the strike was over ” “Some of the bloom appears to be off the rose," added owner Wellington Mara of the Giants, "but the jury is still out I want to await the end of the season for final judgment. But it seems that some of the fan interest has been eroded." * Some observers are blaming the strike and WFL player raids with the wave of early season upsets. The Cowboys were lacklustre in losing to the Philadelphia Eagles and Giants Upset by the Patriots in their opening game, the Dolphins barely pulled out a cliffhanger over San Diego and were luckv not to be 0-3 after their first three games The Los Angeles Rams, favorites to go all the way this vear. were upended by the young Patriots and the highly rated Pittsburgh Steelers were manhandled by Oakland. “Before the season started I was apprehensive about three things." said Robbie, the crusty lawyer who is managing general partner of the Dolphins “They were the general economy. Congress' intervention on the blackout and the impact on both the players and the fans as a result of the strike “It is impossible to measure the damage done to fan interest bv the strike, but I feel there is a direct cause-result relationship in both the early wave of upsets and in the reduction of ticket sales Robbie was quick to say he did not feel either the strike or the preseason raids by the WFD-which gave a lame duck status to such Dolphin stars as Larry Csonka. Jim Kiick and Paul Warfield, signed as a package for 13 5 million—could be blamed for the Dolphins' uncharacteristically shaky start. He said he saw no evidence of animosities having arisen on the Dolphins between player factions who supported the strike and those who didn’t. "Dallas, on the other hand, could be hurt both ways—by the WFL and by the strike,” he said Miami Coach Don Shula backed Robbie on this point: Before the season. I called the teav together and laid evervthing on the line This is a team of free thinkers and free spirits I appealed to their intelligence and not their emotions They realize they have a chance to make football history ” Robbie whose relations with Stala were strained by a shouting argument at the team's post-Super Bowl banquet, said he could understand some fan disenchantment. “You have grown men going to the games in sweat shirts with numbers 39’ and ‘21' on them,' he said “To them, plavers are heroes When they see these heroes involved in things like strikes and jumps to rival leagues, they g t : .ed up and they are not quick tr forgive. A *

The “Cougar Cross Country” meet run last Friday was termed “a success” by its organiser, North Putnam coach Jerry Olson in the wake of the fifth and sixth grade races which drew a total of more than 60 runners from the three elementary schools in the

district

Twenty-eight boys from B*inbridge. Roachdale and Russellville ran in the sixth grade race over a one mile course set up around the North Putnam High School. Chet Clodfelter of Russellville finished first with a time of 6:24, beating off a strong challenge by Bainbridge's

Schubert.

After these two runners Roachdale brought in the next four boys in a row to sew up the team championship, finishing with 28 points. Bainbridge nosed out Russellville in a tight battle for the runner-up spot.

45-47.

Much the same scoring story took place in the preceding fifth grade race, where 35 boys ran the same one mile course. Russellville’s Terry Franklin copped top honors with a 6:27 timing, safely ahead of Bainbridge’s Faurote. Roachdale then took 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th to vault themselves into the championship, finishing with 34 points. Bainbridge took second with 44 while Russellville claimed 61 markers. More than 50 spectators were on hand to watch and cheer on the boys, all of whom were thanked by Olson for their interest. The enthusiasm prompted the Cougar coach to indicate that Cougar Cross Country Day would be renewed next year, and if enough interest is shown, a race for girls could be added to it. All boys who ran were given

participation ribbons, while individual place ribbons were awarded to the top 20 finishers

in each race.

A special thanks by Olson was expended to the three coaches of the participating teams, whose time and efforts were crucial to making the event a success: David Flora from Roachdale, Bill Schad from Bainbridge and Don Hymer from Russellville. Tk« li tM srtfar ol Hnlth •fill* tlxA *r»d» C*w«*r cnti

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6th grade champs

Roaehdale’s sixth grade team claimed the championship of the second race in Cougar Cross Country day with a total of 28 points.

Bainbridge finished second in a close fight with Russellville, 45-47. (Banner-Graphic Photo)

Mission: impossible?

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates face a mission that’s been impossible so far in National league playoffs when they battle the hot Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday in the third game of the set. Never in the previous five years of playoff competition has a club lost the first two games and come back to win three in a row. and that's what the Pirates must do to reach the World Series. “I can't remember when we've played as weB in backtoback games,” declared first baseman Steve t of the 34) and 5-2 vicPittsburgh. third game, starting |.m. EDT Tuesday, the 'wdll send left hander Doug Rau, 13-11, against right hander Bruce Kison, 9-8. On the plus side for the Pirates. Rau hasn’t won a game since Sept. 8 at Cincinnati and since then has had five starts. Manager Danny Murtaugh said of his Pirates. “From the opening of the season, we’ve had our backs to the wall. We've been counted out 9 or 10 times this year, and here we are. still in it.” A bomb scare delayed the Dodgers' return to Los Angeles after their Sunday victory. Someone phoned the airport in Pittsburgh and said a bomb was aboard the Dodgers' private plane. An hour’s search proved the call a hoax. On the plus side for the Dodgers. they've been hitting well. Third baseman Ron Cey burst out of a slump to slam a home run, two doubles and a single Sunday. “It seems when our team is hitting well, everyone hits well." commented Manager Walter Alston, whose Dodgers are in championship contention for the first time since 1966. “We re the National League champions." proclaimed Jimmy Wynn, the slugging little center fielder who led the club in homers with 32 in his first season with the club after arriving from Houston via trade last winter. “All year long we lost in

Pittsburgh, and then we went there and beat them two in a row and now take them to our yard." Don Sutton and Andy Messersmith pitched the victories in Pittsburgh, and if the series goes more than three games, they'll be available again. “We weren’t hitting well because they were pitching well,” said Murtaugh. “Sure we have to win three out of three, but

first we have to win tomorrow.” The Dodgers had slumped at the plate late in the regular season, but seemed to catch fire late in Saturday’s game and continued their hitting Sunday. ' “We’re a super ball club," Cey declared after his Sunday performance. “There’s not just one star, a lot of people deserve credit.”

5th grade champs

Roachdale also took the team championship of the 5th grade race, grabbing 34 points to 44 for

Bainbridge and 61 for Russellville. (BannerGraphic Photo)

Expect the unexpected * mi* r*r»*« 1

BALTIMORE (AP) - As might be expected, the unexpected has dominated the American League championship playoffs between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. The results of the first two games in the best-of-five playoff only seemed to prove the old baseball bromide that anything can happen in a short series. And, when the series resumes in Baltimore Tuesday with game No. 3, Manager Earl Weaver of the Orioles looks for more of the same. “We’re pretty evenly matched." Weaver said as some of the Orioles worked out Monday on a voluntary basis. “The games might be decided by a ball being lost in the sun, a bad hop or a squibber. An inch here or an inch there might bust it open." The winning pitchers in the first two games, Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar and Oakland's Ken Holtzman, each had 1-3 records against the opposing teams in head-to-head competition this season. Cuellar won the opener Saturday when the Orioles shelled three homers off Jim “Catfish" Hunter, a 2^game winner who had beaten Baltimore seven straight times, including twice this year. Ray Fosse, who clouted a three-run homer in Oakland’s 5-0 victory on Sunday, batted .133 against Baltimore during

1974. sal BlSYfdrb, tfith 22 homers this season,' tficln’t onnect against th*e‘ Orioles until Sunday and he had batted .219 against Baltimore. Helping to prove Weaver’s theory, five of Oakland’s six runs were unearned. Bando hit his homer after second baseman Bobby Grich dropped his foul pop and Fosse’s came after substitute shortstop Frank Baker muffed a two-out grounder. Noting the somewhat topsyturvy performances to date. Weaver said Tuesday’s pitching matchup "should be in our favor.” He referred to Vida Blue’s 2-0 record against the Orioles this season, while Baltimore starter Jim Palmer is 0-1 with an astronomical 6.55 earned run average. They met twice in the 1973 playoffs. Palmer won the series opener, 64), and Blue was driven from the box in game No. 4 after taking a 44) lead into the seventh inning. Blue wound up the 1974 season with a 17-15 record. Palmer, last year’s Cy Young award winner in the American League, spent 54 days on the disabled list with a sore arm and finished below .500 for the first time in the majors at 7-12. Although Palmer is familiar with pressure games, having

pitched the clinching victory in all four of Baltimore’s previous pennants and with 3-1 record in World Series play, the 28-year-old hurler says his sore arm has added another dimension. Palmer said, “I’m more aware than ever that I have to be a pitcher instead of a thrower. It decreases my margin of error.” Ross Grimsley, an 18-game winner with a 3-0 record against the A’s in 1974, volunteered to pitch relief in the playoffs. He replaced Cuellar in the ninth inning of the opener. Weaver has indicated that Cuellar would start game No. 4 on Wednesday. Either Dave McNally, the second game starter, or Grimsley would be available for a deciding fifth game. The Athletics bypassed a Monday workout in Memorial Stadium.

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Last volley for Cub netters

Greencastle’s Tiger Cub tennis team bow r ed out of the 1974 net season with a 3-2 loss to Schulte at the Terre Haute South hosted sectional tournament last week. It was the fifth match of the fall that the Cubs lost by a single point. Gaining the two Greencastle points were number two singles man Scott Kissinger and number three singles David Hazel. Kissinger extended his overall season’s record (including both singles and doubles competition) to 17-1 as he notched a 6-2, 6-4 victory while Hazel shut out his Schulte opponent 6-0, 6-0. Blair MacPhail lost the number one singles match 5-7, 3-6 and neither doubles team of Kim Lykken and Todd

Wagoner or David Silander and Mike Pursell could pick up a win to lift the Cubs to the second round of the twelve team sectional. The Cubs finished the regular season with a 5-5 record by virtue of a 7-2 smattering of visiting Danville at the beginning of last week. With four of these losses coming by that elusive lone point Cub coach Gerald York noted that his forces could almost as easily have finished with a 9-1 slate. Nevertheless York described himself as “pleased" with the season. Reviewing his' individual performers, the Cub mentor lauded MacPhail’s fall play, as the senior took on the best each visiting team had to offer and still wound up with a 1,

14-4 overall record. None of those four defeats came as a result of doubles competition, where he and Kissinger teamed to play through the entire season with a clean slate. York could find little if any criticism with the junior Kissinger’s play, while he will be looking forward to having Hazel, another junior, back to anchor the team next year too. Back also next year will be freshman Silander and sophomore Pursell. “I was real pleased with them all year," said York. “For youngsters they played outstanding tennis. “Well have four good boys to form a nucleus next year.” Not among this quartet will be Lykken and Wagoner, both seniors.

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