Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 219, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 May 1980 — Page 7
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Richmond best of good rookie class
'.INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The rhokie class of 1980 in the Indianapolis 500 may be the best id 15 years. H already is the biggest since that 1965 race, in which future Indy champs A 1 Unser, Mario Andretti and Gordon Johncock were among 11 rookies who began their championship racing careers. “I just hope that people will be telling the same kind of stories about me 15 years from now,” said Tim Richmond, the leader of a group of flashy newcomers to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: Richmond was the fastest of 10 rookies to make the 33-car lineup for next Sunday’s race. The 24-year-old driver from Ashland, Ohio, also was the fastest among the 14 qualifiers who filled out the race day grid Sunday the last day of time trials for the 64th running of the $1 million race, the world’s richest. Richmond piloted his rebuilt Penske-Cosworth racer through a four-lap, 10-mile qualifying run at an average of 188.334 mph. That made the slim, handsome youngster the fifth fastest qualifier in the field, trailing only pole-sitter Johnny Rutherford, Andretti, Bobby Unser and Spike Gehlhausen, who all qualified on the first weekend of time trials. In fact, seven of the top nine qualifiers Sunday were rookies. Only George Snider, who also was in the rookie class of 1965, and Mike Mosley managed to break into Sunday’s elite. However, things have not come easy for Richmond, who owns the fastest practice lap of the month at the Speedway, 193.507 mph. He crashed during practice on May 10, an hour before the first weekend of qualifying began. The collision with the wall broke the tub (driver’s compartment) of the car, and Richmond’s team had to buy new parts and rebuild the racer. There were no problems Sunday, though, as he recorded laps of 188.482, 188.917, 187.813 and 188.127. That earned him the 20th starting position in the race. “My crew told me to take it easy out there, but the thing just felt so good, I just stood on it anyway,” Richmond explained. “Last week was just the
By a ponytail Cubs' edge came from only WCC
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Competition breeds interest, or so that is the theory behind sports. And if that theory is true, there should be a lot of interest in the West Central Conference athletic contests. Out of 10 sports - boys and girls totaled - in the WCC six different schools won either a share of or out-right titles. This is taking the baseball conference race as it now stands with three teams tied -- Cascade, North Putnam and Greencastle. GREENCASTLE, WHICH WON the All-Sports Trophy for the second year in a row and in its second year as a WCC full member, took only two titles outright - women’s basketball and track. The Tiger Cubs shared the WCC basketball title with Cascade and Edgewood and may do so in baseball with North Putnam and Cascade. All that will be decided May 24. Cascade, if my memory serves me correctly, finished second in the All-Sports Trophy race. The Cadets won two outright titles and shared in men’s basketball and baseball. Cascade’s problem is the All-Sports Trophy chase came in women’s sports where the lady Cadets could not get in the upper division of the conference standings in any sport. North Putnam took the football title with a perfect 8-0 record in the WCC - and has to be a strong candidate to repeat - while Owen Valley dethroned Greencastle in golf and Tri-West took the women’s volleyball title outright. THE ALL-SPORTS Trophy was decided by the only area of the WCC that is not balanced -- women’s athletics. Over the last two seasons the Tiger Cubs have dominated. It seems like South Putnam has done the most to correct this imbalance, though Edgewood and Owen Valley have done well with their female athletes going away to camp. Greencastle
breaks of the game, but it was probably the worst week of my life and the best week of my life. I didn’t know what was going to happen after I hit the wall, but I’m just happy it’s over with and I’m in it. Another Indy rookie, Gordon Smiley, had the second fastest speed Sunday a four-lap average of 186.848 mph. He was followed by Snider at 185.385. Right behind them, in the eighth row of the 11 -row field, is the first-year trio of Billy Engelhart, Greg Leffler and Dennis Firestone. Following them in the ninth row is Mosley, sandwiched between rookies Hurley Haywood and Bill Whittington. First-year drivers Roger Rager, Dick Ferguson and Whittington’s older brother, Don, made it into the race among the 19 drivers who qualified during the first weekend. The grid for race day was filled with almost three hours to go, and, before rain ended qualifying 90 minutes early, seven of the original 33 qualifiers including four more rookies were bumped from the field by faster cars. Among those knocked out were veterans Salt Walther, John Martin and Sheldon Kinser. Veteran Gary Bettenhausen wound up as the slowest qualifier at 182.463, and the average speed for the completed-field is 185.570 mph, just over 1 mph slower than the field average a year ago. Veteran Tom Sneva, who qualified his original entry in the 14th spot the first weekend, will start the race in the 33rd position. He wrecked the first car last Wednesday and will substitute another entry. U.S. Auto Club rules specify that Sneva will have to start at the back of the field. There were two minor mishaps on the Speedway’s 216mile oval during Sunday’s time trials. Veteran Rick Muther spun in the first turn, but didn’t make contact with the wall. And Howdy Holmes, who was the only rookie in the 1979 race, brushed the wall on the back straightaway and spun into the infield. Neither was able to come back and qualify for the race. About a dozen drivers, including Holmes, Muther and
Janet Guthrie, were left waiting in the pits when the rain ended qualifying. The track will be closed until the race, with the exception of a two-hour testing period on Thursday. First Row 1. Johnny Rutherford, Fort Worth, Texas. No 4, Chaparral-Cosworth. 192 256 2. Mario Andretti, Nazareth, Pa , N 0.12. Penske-Cosworth, 191.012 3. Bobby Unser, Albuquerque. N.M., No 11, Penske-Cosworth, 189.994 Second Row 4 Spike Gehlhausen, Speedway, Ind., N 0.35, Penske-Cosworth, 188.344 5. Jerry Sneva, Spokane, Wash., N 0.7, Lola-Cosworth, 187.852 6. Rick Mears, Bakersfield, Calif., No.l, Penske-Cosworth, 187.490 Third Row 7 Johnny Parsons, Indianapolis, N 0.15,.15, Lightning-Cosworth, 187.412 8. Pancho Carter, Brownsburg, Ind., No.lo, Penske-Cosworth, 186.480 9. A 1 Unser, Albuquerque, N.M., N 0.5, Longhom-Cosworth, 186.442 Fourth Row 10. Roger Rager, Mound, Minn., N 0.66, Wildeat-Chevrolet, 186.374 11. Jim McElreath, Arlington. Texas, N 0.23, Eagle-Offenhauser, 186.249 12. A.J. Foyt, Houston, Texas, N 0.14, Pamelli-Cosworth,lßs.soo Fifth Row 13. Tom Bagley, Centre Hall, Pa., N 0.40, Wildcat-Cosworth, 185.405 14. Larry Cannon, Oakwood, 111., N 0.95, Wildcat-DGS, 183.252 15. Dick Ferguson, Los Angeles, N 0.26. Penske-Cosworth, 182.880 Sixth Row 16 Danny Ongais, Costa Mesa, Calif., N 0.25. Pamelli-Cosworth, 186.606 17. Gordon Johncock, Phoenix, Ariz., N 0.20, Penske-Cosworth, 186.075 18. Don Whittington. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., N 0.96, Penske-Cosworth, 183.927 Seventh Row 19 Tim Richmond, Ashland, Ohio, N 0.21. Penske-Cosworth, 188.334 20 Gordon Smiley, Garland. Texas, N 0.70, Phoenix-Cosworth, 186.848 21 George Snider, Houston, Texas, N 0.16, Pamelli-Cosworth, 185.385 Eighth Row 22 Bill Engelhart, Madison, Wis.. N 0.29, McLaren-Cosworth, 184.237 23. Greg Leffler, Winchester, Ind., N 0.44, Lola-Cosworth, 183.748 24. Dennis Firestone, Gardena, Calif., No 18, Penske-Cosworth, 183.702 Ninth Row 25. Hurley Haywood, Jacksonville, Fla , N 0.99, Lightning-Chevrolet, 183.561 26 Mike Mosley, Fallbrook. Calif., N 0.48, Eagle-Chevrolet, 183.449 27 Bill Whittington, Fort Lauderdale, Fla , No 94. Pamelli-Cosworth, 183.262 Tenth Row 28. Jerry Karl, Manchester. Pa., N 0.38, McLaren-Chevrolet. 183.011 29 Dick Simon. San Juan Capistrano. Calif., No.B, Vollstedt-Offy, 182.788 30. Bill Vukovich, Coarsegold. Calif., N 0.2, Watson-Offenhauser. 182 741 Eleventh Row 31. Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wis., N 0.3, Lola-Cosworth, 182.547 32. Gary Bettenhausen. Monrovia, Ind., No 46, Wildcat-DGS, 182 463 33. Tom Sneva, Spokane. Wash., N 0.89, McLaren-Cosworth, 185.290 Eds: Tom Sneva qualified the N 0.9 Phoenix-Cosworth in 14th position last week but crashed it in practice and must start the substituted N 0.89 McLaren at the rear of the lineup INDIANAPOLIS (AP) These drivers qualified Sunday for the May 25 Indianapolis 500-rnile race and were subsequently bumped from the starting lineup by faster qualifiers: 1 John Martin, Irvine. Calif., N 0.37. Wildcat-DGS. 181.956 2 Bill Alsup, Woodstock, Vt.. N 0.41, Penske-Cosworth. 181.919 3. Salt Walther, Beverly Hills, Calif., No 76, Penske-Cosworth, 181.726 4 Pete Halsmer, Huntington Beach, Calif., N 0.34, Wildcat-DGS, 181.351 5. Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind , N 0.24, Watson-Cosworth, 181.196 6. Phil Caliva. Hermosa Beach, Calif., N 0.47,.47, McLaren-Offenhauser, 178.873 7. Tony Bettenhausen, Speedway, Ind., N 0.32, Eagle-Offenhauser, 176.410
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basketball coach Kathy Pieper is trying to put together a basketball clinic. North Putnam offers girls on the elementary and junior high level an opportunity to participate in the boys clinic. Cloverdale has no clinic for either boys or girls. North Putnam’s biggest strides during the last year in women’s athletics came in a nonconference sport - swimming. WHILE DRIVING AROUND the county last summer I took notice of where athletes were playing. Every school in the county had boys either playing basketball or pumping weights for football - for “recreation" of course. But only two schools in this county had girls playing basketball in a five-on-five situation - Greencastle and South Putnam. The coaches even got out and played with them, as some men coaches do with their players. There is nothing illegal about playing a friendly, pickup game. Cascade and Cloverdale will again open their gymnasiums in
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Laura Nichols and Chuck Sears were named South Putnam's first Senior Athletes of the Year during Friday night's Spring Athletic Awards Program. Nichols was named co-MVP of the women's track team and was a member of the Eagle swim
Toronto routs Oakland 12-1
Rangers crack down on Yanks
By HERSCHEL NISSENSON AP Sports Writer When Sparky Lyle was traded from New York to Texas after the 1978 season, he said he wanted to come back some day and break Yankee owner George Steinbrenner’s heart. At last report, Steinbrenner’s heart was still in one piece, but Lyle was back in New York Sunday and broke the Yankees’ three-game winning streak instead with a brilliant long relief job. His crackling slider is still the same but his tune has changed. “Beating the Yankees is no extra thing to me,” Lyle insisted after allowing just two hits in blanking New York over the final 51-3 innings and picking up the victory when the Rangers rallied from a 4-1 deficit for a 54, 10-inning triumph. “It’s not vengeance and never has been.
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team last fall. Sears ran cross country, led the Eagle basketball team in every way and is still playing golf. Both are college bound students and Sears will play basketball for Rose-Hulman. (Banner-Graphic photo by Beth Robinson).
You have to work hard against any team.” Lyle relieved Ferguson Jenkins in the fifth inning after the Yankees scored three runs to break a 1-1 tie and he shut them off the rest of the way. It was his second victory in three decisions this season, both against the Yankees, with whom he spent seven years. Blue Jays 12, A’s 1 A 1 Woods drove in five runs and Otto Velez and Roy Howell had three apiece as Toronto pounded out 16 hits. Meanwhile, Paul Mirabella went the route, scattering 10 hits. Woods drove in his five runs with a first-in-ning grounder, a two-run single in the sixth and a two-run homer in the eighth. It was the fourth loss in five games for the A’s and dropped them out of first place in the AL West, one-half game behind Chicago.
the evening. You know the boys are going to show up and work on improving themselves either lifting weights or playing basketball. Greencastle already has recreation going and athletes participating. North Putnam will undoubtedly put something together to keep the building going. MY QUESTION IS: How many girls will get out and work toward improving their athletic talents this summer and improving the balance of the WCC? Right after the championship game of the Eminence women’s basketball sectional Cloverdale coach Jeannette Sharp talked with her girls about playing through the summer. And not just one or two, but getting together and playing some friendly basketball, on their own, no coaching, just like like the guys do. Chuck Sears, who graduated from South Putnam High School Sunday, is the best example of the player improving himself. He played on just about every court in this county over the summer and against all kinds of competition. The Greencastle girls played pick up games with girls from South Putnam and now it’ll all start again. This is where sports can be totally fun. Just some friends having fun on the basketball court. And girls, weight lifting won’t hurt you if done correctly and not overdone. THE FELLOWSHIP of Christian Athletes All-Star Basketball Game between the Putnam County and Montgomery County senior players is set for June 20, according to Rich Clouse of Southmont High School. Not that I have anything against Cascade, but the baseball sectional draw came out against a county school winning for the second or third straight year. Danville is the defending champion and North Putnam was the only county school to win the Greencastle sectional title back in 1978.
White Sox 6, Mariners 5 Lamar Johnson cracked a pair of doubles and Jim Morrison and Junior Moore drove in two runs apiece to lead the White Sox past the A’s into first place in the AL West. Royals 5, Angels 3 John Wathan and U.L. Washington both tripled to key a fiverun Kansas City burst in the first inning against Frank Tanana, who failed to retire a batter. Renie Martin, 4-1, got the victory, his fourth in a row and third in three starts since leaving the bullpen. Willie Wilson doubled and scored on Washington’s triple. After a single by George Brett, Darrell Porter doubled home a run and Wathan tripled for the fourth run and scored on Frank White’s sacrifice fly. Tigers 6. Orioles 4 Baltimore reliever Tippy
May 19,1980, The Putnam County Banner Graphic
Ryan pitches his worth for Astros
By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer Nolan Ryan is finally starting to look like a million. Ineffectual for the most part this season, Houston’s fireballing right-hander finally pitched a game Sunday worthy of his million-dollar-a-year contract: A four-hit, 3-0 beauty over the Philadelphia Phillies. Ryan’s intimidating fastball was working at full blast mph on some pitches. And so was his sweeping curve, which he used liberally to tame the slugging Phillies. “Sometimes your reputation precedes you,” said Ryan. “If somebody’s expecting my fastball and my breaking stuff is working, it might cause them trouble.” Ryan was in command all the way, striking out a season-high 10 batters and allowing only one runner to reach third base, on a fifth-inning triple by Manny Trillo. He walked pinch-hitter Greg Gross and yielded a single to Pete Rose to start the eighth inning but then ignited the crowd in the Houston Astrodome by striking out the next three batters. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0 Steve Garvey hit a sixth-in-ning home run and Bob Welch hurled a three-hitter for 82-3 innings as Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh. Garvey drove a 2-2 pitch from loser Jim Bibby over the leftcenter field fence at Dodger Stadium for his sixth homer of the season as the surging Dodgers scored their 18th victory in the last 24 games. The Dodgers got an insurance run in the eighth on consecutive singles by Ron Cey, Gary Thomasson and Bill Russell. Welch, 3-1, allowed only a fir-st-inning single by Tim Foli, a
Martinez uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Detroit’s Richie Hebner to score the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. The Orioles had taken a 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth on A 1 Bumbry’s two-run double but Lance Parrish opened the bottom of the inning with a triple and scored on Jason Thompson’s sacrifice fly. Hebner drew a two-out walk and went to third on Dave Stegman’s single, bringing on Martinez. His first pitch to Kirk Gibson bounced past catcher Dan Graham and Hebner trotted home. Stegman took second and scored on a single by Gibson. Twins 10, Brewers 4 Rick Sofield drove in four runs, including a three-run homer in the third inning, and Pete Redfem went seven innings to win his sixth consecutive start. The Twins rip-
Collins in nationals Brad Collins, a 1979 graduate of Greencastle High School, will be participating with the DePauw University golf team at the NCAA Division 111 Championships at Central College in Pella, lowa May 20-23. Collins will be one of six team members participating in the tournament. DePauw will be competing in the tourney for the fifth consecutive year and the eighth time in 10 years. Collins has just completed his freshman year at DePauw and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Collins, Greencastle. Cubs prove too deep Paul Rising shot a 36, but he was the only South Putnam Eagle under 40, as Greencastle defeated the host 160-170 last Thursday on the Brazil golf course. While Rising was shooting 36 for South Putnam. Brent Atwell fired a 37 and Brad Marley and Doug Sunkel a 40 each for the Tiger Cubs. Matt Headley finished at 43 and Jeff Noak on the flat Brazil course. Vanhorn’s 41 followed Rising, while Sears shot a 46. Query a 47, and Crosby a 71 for nine holes. According to final regular season statistics, released by Cub coach Bill Ross. Greencastle averaged 169.50 strokes in dual competition and 168.50 overall. Atwell’s 40.05 average per nine-holes leads the Tiger Cub team, followed by Doug Sunkel at 42.40. Pro really got beat Seven players tied in the Windy Hill Ladies Golf Association “Beat the Pro” outing Tuesday. Those beating the pro were Patti Hess, Marie Morrison. Bonnie Nealon, Lois Smith, Maryann Stuart. Marilyn York and Myrdell York for the nine-hole event Annette Smith was the five-hold winner.
seventh-inning single by Mike Easier and a two-out base hit in the ninth by Dave Parker before needing Steve Howe’s lastout relief help. Padres 4, Cubs 3 Kurt Bevacqua drove in four runs, including two with a oneout, ninth-inning single, to lead San Diego to a come-from-be-hind victory over Chicago. Trailing 3-2 going into the ninth, the Padres put runners on second and third on a single by Bill Fahey and a double by Dave Winfield off Cub relief ace Bruce Sutter, 2-3. Bevacqua then drilled his second two-run single of the game to give San Diego the victory. Bevacqua had entered the game in the seventh inning as a pinch-hitter with the bases loaded and singled to cut the Cubs’ lead to 3-2. Giants 6, Cardinals 5 Relief pitcher A 1 Holland thwarted a ninth-inning St. Louis rally as San Francisco held on to beat the Cardinals. Holland, the fourth Giants pitcher, got Keith Hernandez to pop out and Ted Simmons on a called third strike after coming in with men on first and second in the top of the ninth. The Cardinals, trailing 6-1 after seven innings, scored twice in the eighth and twice more in the ninth before Holland saved the victory for Giants starter Bob Knepper, 3-5. Braves 2-1, Mets 1-2 Dale Murphy’s two-run homer backed the six-hit pitching of Rick Matula and Rick Camp as Atlanta edged New York in the opener of their doubleheader. Second baseman Jerry Royster’s two ninth-inning errors allowed the Mets to score a pair of unearned runs in the second game and wipe out a 1-0 Atlanta lead.
ped four Milwaukee pitchers for 16 hits, starting with three runs in the second inning, two on Ron Jackson’s homer. They chased Travers in the third when they scored five times, the last three on Sofield’s 425-foot homer. Indians 3, Red Sox 1 Dan Spillner fired a four-hiter with last-out help from Sid Monge. and Miguel Dilone scored twice. The speedy Dilone legged out an infield hit in the third inning, raced to third when one of loser Bob Stanley’s several pickoff attempts went awry and scored on Duane Kuiper’s double. Dilone, doubled in the fifth, moved to third on a bunt single by Kuiper and scored on Mike Hargrove’s single. The Cleveland center fielder also robbed Boston’s Butch Hobson of what would have been a game-tying home run in the eighth inning.
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