Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 212, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 May 1985 — Page 7

Competition tighter in boys meet

Cubs and Eagles favored to take county titles

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor South Putnam is expected to challenge defending champion Greencastle for one title, but the Tiger Cubs are a heavy favorite to run away with the other in Tuesday’s Putnam County Track Meets at DePauw University’s Blackstock Stadium. Field events are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., track events at 6 p.m. and finals at 7 p.m. Fans should enter the double gates at Blackstock and not the single gate. INDICATIONS FROM RESULTS of dual meets and individual performances this spring say the boys title is between Greencastle and South Putnam, two teams that counter each other’s strengths and weaknesses. While South has advantage in the field events, Greencastle has an advantage in the distance running events. For instance, Greencastle’s Robert

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KENNY KYLE: Catcher takes first pitch Youth League opens summer of baseball

The Greencastle Youth Baseball League opened its season Saturday with the Astros, Red Sox, Braves and Dodgers prevailing in the first four games. The Astros defeated the Cubs 11-9 and the Red Sox topped the Orioles 194 in Minor League play. The Braves slipped past the Mets 6-5 and the Dodgers beat the Red Legs 20-8. FOR THE MINOR LEAGUE teams it was the first game with their coaches on the mound. Through the first two rounds of play this season coaches will pitch, hopefully eliminating many bases on balls and putting more emphasis on learning to hit. However, players will return to the pitching mound during the third round of the schedule. The Cubs did more of everything, but score runs against the Astros. The Astros led 11-2 going into the fifth inning before the Cubs staged a sevenrun rally. However, the five Cub errors were the difference, as they outhit the Astros 8-6. Eric Gibson led the Astros with a double and single, while Chris Wilson and Chad Redding each had two singles. Ryan Nickerson led the Cubs with a double and single and Wayne Varvel had two singles. THE RED SOX pounded out 14 hits

Simon more than nice guy entry this year

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) For the first time in his long racing career, Dick Simon, a 51-year-old hard-luck veteran of 13 Indianapolis 500 s, believes he has a real chance to end the feeling of frustration that “eats me alive inside.” And for the first time in his career, no one is snickering. “The speed is not surprising, but Simon is,” 1984 co-rookie of the year Michael Andretti said Sunday. “He has turned a lot of heads, and more power to him. That’s just a taste of things to come.” Simon shocked the Speedway on Saturday with a hot lap of 209.302 mph on just the fifth lap of practice in his previously untested 1985 March-Cosworth race car. That was the fastest lap ever recorded on the opening day of practice for the Indy 500 and some 7.5 mph faster than Simon s qualification speed a year ago. Simon did not practice on Sunday, but nobody else even came close to his 209-plus

Sedlack is favored to win both the 800 and 1600-meter running with teammates Mike Catanese and Tom Pearson close behind. Joe Franklin is the odds on favorite in the 400-meter dash and has the best 100-meter dash times this spring and is followed by teammate David Smith. South countered with Jon Hendrich and Tony Cash in the discus and shot puts, a pair that would surprise no one with a onetwo finish. At the same time the Eagles have Jon Bridgewater as the county’s top pole vaulter to date. “I WOULD SAY that,” Greencastle coach Charlie Dobson said of it being a two-team race. “I haven’t really looked at North Putnam’s entry, and, of course, Cloverdale has some individuals that could hurt or help. It appears at this time it’s between us and South Putnam.” Wayne Schuetter agrees. “On the

and took advantage of eight Oriole errors for the opening win. Ben Clark led the Red Sox with a double and two singles and Derek Cavaness with three singles. Jimmy Coons had a pair of doubles and Bill Redding two singles. No Oriole had more than one hit single in the game. Back to back singles by Todd Schopmeyer and Kenny Kyle in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in Tim Manion with the Braves’ winning run against the Mets. Manion received a walk to start the rally during the major league game. THE METS’ JAMIE COX was the only player with two hits, rapping out a double and single. Trent Cooper, in relief of starter Sean Grimes, was the Braves’ winning pitcher. Scoring seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Dodgers broke open a relatively close baseball game. The Dodgers led only 12-8 after three innings. Jason Inglert had a double to lead the Dodger attack and Chad Hartman had a double to account for the Red Legs’ bit hit. Inglert and winning pitcher Billy Hudkins teamed up to stop the Red Legs on two hits.

lap. “That first out-of-the-box effort made us feel very, very good,’’ Simon said. “A lot of teams had been here testing in April, and I really kind of felt I could run fast right away. I know if the car is right, I can run as fast as the car will allow me.” Simon, who lives in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., was the oldest starter a year ago and is again the oldest entrant for the May 26 race. He has never finished above 13th and holds the alltime record for the most Indy appearances without ever finishing in the top 10. Known more for his gift of gab and longwinded speeches at the annual 500 Awards Banquet, Simon has never been considered a serious threat to win the race. “I’ve had good equipment before, but I’ve never been as organized,” he said. “We’re still not completely organized, with a new team and working with two rookie drivers, but I’m more excited than

surace, yes. You’ve got to take a look at the places. Everybody knows it’s who can take the seconds, thirds and fourth place (that wins),” the Eagle coach said. As far as South Putnam girls coach Kieth Puckett is concerned, “the county meet is a race for second place.” GREENCASTLE’S ONLY LOSS this year came to 19th ranked Southmont and without the services of sophomore high jumper and long jumper Tawnya Pierce. Also noted was the fact Carrie Nealon, who has turned in the county’s top 800-meter run time (2:37.5), did not compete. “I think our highest point total in a dual meet is 45 points, but that’s pretty solid,” Puckett said in reference to hurdler Tina Berry, and runners Jane Hoopengarner and Colleen Sullivan. One of the key elements in both meets, besides who has a good day or bad day and

Lincoln Park to Kinser's liking

By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor PUTNAMVILLE-After two tough luck races in a row, Sheldon Kinser got a little Saturday night, dodging two wrecks at Lincoln Park Speedway to win the first race of the Crestliner-USAC national sprint car challenge series. Ron Shuman, who set the all-time Lincoln Park Speedway single-lap record at 12.504 seconds Saturday night, won the second race Sunday in the 15th annual Hulman Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track. Kinser finished second. KINSER TOOK THE lead from Kevin Thomas on the fifth lap never trailed while winning not only for the first time this season, but for the third straight time at Lincoln Park Speedway. “We’ve been fast every race We’ve been up front everytime, but we just had a little bad luck,” the Bloomington resident said of a flat tire and hitting the fence in earlier starts. “We knew we could win, it was just a matter of time.” Time and a little bit of luck After replacing a header before qualifications, Kinser watched everybody else run into the tough luck. Four ttmes during the evening racing stopped when the cars flipped, the most serious of which took place during the 40-lap feature. RIP WILLIAMS. ONE of the 22 California drivers at Lincoln Park for the first time, flipped and rolled his car when the throttle reportedly stuck between the third and fourth turns. After carefully being taken from the race car by Operation Life, Williams was transported to Putnam County Hospital for a precautionary check, according to USAC’s Dick Jordan. “It seems like everytime I’m leading a feature they always have a red flag,” Kinser said of the race being stopped for approximately 30 minutes. “That gives a guy an advantage that’s running third or four-

Berry shows more promise hurdling toward South record

Coach Kieth Puckett was talking about school records, state meet and season bests, but the final score showed his South Putnam High School girls track team was defeated 73-36 Thursday by Northview at DePauw University’s Blackstock Stadium. The meet was South’s final tuneup before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. Putnam County Meet at Blackstock Stadium. “IT WAS OUR best meet,” Puckett said of the season-best performances. “With the exception of Colleen (Sullivan) I think we had our best performances in all events.” Sullivan even won, turning two laps in 2:40.0 to win the 800-meter run. Tina Berry was the runner who had the coach thinking record and state meet. Berry won the 300-meter hurdles in 49.9 seconds, but it was her 15.9 second first-

I’ve ever been because I feel good in the car. “I feel physically better than I have in a long time. My blood pressure is excellent, my eyesight is 20-20, and my reaction time is phenomenal,” he said. “The proof of that is I took a test CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) offered to all drivers to see what their reaction time was. They gave it to 12 drivers. I scored the highest or second highest. “I think age is not a problem with me,” said Simon. “The problem is society finds it hard to accept a 51-year-old driver. If I make a slight mistake, (they say) it’s because I’m too old. If a young driver makes a mistake, it’s because he’s a charger.” Simon, a native of Seattle, Wash., attended the University of Utah on a skiing scholarship and became a ski and parachute national champion.

the weather conditions, will be entry limit. All four teams are limited to two entries per event. SHOT PUT COULD be the one of the closest competitions in recent years, as all scoring positions should be over 40 feet. South’s Cash and Hendrich, Greencastle’s Steve Penley and Cloverdale’s Rob Young have all put the shot well over 40 feet this year. While no County Meet record holder returns to the male competition, South’s Tina Berry will be trying to improve upon the 300-meter low hurdle record (50.9 seconds) she set last year. Already Berry has run the event in 49.3 seconds this year and coach Puckett thinks he has a state meet qualifier, as she has also turned in a 15.9 time in the 110-meter high hurdles. County Meet Records PV-14 ft., Bin.. ChetCkidfelter, North Putnam, 1981.

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th He can work on his car. But if you’re leading what can you do to yours if you’re faster than anyone else.” Kinser didn't have to do anything but drive to stay ahead of second place finisher Larry Rice. Kevin Thomas led through the first four laps, but a spinout into the infield moved him back in the pack and he never challenged again. Rice challenged before the Williams red flag, not after. “I WAS TRYING to go real straight through the holes and not get going side ways,” Kinser said. “This car hooks up awful hard on the right rear and I knew if I ever hit one and got side ways I’d be over the back or something, so I was going as straight as I could go and still get around the corner.”

place time in the 100-meter low hurdles that had coach Puckett excited. The performance was just two-tenths of a second off the school record, held by Laura Nichols the year she qualified for the IHSAA state meet. SOUTH PUTNAM ALSO got a first from Jane Hoopengarner, turning the 1600 in 6:22.0. Northview 73. South Putnam 36 SP-33 ft., 3 in., Daugherty. N; Minnick. N; Burdge.SP. Discus-102 ft., 2 in., Daugherty, N; Minnick, N; Burdge, SP. IJ-I5 ft.. 2'j in., Grigsby, N; Berry, SP; Dressier, N. HJ-5 ft., Newgent, N; Hiatt, N; Broadstreet, SP. 100-hurdles-15.9, Berry, SP; Grigsby, N; Mace, N. 100-13.4, Williams, N; Jackson, N; White, N. 1600-6:22.0, Hoopengarner, SP; Thomas, N; Wey.SP. 400-1:06.0, Hiatt. N; Foust, SP: Sanson. N. 400-relav-55.4, Northview. Berry, SP; Grigsby, N: Kagg, N. 800-2:40.0, Sullivan, SP; Fdwards, N: Hoopengarner. SP. 200-28.8. Williams, N; Target, N; Kissler, N. 1600-relay-4:32.0, South Putnam (Whitney Foust. Jenny Merkel, Colleen Sullivan. Tina Berry).

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The top laps of drivers over 200 mph in practice for the May 26 Indianapolis 500 (listing driver, age. hometown, car number, chassisengine and top speikl; R-rookie): 1 Dick Simon, 51, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., N 0.22, March-Cooworth, 209 302 2 Bobby Rahal, 32, Dublin, Ohio, No 10, MarchCosworth, 208.913. 3. Herm Johnson. 32, Eau Claire, Wis , No 8, MarchCosworth, 206 706 4 Danny Ongais, 43, Santa Ana, Calif, N 0.25, MarchCosworth, 206 280 5. R-Ed Pimm, 29, Dublin, Ohio, N 0.98, EagleCosworth, 205 104 6 Mario Andretti, 45, Nazareth, Pa., N 0.3, Lola Cosworth, 205 011 7 Johnny Rutherford, 47. Fort Worth, Texas, N 0.21, March-Cosworth, 204 885 8 Geoff Brabham, 33, San Clemente. Calif. No 7. Mar chCosworth, 204 452 9 Tom Sneva, 36. Paradise Valley, Ariz., No 2, EagleCosworth, 204 313. 10 Bill Whittington, 35, Fort Lauderdale, Fla , No 12, LolaCosworth, 204 127 11 Josele Garza, 26. Mexico, No 55. MarchCosworth, 204 081 12 Scott Brayton, 26, Coldwater, Mich., N 0.37, MarchBuick, 203.804 13. RUacques Villeneuve, 29, Canada, N 0.76, MarchCosworth, 203.151. 14 A 1 Unser Sr., 45, Albuquerque. N.M., No 11, MarchCosworth, 202 156 15 R-Jim Crawford, 37, Lees Summit, Mo., N 034, LolaCosworth, 201.252 16. Danny Sullivan, 35, Louisville, Ky., N 0.5, MarchCosworth, 200.534.

Discus-147 ft., B>/4 in., John Allaben, Greencastle, 1978. HJ-8 ft., 9 in., Chet Clodfelter, North Putnam. 1981. IJ-21 ft., 8 in., We» Scott, Greencastle. 1983. SP-49 ft., 11 in., John Allaben. Greencaatle, 1978. 110-HH-14.8. Chris Steinbaker. South Putnam, 1976. 306-LH-46.8, Rob Keefer. Cloverdale, 1980. 100-10.8, Mike Hanlon. Greencastle, 1980. 200-22.62, Mike Hanlon. Greencastle. 1981. 400—50.8, Brian Christy, South Putnam. 1982. 800-1:59.0, Bob Schroer, South Putnam. 1983. 3200-9:35.3, Eric Wood, Greencastle, 1979. 400-relay-45.3, Greencastle (Names not available), 1980. 1600-relay-3:32.4, Cloverdale (Names not available), 1982. nest or county Boys track PV-13 ft., Jon Bridgewater, South Putnam. HJ-8 ft., 8 in., Mike Kersey, North Putnam. SP-45 ft., 9 In., Tony Cash, South Putnam. Discus-140 ft., 11 In., Jon Hendrich, South Putnam. LJ-19 ft., 4 in., Brian Johnston, South Putnam. 110-HH-15.5, Brian Johnston, South Putnam. 300-LH-42.6, Brian Johnston, South Putnam, and Scott Novak, Cloverdale. 100-11.2, Joe Franklin, Greencastle. 200-23.4, David Smith, Greencastle. 400-50.38, Joe Franklin, Greencastle. 800-2:00.0, Robert Sedleck, Greencastle. 1800-4:34.0, Robert Sedlack, Greencastle. 3200-10:28.0, Karl Klein, Greencastle. 400-re!ay-46.7, South Putnam (Dan Smetzer, Brian Johnston, Jon Bridgewater. Darrin Lewis). 1800-re1ay~3:33.0, Greencastle (Joe Franklin, Robert Sedlack, David Smith, Tom Pearson).

SHELDON KINSER: Finally gets first win of season

Drivers from the Midwest took the first three places in the feature, Kinser and Rice being followed by Steve Butler of Kokomo in third place. Mike Sweeney of Carson, Calif., and Bob Meli of Temple City, Calif, took fourth and fifth places. “They’re good drivers and they’ve got good equipment,” Kinser said of the drivers out of the west “After two or three laps in the race they knew where the holes were at, so I’m sure they were watching them.” RICKY HOOD ENTERED Saturday night’s race as the USAC Thunder and Lightning Division points leader and Brad Noffsinger of Huntington Beach, Calif, led the Crestliner Racing Association (CRA). However it wasn’t a good night for either and they got better acquainted in the

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County Meet Record* Discus-161 ft., 7 in., Melanie Martin, Greencastle, 1982. HJ-5 ft., 4 In., Denise Welnhoeft, South Putnam, 1981. LJ-18 ft., 8 In., Laura Roach. Cloverdale, 1986. BP-35 ft., 7 In., Melanie Martin, Greencastle, 1981. 100-hurdles-15.9, Laura Nichols, South Putnam, 1986. 300-hurdles-50 9. Tina Berry. South Putnam, 1984. 100-12.2, Lisa Allen, Greencastle, 1986. 200-25.77, Lisa Allen, Greencastle, 1981. 400-57.8, Lisa Allen, Greencastle, 1986. 800-2:22.0, Jud Ralnbolt, Greencastle, 1982. 1800-5:24.4, Denise Welnhoeft, South Putnam, I*7B. 400-relay-52.9, Cloverdale (Taylor, Roach, Hacker, Evans), 1982. 1800-relay-4:22.7, Greencastle (Allee, Lemmert, Powell, Schoenfeld), 1983 Beat of County Girls Track SP-37 ft., 2<* In., Heidi Blocher, North Putnam. Discus-99 ft., 4 in., Kim Sheldon, Greencastle. HJ-5 ft., 5 in., Kim Sheldon. Greencastle. LJ-16 ft., 54 in., Tawnya Pierce, Greencastle. 100-hurdles-15.9, Tina Berry, South Putnam. 300-LH—49.3, Tina Berry, South Putnam. 100-12.8, Heather Kauble, Greencastle. 200-26.8, Heather Kauble. Greencastle. 400-1:01.5, Stephanie Dean, Greencastle. 800-2:37.5, Carrie Nealon, Greencastle. 1800-5:58.2, Karen Napoli, Greencastle. 400-relay-50.7, Greencastle (Tammy Allee, Kathy Schwartz, Lisa McCabe, Heather Kauble). 1600-relay-4:20.0, Greencastle (Stephanie Dean, Amy Tucker, Karen Napob, Tammy Allee).

second turn during the 10-lap semifeature. Neither placed in the feature. Lincoln Park Speedway will begin its regular Saturday and Sunday shows next weekend, offering a new “sportsman’s” class this season. FEATURE (40 laps): I. Sheldon Kiraer. Bloomington; 2. Larry Rice. Brownsburg; 3. Steve Butler, Kokomo; 4. Mike Sweeney. Carson, Calif.: 5. Bob Meli, Temple City, Calif.; 6. Rany Kinser, Bloomington: 7. Jeff Heywood, Huntington Beach. Califl: 8. John Redican. Sepulveda. Calif.; 9. Terry Shepherd. Warsaw; 10. Bobby Kinser. Bedford. SEMIFEATURE (10 laps): 1. Bubby Jones. Glen Avon. Calif.: 2. Kevin Thomas, unknown; 3. Larry Rice, Brownsburg; 4. Bobby Michnowlcz, Carson, Calif.; 5. Tony Elliott. Warsaw. ADAM’S MARK HOTEL LAST CHANCE RACE (8 laps): I. Tim Bookmiller. Kokomo: 2. Mark Cummin, unknown; 3. John Andretti. Brownsburg; 4. David Smith. Chandler. HEAT RACE WINNERS (4 races): Sheldon Kinser. Bloomington; Mike Sweeney, Carson, CaUL; Jimmy Oskie. Downev. Calif.; Bobby Kinser. Bedford. FASTEST QUALIFIER: Ron Shuman. Tempe, Ariz.

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