Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 242, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 June 1985 — Page 6
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Will the Greencastle High School baseball team claim another trophy? After winning their own sectional for the first time since 1977 (from left) Mike Cooper, Tony Hurst, Tom Chadd and Pat Meyer accepted the trophy. Cooper
Celtics never hear of warning
c. 1985 N.Y. Times News Service INGLEWOOD, Calif. - That was a terribly .short-sighted thing Scotty Stirling did Wednesday night at the Forum. Acting in the interests of public image and good sportsmanship, Stirling told both coaches to lay off the goonery and the woofing that went on in last Sunday’s game. Stirling, the vice president of operations for the National Basketball Association, left no doubt that his message came directly from David Stern, the commissioner, who has raised the league’s image to the point where it can even sell razor blade commercials. For all this squeaky-clean image, the NBA has trouble competing with all the other diversions on television, particularly the new craze in professional wrestling, yet Stern ruined the most dynamic plot since Rowdy Roddy Piper insulted Cyndi Lauper’s mother. Instead, what we had was just another of those skillful matchups between the and the Lakers, with the defending ) champions prevailing on Dennis Johnson’s ; jump shot at the buzzer, 107-105, tying the series at 2-2. 1 K.C. Jones, the Celtic coach, tried to jpretend that Stirling’s talk with him and 'Pat Riley of the Lakers did not mute the new dramatic expressions of the players. “The talk wasn’t more than 30 seconds,” Jones dead-panned after the game. “Pat and I were glaring at each other like Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns. Scotty almost had to pull us apart.” And after Stirling told the two coaches to
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and Hurst were the two winning pitchers, Chadd drove in four runs in the championship game and Meyer and Cooper belted two-run homers. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields).
make nice, did Jones go back and tell his players? “No, I just told them to play good, aggressive ball,” Jones dead-panned. “Same as always.” The Celtics insisted they hadn’t heard about the meeting among Stirling and the coaches. “The what?” Larry Bird asked. “The commissioner’s a great man,” said M L. Carr. “Done a lot of good for the league. But he’s gonna tell me to stop talking? What about freedom of speech?" Riley, on the other hand, played goodsoldier and warned his players that the commissioner’s watchbirds would be watching them. The Lakers took Riley seriously, and desisted from violent acts throughout the night. The most glaring indication of the Lakers’ alternate service
Benefit Odyssey Race Sunday
ROACHD ALE-Soccer was a new sport to Putnam County a few years ago and now there are over 300 boys and girls playing it and one team preparing to go to England fora tour of games. Sunday evening soccer and another relatively new sport to Putnam County will join forces at the Joe Crosby farm one and a half miles south of Roachdale. PUTNAM COUNTY’S first known “Odyssey Race” will be held at the Crosby farm Sunday and all proceeds go toward sending the Putnam United Select under--19 soccer team to England July 21 through 28. Practice laps around the track begin at
was: Blocked Shots: Parish 4, D. Johnson 2, Bird 1, McHale 1. Entire Left Coast: 0. “We came out playing a little cautious,” said Bob McAdoo, who had administered a Bronco Nagurski straight arm to Kevin McHale’s soulful features on Sunday. Riley said he had not meant for the Lakers to be THAT pacific. He seemed slightly mortified that the Lakers might have lived up to the alfalfa-sprout stereotype of California basketball ” To make things worse, while the whatmeeting Celtics were asserting themselves in the final moments, the heart and soul of the Laker franchise. Dancing Barry, made his one allotted performance of the night, strutting ungracefully around the arena in his gold tuxedo, to the tune of the 1960 s hit bv the Rivingtons, “The Bird is the Word.”
1 p.m. with racing to start at 2 p.m . Admission is $3 for the grandstand and $5 for a pitpass. The race is sponsored by the Roachdale Lions Club and because it is an Indiana Odyssey Racing Club points race, Crosby is expecting between 60 and 100 cars. Gene Pennington is the race director. An odyssey car is not like a sprint or midget, but a little smaller. It has wheel base 50 inches wide and 60 inches long and weighs approximately 350 pounds, according to Crosby. THERE WILL BE signs along to route, beginning in Roachdale, directing fans to the race. The Lions Club will have food and beverages on sale and no alcoholic beverages are allowed.
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Tiger Cubs to see better Mustang hurler this time
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Pitching is once again expected to be the key Saturday when Greencastle plays Edgewood in the 11 a m. opening game of the Bloomington-IHSAA baseball regional at Winslow Sports Complex. Following the 11 am. first game Whiteland, 28-4, meets Mooresville, 23-9, in the 1 p.m. second game. The regional championship game for the Jasper semistate berth is set for 7 p.m. Admission is $2.50 per session or $4 for the tournament. First session results can be heard on WJNZ radio station. WINSLOW SPORTS COMPLEX is located on the southside of Bloomington, but can not be seen from the road. Fans going to Bloomington by way of Spencer should get on State Road 37 south and continue to the State Road 45 exit where you take a left turn. That takes you past the Bloomington Hospital and into the city. At Walnut Street, turn right and drive past Bloomington South High School. At the Y in the road, go left and that will take you to Country Club The entrance to the Winslow Sports Complex is on the lefthand side of Country Club Road, is marked by a sign, but is located behind a wooded area. It’s a wide open regional, according to coach Stan Ward, who is familiar with all four coaches and programs “We’re all pretty evenly matched. We’ve all got one real good pitcher,” Ward reasoned. “I don’t know that much about Whiteland, but I think we're probably a little bit more of a finesse team than the other three teams.’ EDGEWOOD AND GREENCASTLE are pretty evenly matched, as proven in
The South Putnam basketball camp hosted the Greencastle basketball camp for a series of games Thursday afternoon. Over 100 players were involved between the two schools, 75 from South Put-
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the WCC championship game, which the Cubs won. But Ward expects the Mustangs to be a little tougher this time and a different kind of game. “Definitely, they’re going to pitch a better pitcher. They won’t be any different offensively than they were, but from the standpoint of their pitching, we’ll have to get use to a different guy and probably a better pitcher.” Word from Bloomington Friday morning was coach Ron Beatty will start Jeff Headdy, a righthander who recently recovered from an arm injury suffered in the season opener. Headdy is 2-0, hurling a threehitter against Bloomington North in the sectional. “Based on what I’ve heard, Headdy will be the best pitcher we’ve faced all year, if we face him,” Ward said prior to Thursday’s practice. GREENCASTLE WILL counter with senior Mike Cooper. The righthander has a 10-0 record and a 1.033 ERA, which includes a three-hitter against the Mustangs. Should Beatty make a last-minute change, by choice or not, Kevin Perry, the winning pitcher in the 10-inning sectional championship game, will go for the Mustangs. “Perry was better than anybody Terre Haute North or South pit-
nam alone. Greencastle's Jason Frisbie was looking for one of his teammates when South Putnam's Jason McCullom cut him off en route to the basket. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields).
Pitchers do the job
Pitching was the difference in the two Major League games of the Greencastle Youth Baseball League. A.J. Myers hurled a one-hitter and the Yankees beat the Cardinals 12-2 and Caine Garner pitched a three-hitter and rapped out three hits to lead the Giants by the Tigers 14-3.
Moose gets first win
Despite four errors, the Moose scored a 10-4 Greencastle Babe Ruth League victory over Rokicki Insurance Thursday on the Greencastle High School baseball diamond KIWANIS OPENS ITS season Friday night with a 5:30 p.m. game against 1-0 North Putnam. Three games are scheduled for Saturday, as the Moose meets Legion at 10 a m., Rokicki Insurance takes on Elks at 12:30 p.m. and Kiwanis goes against South Putnam at 3 p.m All games are at Greencastle High School
Vincennes Rivet hires coach
VINCENNES, Ind. <AP) - Duane Ackerman has been named head basketball coach and athletic director at Vincennes Rivet High School Ackerman, who formerly was an assistant at Rosedale and Southridge, is a 1979 graduate of Jasper High
ched against us, better than anybody Crawfordsville pitched against us, better than the pitcher that threw for Planfield against us,” Ward said. There were no errors when the two teams met earlier at Walker Field and if the pitchers stay ahead on the count against the hitters don’t expect many at Bloomington. “They’re solid,” Ward said of the Mustange defense. AND DON’T LOOK for Greencastle to change tactics that have won 20 baseball games. Ward believes that’s the quickest way to summer vacation. “They won’t take anything away from us. We’ll try if the situation dictates it,” the coach said. In fact, it’s really just another ball game in the tournament series--a single elimination tournament. That doesn’t bother the coach or the team though, as the regular practice chatter could be heard echoing around Walker Field Thursday, no nervous silence. ‘ ‘Two of the best games the Greencastle baseball team has ever played were in the regional afternoon games at Bloomington,” Ward said of the 1976 and 1977 trips. “That team (1977) was somewhat similar to this team. David Braden was the No. 1 pitcher for us, he got the same against Bloomington North.”
Eternal Prince adds speed to Belmont field NEW YORK (AP) The surprise entry of speedy colt Eternal Prince has provided Saturday’s Belmont Stakes with a new element for its 117th running. Only two others have been to the other two legs of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown Chief’s Crown, the beaten favorite in the first two legs, and Tank’s Prospect, the Preakness winner. They are among the favorites. Eternal Prince, whose principal owners are Brian Hurst and New York Yankees boss George Steinbrenner, set blazing fractions in the Preakness only to have Chief’s Crown overtake him at the quarterpole. Tank’s Prospect caught Chief’s Crown at the wire in record time. “Tank’s Prospect and Chief’s Crown can beat my horse provided they make me run fast early,” Hurst admitted Thursday after the post position draw. Both Hurst and trainer Butch Lenzini are looking for realistic fractions if Eternal Prince goes to the front as expected in the Belmont. Hurst said the colt was entered in the Belmont “because of the absence of overwelming speed." Chief’s Crown, the early 5-2 favorite, likes to lay on or close to the lead. He said the Wood Memorial winner would benefit from the soft track at Belmont after a left shin bruise had bothered him on the hard Pimlico track. Post-Preakness indications were that Eternal Prince would be rested until the Travers at Saratoga in August.
Matt Amis had a double and single and Bryan Murray a double to lead the six-hit Yankee attack. The Giants rapped out nine hits against the Tigers. Cary Hutchings and Shane Shrout each doubled to join Gardner in the attack. Steve White had a double for the Tigers.
Scoring seven runs on five walks and base hits from Steve Bumgardner, Paul Harris and David Bottoms, the Moose broke Thursday night’s game open in the bottom of the second inning. WINNING PITCHER David Bottoms helped himself with two singles and one RBI and Joe Hafley had two singles for the Moose. Harris drove in two runs with his single in the second and Josh King had a double. No player on Rokicki Insurance had more than a single hit.
School He attended Vincennes University and Indiana State University. Ackerman was a student assistant at ISU in 1982-83. This past season, he was a junior high coach in Illinois. He succeeds Ralph Holscher