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Stultz helps U.S. win gold in Deaf Games By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor STILESVILLE-- Two years ago coach Mike Steele said the best player in the DePauw University Basketball Camp was deaf. That same summer football coach Nick Mourouzis said the same about a player in his quarterback camp. Both tried to think of a way to recruit and offer him a college education at DePauw. Steele made a trip to the Indiana Deaf School to watch him play and talked to some teachers there. It wouldn’t work. MIKE STULTZ HAS been the best player on a lot of courts and fields since that summer. Most recently though he’s been the best player on the basketball court at the World Deaf Games in Los Angeles, Calif. Averaging 12.4 points per game, the 6-3 son of George and Ruth Stultz led the United States to five victories and the gold medal at Pepperdine University. Before going any further you have to understand that just because a person can’t hear, it doesn’t mean they can’t be a good or even above average athlete. A deaf person can still run fast, jump high, have great quickness and excellent hand and eye coordination. They just have to communicate differently during the game. “THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE and eve contact,” Mike explained with his father interpreting the finger movements. The United States defeated Venezuela 154-54, Canada 124-32, Poland 102-40, France 123-42 and Sweden 112-66 in the gold medal game. Stultz scored 18 points from his guard position against Venezuela, 12 against Canada, six against Poland, 16 more against France and 10 in the final game. Despite the higher point totals against France and Venezuela, Stultz felt he played better against Sweden. “No mistakes,” he pointed out. WHEN IT COMES TO athletics Stultz never has made any mistakes, beginning with his little league play at Coatesville. His parents enrolled him in the Indiana Deaf School at age five and he was forced to stay there two weeks before coming home again. Until he graduated in 1984 Mike lived at school in Indianapolis through the week and would come home only on weekends, unless there was a football, basketball or baseball game. He was successful at all three before enrolling at Gallaudet University in Washington, D C. Stultz quarterbacked the Deaf School to its most successful season ever (7-2) his senior year and earned All-American honors on the Deaf Team. One team-
Defense has advantage in prosecution
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Playing out a complicated legal strategy, lawyers for former Tulane basketball star John “Hot Rod” Williams capitalized on a prosecution mistake to gain an extra chance for victory in his sports bribery trial. Williams is accused of three counts of conspiracy and two counts of taking bribes to control the point spread in games against Southern Mississippi and Memphis State allegations which could mean 17 years in prison and $35,000 in fines, if convicted. The defense strategy adopted Tuesday
SMU appealing penalties
BOSTON (AP) Southern Methodist, a frequent winner on the football field, tried today to avoid an off-field loss which could threaten a promising season less than a month before it begins. A hearing was scheduled before the NCAA Council on the university’s appeal of a decision which reportedly would cost SMU football scholarships and bowl and television appearances because of alleged recruiting violations. The council wasn’t expected to announce a decision until its three-day meeting ends on Friday. The penalties being appealed were assessed by the NCAA’s Infractions
Joyce hurls shutout
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) Pat Joyce allowed just three hits while striking out nine as Fern Creek, Ky , eliminated Flathead Valley, Mont., 70 Tuesday in the Babe Ruth League Bambino World Series for players 12 and under. Rick Metzger had a solo home run for Fern Creek while Craig DeSensi
Tourney watered down
HUNTINGTON, Ind. ( AP) - A donpour that dumped 1 V\ inches of rain on the Norwood Golf Club has shortened to three days the $30,000 Yamaha Indiana Open. The rain struck the 6,335-yard layout about 8 a.m. Tuesday as the first golfers in the 159-man field were getting ready to tee off.
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apparently gives Williams a certain chance for a new trial on appeal, if he should be found guilty at the ongoing trial which goes into its third day today. In gaining that apparent advantage, the defense rejected a mistrial, which would have required starting the proceedings over again. State District Judge Alvin Oser, visibly angered, declared the mistrial Tuesday evening when a witness referred to a taperecorded statement that prosecutors had not made available for the judge’s in-
Committee, according to the Dallas Times Herald. SMU, which has been on probation five times since 1958, has been the object of a 26-month investigation that began about the time its previous twoyear probation ended in June 1983. The Infractions Committee’s decision, if upheld, would bar SMU from giving football scholarships next year and from appearing on television or in bowl games for two years, the Times Herald reported. The NCAA investigation centered on the role of the football team’s boosters and allegations that recruits were offered cash, cars and jobs for their relatives if they went to SMU.
went 2-3, including an RBI double. In the other game, Jared Lux had a two-run double to pace host Shelbyville to a 4-2 win over Wilmington, N.C. Winning pitcher Benji Kuhn allowed two runs on four hits while striking out three. The double elimination tourney continues through Saturday.
The 72-hole stroke play tournament, in which Peru pro Gary Gant is seeking to defend his title, now will have a cut in the low 70s after 36 holes. Survivors will play two rounds Friday to complete the event on schedule. Tuesday and Wednesday tee times were pushed back 24 hours.
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MIKE STULTZ: Gold-medal player
mate, Andrew Metz, has since gone on to play football at Hofstra University. It’s becoming an all too familiar story, but Stultz didn’t make the basketball team as a sixth or seventh grader. His eighth grade year though, he made it nothing has slowed him since. A FRESHMAN, STULTZ was named MVP of the Gallaudet basketball team this year while averaging 15 points per game. The team record was 3-17, however that came against regular college teams, not against other schools for the deaf and coach Mike Rosenbaum has recruited 14 new players. As for competing against players who can hear: “When I was younger (it was a problem). When 1 was older, no problem,” Stultz says. According to his father, Mike’s biggest problem on the basketball court is his unselfish play. His high school coach wanted Stultz to shoot more and pass less and the same stands for his college coach so far. WHILE HE’S GIVING up football because “I’m too thin,” Stultz plans to play baseball again at Gallaudet. “I have to watch all of the time,” he said of knowing what is happening through the game. Watching him play it’s tough to tell Mike is deaf He reads lips so well it’s easy to forget If you forget to keep an eye on his basketball play though you’re going to give up two points.
spection. Weeks ago, Oser and the state’s 4th Circuit Court of Appeal ordered prosecutors to produce for inspection all evidence and statements, so Oser could decide whether the people working to convict Williams might have evidence that could help to prove him innocent. Oser called Dubelier into the courtroom, asked him if such a statement had been taken, and when Dubelier said the tape existed Oser ordered the mistrial.
Thompson unhappy with Colts
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) - Donnell Thompson says he wants to be traded from the Indianapolis Colts because he can’t accept the techniques of defensive coordinator George Hill. The fifth-year defensive end says he’s not trying to tell Rod Dowhower’s assistants how to run the club, but he has some serious problems with what he’s being asked to do. “What they want is for me to change everything I’ve been trained to do since college,” said Thompson, who played at North Carolina. “I think I’m a quality defensive end. I can play for anybody. “I don’t want more money. All I want is to play the way I’ve been trained to play. I can’t be the productive player I was last year playing George Hill’s defense.” Thompson did not play in the National Football League team’s Saturday’s preseason opener against Seattle. “Ninety percent of the defensive ends in the league play a shade outside the tackle.
Sentman works for victory at L PS
PUTNAMVILLE-- Charlie Sentman had to drive hard ail the way Sunday night for his first feature victory of the year at Lincoln Park Speedway, w'hile Sam Stockton and Mark Belford led their respective events from the start. Sentman won the 25-lap Late Model feature, while Stockman took the 20-lap Sportman Stock race and Belford the Thunder Car main event THROUGH THE FIRST 11 laps Steve Barnett and Sentman battled for the lead. And just as it appeared Sentman had put away his competition for the night along came Ray Godsey, the fastest qualifier for the evening at 14.476 seconds. However, Sentman held off Godsey for his first feature win of the season at Lin-
Bullpen keeps Mets one up on Cards; Cubs lose
By DICK BRINSTER AP Sports Writer There are times when the New York Mets despite the heroics of Dwight Gooden and associates are badly in need of relief. That’s where Jesse Orosco comes in, and if he fails, all is generally lost. The Mets, clinging to a one-game lead in the National League East, got a top-flight performance Tuesday night from Orosco, who pitched out of an eighth- inning jam to preserve a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies and extend the Mets’ winning streak to nine games. It was just enough to keep them ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals, who held on to beat Pittsburgh 6-5 as Joaquin Andujar broke a tie with Gooden for the major-league lead with his 19th victory of the season. Cardinals 6, Pirates 5 It was a struggle for Andujar, 19-6, who pitched 7 1-3 innings, gave up nine hits, struck out two and walked two. But batterymate Darrell Porter made it possible by stroking a tworun double following a game-tying hit by Terry Pendleton in the sixth. Dodgers 2, Braves 1 Mike Marshall supplied the wood and catcher Steve Yeager the leather that
Parker gets strike out of his system
SAN DIEGO (AP) Cincinnati’s Dave Parker says the two-day walkout by major league players has affected the Reds’ ability to score runs, but it doesn’t appear to have slowed down his abilities to catch on to a new pitcher In his first face-off with Padres’ starter LaMarr Hoyt, the righthander drove Hoyt’s first pitch of the fourth inning over the centerfield fence. Combined with a play San Diego Manager Dick Williams referred to as “a can of worms," the homer carried the Reds to a 3-2 victory Tuesday. “He throws basically a fastball and slider, and he had me way out in front my first time up,” Parker said of Hoyt, the 1983 American League Cy Young winner who was making his first start ever against Cincinnati. “I think this was the first time I’ve hit off him, so I really didn’t know what to expect,” Parker said, adding, “Even tonight we struggled to win. It (the strike) seems to have affected us all.” Parker’s drive was followed by singles by Nick Esasky and Buddy Bell. An out later, Ron Oester’s hit-and-run single in Esasky. Then winning pitcher Tom Browning bunted up the third base line and Bell managed to scoot home when Padres’ third baseman Kurt Bevacqua tried for the out at first. “Hoyt might have lost his concentration” after Parker’s homer, Williams said. “He got the next two balls up, then they hit and ran. Then ... there was a can of worms in the next play which turned out to be a winner. ” “It’s the first time we’ve been able to
but Coach Hill wants me to play head up with the tackle,” said Thompson on Tuesday. “George Hill’s style of ball is not suited for a 260-pound defensive end like me. It is suited for three 290-pound nose guards. “I’m in a stance where I catch the blows. I do not drive out with a step to meet a blow. When you have a big man around 300 pounds across the line, he’s going to blow you off the ball unless you move first,” he added. Thompson says he’s not just another “malcontent” and that his attitude isn’t a continuation of his problems last year. Under former coach Frank Kush he was suspended for four games and missed two more with a non-football related injury. However, when Thompson returned last season, the Colts’ defense improved. “I knew what I was doing last year,” Thompson said. “I came in off the street. I did not play in one preseason game; I did
coln Park Godsey did finish second and Barnett third Stockton led from the first wave of the green flag for his third Sportman Stock feature victory of the year. Rick Hines came all the way through the field as a result of a yellow flag incident to finish second One of the two cars Hines passed on the final lap coming out of the fourth turn was third place driver Kurt Nahre. TOM RUSSELL IS said to be king of the Thunder Cars, but Mark Belford paid no attention to that, winning his first feature of the year It was Belford’s first win in Putnamville. And Willie Sallee won the Figure-Eight race in only his second entry.
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propelled Los Angeles to its fifth straight victory and a commanding eight-game lead in the NL West. Marshall hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Yeager made a sparkling pickup of a throw from Candy Maldonado to nail Atlanta’s Claudell Washington, the potential tying run, at the plate in the ninth. Reds 3, Padres 2 Dave Parker didn’t know much about LaMarr Hoyt, but he didn’t let it bother him. “I think this was the first time I’ve hit off him, so I really didn’t know what to expect,” Parker explained after hitting his 22nd home run of the season to highlight a
work that play,” said Cincinnati Manager Pete Rose. “You want to get an out and you forget about the guy being there (on third.) If he fakes a throw and turns around and the guy’s not going anywhere, the bases are loaded.” Browning was safe at first when second baseman Jerry Royster came off the bag in an effort to hurry his throw home trying to catch Bell. “They just executed well,” Royster said. “There’s not much you can do there but hold the ball. As it turned out, I didn’t have a play, but that’s hindsight. ” Browning, 10-9, went six innings for the victory, allowing seven hits, striking out a career-high eight and walking three. The Reds have won 10 of Browning’s last 14 starts. John Franco went the final three innings for his fourth save. Hoyt, 13-7, was the loser, lasting just four innings before giving way to a pinch hitter. Parker’s 22nd homer, a liner over the centerfield fence, snapped a scoreless streak by Cincinnati that had reached 25 innings. The Padres pulled within one in the bottom of the sixth when, with two out, Royster doubled and Bruce Bochy hit an 02 Browning pitch over the wall in left, his fifth home run of the year. Rose went one for four. He needs 20 hits to break Ty Cobb’s all-time record of 4,191. Carmelo Martinez had three hits for San Diego.
not practice much, and I did a helluva job.” Thompson said he has taken his complaints this year to Colts owner Robert Irsay and his son, general manager Jim Irsay. “There’s no need of me bad mouthing them and them bad mouthing me because I think they are classy people,” Thompson said. “It’s just best that George Hill go out and get his defensive end and for them to send me elsewhere. That’s what I’ve asked since the first time I met Rod Dowhower.” Meanwhile, on Tuesday, strong safety Nesby Glasgow shattered a bone in his hand, wide receiver James “Pearl” Harbour suffered a dislocated kneecap and nose tackle George Achica had arthroscopic knee surgery. A plate will be inserted into Glasgow’s hand, which he injured when he fell while trying to defend against a pass.
Many of the regular Lincoln Park Speedway Late Model drivers are expected to enter Saturday night’s USAC Late Model Championship Series. Warmups begin at 5 p.m. and qualification at 5:30 p.m. There will also be a Figure-Eight race. THUNDER CARS - 15-lap feature- I. Mark Belfort); 2. Tom Russell; 3. Gary Newlln: t. James Smith: 5. Bob Hale; Heat Race winners: Marlon Hester. Gary Newlin. Carl Sparks: Trophy Dash: James Smith; Fastest Qualifier: Tom Russell, 17.78 k. SPORTMAN STOCK- 20-lap feature- I. Sam Stockton; 2. Rick Hines; 3. Kurt Nahre; 4. Joe Holtsclaw; 5. Bob Haberle; Heat Race winners: Ron Ricketts. Butch Kodrie. Sam Stockton; Trophy Dash: Kurt Nahre; Fastest Qualifier: Steve Sutliff. 16.050 LATE MODELS— 25-lap feature- 1. Charlie Sentman; 2. Ray Godsey; 3. Ernie Barrow: 4. Steve Barnett; 5. Dusty Chapman; Semifealure: Mike May; Heal Race winners: Tom Black, Larry Taylor, Ed Griffin; Trophy Dash: Ernie Barrow; Fastest Qualifier: Rav Godsev, 14.476 FIGURE EIGHT RACE- 1. Willie Sallee; 2. Sam Stockton; 3. Phil Bowles.
three-run Cincinnati fourth that broke both the Reds’ four-game losing streak and a runless drought of 25 innings. Expos 4, Cubs 1 Montreal’s Andre Dawson stopped Chicago with his bat and his glove. Dawson doubled in two runs in the second inning and made what Manager Buck Rodgers called a “momentum saver” when he chased down a double by Jody Davis and made a strong throw that was relayed home by second baseman Vance Law to nip Ron Cey and end the fourth. Scott Sanderson, 5-6, became the fifth Chicago starter to be lost to injury.
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JEFF STEVENS Going to Illinois
Stevens is named coach at Litchfield Jeff Stevens, a 1979 graduate of Greencastle High School and the last two years an assistant coach at DePauw University, has been named head women’s basketball coach and teacher in Litchfield, 111. An assistant in charge of scouting and recruiting for the DePauw basketball program during the 1984-85 season, Stevens is moving into teaching and coaching positions at the 600-student Litchfield High School. The last two years Litchfield has been one of the top 20 class A teams in Illinois. In addition to coaching basketball, Stevens will also serve as head women’s track coach. The last two years he has served as assistant girls track coach at Greencastle High School. Stevens is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stevens, 824 Gardenside Dr., Greencastle. Football registration The Greencastle Youth Football League will hold registration for the 1985 season Sunday and Monday at the VFW Post on South Jackson Street. Sunday’s registration will run from 1 to 5 p.m. and Monday’s from 5 to 7 p.m. Boys must fit into both age and school grade level requirements to be eligible. Players must be nine years old by Sept. 1 and under the age of 13 by Nov. 1 Also players may only be in the third, fourth, fifth or sixth grades with three years being the eligibility limit. There is a sls fee per player, or $25 per family due at the time of registration. Eagles set preview South Putnam High School football fans will have an opportunity to see coach Mark Wildman’s Eagles for the first time Saturday night in the annual Blue-White Game. The 7:30 p.m scrimmage is free. Coach Wildman also reminded parents and family members of the football players there will be a cookout at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, prior to the scrimmage.
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