Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 270, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 June 1986 — Page 6

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC, June 23.1986

Legion lies 1-3 weekend Embarrassed because it dropped the first game of the double-header Sunday to a weak Rockville squad, the Putnam County American Legion team roared back with a vengence and took the nightcap, 13-0. THE WIN WAS the first of the weekend for the local boys after dropping a twinbill to Anderson on Saturday and losing the first game to Rockville 9-4 on Sunday. PC’s overall mark is 2-5 this season. “The first game (Sunday) we showed up mentally unprepared to play baseball,” said Putnam County coach Doug Rose. “The second game, we woke up and played like I know we can play.” Legion Saturday Game One Anderson 12, Putnam County 2 Anderson 132 33-12 132 Putnam County 00200 - 2 6 4 Knuckles and Hough; Alice, Gilbert (4) and Chadd. W - Knuckles. L - Allee. 3B - Hough, Fatta, Dukes (A). 2B - Flora (A). Game Two Anderson 10, Putnam County 5 Anderson 000303 4-10 9 0 Putnam County 0300020- 591 Young, Miles (4), Murdock (6) and Schleger; Greenlee, Whitaker (5), Phillips (7) and Haler W - Miles, L - Whitaker. 3B - Schleger (A); Harrigan (PC). 2B - Mills (A); Phillips (PC). Sunday Game One Rockville B, Putnam County 4 Rockville 0009000 - 9111 Putnam County 0000103-4 7 5 Wright and Boevair; Phillips, Gilbert (4), Arnold (4) and Meyer, Haler (4). W - Wright. L - Phillips. 3B - Whitaker, Custis (PC). Game Two Putnam County 13. Rockville 0 Rockville 00000- 0 10 Putnam County 602 5x -1313 0 Griffin, Coggins (3) and Myers; Hecko and Meyer. W - Hecko. L - Griffin. HR - Custis, Nees (PC). 3B - Custis, Whitaker. (PC). 2B - Bush (PC). Every starter got a hit in Game 2 for the local Legion while John Hecko limited Rockville to one hit overall in the five-inning game. Along the way, the tall right-hander struck out five and walked one. “HE WAS FIRED up to pitch,” Rose said of Hecko, who earlier this spring was named to the All-Putnam County baseball team as one of three pitchers. “He pitched very well and deserves a lot of credit. ” Also deserving credit in this game was Fayne Custis and John Nees, who hit homers in a 'six-run first inning that got Putnam County on the right track. Custis’ shot was a leadoff homer over the 375-foot mark on the fence while Nees’ was an in-side-the-parker. Custis also socked a triple as he went 2-for-2 at the plate in the game. Craig Whitaker also had a triple while Larry Bush, who went 2-for-3, added a double. On the day, Nees also went 2-for-3 as did Brian Allee. Allee, Nees and Whitaker all had two RBI. “EVERYONE WAS FIRED up after losing that first game,” Rose said. In Game 1 Sunday, Rockville scored nine runs in the fourth inning to post its first win this summer. The runs came off PC pitchers Greg Phillips, Chris Gilbert and Chris Arnold. Offensively, the county Legionnaires were led by Whitaker and Fayne Custis, who both smashed a triple. Whitaker had two RBI. “We just aren’t performing like we should right now,” Rose said. “We are supposedly to have the best baseball players in the county but it doesn’t look like that most of the time.” ON SATURDAY, a tough Anderson squad posted 12-2 and 10-5 victories. In the first game, Anderson scored runs in every inning to post the run rule shortened victory. Trent Smith led PC at the plate with a 2-for-3, two RBI performance. In the nightcap, the local boys played better baseball but still came out on the short end of the stick. Kevin Harrigan pounded a triple and Phillips had a double to lead the club offensively. Phillips had a 3-for-4 game at the plate. "THE SECOND GAME, we played Anderson like we are capable of doing,” Rose said. “Anderson is a tough team but we hung in there that second game and played well.” Putnam County travels three times this week and has five games on the schedule. On Wednesday, it packs its bags for Crawfordsville for a single game while on Saturday and Sunday, the local Legionnaires are at Lebanon and Clay City, respectively, for double-headers. The next home date is a July 5 twinbill against Lebanon.

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Wimbledon to begin 100th run

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) The grass is clipped and rolled. The flower boxes that adorn the promenades are full of pink, purple and white hydrangias. The wooden net polls are waxed, their brass fittings shining brightly. For the 100th time, let Wimbledon begin. The two-week run of power tennis, of serve-and-volley games tailored for the fast grass courts, started today, with a wide-open men’s field and a women’s draw that is expected to end in a predictable rematch. Boris Becker, the youngest-ever Wimbledon champion last year at 17, opened defense of his crown on Centre Cturt against an 18-year-old Argentine, Eduardo Bengochea. The match was not expected to be a tough one for the West German. But his chances of repeating as champ are not considered good. He’s seeded fourth, the first time since Bjorn Borg in 1977 that the defending men’s champion has not been the top seed. He’s not listed as the favorite with any of the legal London betting parlors. That honor goes to 34-year-old Jimmy Connors, or Frenchman

LaPorte will seek sth baseball title

By The Associated Press The LaPorte Slicers will be seeking their fifth Indiana high school baseball title when they join the three other semistate winners Wabash, Marion and Jasper in Indianapolis Friday for the state semifinals. Laporte, a 4-6 winner over Hammond Noll Saturday in the Michigan City semistate, is matched in the semifinals against Wabash, which won 2-1 over Benton Central at Lafayette. In the other game, Marion, a 4-3 victor over Carmel at Richmond, faces Jasper, which won its own semistate with an 8-3 win over Evansville Mater Dei. The semifinals will be held Friday at Bush Stadium in Indianapolis with the championship game on Saturday. LaPorte’s Scott Upp homered and drove in a second run with a single to lead the 32-6 Slicers over Noll. Upp hit the first pitch of the fourth inning out of the park for the only run

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Gary Collier of Reelsville holds on for dear life as he attempts to ride the bareback bronc during Sunday's rodeo at the fairgrounds. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

ternoon. Buis, a first-year member of the rodeo association, placed seventh in the event. Her time was 24.37. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

Henri Leconte, or top-seeded Ivan Lendl, or second-seeded MV ATS Wilander, depending upon where you place your wager. And, perhaps most importantly, Becker is back in a role totally unlike a year ago. Then, he was unseeded and a darkhorse at best. Now, he is the title-holder. “It’s different for him now,” said Tim Mayotte, the 10th seed from the United States. “Last year, he had no worries.” Lendl, the French Open champion, began play on Court No.l against Leonardo Lavalle, an 18-year-old who last year won the Wimbledon junior title. Wilander of Sweden, a claycourter who has won the Australian Open twice on grass, opened against American Scott Davis, while Connors played another American, Robert Seguso. Only two of the women’s seeds were in action on the first day, both against Britons. No. 3 Hana Mandlikova played Joy Tacon, while No. 7 Helena Sukova played Denise Parnell. The top two seeds in the women’s draw, Martina Navratilova and

the Slicers needed, but they added two more in the fifth on Upp’s single and a sacrifice fly by Brian Lipscomb. Roger Danitschek scored two of the LaPorte runs, including the final one of the game on a single by Mark Lockhardt. Winning pitcher Mike Grys had seven strikeouts. At Lafayette, Mike Smalley’s twoout double in the seventh scored Benny Mahan to give 29-6 Wabash its 2-1 victory over Benton Central. Mahan led off the seventh with an infield hit, reached second on Brent Johnson’s sacrifice and moved to third on a groundout. Smalley then doubled over right fielder Jamie Roudebush’s head. Apache pitcher Tom Dempsey raised his mark to 15-0 in limiting the Bison to six hits and striking out eight. Wabash had opened the scoring in the fourth when Dempsey doubled and then raced home on Mike

Jackson turns down millions to play baseball

By The Associated Press Was it for love? Bo Jackson certainly didn’t do it for money. The winner of the Heisman Trophy and the NFL’s top draft choice surprised nearly everyone Saturday when he announced in Birmingham, Ala., that he had signed a baseball contract with the Kansas City Royals. “Life is a gamble. You’ve got to take gambles in life,” the former Auburn running back said. “My first love is baseball.” In case anyone thought he was kidding, he showed up at Royals Stadium in uniform Saturday night and crushed a few balls into the stands in batting practice. One landed about 460 feet away, near the center field scoreboard. “I’ve been here 13 years and I’ve never seen anybody hit one there before,” Kansas City second baseman Frank White said. The fans and players in the stadium joined the scouts and team officials who believe Jackson can play baseball. “We believe Bo Jackson can be

Chris Evert Lloyd, are scheduled to open play Tuesday. They are overwhelming favorites to meet in the final, where Navratilova would be seeking her fifth consecutive Wimbledon championship and Lloyd would be out to prove that her victory over Navartilova for t e French Open title earlier this month was no fluke. That meeting was their 14th in a Grand Slam tournament final. This will the 100th time that a men’s champion has been decided at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and it is missing almost as many stars as it has on hand. John McEnroe, the three-time winner, is home in the United States helping care for his new-born son. Yannick Noah of France, ranked fifth in the world, is still recovering from a badly burned ankle that forced him out of the French Open after the first week. Steffi Graf, whose 23-match winning streak and four-tournament championship streak were snapped in Paris, is home in West Germany recovering from a virus.

Phillips’ single. Benton Central tied it in the bottom of the fourth when Todd Bacon’s base hit to left scored Tom Boehm. Carmel scored with two out in fifth as Mike Deck tripled and then scored on Craig Harrell’s single. Harrell advanced to second when the hit was hobbled by the Marion center fielder, Thompson’s brother Ritchie, and scored on Mike Stein’s single. In the top of the sixth, Mark Lovat added an RBI single for Carmel. Jasper now has won 19 of its last 20 games at Recreation Field following the 8-3 win over Mater Dei in which Paul Giesler scored the winning run with two outs in the sixth. Jasper, 27-7 on the year, broke a 33 deadlock with Giesler’s score when Brett Wininger reached base on an error. Jasper’s starting pitcher, Jim Gudorf, had a two-run homer. Mater Dei pitcher Chris Schaeffer also homered and added an RBI double in the fifth •

a superstar in baseball. An absolute superstar,” John Schuerholz, the Royals’ generalmanager, said. The question is: Why? Why did he turn down a starting job on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, what is said to be a much richer offer and instant stardom in exchange for lesser money and a tour of duty in the minors? “He left millions of dollars on the table,” Schuerholz said. The Royals insist Jackson’s contract is no larger than any highly regarded draft choice would get: in the neighborhood of $250,000. The Buccaneers’ multiyear offer of seven million guaranteed dollars towers over that. “I made the decision from my heart,” Jackson said. “I did what Bo wanted to do.” His organization-mate, Royals designated hitter Hal Mcßae, called it “mind-boggling.” But even with its smaller upfront money, baseball offers freeagent salaries and a potentially longer career. The average baseball salary is over $300,000.

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Questions continue into death of Bias

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - While friends, family and fans bid a final farewell to Len Bias, questions about the circumstances surrounding the death of the 22-year-old University of Maryland basketball star will not be laid to rest. The tragedy of Bias’ untimely death last Thursday, two days after he was selected by the champion Boston Celtics as the second player taken in the NBA draft, has been further marred by unconfirmed reports that traces of cocaine were found in his system and a packet of powdery white substance was found in his car. The answers to those questions won’t be known until the medical examiner releases his report and those with Bias in his last hours are questioned. A Prince Georges County prosecutor says friends and teammates of Bias will be called before a grand jury. But today, mourners were remembering the strapping 6-foot-8 player who created magic on the basketball court and died just as he was about to make a longtime dream come true. Bias collapsed in his dormitory room in College Park Thursday morning and died of apparent cardiac arrest. Thousands began paying their respects in Washington on Sunday, filing past his coffin at a wake in the small brick Pilgrim African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Capitol Hill area. A private funeral service was set for 10:30 a.m. EDT today at the University of Maryland chapel. A public tribute is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Cole Field House, where Bias played and practiced. Prince George’s County state’s attorney Arthur M. Marshall Jr. said Sunday night that those he expects to be questioned Tuesday include University of Maryland basketball Coach Lefty Driesell as well as basketball players Terry Long and David Gregg, who were reportedly with Bias in his college dorm early Thursday morning. Marshall said police were still looking for Brian Tribble, a longtime friend of Bias’, and another unidentified man, who were with the player in the hours before he collapsed. A police official acknowledged there were reports that Bias had been seen hours before his death in a Washington area known for its on-the-street drug sales. According to some of Bias’ teammates, Tribble drove with Bias to a street in northeast Washington several hours before the basketball player died. The investigation likely will stretch beyond the Bias death into alleged drug use in the sports program and on the College Park campus in general, Marshall said. Responding to reports thatDriesell had instructed players on how to respond to questions from reporters

Celtics' coach K.C. Jones poses and shakes hands with top pick Len Bias shortly after the completion of the NBA Draft last Tuesday. Bias died in a Maryland hospital on Thur-

and the police, he said, “I don’t think the role of a basketball coach is to tell student athletes not to talk to police.” “If these rumors are wrong, we’ll give him a chance to talk about it,” Marshall said, stressing that Driesell’s role did not appear to be criminal obstruction of justice. If evidence shows that Bias liad used cocaine in the hours before he died, criminal charges could be filed against the people who supplied the drug, Marshall said Sunday. “Remember John Belushi,” Marshall said. Comedian John Belushi died four years ago of a drug overdose and Cathy Evelyn Smith, former rock backup singer, is awaiting sentencing on her plea of no contest to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death. She also pleaded no contest to three counts of furnishing and administering a controlled substance injections of heroin and cocaine that killed Belushi. It has been reported, though not confirmed, that traces of a drug, possibly cocaine, were found in Bias’ system as doctors struggled to save his life early Thursday morning. Dr. John Rogers, deputy medical examiner for Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, has said that “a trace” of a drug found in Bias’ urine could be either cocaine or lidocaine administered to revive Bias’ heart. Dr. Amjad Rasul, a cardiologist at the Leland Memorial Hospital emergency room who treated Bias in his last hours, told the Baltimore Sun Sunday that it was highly unlikely that drug byproducts found in Bias’ urine could have come from medication administered at the hospital. He said he did not believe the player’s kidneys functioned after he was admitted. Rasul said he did not believe the lidocaine could have gotten into Bias’ urine. Autopsy results may not be ready for a week, the state medical examiner’s office said. Bias was under tremendous pressure shortly before his death, according to a story in Sunday’s Washington Post. The paper quotes university officials as saying Bias had flunked or quit all of his classes in his final semester and was not close to graduating despite attending summer courses. Bias had told reporters he was in summer school because he needed only a few credits to graduate, but university officials said Bias’ poor performance in the spring 1986 semester had left him 21 credits short.

sday and his death has raised a lot of questions concerning drugs. Bias was 22-years-old. (AP laserphoto)