Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 167, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 March 1987 — Page 9

In Tigers' season openers lUPUI outweathers DePauw

By KEITH E. DOMKE Banner-Graphic Sports Editor It was not a weather phenomenon, but when the warm front of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis clashed with the cold front of DePauw University Tuesday afternoon at Walker Field, it produced a stormy beginning to the Tigers’ 1987 baseball season. THE METROS, WHO earlier this year became the only team in recent years to defeat the basketball Tigers twice in one season, took the broom out of the closet and did the same to the baseball Tigers as they swept a double-header, winning 8-1 and 9-4. The victories were the fifth and sixth of the campaign for lUPUI after the club opened their season with a nine-game road swing in the sunny and warm climate of Florida. Tuesday’s games were the first ones since it returned back north. “It couldn’t have helped us, spotting them nine games,’’ said DePauw head coach Ed Meyer. “That made a difference today. They really could hit our fastball and that kind of timing comes with practice and experience. ” AND WHILE lUPUI was rocking four DePauw pitchers for 24 hits over the course of the chilly and wind-whipped afternoon, the Tigers themselves managed 16, but with far fewer of them coming in clutch situations. In fact, the Black and Gold left 23 men stranded on the bases in the 14 innings of play. “I was disappointed that we weren’t aggressive at the plate,” Meyer said. “We got a little better as the games went on, but we just didn’t try to take command at the plate.” The Metros jumped on both DPU starting pitchers - Todd Samuelson in Game One and Brice Dunshee in Game Two -- by scoring five runs in the first two innings. SAMUELSON SURRENDERED a leadoff single to Jay Priest and a two-out hit to Tony Sabo, which knocked in the first run, before designated hitter Mark Huber connected for a double that made it a 2-0 game in the top of the first. An error and a single in the top half of the next inning gave lUPUI’s Alex Alejos an opportunity and the Greenwood native took advantage of it by singling himself to drive in John Thompson for a 3-0 lead. First baseman Gary Fry did the rest of the early damage by picking up two RBI with a single one out later in the frame to give the Metros their 5-0 advantage. Fry drove in another run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly while two more runs were scored by the guests in the fifth when the Tigers committed three errors on one play, pushing their deficit to 8-0. RIC WHETRO CAME on in relief of Samuelson in the sixth and slammed the door the rest of the way by hurling two scoreless innings, but the hill was too much to climb for DePauw as the best it could muster the rest of the way was an RBI single by junior slugger Mike Ottsen in the bottom of the seventh that drove in Jim Sandgren, who also had singled. In the nightcap, Dunshee got himself into trouble early by issuing two walks to the first three batters he faced before Thompson knocked in the first run with a single. Fry - the next batter - made it 3-0 with a single of his own as he picked up his fourth and fifth RBI of the day. In the bottom of the first, Jimmy Hebert led off the Tigers’ half of the inning with a bunt single then stole the first of his three bases in the game. After teammate Chris Koch walked and Troy Adams reached safely on an error to load the bases, catcher Joe Klupchak picked up the easiest kind of RBI by earning a walk, forcing in Hebert to make it a 3-1 game. BUT, THE HOSTS could do no more damage in the inning as the bases were left loaded. Bob Limbaugh and Sabo picked up RBI in the top of the second for the Metros, as both knocked out clean singles that pushed the score to 5-1. An error, two singles, a walk and a fielder’s choice in the top of the fifth made it a 7-1 game before DePauw put together its best inning of the day in the bottom half of the frame. OTTSEN LED OFF with a single to left and advanced to second when Adams walked. Klupchak also received a free pass that loaded the bases before Pat Meyer - son of the coach ~ ripped a double to the gap in left-center, scoring Ottsen and Adams to narrow the gap to 7-3. However, Huber came on in relief of starter Matt Engerer and slammed the door on the Tigers. After he surrendered Meyer’s double, the 6foot lefthander struck out the side to end the DPU threat. lUPUI picked up its last runs in the top of the sixth on only one hit before John Oviatt - a transfer from

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Miami University (Ohio) - retired the Metros in order in the seventh for the first time all day long. AN RBI SINGLE by Klupchak in the bottom of the sixth drove in Ottsen, who had reached on a fielder’s choice. “If we were playing another team that was just opening their season like us, it could’ve been a different story today,” Meyer said. “This is just one of those situations where you have to sit back and watch, knowing brighter things are on the horizon in the future. “I’m not discouraged by what happened today, only disappointed.” HEBERT AND OTTSEN both led the Tiger hit parade with three in eight at bats while Klupchak - who did not play in the first game - went 2-for-2 in the nightcap with two walks

Three seniors, two juniors honored

County's top 5 talent-laden

By KEITH E. DOMKE Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Bring on Marion. Bring on any five high school basketball players available. Putnam County has a team that can battle with the best of them. THE BANNER-GRAPHIC basketball staff and the four Putnam County basketball coaches have chosen a quintet of players that sparkled on the hardwood all season long this past winter to represent the county on the All-Putnam County Basketball Team. It’s a team loaded with talent, loaded with scorers and loaded with the determination and desire that would allow it to play hoop and play it well, if given the opportunity to actually play together on the same team. Troy Greenlee of South Putnam heads the squad while Greencastle was the only school to have more than one boy selected as Brett Hecko and Scott Dunn were chosen. North Putnam’s Mike Marsteller and Cloverdale’s Darin Price round out the team. GREENLEE NETTED AN incredible 530 points this season in leading the Eagles to a 13-9 overall record. He became South’s all-time leading scorer this winter with 1,556 total points tallied in his four years at SPHS and also set the single-game high with 44 versus Danville on Feb. 21. He scored at least 30 points five times during the season and put through at least 20 markers 15 times as he closed his stellar career. He also was second on his club in both rebounds and assists. He shot 50 percent from the floor - many of which came from the 18- to 20-foot range and canned over 80 percent of his free throws. “ENOUGH CAN’T BE said about Troy,” said South coach Bill Merkel. “He’s an outstanding player in every phase of the game.” Putnam County may not see a player with the caliber of Greenlee in quite some time, but Hecko more than made his presence known on the hardwood every time he stepped on the floor. The junior forward netted 424 points in 21 games (20.2 average) and was the only Tiger Cub that snared over 100 rebounds as he caromed 168. He also was second on the team in assists while shooting 56 percent from the floor and 71 percent from the line. His high game was 30 against Cascade and he reached double figures in every GHS game except one. HE WAS MORE dangerous from inside the paint than anyone else in the county. “We relied on Brett to do our scoring inside,” said his coach, Doug Miller, whose Tiger Cubs posted a county-best 14-7 record this winter. “He was a dangerous scorer inside and always rebounded well and was a consistent performer all season long.” Also consistent was Dunn - another forward, but a senior - who netted 242 points over the campaign for an 11.5 average. He hit on 49 percent of his shots, most of which came from the baseline or from one of the corners and his 80plus rebounds was second on the club. He tallied 23 versus Terre Haute South for his season high. “WHILE HECKO WAS our force inside, Dunn was our main force outside,” Miller said. “We relied on Scotty for our perimeter scoring and he performed in that role exceptionally.” Marsteller was North’s best all-around player as the senior standout who played at both forward and guard averaged 16 points per game as the Cougars posted a 8-13 season mark. He shared team rebound honors with 107 and was second on the club in assists. In all, he tallied 335 points for coach Bruce Farley. "ALL THROUGH THE season, Marsteller was our most consistent performer,” the NPHS mentor said. “We could always rely on him to give it his best shot and more times than not, he came through and came through well.” Marsteller scored in double figures in all but three games, with a season-high 27 coming early in the year against Owen Valley.

and two RBI. Meyer’s double was the only extra base hit DPU recorded on the afternoon. The Tigers will travel to Wooster, Ohio to face the Fighting Scots - and another Meyer family member, Pete - Sunday in a 1 p.m. twinbill before the Black and Gold will head to Florida over spring break to play exhibition games against the Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Tuesday’s Unescores Game One lUPUI 8, DePauw 1 lUPUI 230 120 0 - 8 11 0 DePauw 000 000 1 - 1 7 5 Minshall and Baumet; Samuelson. Whetro (6) and Fix. W - Minshall. L - Samuelson, 0-1. 2B - Huber (I). Game Two lUPUI9, DePauw 4 lUPUI 320 022 0 - 9 12 1 DePauw 100 021 0 - 4 9 1 Engerer, Huber (5) and Baumet; Dunshee, Oviatt (5) and Klupchak. W -- Engerer. L - Dunshee, 0-1.28 - Priest (I), Meyer (D).

All-Putnam County Boys' Basketball Team Troy Greenlee South Putnam Brett Hecko Greencastle Mike Marsteller North Putnam Scott Dunn Greencastle Darin Price Cloverdale

Price - a junior guard - led the Clovers in scoring with 237 points and was the second best player in assists. He was deadly from the stripe in hitting 85 percent and was a pure outside shooter all season long. LIKE MARSTELLER, HIS season high (24) came early in the season, but he also finished the year very strong with eight consectutive games in double figures in the scorebook. “All around, Price was our best player,” said

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CHS coach Jim Stewart, who compiled a 6-15 record at the helm this winter. “He was our best shooter and had a good court sense that made him a good basketball player.” Greenlee was the unanimous No 1 pick for allcounty honors while Hecko and Marsteller also made it onto every ballot in the voting. Dunn picked up the fourth-highest point total while Price barely edged a third Greencastle player - Chris Hanson -- by a mere point. South’s Brian Bridgewater was the only other boy to pick up votes as seven county performers received points. Voting panel - Greencastle coach Doug Miller; South Putnam coach Bill Merkel; North Putnam coach Bruce Farley; Cloverdale coach Jim Stewart; Banner-Graphic Sports Editor Keith E. Domke; Banner-Graphic part-time writers Ed Tilley, Brad Sellers, Kevin Myers, Steve Schwartz, Mike Beck; and BannerGraphic part-time photographers Carol Estes and Gary Goodman.

Greenlee, South Putnam. At left front is Darin Price, Cloverdale. At right front is Scott Dunn, Greencastle. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

Wednesday, March 18,1967 THE BANNER GRAPHIC, A 9

effort by knocking out three hits and by stealing three bases. (Banner-Graphic photo by Keith E. Domke)

It's called DePauw, with a W Editor’s note: The following is the New York Times’ version of the DePauw University-DePaul University confusion, which, at times, has plagued both institutions over the course of their existence. c. 1987 N.Y. Times News Service Some say DePaul, some say DePauw, but no matter how you pronounce it, having two basket-ball-minded universities with almost identical names spells confusion. DePaul, of course, is the Division I school (enrollment 12,836) in Chicago (pop. 3,005,072) run by the Vincentian Catholic order, which was founded by St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century French priest known for his charitable works. DePauw, by contrast, is a Division 111 school (enrollment 2,393) in the Indiana town of Greencastle (pop. 8,403), and it’s run by the United Methodist Church. Its name comes from Washington C. DePauw, a wealthy businessman of Belgian extraction his grandfather, educated in Paris, came to the United States as an aide to Lafayette who was once described as “the nerviest man in Indiana” because of his penchant for risky commercial dealings. Both schools say they’re forever getting each other’s mail and telephone inquiries, primarily on basketball matters, with the lesser-known DePauw more frequently receiving queries meant for DePaul than the other way around. The confusion was compounded when Ed Meyer, now the DePauw baseball coach, was an assistant basketball coach and occasionally got calls intended for DePaul’s longtime basketball coach, Ray Meyer, or his son, Joey, who served Ray as an assistant before succeeding him. The two schools could have avoided the mix-ups if they had stuck to their original names. DePaul was founded in 1898 as St. Vincent College and didn’t become DePaul University until 1907. DePauw was founded by frontier Methodists in 1837 as Indiana Ashbury University and changed its name in 1884, when the nerviest man in Indiana bailed it out during a financial squeeze. Anyway, the folks at DePauw say the confusion can be beneficial. A few years ago, when a basketball prospect seeking information on the DePaul program reached DePauw by mistake, he accepted an invitation to visit the Greencastle campus and ended up on the team. DePauw also likes to point out that over the last five seasons Coach Mike Steele’s Tigers have actually turned in a better record than the Blue Demons. Still, DePaul is of course the far more prominent basketball school, although its name would suggest otherwise: It’s derived from the Latin word “paulus,” which means “small,” while DePauw comes from the Flemish word “pauw,” meaning “peacock.”