Banner Graphic, Volume 17, Number 278, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 July 1987 — Page 6

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC July 28,1987

Krauss could be ready to start for Colts by season opener

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) The Indianapolis Colts’ injured linebacker Barry Krauss, the team’s leading tackier in 1984, will begin full workouts Aug. 12, Coach Ron Meyer said. Krauss has been rehabilitating his right knee after reconstructive surgery. “I’m feeling better and better about Barry every day,” Meyer said Monday. “There will be no limitations once we get him into full gear.” Krauss injured his knee in the fourth game last season. His recovery was set back twice by in-

S & S Raiders continue to roll

S & S Raiders head into tonight’s key, upper-division battle with Rokicki State Farm Insurance with a full head of steam, following Monday’s 13-0 shutout over Moose I in Greencastle Men’s Softball League action. The Raiders are now 5-0 in the second half of the season and enter the showdown one-half game behind division leading Rokicki’s, 6-0 in the second half. IN OTHER GAMES at the RobeAnn Park diamond Mnday, HopkinsRector defeated Tincher Construction, 8-3 ; Lone Star out-slugged Dixie Chopper, 22-11; and Walden/Putnam Inn was too much for Video Heaven, 14-6. The Raiders used a 20-hit attack to move to 18-0 overall this summer as eight men in the lineup came through with multiple-hit games at the plate. Jeff Mace, Gary Nichols, Rodger Zimmerman, Dave Keller, Tracy Pitts, J.R. Wainman, Ron Nichols and John Scobee all produced offensively with Mace and Keller leading the way with home runs. Mace finished the game 4-for-4 at the plate while Pitts was 3-for-4. S & S NEEDED only four at-bats to put the win away as the team scored three runs in the first inning and added five in the second, four in the third and one in the fourth, making a winner of Randy Zimmerman. The loss dropped Moose I to 3-3 this half. Hopkins-Rector moved to 3-2 this half of the season with the five-run win over Tincher’s Construction,

Pan Am basketball First of three exhibition games tonight

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The U S. Pan American Games men’s basketball team, built around former Navy All-american David Robinson, will stage the first of three exhibition games tonight against a collection of NBA players in Market Square Arena. The American squad, considered the favorite in the Pan Am competition in Indianapolis next month, also includes center Dean Garrett and guard Keith Smart of NCAA champion Indiana. The NBA players expected to participate include Herb Williams, Chuck Person, Scott Skiles and rookie Reggie Miller, all of the Indiana Pacers, along with Isiah Thomas, Steve Alford and Rodney McCray. Other exhibition games are set for Saturday at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky., where the Pan Am team has been practicing, and Aug. 6 at the Allen County Coliseum in Fort Wayne. U.S. Coach Denny Crum of Louisville has said the American strategy will be to maximize its talents and not concern itself with the opponent. “We won’t worry that much about who the other guy is,” Crum said of a competition where gathering preGames scouting reports was difficult. “We just want to keep it simple and do what we can do as well as possible.” Crum selected a team based on the coaching philosophy that he has used

DePauw to house track invitational

The fifth annual Wilma Rudolph Invitational track meet for young athletes nationwide will be held at DePauw University on Saturday, Aug. 1. THE MEET. EXPECTED to draw approximately 250 to 300 young adults from school and club track teams nationwide, is played host to by the three-time Olympic gold medalist, now director of the women’s track program at DePauw and special consultant to the university president for minority recruitment. The meet will feature full field events for youngsters from age 13 through 18, plus a special open category for older persons. The meet is being held as a major practice meet in anticipation for the national AAU track meet to be held in Syracuse, N.Y. later in August.

sections. The infections, which struck after surgery and resulted in a 40-pound weight loss to 225, have been eliminated, but the nine-year veteran will take oral antibiotics for two years. His weight is now just over 260. A test has shown Krauss’ injured leg about 40 percent weaker than his healthy leg. “My quad muscle in the injured leg is weaker than in the other leg,” he said. “At one time I had gotten the difference down to about 35 percent, but I think I got too fatigued. I had to back off and give the leg a little more rest.”

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which fell to 2-3. Doug Greenlee was the winner on the mound. Tincher’s scored a run in the top of the first, but fell behind, 3-1, at the end of the inning. H-R made it 5-1 in the fourth before Tincher’s scored two runs of its owns in the top of the fifth. The final runs were tallied in the sixth. IN THE LOWER division, Lone Star continued to swing the hot bats as the 22-11 win over Dixie Chopper kept it in first place this half of the season. Lone Star is now 3-2, one game ahead of Walden/Putnam Inn. The big inning propelled Lone Star to the triumph as a 10-run third made the score 15-0 at the time. Lone Star had began the game with a three-run first and two-run second, while Dixie didn’t score until the bottom of the third, when six men crossed the plate. In the fourth, Lone Star tacked on three runs for an 18-6 advantage, but Dixie Chopper cut the margin to under 10 runs with a five-spot in its half

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Women's Open stretches to 6th day

EDISON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) The 42nd U.S. Women’s Open became the national championship that didn’t want to come to n end. Torrential rains on Sunday stretched the fourth round of the Open in-

Rudolph, who gained lasting fame during track events at the 1960 Olympics, began the annual invitational meet five years ago in Indianapolis in an effort to increase the competition opportunity for young runners in Indiana and the nation. Traditionally the meet has attracted good, young potential track stars and a cross section of the nation’s best coaches of amateur track athletes. FIELD EVENTS WILL begin at 8 a.m. on Aug. l, at DePauw’s Blackstock Stadium. Events will run throughout the day. Rudolph, who joined DePauw in January, is also the head of the Wilma Rudolph Foundation in Indianapolis, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young, minority athlete/scholars in Indianapolis.

Meyer said he hopes Krauss can start at middle linebacker when the Colts host Cincinnati in the regularseason opener Sept. 13. “I want Barry to be involved in a limited number of plays by our third preseason game,” said Meyer. “By the fourth preseason game, I’d hope he could play about 50 percent of the time.” Krauss said, “My legs are actually stronger than they were last year, but the left leg has gotten so much stronger compensating for the weak one that the deficit is causing me to fail the physicals.” The Colts will meet the Houston

of the inning. However, a four-run fifth put the game away for the winners. FRED DISMUKES WAS the winner, dropping Dixie Chopper’s record to 1-4. Walden/Putnam Inn scored early and often in defeating Video Heaven, sending it to its fourth loss of the second half without a win. W/P scored five runs in the first, four in the second and two in the third for an early, 11-0 advantage, before Video Heaven put five of its sue runs on the board in the bottom of the third. The final runs of the game were scored in the latter innings, as Walden/Putnam Inn moved to 2-3 this half of the season. TONIGHT,THE IMPORTANT battle between S & S Raiders and Rokicki State Farm Insurance takes place at 6, while Moose II and Tincher Construction meet at 7. The 8 p.m. game featues Lone Star and K & K Painting, while Brown’s Nursery and Dixie Chopper square off at 9.

has zone-breaker gunning power from Rex Chapman of Kentucky, Jeff Lebo of North Carolina and Fennis Dembo of Wyoming. The inside game is being built around Robinson with plenty of help from Danny Manning of Kansas. Ten teams will compete for the Pan Am gold medal, with five teams in each of two round-robin divisions. Each team will play the other four in its division once during the first week of competition. Pool A includes the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and Panama. Pool B has Brazil, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Uruguay and Canada. The U.S. opens Aug. 9 against Panama and will play four games in five days. All 10 entrants advance to a double-elimination tournament the second week, with seeding determined by round-robin records. The U.S. is a solid favorite, with Mexico the bronze medal winner at Caracas in 1983 the other strength in Pool A. Brazil the silver medalist in 1983 along with Puerto Rico and Canada should provide plenty of excitement in a more balanced Pool B.

to Monday. Then twice Monday a champion seemed ready to be crowned. Ayako Okamoto of Japan was the first apparent winner as she opened a three-stroke lead through eight holes, but fell victim to a balky putter. LPGA Hall of Famer JoAnne earner then topped the leaderboard and took a one-stroke lead to the 18th hole. Three putts from 25 feet meant a bogey and dropped her into a tie at 3-under-par 285 with Okamoto and British Women’s Open champion Laura Davies after 72 holes. And that meant the U.S. Women’s Open was extended into a sixth day today at the Plainfield Country Club as Carner, Davies and Okamoto met in an 18-hole playoff. Sudden death was to follow if a champion wasn’t crowned after 18 holes. The catch today could be a piece of history. If Carner wins her third Open, she would become the oldest player in history to win the Women’s Open, surpassing Fay Crocker who won in 1955 a month before her 41st birthday.

Oilers in their third preseason game Aug. 29 at the Hoosier Dome. Their final preseason game is Sept. 5 against Tampa Bay at the Hoosier Dome. The Colts’ practices Monday were spiced by a number of fights, with quarterback Gary Hogeboom acting as referee in one. In that skirmish, offensive guard Ben Utt and linebacker June James locked up. Hogeboom grabbed James in a bear hug after the linebacker tried to kick Utt. A year ago, Hogeboom sat out 11 games with a separated shoulder after he refused to step out of bounds

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CLARK KELLOGG - Ailing knee may force retirement

Kellogg faces decision

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The next two weeks should produce a decision by Indiana Pacer forward Clark Kellogg whether he will try one more season or retire from the National Basketball Association. Kellogg, sidelined most of the past two years with ailing knees, says “I have to make a decision about what is inevitable. “It is cloudy at this point. The knee feels pretty strong. But it still isn’t quite right to stand up to the twisting and turning it would take during the season,” th 26-year-old Kellogg said. “It just hasn’t responded as well as I hoped. In a week or two I’ve got to make the big decision. I worked pretty hard and I had swelling.” Kellogg is going out this week one last time seeking what he terms a mircl. He will either test the left knee on his own or try it in a scrimmage at Washington High School.

15-year-old smashes swim record

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Janet Evans, a 15-year-old high school junior-to-be, has broken swimming’s oldest world record. Evans recorded a time of 8 minutes, 22.44 seconds in the 800meter freestyle Monday at the U.S. Swimming Long Course National Championships to smash the world mark of 8:24.62 set by Tracey Wickham of Australia on Aug. 5,1978 and the American record of 8:24.70 set by Kim Linehan in 1979. “She’s about a year ahead of schedule,” Evans’ coach, Bud McAllister, said. “Now, we’ll have to reset the goals and make them faster.” Sean Killion erased the American

and avoid a tackle against Miami. “The thing that makes Gary so great is that he wants to be in the middle of everything,” said Meyer. “But the downside of that is, I don’t want him to get clobbered. “I had a little chat with him about that,” the coach added. Meyer indicated he will make no major cuts before next week. After veteran players are required to report by Thursday night, nearly 100 players will be in camp. Meanwhile, the Colts announced signing three-year veteran LaMont

“I’ve always maintained that facing this, God would get me through anything,” he told the Indianapolis News Monday. “I’m holding a strong faith that if basketball is not to be a part of my life, then something better is in store for the future. Naturally, I’m not excited with the end looming on the horizon. But I’ve got to realize I’ve been blessed in a lot of ways.” The 6-foot-7 Cleveland native came to the Pacers from Ohio State as the eighth pick in the 1982 draft. He had a marvelous rookie season, averaging 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds. The next two years Kellogg averaged 19.1 and 18.6 points, but then his knees began to act up. His left knee began to pain him and swell during the early part of the 1985-86 season. When the problem continued, he underwent arthroscopic surgery. He returned briefly in midseason, then went to the sidelines for the rest

record in the men’s 800 freestyle with a clocking of 7:52.49, beating a mark set by John Mykanen in 1984 by 5.75 seconds. Killion was less than two seconds off the world standard of 7:50.64 set last year by Vladimir Salnikov of the Soviet Union. Killion felt Evans’ world record helped him do well. “I said to myself, ‘This pool must be fast,’” he said. “She was an inspiration for evryone.” The five-day meet is being held at a 50-meter pool at Clovis West High School. Listed world marks show that no men’s records date back to 1978. Only one women’s record is that old a 4:06.28 by Wickham in the 400

Hunley, a 6-foot-l, 240-pound linebacker out of Arizona. Hunley joined the Colts in 1985 as free agent and spent most of his time last year on special teams, starting two games in place of Krauss before being injured with a foot ailment. He spent the last 10 games on injured reserve. Terms were not announced. Hunley’s signing leaves cornerback John Holt and linebacker Glenn Redd the only veterans still unsigned. Rookie linebacker Cornelius Bennett, the Colts’ No. 1 draft choice, also is unsigned.

of the year, playing only 19 games. Kellogg talked optimistically last summer about returning to full strength in the fall. But when training camp began, he stayed out of the practice sessions while a decision regarding his insurance was determined. Four games into the season, his knee began to swell again and he went to the sidelines one more. He never returned following additional surgery at a Cleveland clinic. Kellogg, who received an insurance license before graduating from high school, already is considering his options without basketball. “There are quite a few things to look at as I start a new career,” he said. “I hoped and prayed I could play seven or eight years. Injuries are out of your control. My faith is helping me accept it.”

meters on Aug. 24,1978. “I wasn’t thinking about the world record,” said Evans, who stands 5-foot-3 and weighs 90 pounds. “I just wanted first or second to make the Pan Pacific team,” the Placentia. Calif., resident added.

Physicals Wednesday Physicals for North Putnam athletes in grades 7 through 12 will be conducted on Wednesday, July 29 from 8:30 to 11:30 a .m. Due to a source error, the information was incorrectly reported in the Banner-Graphic on Monday.