Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 208, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 May 1990 — Page 6
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THE BANNERGRAPHIC May 8,1990
Tiger Cubs survive errors
By STEVE FIELDS Banner-Graphic Sports Editor There was a winner in Monday afternoon’s baseball game at Greencastle High School. But after the two teams committed a combined 11 physical errors and numerous mental errors with the IHSAA state tournament less than a month off, neither Greencastle coach Stan Ward, nor South Putnam coach Matt Griswold could be too happy. “WE WERE FLAT. We were lethargic,” coach Ward said. “To me this was a type after prom game.” And Greencastle won the game 8-6. “If you mean flat in the way we played defense... We haven’t played that poor defensively for long time,” coach Griswold said of his struggling Eagles. The victory improved Greencastle’s record to 9-6, while South dropped to 6-9 with its fifth
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Defending champ after pole
: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Emerson Fittipaldi was the reigning .■Formula One champion when he Tirst visited the Indianapolis Moby That before he first raced at Indy, land another five years before he its first $1 million winner. I On Saturday, he hopes to achieve personal first earning Ithe pole position for the May 27 Irace. I “IT’S GREAT TO be back as champion. The pressure just makes me work harder,” said Ithe 43-year-old Brazilian, a twoItime F-l champion who came out lof a two-year retirement in 1984 to Ijoin the Indy-car circuit. “I have to Iwork harder this year to try to win lagain. I know it’s going to be very 1 No driver has won consecutive Ilndys since Al Unser in 1970 and 11971. Ironically, Fittipaldi this year Unser on the Penske IRacing team.
Charities not charitable to Rose
: CINCINNATI (AP) Several area charities don’t want to be associated with Pete Rose now that he’s a convicted felon. Sentencing for the former Cincinnati Reds manager is weeks away, but his guilty plea to felony tax charges has scuttled plans for him to work with several charity promotions. “IT WAS HANDLED diplomatically, but they said they didn’t want to continue with Pete’s volunteering for them,” said Barbara Pinzka, Rose’s publicist. “None of them has any hard feelings.” The charity plans had been kept on hold until Rose’s tax case was settled. Rose ended a one-year federal investigation by pleading guilty April 20 to two counts of failing to report income, which Carry a maximum combined jail term of six years and a possible .$500,000 fine. “Some charitable organizations decided that despite the potential benefits of having Pete work with :their organizations, they were concerned about negative publicity,”
straight loss. THIS WAS NOT pretty and neither side was sandbagging with the sectional in mind. Greencastle used its top two pitchers, Rob Osborn picking up his fifth win of the year with Jamie Cox coming on in the seventh for the save. “We put our best two pitchers out there. We got everything we could out of our lineup.” South went with Robert Priest over staff leader Jeff Stinson. “When we haven’t played for four or five days (because of last week’s rain) I talk with our pitchers and ask them if they can do the job,” Griswold said. AND IF NOT for the errors Robert Priest might have more effective. Greencastle took a 1-0 lead in the first by putting two hits with two South errors. A run-scoring single off the end of Jamie Cox’s bat scored Osborn in the second inning.
Newby, Lonnie Van Horn, Mike Perrine, David Wallace and coach Bob England. (BannerGraphic photo by Steve Fields)
Mears raised the top speed in practice this week to 224.389 mph on Monday. Arie Luyendyk improved his best lap to 222.816, Mario Andretti went to 222.041 and Al Unser Jr. to 220.297. Fittipaldi, who had a fast lap of 222.607 on Sunday, reached 222.211 in that car and 219.888 in his backup car. FOUR-TIME INDY winner AJ. Foyt made his first appearance of the week and took only four laps. His top speed was 158.420. Fittipaldi first came to Indianapolis in 1974 to test the McLaren cars but declined to join the Indy circuit because of conflicting Formula One commitments. By the early 1980’s, what he called the “politics, the aggravation, the fights” involved in Formula One racing drove him out of the sport. He retired for two years, then returned in 1984 to race in the United States. He was fifth in his Indy-car debut at Long Beach and has won 11 of 87 starts since then.
Pinzka said Monday. “There have been three or four cancellations along those lines.” ROSE HAS SEVERAL autograph appearances and charity golf outings scheduled for the next two months as he awaits sentencing. As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, Rose pleaded guilty to failing to report taxable income from autograph appearances, memorabilia sales and gambling. U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel will set a sentencing date for Rose once he receives a final pre-sentence report. Rose is still living at his winter home in Plant City, Fla., where he is free on his own recognizance until sentencing. He has a weekly radio sports show in Cincinnati, but is declining interviews about his problems until after the sentencing. PROBATION OFFICERS have notified Rose’s lawyers that they can pick up their pre-sentenc-ing report May 25. Rose’s lawyers will have 10 days to make any objections to the findings. The probation department then
In the sixth inning, Greencastle scored six runs on four hits and three South errors. Jason Luken ripped a big two-run single for the Tiger Cubs. THE COIN OBVIOUSLY had to sides. “If it wasn’t for that one big inning, they win the ball game,” coach Ward said. i Greencastle errors set up South’s scoring. A throwing error in the fourth set the stage for the most effective hitters in South’s lineup eight and ninth in the order. Hitting eight, Mark Dunlap was three-for-four at the plate with a double and scored one run. Hitting ninth, Jay Muttersapaugh went three-for-four at the plate with two doubles, three RBI and scored one run. A GREENCASTLE error and four hits accounted for South’s three-run sixth inning. On Wednesday, Greencastle entertains Plainfield in a 4:30 p.m.
Last year, driving for Patrick Racing, he won at Indianapolis, Detroit, Portland, Cleveland and Nazareth and finished among the top five in seven other races. HIS VICTORY AT Indianapolis was worth a record $1,001,604 the largest payoff in auto racing history and he earned a record $2,166,078 for the season. He left Patrick to join the Penske team and was reunited with Teddy Mayer, a former McLaren manager who now is a director of Penske’s British operation and runs Fittipaldi’s pit crew. “It was great to work again with Teddy after so many years. I worked with him in Formula One, and it’s great,” Fittipaldi said. “I’m very pleased with the way the team is working. I knew Roger (Penske) always had a great organization, but only working together inside the organization I realized it was even better than I expected. That’s good news, that’s great”
will send a final report to Spiegel. The report will help determine the recommended sentence for Rose under federal guidelines. Spiegel could give Rose probation on the first count, but the second count falls under 1987 federal sentencing guidelines. THE PRE-SENTENCE investigation takes into account Rose’s past history and factors that would come into play in his sentencing. The judge will use the report to determine where Rose is placed under federal sentencing recommendations. The judge isn’t bound by the federal guidelines, but would have to explain why he departed from them if he does so. Rose was banned from baseball for life last August after admitting he gambled illegally. Two former companions, Tommy Gioiosa and Paul Janszen, have said they placed bets for Rose on baseball games. Rose continues to deny betting on baseball, but has admitted that he lied to cover up a gambling problem. He is being treated for a gambling disorder.
contest, while South is home against Owen Valley, also at 4:30 p.m. Eagle. ABRHBI Tiger Cuba AB RHBI Brotherton,if 40 10 Osborn,p,2b 412 1 McKays 5 010 Greenwld,2b,c 4 12 0 Jackman,lb 40 10 Bess,cf 40 0 1 Poynter,dh 4 010 Bumgaidner,3b 00 0 0 Cox.dh 3 111 Stinsonjf 210 2 Phillips,pr 00 0 0 Toney,c 3 111 D.Duff.rf 00 0 0 Priest,p 3 2 0 0 Davis,lb 10 0 0 Haltom.p 22 0 0 Smaltz,ph 1111 Dunlap,cf 4 13 0 Murray,c 20 0 0 Ensley,pr 0 0 0 0 Homier,lf 10 0 0 S.ClaikJfjf 0 10 0 Luken,3b 4 112 Totals 34 611 3 Totals 29 8 9 6 South Putnam 000 103 2—6-11-5 Greencastle 101 060 x—B- 9-6 WP Osborn (5-4). LP Priest. SAVE Cox. E Mutterspaugh, Brotherton, Priest, Haltom, Toney (SP); Cox 2, Greenawald J. Duff 2, Myers (GHS). DP Greencastle. LOB SP 11, GHS 9. SO McKay, Jacksman 3, Poynter 3, Stinson, Toney, Priest (SP); Osborn, Myers, Cox 2, Murray (GHS). BB Brotherton, Stinson 2, Toney (SP); Myers, Cox, Davis, Homier, S. Clark 2 (GHS). 2B Toney, Dunlap, Mutterspaugh (2) (SP). SB Brotherton, Stinson (SP); Osborn, Homier (GHS). CS Dunlap (SP). Pitcher IP RER HSO BB Priest 4 6 3 7 4 4 Haltom 2 2 2 2 1 3 Osborn 6 4 1 9 11 3 Cox 1 2 0 2 0 1 Wild Pitch Priest 2 (SP); Osborn (GHS). Defense key for Bulls CHICAGO (AP) Michael Jordan never had any doubts when he and the Chicago Bulls went through an agonizing scoreless spell that could have cost them the game. “It was important that our defense stopped them and they couldn’t make up much ground,” said Jordan, who helped to turn things around by scoring 15 of his game-high 39 points in the closing minutes, leading the Bulls to a 9685 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night in the opener of their best-of-7 NBA playoff series. THE BULLS LED all the way and held several 10-point leads in the third quarter that ended with the score 73-65. Then came the fourth-quarter drought. The 76ers inched within 73-71 on a basket by Charles Barkley. Scottie Pippen, who finished with 18 points and 12 assists, broke the spell with a pair of free throws before Jordan, sore ankle and all, took command to clinch the victory. Pippen had six of the Bulls’ other eight points in the final quarter. “MICHAEL AND Scottie delivered when it came to crunch time,” Chicago coach Phil Jackson said. “We were O-for-7 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and I think for about three minutes there we ran out of gas. We had fresh bodies out there but nobody was clicking.” “We had some good shots but they weren’t falling in,” said Jordan, who iced his left ankle after the game. Jordan twisted it in the final game of the Milwaukee series, but it is not considered serious. Jordan, who held Hersey Hawkins to 12 points, credited the defense with the victory. He even gave Horace Grant credit for “holding” Barkley to 30 points, high for Philadelphia. “I think Horace did a heckuva job on Barkley,” Jordan said. “He kept the pressure on. Otherwise Barkley could have dominated the game.” BARKLEY ALMOST did. He had 20 rebounds. But he wasn’t happy. “I’m disappointed we didn’t do more, compete more,” said Barkley. “We didn’t play intense. We should have played much more physical. We didn’t hit anybody.” But the 76ers’ problem was scoring. Everytime they threatened, the Bulls simply pulled away. “I felt confident all the way,” Jordan said. “I had good shots, but a few fell short. I couldn’t push off the ankle like I wanted. But our defense did the job, really.” SO MUCH SO that the 76ers shot only 38 percent from the field. “We obviously didn’t shoot the ball well,” said 76ers coach Jim Lynam. “We shot 40 percent in the first half and about the same in the second half for a total of 85 points. That’s below what I expect from our offense. “Our perimeter shooting was not at all what we expected. Our team usually shoots well from the perimeter.” Still, Lynam felt his team might have won after cutting the lead to 86-83 with less than four minutes to play. But Jordan scored nine of Chicago’s last 11 points while Barkley hit for Philadelphia’s only basket during that spell.
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GHS tunes up for tourney
BRAZIL tournament time and Greencastle High School golf coach Steve Paquin needs to find that consistent fifth player. T.R. Harlan and Kyle Chrisitiansen are making that difficult. Harlan shot one of his best rounds of the season Monday, a 40, in Greencastle’s 161-174 victory over Northview at Brazil’s Forrest Park. Christiansen carded one of two 44s that figured into the Cubs’ scoring. The Tiger Cubs host the Putnam County Tournament Thursday at Windy Hill Country Club and travel to Cascades Golf Course in Bloomington Saturday for the West Central Conference Tournament. And
Fowler leads North effort
ROACHDALE The North Putnam golf team got finished strong after a slow start in a 177189 loss to North Montgomery. Brent Fowler earned medalist honors for the meet, coming from behind to score a 41. He recovered from two double bogeys in the first four holes by shooting par golf the final four holes.
South girls win meet
CLOVERDALE Amy Reynolds won two events to lead the South Putnam Junior High girls track team to a 54-37 victory over Cloverdale, with North Clay scoring 35 points. North Clay ran by South Putnam 55-48 with Cloverdale scoring 34 points for third place in the boys meet South stands 6-1 in regular-season meets. Monday at Cloverdale Girls Meet South Putnam 54, Cloverdale 37, North Clay 35 HJ —5-0, Lons, NC. LJ SP Discus
DPU golfers in third place
The DePauw women’s golf team is in third place after one round of play at the National Golf Coaches Association championships at the Hickory Ridge Country Club in South Amherst Massachusetts. Defending champion Methodist leads with a 327 followed by host Amherst at 330
Cubs stuck in 4-1 rut
Greencastle High School’s tennis team slipped to 3-8 Monday afternoon with a 4-1 loss to West vigo on the Tiger Cub courts. It was the Cubs fourth straight loss by a 4-1 score. “I think we’re better than we were playing then (in early April). We’re playing better competition,” coach Trish Arthur said. “We’re playing schools that have tennis reputations.” Greencastle’s only came from Kara Thomas and Cassi Cox who won the first set by 7-6 tiebreaker then beat Michelle Meeks and Lisa Cardinal 6-1 in the second set. “This is their fun sport,” coach Arthur said of tennis at Greencastle High School. “They work hard in volleyball, basketball and swimming. And they’re learning a recreational.”
Youth baseball opens
The Branagin Oil Tigers and Brian’s Body Shop came out winners in the first action of Greencastle Youth Baseball League reported. The Tigers defeated the Shuee and Sons Cards 12-4, while Brian’s Body Shop downed the Roachdale Hawks 15-6. The league has not provided the Banner-Graphic a schedule of games or summer activities. Game report forms are available for coaches at the BannerGraphic or at the concession stand at the diamond on North Arlington Street Branagin’s Tigers scored three runs in the first inning and never
the golf sectional at Martinsville’s Foxcliff Country Cub opens May 29. John Parmley, as usual, led Greencastle with a one-over par 35. Parmley carded three birdies, two bogeys and paired four holes. “He really played well,” Paquin said. Doug Hill and Ryan Wallace have settled into the two and three spots in the last couple of weeks. Hill carded a 42 and Wallace a 44 in Monday’s win. And Mark Hiemenz, a steady freshman, shot a 46. Monday at Forest Park (par 36) Greencastle 161, North view 174 Greencastle John Parmley 35, T.R. Harlan 40, Doug Hill 42, Ryan Wallace 44, Kyle Christiansen 44, Mark Hiemenz 46. Northview Nichols 39, Bell 42, Cayton 45, Stewart 48, Dardeen 50, J. Cayton 54.
John Stecher finished with a 47, which was another solid comeback. After a triple and three double bogeys, Stecher got his game on track the final four holes. Monday at 'Dirkey Run G.C. North Montgomery 177, North Putnam 189 North Putnam Brent Fowler 41, John Stecher 47, Chad Wehrman 48, Dustin Kennedy 53, Mike Jackson 58, Rita Hess 59. North Montgomery Douglas 42, Richards 44, Jeffery 44, Fiddler 47, Hacker 55, Ramsey WD.
100-LII 100— 13.1, Amy Reynolds, SP. 1600 400-relay not available). 400 800 200 1600-relay not available). Boys Meet North Clay 55, South Putnam 48, Cloverdale 34 HJ —5-0, Harrison, NC. LJ SP PV -0, Troye Callahan, SP. Discus 100-LH 100— 11.98, Ward, NC. 1600 400-relay 400 800 200 1600-relay
and DePauw with 351. Jill Damall and Joy Rowe pace the Tigers with first round totals of 87 which place them in a tie for 14th. Jane Crandall is tied for 16th with 88 while Colleen Brock is 18th at 89 and Ellen Royse is 21st with a score of 90.
Greencastle returns to action Thursday with a 4:45 p.m. home match against Terre Haute North. Monday at Greencastle West Vigo 4, Greencastle 1 Singles 1. Erika Kramer, WV, def. Crystal Hendershot, G, 6-4, 6-1; 2. Kathy Stoffel, WV, def. Melanie Marley, G, 6-0, 6-2; 3. Melissa Meeks, WV, def. Saiko Yamade, G, 6-0 6-1. Doubles 1. Kara Thomas and Cassi Cox, G, def. Michelle Meeks and Lisa Cardinal, WV, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1; 2 Jodi Shetler and Nikki Harms, WV, def. Pam Mourouzis and Emily Chandler, G, 6-3,7-6 (7-4). JUNIOR VARSITY Greencastle 3, West Vigo 3 Singles (Pro sets) 1. Cathy Peterson, WV, def. Angela Clore, G, 8-5; 2. Lori Robbins, WV, def. Lora Jones, G, 8-0; 3. Mandy Gacsko, G, def. Jenny Grisby, WV, 8-0. Doubles 1. Sami Ruark and Susan Hunter, G, def. Tina Massa and Tea Nimenin, WV, 8-2; 2. Dee Moell and Cecilia Weng, G, def. Abby Couch and Gretchen Kuyendall, WV, 8-2; 3. Cathy Peterson and Lori Robbins, WV, def. Chelsea Smock and Jenni Luken, G, 8-0. EXHIBITION 1. Amy Ledbetter; G, def. Stephanie Lucas, G, 8-3.
trailed again. Randy Branagin led the Tigers with a double and single and Cory Duff and Pete Pearson had two singles each. Winning pitcher Jeff Brown struck out 13 and walked one while pitching a five-hitter. Jeremy Sheldon hit two home runs for the Cards. He hit a solo home run in the first inning and a three-run homer in the fifth. Joey Witty ptiched Brian’s Body Shop to its first win. Witty struck out 12 and gave up eight hits. Brian’s Body Shop batted its pitcher with 23 hits. No other details on the game were reported.