Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 251, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 June 1990 — Page 7
sports
Blues Jays in title game
The Roachdale Blue Jays scored an 11-7 victory over the First Citizens Bank Redlegs Wednesday night to move into the championship game of the Minor League Tournament in the Greencastle Youth Baseball League. The Blue Jays will play either Pizza Den of Bainbridge or the Central National Bank Giants in Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. championship game. Pizza Den and the Giants play their semifinal game at 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) on the Greencastle Youth Baseball League diamond.
Pizza Den in semifinals
BAINBRIDGE of Bainbridge teams Tuesday night, Pizza Den defeated Spencer Trucking 8-5 to move into the semifinals of the Greencastle Youth Baseball League’s Minor League Tournament. Pizza Den now plays the Central National Bank Giants at 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) on the Greencastle Youth Baseball League diamond in Greencastle. The winner advances to Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. title game
Chappell leads Midland
Jamie Chappell struck out 16 batters and Midland Co-op knocked out 13 hits to defeat Cloverdale Yellow 21-5 in Greencastle and Southern Putnam County Babe Ruth League play Wednesday night. Chappell allowed Cloverdale Yellow just four hits in the contest and walked only three batters. And Chappell got the strikeouts when he needed them, like in the fourth inning. Cloverdale loaded the bases on a David Rollings single and walks
Cardinals upset Tigers
The Shuee and Sons Cardinals pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Major League Tournament of the Greencastle Youth Baseball League Wednesday night. The Cardinals defeated the regular-season champion Branagin Oil Tigers 11-5, as David Cavaness and Craig Williams combined to hurl 14 strikeouts. The victory sends the Cardinals into Friday’s 7:15 p.m. tournament semifinal game against the Helmer Appraisal Orioles. Jeramy Sheldon followed Williams’ double with a two-run home run that ingited the Car-
Dairy Castle wins 20-0
Dairy Castle scored nine runs in the first inning and played er-ror-free defense for a 20-0 shutout victory over Mane Attraction recently in Senior League play of the Putnam County Girls Softball League. Laura Ledbetter ripped two triples and a double in a 4-for-5 performance at the plate. Shan-
One inning is difference
Cash Concrete-M&R Auto evened its record in the Greencastle Men’s Softball League to 4-4 Wednesday night with a 147 victory over Wash & Fill at Robe-Ann Park. Wash & Fill led 7-2 after three innings, but Cash Con-crete-M&R Auto scored 11 runs in the fourth inning to take the
Putnam County Sports Thursday Danville at Greencastle Summer Swim Team, Greencastle H.S., 6:30 p.m. Greencastle Youth Baseball League Minors: 5:30 p.m., Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 at Greencastle. Putnam County Girls Softball League at Big Walnut Sports Park Ponytail League: 5 p.m., PSI vs. PASS; 5 p.m., Brackney’s vs. Kiddie Comer. Senior League: 6 p.m., Mane Attraction vs. Dairy Castle; 6 p.m., Berry’s Law vs. Brebhob Electric; 6 p.m., Vita Plus vs. Limedale Ditching.
The Blue Jays scored seven runs in the first innings against the Redlegs and never trailed. Ryan Patterson and Jeremy Rust led the Blue Jays’ hitting with a double each. Patterson, Rust, Brad Clampitt, Justin Jarrett, Alan Windmillcr and Eric Oliver were all on base twice. Erik Baynard and Jake VanRensselaer led the Redlegs with a double as one of their two or more hits. Tony Williams, Randy Jackson and Grant Hile also had two or more hits. Clampitt, the winning pitcher, struck out 10 batters for the Blue Jays.
against the Roachdale Blue Jays. Scoring three runs in the top of the first inning, Pizza Den never trailed Spencer Trucking. Cody Watkins ripped a tworun double in the first inning and Brandon Elliott a two-mn triple in the third inning. Josh Boiler had two singles for Pizza Den and Sheridan Havey led Spencer Trucking with two singles. Josh Boiler was the winning pitcher for Pizza Den.
to Shawn Ashworth and Tim Baker. Chappell then struck out the next three batters to retire the side without giving up a run. Ryan Gruenholz and David Schubert led Midland’s attack with three hits each. Gruenholz was 3-for-3 at the plate, including two doubles. Schubert was 3-for-5 at the plate with two doubles. Paul Schubert and Matt Sillery each had two singles for Midland and Chris Howell contributed a double.
dinals to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The Tigers scored five runs in the third inning to briefly take the lead. The Cardinals scored three runs in the bottom of the third inning and Williams came on to pitch three innings of shutout baseball to preserve the win for Cavaness. Williams, Cavaness and Jason Alexander each had doubles in the Cardinals’ nine-hit attack. Alexander and Williams each had a double and single and Travis Shillings two singles to lead the Cardinals. Peter Pearson and Jeremy Newgent led the Tigers’ nine-hit attack. Each had a single and double.
non Trout was also 4-for-5 with a triple and three singles. Mandy Detro was 4-for-5 hitting, including two doubles. Natalie Coffey was 4-for-4 with four singles. Loretta Baker had three hits triple, double and single. Angie Shillings connected for two singles and a triple and Dusty Marley ripped a triple and single.
lead. Josh King paced the victory with a double as one of his two or more hits in the contest. Chris Steele, the winning pitcher, also contributed a double. King, Todd Hendershot, Terry Freeman, Dennis Campbell and Scott Dunn each had two or more hits for the winner.
Guards high priority in draft
By BILL BARNARD AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) The NBA obsession with size seems to be at an end. Not since the Detroit Pistons took Isiah Thomas in 1981 had a guard been selected as high as second in the draft. ON WEDNESDAY night, seven of the first 10 picks, including the second through fifth selections, were guards or perimeter shooters. Even the No. 1 pick, 6-foot-10 forward Derrick Coleman, is far from a plodder. His ball-handling and passing skills, combined with rebounding and scoring prowess, were factors in his becoming the New Jersey Nets’ first selection. The only questions about Coleman concerned his attitude. “I’m a warm, loving kind of guy,” Coleman said. “I think most guys from the inner city get a bad rep. At Syracuse, a lot was blown out of proportion.” THE NETS, WHOSE 17-65 record was the worst in the NBA last season, haven’t had a first-rate first-round selection since Sleepy Floyd in 1982. “They need a couple of players to help them out,” Coleman said. “Hopefully, I’m one of those.” Following Coleman came the run of seven perimeter players in the next nine picks. Seattle took 6-3 Oregon State point guard Gary Payton and Denver followed with Louisiana State’s 6-1 Chris Jackson, a 29-point scorer in his two years in college. THEN CAME 6-7 Dennis Scott of Georgia Tech, an outstanding perimeter shooter who was taken by Orlando, and 6-5 guard Kendall Gill of Illinois, selected by Charlotte. “I wanted to stay on the West Coast and help Seattle out,” Payton said. “They needed a leader and I think they got one. They have so many premier players who can score. I think I can get them the ball.” Jackson, a super-quick and creative scorer, will team with 5-11 guard Michael Adams on the Nuggets. THE RUN OF shooters was interrupted briefly when Minnesota selected 7-0 Felton Spencer of Louisville and the Sacramento Kings grabbed 6-7 Player of the
Lendl takes major step toward title WIMBLEDON, England (AP) win Wimbledon took another powerful step forward today and received a further boost from a hard-hitting Austrian. The top-ranked player in the world used pounding serves, sharply angled volleys and a lot of skill to beat Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the third round. Also advancing, although with a bit more difficulty, was Gabriela Sabatini. The women’s fourth seed from Argentina beat Anke Huber of West Germany 6-2, 7-6. Out of the tournament, though, went Henri Leconte. The 15th seed from France was eliminated by Alex Antonitsch of Austria 2-6,6-4, 7-6,2-6,6-3. As the fourth day of the Grand Slam tournament played out in cool, breezy weather, a bomb scare paralyzed part of the ground outside Centre Court for about a half hour. Play was suspended on three outside courts after a suspicious item it turned out to be a camera in a leather case was found near the main gate. Police bomb-squad officers gave the all-clear after checking the item with a portable X-ray machine.
Presidents want games and aid cut
CHICAGO (AP) College athletes and the games they play may soon decline in number. But nobody can accuse the NCAA Presidents Commission of not listening any more. “THE KEY ISSUE is cooperation and interchange of ideas,” NCAA executive director Dick Schultz said Wednesday while helping unveil a wide-ranging plan to cut scholarship limits and reduce time demands on athletes. If the package is approved by NCAA schools at their convention next January, athletes will not spend more than 20 hours per week
Year Lionel Simmons of La Salle with the first of their record four first-round picks. Sacramento, which acquired a starting lineup Wednesday night, also grabbed 6-2 guard Travis Mays of Texas, center Duane Causwell of Temple and power forward Anthony Bonner of St. Louis in the first round. In the second round, they selected point guard Bimbo Coles of Virginia Tech, then traded his draft rights to Miami for veteran Rory Sparrow. BO KIMBLE, THE nation’s leading scorer at Loyola Marymount with a 35.3 average, was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers, who can use him as insurance while Ron Harper recovers from an injured knee. Willie Burton, a 6-7 forward in college, then was grabbed by Miami, which acquired the ninth and 15th picks from Denver in exchange for Denver’s No. 3. Atlanta, which switched firstround picks with Golden State earlier in the day, then took Michigan point guard Rumeal Robinson with the 10th pick. Robinson was the first of three Michigan players taken in the first round, matching the most ever from one college team in the same year. The second 10 selections in the first round were 6-10 forward Tyrone Hill of Xavier, Ohio, by Golden State; 6-11 forward Alec Kessler of Georgia by Houston; Loy Vaught of Michigan by the Clippers; Mays by Sacramento; 6-5 guard Dave Jamerson of Ohio University by Miami; Terry Mills of Michigan by Milwaukee; 6-10 Jerrod Mustaf of Maryland by New York; Causwell by Sacramento; 6-1 point guard Dee Brown of Jacksonville by Boston; and Minnesota took Gerald Glass of Mississippi. THE FINAL SEVEN firstround picks were 6-10 forward Jayson Williams of St. John’s by Phoenix; 6-5 point guard Tate George of Connecticut by the Nets; Bonner by the Kings; 7-0 center Dwayne Schintzius of Florida by San Antonio; 6-10 forward Alaa Adbelnaby of Duke by Portland; 64 guard Lance Blanks of Texas by Detroit; and the Los Angeles Lakers completed the round by taking 6-11 Elden Campbell of Clemson.
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The Putnam County Youth Soccer League’s under-12-boys team plays its first game in the White River Park State Games Saturday in the Terre Haute Regional at the Vigo County Fair Grounds. The boys play at 11 a.m. and again at 3 p.m. Members of the team are (front row, from left): Joseph Rossok, Patrick Baumann, Nathan Call, Cameron Starr, Pete Huffman and (second
in sports, an average reduction of about 33 percent. In addition, scholarship limits would be trimmed in almost all sports while athletic dorms are phased out over a five-year period. BUT, IN A concession to the reduction in time demands, the presidents agreed to restore two games to the college basketball season, making a limit of 27 per season. The basic proposals were put together by a committee of conference commissioners, who were prodded to do so by the Presidents Commission. The presidents were
Charlotte picks Scheffler for his size and strength
By The Associated Press Purdue’s Stephen Scheffler, the only player with Indiana connections selected in this year’s NBA draft, did some quick research after the Charlotte Hornets made him the 39th selection. “I went to the encylopedia and looked up Charlotte to see what kind of climate and city it was,” said Scheffler, who watched the draft from his home in Ada, Mich. “I do know that Charlotte parallels Indiana in its strong support for basketball.” Scheffler, who led the Boilermakers to a 22-8 mark and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 16.6 average, said he had heard only good things about the Charlotte organization. “They just said it real quick, and it totally caught me offguard,” Scheffler said of his selection. “Once I got drafted, then I stopped watching and things started happening real quick.” Scheffler’s agent, Cincinnatibased Ron Grinker, called and briefly explained the scenario in Charlotte. “After he explained the situation, I had a big smile on my face,” Scheffler said. The 6-foot-9 center had met Hornets’ coach Gene Littles last week at an informal tryout in Cincinnati. But, Scheffler had no strong indication that the team was interested in him. TNT-TV analyst Doug Collins, the former Chicago Bulls’ coach, was surprised after the choice was announced. He said Scheffler is a real strong player but “the one problem he will have is finishing around the basket because he’s not a great leaper.” Collins added that Scheffler’s strength will be neutralized because of the strength of NBA players and that he will have a
row, from left) Brandon Sutherlin, Brad Grable, Jeff Small, Doug DeHoff, Mike Finchum, Keith Miller and coach Joe Baumann. Not pictured are Jimmy Alexander, Pete McCall, Josh Tegrotenhuis, Jason Woodall, Jim Pitcher, Jesse Sehloterback and Jacob Cox. (Banner-Graphic photo by Steve Fields)
spurred by a survey they made of athletes, whose chief complaint was having too little time for social and academic pursuits. “We met with our conference commissioners, our athletic directors, coaches and student-athletes,” President Martin Massengale said. “We came into this meeting with a lot of input frbm a large number of people, and that’s a very good sign.” THE MAXIMUM number of contests or dates of competition would be reduced in most sports, but not in football. Athletes will
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STEPHEN SCHEFFLER Charlotte’s choice lot of his shots blocked. But strength is what the Hornets wanted. “One thing I felt when I came aboard is that we weren’t tough enough,” Littles said Wednesday night. Charlotte scout Tom Jorgenson added, “That’s one thing about Scheffler he’s going to bang people.” Among the players with Indiana connections who were not among the 54 players drafted Wednesday was Tony Jones, a two-time Purdue MVP. He and the others must now wait for invitations to free agent camps. Members of that group include forward Rick Calloway, who finished his college career at Kansas after helping Indiana win the 1987 NCAA championship; Evansville’s Dan Godfread, a strong 6-10, 260pound forward; Curtis Kidd and Paris McCurdy, who led Ball State to two consecutive MidAmerican Conference championships and NCAA appearances; Kirk Manns, a former Indiana high school scoring leader who played at Michigan State; and Keith Robinson, a solid inside player for Notre Dame.
also be guaranteed a sports-free day each week and spend only eight hours per week during the offseason. The measures will be put into legislative form by the Collegiate Commissioners Conference later this week. The commission and the NCAA Council have until Aug. 15 to submit legislation for the January 1991 convention. “The commission will be meeting with the Council to do some fine-tuning,” Massengale said. “There could be some minor changes in what we’re recommending.”
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