Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1957 — Page 7

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Yellow Jacket Gridders Could Be Dangerous]!! They Take It Serious

By Jack Heller One week from tonight, the 1957 version of the Decatur Yellow Jackets’ football team will take on the Auburn Red Devas at Worthman Field, and we’ll be off and running for another season. And an interesting season it ought to be, too. If nothing else, before all the bumps and bruises, moments of heroism and futility are over, it will be a good reminder to those boys on the team that a lot of fine football players graduated last spring, and are no longer around to block and tackle for them. Not that this year’s team lacks any ability. On the contrary, the group of boys who have been sweating through the pre-season sessions with coaches Bob Worthman and Jerry Leitz have all the physical makings of an outstanding football team. The thing they seem to lack so far is the realization that "It's later than you think," and if they don't start taking the game seriously pretty soon, they’re going to be in for a long, cold winter. While not knee-deep in experience, coach Worthman has some good talent to build a team around. ' Halfback Larry Moses and ends Ted Hutkcr and Ty Ballard are the starters left from last years’ offensive team, while John Hebble was a regular defensive performer in 1956. Back from behind the "iron curtain" is Tim Murphy, who played regular defensive end for the Bluffton Tigers last fall. Murphy, a 6’l”. 190 pound junior, is currently stationed at left end. with Hutker, a member of last year’s NEIC all-conference team, at the right wing. "Huk" is a five-ten, 155 pound senior, and probably the fastest end in the conference. Both boys are good for offense and defense, with Murphy shifting into tackle for the latter. Backing up these two are Dave Eichenauer and Dave Van Horn. "Ike” is a good offensive bet while Van Horn looks the best on defense. At tackles arc a pair of fast, good sized boys. Jack Macklin and John Hebble are about identical physically. Both are seniors, stand 6 feet tall and weigh 175. They can block and tackle hard. Matklin ~wffl' p!sy tackir~both’ ways, while Hebble will play at a line-backer slot part flf the time on defense. Jim Corah and Garv Sheets, another pair of big, strong tackles, back up the seniors. Guard is the - green position in the line. Right now. Pat Franklin and Fred Locke are holding onto the starting position, but are getting some stiff competition. Locke, a 5’10”. 150 pound senior, is a converted halfback, and Franklin, six feet and 170 pounds, graduated from the second team after playing quite a bit on defense last year. Behind these two are a pair of late blooming seniors, Larry Klenk and Ivan Roth, who are in there scrapping, and may be in there starting. Terry Holtsberry has come up from the freshman-sophomore team to take over the center slot.

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While he hasn't had much varsity experience, Terry is no stranger at the all-important center position. The 6'l", 165 pound Junior is backed up by rangy Steve Lytle. In the backfield, only Larry Moses is a holdover from last fall’s eleven, but all of the other boys currently on the first team are letter winners. At quarterback is one of the team's real surprises, Bob Banks. The six foot, 160 pound senior has really been putting out in practice so far this year, and it looks as though the Jackets will continue to have a good quarterback. Banks has displayed quite an ability for passing and is also a good blocker and runner. Behind Bob is sophomore, Jim Reidenbach. "Red” will not only relieve Banks at offensive quarter, but will also be on the starting defensive team as he is one of the teams hardest tacklers. Big Ty Ballard, an end last year, has been shifted into the right halfback position. Ty stands 6’l" and weighs 190 pounds and it's “Oh, my aching head” to any one who gets in his way. The big. rugged senior isn’t any Red Grange, but can really move once [he gets rolling. Another lateblooming senior, Chuck May. backs up Ballard at right half. At 5’6” and 140 pounds. May is quite a contrast to Ballard, but “Willie” is a shifty runner and a real good tackler. The fullback job is another battle between a “Mutt and Jeff" pair of juniors. Larry Ritter. 5’6” and 140 pounds, has the inside track right now, but Bob Shraluka, 6'l" and 175 pounds, will play a lot of ball too, and may be ready to start if he can shake off a pulled muscle that has been bothering him. Lightning Larry Moses will be at left half for the Jackets. “Mo" is running as fast as ever, and is a lot harder to bring down this year. He has also been doing some passing and is a good receiver. Moses was the team’s leading scorer last season, and should be able to do the trick again. The combination of Moses and Ballard gives the Jackets power and speed in the backfield, and both hoys should gain a lot of ground. Moses, a senior, stands 5’11" and weighs 155 pounds. Sophomore Jim Gay is behind Moses at right half, but may pop up in the backfield a,t anv other position but quarterback. While not fancy, Gay is fast and a strong runner, and can block and tackle. This year’s team will definitely miss the outstanding punting they’ve had for the last three years. Reidenbach and Moses have been doing the punting so far. and given time, may develop into another Kelly. Kirkpatrick or Debolt. The team's attack will again feature the Michigan State multiple offense, with the T-formation and the single-wing both right and left. There are four fine receivers on the team in Murphy. Hutker, Moses and Ballard, and with Banks, Moses, Ballard and Reidenbach to do the throwing, should put on a real wide-open offense. The schedule is just as rough ’as always, with every school on the agenda being of larger enrollment than Decatur. The Red Devils from Auburn are still in the midst of rebuilding some of their powerhouses of years gone by, but are always a dangerous foe. New Haven’s “which way did they go" Bulldogs will be fast, faster and fastest, with the team built around sprint champion Dale Buhr. Hartford City.

which fields a team of monstrous size, is about due for one with Spirit to match. The Garrett Railroaders are the team the" Jackets are waiting for. Garrett may not be as rough as last year, but still have enough left to win a lot of games. Portland, with their consolidated school, should have an improved team. Concordia will have to look for a new backfield, but have a nice line to put it behind. The Bluffton Tigers will be tough for Decatur to beat regardless of what they have. Columbia City and Kendallville are both on the way up and this may be the year for one or both of them. Guessing the outcome of games to be played is a risky business and one to be shied away from. Right now, the Jackets look like four-game, winners at the best. The material is there for a much better record, but so far the maturity and determination that make a good team out of a group of players hasn’t been shown enough. This may be a season of surprises though. Maybe the team will remember in time that a good team is one that wants to play and wants to play to win badly enough to give everything they’ve got. The schedule is: Sept. 6—Auburn here Sept. 13—New Haven there Sept. 17—Hartford City there Sept. 20—Garrett there Sept. 27—Portland there Oct. I—Concordia here Oct. 4—Bluffton here Oct. 18—Columbia City here Oct. 23—Kendallville here Fort Wayne Dairymen Meet Texans In Tourney WICHITA, Kan. (UP)-Defend-ing champion Fort Wayne Dairymen and Sinton, Tex., Plymouth Oilers, the two big teams in the National Baseball Congress tourney, clash tonight to determine the lone remsming unbeaten club going into Saturday night’s quarterfinals. Fort Wayne boosted its record to 4-0 Thursday night with a 6-2, fourth-round victory over the Casa Grande, Ariz., Cotton Kings. Right-hander Parnell Hlsner I pitched a seven-hitter for his third victory in the tourney and big Wilmer Fields belted hi*, third and fourth home runs. Major League Results By UNITED PRESS American League Baltimore 000 040 000— 4 9 2 Cleveland 630 001 21x—13 13 1 O’Dell, Zuverink (2), Ceccarelli <8) and Triandos, Zupo (8). Garcia (8-8) and Hegan. Loser — O’Dell (2-8). HR—Hegan (4th), Colavito (23rd), Smith (Uth), Wertz (21st). <ll Innings) New York 001 000 000 01— 2 8 0 Chicago— 001 000 000 00— 1 5 0 Sturdivant, Ford (7) and Berra Donovan (15-4) and Lollar. Winner—Ford (8-4). HR—Bauer (16th) Slaughter (sth>, Boston 00 020 301— 6 8 0 Detroit 000 000 010— 1 6 0 Brewer (15-11) and Daley. Maas, Byrd (7), Sleater (7). Shaw (7), Stump <9) and House. Loser — Maas (9-11). (Only games scheduled.) National League (No games scheduled.)

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British Name Team For Walker Match MINNEAPOLIS (UP)—The British Walker Cup team nominated an All-Star lineup today for twoball foursome matches against the American squad in an effort to win the international cup for the second time in 16 tries. All but one of the eight players named for today’s four contests by non-playing C«pt. Gerald Micklem has held a major British title in the last four years, and two of them, Joseph B. Carr and Reid Jack, have won the British Amateur crown Carr, a 35-year-old veteran of five previous Walker Cup tournaments, who won the British title in 1953, was named with Frank W. G. Deighton, 30, in the No. 1 British foursome to play against an American combination of experience and youth, 35-year-old Billy Joe Patton and Rex Baxter Jr., 21. Baxter holds the National Collegiate and Trans-Mississippi titles, while Patton's top title was the Norh and South Amateur in 1954. The No. 2 battle will pit Phillip F. Scrutton, 34, and Alan Bussell, 20, of Britain against Bill Campbell, 34, and Frank M. Taylor Jr., 39, while the No. 3 match will be Douglas Sewell, 27, and Reid Jack for Britain against Arnold S. Blum, 34, and Charles R Kocsls, 44. The fourth match will be Mason Rudolph, 23, and Hillman Robbins Jr., 25, for the United States vs Alex F. Shepperson, 21, and Guy Wolstenholme, 26. Campbell has the outstanding American record. He has won the North - South Amateur title three times, the Mex ic a n Amateur crown and has played on two Walker Cup teams. Blum twice won the North-South title while Kocsis, the oldest player on both squads, held the National Collegiate crown 21 years ago and took the Big Ten title in both 1933 and 1934. Dupas Is Favored In Tonight's Ten Rounder MIAMI BEACH UP —Second ranked lightweight Ralph Dupas was a 2-1 favorite to beat highlyregarded Johnny Busso in a na-tionally-televised 10-round bout tonight because of his greater speed and experience. But the 21-year-old New Orleans lightweight said he has an even better reason for winning: His anger over court troubles in which he is trying to prove that he is white rather than Negro Dupas said he is “ fighting mad” over the affair and plans to vent his wrath on Busso in the ring. “This may make me a better fighter than I usually am," he said. "I’ve got to take it out on somebody, why not Busso.” Attendance Mark To Fall At Milwaukee MILWAUKEE (UP) — The firstplace Milwaukee Braves are a cinch to break their National League attendance record this season, ticket director Bill Eberly said today. But tne major league record of 2,620,627 by the Cleveland Indians remains out of reach. With 18 home dates remaining the Braves must draw a little more than 26,000 per game t' equal the mark they set in 1954. In 55 home dates so far this year, the average has been 30,244. "If the weather is in our favor we should draw around 2,280,000,’’ Eberly said. This would be about 150,000 over the record and “we could possibly get more because of pennant interest."

Yankees Make Clean Sweep In Crucial Tills By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer The go-go White Sox are almost gone and the all-conquering New York Yankees now are 8-5 favorites to beat Milwaukee in the World Series. With the Yankees a whopping 6% games ahead and only 27 left to play after their stunning threegame sweep of the Sox, oddsmakers "officially” announced today they no longer are accepting any bets on the Yankees in the American League pennant chase. As far as they're concerned, the flag chase all but ended when "old pro” Country Slaughter forgot his 41 years and slammed an llth-inning home run Thursday to give the Yankees a dramatic 2-1 victory at Chicago. The oddsmakers say today they will now accept only bets against the Yankees, not on them. They’ll give you 8-1 odds if you still like the White Sox. The same goes for the Braves vs everyone else in the National League. Money Players Did It The hard-bitten "money” players took the big game for the Yankees, just as they have so many times in the past. The first Yankee run was a left-field home run in the third inning by ex-Ma-rine hero Hank Bauer. Earl Tormeson's sacrifice fly in the same frame rjove in a Sox run that tied the score but, at last. Slaughter's drive into the right field seats in the 11th was he winner. Tom Surdlvant pitched the first six innings for the Yankees, but Whitey Ford got the win with five brilliant relief innings in which he allowed just one ht Dick Donovan pitched all the way for the Sox to lose a tough one, giving up eight, hits. _ 4 The Sox muffed their big chance to win in the last half of the 10th inning. With one out. Ford walked Sherm Lollar and Walt Dropo was safe when Tony Kubek bobbled his grounder. But Ford retired both Bubba Phillips and Donovan on grounders to end the threat. From here out, the schedule fa-: vors the Yankees, too. They play: 18 of their remaining games at home, only nine on the road. The White Sox play only eight at home—and 20 on the road. Indians Trounce Orioles ! I- t lv other major league ! games Thu'Sday, the Cleveland Indian; clammed four home runs to trounce the Baltimore Orioles, ton Red Sox gained his 15th vic--13-4, and Tom Brewer of the Bostory of the year, 6-1, over the Detroit Tigers. Jim Hegan, Rocky Colavito, Al Smith, and Vic Wertz hit homers for the Indians, who started with six runs in the first inning and three In the second to gain revenge for their thumping by the Orioles a day earlier. Mike Garcia scattered nine hits in breezing to his eighth win. Brewer allowed the Tigers only six hits. Frank Malzone drove in three of the Sox runs* and Ted Williams drew four walks. Williams grounded out in his other atbat and dropped one point of his batting lead over Mickey Mantle of the Yankees Williams was at .379 and Mantle at .373 after two hits against Chicago. Williams' Lead Drops Six Points In Slugfest BALTIMORE. Md. - (W - Four walks helped to cut Ted Williams lead over Mickey Mantle in the American League batting race to six points today. Williams dropped one point from 380 to .379 Thursday when he drew four walks and grounded out once in five trips to the plate in the Boston Red Sox’s 6-1 victory over Detroit. Mantle stayed even at .373 with two hits in five atbats for the Yankees in their 2-1 win over. Chicago. Here's how the sluggers stand: G. AB. R. H. Pct. Williams .... 118 393 87 149 .379 Mantle 127 429 113 160 .373

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Junior Footballers To Hold Meet Tonight All bays registered for or interested in registering for Junior high football are asked to meet at Worthman field at 6:30 for a short while this evening. The boys will meet the coaches, get acquainted with the plays and be Introduced to the game. It will not be necessary to wear any equipment. Any boys who are interested in playing junior high football can get their uniform tonight. All boys are asked to bring their physical and permission slips, as they cannot practice until they are in. Any interested parents are welcome to accompany their sons. By UNITED PRESS American League W. L Pct. GB New York 82 45 .646 ... Chicago 75 51 .595 6ft Boston 67 59 .532 14ft Detroit 63 64 .496 19 Cleveland 6266 .484 20ft Baltimore 60 65 .480 21 Kansas City 49 78 .386 33 Washington 48 78 .381 33ft Thursday’s Results New York 2 Chicago 1 (11 inns) Cleveland 13 Baltimore 4 Boston 6 Detroit 1 (Only games scheduled.) Saturday’s Games Chicago at Kansas City, night Detroit at Cleveland, night Washington at New York, night Boston at Baltimore, night National League W. L. Pet. GB Milwaukee 77 48 .616 ... Brooklyn 71 56 .559 7 St. Louis 70 56 .556 7ft Cincinnati 64 62 .508 13ft Philadelphia 63 63 .500 14ft New York 62 68 .477 17ft Chicago 49 74 .398 27 Pittsburgh 48 77 384 29 Thursday’s Results (No games scheduled.) Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, night New York at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia St. Louis at Chicago nior League Leader' National League i Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pct. Musial, St L. 121 468 75 159 .340 I Mays. N.York 128 487 96 163 .335 Aaron, Milw. 122 450 97 162 .324 Groat, Pitts. 98 394 48 127 .322 Robinson, Cin. 122 298 81 159 .319 American League Williams. Bop. 118 393 87 149 .379 Mantle, N.Y. 127 429 113 160 373 Woodling, Clev 111 347 61 117 .337 Fox. Chicago 127 500 94 161 .322 Boyd. Balti. 419 411-.6H28 sJJI Home Runs National League: Aaron, Braves 37; Snider, Dodgers 34; Banks. Cubs 30; Musial, Cards 29; Mays, Giants 28; Crowe, Redlegs 28. American League: Sievers, Senators 33; Mantle, Yanks 33; Williams, Red Sox 33; Colavito, Indians 23; Maxwell, Tigers 21; Wertz, Indians 21. —— Runs Batted In National League: Aaron, Braves 105; Musial, Cards 97; Mays, Giants 86; Hodges, Dodgers 83; Banks, Cubs 80; Crowe, Redlegs 80. . _ „ ; American League: Sievers. Senators 89; Mantle, Yanks 89; Minoso, White Sox 84; Skowron, Yanks 84; Jensen, Red Sox 83. Pitching Schmidt, Cards 10-1; Donoyan, White Sox 15-41 Shantz. Yanks 103; Sanford, Phils 16-5; Grim, Yanks 11-4. Rifletytatch Nearing End At Camp Perry CAMP PERRY. Ohio <UP) - Marine T-Sgt. James E. Hill. Port land, Ind., will defend his national service rifle championship here Saturday in the annual rifle and pistol matches. Two series of championship matches will run concurrently from Aug. 31 through Sept. 5. The official service matches, designated the “National Trophy Championships," will follow the NRA matches from Sept. 7-10. Trade in a good town — Decatur

GRASS WATERWAYBUILT fife jfei PLOWED AND PLANTED, the above will soon be a grass waterway, carrying surface water from several fields on the Ward and Jay Chapman farm to a nearby drainage ditch. The surface waterway was constructed in a deeply eroded gully during the state plowin gcontest Tuesday. Decatur implement dealers brought their tractors and light equipment, and showed the farmers present how regular farm equipment can install a grass waterway. The land was then fertilized tv Roy L. Price and helpers, and planted. The grass will allow the water to pass through without carrying off valuable topsoil, and undercutting the rest of the field. The work was surveyed by Cletus r Gillman, U. S. soil conservationist working with the local soil conservation district. f » (Staff Photo)

On The Job SAUGATUCK. Mich. — (IP) — Michael Shannon of Traverse City and Russell Collins of Lincoln, Neb., seniors at Michigan State University’s police administration school, received on-the-job train ing as members of Saugatuck’s four-man police force this summer. Rent Paid MUSKEGON, Mich — IIP) — A thief who borrowed a $650 outboard motor from a man’s station wagon returned it the next day with “rent.” The owner reported the motor missing, but later'told oollce he found it in a truck at his shop along with six quart of oil. v

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