Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 211, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1963 — Page 6

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Decatur Yellow Jackets Launch Football Season With 21 - 13 Win Friday

By Bob Shraluka Decatur’s Yellow Jackets opened their season in winning style Friday evening, posting a 21-13 win over the Red Devils from Auburn before a huge crowd at Worthman Field. Quarterback Dave Anspaugh tossed three touchdown passes, two to end Deane Lehman, as the Jackets never trailed in the Northeastern Indiana conference affair and season opener for both teams. It wars Eehman’s pass interception with just less tha l three minutes to play in the game that killed a late-blooming Auburn threat with Decatur leading by a slim 14-13 margin. ’ From there the Jackets moved toward the Auburn goal line and added their final touchdown as the game ended. Fullback Buster Melchi galloped 32 yards early in the final period and placed the Jackets on the Auburn 15-yard line, as Jiis club held that one-point lead. After an incomplete pass, Melchi picked up two yards off tackle and Anspaugh gained six on a keeper. On a fourth and two situation, a pass to end Greg Ladd in the end zone was batted down and Auburn took possession of the ball on their seven yard line with eight and a half minutes left to Play. Hard-running fullback Gary Cochard picked up one first down on the Auburn 18 and halfback Bob King rambled to the 35 on a third down for another first down. Four plays later Cochard picked up two yards for another first down on the Auburn 45-yard marker, BUFFET SUPPER WEDNESDAY EVE. 5 - 9 P. M. SUNDAY EVE. 4 - 8 P. M. All You Can Eat S J.OO Children Price. FOUR SEASONS RESTAURANT

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with 4:04 showing on the scoreboard clock. ' I Cochard then went to the air* ’ I ways in an attempt to keep his 1 club moving. Twice his passes to end Terry Habig were incomplete, ! and on third down a third pitch to ■ Habig was picked off by Lehi man, who returned the ball near- ! ly 20 yards to the Auburn 32 with just under three mimnutes to play. Elliott Big Gun Melchi gained three yards and John Custer was stopped at the , line of scrimmage, but speedy Max Elliott, the big gun in the Decatur | attack all night, slammed off tackle to the Auburn 20 for a first down. . I On an identical play Elliott I rambled to the Auburn 10 for another first down with 37 seconds to I play. Anspaugh picked up another six on a keeper, and then rolled |to the left, spotted Lehman un- | covered in the end zone, and flip- * J ped a st ike to him as the final gun cracked. Elliott pounded over for the extra ' point on a run amid a cheering i throng of Decatur fans as no time ■ remained on the clock. i The Yellow Jackets had scored I the first time they got their hands I on the ball, as they took the openi ing kickoff and marched 6; yards 1 in only ten plays to score the game's first touchdown. Score Quickly i The kickoff was downed on the I Decatur 35 and Melchi picked up L two yards off tackle, before Elliott boomed his way for a 35-yard II gain to the 38 yard line of the Red Devils, behind a good block from . John Custer. Bill Blythe gained five yards and Melchi two, before Melchi picked another first down on the Auburn . 28. Elliott, gained five o!f tackle, and Melchi gained another three I olf tackle. Melchi again bulled his ! way for another first down on the 1 next play, moving to the Auburn H 7 - ' After Elliott gained a yard off tackle, a beautiful fake to Melchi, rolled out to his left, and pitched a strike to Lehman in the end zone. Anspaugh booted the ball ' through the uprights on the extra

point and Decatur led 7-0 with only five minutes and two seconds gone in- the game. ' Auburn, however, was undaunted, and began a march of its own that needed only seven plays to tie matters at 7-7-. Beginning from their own 45, Cochard ran three straight plays and picked up a first down on the Decatur 44. A 15-yard personal f. ul penalty on Decatur moved the ball to the 33, and on third down, Cochard hit Habig with a pass on the Decatur three-yard line. Knot Score Cochard slanted off tackle with 3-23 to play in the period and King ran over the point and the teams were in a new ball game. A Decatur drive stalled and Cochard returned Elliott’s punt to the Auburn 34 -as the first period ended. ’ Auburn was unable to move the ball and Cochard was forced to punt, Bill Blythe returning to the Decatur 41. A personal foul on Auburn took Decatur to the Red Devil 40, where the Jackets began another march. An Anspaugh to Ladd pass gained nine yards and Elliott then crashed off tackle and was finally halted on the Auburn 29 for a first down. After Melchi picked up another first down on the 17, Bill Blythe picked up six off tackle and Custer ate up another six yards through the center of the line, giving Decatur a first down on the Auburn five. Ladd Scores After Blythe was stopped for no gain. Anspaugh used the same fake and roll out that earned him a first period touchdown, and this time picked Ladd as his receiver. He pitched to Ladd in the end zone and Decatur had regained the lead with 4:33 to play in the half. Anspaugh’s perfect kick cleared the goal posts—and the fence—and Decatur held a 14-7 lead, which they took to the dressing room at ha’ftime. After stopping an Auburn drive, the Jackets nearly added a third score before the end of the half. They drove to the Auburn 17 and on fourth down with 11 seconds to play, Anspaugh tossed to Ladd who made a nearly impossible grab while falling in the end zone, but the ball finally trickled out of his grasp. Auburn Scores Auburn wasted little time in scoring again after the second half opened as Cochard used a porous Decatur pass defense to move his club. Starting on their own 36 after the kicko'f, Cochard blasted through the Decatur line and the last man in his path,’ Bill Blythe, brought him down on the Decatur 48. On a second and 15 situation, Habig grabbed a Cochard pass and rambled to the Decatur 37 yard line. Another pass to Habig and two running gains by Cochard moved Auburn to the Decatur six. Cochard ran twice up the middle, scoring the second time from three yards out. Lehman Stops PAT With 6:52 to play in the third period. Cochard was Stopped cold by Lehman on the extra point attempt. and Decatur still held the lead, although a slim one at 14-13. In the final minutes of the quarter, Elliott reeled off a 31-yard romp to the Auburn 32, but the drive died out with a 15-yard clipping penalty the main factor in halting the march. The two clubs began the fourth .period and soon had the fans on the edge of their seats. The successful opener gives the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 record for the year, and the conference, and now hit the road for the next three encounters, beginning next Friday at Garrett. Decatur Auburn E Lehman Habig T Hazelwood Palumbo G Magley Faylor C Wynn Leeke G Egly Hornbacker T Eichenauer Searfoss E Ladd Bard Q Anspaugh Myers H Blithe Heffley H Custer King F Melchi Cochard Scoring: Auburn 7 0 6 o—l 3 Decatur -7 7 0 7—21

Auburn scoring: Cochard (3, run); Cochard (3, run.) Pat — King (run). Decatur scoring: Lehman (16, pass from Anspaugh); Ladd <5, pass from Anspaugh) Lehman (7, pass from Anspaugh). PAT'S — Anspaugh 2 (kicks), Elliott, (run). Little League Indians Hold Picnic Sunday The Little League Indians will have-- their annual—picnic- Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Northwest school diamond. All team members are asked to be present and to turn in their uniforms at this time.

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50-Y ard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka j There is plenty* of work to be done — but who can argue with victory! The Yellow Jackets looked great at times jiuring last night’s ericounter, and terrible at other times. But a lot of experience was gained in that two hours of football, many lessons were learned, and the Jackets chalked up a winin .theix- first. try- , Victory sweetens even the worst performance. So on the whole, Jackets were far from a poor permormance. So on the whole, it was a real, fine evening. The Decatur boys discovered in a hurry that they weren’t playing Berne or Hartford City, but an Auburn eleven that, while not a great team were no slouches either. Auburn as a team was not too outstanding, but that rugged fullback Gary Cochard made them a real fine outfit. What impressed this observer more than anything was the way those Yellow Jackets never gave up the ship. They jumped into a quick lead but Auburn came right back to tie matters. The Jackets kept plugging and scored again in the second neriod. When Auburn scored their second TD in the third period, the Jackets dug in and held on the extra point try instead of suffering a letdown. And again in the final three rhinutes when the Devils were nearing midfield, the Jackets rose to the occasion and on the strength of Deane Lehman’s interception, not only killed Auburn hopes but added some icing to the cake with a third score. This club appears to be that kind one that never backs down, no matter what the odds. No doubt, Lehman must be acclaimed hero honors. He grabbed a pair of Davey Anspaugh’s passes for TD’s, and made the interception that wrapped up the verdict. But. as. in the jamboree, everyone did his share. The guys are patting each other on the back on the good plays, and apologizing to each other for wrong-doings in the bad plays. And this is what makes for a good football team As mentioned above, there is plenty of work to be done. The pass defending was terrible and the blocking on those screen passes was simply horrible. And there were other mistakes. But this was only the first fulllength game of the season. Coach Yeoman’s guys have shown they aren’t ones to give up and on the. whole they are real hard workers We venture a guess that the pass defense will get better: that the blocking will get better: things will begin to smooth out; arid more victories are coming! A record of 4-4-1? The Jackets have a good start toward it. but the road will get rockier, as at Garrett next Friday. One victory to the good — let’s get some more. .

BOWLING Women’s Major League W L Pts. Three Kings — 2 13 Sheets Furniture 2 1, 3 Adams Trailer 12 2 Two Brothers 2 1 2 Aspy Standard 12 1 Colonial Salonl2 1 High series-' D. Johnson' 549, L. Call 500. High games: D. Johnson 231179. L. Call 182-181. V. Smith 177, C. Fair 174, S. Schnepp 170. Splits converted: P. Clark 3-10 L. Call 3-10, B. Hess 5-10 and 3-5-10, A. Gage 7-3-10, B. Smith 3-7-10, M. Hockemeyer 4-5-7. Rural League W L Pts. Adams Builders 3 0 4 Sheets Furniture 3 0 4 Schwartz Ford 2 1 3 Weber's Bath _• .. 2 13 McConnell’s .. 2 13 Barkley Construction . 2 1 3 Reidenbach Equipment 2 13 Miller-Jones Shoes ... 2 . 1 2 Decatur Industriesl2 2 Bulmahn .1 2 1 Parkway “66” 1 2 1 Hammond’s ... 12 1 Stucky’s - — 12 1 Mcßride & Son ......k.l 2 1 Jaycees ... 0 3 0 Decatur-Kocher .. 0 3 0 High team game: Weber’s Bath 875. High team series: Schwartz Ford 2402. High Series: D. Graber 569, B. Williamson 541, S. Jackson 528, G. Fuelling 521, B. Hess 516, M. Drake 512. L. Sheets 512, L. Worden 510, K. Terrell 509, F. Bienz 501. High games: D. Graber 220. M. Drake 214, K. Terrell 212, R. Delong 208, A. Chamberlain 200. High School Football Kendallville 25. Bluffton 0. Columbia City 18, Elmhurst 0. Elkhart 13. Fort Wayne North 0’ Fort Wayne Luers 16, Fort Wayne South 7. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 6, Muncie South 6 (tie.) Portland 40, Royerton 6. • - Elwood 32rHartford City"tr • " Huntington 28, Tipton 21. Manchester, 28, Nappanee 14. Wabash 21, Rochester 6. Marion 34, Mississinewa 7. Peru 33, Warsaw 20.

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Major Leagues National League W L Pct. GB Los Angeles 86 55 .610 — St. Louis 81 61 .570 5% Milwaukee 76 65 .539 10 San Francisco .. 75 66 .535 10% Philadelphia 75 66 .532 11 Chicago 74 67 .525 12 Cincinnati 75 69 .521 12% Pittsburgh 69 72 .489 17% Houston 51 91 .359 35% New York... 45 96 .319 41 Friday’s Results St. Louis 5-0, Pittsburgh 1-5. Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 0. New York 5, Cincinnati 4. Chicago 3, Houston 0. Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 2. American League W L Pct. GB New York 93 49 .655 — Minnesota 79 62 .560 13% Chicago 79 63 .556 14 Baltimore 77 66 .538 16% Detroit 69 71 .493 23 Cleveland 68 76 . 472 26 Boston 67 76 .469 26% Los Angeles .... 64 79 . 448 29% Kansas City 63 78 .447 29% Washington 51 90 . 362 41% Friday’s Resplts Baltimore 6-4, Boston 4-2. Los Angeles 4, Kansas City 3 (14 innings) Minnesota 9. Chieego 8. Washington 7, Cleveland 2. New York 2, Detroit 1. Gold Crown League Meets Monday Night Members of the Gold Crown bowling league, which will begin its season Monday, are urged to attend a very important meeting of this leagtie at Villa Lanes at 8 p.m., in order to meet before they start bowling. The initial bowling session of the Town and Country league will bowl the early shift, at 6:30 p.m.

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Soilball Playoffs Open Monday Night Ployoffs in the City softball league begin Monday evening at 7 : o’clock 7 at McMillehrfield with the I Two Brothers team opening again- ' st the Citizens Telephone company in game one. Game two begins at 8:15, With the McMillen team playing the Kr.'ights of Columbus. Game three, at 7 p.m. Tuesday , will pit Adams County trailer sales against Decatur Casting and game four, at 8:15 that evening, will be played between the loser of games one and the loser of gam two. Other games are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. At the end of the tournament a season league championship trophy, awarded by the First State bank i of Decatur, will be presented. The Two Brothers team is the defending champion and finished first in the league standings this season. Only Slight Damage In Accident Friday A car driven by S. Frank Cottrell, 35, route 3, Decatur, received an estimated S2O damage when ; hit by a truck at 4:12 p.m. FriI day. Cottrell was parking along the I east side 0f'“254 N. Second St., when the truck driven by Chester Eugene Colembiewski, 30, of Fort Wayne, backed into his car while Colembiewskie was also attempting to park. The truck was not damaged. Hoosier Airman Is Missing In Viet Nam ROCHESTER, Ind. (UPI) -wLt. Neil McKinney, 28, Akron, is > missing in Viet Nam since a B-26 | bomber on which he was a crew member failed to return from an ; air support mission, his wife has been informed. Mrs. Barbara McKinney received the word from the Air Force. McKinney is a son I of Mrs. Esther Figel, Fort Wayne.

Automobile Badly Damaged By Fire An automobile driven by Jerry Stout of Decatur, was heavily •damaged when it caught fife in the downtown area of town Friday evening. The vehicle caught fire under the hood as Stout Was traveling on Second St., and had stopped at. the Monroe street intersection, south of the intersection. The fire department was called to extinguish the blqze at 7:55 p.m., and was at the scene until 8:15 p.m. The fire damaged the. car heavily, and a wrecker was 1 needed to remove the auto. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat "Want I ads — they get BIG results.

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Concordia Wallops Berne, 50 To 0 Concordia scored each time it had possession of the footballl with the exception of once, as the Cadets rolled to a 50-0 massacre over Berne’s Bears in the season opener for both clubs at Zollner Stadium in Fort Wayne Friday evening, ' • The Cadets marched 68 yards in six plays after the opening kickoff, Tom Steinhauser going the last 39 yards, and began their assault. The winners scored 12 points in the first period, 13 in the second, only six in the third and finished their evening’s work with 19 tallies in the final quarter. . • Steinhauser scored twice and a Concordia lineman scored in the fourth period after blocking a Berne punt. ’ The Cadets piled up 321 yards rushing while holding the Bears to a minum. 13 on the ground. Berne gained 25 yards on three pass completions in 12 tries. Berne 0 0 0 0— 0 Concordia 12 13 6 19—50

Mixed Leagues To Open This Weekend A busy week end of events is planned at Villa Lanes, according to Dick Mies, manager of the establishment. There will be open bowling at the lanes all afternoon and evening today. However, the Lads and Lassies mixed bowling league will start its season this evening at 7 o’clock. This league does not fill all of the lanes. Ted Gage is president of this league, which is filled to capacity. Sunday at 7 p. m., the Jack and Jill league will begin its season, with a meeting for all bowlers at 6:30 p. m. This will be followed by a meeting of the Guys and Dolls mixed league at 8:30, with that mixed league scheduled to begin bowling at 9 p. m. Bill Kershner is president of the Guys and Dolls league, while Wayne Carpenter heads the Jack and Jill. According to last report, the Guys and Dolls 9 p. m. league was the only mixed league with any openings. Any couple or mixed team interested in bowling in this league should contact Kershner or Villa Lanes immediately. Sunday/ open bowling hours win be all day with the exception of from 7 to 9 p. m. If vou have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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