Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 229, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1963 — Page 6

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Jackets Smash Unbeaten Portland Team, 27

sterling performance by~Decatur offensive and defensive lines' helped the Decatur Yellow Jackets unleash an awesome display of power Friday evening and whipped previously unbeaten Portland by a 27-6 score on the Panther’s home grounds. Mighty Max Elliott, who has wrecked Portland three years in succession, was the big gun in the Decatur attack, as he scored two touchdowns and rushed for over 200 yards, although he ran only three times in the entire second half. But it was the tremendous work of the o.fensive line's blocking and the rugged work of the defensive team that was mainly responsible for the smashing victory. It took the Yellow Jackets less then seven minutes to score in the first period, as they marched to a touchdown after rpceiving the open kickoff and were never headed, building a 20-0 halftime lead. Score Quickly Starting on their own 20 yard line after the opening kickoff, full- . back Buster Melchi, who is without a doubt filling the shoes of graduated all-stater Ron Thieme, picked up one yard. Elliott, who specializes in beating Portland, then blasted around right end for 25 yards to the Decatur 46. Three plays later Melchi picked up a first down on the Portland 41, and the Jackets were off to the races. After one play lost three yards, quarterback Dave Anspaugh pulled off a beautiful fake and pitched a strike to Greg Ladd on the Portland 29, who carried to the Portland 23. On a third and six situation, Elliott went to his right end, was trapped, and reversed his field, moving to the Portland five yard marker. Melchi picked up one yard in

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two cracks at the line, and then Elliott skirted right end behind some beautiful blocking to put Decatur into a 6-0 lead with 5:30 left to play in the initial period. Lead By Six Anspaugh’s kick for the point was good but a five yard penalty on the Yellow Jackets ruined the kick, and when they tried to pass for the point it failed. The kickoff was downed on the Portland 32 and the Panthers were held to eight yards in three plays; An offside penalty on the Jackets when the Panthers punted, however, gave Portland a first down on the Portland 46. Fullback Kenny Bubp picked up a first down on the Decatur 46 on a third and one situation, and the Panthers had a serious threat going. Ladd shot through the Portland line on the ensuing play and threw halfback Bill Ferrell for a six yard loss, and two plays later the Panthens were forced to punt, killing the drive. The kick went out of bounds on the Decatur 12, at the first period ended. Bill Blythe gained two yards for the Wally Yeoman’s Yellow Jackets, before Elliott broke loose for a 30 yard gainer to the Decatur 42 around his right end. Get Needed First Gambling on a fourth down on the midfield stripe, and needing a half yard, Elliott gained six yards for a first down. Three plays later, however, the Jackets faced a fourth and six situation, and were forced to punt. The big break of the game came on the following play, however. Elliott punted and Jay Pyle was swarmed on at the Portland four yard line. Decatur was assessed a penalty for being in illegal motion, however, and the Panthers elected | to take the penalty, forcing another punt.

So the Yellow Jackets were forced to punt again, only five yards further back, on the Portland 49. Elliot took the snap from center, looked up, and took off around his left end — and he was | off to TD land. Shaking two tacklers around the 20 yard line and another near the goal line, Mighty Max zoomed 49 yards to put his club ino a 12-0 lead, at the 7:40 mark of the second quarter. Tricky Pass From his kicking position, Anspaugh ran to his left for an an apparent pass on the extra point try, but could find no one open — with the exception of Buster Melchi who was standing on the .other side of the field waving his I arms. Anspaugh pitched the pigskin to Melchi and the battering-ram fullback went untouched into the end zone for a 13-0 margin. After the kickoff the Panthers picked up one first down on the 50 yard line, but then lost two yards in their next three tries, and were again forced to punt, the ball rolling out of bounds on the Decatur 23. Melchi picked up a first down on the Portland 34 and needing half a yard on fourth down, Melchi again responded and picked up four yards and a first down on the Decatur 48. Next it was Anspaugh and Bill Blythe’s turn to bring the large . crowd of Decatur fans to their feet. The tricky Decatur quarterback made a fake through the line and then stepped back and heaved the pigskin to Blythe who was 10 yards ahead of the defenders down- • field. 52 Tarder The speedy Decatur halfback hauled in the ball on about the 20 yard line and had clear sailing ahead for Decatur’s third TD. Anspaugh’s placement was perfect and when the first half ended just a minute and second later, the Jackets had a comfortable 20-0 margin. The Jackets eased up in the second half for a short time and the Panthers journeyed to the Decatur 37 before Greg Ladd and Bill Blythe combined to rack up Portj land quarterback Dave Bennett for a three yard loss, forcing the Panthers to a fourth and six situation. Bennett tried a quarterback sneak for the needed yardage but ;was stopped by Decatur’s rugged defensive forward wall, and the j Jackets gained possession of the ball on their own 39. As in the first half, they wasted little time, in scoring. After losing five yards on an illegal motion penalty, Bill Blythe picked up seven yards and then Elliott was once again shook loose by some fine blocking and he rambled around right end to the Portland ■ got the ball on their own 41. After | Again it was Elliott around right end, this time for 21 yards on a first down on the Portland 17. The 1 drive stalled momentarily, but on [ third and eight, Elliott again shot I around right end and was downed—just about six inches from the goal line according to the decision of the referee, although it appeared he had scored. Melchi Scores It made no matter, however, as two plays later Melchi boomed through a huge hole over Steve Hazelwood and when Anspaugh’s placement was again on target, the Jackets led 27-0. After a pass interference penalty moved Portland into Decatur ter- | ritory, the' Jackets again held and I got .the ball on their own 41. After : Melchi gained three yards, sophomore defensive standout Sam Blythe replaced Anspaugh at quarterback. The lefthander made an “out of the world’’ fake and before anyone, including the entire Portland team knew what was happening, Melchi was streaking down the right sideline with no one within 20 yards of him. However, an official who for some reason had been keeping a sharp eye on Decatur all night, said he saw a holding penalty and the most beautiful play in many a season was called back. The Jackets were penalized and not only lost a 56 yard TD run but the ball when they were unable to pick up another first down. Coach Yeoman began clearing

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l Max Elliott his bench and the substitutes carried on the fine work that had preceded them. Last Minute Score With 3:10 remaining, however, Ferrell lugged the pigskin to the midfield stripe. He was really cracked hard by Jerry Egly, John Custer and Bill Blythe and had to be carried from the field. On the following play, Bennett passed to Larry Minch on the Decatur 41. On a third and eleven situation, Bubp broke loose off tackle and ran to the Decatur 21 as 1:44 showed on the clock. Another questionable call, this time on pass interference, gave Portland a first down on the Decatur 10. Bennett passed to Jim Beck on the Decatur one-yard line on third down, and on a fourth down play Bennett sneaked in for the touchdown. Bill Blythe tossed Bennett down four yards from the goal line, and with only 40 seconds to play, the Jackets had a 27-6 victory, sending their fans home in a happy mood. The victory gives the Yellow Jackets an even two win, two loss recoid for the season, and snapped Portland’s unbeaten skein at three games. The game also ended a three-game road-grind for the Jackets, and they return to the friendly quarters of Worthman Field next Friday and play host to old-time rival Bluffton. Starting lineups: Position' Decatur Portland E Ladd Franks T Hazelwood Glasgow j G Magley Iliff C Eichenauer Shoup G Egly Sthitiv | T Macklin Mumby E Lehman Minch' Q Anspaugh Bennett H Elliott Beck H B. Blythe Ferrell F Melchi Bubp Scoring: Decatur 614 7 0 —27 I Portland 0 0 0 6 — 6 Decatur TD’s: Elliott (4, run), (49, run); Blythe <52, pass from Anspaugh); Melchi Ml, run'. PAT s —Anspaugh 2 (placement ); Melchi (pass from Anspaugh'. Portland TD — Bennett (1, plunge). DCHS Rifle Club Meets On Monday The “Hotshots’’ Decatur Catholic high school s rifle club, will meet Monday, Sept. 30, it was announced today by Mark Colchin, club leader. Officers for the club for 1963-64 are Fred Schurger, president; Mike Reynolds, vice president; Steve Colchin, secretary; Tom Fbos, treasurer; Jim Teeter, range officer. Monday’s meeting will be held at the club range at Eddie’s Recreation. The Hunter-Safety program, classroom work for beginners, will begin Wednesday, October 2. Club president Schurger said that further notices will be posted on the Decatur Catholic high school bulletin board. The officers met Monday of this week and planned the upcoming season. An estimated 40 students are expected to compete. Donald Gage is the club’s instructor, and Colchin serves as club leader for the “Hotshots.’’

50-Yard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka As the second half started last night, a Decatur lineman spoke these words: “Man, this is fun.” And brother, what fun it was! For not only players—but for US fans! You hear about such things as team efforts, and you read about them. But you had to be at Portland last night to really witness one. and it was a team effort all_ the way. This is the fourth season this writer has been covering Decatur football games, and never before has he witnessed a team effort such as that one last night, that, by the way, snapped a three-game unbeaten string for Portland. Every guy on that Decatur bench, from the student managers on up were shouting words of encouragement, patting each other on the back—and really enjoying themselves. Football is not really hard work, at least not the way the Yellow Jackets played it—and enjoyed it —last night at Portland. With the fine team effort it was, it is not easy to single out any individuals, but we would like to bring up the story of an old jinx. The jinx is the one Max Elliott holds over Portland. Mighty Max piled up the amazing total of 217 yards rushing last night in only 14 carries for an amazing average of 15.5 yards a carry. There were probably very few, if any, backs in the entire state that gained that much rushing yardage last night. Portland writers and fans are already marking the name Elliott on their all-state ballots. Two years ago Elliott as a freshman gained 165 yards rushing in 13 carries against Portland in a 13 13 tie. Last vear in a 26-14 Decatur win, he gained 77 yards rushing and his total yardage amounted to 195 yards. No wonder Portlandites wonder if he is human. Buster Melchi was once again tremendous for Decatur, as was Bill Blythe, who gained 82 yards passing and rushing, and Dave Anspaugh. But Grantland Rice once said when asked what made an All-American back: “Seven good linemen and a poet in the press box.” Well we don’t know about any poets but we do know what the Decatur backs have going for I them “up front.” That line last night was really something to beI hold. Again it was big Steve HazI elwood who was magnificent, but I he got all kinds of help from the Uikes pf Tim Magley, Jerry Egly, I Tom Macklin, Dave Wynn. John -Eichenauer, Deane Lehman. Greg i Ladd, and many, many others. These boys, the backfield mentioned and the fine linebacking of Sam-1 bo Blythe combined to give Deca- > tur a real, great defense. The long road haul is over and now its back home to good old Worthman Field. And dear old Bluffton is first on the agenda. Let’s hope the Jackets don’t have a letdown now but continue to give us the fine brand of football they showed last night. Let’s skin a Tiger! And for such a fine team effort we now congratulate those who deserve it: Dave Anspaugh. Bill Blythe, John Custer, Max Elliott, Tim Magley, Jerry -Egly, Manny Ybarra, Sam Blythe, Lennie Corral, Ralph Canales, John Eichenauer, Jack Stauffer, Buster Melchi, Tom Engle, Dave Smith, Tom ■Whitaker, Kenny Riffle, Greg Ladd. Deane Lehman, Dave Hammond, Darryl Grote, Ron Smith, Eric Kelly, Dave Snell, Dave i Wynn, Steve Hazelwood, Tom I Macklin, Terry Smitley, Gary Krueckeberg, Gary Frauhiger; student managers Andy Crider and Bill Crone; coach Wally Yeoman and his assistants, Jerry Mitchel, Gary Giessler and Steve Brandenburg —for a fine team effort. High School Football Muncie Central 20 Muncie Southside 6 Elkhart 54 Fort Wayne Central 0 Fort Wayne Northside 20 Fort Wayne Southside 6 Kendallville 12 Fort Wayne Concordia 6 Garrett 33 Bluffton 0 Wabash 33 Peru 7 Huntington 27 Columbia City 7 Auburn 45 Concord Twp. 13 Payne of Ohio 27 Woodlan 7 South Bend Riley 20 South Bend Washington 0 Mishawaka 21 South Bend Adams 7 Mississinewa 25 Hartford City 6 Hobart 13 Michigan City 6 Fenn 14 Goshen 0 North Judson 14 Bremen 7 New Castle 14 Frankfort 13 i Nappanee 14 Warsaw 7 Plymouth 26 Rochester 19 Anderson Highland 7 Franklin Central 0 Hammond 20 Hammond Tech 2 Highland 13 Hammond Clark 6 East Chicago Roosevelt 19 Chicago DeLaSalle 19 - Hobart 13 Michigan City 6 Crown Point 13 Dyer 6 Columbus 27 Rushville 6 Crown Point 13 Dyer 6 '» Danville 40 Rockville 6 Anderson 27 Richmond 27 Eastern 46 Fairmont 7 Oak Hill 36 Western 6

' ' 7 -v ■ 1.'.. '/Il 1 I,l '' ■IF GOING WlDE— Decatur's Bill Blythe swings wide in an attempt to avoid oncoming Portland defenders in the second quarter of the Yellow Jackets 27-6 triumph last night at the Portland field. — (Photo by Mac Lean)

Baseball Invitational Tourney Leo, Ossian In Finals Tuesday At Adams Central

Leo and Ossian advanced to the finals of the Adams Central baseball tourney Friday, with victories over Monroeville and Hoagland respectively. The final game in the 7-team invitational tourney , was originally scheduled for tonight, but has been postponed until 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, at the Adams Central diamond. A coaches have to attend a coaching clinic this evening. Leo bombed Monroeville by a 21-0 count in the first game Friday, and Ossian whipped Hoagland by a 10-1 count. The Leo Lions scored three times in each of the first two innings, and then tallied nine times in a wild third innings. Miller’s home featured the big inning. Seven Monroeville errors contributed to the Leo cause. McNeice had three hits to pace Leo. Holding a 4-0 lead after five innings, Ossian produced a six run inning in the sixth to defeat Hoagland. Windwiller had a pair of triples, in the fifth and sixth, and Johnson tripled for Hoagland in the sixth. Leo and Ossian will tangle at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Adams CenMajor Leagues By United Press International American League W. L. PH. GB x-New York 104 56 .650 Chicago 93 67 .box 11 Minnesota 90 70 . 563 14 Baltimore * 85 75 .531 19 Detroit 78 82 .488 26 Cleveland 77 83 .481 27 Boston 75 85 .469 29 Kansas City 73 87 .456 31 Los Angeles 70 90 .438 34 Washington 55 105 .344 49 x-Clinphed pennant. Friday’s Results Minnesota 4 New York 3, night Baltimore 5 Detroit 2, night K. City 3 Cleveland 1, night Chicago 11 Wash. 2, Ist, twilight Chicago 7 Wash. 1, 2nd, night Only games scheduled National League W. L. Pct. GB x-Los Angeles 99 61 .619 — St. Louis 92 68 ,575 7 San Francisco 86 74 .538 13 Cincinnati 85 75 .531 14 Philadelphia 85 75 .531 14 Milwaukee 83 77 .519 16 Chicago 81 79 .505 18 Pittsburgh 74 86 .463 25 Houston 64 96 .400 35 New York 51 109 .319 48 x-Clinched pennant. Friday’s Results Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 0, night Chicago 3 Milwaukee 2, night New York 10 Houston 3, night Philadelphia 5 Los Angeles 3, night Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco _3, night -4- ; — a— i

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. tral diamond for the tourney . championship. Line scores: RHE Leo 339 114 o—2l 20 3 Monroeville 000 000 o—o 17 RHE Hoaglond .... 000 001 0— 1 4 2 i Ossian 000 316 x—lo 10 4 Ed Knych Wins Fort Wayne PGA FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPD—Ed > Knych, an Army man from Fort ■ Harrison at Indianapolis, added » the Indiana PGA championship to s his 1963 Hoosier golfing laurels . today. , Knych, who won the Indiana Open earlier this season, beat George. Thomas of Michigan City . 3 1 Friday in the 36-hole title 1 match despite windy weather . which kept him from breaking par for the first time during the fiveday meet. ■ • ’ Knych was 2-up at the halfway point, and although he was two ' over par for the day by, the time they closed out their match, Thomas was having the same trouble. The match was hotly contested all the way. Knych once led by 4-up, but 'Diomas came back to narrow the margin to 2-up, and later was only 1-down in the final 18 holtes. One of the most exciting shots of the match came three holes ; before the finish when Thomas sank a 35-foot birdie put and ' sliced Knych’s lead to 2-up. Knych said his worst shot of the day was a missed 3-foot put on the final nine. Knych qualified for the national PGA competition at Columbus, Ohio. A former New York pro, Knych moved to Indiana three years ago. Hospital Rules Held Responsible BEDFORD, Ind. (UPD — Mrs. Charlotte McKee, whose 14-year-t old son was injured fatally in a . traffic accident Wednesday, says she will launch a campaign against a hospital policy of requiring parents to sign releases before doctors may treat minors. The boy, Bruce McKee, died in surgery at Dunn Memorial Hospital Wednesday, several hours after he was admitted. Police said there was a delay of more than an hour after he arrived, bleeding badly, before he was treated. Mrs. McKee said Thursday she did not blame the doctors but rather a policy that parents must ( approve treatment of minors. That approval in the McKee boy’s ( case was delayed because of difficulties in identifying him. .

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