Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 235, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1963 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Wallop Bluffton Tigers Friday By Lopsided 50-0 Count

By Bob Shraluka Decatur’s Yellow Jackets really “came of age” Friday evening, as they broke in a new set of jerseys in grand style against an old rival-blasting Bluffton with a 50-0 barrage. One of the largest crowds in many a year at a Decatur football game witnessed the Bluffton bombardment on a perfect football evening, and came away wondering if what they saw was really true. If not the greatest assault in Decatur football history, then it was one of the greatest, as the the Yellow Jackets racked up points in the final half in a tremendous show of football power, Everything the Jackets did was done right, with the exception of extra points conversions, and they certainly didn't need them, as six players. scored touchdowns and nearly everyone on the team had at least one sparkling moment. Max Elliott and Buster Melchi never ran harder, or faster, and each scored a pair of touchdowns Elliott on runs of 8 and 45 yards and Melchi on jaunts of 5 and 34 yards. Each also scored an extra “point, the only two the Jackets scored during their tremendous.: scoring spree. Bill Blythe played his finest game yet, and scored one touchdown on a two-yard run immediately after a dazzling display of power on a 20-yard run. Anspaugh TD Dave Anspaugh, with a fake that fooled everyone in the park, scored the second touchdown of the game. He made a fake to Jack Stauffer through—the—line and then followed him through for the TD. Everyone was patting Stauffer on the back for the score. John Custer scored his first TD. on a perfectly thrown pass from quarterback Dave Anspaugh. Sam Blythe also got into the TD-toss-ing act, throwing a 16-yarder to Greg Ladd. Again, however, it was the outstanding work of the Yellow Jacket offensive line and their rugged defensive team. The Bluffton defensive forward wall was literally torn to shreds by the hard-charging Decatur j line. And the defense-well-the I scoreboard speaks for that. Not only did the Tigers fail to I score, they crossed the midfield stripe only once with eight minutes remaining in the game when the Jackets kicked off after boosting: their lead to 37-o.’ Bluffton took oyer on their 46, where the ball was downed. SZ Romine, Bluffton’s sophomore, quarterback, and fullback Booth combined in four running plays to pick up a first down on the Decatur 41, for their only penetration into Decatur territory all night. Stopped Quickly This didn’t last long, however. Romine attempted a pass which was incomplete, and then tackle Darryl Grote came charging through to throw Bluffton's 130pound halfback Smith for an eight yard loss, as he completely foiled a reverse play. ' | Romine gained only three yards

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when Dick Ortiz savagely threw him out of bounds on an attempted end run, and then it was Grote again, completely spoiling a Bluff-* ton “surprise.” Mehnensmith faded to punt but looked for a receiver to pass to when Grote belted him for a 12-yard loss on fourth down. The Jackets started the contest quickly, after kicking off to the Tigers and holding them to only two yards in three carries, and forcing them to punt. Bill Blythe returned the punt 10 yards to the Decatur 46, and on the first play scrimmage Melchi blasted off tackle and was finally hauled down on the Bluffton 18 —a 36 yard jaunt. First of Eight Elliott picked up eight and Melchi two yards off tackle, and Elliott then skirted his right end from the Bluffton 10 to start the scoring parade with the first of eight Decatur touchdowns. The extra point kick failed and Decatur led, 6-0, with 7:44 tc play in the first period. Near the end of the period, Elliott punted from the 50 and Melchi caught up with the ball just in time to down it less than a yard from the Tiger goal line. Bluffton picked up one first down but was forced to punt, the kick rolled dead on the Bluffton 40 early in the stecond quarter. Melchi quickly ate up 25 yards as he slammed off tackle, and two plays later Anspaugh lugged the ball to the Bluffton 4 on a left end keeper. Bill Blythe went off tackle, but was stopped a foot short of the goal line. On the next play, Anspaugh made a beautiful fake to Stauffer, and then followed him into the end zone for the TD. As in the Portland game, Anspaugh’s quick thinking converted a bad break into a good one on the extra point attempt. Back to kick, the snap from center sailed over his head. He racked back about 15 yards, picked up the ball, looked for someone to pass to, and found Elliott near the goal line. He flipped a pass to Max and the' speedy halfback put Decatur into a 13-0 lead with more than seven minutes remaining in the half. The Jackets moved toward a third TD late in the period, bu* had the drive halted 20 yards from the Bluffton goal when they fumbled and the ball was recovered by Garton of the Tigers. “Only-’ 13-0 The half ended with Decatur in a 13-0 lead, but no one dreamed of what was coming in the next two periods. Starting on their own 37 after the kickoff, the Decaturites marched to paydirt in eight plays, despite a 15-yard penalty for holding Bill Blythe gained 42 yards in the drive, one when he carried U yafdis. with eight Tigers getting a hand on him before he was brought down. He got the final two yards breaking off left tackle for the touchdown at the 7:34 mark of the ■third period. Anspaugh’s kick for the point was low. and Decatur, 20-0, with still plenty more to come. Bluffton moved to their 37 with the aid of one first down, but on a third down play, Tom Engle, playing at a linebacker spot and doing a tremendous job, recovered a fumble on the Tiger 39. Three plays gained five yards, and on fourth down, Melchi got the rest of the 34 yards, bulldozing off tackle, and sweeping down the sideline for another Decatur score, this at the 2:49 mark of the period for a 25-0 lead. Bluffton then discovered that after a kickoff goes over 10 yards it is anybody’s ball, as Gregg Ladd

dived on the Decatur kickoff just before it rolled out of bounds at the Bluffton 34, giving his team possession. To Pass Anspaugh needed only one play to chalk another score on the board, as he sent Custer down the field, spotted him all alone, and laid a perfect pitch in his arms and' he went in for the score, boosting the lead to 31-0 with still 2:13 left in the third period. Eighteen points in the third quar- | ter, but 19 more to come in the final one! After Engle and Tom Macklin tossed Faulkner for a 10 yard loss to the Bluffton 25, the Tigers punted and Custer returned the kick to the Decatur 49. Melchi gained five yards, Elliott 16, and then nine more. Ortiz got five more, giving Decatur a first down on the Bluffton 16. Blythe Tosses Score Sam Blythe, the left-handed quarterback subbing for Anspaugh who was tossed out of the game for defending himself on the last TD pass, stepped back and pitched a strike to Ladd on the five. The tall Decatur end shook two defenders and zoomed into the end zone for a 37-0 lead with 8:21 left in the game. . The PAT was added by Elliott on a run, but was called back for a penalty and was stopped on the next attempt. It was after the kickoff tha Bluffton made its first trip of the evening into Decatur territory, but when Grote threw Mehensmith for a loss on the Tiger 45 on fourth down, the Jackets gained possession of the ball. By now it was Mighy Max’s turn again, and on the first play the great halfback went to the right through the Bluffton line, and cut back to he left and was off to the races. His 45-yard run made it 43-0 Decatur with 3:39 to play. By now, the Decatur bench and the fans were chanting “we want 50,” and they were not to be denied. After downing the-ball on their 29, Bluffton took over. Dean Lehman threw Mehensmith for an 11yard loss on the first play. Two passes gained 19 yards and on fourth and two, another pass went incomplete, and the Jackets took over on the Bluffton 37 with a minute and 13 seconds to play. ' Get 50th On the first play, Sambo Blythe went off tackle as he kept the ball and was finally pulled down four yards short of paydirt. The next . play was fumbled and lost a yard, i but with 32 seconds to play, Melchi added his second TD of the night by shooting through a huge hole I over his le.t tackle. The “we want 50” chants were I really loud on the PAT. and when 1 Blythe' handed 'off "to Melchi and : he smashed his way off tackle and into the end zone, the Yellow Jackets had put the icing on a 50-0 victory. The victory boosted the Yellow Jackets over the .500 mark for the season, as they now stand at 3-2. Their conference mark reads 2-2, and they will- try to add to that I next Friday when Columbia City I invades Worthman field. Starting lineups: Decatur Bluffton E Ladd Sprunger T Hazelwood Higgins G Magley Skelton C Wynn Clark G Egly Markey T Eichenauer Schwartz E Lehman Prible Q S. Blythe Romine H B. Blythe Smith H Elliott Carney F Melchi Booth Score by quarters: Bluffton - 0 0 0 o—o Decatur .... - 6 7 18 19—50 Decatur scoring: TD’s — Elliott 2 (8, run), <34, run); Melchi 2 (34, run), (5, run); Anspaugh (1foot plunge); Custer <34, pass from Anspaugh); B. Blythe <2, run); Ladd (16, pass from S. Blythe). PAT’s — Elliott (pass from Anspaugh); Melchi (run). Smith Is Reassigned Tp Nebraska Base Airman Third Class Mack A. Smith of Geneva, now stationed at Sheppard AFB, Tex., is -being reassigned to Offutt AFB, Neb., following his graduation from the United States Air Force technical training course for refrigeration specialists here. Airman Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Smith of route 2, Geneva, received instruction to refrigeration and air conditioning as. they apply to Air Force equipment and missile systems. The airman attended Berne-French ; high school. He entered the ser-l vice in March, 1963.

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50-Yard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka You just had to see it to believe it! Words can’t describe it! Anyone who missed last night’s football game wasn’t a witness to what might have been the greatest scoring rampage a Decatur team iever went on in a football game. Not too many missed it, though, by the size of the crowd that jammed all the seats and the sidelines. It was great support from the fans—and they were richly rewarded. It was hard for the Yellow Jackets to come up with a performance to top that one of last week. But they surpassed it—with a show such as hasn’t been seen on the Worthman Field turf by a Decatur team in many a moon, if ever in the history of football here. Some of the long-time Decatur football fans were racking their memories after the contest trying to remember the last time Decatur chalked up 50 points, and no one could come up with the answer. And we talked about a team effort last Friday. This one was a team effort to end all team efforts. Nearly everyone who got in the game made at least one outstanding play. The supposed-substitutes like Darryl Grote, Dick Ortiz, Eric Kelly, Kenny Riffle, Tom Engle, Jack Stauffer, Lennie Corral, Manny Ybarra, and others, each had their big moments. There isn’t enough space in this newspaper to mention all the great play that were turned in—even if one could remember all of them. The only phase of the game that wasn’t working right for Wally Yeoman’s Yellow Jackets was the point-after-touchdowns. In the long run. however, it was a good thing. John Isch, Ray Seitz, and Jack Macklin, in charge of firing the Booster club cannon after each TD and PAT, were down to their last three shells at the end of the game. The Jackets piled up an amazing total of 362 yards rushing, led by Buster Melchi’s 127 in ten carries

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for a 12.7 average, and Max Elliott’s 112 to nine carries for a 12.3 average. Bill Biythe totaled 54 yards in six carries for a nine-yard average and Sambo Blythe 52 yards in five carries for a 10.4 average. Jack Stauffer chipped in with seven and John Custer and Lennie Corral five each. Passing yardage amounted to 65 yards, wjth Sam’s 15 yard pass to Melchi and 16 yard TD heave to Greg Ladd, and Dave Anspaugh’s 34-yard TD to Custer. Many fans didn’t realize it because they didn’t see the play, but Davey Anspaugh really got a “robbing” after his TD pass to Custer in the third quarter. After tossing the. ball, he was racked up by a Bluffton tackler who saw fit to kick him a few times and swing a couple of fists. Deciding he didn’t want to lie ihere and get killed, Davey finally threw one back. By then referee •fced Sitko finally looked where he Should have been watching all the time and gave them both the heave-ho. Guess you are supposed to lie there and get worked over if you want to stay in the game. Even the school band was great last night. Dick Collins’ group put on a sparkling half-time show and were right in style with the new Yellow Jacket jerseys in their brand new uniforms. Well, let’s hope those Jackets can still get their helmets on next Friday and remember that 50-0 is in the past, although it will be some time before it is forgotten. Columbia City is next. Sure they were beaten by Bluffton, but so what? Don’t start taking them for granted fellows, rememoer that 4-4-1 prediction, with some more of that like we saw last night, who knows what that final mark might be. Meanwhile, this corner is going to dig into a few records and attempt to find when, if ever, was the last time Decatur scored 50 points in a game. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Steve Gause Injured In Football Practice Freshman Steve Gause from Decatur, a member at the Earlham college freshman team will be sidelined for at least two weeks. It was learned Thursday afternoon that the 185 pound tackle-lineback-er had broken a small bone to his left wrist. The break occurred in a scrimmage Tuesday afternoon. When the cast is removed to two weeks, x-rays will determine if he will be out of action any longer. Gause, a member of the kick-off receiving unit, was well on his way to getting a varsity letter. He has played to five quarters of the Quakers’ first two games. Berne Lady Unhurt In One-Car Wreck Deputy sheriff Harold August investigated an accident Friday evening when a Berne lady lost control of her auto on U.S. 27; a mile and a half south of Decatur. Hilda F. Lehman, 70, of 505 W. Van Buren St., Berne, was traveling south on 27 when her car dropped off the right side of the road and went out of control, crossing over county road 9 and ending up in the southwest corner ol the intersection. Damage was estimated at S3OO to the 1959 model car.- The Berne lady was not injured. High School Football New Haven 19, Fort Wayne Concordia 6. Kendallville 6, Columbia City O. Garrett 43, Elmhurst'o. Fort Wayne Central 19, Fort Wayne South 0. Fort Wayne Luers 13, Fort Wayne Central CaSholic 13 (tie). Peru 33, Rochester 19. Mississinewa 13, Portland 6. Huntington 32, Hartford City 6. College Football Southern California 13, Michigan State 10. Citadel 27, George Washington 22. Miami (Fla.) 10, Tulane 0. Boston College 20, Detroit 12.

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“IT’S BEEN A LONG RUN”— John Lose of Decatur Catholic high school is given a helping hand by teammate Jim Spangler, left, and friend Terry Myers, after crossing the finish line ahead of the pack in a 9:48 clocking Wednesday.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

New York Jets Seek To Add To AFL Lead By United Press International The rollicking New York Jets try tc strengthen their Eastern Division command against the run-ner-up Boston Patriots tonight and City Chiefs make a long-awaited bow in their new American Football League base Sunday against the Houston Oilers. The unbeaten San Diego Chargers (3-0) hope to topple the Broncos in the other Sunday contest,

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at Denver, and the winless Buffalo Bills greet the Oakland Raiders Saturday night in the other game of the AFL’s fifth weekend. The Patriots are a 3-point choice to hand the Jets their second loss in four starts and give Boston at least a tie for the Eastern Division lead with a 3-2 record. Kansas City (1-1-1), second to San Diego, is favored by 6 over Eastern Division defending champion Houston (2-2); and the Chargers are rated 5 better than Denver (1-2) on Sunday. The Bills, with three setbacks and a tie, are picked by 4 over the Raiders, seeking to end a two-game losing streak after two victories. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.