Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 247, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1963 — Page 7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1963

Yellow Jackets Edged By Kendallville, 21 -20 In Final Home Game Friday

By Bob Shraluka The bubble finally burst for Decatur’s Yellow Jackets Friday ni|ht, as they lost a real heartbreaker to Kendallville’s Comets by a 21-20 score at Worthmaa field on “Parents Night,” and the final home game of the seaThe loss snapped the Decatur streak at three games, and dropped their conference secord to 3-3 and overall mark to 4-3. Another overflow crowd, featured by the parents of the players who were honored in pregame ceremonies by the Booster club, saw the Jackets bounce back from a 21-7 halftime deficit and nearly pull the contest put of the fire in a • spine-tingling finish.* Dave Anspaugh scored two Decatur touchdowns and passed for th? other, but for the Jackets it was just a case of “too little, too late." After looking quite hapless in the first half, Decatur’s pleven cajne out of the dressing room for the second half anxious to make arpends for their inept early showing. The Jacket defense allowed the Comets only seven yards in three rushing plays after they started from their own 26 following the kickoff. Brad Orndorff punted to die Decatur 49 on a short kick which rolled out of bounds. Drive For Score Hie Jackets took over and started a drive that used all but thp remaining minute and 19 seconds of the period. Sam Blythe, filling in at fullback for the injured Buster Melchi, picked up a first down on the Kendallville 40 with a great diving effort on third down, and got the drive started. Pn fourth and two,Max Elliott gained eight yards and another first down on the Comet 24, and then on fourth down and a halfyard to go, he picked up another first down on the 13. Three plays later Greg Ladd made, a circus catch of an Anspaugh pass for the second Decatur 'l‘D. Ladd batted the ball in the air, and as he lay on his back in the end zone, caught the ball for the score. Anspaugh booted the extra point and the Kendallville margin was narrowed to 21-14. After the kickoff, Deane Lehman and Elliott really racked up Ken Gehrig for a four-yard loss, forcing another punt. A spirited rush by the Decatur forward wall forced a bad kick, the ball going straight up and then being downed on the Comet 34, as the final period opened. A quick pass from Anspaugh to Bill Blythe picked up 12 yards and Elliott and Sam Blythe comMonmouth Winner Os Grade Tourney Monmouth copped the sth and 6th grade baseball championship Friday afternoon, copping an extra inning 7-3 win from Northwest A. The winners came up with a four-run rally in the seventh inning for the victory, as they added the tournament championship to go along with the regular season title they won with five wins and no losses. Brown of Monmouth, one of four hurlers for his team, homered in the fifth Inning. Hie four Monmouth hurlers allowed Northwest only one hit. Line score: R H Monmouth .. 020 010 4—7 10 Northwest A . 000 300' o—3 1 Brown, Journey, Burger, Strahm and Journey, Burger; Gerig, Shady and Shady, Hill.

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bined to gain another seven yards in two plays. Elliott then blasted around »his right end on third Kendallville five-yard marker. Score On Sneak Mighty Max lost four on an attempt at the same play, but Anspaugh came up with a beauty, a quarterback sneak tp gain six yards to the three. Elliott gained all but a couple of inches of the needed yardage, apd on fourth down, Anspaugh bulled his way in for the score on another sneak. Then it happened, however, Kendallville’s line got off a good rush, the pass from center was a bit high and Anspaugh had to hurry his kick, just enough to cause it to hp low, and it was 21-20 Kendallville with 6:17 to play. The thrills weren’t over, however. The Comets started on their own 40 after the kickoff and when big Steve Hazelwood and Ladd stopped hard-running Dave Hart for no gain, the visitors faaed a fourth and four situation. Reith attempted a pass, but Elliott picked off the ball on the Decatur 39 and returned it 45 yards to the Kendallville 16 before he was finally halted, giving Decatur possession with 4:27 showing on the scoreboard clock. Elliott Hurt The speedster was knocked out of bounds and then hit by three more tacklers and Kendallville had finally accomplished what Mexico City Awarded 1968 Olympic Games BADEN - BADEN, Germany (UPl)—Delegates to the 60th session of the International Olympic Congress (IOC) agreed today that Mexico City had the 1968 Olympic games sewn up “almost from the start” and that Detroit virtually never had a chance. A “post-game” analysis of the massive vote that gave Mexico City Latin America’s first Olympiad indicated that voters had made up their minds to “spread the Olympics around.’’ Mexico City got 30 of the 58 votes cast, Detroit 14, Lyons, France, 12, and Buenos Aires 2. A IOC official told United Press International, “there was a strong desire to spread the games around. Most of the delegates felt the Olympics should go to Latin America as they’ve never had them before and it was just a question as to whether Mexico City or Buenos Aires got them. Mexico had the facilities, was more easily accessible and was an attractive bet all round.” But the American delegation felt they had been cheated somewhat by the Russians and British Commonwealth members. The Russian bloc voted solidly for Mexico, a gain of eight votes, while, the Commonwealth vote was split between Mexico and Detroit. “If the Russian bloc had voted for us, we’d have gone to a second ballot and might have swung the games with the shift in voting,” one Detroit delegation official said. “But we didn’t have 7 a hope without the Soviet group.” But an IOC official disagreed. “It was nothing to do with the Russians,” he insisted. “Detroit didn't have a chance despite that slick presentation piece which was the best we have ever seen’.’ He added, “as a matter of fact, some of the IOC members were almost frightened by the very professionalism of it. We are very much an amateur group and it looked too fancy for some pf our colleagues.” Pro Football American League Boston 40, Denver 21.

they had trying to do the whole game. They injured Max’s leg (both are heavily taped due to the beating he has been taking recently) and he couldn’t return to action. Bill Blythe picked up three yards and then Sam Blythe shot off tackle but a tackler punched the ball from his grasp and the Comets recovered on their own 11 with 3:20 to play, and then proceeded to run out the clock and kill an amazing comeback effort by Decatur. Hie Jackets had started the game with a big bang. Bill Blythe grabbed the kickoff on the 15, handed off to Elliott who almost broke away, the last tackler between him and the goal line nailing him on the Decatur 45. Kendallville held Decatur to a minus one yard in three plays and Elliott punted out of bounds on the Kendallville 41. The Comets ran one play and Decatur regained possession, with big Tom Macklin gathering in a fumble on the Comet 40. Elliott, who totaled 95 yards rushing for the night, slammed off tackle and wasn’t stopped until he reached the • Kendallville five yard line. An offsides penalty' cut the distance to paydirt in half, and then the tricky Anspaugh faked, shot around right end on a keeper, and outraced a lone defender to score. His kick sailed out into the street and Decatur led 7-0 with 8:41 still to play in the initial period. March Ties Score The visiting Comets, however, put on a scorihg drive of their own, marching 76 yards in 11 plays to score. The hard-hitting Hart picked up 34 of the yards and on third down and nine, quarterback Steve Reith pitched a 14yard scoring pass to Orndorff in the end zone. - Roger Elliott’s left-footed boot knotted the score at the 4:28 mark of the first period. Then came the play that killed Decatur. After receiving the kickoff, Anspaugh faced a third and eleven situation on his own 32 when he flipped a little screen pass to Elliott who got two good blocks and then ran over four other tacklers and scampered 71 yards to paydirt. But a clipping penalty ruined the sensational run and took the heart out of the Jackets. After an exchange of punts, Anspaugh faked to Melchi, who carried the ball only once all night, and then followed him off tackle and romped 38 yards to the Kendallville 24. Comets Gain Lead The drive died out on fourth down, however, and the Comets took over on their own 15 and then began a 75 yard march with Hart gaining the final three yards. Elliott’s kick was again good and the visitors led. 14-7, with 5:44 remaining in thq half. Kendallville got a break moments later when a bad pass from center forced Elliott to run instead of punt and he was stopped on the Decatur 24, with Kendallville taking possession with 1:38 remaining. After a 15-yard penalty slowed the Comet drive, they still had enough left to continue and with 20 seconds remaining in the half a pass to John Bodenhafer gave Kendallville a first down on the Decatur four. Hart scored on the next play and it was 21-7 Kendallville at the halftime—a -lead that was just one point too much to overcome. Hie Jackets tut the road for their final two games, meeting rugged Concordia Wednesday evening at Zollner Stadium m Fort Wayne. Starting lineups: Decatur , Kendallville E Ladd | Bodenhafer T Hazelwood Herr G Magley Hicks C Wynn Solee G Egly Courtney T Macklin Krebs E Lehman Orndorff Q Anspaugh Reith H Elliott Gehring H B. Blythe Elliott F Stauffer Hart Scoring by quarters: Kendallville .7 14 0 o—2l Decatur 7 0 7 6—20 Decatur TD’s—Anspaugh 2 (3 run), (1-foot plunge*; Ladd (8, pass from Anspaugh. • PAT's — Anspaugh 2 (kicks). Kendallville TD’s — Hart 2 (3, run). (4, run); Orndorff (14, pass from Reith). PAT’s—Elliott 3 I kicks). D K Ist downs 8 13 Yds. rushing 110 228 Yds: passing 37 39 Pass att. ____ 6 4 Pass comp. _____ 4 2 Pass inter, by ........ 1 0 Fumbles i 2 Fumbles lost 11 Penalties .......1 3 Yds. penalized 15 32‘j

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THE HARD WAY — Yellow Jacket quarterback Dave Anspaugh sneaks across from the two-yard line for a score during the Decatur-Kendallville contest. —(Photo by Mac Lean) I® *' I"’is*.. r 1 Jr . Bailiff ■ v ■ '■ ’* - >*■ vfJ? ' ■ S s '. AROUND END—Sam Blythe throws a path-clearing block as Max Elliott swings wide in search of valuable yardage.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

50-Yard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka Someone once made the statement “you can’t win ’em all,” which was proven last night. Some nights you just can’t get things to go your way, which the Yellow Jackets ran into last night. A 52-yard touchdown run called back and a . couple of injuries really hurt. And when you’ve scored 102 points and allowed only six in your last three games, you’re due for a couple of back-breaking bad breaks. Os course, too, much of the blame lies in the team itself, and they’ll more than likely be the first to admit it. This writer, for one, was expecting a letdown last night, and there was a big one in that first half. The Jackets forgot everything they had shown in the past three games and were pushed over the field by a good Kendallvjlle team. But you have to give those Yellow Jackets credit for the way they came back in the second two quarters — never giving up. But 'it just wasn’t to be Decatur’s night. They proved a lot in the second half, in this corner’s opinion. They let everyone rooting for them know they would not have to go home disgraced, as they showed what makes good ball clubs — that little extra that keeps saying in the back of a player's mind, “don’t give up.” Injuries really were the killing blow. Buster Melchi ran only one play last night, gaining six yards off tackle after Kendallville had grabbed a 14-7 lead. He was hit hard, and came limping off the field with that bad leg, done for the evening. Bill Blythe was injured on the

'JiW xLA B| £ * it STOPPED— Hard-driving Lennie Corral runs full-tilt into a pack of Kendallville defenders during last uighls game at Worthman held. — (Photo by Mac Loan)

second half kickoff, and was used sparingly the rest of the game, leaving just regular back“fielders Mighty Max Elliott and Dave Anspaugh in the game. But the one that really hurt was when Max returned that interception late in the game and was injured when piled on out of bounds. That kept the best halfback in the conference off the field when he was needed the most, as Decatur was desperately trying to score. Two bad breaks happened to two guys who probably played their best ball of the year. Davey Anspaugh was simply tremendous in keeping the 1 club moving—and under lots of pressure in that last period. Dave scored, twice and passed for the other TD. He booted two extra points but was singled out by fate to miss the final PAT. He had a hand in every point Decatur scored, and this corner believes that if it wouldn’t have been for him the score wouldn't have been close High School Football New Haven 54, Bluffton 0. Garrett 18, Angola 0. Fort Wayne Concordia 27, Columbia City 19. Fort Wqyne Central 20, Elmhurst 6. Definance (O.) 27, Auburn 14. Fort Wayne Luers 30, Frankfort 7.. Portland 27, Winchester 6. F’enn 41, Peru 6. Huntington 41, Wabash 13. Tipton .23, Hartford City 0. Anderson 40, Muncie Central 20. Warsaw 13, Manchester 6. Elkhart 27, Mishawaka 20. I Hammond 27, East Chicago Washington 25 . Madison Heights 34, Fort Wayne South 25. Marion 28, Logansport 12. Richmond 28, Kokomo 27.

enough that a missed extra point would mean as much as it did. And Sam Blythe. Sam was the player who made the costly fumble, but yet Sam was also the guy who stepped in for Melchi and did a sterling job. The sophornore hasn’t had, as the old saying goes, "enough game experience at fullback to stick in your eye.” Yet, he was ready when he was called and -didn't let coach Yeoman down as he made several key gains. It is real funny how Dame Fortune usually picks out two follows who don’t deserve it to hand out her misfortunes. Many fans were complaining of the clipping penalty call that nullified Mighty Max’s TD run in the first half, but it was a definite clip and that was that. This writer takes no -offense against officiating calls, but against those that aren't called. There should be laws against the way Max Elliott is treated out on that field. Sure Ma x is the back everyone. is keying for, and he expects the rough treatment. ~TBut for the second game in a row he has been pik'd on. kicked, stomped on and trampled on when he was lying.on the ground. On that interception run he was hit out of bounds, and after hitting the ground — out of bqynds —two or. three more tacklers jumped on. It’s about time one of these officials at least called a penalty on that tyix' of stuff. - - Now the Jackets really have their work cut out for them. This one is history, and there are two big ones left. Kendallvillle beat Concordia, ,so why can’t Decatur? There are a lot of Decatur people who would like to see a certain towcl-chewer who is aliways crying about his team's injuries get a'good whoinping. I But can the Jackets bounce baek? —We'll see Wednesday.

Ashley Repeals As Sectional Champion The Aces of Ashley retained their sectional cross country crown Friday at Fort Wayne’s Shoaff Paark, winning in a breeze. The Aces had a low team score of 35 points, with Fort Wayne South Side a distrant second with 118. Ashley placed three runners in the first five, including the top individual. Fred McCHsh, and four in the top ten. The fifth Ashley runner finised 17th. Geneva was the top Adams county contingent, finished 11th in the team totals. Decatur high schoool was 20th and Adams Central 22nd. No Adams county runners finished in the top 25. The team scoring was as follows: Ashley. 35; South Side, 118; Huntertown, 123; North Side, 124; New Haven. 128; Cancordia, 143; Central, 156; Kendallville, 174; Bluffton. 217: Elmhurst, 263; Geneva .346; Leo, 383; Ligonier, 391; bia City, 432; South Whitley. 438; Huntington Catholic; 451; Huntington. 460; Churubusco, 475: Decatur. 497; Hamilton. 514; Adams Central, 518; Bishop Luers, 542.

BOWLING County Church League W L Pts. Geneva E.U.B. .. 17& 23'£ St. Luke No. 14 15 6 19 St. Luke No. 11 13>£ 7>£ 18»£ Mcnnonite No. 6— 13 8 18 Berne United Church 11W 9ti 16t£ Pleasant Dale 12 9 16 Decatur Methodist No 2 10 11 14 Church of Christ 9 12 13 Decatur Christian 8 13 11 Decatur Methodist 8 13 10 Mennonite No. 9 ... 61i 14Ma 9Ms Monroe Methodist No. 4 8 13 9 Monroe Methodist No. 1 8 13 8 High team series — St. Luke’s E & R No 11 1905. Decatur Christian 1964. Berne United Church of Christ 1688. High series — Ed Dick 526, Claude Dennison 512, Jerry Dubach 519. High team games — St. Luke's E & R No. 11 689-630, Berne United Church of Christ 636. High games — Claude Dennison 228, Harold Schwartz 210, Ed Dick 201. Coffee league Perks ...... n 4 14 Stivers 10 5 13 Cubes 9 6 13 Saucerettes . ..9 6 13 Instant 9 6 12 Coasters 8 7 12 8 7 10 Sfxxms . ... 7 8 iQ Sugar .. .. 7 8 10 Drips .... ....... 7 g 9 Warmers 6 9 8 Cream ..... .. g 9 7 Dunkers *?., 4 11 5 Caffeine 4 11 4 - High series — M. Reef 165-204-142 (511). High games — R. Baxter 187 S. Mutschler 181-179. L. Gehrig 170, M. Tutewiler 168, H. Mvers 163. A. Burke 161. R. Hagan 161. M Merriman 160, O. Jeffrey 160, M. Gantz 156, B. Yost 156, M Hileman 154. P. Kolter 152 K Porter 152, W Rafert 150, R. Barkley 150. Splits converted — T. Yost 3-10 W. Terhune 5-6-10, M. Merriman 3-9-10 and 3-10, M. J. Burness - 5-10. D. Mvers 3-7, V. Smith 5-7-10. M. Tutewiler 3-10. Owens Is Reinstated By Baltimore Colts BALTIMORE (UPI) — The Baltimore Colts restored offensive end R. C. Owens to their active roster today. Owens will replace rookie Butch Maples who was sidelined during h.st weekend’s game with the Sah Francisco Forty Niners due to a knee injury. Bud Vases Many types of pressurized cologne dispensers have a flat side, which makes them ideally suited for use as wall-type bud vases After you’re sure all pressure is completely gone from the bottle, pull off the metal cap with a pliers. Make a simple shelf and bracket, and attach this to the wall to hold your new vase.

MASONIC BEAN SUPPER Tues. Oct. 22 6:30 p.m. DeMolay Initiation 7:30 P. M. By the New Haven chapter of the order of DeMolay. For MASTER MASONS or DeMolay memberK ONLY. Robert S. Workinger, W M.

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Webb Asks For Elimination Os Series Day Off LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPD — Del Webb, co-owner of the New York Yankees, said today that he was going to speak to baseball Commissioner Ford Frick about the possibility of eliminating the “off” days in the World Series. ‘‘ln this age of fast travel, when you can get - from New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco in five or six hours, I can’t see any reason why there should be one day off between the games," said Webb. Webb, visiting some of his properties here while seeing the $70,000 Sahara Invitational golf tournament, said he had talked to Frick about the layoff between Series games before. "He said it was taking too niuch of a chance to schedule the games without a day off." said Webb. "But I can't see it." "Millions of people get all worked up about the World Series. The excitement is at fever pitch. Then there is a big letdown while the teams take that day off." Webb said that the owners were’ well' satisfied with the Yankees and that the four straight losses to the Dodgers didn’t mean there would be any overhaul uig. "It was Just one of those things,” he said. “Just, one little play one way or the other and we could have been a winner. We went into the first game against the world's greatest pitcher. We could have been out of trouble and right in the game-with one key play. But it didn’t come off and we got beat.” Tom Hoover Signed By New York Knicks NEW YORK (UPI) — Tom Hoover, cut earlier this month by the Philadelphia 76ers, has been signed by the New York Knickerbockers. “New York Coach Eddie Donovan said Hoover will be placed on the active roster as soon as he becomes familiar with the Knicks’ style of play. Hoover played for the Camden Bullets „ of the Eastern Basketball League last season.

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