Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 259, Decatur, Adams County, 2 November 1963 — Page 7

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1963

Decatur Yellow Jackets Close Season With 25-7 Victory Against Angola

By Bob Shraluka Mighty Max Elliott led Decatur’s powerful Yellow Jackets to a feat accomplished by only two other Decatur teams in the past 15 seasons Friday night, as the Jackets hung up their sixth win of the campaign in their season finale at Angola with a resounding 25-7 victory. Elliott scored all four touchdowns as the Jackets exploded for 19 points in the second half to turn a 7-6 haltime deficit into their sixth win of the year against only three losses. Since an unbeaten season in 1943, only two Decatur teams have won six games in a season. The 1948 crew won six, lost three and Tied one, while the 1956 team won six and lost three. The general concensus around the Northeastern Indiana conference is that Elliott is the best halfback in the league, and he certainly proved it last night. Inaddition to scoring touchdowns on runs of five, 83, 26 and three yards, Elliott rushed for 175 yards in 14 carries to push his season rushing total past 1,000 yards. Rally From Deficit But the entire Decatur squad was just as outstanding, as they ■rebounded from a sluggish first K half to completely outclass a

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Hornet eleven that had won five of seven games prior to Friday night. The win pushed the Yellow Jackets past the Hornets into third place in the NEIC, where they finish tied with Kendallville, 7-0 winner over Auburn last night. Both Decatur and Kendallville ended with 5-3 conference marks. Angola started out the contest as if they would breeze to victory, scoring with only a minute and 37 seconds gone in the first period. Starting from their own 32 after the opening kickoff, the Hornets were penalized five yards for offsides and Deane Lehman threw halfback Tom Cochran for a five yard loss on an attempted end run. An incomplete pass followed an<jl on third down and 20 yards to go, quarterback Jack Deller found Lynn Maugherman open on a criss-cross pattern, tossed him a perfect pass, and Ihe speedy halfback was off on a 78 yard touchdown gallop. Larry Clark booted the extra point and the Hornets were suddenly in a 7-0 lead "with 10:23 still to play in the opening period. March 78 Yards But Wally Yeoman's ball club was far from dead, and after the kickoff was downed on their own’ €2, quarterback Dave Anspaugh started his team on a march that carried them 78 yards in, 16 plays to their first touchdown. Elliott gained 40 yards in the drive, including an important four yards on a fourth and one situation on the Hornet 30. After Bill Blythe bulldozed from the Angola 16 to the five on an offtackle play, Elliott put Decatur on the scoreboard. The junior speedster shot around right end, shook one tackler at the line of scrimmage and dove into the end zone. Davey Anspaugh’s kick for the point after was deflected by a long Hornet arm as it started its upward climb to the goalpost, and was thus short, keeping Angola in a 7-6 lead at the 1:32 mark of the first quarter. Jack Deller grabbed the ensuing kickoff and ran five yards before he was met with a' vicious tackle by Manny Ybarra on the 28, causing a bounding fumble which Sam Blythe gathered in on the Hornet 38. ?. A 15-yard penalty later moved the ball to the Angola 23, but the Jackets could only gain eight yards in their next four plays, and surrendered the ball to the host club. Custer Intercepts Later in the period, Decatur marched to the Hornet 29, but fumbled and Angola recovered. The Hornets put up a mild threat, advancing into Decatur territory, but John Custer intercepted a pass on the Decatur 43, and the half ended three plays later. Opening the second., half,..Angola moved Decatur 22, after they pounced on a short kickoff to gain possession. But at the 23, little “Jake” Ybarra, putting the finishing touches on an amazing football career, grabbed a fumble to give his team possession of the pigskin. But three plays later, the Jackets gave the ball right back as they fumbled on their own 30. The Hornets then marched to a first down on the Decatur 18, before the Yellow Jacket defense really came to life. Ybarra and Steve Hazelwood, Decatur’s “Mutt and Jeff,” held fullback Mike Beard for a one yard gain and Deane Lehman then crashed

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Bl fl jR ’ 'B. Jf Ixt? k Max Elliott through to hold Deller to no gain. On third down, Deller tried a quarterback sneak but was stopped cold by Ybarra, a 5-5 and 145 pounder, who was the smallest man on the field. Deller then attempted a pass, which Elliott batted down on the Decatur 5. The Jackets took over on thenown 17, and Anspaugh was stopped for no gain on a left end keeper. But on the next play, Elliott brought a good-sized Decatur crowd to its feet. Electrifies Crowd Anspaugh faked to Sam Blythe, but bumped into the Decatur fullback. Falling off balance, the clever Decatur quarterback was being chased by two linemen and Will Honor Veteran Os Cleveland Browns CLEVELAND (UPI) — Veteran flanker back Ray Renfro of the Cleveland Browns will be honored Nov. 24 when the Browns close their home season, the team Friday. Renfro has caught,, a career total of 279 passes for 5,501 yards to rank third in pass catching in the Browns' 17-year-history, H. S. Basketball Arcola 90, Petroleum 65. Bryant 82, Gray 38. 57. Huntington Twp. 66, Roanoke Madison Twp. 81, Fort Recovery (O.) 60. Pennville 40, Chester Center 28. Bloomfield 72, Eastern (Greene) 36. South Whitley 97, Akron 37. Mentone 63, North Webster 47. Pierceton 78, Syracuse 63. Cloverdale 80, Eminence 71. Redkey 60, Dunkirk 58. Adding Sales Tax To Pump Prices Illegal INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Filling station attendants wanting to save some work are prohibited from adding the new Indiana sales tax to the automatic price indicators on their gasoline pumps. James C. Courtney, state revenue commissioner, ‘said Friday he had received a complaint telling of a dealer who had raised the pump price to include the tax in northern Indiana. Courtney said, in addition to being unlawful, the practice also results in overcharges to the customer on larger sales since the one cent tax on one gallon increases to only two cents on a four gallon sale. Courtney said anyone who fails to add the sales tax above the advertised or state price or claims to absorb the tax. may be fmedfrom SIOO to SLOOO. A revenue commission spokesman said the practice of changing the gasoline pump prices to include the tax may only be prevalent in Northern Indiana because the practice is legal in Michigan.

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flipped the ball to Elliott off to his right. And thus began the most electrifying run of many that Elliott has pulled off this past season. Grabbing the short flip. Mighty Max started to the right, found r.o opening and started back to the left. Running nearly the entire width of the field, he picked up about ten yards, and when met by two opposing tacklers, reversed his field again and headed for the opposite sideline—the one to which he originally ran. By now he had passed every Hornet on the field and he blasted off down the right sideline. As a tackler neared him at the goal line, he dove in for the score—an 83 yard TD scamper Angola fans are still talking about today. The Jackets tried to run for the point, but were stopped, as they clung to a lead with 2:04 to play in the third round. The Hornets never recovered from that run, and the Jackets soon put “the final nails in the coffin.” On the third play after the kickoff, Deller passed to end Glen Bartlett, but linebacker Jerry Egly picked off the aerial and returned it seven yards to the Angola 43. Elliott Again Anspaugh gained 11 yards on a right end run as the quarter ended, and on the third play of the last 12 minutes, Elliott broke over right tackle, shook a linebacker and then two more defenders on his way to a 25 yard scamper to paydirt. The run for the PAT was again stopped, but Decatur had just about “iced” matters by boosting their lead to 18-7. Decatur had no chance for a letdown, as on the next Angola series of downs, a low block dis-located-the left knee of the Jackets’ talented 235-pound tackle Tcm Macklin. This fired up the Decaturites and they forced Angola to punt, Bill Blythe returning the kick to the Hornet 49. After Blythe gained five yards on a run and five more when he fumbled and Tint Magley recovered, Decatur againstarted a march to paydirt. ' Anspaugh picked up two first downs and 25 yards'on two passes over the center to Greg Ladd, the second of which gave Decatur a first and goal on the Angola 10. On fourth down, Elliott gained the last three yards around right end and when Anspaugh placed a per-» feet boot through the uprights with 4:27 to play, the Jackets had a 25-7 lead and their sixth win. Substitutes played the rest of the way and Angola marched to the Decatur five with five seconds to play, but Egly intercepted a pass in the end zone on the final play of the season. The Yellow Jackets, who will be feted at the Booster club banquet Tuesday, Nov. 12, defeated Auburn, Bluffton, Columbia City, Concordia and Angola in confe’ - - ence games, and Portland in their lone non-conference affair, while losing to New Haven, Garrett and Kendallville. Starting lineups: Decatur Angola E Ladd * Barlett T Hazelwood Rausch G Magley Honess C Wynn Powers G Egly Hanselman T Eichenauer Cable E Lehman Clark Q Anspaugh Deller H Elliott Maugherman H B. Blithe Cochran F S. Blythe Beard Sebring by quarters: Decatur 6 0 6 13—25 Angola 7 0 0 o—7 Decatur TD’s—Elliott 4 (5, run) <B3. run), <26, run), (3, runi. PAT—Anspaugh (kick). Angola TD—Maugherman <7B, pass from Deller). PAT—Clark (kick). Decatur Angola Ist downs ..... 18 5 Yds. rushing ------ 267 50 Yds. passing 42 106 Total yds. 309 156 Pass att. 6 13 Pass comp. ........ 3 4 Intercept. by_ 4 0 Fumbles 5 2 Furfibles lost . 3 2 Yds. penalized 5 25

50- Yard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka Six and three and whoopee! It was a great season, to say the least. And it couldn’t havp happened to a finer bunch of athletes. Mauling Berne and Hartford City for 34 points back in the first week of September at the Bluffton jamboree, the Yellow Jackets gave their fans some real encouragement as to a winning season. And what a winning season it was. I—..—J _ Only two other Decatur teams since that great one in 1943 have won as many games as the 1963 edition, a record a fine group of boys can be very proud of for the rest of their lives. Some fine athletes finished their high school football careers last night on a cold, windy and wet field many, many miles from home. There will be some sorrow, undoubtedly, but when you have a season like they had, only the good times — and there were many of them — are remembered. Winding it up were such players as the great Steve Hazelwood, who will undoubtedly go down as one of the finest tackles in the h'istory of Decatur high school. The team leader, the inspiration, big Steve should go on to bigger and better things in college. Ends Greg Ladd and Deane Lehman, as fine a pair of ends, both offensively and defensively, as the school has had in some time. Big Tom Macklin, one of the most courageous lads on the team. Tom played all season with the fear of either of two bad knees popping out of place, but it never once caused him to hold back. The knee finally went last night, but not before he had finished in grand style. Dave Wynn, who gave a steady performance all year at the most unheralded, but most important, position, center. John Custer, who all year long provided depth in the backfield, both on the attack and on defense. Subs Kenny Rriffle and Gary Krueckeberg, neither of whom played much, but were always working hard, and such was the case with Dick Ortiz, who also gave the Jackets lots of depth in the backfield. Another fine senior boy ended his career on the sidelines last night. Buster Melcfri was really great before the injury bug struck and gave Decatur some of its finest fullbacking since Kenny Grant. It was a shamS" it had to happen to him. And last but not least is the guy who captured the hearts of Decatur fans the past two years, Manny “Jake” Ybarra. Although only five feet, five inches tall and weighing just 145 pounds. Manny played in the middle of the defensive line, between 220 pound Hazelwood and 235 pound Macklin this season and finished his career with two great performances in the last two games. There'll never be another like him! But all is not lost for next season. Returning will be Mighty Max Elliott, Dave Anspaugh, the Blythe boys, Jerry Egly, Johnny Eichenauer, Tim Magley, Darryl Grote, Lennie Corral, Jack Stauffer, Tom Engle and others. Mighty Max, by the way, not only scored all four touchdowns last night, but turned in a feat rarely seen in high school circles. Going into the contest, -he had 941 yards rushing in eight games, and added another 175 to that total to finish theseason with 1,116, surpassing by about a 100 yards Ron Thieme’s total of last season. The speedster gained those IJI6 yards in just 103 carries, which quickly figures out to a mostoutstanding 10.76 yards per carry. Anspaugh was also outstanding last night. Taking command of his club, he moved the team well all night in a contest which the statistics point out was really quite lopsided. The defensive team, which posted three shutouts this year and allowed only one TD in two others, held Angola to a very meager 156 yards both passing and rushing. And 78 of those yards came on the Hornet touchdown. Congratulations are out to the coaches, Wally Yeoman, Jerry Mitchel, Garry Giesaler and Steve Brandenburg, who did such an outstanding job in their first year of, working together; to the fans both adult and student body, who supported the club as has never been seen before; to the seniors and the entire team. Congratulations for a job welldone —> — and then some!

Adams Central Beats Eagles Friday Night Adams county’s 1963-64 high school basketball season was kicked off Friday night, with the Adams Central Flying Jets coming from behind in the final quartet to defeat the Monmouth Eagles, 65-54, at the Adams Central gym. The Eagles jumped out to a 15-11 advantage at the first quarter, but the Jets eased into a one-point advantage, 25-24, at the half-time intermission. Monmouth again took over in the third stanza, and as the teams entered the final eight minutes of play, the Eagles were on top 44-41. But the Jets limited the Eagles to only’ 10 points in the final bracket while scoring 21 markers for the triump. Tony Ehrsam topped the Adams Central attack with 25 points on nine field goals and seven free throws. Only one other Adams Central player was in double figures, Bill Hirschy tailing 13 Dean Schieferstein with 17 points points. Monmouth was topped by and Gene Bienz with 16. Adams Central will play the. Lions at Leo next Friday, and and the Eagles will be hosts to the Ossian Bears at Monmouth, also on Friday. Adams Central FG FT TP Egley 3 2 8 Ringger 2 3 7 Hirschy . 5 3 13 Clouse .... 0 6 6 Lehman ... 1 2 4 Ross 10 2 Ehrsam 9 7 25 Schnepp 0 0 0 Lupe 0 0 0 Minnich 0 0 0 Hill . 0 0 0 Suman 0 0 0 — — Totals 21 23 65 Monmouth FG FT TP Schieferstein 7 3 17 Scherer ... 1 o 2 Liby 000 Conrad .... 12 4 Hoile 1 5 7 Brandt..... 2 2 6 Luginbill 10 2 Bienz 6 4 16 Totals 19 16 54 Officials — Linn, May. Preliminary Monmouth, 35-31. High School Football Kendallville 7, Auburn 0. Fort Wayne Concordia 20, Fort Wayne Central 7. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 6, Fort Wayne South 0. Marion 35, Huntington 7. Noblesville 14, New Caistle 6. Kokomo 41, North Central 7. Indianapolis Tech 20, Muncie Central 13. Frankfort 13. Delphi 7. Richmond 30, Middletown (O.) 6. Elwood 21, Anderson 20. Elkhart 23, South Bend Central 7. Warsaw 19, Wabash 12. South Bend Riley 26, LaPorte 7South Bend Washington 28, Goshen 0. South Bend St. Joseph's 32, Penn 0. Hammond 7, Hammond Noll 7. (tie). Lafayette 25, Lebanon 6. Pro Football American League Boston 45, Houston 3. Pro Basketball Boston 119, Philadelphia 102. Los Angeles 122, Cincinnati 112.

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County Church League W L Pts Geneva EUB .... 20% 6% 27% Mennonite No. 6.. 18 9 25 St. Luke No. 11 ._ 17% 9% 24% St. Luke No. 14 .. 19 8 24 Berne United Church ....1... 14% 12% 21% Pleasant Dale .... 16 11 21 Mbnroe Methodist No. 2 13 14 18 Decatur Lutheran .14 13 17 Church of Christ .11 16 16 Decatur Christian .11 16 15 Mennonite No. 9 .. 9% 17% 13% Monroe Methodist No. 9 12 15 13 Decatur Methodist 10 17 12 Monroe Methodist No. 4 8 19 9 High team series — St. Luke's E & R No. 14, 1913,—Decatur Christian 1845, Mennonite No. 6, 1778. High series — Leonard Funk, 579, Jerry Dubach 574, Claude Stricker 531. High team games — St. Luke No. 14 , 657, St. Luke E & R No. 14, 659, Geneva EUB 647. High games — Funk 230, Jerry Dubach 210, Claude Stricker 208. TV GUIDES W L Pts. Defenders 18 6 25 Ripcords 17 7 23 Caseys 13 11 18 Medics 13 11 17 Laramie's 8 16 12 Checkmates 9 15 11 Virginians „ 8 16 11 Hillbillies .... 9 15 11 1722, Defenders 1600. High team series — R'ipcords 1722, Defenders 1600. High game series ' — H. Bracey 131-147-178 (456), B. Drake 118-148-190 ( 456), V. Custer 165-125-145 (435), G. Buckner 181-138-114 (433), D. Holthouse 153-126-143 (422), M. Mies 141-147-129 (417), High games — E. Fennig 147, H. McDonald 138-145, E Hite 138. J. Hesher 136, M. J. Baker 138, K Mayclin 135, G. Baker 198, M. Lengerich 139, C. Arnold 153, M. Schultz 138, J. McKenzie 154 . Splits converted — Lee Smith 3-7, Ellen Basham 2-7, M. J. Baker 3-10, Jane McKenzie 4-5, Gilaine Zimmerman 5-7.

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