Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1964 — Page 7

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1964

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Tackle Strength Depends On Center; Eichenauer Returns

By Bob Shraluka (Editor’s Note: Second in a series of five articles previewing, position by position, the 1964 Decatar high school footboll team). A prime necessity for any good football team is a pair of good

—lb* JV jjgjjgi IHSnBBHHRMHMNHHMI TACKLE TALENT — Tackle positions in the Decatur Yellow Jacket line this fall will be filled by the five gridders shown above. Left to right are Tom Hower, John Meeks, Darryl Grote, Steve Beavers and John Eichenauer. —(photo by Anspaugh)

Major League Leaders By United Press Internationa] National League G. AB. R. H. Pct. Clemente Pitt 120 483 72 166.344 ■Williams Chi 125 498 76 163.327 Santo Chi 124 460 70 150 .326 Carty Mil 94 303 48 98 .323 Aaron Mil 122 492 89 157.319 Allen Phila 124 488 94 153 .314 Mays SF 123 458 98.144.314 Chrstpher NY 117 407 62 126.312 Hunt N 114 424 53 131 .309 Robinson Cin 119 42? 81 131 .307 Cepeda SF 107 39.8 57 122 .307 American League $ G. AB. B. H. Pct. Oliva Minn 124 526 95 176.335 Mantlte NY 108 353 66 109 .309 B.Rbnsn Balt 126 174 64 146 .308 Chance Cle ' 94 305 »9 1 93 .305 Robinson Chi 107 398 69 121.304 Howard NY 112 411 43 123 .299 Frehan Det 11 391 51 117.299 Fegosi LA 115 391 69 116 .297 Bressoud Bos 124 452 69 134 .296 Tillman Bos 101 324 34 96 .296 Home Runs Notional: Mays, Giants, 38; Williams, Cubs 27; Robinson, Reds; Cepeda, Giants, 25 each; Santo, Cubs, 24. American: Killebrew, Twins, 42; Powell, Orioles, 31; Colavito, A’s, 30; Allison, Twins, 29; Stuart, Red Sox; Wagner, Indians, 28 each. Runs Batted In National: Boyer, Cards, 91; Santo, Cubs, 90; Mays, Giants, 89; Aaron, Braves, 83; Callison, Phils; Torre, Braves, 76 each. „ . American: Killebrew, Twins, 95; Stuart, Red Sox, 92; Cola vito. A’s, 89; Wagner, Indians, 87; B. Robinson, Orioles. 85. Pitching National: Koufax, Dodgers, 19-5; Bunnlng. Phils, 14-4; Marichal, Giants, 15-5; O’Toole, Reds, 13-6; Short, Phils, 13-6. American: Bunker, Orioles, 13- Pizarro, White Sox, 16-6; Kralick, Indians, 10-4; Ford, Yanks, 12-5; Chance, Angels, 14- Kaat, Twins, 14-6. DRIVE-IN THEATER Tonite WED. & THURS. 2 All-Time Greats! fIV W W COLOR BY ’lf CINEMASCOPE PLUS — Hitchcock Chiller! “To Catch A Thief’ Color Cary Grant, Grace Kelly -O-O-O-Fri. & Sat. - JACK LEMON "Good Neighbor Sam" - CokH and "FBI CODE 98"

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tackles, which the Decatur Yellow Jackets will have this season — IF. For an honest evaluation of the strength, or weakness, at tackle positions for the Yellow Jackets, I one must took to the center posil tion, currently manned by Terry

Carty Clicking The Brave Turnstiles

By GEORGE C. LANGFORD UPI Sports Writer The turnstiles are beginning to spin again at County Stadium in Milwaukee and the reason is Rico Carty. Canty (pronounced Car’-de) easily is the most popular player in the beer capital and his growing fan club in the leftfield ■ bleachers will be bitterly disappointed if the enthusiastic Dominican is not- named rookie of the 'year in the National League. v ".'' ‘ • . The 24 - year -old ex-boxer vaulted into fourth place among the league’s leading hitters Monday night when he belted three doubles, a home run and a single, raising his batting average to .323. Carty’s pyrotechnics were too much of the first-place Phillies, who crumped under the Braves’ 16 hit attack 12-9 and lost a full game to the secondplace San Francisco Giants. Braves Attendance Up Carty’s bubbling spirit, powerful bat and throwing arm, plus his unpredictable antics in the outfield (he’ a converted catcher) have helped the Braves to push their attendance more 25fh Little League World Series Opens WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (UPI) — Little League championship teams from North America, Europe and Japan launch first round play today in the 25th Little League World Series. Bartlesville. Okla., meets Monterey, Mexico, in th'e opener and Mobile, Ala., faces La Puete, Calif., in the second game of the day. The Wednesday schedule pits Wiesbaden, Germany, against Staten Island, N.Y., and Valleyfield, Quebec, against Tachikawa, Japan. The winners of the contests will play Thursday in the semifinal round. The losers bracket will continue to play each day. Friday is an off-day, reserved as a rain date, and the mighty mites will be guests Friday night at a banquet marking the ~ 25th anniversary of the Little =- championships. S The championship and consolation game are scheduled for S Saturday. i The 1963 winner, Granada E Hills, Calif., was eliminated in = regional play.

Smitley. If Smitley can “cut the mustard” at center, and thus far he is showing he can, the Decaturites will be strong at tackle, barring any injury problems. If Smitley can hold his own at center, the “if” concerning the tackle spots

than 225,000 above the corresponding period a year ago. Considering that Carty didn’t nail down the Braves left field post until late June and didn’t play a full game until midMay, it is amazing the competition he is giving the Phillies brilliant third baseman, Richie Allen, for the rookie title. Carty is hitting nine points more than Allen, trails him by only a handful of RBl’s and has hit 13 homers in 94 games to 22 in 124 games for Alltn. West Covington, a former Brave, drove in six runs to tie the league high this season. He powered two homers and a pair of doubles for the losing Phils. Hank Aaron added a single, home run and three RBl’s to the Braves attack against five Philadelphia hurlers. Bob Sadowski (8-8) was" ths 4 winner. Chisox Lose Ground The Minnesota Twins pushed the second-place Chicago White Sox two games behind the idle Baltimore Orioles .with a 4-3 trimming in the only American League game scheduled. The Giants measured the Dodgers 4-2 to move within 6% games of the Phillies: the Cardinals defeated the Pirates 5-1, and the Colts stopped the Cubs 2-0, in the only NL action. Jim Kaat (14-6) received relief help from Al Worthington in the last two innings to deal the White Sox their fourth loss in the last five games. Kaat gave up five hits during his stint to record his third straight triumph over Chicago. The Twins scored two runs each in the second and third innings dn run-scoring singles by Jerry Zimmerman and Zoilo Versalles, and a sacrifice fly by Kaat. John Buzhardt (10-7) was the loser. = Bob Gibson hurled his first complete game in more than a month and received home run support from Ken Boyer and Bill White in the Cardinals victory. Gibson (11-10) had been kayoed seven times since he beat tht Mets 19. He struck out 12 including five in a row in the sixth and seventh innings. White and Boyer also added run-producing singles off loser Bob Friend (10-14). Hart Homers Jim Ray Hart, another rookie of the year candidate, capped a four-run first inning for the Giants with a two-run homer. Willie Mays contributed two spectacular catches, the second drawing a standing ovation from the Dodger Stadium partisan when he stabbed Tommy Davis’ blast to right center. Jim Duffalo allowed only six hits, including a two-run first inning homer to Willie Davis, en route to his third victory in four decisions. Joe Moeller (713) absorbed the defeat. Walt Bond broke up a scoreless pitching duel bttween Bob Bruce of the Colts and Lew Burdette of the Cubs with a two-out s ingel in the eighth inning. His hit followed a single by Bruce, a fielder’s choice and a walk. Bruce (12-7) allowed only two hits in eight innings and Burdette, (9-7) seven hits.

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•will vanish. For with Smitley handling the snapping duties, rugged Johnny Eichenauer is free to stay at tackle. And if Eichenauer is at tackle, at least one side of the offensive line will be capable of opening many a hole for Decatur’s explosive backfield. Team Best Eichenauer, a 5-9, 190 senior, is the team’s outstanding player fundamentally. “Ike” is a strong rugged competitor, who plays his position low — as do all good tackles. Mostly an unknown before the start of last season, he stepped into the lineup one night and stayed there most of the remainder of the campaign., Lessons learned from last season should make him even tougher this year. If Smitley should falter at center, it may necessitate moving Eichenauer to center, which he played some of last season, and which would weaken the tackle position considerably, unless one of the younger candidates comes through quickly. Other Side As things stand now, the other sic|e of the line, at tackle, will be handled by big Darryl Grote. Grote got. into several games last season, but is still short on experience. Hie senior has all the strength you could ask of a high school tackle, as he pack’s a strong 200 pounds on his 6-1 frame. In the games in which he saw action last season, Grote demonstrated that he wasn’t to be pushed around, but showed also his inexperience by getting “trapped” in rushing into the backfield. This should be a thing of the past soon though, after he sees some stiff competition in the first few games. The Jackets lack depth at tackle, however, which may cause quite a bit of trouble before the campaign is over. • Tackle Shortage At present, only seniors Steve Beavers' and John Meeks, and sophomore Tom Hower are listed behind Eichenauer and Grote 'as tackles on the varsity roster. Beavers is big enough, toting 215 pounds on his six-foot, twoinch frame, but has very little experience. This big senior learned to get tough as a heavyweight kreitlec during the winter, and with some experience under his belt he just might move one of the other two out of a starting job.

Meeks, although not as big as Beavers, is strong enough to die a tackle’s duties. A well-pro-? portioned 6-2, 185 pounds, he toog lacks experience. But Meeks has“” worked hard in pre-season training, and if he and Beavers can continue to show improvement, there may no longer be a lack of depth. Hower, at present, doesn’t appear to be a serious threat to one of the other four. But the future is a different story. Only a sophomore, Hower stands five feet, 10 inches tall, and weighs 160 pounds. He is one of the hardest workers on the | squad and with another year of growth, could develop into a “good one” before his high school career is finished. There is also the possibility that Smitley, or another center candidate, Dave Snell, may be used at tackle before the season is over.

In summarizing, much will depend on Smitley, as said previously. With Eichenauer at one tackle and Grote at the other, the Decaturites could be extra strong at tackle. If Beavers Meeks and Hower can continue to improve, as they gain experience, the worry over the lack of depth could also be nq_serious problem. (Tomorrow: A look at the guard positions, where two starters return.) Tackle Candidates Ht Wt Yr John Eichenauer . 5-9 190 Sf. Darryl Grote 6-1 2(X) Sr John Meeks 6-2 185 Sr. (Steve Beavers 6-2 215 Sr. Tom Hower .... 5-10 160 Soph. Must Make Breakfast Reservations Now Dick Reidenbach, president of the D.H.S. Booster Club, reminded dub members today they must make reservations for the football “kick-off” breakfast before the end of the week. Reidenbach said only a few reservations have been made thus far for the affair which will be held at the Youth and Community Center- at 6:45 am. Tuesday, to send the Decatur Yellow Jackets into the jamboree. Cost of the breakfast is just 50 cents to each member which will be paid at the door. The Ctab must make its reservation with the Youth Center no later than Saturday. Reservations may be made by calling 3-9486 after 5 p.m., or by contacting Reidenbach er one of the other dub officer*;

Shraluka ’sSlants By Bob Shraluka So Long Redhead! Good news for most National Football League fans in this area who sit back in their box-seat in their living room each Sunday, just a line plunge from the refrigerator, came across this writer’s desk yesterday in the NFL press information kit distributed by the Columbia Broadcasting Qompany (in case you haven’t heard, that is the organization that pulled out some small change the other day to purchase a baseball team). We had heard it rumored in the past few weeks, but couldn’t find any facts to back it up. Now its official — Red Grange, who can’t broadcast like he could play football, will no longer be a visitor each Sunday in the household of the NFL fans in the Chicago area. Without any fanfare, and publicity, the Old Redhead has stepped down. Thank goodness! It wasn’t that Red made a lot of mistakes, he just forgot every once in a while the name of team the Bears were playing. There were a few times when the Bears were having a

I f I '■'22R’ ■ • * mH Jack Buck (Welcome!)

radio, St. Louis, and a member of the baseball Cardinals’ radio and television team, has replaced Grange for the coming season. Buck, who is sports director of the CBS-owned KMOX, began his car eer as a sports broadcaster in 1948 doing the play-by-play of Ohio State football and basketball games. In 1950 and 1951, he added the baseball games of the Columbus Redbirds to his list and the following year did the Rochester Red Wing ball games. He joined the Cardinal crew in 1953 and has been with them ever since. He also broadcasts the St. Louis University Biflikins’ basketball schedule. His microphone partner, or analyst for the Bear games this season, will be the guy who should have been talking in the past instead of Grange — George Conner. After a tremendous career with Notre Dame and the Bears, Conner turned to the TV booth in 1958, announcing for Green Bay, and the followig year began the Chicago assignment. How well Buck can handle a football game is unknown to this writer, but we do listen to his discriptions of Cardinal baseball games quite frequently, and think he does a fine job. Anyway, he certainly can’t do any worse than Grange. He can make one major improvement by letting Conner talk once in a while.

Trailer Sales Lose 4 - 3

The Wabash Majors used a pair of two-run inings to defeat Adams County Trailer Sales in the ooenihg night of action in the 16-team Markle ivitation softball tournament, by a 4-3 score. The defeat dropped the Trailer Sales, runner-up in the recent ISC tourney at Markle, from further competition in the single-elimina-tion meet. Decatur’s other entry in the field, Two Brothers, meets Club 49 of Payne, 0., in a firstround game at 9 o’clock Thursday night. A two- run fifth inning proved to be the difference in the contest. The tallies boosted the Wabash team’s lead to 4-0, but Trailer Sales rallied for three runs in the last of the fifth. They were shutout over the final "two innings, however. Early Lead Wabash took an early lead with a pair of first inning runs on a single, two hit batsmen, and two Decatur errors. After being held scoreless the r.ext three frames, the winners Public Invited To Friday Grid Workout The Decatur Yellow Jacket football squad will stage an evening practice session at Worthman Field Friday night, with the public invited and urged to attend, according to an announcement today by athletic director Bob Worthman. The practice session will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and a pep session will be held at approximately 8 o’clock. Worthman said that students who want to sign up for the bus to Auburn, for the regular season opener on Friday, September 4, may do so Friday night at Worthman Field.

good game, that he even forgot to mention the fact that there was another team playing. The Bears, at least those of last season, didn’t pull off many exciting plays, and usually didn’t permit their opponents to do so either. If that wasn’t bad enough to watch, we had to listen to Red trying to explain what was going on on the field. Jack Buck, the veteran announcer for KMOX

scored twice in the fifth inning when Vanladingham reached base on an error and rode home in front of Van, who clouted a home run. The Trailer Sales nine came to Ifie in their half of the fifth, scoring three times. W. Coldasure opened the inning with a double and scored on Ralph Busse’s double. Lee Hoopingarner drew a walk and both he and l|isse scored on R. Colclasure’s single. Trailer Sales got a lead-off single by Bob Hoffman in the sixth, but Hipsher, the Wabash hurler, retired the next six batters in order to finish the contest. Hoopingarner went the distance for Trailer Sales, scattering six hits. The Decatur teain got just four hits off Hipsher, as they had been retired in order through the first four inings. WABASH AB R HE Anderson, If 4 110 , Vandlingham, c - 4 2)0 Van, lb 3 110 Parrett, 3b —4 0 0 0 Hipsher, p —— 2 0 1 0 Chain, ss 3 0 0 0 Skeans, cf 3 0 0 0 Harden, 2b3 0 10 Arrick, rs 3 0 0 0 Totals —- 29 4 6 0 ’ TRAILER SALES AB R H E Bowman, c .2 0 0 0 Inniger, 2b 3 0 0 1 Hoffman, ss 3 0 1 0 W. Colclasure', 3b 3 11 1 Busse, lb 3110 Hoopingarner, p ..:... 2 1 0 0 Stevens, cf .'■--- 3 0)0 R. Colclasure, If ' 3 0 1 1 Mclntosh, rs 2 0 0 0. Totals 24 3 1 3 Score by Irminxs , Wabash 200 020 o—4 Decatur -000 030 o—3

New Grid Coach At Decatur High

Decatur high school’s football I coaching staff returned to its full I compliment of four today, with the announcement* by the North Adams school board of the hiring of former Purdue quarterback Chuck Schelsky. Schelsky, who arrived in Decatur for the first time Monday, will work with assistant coach Phil Miller in 'handling the fortunes of I Decatur high school’s freshmansophomore, or reserve, football team. Wally Yeoman is the head of the four-man staff, and Steve Brandenburg, starting his second season, is the varsity line coach. A vacancy in the coaching ranks occurred recently with the resignation of Jerry Mitchel and i Gary Giessler. Mitchel left the system to take a coaching post- I tion with New Haven high school, while Kiesler resigned his assistant duties in the gridiron sport. Purdue QB Schelsky, a native of Clinton, Ind., has a wealth of football experience. He played three ears in grade school, four years of high school ball at Clinton and four years at Purdue. During his tenure at Purdue, he had the misfortune of being a quarterback the same time Len Dawson, now an American Bootball League star, was doing the tossing for the Boilermakers. His teaching duties at Decatur high will be in the physical education department, at the high school level. Needs Home Schelsky, his wife. Qarbara*, and their two children, Randy, a six-year-old, and Sheri, four year >- of-age, are currently looking for a home to rent in Decatur. As soon as they can loca.e a place to live here, they will be moving to this city from Lafay; ette. . Schelsky received his degree from Purdue U. in 1958, and since that time has worked at the university as an assistant intramural department. The new coach possesess a master’s degree in educational guidance, psychology. Reserved Seat Ducats Must Be Picked Up Decatur high school athletic dwirector Bob Worthmanrfminded football fans this , morning that they must make their reserved scat reservations this week. Fans who had reserved seats for home games last season, and want to retain the seats for the upcoming campaign, must contact Mrs. Annie Alton in the superintendent's office at Decatur high school. If the tickets are not picked up within the next few days, they will be sold to Jhose who did not have reserved seats last year, but would like them for this season. Non-reserved season ducats are on sale at the school and at Holt-house-on-the-Highway, priced at $3 for adults and $2.50 for students. The ticket is good for five Yellow Jacket home games, but does not cover the Tuesday night jamboree; Jamboree tickets are on sale at the same two locations and are priced at $1 for everyone. There are no reserved seats for the jamboree. Exhibition Baseball By United Press International NY. <ALI 100 102 002— 6 71 N.Y. 'NLI 000 021 01— 4 9 V Brenneman, Reniff (7), Mikkelsen <8) and Howard, Blanchard <4). Stallard, Fisher <3>, Locke <6 1, Wakefield (7), Hunter <8 > and Gonder. Winner— Mikkelsen. Loser — Hunter. HR —Tresh, Maris, Pepitone. — j _—_,

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"W ■■■ I ■ I Chuck Schelsky Counly 'Shoe Title Copped By Riverview Riverview Gardens copped the 1964 Adams County Horseshoe League season title last night, defeating Preble Gardens by a 7-2 score in a match played at the Three Kings' courts in Hoagland. League playoffs will open this week, with the top four teams in the A division meeting in competitfon, and the five bottom teams entered in the B division. Rush Wins A Owen Rush of the Preble Gardens team copped the Class A singles tournament title in the Adams County Horseshoe League last week, according to a report today from league secretary James Johnson. Rush won the Class A crown with an 8 and 1 record, while Harrison Maitlen of Popular Drive-in won runner-up honors with a 7-2 mark. Luther Dettmer of Preble Gardens won the Class B title, with Rollie Ladd finishing second. Dettmer defeated I,add in a playoff for the championship, as both had finished the tournament with identical 7-2 records. In Class C play, Harman of the F&S Floor Covering team took the title, while M. Keidel of Three 1 Kings No. 2 was runner-up and Norvin Bultemeier placed third. The three had ended the tournament vvith the same won and lost record, and a three-man round robin was needed to determink the champion. Class D Winner Lee Elick of F&S won the Class D title with an 8-1 mark, while Bebout, also of F&S was the run-ner-up. Joe Rush of Preble Gardens won the Class E title, as he won all nine games without a loss. R. Smith of Three Kings No. 1 was the Class E runner-up defeating Braun of Three Kings No. 2 in a playoff. Norvin Bultemeier of Three Kings No. 2 won the award for the most improved “old” player, with an increase of 18 was previously announced that four players had tied for the honor. Meet Wednesday For DCHS Cross-Country * 800 Coyle, new heat! coach at Decatur Catholic high school, has • reminded all boys interested in cross-country, on the scheduled Wednesday morning meeting. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the • school gymnasium, and anyone wanting to participate in crosscountry should attend.