Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 203, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1964 — Page 7

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Major Leagues By United l*rr»H InternatleMl America* League W. L. Pet. OB Baltimore 77 50 .606 Chicago 78 51 .805 New York 72 58 .576 4 Detroit 67 61 .515 11 ’A Minnesota 63 14 .496 14 Los Angeles 65 66 .496 14 Cleveland 62 66 .484 15 54 Boston 58 70 .453 1954 Washington 51 79 .892 27 54 Kansas City 48 79 .378 29 Wednesday’* Keaalta Washington 2 New York 0 Los Angeles 5 Kansas City 2 night Detroit 4 Boston 1. night Cleveland 3 Baltimore 2, night Chicago 2 Minnesota 1, 12 Innings, night Thursday’* Probable Piteherw Los Angeles at Kansas City —Brunet (0-0) vs. Pena (11-12). Minnesota at Chicago’ — Grant (10-10) vs. Herbert (6-4). Detroit at Boston — Sparma (4-5) vs. Monbouquette (8-11). (Only games scheduled) Friday’s Game* Detroit at Los Angeles 2, twinlght Cleveland at Kansas City, night Washington at Minnesota, night Chicago at Baltimore 2, twlnlgrt Boston at New York, night National League ' W. L. Pct. GB Philadelphia 77 49 .611 Cincinnati 70 56 .556 7 San Francisco 70 57 .551 754 St. Louis 68 s'B .540 9 Milwaukee 64 61 .51.2 .1254 Pittsburgh 64 63 .504 1354 Los Angeles 62 63 .496 14 54 Chicago 58 69 .457 19 54 Houston 56 72 .438 22 New York 43 84 .339 3454 Wednesday’s Results Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 1 St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 2, night New York 3 Cincinnati 1, night Chicago 3 Houston 1, night Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 1, night Thursday’s Probable Pitchers San Francisco at Milwaukee (night)—Bolin (5-5) vs. Fischer (Only game scheduled) Friday's Games New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, night Houston at Cincinnati, night Los Angeles at St. Louis, nigh San Fran, at Milwaukee, night Semi-Finals Open In L.L. World Series WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (UPI) —Semifinal play in the 18th annual Little League World Series unfolds today with Monterrey, Mexico, opposing Mobile, Ala., and Staten Island, N. Y., meeting Tachikawa City, Japan. Monterrey is the only team of the four with a background of experience in the classic. Nines representing the Mexican city won the title in 1957 and 1958. Monterrey and Mobile moved into the semifinals with opening day victories on Tuesday. Staten Island and Tachikawa City reached the bracket Wednesday with triumphs over Wiesbaden Valley field, t Canada, respectively.

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HURRYIN’ HAFBACKS Max Elliott and BUI Blythe, plus a good reserve depth, make Decatur’s backfield hopes very distinguished. Shown above are, left to right, EUiott, Blythe, Rick Sommer, Lon Hawkins, Nick Smitley, Ralph Canales and Pete Ortiz all of whom will see plenty of action this season. —(Photo by Anspaugh)

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‘Mighty Max, ’ Blythe Boys Among Backfield Returnees

(Editor’s Note: Fourth in a series of six articles previewing, position by position the 1964 Decatur high school football squad.) “There goes Elliott again,’’ is a comment heard many times in the past three seasons, from both Decatur fans and opposition cheering sections. Yes, Mighty Max is back for one more year. If he stays healthy, Decatur will score points —no doubt about it! Words don’t truly describle this guy, you have to attend the Yellow Jacket football games to really know what “there goes Elliott again” means. Elliott is one — if not the — most famous halfback in the history of the school. Twice allconference, he was named last season to the Associated Press’ all-state team for underclassmen, a very select group. This season, he begins his fourth year as a starter at halfback foi\ Decatur, coming off a most impressive junior campaign.

Thousand Yards Last year Mighty Max rambled for a total of 1,116 yards rushing in 103 carries in nine games, for an unbelievable average of 10.76 yards gained each time he carried the ball. And, he added another 200 yards gained via pass receiving. He scored 10 touchdowns and two extra points, a total of 62, and was selected on the all-NEIC first team backfield, in addition to the all-state honors. Some of his scoring runs last season were of 83, 62, 49, and 45 yards. The record speaks for itself! After he had almost singlehandedly whipped Portland for the third season in a row la&t year, a sports writer from that city, who wouldn’t believe Elliott was just a junior, traveled to Decatur the next day to find out if his information was correct. It was. Only Worry Elliott, now a 5-10 175-pound-er, has only one worry, and that is injuries. It isn’t that he isn’t rugged enough to take the normal battering — the battering isn’t normal for him. Not able to stop him in two previous years, opponents began piling on, kicking a little in the clinches, etc., last season, in an attempt to stop Elliott. More of this will no doubt likely be seen this year, and let’s hope seen by the officials. Elliott is the first to admit, however, that his great 1963 season was due primarily to a fine line and his backfield teammates. Max will be at left half this season, and back at right halfback for another year is husky Bill Blythe. A solid 175-pounder, standing 5-8, the senior Blythe is the backfield’s finest blocker, and the one responsible for springing Elliott loose on some of these long dashes. He transferred to Decatur high as a freshman, laid out his sophomore year as he was ineligible due to the switch in schools, and came back last season like he had never been away from the football field. With Elliott tightly watched this season, a greater ball-carry-ing burden will probably fall to Blythe, and he is just the guy to handle the job.

X FINE FULLBACKS — Sam Blythe (center), last year’s regular fullback at the close of the season, is back for his junior year. Above, he i* flanked by Dean Wass, atleft, and Jack Stauffer. Stauffer is currently on the sidelines with a shoulder injury. __ —(Photo by Anspaugh)

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Soph Subs Backing up Elliott and Blythe will be a pair of spohomores, Lon Hawkins and Nick Smitley. Smitley, a 5-9, 155-pounder, has a wealth of speed, a la Elliott, and is a constant threat to break loose. Hawkins, at six-foot, 165 pounds, has good speed, despite his size, and is a bruising runner. Both spent their time with the reserve team last year, dnd thus have no varsity experience. But head coach Wally Yeoman is figuring both to be seeing plenty of action in the coming campaign. Yeoman is also looking to Ralph Canales, 5-7, 135 pounds, and Pete Ortiz, 5-7, and also 135 pounds, to provide depth at halfback. The two juniors, while not heavy, have good speed, as does Rick Sommer, a 5-9, 140-pound junior, also vying for a spot on the varsity. Double Trouble Double trouble is a term that can*T>e used to describe Decatur’^.batJtfieki, for if ope Blithe doesn’t cause the damage, the other will. The other is rugged Sam, the 6-1, 175-pound junior, who will be starting fullback. Sam was the substitute quarterback last year who, as a sophomore, stepped into the fullback slot when Buster Melchi was injured at mid-season. Though playing a new position, Blythe did a superb job and the team never broke stride enroute to a 6-3 record and a total of 193 points in. nine games. Like his other starting partners in the backfield at the conclusion of last season, Blythe returns. He is little bigger and a little stronger, and should be a good bet to pick up two yards any time its needed throughout the season. Backing up Blythe at fullback will be Jack Stauffer, if he can shake a shoulder injury suffered last year, A ruggedly-built 5-8, 175 pound senior, Stauffer was doing a great job in pre-season training and was being counted on for plenty of duty, until he bang-ed-up the shoulder in practice Tuesday. He dislocated the should in the same place as last season, but doctors have been encouraging, saying he may b eable to return to practice in a week or 10 days. If this is true, he may just miss

the jamboree and one or two games. Behind Stauffer is junior Dean Wass. Not too heavy with 145 pounds on his 5-7 frame, Wass may have to be, the back-up man for Blythe if Stauffer’s shoulder keeps bothering him. Talented Lineup A summary of the halfback and fullback positions would have to begin with the word talented. There isn’t a finer, all-around backfield in the Northeastern Indiana Conference. Elliott is a great one, Blythe and Dave Anspaugh at quarterback make him great. Decatur fans are troubled by the thought that foes will, begin “pointing” for Elliott this season, but they have been trying to do this for the past two seasons. A team can’t "point” for Elliott, because if they do, Sam Blythe, Bill, Anspaugh, Stauffer, or one of the others will hurt them. And if they don’t “point” Elliott, he’ll murder ’em! m (Tomorrow: The .flgal •<- *feriMve article, lootiuSg at the well-set quarterback position, j and the centers.) & Indy Wrestler Loses Out In Olympic Bid NEW YORK (UPI) — Jim Ellis, Indianapolis, lost out Wednesday in his bid for a berth on the U.S.. Olympic freestyle wrestling team. Ellis was defeated twice in Wednesday’s sixth and final rounds of the trials here. He competed in the 171.5-pound class Ed DeWitt, Olympia, Wash., outpointed Ellis, 9-1, in the sixth round and Leonard Kauffman. Lebanon, Ore., pinned him in 1:25 in the final round. BOWLING SPORTSMEN LEAGUE W L Pts. Uhrick Brothers ..3 0 4 Country Acres 3 0 4 Villa Lanes 2 1 3 Moose Progress .... 2 1 3 Yost Construction .. 1 2 1 Margaret’s Case .. 1 2 1 Duo Marine 0 3 0 Fifer Electric and Plumbing 0 3 0

American Race Tightens Up; Phils Running Away In N. L.

By FBED DOWN UP! Sporte Writer The story of the Chicago White Sox so far this season is that when Manager Al Lopez reaches for the bullpen telephone it’s time for rival hitters to reach for butterfly nets. Because butterflies — better known In baseball as knuckleballs — are what the hitters are going to get. Lopez’ bullpen butterflies come in two varieties — big. gorgeous ones served up by Hoyt Wilhelm and smaller, plainer but equally dangerous ones served up by Eddie Fisher. Either way, those butterflies are driving hitters daffy and may be carrying the White Sox to the American League pennant. . ... . The White Sox moved to within one percentage point of the first - place Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night when Lopez employed both Wilhelm and Fisher to pull out a 2-1, 12-in-ning victory over the Minnesota Twins. The win gave the White Sox a .605 percentage compared to the .606 mark for the Orioles, who suffered a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Halts Uprising Wilhelm, appearing in his 58th game, halted an eighth-in-ning uprising in which the Twins tied the score at 1-1 and pitched 1 1-3 innings of perfect ball. Then Fisher, appearing in his 40th game, pitched three hitless innings to ggin his sixth victory when Don Buford broke up the game with a basesfilled single in the bottom of the 12th. Elsewhere in the AL, the Washington Senators blanked the New York Yankees 2-0, the Los Angeles Angeles beat the Kansas City Athletics 5-2. and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. The Indians beat the Orioles for the 10th time in 15 games with a two- run eighth - inning rally featured by two bunt singles and climaxed by Vic Davalillo’s doubles. Lee Stange went eight innings to beat the Orioles for the fourth time this season and for the sixth straight time as a starter going back to the 1963 season. Throws Five - Hitter Les Narum turned in a fivehitter for the .Senators as the Yankees suffered their 10th shutout defeat of' the season. " Mike double and Don Zimmer’s single touched off the Senators’ two- run rally in the fifth. Singles by Jim Fregosi, Joe Adcock, Lou Clinton and Bob Perry plus Bob Rodgers’ sacrifice fly produced three Los Angeles runs in the fourth inning and Felix Torres homered to round off the scoring. Barry Latman went 4 2-3 innings in relief to win his fifth game for the Angels. Don Demeter hit his fourth homer in five games and Don Wert, Al Kaline, Bill Freehan and Norm Cash had two hits each to lead the Tigers’ 16 - hit attack that brought Dave Wickersham his 16th Victory. Bob Heffner dropped his fifth decision for the Red Sox. Chris Short is typical of the Philadelphia Phillies In that at first glance you wonder why he ever wins and on closer inspection you wonder why he ever loses. A baby-faced, 26-year-old lefthander front Milford, Del., Short started the 1964 season with a four-year record 10 games under .500—32 wins and 42 losses—plus an unimpressive lifetime 4.03 earned run average.

But, like so , many of his teammates. Short’s past problems have no meaning in terms of his present ability. Because today Short is one of the best pitchers in baseball and anyone who doesn't believe it can gaze in awe at a 1.65 earned run average that is the lowest compiled by a National League pitcher in 48 years! That’s right, to find anything better than Short’s current ERA it’s necessary to roll back the clock past Sandy Koufax . . past Warren Spahn. . past Carl Hubbell. . all the way back to 1916 when Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander led the NL with a 155 ERA. Short, who is getting better with the >resstire of the pennant race, burned in his fourth straight victory Wednesday when he beat the Milwaukee Braves 6-1 to end a two-game Philadelphia skid. Short pitched a six-hitter and carried a shutout into the ninth when a double by Joe Torre and a single by Denis Menke ended a string of 28 consecutive innings in which he had not permitted an earned run. Catcher Gus Triandos hit two homers and Tony Gonzalez and

Ruben Amaro one each to lead a 13-hit Philadelphia attack that enabled 'Short to raise his season won-lost record to 14-6. It also boosted the Phillies’ firstplace lead to seven games over the Cincinnati Reds and to 7% over the San Francisco Giants. The Reds were tripped for the seventh time in 13 games by the New York Mets 3-1, the Giants bowed to the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1, the St. Louis Cardinals downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 and the Chi* cago Cubs beat the Houston Colts 3-1 in the other NL games. Tracy Stallard pitched a fivehitter to win his eighth game for the Mets, who ended Joey Jay’s five-game winning streak. Ed Kranepool drove in two runs and Ron Hunt knocked in one to lead the Mets’ seven-hit attack. Don Pavletich homered for the Reds’ run. The Dodgers dealt the Giants’

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pennant hopes another devastating blow when Doug Camilli's ninth-inning single .drove in the run that gave Don Drysdale his 14th win. Frank Howard singled with one out in the bottom of the ninth and pinch runner Les Parker moved into scoring position on an infieldmout. Bob Hendley suffered his ninth loss against 10 victories. Lou Brock tied the score with an eigbt-inning homer and the Cardinals went on to score the decisive run when Dick Groat tripled and Ken Boyer singled. Lefty Mike Cuellar pitched a six-hitter to win his fifth game while Frank Bork suffered his first loss after two wins. The Cubs ended the Colts’ six game winning streak behind the six-hit pitching of Larry Jackson and homers by Ernie Banks and Ron Santo. Hal Brown suffered his 13th setback for the Colts.