Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 221, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1964 — Page 7

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Yellow Jackets In Biggest Test Os Season Tonight, Host New Haven

Back in the 1960 season, the Decatur high school football team was unbeaten after three games, with two wins and a tie against Garrett. The fourth opponent on the schedule was New Haven’s Bulldogs, A story in the Friday, Sept. 23, 1960, edition of the Daily Democrat made the following statement: “Decatur hopes for a Northeastern Indiana Conference title will be known around 10 o’clock tonight.’* A little before 10 that night, the chances were known—known to be very slim, as the Bulldogs walked off the field with a 39-0 victory! The teams were figured to be about even, but Decatur was never in the contest, which was played at 'Worthman Field. The trouncing seemed to take some of the starch out of the Jackets, as they won just two of their final five games that year. Same Story Five days less than four years later, the pre-game story is the same. Tonight’s Decatur-New Haven game at Worthman Field is a crucial contest for the Yellow Jackets. Once again, their hopes for a Northeastern Indiana Conference championship will be known around 10 o’clock tonight. A victory tonight will give the Decatur eleven three wins without a loss, and three of the four toughest teams on the NEIC slate will have been defeated by the Jackets. But, registering a victory tonight won’t be as easy as it was against Auburn and Garrett, which were anything but “easy” wins. Bigger Team The Bulldogs will present a bigMajor Leagues By United Prewi International American League W. L. Pct. GB New York 86 59 .593 Baltimore 88 61 .591 Chicago 88 61 .591 Detroit 77 71 .520 10% Los Angeles 76 74 .507 12% Cleveland.- > 74 72 .507 12% Minnesota 74 74 .500 13% Boston 66 83 .443 22 Washington 57 92 .384 31 Kansas City 54 93 .367 33 Thursday’s Results New York 6 L. A. 2, twi-liglit (Only game scheduled) Friday's Probable Pitchers Washington at Chicago, night —Cfsteen (14-11) vis. Pizarro (17-9). Cleveland at Detroit, night— Tiant (8-2) vs. Aguirre (5-9). Los Angeles at Baltimore, night — Latman (5-10) vs. Pappas (15-5). Kansas City at New 1 York, night — Meyer (2-6) or Segui (8-14) vs. Ford (14-6). Minnesota at Boston, night— Boswell (0-0) vs. Charton (0-0). Saturday's Games Washington at Chicago Cleveland at Detroit Los Angeles at Balti., night Kansas City at New York Minnesota at Boston National League W. W. Pet. GB Philadelphia 89 58 .605 St. Louis 82 64 .562 6% Cincinnati 81 65 .55 7% San Francisco 81 66 .551 8 Pittsburgh 75 70 .517 13 Milwaukee 75 71 ~514 13% Los Angeles 73 74 .497 15 Chicago 66 80 .452 22% Houston 60 88 .405 29% New York 50 96 .342 38% Thursday’s Results Cincinnati 7 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 3 night Only games scheduled Friday's Probable Pitchers St. Louis at Cincinnati, night - Simmons (15-9) vs. Tsitouris (7-11). Chicago at Milwaukee, night— Ellsworth (14-15) vs. Fischer (11-9). New York at Houston, night —Jackson (10-14) vs. Larsen (47). Philadelphia at Los Angeles, night — Short (17-7) vs. Richert (2-1). Pittsburgh at San Francisco, night — Gibbon (9-7) vs. Estelle (0-1). Saturday's Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, bight Chicago at Milwaukee New York at Houston, night Philadelphia at Los Ang., night Pittsburgh at San Fran., night

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Probable Starters For Tonight

DECATUR Anderson (6-1, 160) E D. Smith (6-1,160) E Eichenauer (6-9, 185) T Grote (6-0, 200) T Magley (5-8, 150) G Egly (5-10, 160) G Smitley (5-10, 235) C Anspaugh (5-10, 165) Q Elliott (5-10, 180) H B. Blythe (5-8, 175) H S. Blythe (6-1, 175) F ger outfit than in recent seasons, but still have that annual New Haven speed. Their biggest player is Jud Austrup, a 6-4, 215pounder, who plays center in offense. The ’Dog tackles weigh in at 200 and 178 pounds, and their guards tip the scales at 170 and 163 pounds. The New Haven backfield is fast, and also includes one of the most powerful runners in the NEIC, 200-pound fullback Bob Rohrbacher. Rohrbacher scored both TD’s oh short runs last Friday as the Bulldogs opened their campaign by battling Fort Wayne Bluffton Whips Decatur Teams, Adams Central Bluffton literally ran away from the field in posting a crosscountry victory over Adams Central and the two Decatur teams in a four-team meet at Bluffton Thursday afternoon. The strong Tiger team coppe l the first three place, six of the first seven, and seven of the first ten, in scoring 17 points, just two shy of a 'perfect score of 15. Adams Central’s 57 points placed the Jets third, while Decatur high came in third with 84 and Decatur Catholic was fourth with 93 points. Meet Tonight The two Decatur cross-country teams meet tonight in a dual match at the Bellmont Park layout, beginning around 4 o’clock. Phil Captain of Bluffton led his team to the Thursday victory, coming in first in the fine time of 10:11.5. Huffman and Lewis Captain of the Tigers were second and third, while Johnny Lose of Decatur Catholic was fourth. Bluffton took sth, 6th and 7th places (another Captain, Kenny, was 7th), while Birch of Adams Central was Bth and Brown of the Jets was 10th. Arthur Ybarra, Yellow Jacket two-miler, paced his team by placing 11th. Dave Adams of Decatur'*high, battling a heavy cold, was l_th. Adams has been ruled out of tonight’s meet by doctors. Ed Cravens of the Yellow Jackets was 19th. Top 30 The top 30 finishers, with times listed for the top 10, were as follows: P. Captain (B), 10:11.5; Huffman (B), 10:38; L. Captain (B), 10:40; J. Lose (DC), 10:54; Sprunger (B), 10:56; Dubach (B) 10:57; K. Captain (B), 10:57; Birch (AC), 11:09; Gass (E), 11:14, Brown (AC), 11:33. Ybarra (D), D. Green (AC), Isch (AC), Shaffer (B), Adams (D), C. Striker (AC), Habegger (AC), Cravens (D), Raudenbush (AC), Ehrsam (AC), Mettler (B), Hyerly (AC), Anderson (B), Conrad (D), Anderson (B), P. Green (AC), Stucky (AC), Andrews (DC), Hitchcock (D).

NEW HAVEN Sauers (6-2, 185) Koehlinger (5-10, 150) Diehl (6-1, 200) Werling (6-1, 178) Wright (5-11, 163) Widdifield (5-7, 170) Austrup (6-4, 215) Lake (5-7, 145) Hosier (5-7, 165) Hendricks (5-10, 165) Rohrbacher (6-1, 200). Central to a 13-13 tie. As against Garrett, the Yellow Jackets will be bucking another •'jinx,** tonight. It has been seven seasons since Decatur has beaten New Haven in football, by far the longest losing string on the Decatur books after last week’s win over Garrett. Jackets Healthy The Yellow Jackets are physically healthy, and will probably go with the same offensive unit that started the first two games. With the several good performances turned in by supposed substitute players in the Garrett game, such as Dave Hammond Junior High Rallies To Open With Victory Decatur’s junior high football team pulled out a 7-6 victory over Parkway, 0., with a fourthquarter rally at Worthman Field Thursday afternoon, in their season opener. Parkway jumped into a 6-0 lead in the first period which they held through the first half. Decatur's eleven finally got moving in the third period, but still failed to score. In the fourth quartdr, however, Kenny Gause got loose on a 60-' yard jaunt to paydirt to knot the score at 6-6. Mike Curtin then got the all-important extra point on a run, providing the margin of victory. The local junior high team will play host to Village Woods junior high of New Haven in a 4:30 p.m. affair at Worthman Field next Thursday. Trout, Baumann Cop Chamber Golf Award Bryan Trout and John Baumann took trophies home from the annual Chamber of Commerce golf outing Thursday afternoon. Trout won the Chamber’s trophy for the low handicap (net) score, among Chamber members. Baumann copped the trophy for the low handicap (net) among non-members of the Chamber. In addition, Bob Helm won the $3 award for the low gross (act* ual). The following won special prizes of $2 each: Kenny Gaunt, longest drive on No. 1; Dean Boltz, closest to target on No. 2; Tom Burk, longest putt on No. 3; Dr. Ed Peck, closest drive to pin on No. 4; Jack Joy, closest to target with iron on No. 5; M. Neal, longest drive out of rubber tire on No. 6; Howard Eley, closest drive to pin on No. 7; Bob Barna, longest putt with croquet mallet on No. 8; Doc Vizard, closest chip to putting green. Eley just missed a $25 credit award at NIPSO for the first hole in one. His drive landed six inches short of the hole on No. 7. Southeast, Monmouth Win sth-6th Games Rallying for eight runs in the fourth inning, Southeast elementary school scored an 8-2 victory over Lincoln A at the Southeast diamond Thursday afternoon. In another sth and 6th grade league game, Monmouth romped to an 18-13 victory over Zion Lutheran of Decatur Line score of the Southeast win: Lincoln A 000-01 — 2 1 2 Southeast 000-8 x — 8 4 3 Archer and Patch; Knape and Ginter.

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’57-’63: 0-7 1957— Naw Haven, 22-7 1958— New Haven, 19-13 1959— New Haven, 20-0 1960— New Haven, 39-0 1961— Haven, 40-7 1962— New Haven, 20-6 1963— New Haven, 22-6 | and Steve Beavers, the defensive chores will probably be handled by as many as 20 players throughout the night Hammond did a spectacular job at defensive end, in his first game, and led the team in tackles. Beavers also played a good gafne, and caused the fumble that got Decatur's first of two touchdowns. Sophomore defensive halfback Lon Hawkins also dida good job, intercepting one pass, and will see' plenty of action. Large Crowd Another large crovgj is expected for tonight’s game, the finale of The Big Three games that the Yellow Jackets were figured to have to win in early predictions for a shot at the conference title. After tonight’s game, the Yellow Jackets will host Portland the following Friday in a non-confer-ence battle, before hitting the road for the next three contests. Athletic director Bob Worthman said today that tickets will be on safe at the northeast gate tonight, and there are general admission seats in the bleachers, on the far west side. Jacket Reserves in 19-0 Win Thursday Decatur high school’s reserve football team, scoring twice on TD passes, whipped Portland’s reserves, 19-0, at the Panther field Thursday evening. The two teams fought through a scorefirst period, before Jim Cass threw a touchdown pass to Rick Hullinger to break the deadlock in the second quarter. The junior Yellow Jackets scored again in the second stanza, when Ed Miller pitched out to Terry Hilyard who scampered 50 yards for a touchdown. Landrum ran over the extra point, giving Decatur a 13-0 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Bill Brown added insurance when he pitched a 25-yard scoring trike to Dan Miller. The reserve eleven, with a 1-1 record, will play host to Berne in a game at Worthman Field next Thursday night, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Score by quarters: Decatur 0 13 6 o—l 9 Portland 0 0 0 0— 0 Eagles Romp To 7-2 Win Behind Whitman Richard Whitman tossed a onehitter Thursday afternoon as Monmouth whipped Lancaster by a 7-2 score in a high school baseball game at the Eagle diamond. Lancaster scored once in the third inning, but Monmouth came back in their half of the third with a two-spot. Lancaster tied the score in the fourth inning when Green homered for their only hit, but the Eagles scored twice more in the last of the fourth, and sewed up the victory with a three-run salvo in the sixth. Whitman, a sophomore, ch’pped in with a double and triple in the winners’ offensive attack, while Fred Fuelling a single and double and scored twice. Conrad also had a pair of hits for Monmouth, and Graves and D. Buuck added one each. Monmouth plays three games at home next week, entertaining Adams Central on Tuesday, Ossian on Wednesday and Monroeville on Friday. Thursday line score: Lancaster 001-100-o—2 1 Monmouth 002-203-x—7 8 M. Green and Cardin, Smith; Whitman and Fuelling, Rice.

Jackets, Trojans Lead NEIC Race

The Decatur Yellow Jackets go into tonight’s crucial battle with New Haven as one of the co-lead-ers of the Northeastern Indiana Conference. The Yellow Jackets, and Elmhurst's Trojans, rest atop the NEIC, each with a pair erf wins in two starts. Only four teams of the ten are unbeaten and untied, Decatur, Elmhurst, New Haven and Columbia City; the latter two open their conference schedules tonight. Concordia hasn’t yet been beaten in conference play, battling Angola to a 13-13 tie in its lone encounter. Tonight is the only night of the season that sees all ten NEIC members in action at the same time. In addition to the big battle at Worthman Field tonight, Bluffton will be at Columbia City to help the Eagles open their conference slate; Kendallville travels to Garrett to meet the winless Railroaders; Elmhurst meets Concordia in a battle of the Fort Wayne teams; and Angola looks for its first win at Auburn. Last Week All 10 teams played last Friday night, with four engaging in*nonconference battles. The Yellow

McMillen Takes City Meet Title

K five-run outburst in the firsts inning carried McMillen to a 5-3 g win over Adams County Trailer?? Sales in the title game of theCity Softball League tournament Thursday night. i McMillen thus dethroned the defending tourney champs to win the' tournament trophy. Trailer Sales, which won the regular S4Mb'‘ son title, takes the trophy for that championship. Trailer Sales, with one defeat in the double-elimination tourney, had defeated the Casting Co. and McMillen on Wednesday night, to force the Thursday night clash for the championship. Their efforts, however, were to no avail, as things turned out. Big Inning McMillen hit the Trailer Sales with that big first inning and then held on for the victory, behind the right arm of Roger Stevens, working his third gamejn three nights. Stevens, who tossed a no-hitter Tuesday and allowed three hits Wednesday, scattered eight bingles last night, but allowed the regular season champs to score only in the second inning, when they got all three of their rims. Kenny Baumgartner and Bob Herman got things started with back-to-back singles, and Jerry Voglewede reached base on a fielder’s choice, as Baumgartner was .forced at the plate. Jim Voglewede walked, but Herman was forced at the plate on a ground ball hit by Stevens, a Harry Nicodemus drew a walk to force in one run, and Jack Wendel and Gary Werst banged consecutive singles, bringing in four more tallies, and giving McMillen a 5-0 lead.

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Jackets and Elmhurst remained at the top of the standings with identical 13-0 victories, over Garrett and Angola respectively. The third game also produced a shutout, as Auburn’s Red Dev .Is made it hot for Bluffton with a 27-0 victory. The defending NEIC champion New Haven Bulldogs opened their season in a 13-13 tie with Fort Wayne Central, while Concordia took a 33-7 pasting from Fort Wayne Central Catholic. Alexandria laced Columbia City, 33-14, and Nappanee nipped Kendallville, 19-12. 7. How They Stand As the teams enter tonight’s big card, here are the NEIC standings with the overall records, and the total points scored and points allowed in all games for each team: NEIC ALL TP Opp. DECATUR - 2-0-0 2-0-0 20 6« Elmhurst ... 2-0-0 2-0-0 32 14 Auburn 1-1-0 1-1-0 33 7 Bluffton .... 1-0-0 1-0-0 26 36 Concordia .. 0-0-1 0-1-1 7 33 New Haven.. 0-0-0 0-0-1 13 13 Col. City 0-0-0 0-2-0 26 48 Angola 0-1-1 0-1-1 0 13 Kendallville.. 0-1-0 0-2-0 21 45 Garrett 0-2-0 0-2-0 14 32

= ; Start Rally 1 The Trailer Sales rallied for ? three tallies of their own in the second frame. Ralph Busse opened the inning by slamming a home run, and with one out, Wayne Colclasure doubled and scored on Bruce Hirschy’s single. Hirschy was tossed out at the plate, attempting to score on Don ’ Mentova hit, but Mentor scored after Bob Hoffman rapped out a single. After the second frame, however, Stevens bore down jind didn’t allow another run, and gave up just three hits over the last five innings. He was in serious trouble in the third when Don Simpson opened the inning with a triple, but Simpson was stranded as Stevens got the next hitter to bounce back to tie mound, and then got Busse to pop up and Bricker to ground out. Jim Bowman singled and Simpson walked with two out in the seventh, but Stevens ended the game by getting Lee Hoopingarner io ground out. Hoopingamer, also working his third game in three nights, started on the mound for Trailer Sales, ■ and was the victim of the big McMillen first inning, Simpson twirled the final two innings for the Trailer Sales. Trailer Sales AB R H E Mentor, ss - 4 111 Hoffman, 2b 3 0 1 0 Howman, If 4-0 1 0 Simpson, cf, p .... 3 0 10 Hoopingamer, p, cf 4 0 0 0 Busse, lb 2 110 Bricker, lb 2 0 0 1 W. Colclasure, 3b .. 3 11 0 Hirschy, rs 3 0 2 0 TOTALS - 28 3 8 2

Yanks Take Lead; Mantle Gets 2,000th Career Hit

By CURT BLOCK . UPI Sparta Writer Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle summed it up beat, “We worked like the devil to get there,” the Yankee manager said, “and we’re going to stay there.” Mantle added that he thought “the pressure was on the other clubs” after the Yankees vaulted from third into first place in the American League race following Hiursday night’s 6-2 victory over Los Angeles. The pressure is on the opposition now that the Yanks have to lose the pennant. New York now stands 86-59 while the Orioles and White Sox are 88-61, two games behind in the allimportant lost column. The Yankees must be caught by Baltimore and Chicago. Yanks Are Hot Should all the involved teams win their remaining games, the defending American League champions would come out on top. The Yankees are the hot club with Mantle reaching the 2,000 hit plateau with three hits, including a two-run homer while Roger Maris gained the 1,000 hit mark Wednesday and Thursday contributed three hits to an 11-hit attack that supported the pitching of winner Mel Stottlemyre (7-2). Roland Sheldon pitched the final 2 2-3 innings in relief of Stottlemyre. Mantle put the game out of reach in the seventh with his 31st home run after doubling and singling in the fourth and sixth innings when the Yankees scored. The Yankees feel confident now but know they must continue to win to keep their hold on the coveted number one spot. Other Games In the only other games, the National League leading Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 and Cincinnati stopped Chicago, 7-5. The Phils increased their lead to 6Vi games when Maury Wills’ first inning error allowed three runs to score and they got another unearned run in the ninth. The loss eliminated the world champions from the National League chase. Southpaw Bobby Shantz, who worked 6 2-3 innings and permitted three hits, got credit for his second win in six decisions. Don Drysdale, looking for his 19th win. took his 14th defeat. Cincinnati southpaw Jim O’Toole gained his 15th victory General Admission On Sale Tonight Decatur high school athletic director Bob Worthman said today that general admission tickets, priced at 75c, will be on sale at the Northeast gate at Worthman Field tonight. Worthman added that there are general admission seats available to fans at the far west end of the bleachers. McMillen AB R H E Baumgartner, c ... 3 0 2 0 Herman, c 3 0 10 Je. Voglewede, cf_. 3 10 0 Ji. Voglewede, ss.. 2 11 1 Stevens, p ... 3 10 0 Nicodemus, lb 2 10 0 Wendel, rs 2 110 May, rs 10 0 0 Werst, If 3 010 Inniger 3 0 0 1 TOTALS 25 5 5 2 Score by innings: Trailer Sales 030 000 o—3 McMillen 500 000 o—s

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of the season after retiring 22 contecutive batters and receiving the relief help of righthander Sammy Ellis. Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson and John Edwards all hit home runs to hand Lew Burdette his ninth setback in 19 decisions Mantle At Milestone NEW YORK (UPD—After all these years as a Yankee, you’d think Mickey Mantle would be used to the honors, homers and homage. It asin’t so. When the Yankee cripple—and that’s what he is—stroked three straight hits in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Thursday night, he accomplished two things: —He lifted the Yankees into first place in the American League race by two percentage points over the idle Baltimoreo Orioles and the Chicago White Sox. Got 2,060 Hit —He became the fifth Yankee to surpass the 2,000-hit mark. And when it was all over, Mickey Mantle admitted a •strange thing. Said Mickey: “I was all goose pimples. That crowd really shook me.” Only 8.271 fans turned out for this twilight game — one of the most important the Yankees will play all season — and they reserved their cheers for the Mick. It’s true that Roger Maris also collected three hits and scored two runs while Roland Sheldon pitched one-hit ball over the final 2 1-3 innings to preserve the victory for Mel Stottlemyre, his seventh victory in nine decisions. Hero Was Mickey But the big hero was Mickey. Limited to two hits in his 27 at-bats, Mantle hit a wrong field double to left off loser Fred Newman during a threerun burst in the fourth inning that gave New York a 3-0 lead. When Mickey approached the plate leading off the sixth inning, the Yankee PR man alerted the assembled cameramen to “get set. . .this could be Mantle's 2,000th hit.” As if oh signal. Mantle drove a single to center field, joining Babe Ruth,' Lou Gehrig v Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in the Yankees' exclusive 2,000 hit club.

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