Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 3 October 1964 — Page 8

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-I I — ll ■ 1 — ' 11 '" 1 ...... ... ' n . ■ ■ ■ _ Yellow Jackets Bomb Bluffton For Fourth Win

Elliott''s Three TD’s Lead Way In 34-6 NEIC Victory

by Bob Shraluka One of these days Bluffton will come up with a good football team and beat Decatur. But until then, the Yellow Jackets are having a lot of fun with Tiger teams. Friday night’s 34-6 triumph is a good example. Last year's 50-0 wasn’t matched in score last night, but the contest was just as lop-sided as a year ago. Sparked by a hardcharging offensive line and that Fabulous Four backfield, the Yellow Jackets bombed the Tigers with everything they had in the first half. Decatur took a 27-0 lead to the dressing room with two quarters still to play, but already had wrapped up their fourth victory in five outings, and their third win in four NEIC starts. The victory kept the Yellow Jackets in the thick of things in the NEIC title chase, although their efforts may be in vain. New Haven racked up Its third straight win last night and now needs only wins over Kendallville and Elmhurst to sew up the 1.964 crown. Sam Is Spark That attack the Yellow Jackets finally found in the second half against Portland last week really went injp high gear last night. Sam Blythe, the big fullback who has suddenly turned into a real speedster, got things off on the right foot, scoring on Decatur’s second offensive play of the night. Dave Anspaugh added a second six-pointer and then Mighty Max Elliott took over, scoring the final three touchdowns, one on a spectacular play as the first half ended. Bluffton, figured to be out for revenge after last season's trouncing, never had a chance. The Yellow Jackets were the Tigers last night! Score Quickly Bluffton started from their own 26 after the opening kickoff, but could gain only five yards in three tries againit a Decatur line that was charging like never before this year. Ted Mahnensmith punted to Elliott who returned the ball just a few yards to the Decatur 42-yard line. Bill Blythe picked up a yard around left end and then brother Sam punched over left tackle, shot through a huge hole, and left everyone behind on a 58-yard jaunt to paydirt. Anspaugh’s PAT kick was wide, but the Jackets held a 6-0 lead with the game only two minutes and 45 seconds old. That quick blast took a lot of life out of the Tigers. Bluffton did come back to pick up one first down and move a yard Into Decatur territory after toe following kickoff, but again the rugged Decatur defensive unit forced a punt. The Jackets lost 15 yards on the first play after the boot, via a penalty, but Sam Blythe quickly got that back when he went over that same spot at left guard and rambled 27 yards to the Tiger 42. «■ Start Drive Elliott got four yards and Bill Blythe three, before Elliott scooted for a first down on the Bluffton 27. Elliott got nine more around end before Anspaugh came up with a key play. Back to pass, he was unable to find any receivers and scrambled away from three tacklers to gain five yards. A penalty for pilling onto the Jacket QB gave Decatur a first down Juist six yards from the goal. Sam got three yards and Elliott one before Anspaugh covered the final six feet by sneaking over behind center Terry Smitley. Anspaugh’s PAT boot was perfect tola time, and the Yellow Jackets held a 13-0 lead with just a minute gone in the second stanza. Use Shotgun Unable to move on the ground , against the stubborn Decatur defense, the Tigers went to the shot-

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ru vWR ? / 1 JIB jt ANSFAUGH AMBLES— Davey Anspaugh, Decatur quarterback who picked up 43 yards rushing last night, scored one touchdown and passed for another, is pictured here scrambling through five Bluffton players for a gain. Tim Magley <6ll of the Yellow Jackets is also shown.—<Photo by Mac Lean) WMmH J ‘BTING’ HIM MAX— AII-state halfback Max Elliott, who rolled for three TD’s last night, is shown crashing over a Bluffton tackler. Note how the impact jarred, the tackler's helmet nearly off. Tony Garton (BO) of the Tigers is coming up to help. — (Photo by Mac Lean)

gun formation and the air lanes after the next kickoff, but this failed also. Three oases were incomplete and a run good for jmt five yards, so the Jackets tixtk over on their own 45. Elliott got loose on a long run on the ensuing play, but a clipping penalty called it back and when a long third-down pass slithered off the fingers of Bill Blythe, the Decaturites were forced to punt, for the first and only time all night.v Mahnensmith connected on a 15yard pass to Craig Markley, but a holding penalty nullified the play, and the Jackets held and forced a punt. Bill Blythe returned the kick to the Decatur 24. and on the first play from scrimmage, he scampered around the left side on a double reverse and traveled to the Tiger 29 before finally being hauled down. Anspaugh came right back with the same play, the double reverse. only the other way. Mighty Max got a pair of good blocks turning the right corner and then shot past the laid two defenders on his way to a 29-yard TD gallop. . —•—i—. ... Anspaugh booted the point, and Decatur ted 20-0 with seven minutes left in the half. Begin Drive The Tigers soon started a drive of their own and after gaining three first downs, were at the Decatur 35-yard line. Fullback Don Booth got two yards off tackle before Bluffton used a-play that saw three pitchouts — with the last man tossing the ball back to Romine. Steve Beavers, however, knocked the ball down on its return- trip to Romine. Jerry Egly stopped Mahnensmith trying to skirt left end, and Bowman got only two yards on the following play, so the Tigers gave the ball to the Jackets on the Decatur 30, with less than a minute left in the half. Anspaugh pulled off one of his ° patented fake-and-keep plays and battled his way around left end to the Bluffton 48, The Jackets got off one more play before the half ended, but it was a big one. Anspaugh sent Elliott down the left side of the field. The Mighty\

One deked to the left, got the Tigers’ right corner back stumbling and then shot past him. He gathered in the pigskin that Anspaugh laid in his arms and was along gone. With the half ended, Anspaugh booted the extra point and coach Wally Yeoman’s lads were sailing along with a 25-0 lead. Add One More Bluffton used up most of the third period on a long drive that saw them advance to Decatur's 31-yard line before “Bugs” Sprunger personally halted things. On fourth down and three yards needed for a first down, Bowman tried to get around end before Sprunger blasted him with a jarring tackle on the line of scrimmage. Romine, trying to block, was injured on the play and left the game. The Jackets took over on downs at their own 30. and Anspaugh picked up eight yards before Sam Blythe shot off tackle and went to the Bluffton 45. Bill Blythe later went nine yards to the Bluffton 16 when Anspaugh, tackled on the previous play, was forced to leave the game with an ankle injury as the third period ended. Sprunger took over at QB arid kept the drive going. Sam got to the 10 in' a pair of carries before Elliott shot off the right side of the line and carried Bowman into the end zone with hifn, for (the fifth Decatur TD. Sprunger made a great fake to Sam Blythe and then all but walked around left end to add the jxiint-after and end Decatur’s scoring for the niaht Coach Yeoman began subbing freely the rest of the way. and • Decatur’s lads held the Bluffton regulars in check until the final minute of play. With 55 seconds remaining to play, and most of the fans heading for the exits, Mahnensmith tossed a 22-yard pass to end Larry Prible in the end zone for the lone Tiger score of the night. And speaking of fans, Decatur was once again represented by a large contingent of Yellow Jacket boosters. In fact, there were probably more Decatur people in at- 1 tendance than Bluffton fans!

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Tamed Tiger Pale Scoring Summary: Decatur 6 21 0 7— 34 4 Bluffton 0 0 0 6—6 Decatur —S. Blythe, 58 run (kick failed); Angpaugh, 2 run (Angpaugh kick); Elliott, 29 run (An-__ gpaugh kick); Elliott, 48 pass from Anspaugh (Anspaugh kick); Elliott, 10 run (Sprunger run). Bluffton — Prible, 22 pass from Mahnensmith (kick failed). DECATUR BLUFFTON First Downs 8 14 Yds. Rushing33s 132 Yds. Passing 52 89 Total Yardage 387 221 Pass Attempts : 7 • 14 Pass Completions 2 7 Fumbles Lost 0 «. 0 Punts — 2 5 Intercepted By 0 0 Yds. Penalized 30 27 Punt Ret, Yds. — 38 7 Kickoff Ret. Yds.2l 48 Individual Rushing Yds.: Decatur — S. Blythe, 145 in 9 carries; B. Blythe, 68 in 6; Elliott, 64 in 6; Anspaugh, 43 in 5; Stauffer, 4 in 4; Hawkins, 11 in 2; N. Smitley, 5 in 1; Brown, -5 in 1. Bluffton — Bowman, 75 in 15 carries; Booth, 28 in 9; 26 in 2; Romine 6 in 4; Lydy, 1 in 1; Mahnensmith, -4 in 10. Pass Receiving Yds.: Decatur — Elliott, 1 for 48 yds.; Magsamen, 1 for 4 yds. Bluffton — Markley, 3 for 38 yds.; Prible, 2 for 36; Carney, 1 for 12; Booth, 1 for 3y (Statistics by Jack Ely)

50-Yard Line Flashes By Bob Shraluka - This is getting to be a lot of fun. That previously impotent Yellow Jacket football team, that scored just 13 points in its first three games, has now scored 66 in the last two. We thought the team played good football the first three games, but we learned one thing last night. This outfit hasn't yet reached its potential! Last night figured to see Bluffton “way up” in aiming for revenge for' last season's massacre. Whether they were or not. nd one will ever know. The Jackets stung fast and bombed the Tigers before they knew what had happened. Whereas the defense carried the club In the first three games, that awakened offensive attack jins taken a lot of pressure off the defense. The last two games has produced what everyone was hoping .for this season. The Yellow Jacket offehse would t»e Us best defense. With the attack rolling now like it should be, and the the defense continuing to sparkle, this team should win a few more games before the year is over. Who knows, maybe three or four more. A lot of credit has to go to the big fullback, Sam Blythe. If the Tigers were ever thinking of an upset, Sam settled that idea in a hurry when he shot through the Tiger line on Decatur's second offensive play of the night and outran everyone. Where he found that speed is a mystery to , everyone, but one thing is now certain, that was no fluke when be outran Junior Bryan of Portland last Friday. Os course, the big thing in the sudden explosion of the offense has been the line. Teeple trucks could have followed some of the Jacket backs through those holes they were getting last night. A check of the statistics shows Bluffton with an edge in first downs, but that Is due to the fact that the Yellow Jackes weren't getting first downs, they were getting touchdbwns. The entire squad got into last • it coaches Wally Yeoman and night's game, and we must credSteve Brandenburg for that. Its more than mighty New Haven thought of doing here two weeks ago. Lon Hawkins, Dave Snell, Nick Smitley, Tom Whitaker, John Meeks and some of the others who haven’t been playing much looked very good. Big Darrvl Grote, Ron Smith, Johnny Eichenauer, Jerry Egly and most of the other regulars once again stood out. as did the entire backfield. • Terry Smitley, continuing to become a top-notch center and defensive lineman, missed most of the fun after catching a face guard in the face in the second period. He is a little "bangedup" today, but will be back soon. Davey Anspaugh twisted an ankle but should be ready to go by next Saturday. Next Saturday? Well, next Saturady means Elmhurst. A good Elmhurst team. The chase of New Haven may be futile, but let's keep winning Jackets and see what happens!

'Dogs Whip Cadets By 34-13 lir NEIC New Haven, Garrett, and Columbia City won games iif the Northeastern Indiana Conference last night, in addition to Decatur’s triumph at Bluffton. Led by burly fullback Bob Rohrbacher, the Bulldogs moved a step nearer the NEIC title with a 34-13 victory over the Cadets of Concordia. The win was the third in three, conference outings for New Haven. * a Rohrbacher scored touchdowns on runs of three and one yard, and also threw a 28-yard scoring pass to quarterback Gary Lake. Lake also tossed a 47-yard TD heave to Steve Sauers. Garrett broke open a scoreless tie in the third period and went on to register a 13-0 triumph over winless (and scoreless) Angola. Rick Lewis scored the first Railroader Tt) on a three-yard run, and Dave Steward added the other on a 22-yard jaunt. , Cook Gets Loose Denny Cook, who scored three times last week against Elmhurst got loose on a 92-yard touchdown run in the second period and powered the Eagles' to a 12-6 victory over Kendallville. Cook returned the second half kickoff 50 yards to set Mike Berwert’s 27-yard scoring scamper. John Smith plunged three yards for the lone Comet score later in the third stanza. In a non-conference game, Bishop Luers romped to a 20-6 win over the Trojans of Elmhurst, next week's Yellow Jacket foe. Ted Barker, the NEIC’s leading scorer, got the only Trojan TD on a two-yard run with 59 seconds left in the game. ‘ Auburn’s Red Devils go against Concord in a non-conference game tonight. Geneva In Tie Geneva scored a pair of touchdowns in the last seven minutes of play and battled Union City to a 14-14 deadlock. Jim Brubaker scored the first Cardinal TD on a 40-yard pass from Paul Wagner and Rodney Mosser ran seven yards for the other. Mosser ran for both pointsafter to forge the Cardinal into a tie, and the contest ended that way. • Brazilians Tour Central Sova Farm A group of prominent Brazilian agriculturalists, led by the son-in-law of the late Louis Bromfield. winner of a Pulitzer onze in letters tor his novel, "Early Autumn," in 1927, and Jay Gould, WOWO farm director, toured the Decatur Central Soya experimental farm this morning, and will tour some county agricultural plots this afternoon, under the guidance of county agent Ernest Lesiuk. Honored For Forty Years With G. E. Ernest D. Lake was honored recently for’ 40 years of continuous service with the General Elec*ric company. Lake joined G. E. at the Decatur plant on February 26, 1924, working in the rotor section. For the past 25 years, he has been employed in the tool room. He received his ruby service pin and plaque for the honor.

fl J' MB RELAX FELLAS, it’s in the bag! Coaches Wally Yeoman, Steve Brandenburg, and Phil Miller, left to right, are shown above In an anxious moment. They did« 3 have many of them last night, however, as the Yellow Jackets romped to their fourth win by a 34-6 score at Bluffton. —(Photo by Mac Lean) ■ ■■raWiiii TEIL ME ABOUT TT SAM— Sam Blythe, the Yellow Jacket fullback who broke the game Wide open on a 58-yard TD run on Decatur’s second offensive play, explains how he did it to Daily Democrat sports editor Bob Shraluka. — (Photo by Mac Lean) ji

- • Two Arrested For Traffic Violations Two drivers were cited for violations by the. city police during the past 24 hours. Secundino Murillo, 37, of Bluffton, was ticketed for failure to have a valid operator’s license at 12:30 a.m., at Monroe and Sec6nd Sts. He was cited to appear in justice of the peace court. Rebecca J. Freeland, 21-year-old resident of 1121 Elm St., was arrested for speeding at 7:05 p.m. on 13th street. She was ticketed for traveling 45 miles an hour in a 30 zone, and slated to appear in J. P. court Oct. 8. Heavy Fire Loss At Peru This Morning PERU, Ind. (UPD— Fire of undetermined origin badly damaged a three - story business building in the heart of this city’s downtown area early today. No injuries were reported but Fire Chief Robert Kennedy estimated the damage at between $160,000 and $175,000. Two upstairs apartments, a beauty salon and the Peru Credit Exchange were destroyed by the flames. Badly damaged were a tavern, the Indiana Bar; a restaurant and a news stand. William Hamilton, who occupied one of the apartments, was awakened by the smoke and turned in the alarm. — BOWLING K. of C. LEAGUE W L Pts Baker Plumbers —lO 5 14 Villa Lanes 9 6 13 Girardots 9 6 12 Jack & Jerrys .... 9 6 12 New York Life .... 8 7 11 Lengerichs 8 7 10 Main Auto 6 9 7 K. of C. — 112 1 High games — Mike Clay 202; Fred Lengerich 201. High series —Bill Rumschlag 538; Dick Coyne 528; Mike Clay 525; Fred Lengerich 508. MERCHANTS LEAGUE W L Pts Painters ... 9 3 13 Sheets Furniture -.9 3 13 Tony’s Tap 8 4 11 Tom Weis ß 4 10fc Auto. Sprinkler 2 —7 5 10 Preble Gardens .... 7 5 Arnold Lumber ..7 5 9 Happy Humpty ..7 5 8

Major Leagues By United Prf»« International ) American I.eaene k W. t. Pct. GB 1 New York 98' 62 .613 Chicago 96 64 .600 2 Baltimore 96 65 .596 2% Detroit 82 76 .528 13% Los Angeles 81 79 .506 17 • Cleveland 78 82 .488 20 : Minnesota 78 82 .488 20 Boston 70 90 .438 28 > Washington 62 98 .388 36 Kansas City 57 103 .356 40% Friday’s. ReaultC I Los Angeles 5 Minnesota 4 New York 5 Cleveland 2. night Baltimore 10 Detroit 4, night Chicago 3 Kan Citv 2. twilight Chicago 5 Kansas City 4. night (Only games scheduled) Saturday’s Probable Pitchers Cleveland at New York—-Don-ovan 17-9) vs. Downing Washington at Boston — Daniels (8-10) vs. Monbouquette (12-14) Detroit at Baltimore. — Aguir- [ re (5-10) vs.’Bunker (19-5. Kansas City at Chicago— O’Donoghue 10-13 vs. Horlen I (12-9). ; Los Angeles at Minnesota — Brunet (2-2) vs. Boswell (1-0). Sunday’* Game* Los Angeles at Minnesota h. Kansas City at Chicago Cleveland at New' York Washington at Boston i (Only games scheduled) National League < W. L. Pet. GB 1 St. Louis 92 68 .575 Cincinnati 92 69 .571 % Philadelphia '*l 70 .565 1% San Francisco 90 70 .563 2 Milwaukee 86 74 .538 6 Pittsburgh 80 80 .500 12 , Los Angeles 78 82 .498 14 Chicago 74 86 .463 18 Houston 66 94 .41? 26 New York 5.2 108 .325 40 _— FMtey’a .jßaMUts--Phlla 4 Cincinnati 3. night Milw 3 Pitts 2. Ist. twi, 10 ins Pittsburg 5 Milw 4. 2nd, night New York 1 St Louis 0, night Houston 6 Loa Angeles 1, night San Fran 9 Chtcagq 0. night " Saturday’* Probable Pltyher* New York at St. Louis—Fisher (10-17) vs. Sadeckl (2flrl0). Pitt burgh at Milwaukee— Law (12-13) vs. Umbach (0-0). Chicago at San Francisco— ’ Buhl (14-14) vs. Estelle (1-1) or Perry (13-10). Houston at Los Angeles (UPD — Johnson (5-5) vs. Brewer (3-3). ■> Only Game* Scheduled Sunday’* Game* Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee 1 New York at St. Louis Houston at Los Angeles Chicago at San Francisco Corah Insur. 6 6 8 Clem’s Market —6 6,8 Supermat 24 5 77 G. E. Club 5 7 6 Riverside Garage — 5 7 6 - Krick - Tyndall -485 I &.M 2 10 2 Auto. Sprinkler 11 11 2 High series — J. Beauchot 585; D. Myers 562: G. Thatcher 551. High games — J. Beauchot 225; L. Chrisman 215; D. Myers 212; F. Eyanson 209; G Thatcher 208; D. Frane 202; J. Markley 201; J. Stephenson 200.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1964

Three Minor Wrecks In Decatur Friday Three minor property damage accidents occurred in Decatur Friday within nine minutes. At 4:08 p. m., an auto driven by Linda Ann Gunsett, 17, of 310 > N. Third St, backed out of a driveway at her home and into a parked car owned by Betty Lou Walters, 34, of route 3, Decatur. The Walters car was parked on the west side of Third St., and received an estimated $75 damages. Damage was listed at $25 to the Gunsett vehicle. At 4:12 p. m., a car driven by Roman R. Raudenbush, 51, of 111 W. Monroe St., was struck by a pickup-truck operated by Gary Lee Jeffrey, 17, of route 2, Decatur. , Raudenbush was eastbound on Jackson* street when Jeffrey turned off Front St. and struck the left front of the Raudenbush vehicle. Damages were estimated at S3OO to the car and SIOO to the pick-up driven by Jeffreys. Autos operated by Martha Steury, 32, of route 2, Decatur, and Kenneth W. Wa’gner, 18, route 3, Decatur, collided at 110 E. Monroe street at 4:17 p. m. The two vehicles, collided when one pulled from a parking space on Monroe street- Damages were estimated at $175 to the Steurv car and $125 to the Wagner auto. Coot Long's Unit Wins Coveted Award DAYTON, Ohio—Captain James B. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. . Harold C. Long of Rainbow Road, Geneva, Ind., is a member of the strategic air command’s (SAC) 17th bomb wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, .Ohio, which has won the coveted U. S. Air Force outstanding unit award. Captain Long, a B-52 bomber pilot, and members of his wing will wear the medal as a permanent decoration for helping the wing achieve a sustained superior performance rating in keeping SAC intercontinental missiles and jet bombers on constant ale-*. The captain, a graduate of Geneva- hi eh school, received his 8.6. decree from Purdue University at West Lafavette end was commissioned upon completion of the Air Force reserve officer training corps program. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta. His wife, Georgia, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Haecker of 725 S. Lehman St., Berne, Ind.