Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1964 — Page 7

THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1964

NHL Boss Says Possible: Russia In Cup Play

MONTREAL (UPD — Russia vs. the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup finals? “It’s entirely possible,” said Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League, generally considered THE most powerful hockey league in the world. "They’re not ready yet,” he N. Y. News Wants Shea Commissioner NEW YORK (UPD—William S. Shea, the Manhattan attorney who was largely responsible for the freturn of National League baseball to New York, today was nominated for commissioner of baseball by the nation’s largest newspaper. In an editorial, the New York Daily News cited Shea’s accomplishment’s in the interest of baseball, and also noted he “has the guts to tell off ball club owners when they need telling off, as the fearsome Judge Kenesaw Landis used to do.” As chairman of Mayor Robert F. Wagner’s Baseball Committee, Shea is credited with almost singlehandedly bringing the New York Mets to the city. The city gave its official “thanks” to Shea by naming the new stadium in Flushing Meadow, Queens, after the Sands Point, N. Y., resident. St. Joe Is Beaten In CYO League Game Precious Blood downed the local St. Joseph team by a 38-20 score in a Fort Wayne CYO league game Tuesday. Koense of the winners led all scorers with 18 points, while Tim Bolinger’s seven paced Decatur. No other Decatur player scored more than three points.

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went on, Ü but if the Russians eventually reach the stage that justifies their challenging for the Stanley Cup, then they'll be accommodated.” In an interview with United Press international, Campbell made it clear the Stanley Cup is not and never was meant to be the sole property of the National Hockey League. “One of the conditions of the charter is that it must be representative of a competitive open championship of the world,” he said. "There are no restrictions as to professionals or amateurs or nations.” However, Campbell made it ■clear that the NHL would not sanction just any challenge, but would be sympathetic to any worthwhile and justifiable challenge. The subject of a possible Russian, Czech or Swedish challenge arose following an announcement by the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday that six professional players, including NHL goaltender Gump Worsley, would be added to the Montreal Junior Canadiens team for their exhibition game here Dec. 11 against the Russian Olympic Oilers Sign Elkins, Browns Ink Garcia I By PETE DOWD UPI Sports Writer The Housston Oilers accomplished one of the primary objectives of their 1964 draft campaign Wednesday by signing end Larry Elkins to a contract and rejoining one of college football’s most potent duets in the pro ranks. Elkins, who was the Oilers No. 1 draft choice in the American Football League’s player draft last Saturday, and Houston quarterback Don Trull comprised a devastating pass-catch combination when teammates at Baylor. Trull was drafted by the Oilers last year and has served his rookie season with Houston as the back-up signal-caller for veteran George Blanda. But when Trull and' Elkins are reunited once again next season nr*Ofler uniforms, Coach Sammy Baugh is hoping for a gusher of passing yardage. Packers Lost Out The 6-foot-l 187-pound Elkins, who set a bevy of Southwest Conference records while at Baylor, was also the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. The day wasn’t a complete loss for the Packers either. Green Bay signed quarterback Jim Van Gorden to a 1965 contract. Van Gorden, the nation’s small college total offense leader from Eau Claire State, was overlooked in the draft by both leagues and was signed as a free agent. The Cleveland Browns of the NFL added a potential asset to their defensive line by signing defensive tackle Jim Garcia of Purdue. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound lineman, who was the Browns Nq. 1 draft choice, is considered one of the top defensive prospects to come out of the Big ten Conference this season. He was also drafted by Denver in the AFL. IHL Standings W L T Pts Des Monies .... 12 5 2 26 Fort Wayne .... 9 4 2 20 Port Huron .... 8 6 1 17 Toledo 8 7 0 16 Muskegon fl 9 1 13 Dayton 3 15 0 6 Wednesday Score Fort Wayne 9, Muskegon 2. Tonight’s Game Tbledo at Des Moines.

champion hockey squad. It will be the first of an eight-game tour for the Russians, wbp actually have expressed g desire to play either or both of the two Canadian teams in the NHL -• the Canadiens or the Toronto Maple Leafs. Campbell sees no profound significance in using seasoned pros against the Russians. "But I do think it is a very good idea for the simple reason that it should ensure a good show,” he said. "The Junior Canadiens are not the team they were last year and if they were to play the Russians alone it would be cheating the customers.

Houston Reveals Offer For Trade Os Entire Team For Milwaukee Braves

Today's Sport Parade (Reg. U.S. Pat Off.) By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sporte Writer HOUSTON (UPI) — Texans ain’t pikers, suh, and Paul Richards proved it Thursday with the disclosure of the most fantastic trade offer in baseball history. Richards offered all 40 Houston players plus 65-onillion for all of Milwaukee’s players, but the Braves turned down the bid. “It was a legitimate and sincere offer,” said the Texasborn Richards, who serves as Houston’s general manager. “I made the offer in good faith to John McHale and Bill Bartholoihay,’’ McHale is president of the Braves and Bartholomay chairman of the board. The offer was made three weeks ago in Phoenix, Ariz., at a meeting attended only by baseball’s top brass. You’re Surprise? “They were staggered by the offer,”. Richards said of McStote College Fives Hold Edge On Foes By United Press firternatloaal Indiana [ college basketball clubs had a 2-1 edge over “foreign” rivals Wednesday night. Valparaiso dumped Hope of Michigan in its opener, 83-64, and Concordia of Fort Wayne beat Defiance of Ohio, 84-74. The lone loser was Tri-State, which bowed to Findlay of Ohio, 84-69. In intra-state games, Franklin polished off Rose Poly, 87-72, to even its season record at 1-1, and Hanover drubbed Marian, 88-76. ...1. Only one game is scheduled for K, tonight—lllinois State at Purdue Plans Renewal Os Washington Series LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPDPurdue will renew its football series with the University of Washington in 1971, athletic director Guy (Red) Mackey announced today. The Boilermakers will open the 1971 campaign at Washington Sept. 18 and the Huskies will make their first appearance here Sept. 23, 1972. In their first two meetings in 1961 and 1962, Purdue won the opener, 13-6, and they battled to a 7-7 deadlock the next year. Season Ticket Boost CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI) — The Cleveland Indians 1965 box office got a big boost from a drive that brought in $906,501 from 4,193 season ticket purchasers. The drive, headed by the Cleveland Growth Board, was launched in September when reports circulated that the lagging attendance would force the Indians to move.

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Who They Play Basketball nn>M Monmouth at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Cent. Catholic. A. Central at Dunkirk. Madison at Geneva. Churubusco at Monroeville. Huntertown at Hoagland. Lancaster at Berne. SATURDAY Berne at Ossian Larwill at Commodores.* Elmhurst at Moumouth-x. x— at Decatur gym. •—At Adams Central gymnasium. Wrestling THURSDAY Decatur at Manchester. SATURDAY Decatur at New Haven.

Hale and Bartholomay, But they rejected it. Both knew we were dead serious. If they wanted to do it, we were ready right there and then. “And if any witnesses are needed. Judge Roy Hofheinz (Houston club president) was right there.” Ohio Slate Comes Up With Soph Stars By United Press International Jerry Lucas graduated but Ohio State found Gary Bradds and now that the 6-foot-9 Bradds is also gone Coach Fred Taylor has come up with a promising array of sophomore talent to help the Buckeyes pick up where they left off last season. Big Ten rivals hoped the loss of Bradds and three other starters would seriously reduce the Ejuckeyes’ . effectiveness, but there was little sign of that Wednesday night when they opened their campaign with a convincing 86-54 triumph over South Dakota. Leading the parade of im-' pressive sophomores unveiled by Taylor was six-foot guard Al Peters, who led all scorers with, 19 points. South Dakota was never able to mount a serious threat against the well-balanced Buckeye attack. Ohio State led 44-26 at the half after hitting 25 per cent from the field. BOWLING RIRAL LEAGVB W L Pts. Duo Marine 27 12 87 Barkley Const 25% 13% 33% Decatur Kocher . .. 23 16 32 Aspy Standard ... 22% 16% 30% Adams Builders .. . 22 17 30 Weber’s Bath 21 18 30 Sheets Furn 21 18 29 Reidenbach Equip. 20 19 27 Baugh’s 20 19 27 Stucky Furn 19 20 25 Schwartz Ford 19 20 -3 Mcßride & Son .... 16 23 22 Pioneer Rest 16 23 18 Decatur Indust 14 25 18 Miller-Jones 13 26 18 B&H Grill 13 26 15 High Games: J. Hart 224 ; R. Schuemann 214; R. Ballard 207; J. Irwin 20'5; D. Wynn 204; L. Bultemeler 204; L. Sheets 208; T. Johnson 202; F. Bienz 201; R. Selmer 200. JACK &. JILL W L Pts. Lucky Dogs 11% 6% 16% Pin Droppers 12 6 16 Cee Bees - . . 11% 6% 15% Four Winds 11 7 14 Homestead Rebels 10 8 13 Alley Katz 9 8 13 Country Triz 11 7 13 New Breed .9 9 12 Mix up« .... 9 9 12 Unkowns «9 9 12 Half & Half 8 10 12 Homestead Bulldogs 9 9 11 Gutters 7% 10% 10% The G’s- 7 11 8 Two Pair...... 5% 12% 7% Grapplers 4 14 6 High Games (women): J. Ripple 172; N. Bedwell 179; J. Colclasure 181; C, Pierce 181; V. Bauman 183. High Games (men): W. Bedwell 211; L. Anspaugh 209; K. Colclasure 211; D. Wolff 247.

Komets Score 9-2 Win

The Fort Wayne Komets tallied four times in the first four minutes and four seconds of the third period and went on to a 9-8 romp over the Muskegon Zephyrs at Memorial Coliseum Wednesday Bight. Some 1,567 fans who braved the elements saw the K’s take a one goal lead in the opening period, expand it to 3-1 after two stanzas, and then break the contest wide open with six goals In the final period. The victory moved the Komets within six points of league-lead-i»g Des Moines, and the Fort Wayne skaters have four games in hand on the Leafs. A new defenseman, Terry Pembroke, made his debut with the K’s last night. The Komets, after playing in Port Huron Friday night, entertain the Flags Saturday night, and then travel to Toledo for a Sunday night engagement. Wednesday scory summary:

By one of those coincidences, Bartholomay happened to walk by as Richards was talking in the hotel lobby of baseball’s convention headquarters here. "Are you talking about the offer?” he said to Richards, ’ smiling. “Yes I am,” Richards replied. “It’s the truth. I’m talking about the offer we made you not long ago. You turned it down, isn’t that right?” “Well," said Bartholomay, “it was like offering someone the Brooklyn Bridge." “Nevertheless, it was a genuine offer and we would have closed the deal right there if you had said the word,” Richards insisted. Bartholomay did not reply. McHale likewise said he would rather not discuss the offer when asked about it. Within the Law Had the wholesale trade been made, roster-for- roster, it would have been within baseball law. “There is nothing in the rules .whom -*we •Rehoose;’* Richards 'Baid. t Nor was there any doubt gSbqut. Houston beipg able to "flfeine up with the money as Jong as multi-millionaire R. E. ’(Bob) Smith, the club’s board .chairman, and Hofheinz were Jjlrpund.

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First Period Fort Wayne — Rivard (Dubchak). Second Period Fort Wayne — Orban (Thomson, Wright); Long (Primeau, Waslawski). Muskegon — Chasle (unassisted). Third Period Fort Wayne — Primeau (Long, Purinton); Dubchak (Goodwin, Rivard); Thorson (Balon, Purinton) ; Waslawski (Primeau, Long); Waslawski (Purinton, Primeau); Goodwin (Dubchak). Muskegon; Falta (Twigg, Campbell). Saves — Adamson, 34; Gagnon 37. Michigan Named As Bowl Choice

NEW YORK (UPD—In three previous Rose Bowl appearances Michigan has outscored its opponents 112-6 and, although oddsmakers may not have taken this into great consideration, they nevertheless established the Wolverines as 11 point favorites to beat Oregon State on New Year’s Day. In other major bowl games, the nation’s No. 1 team, Ala* bama, was picked by 6 over last year’s national champion Texas in the Orange Bowl. Louisiana State is favored by 6 over Syracuse in the Sugar Bowl and Arkansas, No. 2 team in the nation, is rated 6 points over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. Oklahoma travels to sunny Florida for the Gator Bowl and the odds-makers favor local Florida State by 3. In the Sun Bowl Georgia is 5 over Texas Tech and Mississippi is picked by 13 over Tulsa in the Bluebonnet Bowl despite the presence of Jerry Rhome. In the only major college games left on the regular schedule, LSU is a 6 point favorite over Florida and Ole Miss is 11 over rival Mississippi State. On the pro scene this weekend, in the NFL, Cleveland is 3 over St. Louis, San Francisco is 3 over Los Angeles, Philadelphia is 4 over Dallas, Minne- ! rtsofa ' is- 7' over ■Nw>YoF«;'-Gte®fti-Bay is 7 over Chicago, Washington is 8 over Pittsburgh and Baltimore is a 9-point favorjte over Detroit. In the AFL, Buffalo is favored by 7 over Oakland, Boston is 9 over Kansas City and San Diego is 9 over New York.

Shraluka ’s Slants By Bob Shraluka

ANe w Game - - WithNo Toots While riding home from Tuesday night’s basketball game (?) at Berne, we came up with an idea for a new game called foulball. Instead of wasting all those seconds having high school basketball players running around out there on the floor, let’s just allow each team 10 varsity players. Each player on each team gets 10 free throws — or 100 per team — and the .team that makes the most wins the the ball game. We’d call it foulbail and during the game none of the fans would get mad and lose their voices screaming at the officials. Another benefit would be going to bed after the game and not hearing all those shrill whistles in your sleep. , What we saw at Berne Tuesday night got downright sickening at times. Oh sure, this writer hails from Decatur and is just unhappy because his team got beat. Not exactly! We’d have to say Berne got the worst end of the officiating and probably wouldn’t have had any of their starters left if they would have had to play another quarter. Granted, officials are human and thus make mistakes. Granted also, an official can have an “off’ night like any player. Let it be said right now that we don’t believe any official in the state of Indiana is out to “rob” another team. That just isn’t true and if we believed it was, high school basketball would be off our sports calendar. But something is gomg to have to be done. You cannot see a high school game anymore without at least 32 fouls called, and when you only play 32 minutes, that figures out to one per minute. Actually, if you see only 32 called, it is a treat. In the six games we’ve covered this year, there were 35, 36, 28, 46, 42 and 34 personal fouls whistled per game. Forty-six personals is nearly one foul every 40 seconds! It gets almost silly at times when one player accidently brushes another 30 feet from the ball but still gets a personal. And when two opposing players go up for a rebound, the one that doesn’t grab the ball is almost always tooted for a foul. They just don’t let them play basketball anymore — they only shoot free throws. This writer feels sorry for the fans. At least .. have to pay good money to watch a free throw shooting contest, but they do. Then you get treated to what we saw Tuesday night. As a Berne player was driving the length of the court for a lay-in, Bill Blythe of the Jackets hit him on the shoulder to prevent the basket. Sure he hit him hard, he wanted to make sure he didn’t make the basket. But the official, before Bill had even landed on the floor, had thumbed him oift of the game. Oh yes, a lad who didn’t make the team last year, and who had earned his first starting assignment, was trying to injure an opponent with.the game just two minutes and 15 seconds old. Baloney! In the photo at right, you’ll notice that Blythe has hit Rick Beer on the shoulder. Rick has an expression of pain on his face, but you see that every day in basketball action shots. In talking the following day with a former local referee who worked several state finals, we learned that the ejection of a player calls for an automatic technical foul. Berne wasn’t awarded a technical shot. Later, the same official had his back to Berne coach Sanford Brueckheimer. “Brueck” opened his mouth to say something and raised just a few inches off the bench when BANG, the official had whirled and was making the sign of the technical foul. Oh, but that’s right. Coaches aren’t allowed to' stand up anymore. '"Next year they’ll have a rule that calls for a technical anytime a fan leaves his seat. Don’t laugh, it wouldn’t be any more ridiculous than the one the coaches were blessed with this year. Allow us to say once more that we are not questioning the integerity of any official. But c’mon fellas. Quit worrying about what the coach is saying or such things as players intentionally trying to “rack up” someone. Let them play basketball — the way Mr, Naismith wanted it played.

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