The Independent-News, Volume 88, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 November 1964 — Page 2

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AE WO»’LD LIKE TO LOOK buck a minute ••! two at the 1961 V alkcrt n High S. :iool Football y -i«>: one that will go in the 1 cord books as a very poor .-eay n from a u n and lost basis I it in the hearts of the players and coaches one which had as much g<..*d ha rd football in it as a 9-0 lee nd could furnish Loothall in high s< h ol is Still a spni • tliat remains as mv h an amatem sort as anything could. Th- emphasis is n<>t a’ways win. win. v n. but the participatioi and

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sportsmanship that can h* derived fimn it. and the scho >1 spirit that follows the sport. THE INDIANS rXDERTHE leadership of John Bmgan an and assistant Jim Ridenour, opened with a football pectacular at Rolling Prairie This is a get the feeling tyj • of program whore four teams participate with each team playing a quarter against two others Spirit was high, and the turnout pretty decent for this extravaganza m

which the Indians showed possibilities of developing into a pretty rugged team The brickfield wa new from years past with the fullback. Ra k Trost, b iving as much exp-nen.c in a game a anyone and that probably would not amount to half a game THEN CAME THE OPENIN’; g une against North Liberty. In vainly competition over the few years these two have beer, in this category, the Indians hail novel cms.cd the Shamrock goal line This game was (played at school field in South Pend anil turned out to be almost a comedy f errois Jack Lowe's Shamrocks wetv much more hur^ny for this game as he also had to replace about seven key men including his entire starting ba kfield However in theii previous year, these boys got much more experience that did Walkerton's and it showed Th Shamrocks were quick an<l hard hitting resulting into many Walkerton fumbles. These fcmble® and an intercepted pa s deep in Walkerton territory, was mainlv responsible for the lopsided '-core of 4 2-0. It was a hard Joss f»r the Indians ar I theii squad of well over 30 bovs. It should be rep >rted here that a total of at least 40 had expressed desire to play until .'-evoml found out you have to work hard in footb ill and this didn't appeal to their nature THE NEXT GAME WAS THE battle agan. d North Judson Here it wan a much better played game by tl • Indians, but one in whi.h speed in the Jud -m backfield made the differenc They sprung their thet Bill Du! zal four tm < s f>r 1 u j touchdowns w.nle th< Indians weren't having mu< h ha k at sustaining a drive This game ended 27-6 with the Indians fm ally crossing the goal line in the late mmut< s of the game NEXT IT WAS TRITON THIS was a game that the Imiiai.w fully expected to wm. md did Pa-tween this contest anc th- Judson contest. the quarter ack problem was very rough, wr i three boys. u. eluding a fresh' urn. trying to handle Lie chores Howtwer. with th • squad getting a little smaUei all the time, due to boys quitting and a H tean schedule starting, many of the x>ys were limited to little or no action, due to the four quarter i uhng m Indiana High School F otball The Indians won a 26-6 vi .ory. giving them a little mure pep and enthusiasm THE FOLLOWING WEEK IT was a trip o a victory hungry River Feres team During th week, the Indians received a blow when a regular end quit, lean ng them hurting at an end position Early in this game two Walkerton boys, t ie leading runner and best end. i« eived nur. >r injuries A coup'-? oi boys w ere already out with injuries and another urns ejected fn m the game, leaving a pretty inexperienced bun-’h of players on the field. River Forest took advantage of this and found a definite weakr.-ss at the end Fpots and |M»ured it on as they hadn't w m in two seasons Thev didn't | till their regulars until they w» • • ahead 39-0 The final score w is 46-0. but it was felt tliat soi a- valuable rxprnen< r had hc*n g ined THEN IT WAS A TRIP TO Bremen with Don Bunge s । re v Hen* was a game that didn't tell the true story as a coujile of \ *ry eheeie Friday & Saturday NOV. H-7 Eh is Is Bac k ELVIS PRESLEY In Two Roles. For The First Time! KISSINU (X SIXS Pannvision A Metro ( oior

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st tang'* rulings, one < >nccrnmg p.a . s wun r.x»ts. hurt the India!."<. Then a mistaken call by the lefeive on a piay really put the Indians in a hole in the first half when the score was 7-0 As it resulted, 1| en. n took advai. luge of Walkerton mistaken anil every break to roll to a 41-0 win in a game tnat found the first half played on an- s-ven basis until two quick scores late in the aei - ond quarter gave the Lions a lead tliat was unsin mountable in this game THE INDIANS THEN VISIT ed Rolling IVame. a team figured ta be on about the same par with th«- Indians Here it was a sputter, mg offense that held the Indian* back as th •>’ lost a game 13-7 that was played ir. very cool weathei with snow falling pail of thr time By this time the manpower of the squad was down to less than 25 and the b iys w-re having to stay Hi th»* game almost constantly. due to the H team schedule Only about 15 boys were being use*! Often during this streak on through the end of the season practice sessions were held with only Ik or 20 boys, not even nough for a workout against a full team JIMTOWN WAS NEXT AND th»- B Team had played a game the night bes -re. eliminating a lot of players I rum eligibilit y The Indians lost 34 6 as tl *y had some breaks go against them that the Jimmies took advantage of f<>r touchdowns Coach Hmgaman had switched a counle of players to different positions, and they w- re liegim ng to look a little fM tter plugging h ties that had been unfilled THEN IT WAS KNOX VISITmg for another game that providtsi as many thrills as could be expected The visitoi a finally won 20-7 in a game that wasn't this lopsided as the Indians gave up the ball very late in the game <leep in their own territory trying for first downs Knox ran a short sei ies in forth? final touchdown u> a game that was only 6 points apart until less than two minutes remained. THE FINAL GAME WITH North Liberty was all that was left and with th • tremendous beatir.x the Indians had taken the tirst time, it took a lot of courage for the performance they nut <>n All week coach John Bingaman work si on a different offense, usu. t freshmen J *hn Stasko at quai terbark, an unbalanced line a spht end and flanker back ar. I a man in motion These mov -s may have he^H-d considerably to confus'- the defense, but the real difference was the spirit and d.-te!minati >n of the bws that wee still n’ay nv the game They completely outplayed the Shamrs-ks ii the fust ha’f. but trailed on a long pass interception in the -ond nnarter The halftime s "ir was 7 6 but the

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Indians completely dominated tho action They gained over 170 yards in this half to North Liberty's 21 and controlled the ball for most of the half THE SECOND HALE WAS all North Liberty for a while aa they came out inspired, but still the li.-hans showing in this game was very -ncouragmg and certainly put more school spirit in the school than had been present all year. SLMM IN G IT Ul’. ONE could say thr student body is vei y poor in supporting their teiun regardless of what the results of the game This ha.-c long been the case and unless something is done to inject some new sjarit. cuuld continue this way. Second, the buys that just didn't want t i work hard enough to play I ill. or wanted to ride around in cars with girls, hurt their teammates as they quit one by one Injuries can always hurt a few. but nothing .*«nous along tl . line took players for any length <»f time It was strictly lack of mi bition by a few that made the work of the final 22 players that n uch harder ANOTHER PIG STVMBIJNG blo< k and one that w ill mat foot, l-all m the scKmil syst -ni, is the complete lack of interest by the i hool officials Tlw Indians have bc.-n playing n w for several yeara without a f.-ld that is decent to run on. let alone get la klrd or. No program is set for Junior High as the interset isn’t there as two men were si”^posed to < <>a< h everything that occurs, football, cross country, basketball and trac k This includes varsity. B team and junior high, an impossible task WITH BO Y S IN HI G H s< h ><>| just learning tlw fundamentals. they will always be a year or two behind the other schools. If the program is to be continued some real effort should b • made to continue under proper cor.htinns instead of the halfhearted effort it has been in the past The roach now blames himself partially for the poor allowing which wouldn't be if thr prop, er c<x’deration were there The job he is doing in school as a teacher, a coach and in the community is a ieal asset to Walkerton, and mo»e teachers with this spirit and willingneas to work would make our school system a much better place m rw V asne- t. sports and curriculum Despite the oast season record, it can fully be meant when one s evs to the coa-'heti and the bovs. well done Wr hone to see more of their tvpc spirit and effort in the school in future yea rs Well-ar nged time is the mai k of i welbarrartged mind EnoiP'i would satisfy ;dl if the neighbors didn't have more