The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 18, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 May 1965 — Page 2

— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — MAY «, 1965

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MONTREA L’S CANAI )IANS again were the Stanley Cup Champions o' the National Hockey league as they climaxed the long season vith a 4-0 triumph in <h< final game of the playoffs Saturday night. This was the 11th sira Cup Title for the Montreal team. THE IN FERESTING THING that contos to the top of the story is the tr^i iendous home team advantage *that is so definite in hocxey. -Many sports claim the fact that playing at home adds so much. bin in hockey the proof is more than in any other sport. For instance; in the 20 games played in the Stanley- Cup playoffs. 18 were wok by the homo team with only om^ivi' toi;y in Montreal at Toronto and a single win by the Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit spoiling the home ice advantage. .111 ST WHAT MAKES TH IS trei imdous difference isn’t known Coiipb tcly. but the ice is often different, the rinks aren't exactly tin same size, and the crowds seem to “hava a very definite effect on the teams. At any rate, this iport has the greatest homeadvantage of any as far as the reemds prove. IT USED TO BE SAID THAT in basketball a home court was sai< to mean tun points in college Friday & Saturday Mav 7 & R AUloney Os A Hit! Starting: Dean MARTIN slerrv LEWIS Running wild with 500 beautiful Co-Eds! “You’re Never Too Young” *' l^chnholor Diana Lynn . Nina Loth 4

games, and often more than this in high schools. In the high school ranks a few years ago. almost every court /was different , as the gyms were all different ♦sizes, low ceilin s and bankboards, all wer* important factors. Now most of the J tying areas are about the same almost everyone has glass bank nards and the fan-shaped ones are very few and far bet\w.. It wasnl too many yea*^ ago many floors”were so small • that a team used to a larger court had an extremely hard time adjusting their offense to the narrov ones especially. Small crowd- , cd floor could cut a running, team down to size. Many hadr w dis real close at the ends and no one likes to plow into a wall ot bricks or blocks. Often a gym would be found where a low ceiling or supports on the ceiling actually interfered with shots. This is about all gone. Notre Dame's home court in basketball still seams to be a great advantage. ,so much in fact that several college teams will no longer play at the University IN FOOTBALL. ALL FIELDS are the same. In the pro ranks, walls might interfere nt the out of bounds areas, but still the actually placing field is always the same. Baseball still carriers a difference in parks by a large margin. A team will often try to adopt a system of play that best DANCING NOW ON SATURDAY NITE Music By The ; The Swingin' Sting Rays Sat., May Bth 7:30 to 10:30 Hamlet Recreation Room

fits th< ir park. Remember the years Boston had the murderers row right handed to plaster the short left field fence'.’ Also, for many years, opposing left handers either weren't used or had little success in Boston because of the odd shape. Yankee stadium is still a control er.-, y. especially with < ‘harles Finley of Kansas City as they have the short foul lines down both lines. It does angle out fa ', but the odd shape can make f r some strange situations in ; । i park. THE OLD POLO GROUNDS in New York was very different for a team to come into and play. The extremely short fences were a homer haven for strictly pull hitters. Some even developed the knack of slicing down the oppo- : i ite fields which made for many cheap homers. With as many different shape parks as there are fields, a home team usually has a little advantage in baseball. Big parks, sich as Pittsburgh and the old Washington Stadium, don't even try for power players to excess as they will stresss more defense and speed in favor of the home run ball. The Washington Senators of 1945, losers of the pennant to Detroit bv one game on the final day of the season, hit only one home run in their park : that year, that being an inside the park homer bv Joe Kuehl. Likewise, on the road, they didn't ' hit too many because their team wasn’t geared for the long ball. HOME FIELD CONDITIONS even get into track and field although any more, most of the track powers are running out doors on similar tracks. However, some are faster than others and often the pits for field events will vary a little, giving a man that is used to them a slight advantage. It may sound strange, but swimmers even have preference of pools. This might partly be in the head, but they often say sonu pools are ‘‘fast'’ and some are •'slower”. This is another phase of the sports that increases the interest. THE FANS. THE REAL PART of the game that keeps it going, can have a lot of effect on a team. .Often at Notre Dame, opposing schools will complain on the football field due to the extreme noise set up by the students. This situation is trying to be ironed out and probably will, but this is the biggest disadvantage at their home basketball games. The Cleveland fans a few years ago hurt their teams due to the tremendous pressure put on the players by the fans. It probably forced errors and mistakes that may net have occured with a little more support. Milwaukee faces a lack of fan problem this year as their attendance is' going to suffer a lot, due to the moving of the Braves next season. Fans can mean a lot if they do. part of the credit can be given to them for the good start of Houston this season. In their domed stadium, the fans are really giving the Astros a boost. The Mets have to have the most loyal fans of all at this time, but none will replace the old Brooklyn fans when the Dodgers ^ere the Bums from Brooklyn. Indians Second In Trinnffular Track Meet Th* Walkerton Indians placed second in a triangular meet with Triton and Waxarusa last ThursREGULAR MEETING NIGHTS Os The Orville Easterday Legion Post 189 2nd and Last Thursday Os Each Month Auxiliary Unit 189 Ist Thursday Os Each Mfaith

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day, as once again the failure to score in tne pole vault cost a chance for the win. For years, tins went has been almost void as the Indians haven't been able to come up with a pole vaulter that can consistontly get points in quite a while. Triton won the meet with 56 points to Walkerton's 51 5 6. while Wakarusa had 29 1 6 on the Wakarusa track. Terry Lute was the individual star getting four firsts in tho two hurdle races, broad jump and on the winning half mile relay team. The Indians failed to place in only the pole vault and milu run and also won the shot put with Wally Johnson getting first and the 100 and 220 with Tom Klinedinst winning these two. The summary: High hurdles: T Lute. W. Andres. T: Rohrer. WA: Laßue. T. Time 16.6 Shot put: Johnson. W; D. Lute. W; Craig. T: Pletcher. WA. Distance 18' 6'2' Broad jump: T Lute. W: Craig, T; Rohrer. WA: Pearish, W. Distance 20' 1” Mile run: Clark. WA: Berger. T: Ludwig. WA; Zinn. T. Time 4 :37.1 High jump: Andres, T; Craig, T; Holderman, WA; Spaid. W, and two boys from Wakarusa tied for fourth. Height 5' 11” Pole vault : Balmer, T; Roeder, WA: Holderman, WA; L Jlue, T. Height IP 100 yard dash: Klinedinst, W; Pearish, W. and Hartman, WA, tied; Rohrer. WA Time 10.4 440 yard dash: Yantiss, T; Wierich, T; B. Lute, W; Powell, W. Time 54.3 880 yard run: Berger, T; Coley. T; Holderman. T: Mann, W. Time 2:10.4 220 yard dash: Klinedinst, W; Pearish, W; Khngerman, T; Weldy, WA Time 23.8 Low hurdles. T Lute. W; Weld,y. WA; Andres, T; Laßue, T. Time 22.5 Mil« Relay .Triton, Walkerton, 880 yard rmay: Wakerton, Triton. The Walkerton track team made a good showing at the Delphi Relays last Wednesday evening and ended the night in fourth spot in C Division, which was all jammed as far as balance is concerned. The outstanding Walkerton performance was by Wally Johnson who tied the Walk* erton School record in the shot put held by Bob Lute with a heave of 48' 7”. This is also a class C record for Delphi. The W’alkerton performers who placed are: High hurdles: Terry Lute, second. Broad jump: Teriy Lute, first at 20 feet even, a new Delphi Class C record. Shot put; Wally Johnson, first, and Doug Lute fourth. Mile relay: Walkeiton. fourth. 880 yard relay: Walkerton, second. Shuttle hurdle relay; Walker-

ton, third. This gave the Indians a total of 28 points.

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