The Independent-News, Volume 94, Number 16, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 September 1968 — Page 2

— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — SEPTEMBER 12. 1 !»GS

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THE 1968 FOOTBALL SEASON is now underwuy and the encouraging tu nout at the local high s< hool game between North Liberty and John Glenn Saturday night was to say the least en routaging. Much has been said about high school football over the seat.- as the smallei schools hav • adapted this spoil as a major atli action. it was an nounc**d this war that over 100 high schools in Indiana ase now participating in football which is now th*- largest pcrc*nalge ever. THE CALIBER OF HIGH s« hool football has increased imjnvnsly ovei the years. It wa.sn t too long ago that very few .uh nils really played a sound fundam iital game and jvally gave the fans good football to see. How‘Ver. with the great influ nee of th • sport in the smaller schools, better coaching, better fie'.-t^ bet lei -quipment and better boys are making this sport < >ntinue to grow and grow and grow. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT football has a place in high school athletics in almost every school. You usd to read about a high school in Indiana now and then that put a basketball team on the floor even though then’ were only 15 or 18 boys in th*' school. That day is gone forever, and the larger schools put larger athletic programs before the students. However, football is the most expensive sport o the schools and must hav** good folFrL, Sat. A Sun. Sept. 13 14-15 3 Featuret» Fri. A Sat. Sunday 2 Features Playing as Numbered #2 Free engagement ring set to every unmarried female While They Last The Monster who lusted for the Blood of his brides. See Brides Os Blood The Blood Fiend 'Aill disgust and repel those too -ik to share a living of the Bizarre. Blood Fiend 1 I ridav A Saturday \s \ nightly as a Black Lace Night G< wn. Woman Times Seven with Shirh y M< Liine Michael Caine

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v p JHVIU O) suuj •HH Aq 3uimo( fmailulul success. THE BOYS OF TODAY also have a great effect on the imp.ovemmt of th* sport. Kids simply are growing better, healthier. and larger. This is a known 'act as wars ago a 200 pounder was almost an unheard of Hung. Today, a boy doesn’t make the team just be« ause he is big. but he must have th • abi ity to move and keep up with the game as well. THE TREMENDOUS EXI’AN SION of football in high schoi 1 m<»ves right <>n up through col leg". Today their teams are stock'd with boys from more schools and consequently, bettei talent to supply these colleges. Tlie colleg * sea ?»n also is du? to g< t into full swing with some o th* mall colleges already start ing. many moi? this week end and by the folowing week end oil tlA* major teams wi.l b" st ait ng action. THIS WEEK END WILL AL so see the National Football lyeague fast gaining stature and momenti um. has already begun with league contest? b ing play<-l this past we“k end. From h r< on <>ut through the middle of January, football will be king of sport with brief time outs hen and thro for the World Series, the start of basketball and hockey. How ever, the tremen dous appeal o r football in reemt years has made this the number one attraction. SPEAKING BRIEFLY OF the baseball situation. it seems that St. Louis and Detroit haw things going pretty well for themselves. Th" Cardinals had a brief spell where they k»st ball games- to the Giants, but cam" back with a big win Sunday to reduce their magic number to a very low’ figure end make it all but impossible for th"m to be overhauled. Meanwhile. Detroit is havng just a little more of a struggle, but seem to be riding safe enough save a big losing streak while Baltimore remains hot. If this is the cos*. as most expect, it will set up some interesting situations in the world series. Many will be anticipating some great pitching duals between Bob Gibson and Denny McLain. This could easily come about mayb* even three times should the series go the limit of gomes. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT this year theJK* are two of the iIMS rii. A Sat., Sept. 13-14 Who’s Minding The Mint staring Joey Bishop 'i^

outstandmg performances in many years. McLain could b' come the first game winner in 34 .wars, a task thwt most baseball men felt was almost imp .ssibl" in this day and age. Gibsun on the other hand, although not worked quite vis hard as McLiin. is really turning in some kind of a job with his earned run average. Shutouts ai" almost commonplace with him as 21 of his first 20 wins were whitewash jobs. YOU HAVE HEARD TIME and tme again that this is the year of thv pitch"r. S-veral have been outstanding, but still when all the dust settles, htie isn’t going to b a large bunch of 20 game winners un'ess s veral pitchers finish real strong in the kist two and a half wcks. It is a hard goal to 11. t anymore with the .elief pitchc being a very us"l tiling in th s day o r baseba'l. M my times two or even more pitchers will be used in a shutout and 20 yei.s agio this was unheard of. A pitcher was nwr jt -. ked unless he had an ailment o. someth ng of that nature while holdin; a team scoreless. EVERYONE WILL BE LOOKing forward to the World Si r."S as this gi**at fall spectacle makes fans out of p< opk* who couldn’t name mure than a vw players in either leagU". But at World Series time, they are not only baseball fans, but ba^bail experts. That is just another reason that professional sports are he great attraction they ai" in this country. Plan Nosh Liberty Open Coif Tourney W" an* going to try something new this year in the North Liberty Tournament. We are going to divide the m<*n inh> Flight.; and giv* trophies to each Flight winner. There will be 4 Flights, (Championship. A- Flight, B Flight and C - Flight). In th" future. when we get our hsa| golf course rompeted, we will require everyone to shoot a qualifying round or else use his established handicap to determine which Flight he should be in. But, for this y**ar, we are asking each man to get his approximate vouchvd for by at least two men and we will place him into a Flight according to that awrag". We realise that thenp is a difference betwven golf courses. so each man should tell us tin what course he can shoot this averagv. Our tournament will be held at Eberhart Course in Mishawaka. Sunday. September 15. with Tee times starting at 11:30 a.m. We Something's missingSomething may be missing from your auto insurance, tool Get the plan that not only gets to the "meat" of the matter, but gives ycu all the "trimmings," tool Ask about Meridian Mutual's broadcoverage Pacemaker Auto Policy. I can tailor it to fit your needs and budget. See me there's no obligation! I yeur Meridian Mutual agent I arriihii J R. W. Johnson Ins. Morniag — Hamlet Phone H67-2H24 Aftl*moonit — KiMHttz Like Plkmic Walkerton 5)Ui-25H0

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d<> not object to you making up your own playing groupn, but wi must ask that each groups be made up o f golfers in the same Flight. The entry blanks have Four lin<.;. If y<»u wish to play with someone, put both or all names on the same bl ink. and turn it in that way. To qualify for Championship Flight you should b 1 able to shoot 84 or below, A Flight 85 to 94. B-Fhght 95 to 109, C Flight 110 and over. These divisions of players by Flights nAke u better tourney b<*caus' every man is playing against men of his own ability. Any man may be moved into a tougher Flight by request, even though hi.; aveiug-* may not wai rant him being in that Flight but no gol’er should turn in a high average just so he can be p'aced into an easier Flight. For **xampk. the C Flight winner should not win with a 96. If he can shout that well, he should have be n placed in B-Flight to begin with. Falcons Visit North Judson Saturday The John Glenn Falcons, wl.o open"d with a victory last Satu*’ day, will travel to North Judson this Friday night for u game against the Blue Jays. The gam*- time is 7:30 p.m. North Judson opened their season with

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a very strong defensive effort in a 0 0 tie with a big N *w Prairie team on Frday night. This promises to be another good game for the Falcon fans. Shamrocks Play At Jimtown Friday Night Th * North Liberty Shamrocks will try to get on the win side of the ledger this Friday night as they travel to Jimtown to battle the Jimmi-es in their second game o r the season. This also will b * a conference game for the Shamrucks. Gametime at the Jimtown field is 7:30 p.m. and tickets may b purchased in advunc at the North Liberty High School office. Buy surface arazor.^^ GilletteTcchniatid Razor $195