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NFL expanded calendar (injurious) to records
An abbreviated four-game A runner playing in all 16 guinea this year should provide pre season schedule which games needs only an average of »me interesting side shows on many thought would produce a roughtly 63 yards per game to Payton s single season quest.
reach the once-hallowed (1,000
yd.) plateau.
The most prized NFL mark in danger of being eclipsed is O.J. Simpson’s single-season
scarce amount of mishaps, finds the National Football League opening for real this weekend--crutched between a rash of pre-season injuries--and enable
He finished 1977 with 1,852 yards during the 14-game
calendar.
While most coaches are hopeful their players can manage
Gilliam comeback swings to Toronto The Toronto Grizzlies of the semi-pro Atlantic Football Conference, have obtained the rights to former National Football League quaterback Joe Gilliam from the Pittsburgh
Wolf pack.
The 27-year-old ex-Tennes-see State University signal caller, was under a personal services contract with Wolfpack owner Bob Baker, but a few weeks ago left the team
rule changes which could add rushing record of 2,003 yards maintaining their health) a _ 0 _
some coloi'ful assaults on garnered with Buffalo in 1973. predicted gruesome 16-week because of a reported dispute
records via an expanded Traded to the San Francisco slate, a contmued trend begiin with the coach. 16-game calendar. 49ers, some of Simpson’s ® ^ ew seasons ago -prompted a With the expansion of the record fortunes may now rest design of rule changes to help regular season from 14 and 16 with the Chicago Bears’ flashy the passer re capture some of games, many individual and Walter Payton before the sea- those longraissed glory days.
team records are figured to be easily toppled with the added to
games.
Some NFL observers claim the traditional yardstick for measuring air outstanding in-
son concludes.
Had Payton (he sustained a mild shoulder separation during pre-season) continued to average his 132.3 yards per
„ game for an extra two games . - dividual rushing season of 1.000 last season, he would have passmg play, the NFL veteran yards, may have to be altered broke Simpson’s season rushing J oms such prominent Nr L
should a barrage of runing mark.
backs flirt with the once The benefit of the two extra
coveted mark like playboys!
Several key quarterbacks have already been forced out of action for this weekend’s opener-including once Purdue AllAmerican Bob Griese of the Miami Dolphins. Injured on a
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'Hoosier Hysteria facing 'facelift’
signal callers on the sidelines as Baltimore’s Bert Jones and Cincinnati’s Ken Anderson, of
Ithe most notable.
Major rule changes which will help enhance quarterbacks this season, allows offensive lineman to extend their arms
Once a productive starting quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Gilliam has been attempting a football comeback, having encountered several brushes with the law since his “flashy” days with the Steelers--mainly durg charges for which he was arrested in
1976.
Raceway mixed bowlers seek . additional team
The Friday Night Mixed League at Raceway Lanes
-- — began its seasonal loop last and open their hands while pass weekend with 24 teams, blocking (protecting). Another League officials indicated they adjustment aiding the pasing w jjj accept one more (fivegame will be reductions in player limit) team, penalatis for intentional Interested bowlers should grounding to only a loss of contact Ruth Westmoreland, at
283-1402. League play begins at
8:30 p.m. each week.
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Led ASL in fans-
I envision a terrific chapter in Indiana high school sports coming to an end, should supporters in favor of installing a "class division" for major high school sports in the state get their way. For if adopted (which today seems certain), one of this nation's most coveted high school basketball tournaments will take a drastic facelift. With an IHSAA (Indiana High School Athletic Association) committee formed to study the feasibility of developing divisions according to school enrollments, it’s not long before you’ll hear everyone talking about the “positive” impact the move will exact on high school competition throughout the state. Normally, the reasons noted for school often fielding poor athletic teams has been a scare availablility of “student bodies” in which to groom a team into eventual success. That reasoning. more than likely, is the real stimulant behind class divisions in the first place. Thus, the IHSAA might
consider the 68-years of “Hoosier Hysteria,” which evloved into one of the most spirited, and indeed, balanced postseason high school basketball tournaments in all of the United States. If the class system is adopted for major high school sports in Indiana, you can forget about rooting for those underdog schools like Milan, Cloverdale and Silver Creek- theyTl be competing in a category reserved for minor sized school enrollments. Admittedly, the class system is a common allignment in most other states. But in agreeance with a suggestion following the IHSAA’s disclosure of a survey with principals concerning the proposed change...“Let's hope all considerations have been properly studied before any decisions or actual changes have been enacted. For not as confusing as it seems, many fans (principals, coaches and players) have just now forceably adjusted to the class system approach in football which began in 1972.
Daredevils lose play-offs; season still fulfilling
Howard University Jogging events told NCAA violate scheduled for
An impressive premiere campaign in the American Soccer League was mustered by the Indy Daredevils, but the fun came to a disappointiag. cli max Tuesday as the Indy team bowed to the New Jersey Americans (4-2) in a one game play-off. The Daredevils had defeated the New Jersey team only a few weeks ago in their season windup, 3-2. Nonetheless, Daredevils' coach Sam Donnelly had to place himself in a unique position despite the loss. That being his possible selecting as ASL Coach of the Year! A young and somewhat inexperienced team which started the season with seven rookies, the Daredevils managed to finish the regular season with a 8-13-2 record--pilsated by two (must win) late season triumps, which enabled the club to make the play-offs in their first year of competition. Top individual performances
were turned in throughout the season by goalkeeper Pete Mannos (Daredevils’ Most Val uable Player). Mannos was named twice the ASL Player of the Week. Though forward Steve Newman was forced out of action for five games, he stills managed 14 goals and 2 assists on the year. With the number of goals scored, Newman finished tied for second placed scoring honors in the league. The Daredevils also led the ASL in league attendance for the season- averaging nearly 8,000 fans at their Butler Bowl home field. Prior to Tuesday’s eliminating match with the Americans, Donnelly espoused his feelings of the season...“If we could beat once the ASL champs (L.A. Skyhawks), and beat twice the 1977 ASL champs, it means we must be competitive. Being competitive during our first year was the DaredevUs’ goal, which we accomplished.”
Qalls Carew best hitter-
meet confidential £ a g/ e Creek Park Bostock chasing CX-mate
for top batting average
Silence is the order the Jogging Day will be observed NCAA Infractions Committee in Indianapolis for the fourth gave Howard University offi- consecutive year at Eagle
rials, who met last week to discuss charges that the black institution violated / rules in several intercollegiate sports. Leo Miles, Howard athletic director, and Carl Anderson,
Creek Park, October 7, as part of a word-wide promotion of jogging for physical fitness. Activities for the day includes a 1-mile “fun run,” starting at 9:30 a.m., followed
vice-president for overseeing by a 9-mile “road run" at 10
athletics, acknowledged they
are under stringent NCAA instructions to “maintain confidentiality” concerning the school’s representatives’ appearance before the collegiate
athletic governing body.
Fun run participants in 19 age divisions will be elgible for prizes, sponsored by Block’s Department Stores. Entry blanks for the Indy National Day Jogging program are avail-
Howard is charged with a able at all Block’s Sporting
multitude of violations in bas- departments,
ketball, football, soccer and wrestling. Anderson, nonetheless, expressed it may take several months for the NCAA to make a final disciplinary
decision.
The Bisons were recently placed on probation in soccer after similar rule violation investigations by the NCAA.
Opener Sept. 9—
Bulldogs, Sylvester gear for half-century nostalgia
ANAHEIM, Calif." started this season with the “It takes a good-one to Angels batting only .147. He know-one,” is a frequent de- hinted he was considering scription of persons involved in donating part of his salary to similar practices. charity because he thought he
That’s why the California hadn’t earned it.
Angels’ high paid free agent With this Southern California acquisition Lyman Bostock based franchise making its feels his quest for the American most serious challenge ever for League hitting title may fall a division championship, short, at the expense of ex- Bostock is now hitting over teammate Rod Carew of the -300, and talkative of a batting MinnesoU Twins. crown. That’s in the event he After signing with the can overcome Carew- not imAngels for a reported $2.7 Possible-but somewhat im-
million for five years, Bostock P r obable even to Bostock.
As for the batting title, it’s hard to pick up points in a hurry when you have as many at-bats as I do. Also to win, Fd have to catch Carew, and he’s simply the best hitter Fve ever
seen,” figure Bostock.
Having tnreaienea 5tan Musial’s .400 or better season average, Carew finished 1977
wnm n ■*». t» .375. h* cu« n tiy WORLD coming™*?, «iff h.v. one in Wtin* ne.r the .336 m„k.
All promises
’turned 50-years-old last Tues- . ,
day-the day he happened to be n ^ d " * seasonguiding his 1978 Bulldog corps althou 6 h 11 wont be nearly
Muhammad Ali has begun reiterating previously announced intentions to establish
through their first pre-season ma y seem workouts P Joining the Bulldogs and
Heartland Conference oppo-
uvuuwu lurnuuM* ~ Certainly it’s only a quirk of " ents Evansville, Franklin, St. his envisioned WORLD organ- fate that when the Bulldogs " r °* e P h *• Indiana Central and ization, which he says will set host the Eastern Illinois Pan- "P araiso °n this season s up offices throughout the world thers in the season opener next nf., ’ Eastern Illinois, to promote brotherhood and Saturday (September 9), the Da y ton * St- Norbert
peace. Butler Bowl and Hinkle Field- and De P a “ w -
Suggesting he will become house will embark on their 50th Butler began contact workthe self-proclaimed president, anniversary observations. ^*th equipments last
Ali disclosed he began planning Wednesday.
will lure representatives (rotn « least u productive as the Heh “P 1 *^ 1” h *” trym *“ h * r f foreign countries to the United i»*“pnd season in 1928 when ^ str * I * ht , eovermg the outfielder managed only State, in an exchange sod the Bulldogs went 6-2 against three for BuOer. Along two hrts in his first 89 trips to
such foes as Illinois, North- Wlth 1118 defensive back duties,
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uouege.
Bostock hit .323 and .336 in his reseptive last two seasons with
the Twins.
When California owner Gene Autry agreed during the winter to terms which would bring Bostock from Minnesota, he figured he was getting one of baseball’s growing list of scien-
tific hitters.
However, feeling quite the same today, Autry, Bostock, and their most avid fans were puzzled during mid-April when Bostock was swinging at that
Few surprises!-
City powerhouses’ prevail...still early
Washington and Marshall proved pre-season pollsters correct. Cathedral struggled to gain its respectability of a few years ago, and Chatard ana Manual let it be known they won’t be counted out in the early running for city high school football supremacy. And while the pre-season favorites were enjoying the results of their prognostications during last weekend’s school grid debut, some surprises were visible-the catch is the surprises came . much
sooner than many expected. First from the gates was Harvey Keaton's Arlington Knights, who invaded the Attucks Tigers’ Stadium last Friday-surviving an unexpected and rugged 12-6 overtime contest. Figured to be two of the city’s lower ebbed teams, both the Knights and Tigers demonstrated strong defenses- giving opposing coaches advanced indicators of the job ahead in forthcoming meetings with both teams.
Another early shock was
produced by the Tech Titans, under first year head coach Bob Woodard. Picked during preseason as an additional bottom wrung club, the Titans jumped out early on highly touted Broad Ripple-hanging on to
upset the Rockets 20-12. Several players began their
individual treks toward glory this season, notably Cathedral’s Mark Clayton, who single handidly destroyed Northwest’s upset bid by scoring thrice. Including a 61-yard pass completion which was called
back, Clayton chalked up nearly 200 total yards in the
Irish’ opener.
While Washington didn’t show the overall offensive balance veteran coach Bob Springer may seek before the season ends, the Continentals breezed past the Shortridge Blue Devils, 39-0. Washington quarterback Billy Evans was impressive at the signal helm- as was backfield mate Tracy Winston, who rushed for more than 150 yards TURN TO PAGE 17
RIDEM’ COWBOY: The gridiron during last Friday’s season opener between Arlington and Attucks, in this shot appears comparable to a rustling event in a rodeo. Although the Attucks defender [in white] managed to haul his opponent to the ground in this sequence, the visiting Knights went on to squeeze a hard-fought 12-6 extra period triumph. [Recorder photo by Jim Burres].
A STILL MOUTH, but a moving spirit is often the motivation which finds a many cheerleader; students and ordinary fans rooting for their favorite high school teams during this time of the year. Arlington High School cheerleader Robin Lee displays that spirit while leading the Arlington student body through pep accolades. Apparently the efforts were successful as the Golden Knights emerged victorious in their season opener against Attucks. [Recorder photo!
Indians hanging on!We chased-they chased-who’ll clinch?
BY BEN DULIN
First they were chasing. Then they were protecting. And now they’re chasing in all likelihood for the last time this season. They happen to be the Indianapolis Indians. And no, the Junior World Series does not await the champion of the Eastern Division of the American Association, but you would hardly
believe it doesn’t, judging the most sensitive league race in American Association history. Ironically, the race involves the Indians and downstate foe Evansville. Both teams were scheduled to resume their season ending series as The Recorder went to press Wednesday with only a fraction of percentages seperating their
records.
Following a heads-up three
game series last weekend at Bush Stadium (which produced two Evansville victories), the Tribe again found themselves struggling to maintain the momentum which during the month of August erased a once nine-game Triplets advantage. That could have been slavaged rather easily had the Tribe not lost a seven run lead during Monday’s season finale
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