The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 September 1966 — Page 7

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By Walter L. Johns, Central Press Sports Editor

IT’S ALWAYS a tough act to follow, that National League pennant race of the year before, but the senior loop citizens are doing their darndest again to try for an encore. Over the last several years, "anything can happen in the National League and does” and this script has been followed to the letter. The Cardinals’ spectacular finish in 1964 after the Phils had just about had the pennant wrapped up brought out a real repeater last year when six clubs were still in contention as the September schedule rolled around. As the last week opened, the Dodgers and Giants were tied for the lead with Cincinnati only three games back. The heat was on and the pennant wasn’t decided until next to the last day of the season. Right now, as September approaches the National League is staging another hot chase, with three clubs, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Los Angeles, battling it out The fourth team, Philadelphia, is only six games back and that’s a mere pittance in the pennant chases of the past

THE SCHEDULE MAKERS couldn’t have come up with a better production, either, for the 1966 windup. For the last three days of the season, the Dodgers are at Philadelphia and the Giants are at Pittsburgh! If the teams go into that weekend like they are now. the race could go right down to the last day again.

PITCHING always Is the key to any pennant race, and in a World Series. The Dodgers and Giants have that pitching but the Pirates have been doing it with a slashing offense and the bullpen. Whether the Bucs can keep this up remains to be seen but other clubs have won pennants without 20-game winners. A recent look at the N. L. averages reveals that the Pirates are first in batting, with the Phils second, the Dodgers sixth and the Giants ninth. In club pitching, the Dodgers top the list, with the Giants third and the Pirates fifth.

Troyer Shatters Record In Cross Country Victory

Greencastle High School’s cross country team opened their 1966 season with a convincing 24-33 victory over strong Rockville. Mike Troyer, Greencastle senior, after three years of brilliant promise, blossomed into an outstanding runner. Troyer shattered the Greencastle record with an outstanding early season mark of 10:24.2. Troyer’s mark replaces the old record of 10:29.5 jointly held by Ron Chadd and Mike Blose. Troyer quickly broke away from the field and the expected duel with Jefferies, the Rockville record holder, failed to materialize. Troyer ran a very strong race, running a 5:04 mile en route to his record. Greencastle received fine team balance on the way to the victory as Jim Shonkwiler, three year letter winner, ran a fine 10:56 two mile and almost nosed out Jefferies at the finish. Jim Craig, finishing 4th with a good

time of 11:02, and rapidly Improving Don Irwin at 11:05 should both soon run under 11:00. Don Dowty, a promising sophomore, at 11:24, and Terry Dowty, a veteran senior, at 11:27, rounded out the Cubs’ scoring in the top ten. Hoping to run their record to 2-0, the Cubs run at Linton this Friday. Greencastle vs. Rockville results

Rifle Club to Hold Sight-in

1. Troyer (G) 2. Jefferies <R) 3. Shonkwiler (G) 4. Craig (G) 5. Berry 1R) 6. Lang (R) 7. Irwin (G) 8. Fisher (R) 9. D. Dowty (G) 10. T. Dowty (G) 11. Blose (G) 12. T. Newton (R) 13. Whicker (G) 14. Clary (R) 15. R. Newton (R) 16. Elliott (G) Final score—Greencastle 24, Rockville 33 Winning time—Troyer, Greencastle—10:24.2 (new school record).

Safety Measures Mays Scores For 500 Studied Winning Run

INDIANAPOLIS UPI — The United States Auto Club today took up the question of additional safety measures at the

By CURT BLOCK

By United Preti International What 'Willie Mays has lost in

Th« Daily Bartnar, Graancastle, Indiana Thursday, Saptambar 8, 1966

New York Yankees Claim American League Cellar

start of the 500-mile Speedway f 00 ^ speed he makes up for with

auto race. J quick thinking.

USAC s Rules Committee, j Wednesday night’s box score composed of every segment of, ahows Maya scoring the w i n _

By Jeff Meyer* straight and 18th of the season. UPI Sports Writer I Wilson, not permitting a The fate of the 1966 Ne w' Washin & ton runner P ast second

the “500” track to study various recommendations received since the ill-fated start last Memorial Day involving 16 of

the 33 starters.

Miraculously, none of the drivers was injured, but one- 1

the ™l ng , frate r nity ;. j met ^ at ^ in the 12th inning as ; York Yankees will be remem- base ’ was Prided with three

the San Francisco Giants beat bered long after their predeces- 111115 m . the first on four

Los Angeles 3-2 to move into sors’ 29 pennant championships second place a half game behind are forgotten for today the Pittsburgh, but his value goes mighty Bronx Bombers are in

far beyond that. i last place.

^ With two down and none on While most Yankee teams of third of the starting field was ' m the top of 016 12th Dodger the past were fighting for an knocked out and the race was 1 rehever Joe Moeller fell behind American League flag along

3-0 to Mays. Manager Walter : about September, the current Alston, playing the percentages, edition is battling for its

ordered the last ball thrown in- prestige alone

tentionally bringing rookie | ^ ,

Frank Johnson to the plate for 0 The ^ ? 1 Harni ° n KUlebrew scored the

* ^ I Senes titles may never be

h, l!“ 0 " d "" a ; JOr Jf ^ a ) ba ' ".atched, ft.. Into loth pl.c. e oo,o poun out Wednesday night after losing 3-

Baltimore and only two

I ... . I days after the league-leading

Some of the mail, Banks said, sent the ordinary base runner : 0rioles eliminated ^ from

was critical of USAC, which su- to third. But Willie, playing de- ^ rat , e pervises the ‘‘500.” j spite a pulled groin muscle,

I re-started I’ts hours later. Henry Banks, US AC’s direci tor of competition and himself j a former race driver, said his office has received about “16 to ; 18” letters of recommendations

Knocks In Two

George Scott singled in two runs during a four-run sixth inning that lifted the Red Sox out of the cellar. Boston starter Jim Lonborg 9-8 yielded 13 hits in eight innings before John Wyatt replaced him after Jim Gentile pinch hit a home

run in the ninth.

pertaining to the “500” start

from officials, drivers and race fielder lined a single to right j 2 to fans. center, a single that would have

tie-breaking run in the eighth inning when Ken Berry’s throw from rightfield went into the Chicago dugout. Tie Twins tallied four runs in the stanza. Jack Lamabe, winless against

Minnesota in sLx decisions, held

Elsewhere, Detroit blanked the Twins scoreless until tH«

‘We will evaluate all recom- wouldn't settle for that. Quick- i n . 7 ™ , scoreless until the

. .. J ^ .Washington 4-0, Boston shaded: seventh,

imendations and study them | ly taking into consideration an- ,-.1 _ „ i , ’ , ‘ . . „ TT J Cleveland 5-4, Minnesota; Danny Cater doubled home a carefully,” he said. “We wel-1 other rookie Ken Henderson on c ^ , T , . . - , .. .... ' . , downed Chicago 6-* and Kansas run during Kansas City's threecome constructive criticism and! deck, Mays came all the way . ~ ^ ® y uiree „ , , J i city ripped California 6-3. t run first inning and singled recommendations.” | around to score. e smgiea

..«ru T j j ^ across two runs with a basesWhen I saw Dodger second , , T .. , _ x

t„ League, loaded single in the seventh.

Tiger Cubs to Meet Linton Miners Friday at Linton

The Tiger Cubs, fresh from a victory over Mooresville, travel to Linton Friday night to tangle with the Linton Miners. Linton journeyed to Brazil last Friday night and was thumped by Brazil, 26-13. Greencastle will be out to avenge last year’s defeat in the closing seconds of the game, but the Miners are always a tough ball club especially for that

BOWLING NEWS

TUESDAY MORNING IBM WOMEN’S LEAGUE Sept. 6 W Dickey 6 Jordan . , 5 Cox 5 Mosteller —.4 Johnson . ■ 3 Scott —~ 3 Storm 3 Hanlon 3

Hi Ind. game: M. Storm 191 IB Ind. series: M. Storm 496 400 and over: M. Storm 496; D. Cody 489; L. Cox 483; J. Bums 459; P. Collins 445; M. Grable 435; R. Maurer 431; L. Mosteller 424; G, Cantone 407.

first one in front of the home folks. Coach Bob Bergman said today, “If we are to beat Linton, we must eliminate our costly mistakes. He had 105 yards in penalties and this is far too many. Linton will be a better football team than Mooresville. and they will take advantage of our mistakes.” Linton Is coached by Paul Steele, who is in his third year. Last year’s team compiled a 4-1-5 record. Sparking the Miners is All-Wabash Valley selection of 1965, halfback Dave Gaither, a two-year letterman. Ha is backed up by 11 other lettermen. Reports Indicated that the backfield men are more experienced than the line, but the line Is much larger than last year’s team. Line-ups: TIGER CUBS t,INI OX Allan or Evens LI Ball Hammond lt Reed Farter lo Oinnlcka Staufhter c Anderson Henry or Conrad RO McCracken Elliott rt Holloway B. Braekaey .... RE Enman Norris qb Loveless Lurar FB Hubble ChurchiU LH Gaither See or Mormett . RH Turchl

Fillmore Loses

The Hendricks County Rifle A Pistol Club will hold a sight-ing-in day at the Maple Grove Range, located near Belle Union, for all hunters of the area on September 11, 18, 25, October 2, and 9. The club range will be open from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. Members of the club will be on hand all day to help hunters properly sightin their firearms. Hie club is offering this opportunity as a public service to hunters in this area as part of a nation-wide program conducted by the National Rifle Association. Hundreds of NRA affiliated clubs throughout the country are taking part in this program. A correctly sighted-in rifle is an important step to safe and accurate shooting and increases the percentage of clean kills, says A. S. Norris, aecretary of the Hendricks County Rifle A Pistol Club. Familiarization firing and knowledge of the point of impact of the gun being used adds enjoyment and safety to the fine sport of hunting. Detail ed information on sighting-in techniques and firing points for zeroing in will be available at the range. Hunters are requested to have all firearms unloaded and actions open when entering the range area. To help defray range expense a fee of $2.00 will be charged. For direction to the range, telephone 241-8683.

Pro-Files

BASEBALL'S - SHARPEST EVES;

Hockey Season Opens Oct. 21st

baseman Jim Lefebvre running

In the National

the ball back to the infield I de-

Atlanta tripped front-running , Jack Aker scored his 24th save

cided to try it,” an exhausted

Pittsburgh 8-3, San Francisco; of the season by hurling 3 2-3

“I

Mays said after the game, figured I had the element

surprise on my side.”

FORT WAYNE UPI—Representatives of the International _ .

Hockey League met here W 7 ed- 0ffC| , 6(l COIltrdCt

nesday to set up post-season! . „ , ir ^ .. . . . TT _, T „ VN . season senes 15 games to 3. playoffs for the season which DENVER UPI — Ex-Detroit _

begins Oct. 21. Lion fullback Nick Pietrosante

edged Los Angeles 3-2 in 12 in- innings to preserve Lew Kraus-

nings and St. Louis beat Hous- i se ’s 12th victory in 20 decisions.

! ton 6-5. joe Adcock slammed his The Orioles, who reduced homer for the Angels. 1 their pennant-clinching magic

18th

number to 12, further humbled ROSTER RISES

| the Yankees by taking the

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The playoffs will follow the was expected to contact officlose of the season March 26. cials of the Denver Broncos towith just four of the seven day after the AFL team offered teams taking part. The first him a contract Wednesday, and third place finishers and The former Notre Dame star the second and fourth finishers was dropped by the NFL’s will meet in best-of-seven ser- Lions last week. It was reporties, with the survivors to play ed Tuesday that Pietrosante

NEW YORK UPI — The American Football League in-

Baltimore snapped a 2-2 tie in creased the number of plaver. the eighth inning. The Orioles each team may carry on ' its loaded the bases on two walks roster to 38 when Miami was and a fielder’s choice and granted a franchise. Brooks Robinson drove in Luis!

seven more games for the Tur-. had signed with the Buffalo

ner Cup championship. Bills, another AFL team, but Port Huron is the current this report was termed as “unholder of the cup, beating regu-; official rumor” by Denver offi-lar-season champ Muskegon cials and Pietrosante also defour straight. Fort Wayne fin- nied the report, ished second in the regular sea- j Details of the offer from Denson. i ver were not disclosed.

Aparicio with a smash off Clete BI _ L1NGUAL AST b 0 s Boyer's chest. HOUSTON

New York starter Mel ston Astros have a Spanish

Stottlemyre limited the Orioles to four hits-one homer

UPI—The Hou-

Astros

language radio network that beams Houston baseball games

Robinson-but never-the-less suf- t o 83 million persons in 13

fered his 17th loss against 12 coun tries.

victories.

The second - place Tigers re- The first six-day bike race niained 10% games off the pace was held in the old Madison on the three-hit hurling of Earl Square Garden in New York in Wilson, who won his ninth 1891.

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In the first conference game of the season for both teams, Granville Wells defeated the Fillmore nine, 7-2. A combination of Wells pitchers held the Cardinals to 3 hits.

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Fillmore travels to New Ross Thursday for another Big 4 conference game. Fillmore plays their first home game Septem-

ber 15.

League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Fct. GB Baltimore M 51 .636 Detroit 78 62 .560 lOVa Minnesota 77 65 .542 13 Chicago 73 70 .510 17% Cleveland 72 71 .503 18% California 70 70 .500 19% Washington 64 81 .441 27% Kansas City 63 80 .441 27% Boston 64 82 .438 28 New York 62 81 .434 28% NATIONAL LEAGUE x-Nirht Games Not Included W L Pet. GB Pittsburgh 82 59 .582 xLos Angeles 79 58 .577 1 xSan Francisco 80 59 .576 1 Philadelphia 76 66 .535 6% St. Louis 72 69 .511 10 Atlanta 71 70 .504 11 Cincinnati 70 70 .500 11% Houston 63 80 .441 20 New York 60 81 .426 22 Chicago 48 90 .353 32

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