The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 August 1968 — Page 3
Tuesday, August 27, 1968
The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana
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Former warden hunts Putnam squirrels
By Mark Steele Sports Editor August 15 marked the first day of squirrel season in the state of Indiana. Twelve days later hunters everywhere are bagging fox and gray squirrels. The season is in until October 13 with five a day and 10 possession the limit. For our local story, we asked our standby Jake Hirt if he had anybody in mind that could give us an account of the local picture. He sent us looking for Mace Vermillion the former Fish and Game warden of Putnam County and other counties throughout the state. "I spent 14 years as a game warden and 2 years in forestry," said Mace, who’ll be 78 in four months. ‘ ‘I was one of 47 wardens in the state in 1934 when Indiana held its first school for
wardens," he said. "We didn’t know how dumb we were until we went through that school at McCormicks Creek at Spencer." Mace said he started squirrel hunting when he was 10 years old. "I could shoot off both shoulders, said Mace, "until my left eye started failing me. I don’t do much squirrell hunting anymore, although I still hunt coons," he added. Born and raised in Clinton Township, Mace said, “In my younger days there was more woods than now-a-days and the gray squirrel was more plentiful. Down in the southwest section of the country and back up to the west the gray squirrels are the most common, Mace told us. "Nothing to do with the water, but the thick growth is what they like", he said. ’^nny thing about the two
breeds , said Mace, I’ve never seen the two fight, they’re real compatible." Vermillion, who has spent time in Owen, Gibson, Delaware, and Clay counties finished the balance of his time in Putnam County. "While I was in Owen County I saw 10 gray and two fox squirrels in the same big hickory, he said, "that county is good for squirrel hunting." "Anytime there is scarcity of nuts, the squirrels come through the winter in poor condition and don’t breed early in the spring. Come the following year there is a shortage of squirrels", Mace said. When asked if he like to eat squirrel, said Mace, "Oh yes, I like them fried on both sides, then pour on water and boil them. I told him some people think
of a squirrel as a rat or rodent (Webster). "No", said Mace, "I think of a squirrel as being an animal". He said he never had any luck at retrieving a squirrel from the water. They’d always sink whenever I would shoot one from a tree over the water", said Mace. Mace is anticipating when his youngest son can come home from Viet Nam and scour the countryside in search of squirrels. I ask Mace how he hunted squirrels. "I always hunted with a rifle, he said, I’d walk to a spot where I thought they’d come to and just wait and listen for 10 minutes or so, then I’d move on just out of hearing distance where I’d left." Sheriff Bob Albright warned
hunters a week ago that "Everyone who plans to go hunting should get permission from the property owner before hunting on his property", Albright stated. Although the hunters are out in gross number Indiana has been relatively safe so far this hunting season. The Department of Natural Resources, Fish and Game Division has yet to announce the hunting seasons on other animals for this year, but as sure as the coming of Thanksgiving, some farmer will get our the red paint and slap a big X on old "Bossy" so not to be taken as a deer. The Banner already has received a call from a woman saying “I can hear the bullets, and I have children,” she said.
Former geme worden Msce Vermillion waits for squirrels.
Conservation exhibit at fair tells good fishing sites
Indianapolis--Fishermen wno go to the Conservation Exhibit at the Indiana State Fair will be told the best places to make "the big catch." The Department of Natural Resources' Fish and Game Division will display record size fish which have been caught in the past year and will advise fishermen where they come from. A new phase of the department’s exhibit this year will be
handled by the Division of Outdoor Recreation which will emphasize the Hoosier state as a camper's paradise. There will be three model campsites outside the building to illustrate the facilities Indiana offers for outdoor recreation. In addition, there will be a large map of the state showing various public and private camp sites around the state, as well as reservoirs and lakes. While maps will not be available at the exhibit, people may order any
Perry misses perfect game
START CONDITIONING DRILLS—DePauw head football coach, Tom Mont runs his first unit through practice and conditioning drills in the open day of practice for the
Tigers Monday evening. Mont will be going for his fifth winning season in eleven years, coming off a co-champion, I.C.C. 6-2-1 record last year.
Foyt goes for fifth Hoosier 44 100”
A. J. Foyt of Houston, Tex., the winningest driver in American auto racing history, as well as the all-time champion of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, will bid for his fifth Hoosier Hundred victory Saturday, September 7. Foyt’s entry in a SheratonThompson Special owned by William Ansted Jr. and Shirley Murphy, both of Indianapolis, was announced yesterday by Joseph L. Quinn Jr., State Fair director of auto racing. Foyt won both his third Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and his fifth USAC national championship last season in an amazing comeback after a highly disappointing 1966 season which resulted in his carrying the lowly No. 14 on his 1967 machine. This year, of course, Foyt will be proudly sporting the big
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No. 1 emblematic of the defending national championship when he attempts to qualify for the Hoosier Hundred on the dirt mile at the Fairgrounds. Foyt put together a string of four Hoosier Hundred victories in six years. He won in 1960-61-64-65. In addition, A.J. also captured three straight runnings of the State Fair Century stock car race on the Fairgrounds dirt in 1963-64-65. Foyt has been runnerup to Mario Andretti in the last two runnings of the Hoosier Hundred, so he will be doubly determined to best out the little Italian chauffeur in this year’s running of the world’s richest dirt track race. A. J. needs the points badly if he is to continue to entertain any ambition of winning his sixth national driving title. (No other man had ever won more than three driving titles.) Going into the Labor Day 100miler at DuQuoin, HI., A.J. had only 800 championship points to rank a distant 11th in the driver standings. Foyt’s only championship; triumph of the season came in the road race at Continental Divide, Castle Rock, Colo. That was the 38th national championship victory of Foyt’s illustrious career, all scored in a span of nine seasons. Nest highest driver in the number of championship victories
was Rodger Ward with 24. Foyt won the national driving championship in 1960, 1961,1963, 1964, and 1967. He scored his "500" victories in 1961, 1964 and 1967. A. J. had bad luck in this year’s "500" dropping out with mechanical difficulties in midrace after staging a brilliant duel with Dan Gurney during the early stages. Foyt at 33 years of age already
has established the most outstanding career record in American auto racing annals. He would love to add that big
No. 5.
The race is set for 3 p.m. following practice at noon and time trials at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at the Indiana State Fair ticket trailer at 38th and Fall Creek Parkway or by mail order at $5.00 in the uncovered stands.
By VITO STELLINO UPI Sports Writer A lot of guys are unlucky in defeat but Gaylord Perry went one better Monday—he was unlucky in victory. Perry, the hard-luck righthander of the San Francisco Giant pitching staff who’s watched in frustration as his teamma'.es have never scored more than two runs in his 11 losses this season, pitched a one-hitter as the Giants blanked the Chicago Cubs 3 0. But had he gotten a lucky hop, Perry would have had the season’s second perfect game.
Ex-champ favorite
Standings
National League
St. Louis San Francisco Cincinnati
Chicago Atlanta
Pittsburgh Philadelphia
Houston
New York Los Angeles
W. 83 70 68 69 64 63 60 61 60
L. Pet. GB 49 .629 ...
.538 12
.535 121/2 .519 141/2 .489 I8I/2 .481 191/2 .465 211/2
.462 22
.451 231/2
60 59 64 67 68 69 71 73
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI)—Exchampion Billy Campbell, who sells insurance for a living and plays golf for fun, said today that straight driving and accurate putting will be the key to the 68th U.S, Amateur Golf Championship opening here
Wednesday.
The former Walker Cup captain Tuesday shot a twoover.par 72 on the plush 6,762yard Scioto Country Club course, one of the better rounds
of the day.
47 145 .300 "You’re going to have to keep 37 132 .297 that ball in the fairway and 32 135 .292you’re going to have to putt 64 149 .290 W ell to win this tournament," 60 126 .290said Campbell who captured the 25 113 .290crown in 1964, the last year of
match play.
"This is a classic golf
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Monday’s Results Los Ang 4 Houston 3, night New York 1 St. Louis 0, night Cincinnati 6 Phila 5, night Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 0, night San Francisco 3 Chicago 0 Today’s Probable Pitchers (All Times EDT)7 Philadelphia (Fryman 11-12) at Cincinnati (Cloninger 4-6), 8
p.m.
Houston (Lemaster 9-12) at Los Angeles (Kekich 2-7), 4
p.m.
New York (Selma 8-8) at St. Louis (Jaster 8-10), 9 p.m. Chicago (Niekro 13-8) at San Francisco (Bolin 11-11), 11 p.m. Pittsburgh (Veale 10-12) at Atlanta (Reed 10-8), 8 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Houston at San Francisco Atlanta at Phila 2, twi-night Cincinnati at N.Y. 2, twi-night Chicago at L.A, 2, twi-night St. Louis at Pittsburgh, night
Major League Leaders
By United Press International
National League G. AB R. H. Pet.
114 477 77 165 .346
Staub, Hou 131 484
Millan, Atla 118 444
Helms, Cin 114 463 Flood, St.L 123 513 May, Cin 113 435 HaUer, LA 118 390
American League G. AB R. H. Pet.
Carew, Min 101 374 41 110 .294 course,” he said. "Every hole is Oliva, Min 122 447 52 130 .291 different from every other hole Ystzski, Bos 127 431 57 123 .285 W hich makes it very interest Mondy, Oak 113 390 46 111 .285 n g. Uhlndr, Min 123 433 50 138 .283 3"No one is going to tear this Cpnrs, Oak 128 516 67 145 .281 C ourse apart," he said. Horton, Det 120 422 55 118 .280 Campbell competed in his Andrws, Bos 117 421 60 113 .280 first amateur in 1938 and this is Harrlsn, Bos 120 426 69 119 ,279the 25th time he has qualified Cater, Oak 116 381 37 106 .278 for the classic. Home Runs The lanky West Virginian, National League: McCovey, W ho led the recent American
Rose, Cin Alou, Pit
Johnsn, Cin
Alou, Atla
McCovy, SF
Giants 30; Allen, Phils 28; Banks, Cubs 26; H. Aaron, Braves 24; Williams, Cubs 22. American League: F. Howard, Senators 36; Harrelson, Red Sox 32; Horton, Tigers 30; Jackson, A’s 24; Powell, Orioles
20.
Runs Batted In National League: McCovey, Giants 82; Williams, Cubs 79; Perez, Reds 78; Allen, Phils 75; Santo, Cubs and Shannon, Cards
72.
American League: Harrelson, Red Sox 101; F. Howard, Senators 88; Powell, Orioles 75; Northrup and Horton, Tigers 69.
Pitching
National League: Regan, Cubs and Kline, Pirates 10-3; Marichal, Giants 23-6; Gibson, Cards 18-6; Blass, Pirates 12-5. American League: McLain,
117 435 47 147 .338 Tigers 25-5; SanUago, Red Sox 117 484 65 159 .329 9.4. Hardin ‘ and McNally, 130 536 56 168 .313 Orioles 17-8; Tiant, Indians 18-9 115 399 64 121 .303 ^d John, White Sox 10-5.
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Golf Classic at Akron after two rounds and finished five strokes off the pace, is like about everyone else here and has his favorite. And he’s picking Gary Cowan, the 1966 champion from Kitchener, Ontario. Cowan defeated two - time champ Deane Beaman in a playoff to become the first foreign entry to win the tournament in 34 years. But the man to watch may be the always colorful veteran Billy Joe Patton of Morganton, N.C. And he indicated as much Monday when he canned a 35foot putt on the 18th green and exclaimed, "It’s the same old man." Patton, who shot a 72 during his practice round, said he had been playing good golf in recent days but prior to that "I haven’t been very exciting.” But as one spectator put it, "He always plays exciting golf."
Glenn Beckert was the only baserunner of the game and he got the only hit when he grounded a single up the middle just out of the reach of Perry’s oustretched glove in the seventh inning. "It just didn’t hop," Perry said, "maybe I could have snared it if it had." Perry retired 19 straight batters before Beckert hit his single. He then retired the final eight batters in a row and finished with just 75 pitches. Only five Chicago hitters managed to lift the ball out of the infield. Elsewhere in the National Leagie. Cincinnati edged Philadelphia 5-5, New York blnke 1 St. Louis 1-0, Los Angeles nipped Houston 4-3 and Pittsburgh beat Atlanta 4-0. In the American League, Detroit blanked Chicago 3-0, Baltimore beat Oakland 8-2 but lost the second game 2-0, New York blasted California 6-1 but lost the second game 10-2, Minnesota edged Washington 4-2 but lost the second game 1-0 in 13 innings and Boston beat Cleveland 3-0. Willie Mays hit his 17th homer in the first inning to give Perry all the help he needed to record his 13th victory. Bill Hands took the loss. Rookie Jim McAndrew of the Mets, also a victim of poor support in his brief career, picked up his first major league victory with a five-hit shutout as the Mets blanked St. Louis. Steve Blass scattered nine singles while boosting his record to 12-5 as the Pirates stopped Atlanta. Matty Alou and Gene Alley hit sacrifice flies as Milt Pappas, 9-10, suffered the defeat. Jim Beauchamp singled home Tony Perez in the seventh to carry Cincinnati past PhilideL phia. Clay Carroll pitched five innings of scoreless relief ball to pick up the triumph. Don Sutton picked up his sixth victory against 13 defeats as the Dodgers edged Houston. Sutton, who struck out 11 in the game, had a four-hitter and a 4-1 lead going into the ninth but faltered and needed help from Jack Billineham.
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map they want from department stocks. The Division of Forestry will have two booths on the HarrisonCrawford - Wyandotte complex and a booth depicting the various uses of the state forests and will provide information about the care of forests and reforestation needs in the state. Conservation officers from the Department of Natural Resourses will be on hand to give advice about fish, game and boating laws and to talk about recreation opportunites for boating, hunting, fishing and camping in Indiana. Fairgoers may obtain licenses for these activities at the Conservation Building and also can subscribe to the magazine which is published ten times a year by the Department of Natural Resources, "Outdoor Indiana". The Entomology Division will demonstrate the inter-relation-ship of insects and agriculture in pollination of plants. There will also be an exhibit on the control of insect pests and plant diseases. Information will be available to anyone interested in organizing a county park bureau. One attraction which is always popular with adults and children alike is the wildlife preserve outside the Conservation Building. Animals, birds and reptiles found in Indiana and other states will be on view to the public. The weather tower will supply a diversion for those fairgoers who are not hot and dusty enough from touring the rest of the fair— climbing it will do the trick. One booth will show methods of air pollution control and a booth, sponsored by Water Division will show the various demands made on reservoirs for water and recreation. Lake Monore and Salimony Reservoir Hoosiers join ’68 Olympic team LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPI)— Win Young and Rick Gilbert today became the latest Hoosiers or adopted Hoosiers to join Uncle Sam’s 1968 Olympics team. Young, an Indiana University senior, was runnerup Saturday night in the men’s 10-meter platform diving and Gilbert, also a member of the Blooming, ton, Ind., Swim Club, was third. Earlier, divers Jim Henry and Lesley Bush of IU qualified for the Mexico City Olympics. Young scored 511.41 points and Gilbert 485.09 in the diving finals. The winner, with 516.15, was Keith Russell of Phoenix, Ariz.
will be featured as the state’s newest reservoirs. Information can be obtained about which reservoirs may be used for boating and swimming. Conservation experts from the Department of Natural Resources will be on hand to give advice about the wise use of land. Some divisions will show slides or films to demonstrate their exhibit. The Conservation Building and related outdoor exhibits are located on the northwest corner of the Fairgrounds by the 4-H dormitories, near the 42nd Street west entrance gate. IU wants more Olympic berths BLOOMINGTON , Ind. -Indiana University swimmers and divers expect to claim several spots this week and next on the 1968 United States Olympic team, but the Hoosiers already are assured of being will represented this fall, with foreign-born athletes qualified in their native countries. In this group are intermediate hurdler Wes Brooker and swimmer Ron Jacks of Canada, diver Luis Nio de Rivera of Mexico and Australian tanker Bobby Windle, the 1964 1,500- meter freestyle gold medal winner. Windle, a 23-year-old native of Sydney, qualified last spring in the 100 and 200- meter freestyles with respective clockings of :54.8 and 2:00.3. He placed second in both races. Nino de Rivera, who co-cap-tained Indiana’s NCAA and NAAU championship swim team last winter, made his second Olympic squad by winning the three-meter trials and finishing second in Mexican tower diving competition. Brooker, a Montreal native whose family has lived in New York City for the past several years, set a new Canadian record (:51.0) for the 400-meter hurdles in winning his trip to Mexico City. Jacks also made his second Olympic team. The Vancouver product qualified for both the 100 and 200-meter butterfliesPee Wee sign up (Spl) — The Greencastle Pee Wee football league will have its official sign up at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Northeast Elementary school. All boys must be accompanied by at least one parent or guardian.
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