The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 October 1968 — Page 4

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Tuesday, October 1, 1968

Gibson to go against 31-game winner McLain

By ED SAINSBURY UPI Sports Writer ST. LOUIS (UPI)—Smart money rode with baseball “know-how” today in rating the St. Louis Cardinals an 8 to 5 choice not only for the World Series, but also for Wednesday’s opening game matching Bob Gibson against Denny McLain. In making the odds, the speculators ignored McLain’s 3 LG won-lost record in favor of the 1.12 earned run average posted for the season by Gibson, the big right-hander of the Cardinals who won 22 games and lost nine. The “know-how” has to ride

with Gibson. He’s been a steady star and only a year ago was rated the most valuable player in the World Series, when he won three games and ran his streak of complete game victories in the series to five, tying a record. Gibson is also the only man to win the seventh game of two different World Series. Seeks Consecutive Titles If he can beat McLain, he’ll have the Cardinals off and winging toward a second consecutive world championship. If the Redbirds succeed, it would be the first time since John McGraw’s Giants more

than 40 years ago that any National League team has won back to back World Series. Speculators, though, might be ignoring McLain’s mark at their own risk. The cocky McLain has been most potent on the road, losing only twice this season away from the small confines of Tiger Stadium, and the Cardinals’ Busch Stadium may be just the answer for him to beat Gibson. The Tigers boast a far better slugging record than the Cardinals, 185 home runs to 73, but their bombs came mostly in their home park. Still, they should be able to match the St.

Louis slugging in Busch Stadium, despite a .235 team batting average compared to .249 for St. Louis. Busch Stadium will not be a new experience for McLain since he pitched in the arena in the 1966 All Star game and had no trouble in getting through three scoreless innings against the best hitters the National League could offer. Pitching Feat Thus the Cardinal power in the big area may be nullified somewhat by McLain’s experience and the power which made him the first pitcher since 1934 to win 31 games and the

first in the American League with that total since Lefty Grove in 1931. McLain has an earned run average of 1.96. Wednesday’s game could be the first of possibly three classic confrontations between McLain and Gibson. They’ll probably meet again in the fourth game in Detroit Sunday and if the series should go seven games, they would be certain rivals for the payoff seventh clash. Meanwhile, Detroit Manager Mayo Smith has nodded at lefthander Mickey Lolich, 17-9, and Earl Wilson, 13-12, to pitch the second and third games. The

1968 DePauw Soccer Team

DePauw University's varsity soccer team opens its season here Wednesday (Oct. 2), hosting Indiana University at 3:30 p.m. on Boswell Field, adjacent to Blackstock Stadium. The tigers enter the fray 0 1 for the season after losing to Wheaton College 10 on Sept. 21. Saturday the team hits the road for a date at Cedarville (0.) College. The squad, front row left to right, includes Larry Tasha, Mike Allee,

Bill Doepke, Jan Hoey, Jim Graninger, Paul Mitchell Rick Fanyo, and Coach Charlie Erdmann. (Second row. left to right) Steve Jacobs, Paul Gibson, George Burr, Bob Shaykin, Graham Green. John Erdmann. Charles Hershey, and John Current. (Back row) Price Ivins, Jeff Brown, Chris Walker, John Sibrava. Bob Soper, S. White. Dave Griffith, and Dave Westerholm.

chances are they’ll oppose Nelson Briles, 19-11, and Ray Washburn, a no-hit pitcher who

Five Cloverdale cross country runners finished within 10-sec-onds of each other, as A1 Tucker’s Clovers ran to their 15th win of the season against one defeat. Bainbridge beat Fillmore 27-30 in a duel meet to end the Cardinals season at 4-5. The Clovers beat Rockville 16-42 by sweeping the first four places and five of six. Ron McKamey finished in a time of 10: 28 followed by team-mates Dennis Sutherlin 10:31, Dave Elmore 10:32, Bobby Steele 10:33 and Virgil Hunsicker 10:38. Rockville’s Jerry Fisher placed fifth behind Steele in a time of 10:34. FINERAN TOP RUNNER

wound up 14-8 for the season, although Steve Carlton, 13-11, also could figure in Manager

Others in the top ten were, John Berry (R) seventh; Chad Wilhite (R) eighth; Mike Holsapple (C) ninth; Jim Montgomery (R) tenth. Cloverdale will travel to Martinsville Friday for a 3-way meet with the Artisians and Edgewood. Saturday the Clovers compete in a 20-team Wabash Valley meet at Terre Haute, hoping to finish second behind Brazil. Bainbridge’s Dale Steele won at Fillmore in a time of 10:46. First ten were, 2--Wilson (B), 3- Roland (F), 4- Puckett (F), 5- Humphries (F), 6-Pickett (F), 7- Garrett (B), 8 Hutchinson (B), 9 Zenor (B), 10- Garrett (B).

Red Schoendienst’s plans. Tickets as usual were at a premium for the 50,000 capacity stadium, and there was no question the place will »*; jammed at the 1 p.m. (CUT) game time. The weather forecast was lor clear skies with the temperature in the 70’s. Boilermakers get word ‘keep going’ By United Press International “Keep going” was the slogan Monday in Purdue’s football camp while at Indiana, it was a matter of “bouncing back.” The “keep going” momentum after Saturday’s rousing 37-22 victory at Notre Dame is supposed to carry Purdue all the way into the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, 1969. The Boilermakers, coach Jack Mollenkopf indicated, were confident they could do it as they turned their attention to the Big Ten opener at Northwestern. “Winning the Big Ten title— that’s our goal,” Mollenkopf said simply. “I think we’ll be able to bounce back,” said Indiana’s Johnny Pont after the Hoosiers’ 38-20 loss at Kansas. Hapless Illinois, lashed without mercy by Kansas and Missouri, provides IU’s opposition for Saturday’s conference home opener. Notre Dame should also be in a “bouncing back mood”— against long-time rival Iowa.

Clovers cover Rox Pointers cut Cards

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)— Host Southport beat state champ Muncie Central Saturday, 36 to 79, for honors in Class “A” of its annual high school invitational cross-country run. West Lafayette edged Brazil, 35 to 37, in Class “B.” Brazil’s Dan Fineran set a Class “B” record of 9:36.0 for the two-mile grind, beating Tom New of Greenfield by .4 of a second. , Darrell York was the Class “A” individual winner at 9:50.

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29 major college football teams with first place votes and won-lost-tied record in parentheses. (Second week.) Team Points

Terre Haute Gerstmeyer's 130 defeat of West Vigo last week boosted the Black Cats to the top rung of the Western Indiana Conference ladder with a 3-0 mark. Closest rivals are the Tiger Cubs and Wiley each with 1-0 loop marks. While Gerstmeyer takes a three-game break from the WIC competition, both Greencastle and the Red Streaks will entertain in the conference. The Cubs next three are all on the road. Greencastle’s schedule includes West Vigo, Schulte and Sullivan, while Wiley will go against Honey Creek, Garfield and Schulte. West Vigo is currently sharing the WIC cellar with Honey Creek and Linton. The Vikings are 0-4, the Bees 0-3 and Linton is 0-2. However, the Vikings did impress Gerstmeyer las week by only giving up 13 points. Schulte, Sullivan, Garfield and Brazil ride in the one loss column behind the Black Cats, Cubs and Red Streaks. Schulte’s Bears meet Brazil prior to their clashes with Greencastle and Wiley. The Bears move on to Clinton before finishing with Sullivan. Sullivan will host Clinton this week, move on to powerful Vincennes next week before hosting the Tiger Cubs the following week. Brazil, victor over the Golden Arrows last week, have a two week drop from the conference pace after Friday’s encounter with Schulte. Brazil then comes to Greencastle. Garfield’s Purple Eagles have five WIC games in-a-row starting this week with Linton, then on to Wiley, West Vigo, Gerstmeyer and Brazil. Honey Creek and Linton each have four league games left, West Vigo has five left. Current Western Indiana Conference Standings. MIGHTY MAYO ST. LOUIS (UPI) — Mayo Smith won’t admit it but he’s made the class move of the 1968 World Series already—and it won’t even begin until Wednesday. The Detroit Tigers’ manager is giving A1 Kaline a chance to start in the opening game of the

Standings

League Overall

Gerstmeyer

4 0

Greencastle

2 2

Wiley

2 2

Garfield

2-2

Schulte

3- 1

Brazil

2-2

Sullivan

3 1

Cl inton

2= 1

Linton

1-3

Honey Creek

0-4

West Vigo

0-4

1. Purdue (34) (2-0) 301 2. Southern Cal (1) (2-0) 165 3. Penn State (2-0) 165 4. UCLA (2-0) 163 5. Kansas (2-0) 147 6. Nebraska (3-0) 133 7. Ohio State (1-0) 95 8. Notre Dame (1-1) 94

9. Louisiana St. (2-0)71

10. Florida (2-0) 63

Second 10—11, Alabama (62); 12. Miami (Fla.) (57); 13 Georgia (34); 14. Arkansas (29); 15. Houston (28); 16. Arizona State (27); 17. California (26); 18. Michigan State (25); 19. Tennessee (22); 20.

Mississippi (9).

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Headlight washers You push the windshield washer knob and hold it, and what happens? Your headlights come clean. Fluid is diverted to two jet nozzles at each light lens. (Outer lights only on duals.) The spray is strong. It removes up to 80% of accumulated dirt. The feature is standard on 1969 Corvettes. It comes with the hidden headlights available on Camaro, Caprice, and Kingswood Estate Wagons. It is available on all other models except Corvair. Be the first on your block. Heated glass In a moment your rear window will self-defrost. Because we’ve built onto it a network of tiny ceramic strips capable of heating the entire surface. Fog and frost disappear quickly and quietly. You just flick a switch. The heated rear window is available on the 1969 Caprice Coupe and Impala Custom Coupe. Pushbutton tire chains This is ingenious, if we do say so ourselves. You press a button on the instrument panel and the rear tires get a shot of “liquid tire chain.” You spin your wheels once, wait a moment, and you’re off—with traction

you wouldn’t believe possible on slick ice, or packed snow. A pressurized container sits up under each rear wheel housing, and holds about 15 applications. Which could get you through several winters in some parts of the country. (Several weeks in others.) Available on all 1969 big Chevrolets. Steering wheel lock When you own a car as desirable as the 1969 Chevrolet, you don’t take chances. When you leave it, you lock it. Not just the doors. You lock the ignition, steering wheel and transmission lever, too. Our new lock on the steering column takes care of all that. So even if somebody manages to break in and cross the wires, he’ll have a hard time going anywhere. Standard on all 1969 Chevrolets, Chevelles, Chevy Novas, Camaros and Corvettes. Sorry, car thieves. Power steering plus The 1969 Caprice, Impala and Camaro are available with a new type of power steering. Variable-ratio power steering. li What it does is give you faster steering ’ with fewer turns of the wheel. And with no increase in effort on your part.

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Walk-in wagons The tailgate swings open like a door on most of our 1969 station wagons. Which in itself is no big deal. But wait, there’s more. We’ve built a concealed step into the rear bumper. You simply step up, over, and in. (The way we build our wagons, you can do it without bumping your head, and without acrobatics.) Walk into a wagon soon at your Chevrolet dealer’s.

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