The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 November 1968 — Page 4

Friday, November 8, 1968

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

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Smell of roses gets stronger at Ohio, MU

County teams swing into 2nd week of cage action

By ED SAINSBURY UPI Sports Writer CHICAGO (UPI) — Unbeaten Ohio State and ancient rival Michigan were heavy favorites today to win Big Ten football games Saturday and continue on the road toward their Nov. 23 clash which should settle both the conference title and a Rose Bowl berth. A loss for either would be a rude setback to the bowl hopes as well as the title chances since it would mean the best the loser could accomplish would be a tie for the title and throw the bowl berth open. The Buckeyes and Wolverines each have four league wins and no losses with three games remaining and each was a threetouchdown pick this week—Ohio State against Wisconsin and Michigan against Illinois. Opponents Are Winless There was another similarity in their games this week since each will be going against a winless opponent. Both Illinois and Wisconsin have 0-7 records for the season, but both have indicated danger recently. The Badgers, without a win for 17 games, missed five field goals last week before bowing by one point to Indiana, 21-20, while Illinois, though a loser to Purdue last week, overcame a 24-point deficit two weeks ago against Ohio State before losing to a last-minute touchdown. Michigan has a six-game winning streak, unbeaten since its opening-day loss to California, while Ohio State has a string of eight straight Big Ten wins, four carrying over from last season. Michigan’s Big Ten victory streak is four since it lost to Ohio State in last season’s finale. Three Other Games Three other Big Ten games also were on the Saturday program, but none approach the Michigan and Ohio State match-

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\ 1 GREAT BOWLING—In the IGA Foodliner League at Varsity Lanes on Oct. 9, Barbara Ashworth, team captain of Morrison’s Good Year, put together games of 189 - 190- and a big 275 game for a total of 654. She started her final game with nine straight strikes, drew a five count in the last frame, spared and struck again for 275. This game earned her a Medal from WIBC which she received this week. Barbara’s average of 164 at that time also earned her a Century Patch for rolling 100 pins over her average. Varsity Lanes presented her a check for $25.00 for her 654 series.

es in interest. Iowa, with a 3-4 record this season, entertains Northwestern, 1-6, and the Hawkeyes were a two-touchdown favorite, while Indiana with a 5-2 mark, was a touchdown underdog for its game at Michigan State, which has a 4-3 record. Purdue, a preseason title favorite beaten only by Ohio State in posting a 6-1 record, was a two-touchdown choice for its game at Minnesota, which will be nationally televised. The Gophers have a 3-4 record and a two-game losing streak.

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BY MIKE CHRON Sports Editor Hoosier Hysteria, also known as basketball, enters its second week tonight with four area teams playing tonight and one hitting the hardwood tomorrow night. In a game that looks to be a wild one, Russellville travels to county rival Fillmore. Both teams opened their season last week, Russellville losing to Waveland by a 78-42 count and Fillmore winning their opener, 58-38. Russellville Coach Mark Thistlewait reports that the scouting report received indicates Fillmore has fairly decent size plus a crop of experienced players. First-year-coach, Thistlewait, has only one letterman back and is starting four sophomores as graduation took a heavy toll last June. The only returning letterman is Larry Everman, a senior. In another game, always-tough Clover dale hosts Van Buren who features a veteran lineup with fine outcourt shootine. Cloverdale also isn’t without the necessary

ammunition, as Coach A1 Tucker has returning lettermen Billy Steele, Jerry McCullough and Charlie Coon back. In last week’s 65-46 opening victory over Eminence, Steele scored 17 points and hauled down 16 rebounds. McCullough tossed in 11-points and Coon added 10 for Cloverdale. Roachdale takes to the road tonight for a match with Linden at New Market after losing their opener last weekend, 58-38 to Fillmore. Coach Jim Sharp has one big problem, and that is to fill the shoes of 11-seniors who graduated last June. He does, how-

ever, have three starters back from last year’s hardwood quintet. Joe Hutchins and Steve McGuhey are figured to play an important part in rebuilding a team this year at Roachdale. In last week’s loss, Hutchings tossed in 19-points and McGuhey 10. At Reelsville tonight, State High from Terre Haute pays a visit and as Reelsville coach put it, “They’re probably one of the toughest teams we’ll face this year. They have almost everyone back.”

Reelsville opened their season last week with a 60-45 victory over Patricksburg behind the 17point productions of Will Rowean and Briad Wallace. Tomorrow night, Bainbridge travels to Granville Wells, looking for their second win of the young campaign. Last week, Bainbridge rolled past their opponent as six boys hit in double figures. Bainbridge also has one of the tallest players in the state in 6-foot, 11 1/2 inch Fred Cox who plays center. Coach Pat Rady lost only two boys from last year’s squad and figures to come up with anothei good squad this year.

McKay feels his Trojans have to improve to win

By MARTIN LADER UPI Sports Writer

The view from the top is a perilous one, and Southern California Coach John McKay already is clearing the deck for

DePauw coach looks ahead to Wabash

“Dear Gentlemen (???),” the postcard from Terre Haute started out. “Don’t worry about Indiana State... that game doesn’t count. Get ready for Wabash... they beat you 7-0 last year because you wasted time preparing for Indiana State. “Don’t forget your job depends on beating Wabash.” The neatly typed injunction addressed to DePauw football coach Tom Mont and Staff was signed “A very influential alumnus (with Money).” Naturally when that influential alumnus is ISU defensive backfield coach Dave Dunkleberger (DePauw-‘62) Mont listens to his former star halfback. “I appreciate Coach Dunkelberger’s concern for my continued employment,” Coach Mont said at mid-week. “Frankly, ifit weren’t for all the paperwork we’ve done (the squad just completed its forms for special health, and accident coverage in anticipation of the ISU clash), I’d be inclined to accept Dave’s suggestion. “But now the dye is cast. We’ve paid all those premiums

and the President insists we make every dollar count. Incidentally, how far ‘will’ we be from Union Hospital?” Mont obviously has great respect for the 7-1 Sycamores who are riding a six-game winning streak and are going for a school record in the 2 p.m. (CDT) battle with DePauw at Memorial Sta-

dium.

“There is no doubt that Indiana State has the finest group of athletes that DePauw will have faced during my tenure as coach of the Tigers, which is 10years,” Mont said. “It is better than Ball State in its heyday because Indiana State is so much more versatile. Verbie Walder is not only an accurate passer, but for a fellow of his size, he can throw the ball for a mile, and he is an excellent, fast runner. “Jim Brumfield is a :09.7 100-yard sprinter — a terrific back, and we know what Dean Klink can do at fullback. Both ends are fine oass catchers and

chological warfare. But, truth fully, most opposing coaches whose teams have been ground down by ISU’s balanced high scoring attack have pointed out

the same strengths.

Consequently, there’s no secret ISU is hoping -- as it should— for a bid to the Grantland Rice Bowl Dec. 14. It is a serious contender! To recapture an old political cliche, let’s look at the record: ISU 40- Evansville 14; ISU 28-Valparaiso 0; ISU 48 - St. Joe 6; ISU 19No. Illinois 7; ISU 28- Butler 12; ISU 23- Eastern Illinois 0; and ISU 20- Ball State 14. The only State loss was 41-13 at

Akron University.

To stay tuned in on the Rice Bowl wave length, therefore, State needs a convincing win against the occasionally unpre-

dictable Tigers.

Can DePauw cause some static? The answer is “Yes, it can if it plays as well as it did last year when the Tigers gutted out a big 17-14 upset win against

clubs. Last year, as Dunkelberger said, DePauw did prepare so carefully-physically and mentally for State--that the Wabash game unfortunately turned out to be anti-climactic in many minds. Mont feels that if DePauw is going to beat State it will have to get on the scoreboard at least three or four times. This could turn out to be a pressing assignment. Last week , in beating Butler, 30-7, DePauw got on the board five times -- four TD’s

and a FG. But before that 22 points were the most it could muster in 60 minutes and that was a 22-21 squeaker over Evansville. For the year 4ePauw is 5-2 with wins over Wheaton (10-6), St. Joseph’s (20-6), Evansville (22-21), Centre 07-10) and Butler (30-7). it has lost to Valparaiso (7-3) and to Ball State in the final four minutes (17-12). The game will be broadcast in Greencastle by WGRE FM.

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the Sycamores have excellent state in Greencastle.” lines and good pass rushing.” There’ll be no question that Mont, of course, could be DePauw will be up for the game, charged with using a little psy- jf always is against good ball

By United Press International The Oakland Oaks proved Thursday night that Rick Barry isn’t the only scorer on their team. Even though Barry was tossed out of the game with four minutes remaining in the first half for protesting a foul call, the Oaks went on to rout Indiana, 153-128, to set an American Basketball Association record for most points in one game. The Oaks, who were ahead 6942 when Barry was tossed out

with 19 points, surpassed the record of 150 reached twice last year by Pittsburgh, which is now the Minnesota team. Henry Logan, a 6-foot rookie from Western Carolina scored 30 points— 20 in the final period — to pace the Oaks, who had seven players in double figures. Gary Bradds was second with 23. In the other two games, New Orleans topped Houston 132-91 and Denver beat Dallas 98-95.

a possible fall. Still shaking from the Trojans narrow 20-13 victory over Oregon last week, McKay feels his team will have to show a vast improvement if it is to beat California on Saturday, maintain its perfect record and continue to reign as the nation’s No. 1 college football team. “We will have to play 200 per cent better in order for our game to be close with Cal,” he said. McKay emphasized that the Trojans, who are 6-0, will have to execute better and control the ball more against California, which boasts a 5-1-1 record and 11th place in the rankings. Decide Bowl Contender There is a lot at stake in this game for the Bears, who own the ingredients for an upset in a defense which has yielded only 39 points this season and possibly could bottle up O. J. Simpson. California would like to snap a nine-game losing streak inflicted by the Trojans and at the same time establish itself as the favorite to represent the Pacific Eight in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Southern California, with the advantage of its home field, has been tabbed a seven-point choice. The other half of the Rose Bowl pairing most likely will come from Ohio State or Michigan, and the two Big Ten

rivals are favored to win big on Saturday as they prepare for their Nov. 23 clash. The second-ranked Buckeyes, sporting a 6-0 record, are favored by 20 points over Wisconsin and seventh-rated Michigan (6-1) is picked by 21 over Illinois. Both Wisconsin and Illinois are 0-7 for the

season.

Kansas Favored Kansas, ranked No. 3 and sporting the most potent offense in the country with 42.6 point scoring average, also may be looking ahead when it engages Oklahoma. The 7-0 Jayhawks, favored by seven points, meet Missouri in the season finale Nov. 23 in the game that can decide the Big Eight Conference championship. An interesting battle shapes up at University Park, Pa., when fourth-ranked Penn State hosts tough Miami, rated No. 17. Probably lining up against each other will be tight end Ted Kwalick of the Nittany Lions and All-America defensive end Ted Hendricks of Miami. Kwalick, 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, is a bruising blocker and an outstanding pass receiver while Hendricks, at 6-7 and 235 pounds, is a ferocious

tackier.

Penn State is picked by 6*/2 points to remain unbeaten. All other members of the top 10 are favored to win on Saturday.

^ Evansville, Valpo in ICC Conference title showdown

Evansville and Valparaiso will collide Saturday to determine who’ll win the I.C.C., but one of the main performers, Evansville’s Craig Blackford, will miss the action. Leading the league in total offense, the 6-4-210-pound Tell City sophomore Thursday underwent knee surgery in Evansville to correct an injury he sustained in his team’s 36-0 win over St. Joe. Nov. 2. Blackford left the game with 23 seconds remaining in the half. He had completed 13 of 19 passes for 227 yards and taken Evansville to a 29-0 intermission margin. His replacement will be Mike Short, a junior from Speedway, Ind. The loss of Blackford will take part of the edge off the excitement of the crucial upstate tilt

Saturday. Valparaiso (3-0) needs a win or tie to take the ICC crown undisputed. Evansville (2-1) needs a win for a cochampionship. If it gets it, it will open the door for 3-1 DePauw to haul off a chunk of the crown. The Valpo-Evansville game could hardly ask for a more even standoff statistically. They’ll throw at each other just about the best of everything in the ICC. 1. It will feature the league’s best defense (Evansville-200.3) against the second best defense (Valparaiso-246.3). 2. The best passing offense (Evansville-259.3) will try to sueceed against the best passing defense (Valparaiso-74.0). 3. It will be the league’s best total offense (Evansville 400 yards per game) against the

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league’s third best offense (Valparaiso 276). Furthermore, three of the conference’s top pass receivers —Kurt Krueger of Valparaiso and Mike Woodard and Don Crane of Evansville--will be showing their wares. In addition to deciding the team championship, the conference schedule’s last day of action should settle some other matters. Unless Ken Mills of Evansville and John Rusert of Valparaiso have unusually big days, Karl Maio of St. Joseph’s will wind up with the individual rushing crown. Maio has finished with a 4.5 average in 61 carries. Mills has 187 yards, Rusert 162. Only a miracle by Valpo’s John Mayes can prevent Blackford from winning in absentia the total offense and forward passing honors. Blackford has a 728-302 edge in total offense and a 732-377 advantage in pure passing.

Jim Wallace of Butler with 20 catches for 198 yards apparently has wrapped up reception honors. DePauw’s Scott Ralston has 15 but he’s done. Don Crane of Evansville also has 15 and Krueger and Woodard have 13. It’s unlikely too anyone will catch up with Evansville’s Greg Hofmann as the top punter (43.6) or Woodard, who paces the league in scoring w i t h 39. Teammate Hofmann is second in scoring with 24.

The only team statistical honor that escaped Saturday’s adversaries is rushing offense. DePauw climbed ahead of Evansville here, 146-140, in its 30-7 win over Butler last week. In other action this weekend Ball State is at St. Joseph’s, Wabash is at Butler, and DePauw goes to Indiana State.

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