The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 November 1968 — Page 4

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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Tuesday, November 26. 1968

Another outstanding season comes to an end

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Literally hundreds, perhaps even thousands of adjectives have been used during the past two football seasons to describe Indiana University. There’s one that hasn’t been mentioned, though, and it should. The word is “manners.” It can also be used as a noun, but it is more effective when used as an adjective. Much more. All football teams, college, high schools or professionals, can put on an act, but no one, individual, coach, team or what have you, can be sincere unless they actually are. The 44-MAN team which composed the IU football team this year and last, talked sincere, acted sincere, played sincere and most of all, they are sincere. Picture day at lUonAug. 29, which seems like only yesterday, brought experiences and memorable incidents which will not and cannot be forgotten. Walking in the middle of the grassy turf with senior defensive standout, Jim Sniadecki, we talked about the ‘68 season. During his remarks, the ‘67 All-American selection, took time out from our conservation to reach down and pet a big, friendly red and white speckled dog that had found its way onto the field. Sniadecki would have been a cinch for first-team All-American this year had it not been an injury which found him sitting on the bench instead of breaking through the other team’s offensive line. Thus, the personable and outstanding football player was put on the second-team of the All-American selections.This is in no way a “That’s how the old chips fall” kind of an excuse. It is, instead, black and white facts. Making the second team of out of thousands of college grid enthusiasts is an accomplishment fit and becoming to the senior from South Bend. It’s a downright shame that the IU standout was plagued by the injury bug.

‘It wasn’t luck’ Recalling that conversation on the breezy, humid August day, Jim said, “We’re going to prove that we weren’t just lucky last year. We worked for the games we won last year and we deserved to go to the Rose Bowl.” Indiana University didn’t have to prove anything. They were a top-notch football team, despite being ignored by major news and wire services until the final national college football ratings. They were ignored again this year. And, if the past is any indication, next year will be no different. Jerry Grecco is another defensive standout that was sidelined with a leg injury in the latter part of the season. Jerry, married one-year and three months this Friday, is another gridder who possessed the necessary qualifications to be an All-American. But this wasn’t to be. On that day in August, which, with a little calculation on anyone’s part, was Jerry’s first wedding anniversary. His words are also significant, looking back now, as he firmlystated, “We were just as good as our record indicated last year regardless of what other people thought. “In this conference (the Big Ten) you just don’t luck out and win six games against league opponents, a share of the conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl.” Read that paragraph again and analyze it. He wasn’t talking through his now crushed and battered football helmet that was proudly worn for IU. Again, the statement is based on true, logical facts. Every player I had the pleasure of talking with, and that amounts to about 30, before as well as during the season, each said or gave the same opinion: IU was underestimated this season just like they were last year.

Memories of the Rose Bowl IU fans don’t underestimate their heroes. One look from atop the pressbox Saturday at Purdue and you could easily spot their followers. It was reminiscent of the ‘68 Rose Bowl; a sea of red and white. Cheerleaders and fans alike yelled themselves hoarse and IIJ’s “Marching 100” filled the stadium with “Indiana, Our Indiana” until their fingers were numb. Purdue did break one tradition set by four other schools which IU traveled to this year. They saluted the great university with the IU fight song in an IU formation. The other four schools didn’t. The music must have been lost, or possibly it was never searched for. Visiting teams to the IU Stadium weren’t accorded the same “honor”. All five games the Hoosiers played at home, the “100” , all 150 of them, recognized their visitor with that particular school’s song and formation. Again, this only points out even more how the Bloomington school was ignored. The final over looking anddisregardingof the school came last Saturday. On a fourth-down and a matter of inches play, field general Harry Gonso clearly barrelled his way over for the vital first down with but 52 seconds to play. A measurement by the referees made it official, at first that is. After the ball had “untentionally and accidently” been moved by ona of the Boilermakers, a request by Purdue coaches for a re-measurement (erased the first down for IU and gave the ball to Purdue. They (IU) were behind 38 to 35, the final score, when this ?incident took place, but with IU’s tradition of scoring in the final seconds of play, the Old Oaken Bucket might be resting in Bloomington, not West Lafayette. That game closed out season for the Hoosiers and the cheap and incorrect call by the officials closed out the careers of some of the greatest gridders ever to play for IU. A sincere call it wasn’t. A bunch of sour grapes you say. Write the Purdue Athletic and sports publicity offices. And, then write the same offices at Indiana University. Also, collect every available newspaper which covered the game and read the fine print in the sports writer’s column. It’s all right there. Every detail. This year is now history. Last year is also history, but next year is PROMISING.

Pacers beat by Miami in 2 overtimes

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the American Basketball Association. The Floridians made an almost impossible comeback to tie Indiana in regulation time and then went on to a 126-121 double overtime victory over the Pacers Monday night. Indiana led 104-101 with only two seconds remaining in regulation and also had possession of the ball. But Fred Lewis was hit with a charging violation and Willie Murrell of Miami heaved the ball from 30 feet out for a three-point play. After each team scored 10 points in the first overtime, the Floridians rapped it up with a 12-7 burst in the secondh

USC barely nips Rose Bowl foe, OSU in poll

SOMETHING OFFENSIVE ABOUT THIS It should be. for these New York Giant pro footballers are studying the line of one of their opponents in a blackboard drill. From left are quarterback Fran Tarkonton, and two offensive linemen, tackle Steve Wright (centerI and end Homer Jones.

By JOE CARNICELLI UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI)—Notre Dame will, after all, decide the national championship. The Fighting Irish, picked by many as the top team in the nation early in the season, were upset twice and sidetracked in their attempt for the national championship. But Saturday they get their chance to decide it when Ara Parseghian’s ninth ranked Irish play Southern California, the nation’s No. 1 team. Southern California held on to

O.J. unanimous pick, IU’s Sniadecki 2nd team All-American

By JOHN G. GRIFFIN UPI Executive Sports Editor NEW YORK (UPI)— O.J. “Orange Juice” Simpson, who often makes the difficult look easy, accomplished the “impossible” today when he got the nation’s sports writers and broadcasters to agree on one thing unanimously. Simpson, the record-breaking running back from Southern California, was a unanimous choice on all 202 ballots cast in the voting for the 1968 United Press International All-America college football team announced today. It marked the first time in the history of the team—the only All-America team chosen by direct vote of the nation's sports writers and broadcasters — that one man was named on all the ballots. The closest previous approach to perfection came in 1966 when end George “Bubba” Smith of Michigan State missed a unanimous vote by seven ballots. It also marked the second straight year that Simpson, now a senior, had led the voting for the All-America team and for the second year in a row versatile back Leroy Keyes of Purdue, who received votes

both on offense and defense, was runner-up with a total of 191 ballots. One thing Simpson was not able to do—to lead Southern Cal to the greatest number of places on the All-America team. The Trojans, who had four men on the squad last year, landed only two this time—Simpson and defensive back Mike Battle. Perhaps ominously for the Trojans’ national championship hopes, Notre Dame—which will meet Southern Cal this Saturday in the final game of the regular season for each—took top team honors on the AllAmerica team with three berths. Here are the players chosen as the best in the land.: Ends—Jim Seymour, Notre Dame, and Ted Kwalick, Penn State. Tackles—Dave Foley, Ohio State, and George Kunz, Notre Dame. Guards—Charles Rosenfelder, Tennessee, and Guy Dennis, Florida. Center—John Didion, Oregon State. Backs—Terry Hanratty, Notre Dame; O.J. Simpson, Southern California; Leroy Keyes, Purdue; and Bill Enyart,

8th grade, frosh win cage tilts

Greencastle’s eighth graders won their second game of the season last night by whipping Cascade 56 to 36. In the freshman game, Cascade again fell victim to their hosts, losing 53 to 32. In the eighth grade contest, the Cubs led all the way and were never in trouble, where as in the freshman encounter, it was the decisive height factor the Greencastle frosh used to their advantage. The eighth grade will next meet Cloverdale’s eighth grade Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. The fresh man quintet will again be in action this coming Monday when they host Clinton here at 6 p.m. Greencastle 8th Grade Player

Thomas F. Thomas S. Orlosky Chester Buchanan Fields TOTAL

19 15 15 53

Rogers

1 2 5

Brown

5 2 17

Lear

5 2 17 i

Sears

3 3 3

Fenwick

1 2 9

Alexander

0 1 0

Smith

0 2 0

Maurer

0 1 2

Burkhardt

1 1 1

Eitelgorge

0 12

TOTAL

16 17 56

Greencastle

Frosh

Player

FG FT

PF TP

Ross

7 4 19

Scott

1 5 9

NBA standings

By United Press International

East

W. L.

Pet. GB

Baltimore

15 5

.750 ...

Boston

13 5

.722 1

Cincinnati

12 6

.667 2

Philadelphia

10 5

.667 2V2

Detroit

8 10

.444 6

New York

8 13 .

.381 7V2

Milwaukee

5 13

.278 9

West

W. L.

Pet. GB

Los Angeles

14 5

.737

San Francisco 10 9

.526 4

Atlanta

10 11

.476 5

San Diego

9 10 .

,474 5

Chicago

7 14

.333 8

Seattle

8 17

.320 9

Phoenix >

5 11

.312 IV2.

Bowling Jaycee Bantam League Nov. 16 Toney’s Well Drilling 16 2 Rack & Roll 13 5 Atkins & Sons #3 13 5 Milton’s Posey Patch 11 7 Nunzio Pizza 10 8 Highlander Center 10 8 Fairway Restaurant 10 8 Slim’s Shell 8 10 Wuertz 5? to $1.00 7 11 Larkin’s Insurance 5 13 Deem Music 3 15 Ernie’s Market 2 16 High Team Game, Toney’s,

627.

High Team Series, Toney’s, 1166. High Ind. Game, Boy, Terry Maurer, 144. High Ind. Game, Girl, Teresa Pierce, 122. High Ind. Series, Boy, Terry Maurer, 268. High Ind. Series, Girl, Phyllis Elliott, 242.

Series over 150 (female), 220

(male);

P. Elliott, 242, T. Pierce, 226., S. Jones, 221, P. Brewster, 193, P. Baker, 186, T. Frazier, 160, T. Maurer, 268, L. Wood, 239, G. Jones, 231, C. Spencer, 224, J. Hanneman, 222.

Oregon State. Defense: Ends—Ted Hendricks, Miami (Fla.) and John Zook, Kansas. Tackles—Bill Stanfill, Georgie, and Joe Greene, North Texas State. Middle Guard— Chuck Kyle, Purdue. Linebackers— Dennis Onkotz, Penn State, and Bill Hobbs, Texas A&M. Backs— Roger Wehrli,Missouri, Mike Battle, Southern California, Jake Scott, Georgia, and A1 Worley, Washington. Simpson, Keyes, Seymour, and Hendricks all were repeaters from the 1967 All-America team. The Midwest replaced the South as the dominant section of the country on the honor squad. Of the 22 first-team places, Midwesterners grabbed six while players from the South and Far West each had five, the East, Southwest, and Midlands two each. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound Simpson, who scored 36 touchdowns in junior college before transferring to Southern California and thus will have only two seasons in his Southern Cal career, currently leads the nation in rushing yardage for the second straight year with 1,654 yards—an all-time, major college single-season record with still that one game against Notre Dame to come. Simpson also has scored 120 points and a big day against the Irish might also give him the national title in that department. Keyes’ figures were not quite as impressive as in 1967, as Purdue found it often effective to use him as a decoy on offense. Hanratty broke all of the immortal George Gipp’s total yardage records at Notre Dame with the glue-fingered Seymour, who broke all Irish pass receiving records, his favorite target. Named to the second team were: Offense Ends—Jerry Levias, Southern Methodist, and Ron Sellers, Florida State. Tackles—Rufus Mayes, Ohio State, and Mike Montler, Colorado. Guards—Jim Barnes, Arkansas, and Ken Mendenhall, Oklahoma. Center—Jon Kolm Oklahoma State. Backs—Bob Douglass, Kansas; Ron Johnson, Michigan; Christ Gilbert, Texas; and Eugene Morris, West Texas State. Defense: Ends—Bob Stein, Minnesota, and Mike Ford, Alabama. Tackle—Rolf Krueger, Texas A&M and Art Thoms, Syracuse. Middle Guard—Ed White, California. Linebackers—Jim Sniadecki, Indiana, and Ron Pritchard, Arizona State. Backs—Tony Kyasky, Syracuse; Jim Weatherford, Tennessee; A1 Brenner, Michigan State; and Tom Curtis, Michigan.

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its slim margin over second ranked Ohio State Monday when the 35-member United Press International Board of Coaches awarded the unbeaten Trojans (9-0) 21 first place votes and 332 points. Ohio State, which ended its regular season by drubbing Michigan for the Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl shot at the No. 1 ranked Trojans, was closed behind with 13 first place votes and 321 points. Penn State retained third, receiving the remaining first place ballot and 287 points while Georgia moved up to fourth and Kansas took fifth. Texas was sixth with Tennessee, Arkansas, Notre Dame and Oklahoma competing the top 10. Houston retained its No. 11 ranking and Purdue was 12th. Michigan plunged to 13th, followed by Oregon State and Alabama. Missouri fell to 16th

DePauw varsity in romp DePauw’s varsity Tigers gave their understudys a good lesson in how to play basketball last night in the annual frosh-varsity tilt, winning handily 97-51. High point-man for the varsity was Tom McCormick, a senior forward who tossed in 26-points, including 10 of 20 shots from the field and six of eight attempts from the free throw line. For the freshman, Bill Arends tallied nine, while Greencastle’s Terry Ross scored eight. Jay Frye, also a local product, tallied seven. In the shooting department, the frosh made 17 of 55 shots, while the varsity canned 37 of 79 launches for a .468 mark. They also grabbed 52 rebounds off the boards. This Saturday night the varsity will open against Villanova in the last game of a doubleheader. In this week’s major college basketball ratings, Villanova was ranked No. 11 by a major wire service.

with unbeaten Ohio University (10-0) capturing 17th. Florida State was 18th with Southern Methodist, Stanford and Minne-

NO TACKLING DUMMY TinBoar facts, to be sure, arc these. The footballer is John Quillen, leading ground gainer of the Southern Illinois U. team, and the tackier is Ben of the "Gentle Ben" TV series. Quillen made only a couple of ‘ yards on his furr-ocious opponent.

sota tied for 19th. Parseghian can well remember the November afternoon in 1964 when he took his unbeaten Notre Dame team to Los Angeles to try to sew up the national championship in its final game. After building a 17-0 lead, Notre Dame gave up three second half touchdowns, the last coming with less than two minutes remaining, and the national title went to Alabama. Southern Cal finds itself in the exact opposite position now, having to defeat Notre Dame to take its second consecutive national championship. Ohio State finished unbeaten and untied for the first time since 19G4 Saturday when the Buckeyes overwhelmed Michigan 50-14 for the Big Ten title. Penn State, a cinch for the Lambert Trophy as the East’s top major college football team, ripped Pittsburgh 65-9.

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