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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Wednesday, December 4, 1968

Tall, runnin’ Tigers dispose of arch-rival Wabash, 102-88

DePauw University successfully opened the home portion of its ‘68-69 cage season last night by whipping arch-rival Wabash 102 to 88 before one of the largest crowds to attend a home opener that watched senior Tom McCormick pour in 31-points.

Both teams hit exceptionally well from the field as well as the free throw line, considering that it was just DePauw’s second game and the first of the year for Wabash. From the field, and this is where the Tigers can lay claim

to their convincing victory, Coach Elmer McCall’s quintet shot a blistering .569 as they connected on 41 of 72 launches. Wabash also turned a commendable shooting game, hitting on 33 of 71 attempts for a respectable .465 mark.

From the charity stripe, Wabash clicked on 22 of 30 for a snappy .733 while the hosts canned 20 of 28 for a .714 game percentage. DePauw jumped out to an 8-0 lead as Mike O’Connell dropped in a free throw at the 18:20 mark

Hoosiers blow 13 -point lead, lose to Ohio U.

Scores

MAKING IT LOOK EASY-DePauw's Paul Blasdel goes in for another two-pointer on an easy layup in last night's game with Wabash which found the Tigers winning, 102-88. High point man for the evening

was Tom McCormick who netted a grand total of 31-points. Shown ready to lend a helping hand should it be needed, is DePauw's Larry Johnson. BANNER Photo -- Mike Chron

Pitchers the fans

By JOHN G. GRIFFIN UPI Executive Sports Editor SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)—The pitchers are the big losers at the annual winter baseball meetings, but baseball commissioner William D. Eckert thinks the fans may be the big winners. “I asked the rules committee for changes that would put more action in the game," said Commissioner Eckert. “I think they’ve done it, and they have put more excitement for the fans into baseball.’’ The way the rules men figure it, pitchers were so good in ’68 because they were able to stand way up there on those 15-inch-high mounds, “throw down from

are losers,

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but

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NBA standings

East

Pet.

Boston

1616

.727

• ••

Baltimore

.620

• •e

Philadelphia

.667

Cincinnati

.636

Detroit

10 12

1 .455 i

New York

.440

6V2

Milwaukee

.261

IOV2

West

Pet.

Los Angeles

.708

• ••

San Diego

.500

San Francisco

.500

Atlanta

.480

5V2

Seattle

.379

81/2

Chicago

.370

8V2

Phoenix

.227

Tuesday’s Results Boston 137 Milwaukee 115 New York 126 Atlanta 93 San Diego 108nChicago 103 Cincinnati 129 Baltimore 127 Los Angeles 122 Phoenix 108 San Francisco 127 Seattle 122 (only games scheduled) Wednesday’s Games San Diego at Philadelphia New York at Atlanta Baltimore at Detroit San Francisco at Phoenix Milwaukee at Boston (only games scheduled)

ABA standings

East

Pet.

Minnesota

.765

...

Miami

.500

V/2

Kentucky

.444

51/2

New York

.389

6V2

Indiana

.263

West

Pet.

Oakland

.850

• ••

Denver

.500

New Orleans

.471

71/2

Los Angeles

.471

. 71/2

Dallas

.467

7V2

Houston

.308

9V2

those cliffs,’’ and let fire with everything they had at a nice, juicy strike zone. But now: all mounds will be lowered to 10 inches, and the slope leading up to them will be made “gradual and uniform" so hurlers can’t come thundering downhill. New Strike Zone And the strike zone, which used to extend from the top of the batter’s shoulders to a level vaguely described as “the knees," will now extend only from the the batter’s armpits to the top of his knees. What’s more, some pretty broad hints were tossed out that the umpires were a bit too generous in giving pitchers credit for strikes that may have been just a teeny bit wide of the plate, and there’s going to be a crackdown on that. Two mighty good authorities, however, aren’t so sure that the rules makers accomplished what they set out to do—put IU sets more grid records BLOOMINGTON- Indiana, attesting to the soundness of its football by logging its second consecutive winning season and first-division Big Ten finish for the first time in more than 20 years, made an impressive dent on the record book in the pro-

cess.

Individually, four career, two season and two game all-time records were broken or tied, while the team established eight new Indiana standards. On the career side quarterback Harry Gonso set new marks with his 21 touchdown passes, 625 plays and 2,878 yards in total offense , while flanker Jade Butcher’s 20 TD catches fall in the same category. Butcher’s 713 yards in receptions is a new season mark while his ten TD catches ties the mark he set last year and the scoring record he holds in conjunction with Tom Nowatzke. Jade’s three TD receptions against Purdue set a game record.

more base hits into the game. Both Harry “The Hat’’ Walker, Houston Astros’ manager who is acknowledged one of the games experts on hitting, and Cal Hubbard, supervisor of umpires for the American League, think the width of the strike zone— not the height— has been the cause of so many strikeouts.

Notre Dame, which the experts said would be a college basketball power this season, opened its campaign Tuesday night with a convincing victory, but Indiana blew a 13-point lead and dropped its initial contest. The Irish, rated fourth nationally in a pre-season UPI coaches’ survey, opened at King’s of Pennsylvania and bombed the Monarchs, 84-54. Indiana saw a 13-point halftime advantage disappear and dropped an 80-70 decision at Ohio University. Notre Dame may have found a new star in sophomore Austin Carr who led the Irish with 20 points. The Irish led only 19-18 when Carr got hot and threw in 15 of his points to lead his team to a 41-23 halftime advantage. Bob Whitmore added 14 and Bob Arnzen 12 for Notre Dame. The Hoosiers built up a 43-30 lead at intermission but the team’s top scorer for the game with 19, Joe Cooke, fouled out with nine minutes to play as Ohio was storming back. John Canine, who led Ohio with 21 points, hit a layup with eight minutes to play that put his team on top to stay at 66-65. After Cooke fouled out, Ohio outscored Indiana, 21-7. Four other Indiana college teams hit the century mark in notching victories.

Taylor out-dueled Manchester, 126-92; St. Francis beat IndianaPurdue of Fort Wayne, 107-75; DePauw took Wabash, 102-88, and Indiana Central beat Northwood, 101-82. Paul McCormack got 31 in DePauw’s triumph. Ball State took a 12-6 lead over Central Michigan, but found itself trailing 18-14 and finally lost a nip-and-tuck affair,

76-73. The Cardinals, in losing their second game in as many starts, were led by Gary Miller with 18 points. Hanover beat Anderson, 82-68, and Ohio Wesleyanedged Earlham, 76-74. The Hanover. Anderson and Taylor-Manchester games ushered in Hoosier College Confer, ence warfare.

Short has BIG plans for his AL Senators

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)— Robert Short, the new owner of the Washington Senators, didn’t come to play. He has come, in his own words, to convert the American League’s cellar-dwellers into an “artistic and financial success" and if those working for him can’t help him do it, again in his own words, “some changes will be made." Short said he paid “in the area of $10-million.” He knows what he’s getting into, too. “We're starting with a very poor second division club and an even worse financial club," said the 50-year old Democratic national committee treasurer and former owner of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. “I don’t intend to let it

Upset bug sinking its teeth into cage powers

With the 1968-69 college basketball season less than a week underway, the upset bug is already biting where it hurts. Fifth.ranked Kansas fell victim to a hot-shooting spurt by Wisconsin early in the second half Tuesday night, trimmed a nine-point deficit to two points but never could regain the lead and the Badgers won, 67-62. Villanova, the nation’s ninthranked team, was pressed but managed to defeat Princeton 6454 with a flurry of points in the final three minutes. Second-ranked North Carolina defeated Oregon for the second straight night 106-73, fourthranked Notre Dame outbattled Kings College 84-54 and seventh, ranked Davidson brushed aside Furman 105-70 in other games involving the Top 10. Southern Methodist, a preseason favorite in the Southwest

Conference, lost its second game after Georgia Tech broke open a 52-52 tie with a wild scoring spree that gave the Yellow Jackets a 15-point lead and an eventual 87-59 victory. In other key games, Michigan State opened its season with a 90-84 triumph over Southwestern Louisiana, Spencer Haywood scored 37 points and grabbed 24 rebounds to lead Detroit to a 106-99 overtime victory over Western Michigan, and Ohio University rallied in the second half to beat Indiana 80-70. Kansas and Wisconsin played to a 30-30 halftime tie, but Jim Johnson and Chuck Nagle shot the Badgers into their lead. Olympian Jo-Jo White led the Jayhawk climb to within a 59-57 deficit, but that was the closest Kansas got. Charlie Scott another Olympic star, scored 28 points to lead

North Carolina to its victory over Oregon, while Notre Dame used the formula of superior height and shooting to upend Kings College. Davidson held Furman scoreless the first five minutes and combined a tight defense with even scoring that saw four Wildcats in double figures, headed by the 20 points of Doug Cook. Villanova’s Johnny Jones was the high scorer in the Villanova-Princeton game with 30 points, including 20 in the last half.

stay that way." Short, who sold the Lakers to Jack Kent Cooke for a record $5. million, said he had no intention of selling the Senators strictly for profit, moving the, or getting rid of either general manager George Selkirk or field manager Jim Lemon that is unless he has to. Selkirk and Lemon both were seated in the room listening intently as Short talked to newsmen here in the hotel which is headquarters for the major league baseball meetings. “I did not buy the team to move it," said Short. “Nor do I have any intention of selling it. Insofar as the team’s general manager and field manager are concerned I am not planning any immediate changes. But I will not be bashful about making any changes if they are indicated to make the Senators an artistic and financial success. Short purchased the Senators from the estate of the late James Johnston, who died a year ago, and purchase of the club is contingent upon the approval of the American League and the probate court. Bob Hope, the popular TV and movie comedian and minor stockholder in the Cleveland Indians, bid $9-million for the Senators and thought he had them as late as Monday afternoon. In Los Angeles, Hope said he was “shocked and disappointed” over the fact he didn’t get the club.

COLLEGE Ohio University 80 Indiana 70 Notre Dame 84 King’s 54 Bethel 82 Fort Wayne Bible 62 Hanover 82 Anderson 68 DePauw 102 Wabash 88 Indiana Central 101 Northwood 82 Ohio Wesleyan 76 Earlham 74 Taylor 126 Manchester 92 Central Michigan 76 Ball State 73 St. Francis 107 Indiana-Purdue (Fort Wayne) 75 HIGH SCHOOL Gary Roosevelt 84 Gary Wallace 46 White’s 63 Southwood 51 Clinton 55 Van Buren 54 Clay City 62 Dugger 48 Shakamak 61 North Central (Sullivan) 57 Evansville Memorial 84 Mount Vernon 70 Evansville Mater Dei 82 New Harmony 52 Evansville Harrison 60 Evansville Central 38 Gary Bmerson 58 River Forest 46 Crown Point 71 Hobart 56 Highland 63 Hammond Gavit 45 Silver Creek 67 Louisville DeSales 65 Tecumseh 79 Castle 58 East Springfield 92 Bridgeport 70 Hobart 87 Hamilton 70 Bucknell 99 Gettysburg 71 Villanova 64 Princeton 54 Colgate 101 Ithaca 82 Army 58 Lehigh 52 SetonHall 68 Loyola, Md. 62 Pitts. 68 William & Mary 62 Calif (Pa) St. 87 Waynesburg 75 Brandeis 77 Bates 65 Boston St. 81 Westfield St.77 Tufts 73 Lowell Tech 69 Midwest Mich.St. 90 SW Louisiana 84 Ohio U. 80 Indiana 70 Wisconsin 67 Kansas 62 Detroit U. 106 W.Mich 99, ot Creighton 93 St.Louis 75 Notre Dame 84 Kings 54 Wisc(Milw) 84 N.E.Missouri 68 Bradley 98 Augustans,S.D. 62 Minnesota 75 Marquette 73 South Georgia Tech 87 SMU 59 Davidson 105 Furmen 70 G.Washington 97 Richmond 93 N.Carolina 106 Oregon73 Southwest Rice 83 Texas A&I 58 Oklahoma St. 73 Arkansas 68 Tulsa 101 CalPoly, Pom 90 Arkansas St.92 OklaSt.73

in the first half. From that point, Wabash reeled off seven straight points before Larry Downs canned a fielder for a 10 to 7 lead with 16:09 yet to play. Wabash didn’t scare easy by the tall Tigers, as they came storming back to tie the score at 13-all on a free throw by sophomore letterman Lee Fouts at the 13:26 mark on the ticker. That was the closet Wabash came within reach of the Tigers, as McCall’s tall and talented cagers took the lead for good at 15 to 13 on Downs’ field goal from six-feet out in front of the basket. Wabash did cut the lead to fourpoints, 25-25 as Dan Jordan connected on a two-pointer at the 6:15 mark, but after that, the visitors couldn't keep up with the running and fast breaking Tigers. At halftime, the score read DePauw 47, Wabash 37. In the second 20-minutes of play, DePauw dominated the entire half and continued to pull away steadily. Much of their scoring came when Wabash was forced into committing numerous errors in trying to work the ball around only to have a pass stolen and turned into a two-pointer by the fast breaking Tigers. With the DePauw cagers far out in front, 98 to 83, junior guard John Tolle swiped the ball from Wabash and cashed it in for a two-pointer to put the Tigers over the century mark, 10083. Both teams were practically even in the rebounding depart, ment, with DePauw holding a 45 to 40 edge. Senior letter, man for the Tigers, Tom MeCormick led all rebounders, as he hauled down 15. Next highest was teammate Mike O’Connell who came off the boards with nine. For Wabash, three men each had totals of five rebounds. DePauw is now 1-1 on the season, and will be gunning for win number two this Friday night at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, 111. Last night marked the season opener for Wabash, and their record is now 0-1. In the frosh game that preceded the varsity tilt, DePauw also chalked up a win, 82 to 70.

Huntsman

Redbirds satisfied with hurlers,but get 3 more

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI)-The first thing Red Schoendienst said when he arrived here at the baseball meeting was, “I’m satisfied with my pitching.” So what happened? The Cardinals promptly went out and picked up three new pitchers— well, make it two new ones and another slightly old one—within 48 hours. They drafted left-hander Bo Belinsky from Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League Monday and picked up a pair of righthanders Tuesday when they acquired Gary Waslewski from Boston for utility infielder Dick Schofield and Dave Giusti from

San Diego for infielder Ed Spiezio, outfielder Ron Davis, pitcher Phil Nuckles and catcher Don Breeden. For Giusti from San Diego for infielder Ed Spiezio, outfielder Ron Davis, pitcher Phil Nuckles and catcher Don Breeden. For Giusti it was something of a “homecoming.” The Cardinals acquired him from Houston for catcher Johnny Edwards on Oct. 11 and then lost him three days later in the expansion draft to San Diego. Schoendienst was quite happy about his three added pitchers. “You never can have too many,” he says.

receives honors TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (UPI) — Jerry Huntsman, who led his Indiana State University football team to a 9-1 record this year, was one of eight coaches across the nation nominated Tuesday for small college “coach of the year” honors. He was nominated by the American Football Coaches Association who will announce the winner at its annual convention in Los Angeles this January. In leading his team this season, eight games in a row were won. Huntsman has directed Indiana State to 21 wins and 7 losses in three years.

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Junior Bowling League

Varsity Lanes

Odd Balls Lucky Strikes Channel Cats Jack & Jills Hi’s & Lo’s Jokers

16 1/2 16 1/2

17 13 13 1/2 13 1/2 15 15 14 16 11 19

Team Hi Game: Jack & Jills, 836. Team Hi Series: Lucky Strikes, 1660. Ind. Hi Game (Girls); Cindy Black, 132. Ind. Hi Game (Boys); Robert Hahn, 143. Ind. Hi Series (Girls); Cindy Black, 240. Ind. Hi Series (Boys); Robert Hahn, 258. Games over 90 (Girls): L. Bitzer, 99, Vicki Shinn, 98, B.

Hahn, 104, C. Black, 132, 108, J. Humphrey, 97, L. Custis 92, 90. Games over 120 (Boys): D. Brown, 134, R. Hahn, 143. Series over 170 (Girls); L. Custis 182, J. Humphrey, 174, C. Black, 240, B. Hahn, 190, V. Shinn 183, C. Cantone, 178, L. Bitzer, 181. Series over 220 (Boys); D. Brown, 243, R. Hahn 258, S. Denny, 228. Captains named HANOVER, N.H. (UPI)Tackles John Ritchie and Ernie Babcock will lead the Dartmouth College football team next season. This is the first time in the college’s 98-year history there will be football co-captains.

WABASH (88) Brackmeyer Fouts Jordan Moore Peck Volz Lewellyn Martella Martin McVicker Griffith TOTALS DEPAUW ( 102) Downs McCormick O’Connell Barrett Browning Johnson Tolle O’Brien Blasdel TOTALS

FG FT TP 0 2 2

1 10 11 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 33 7 13 4 5 5 4 2 0 1

8 21 28 3 11 6 4 1 1 3 88 16 31 9 16 13 11 4 0 2

41 20 102

DPU F.G. Pet. .569, F.T. Pet. .714; WC F.G. Pet. .465, F.T. Pet. .733. Best horse NEW YORK (UPI)-Green, tree Stable’s Stage Door Johnny was voted the top 3-year-colt of 1968 Tuesday by the Thoroughbred Racing Associations. The son of Prince John, who began his career late in the season, won the Belmont, Saranac and Dwyer Stakes before a bowed tenden forced his retirement.

Tuesday’s Results Minnesota 116 New Orleans Denver 127 New York 108 Oakland 135 Dallas 109 (Only games scheduled) Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Kentucky Minnesota at Dallas New York at Los Angeles Miami at Houston (Only games scheduled)

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