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The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Tuesday, December 24, 1968

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‘Meatballs’ are real ‘gravymen’ for Colts

NEW YORK (UPI)— There was a time they were known merely as “the meatballs." That’s when they were considered the same way as poor relations. The less they were seen, the better, and certainly they knew enough not to be heard from. They never got their names in the newspapers and they cared less. They understood perfectly the headlines were reserved for quarterbacks, running backs and all those 9.4 flankers, but not for them. They knew exactly what their function was. They came on the field to hold that line until the offense could catch its breath and go out there again. People knew them vaguely as the defensive unit and if you asked anybody coming into the ballpark before the game to name any three members on it he never could. All that is changing, though. Today it’s the defensive linemen, the linebackers and the defensive backs who are creating most of ‘he excitement in professional football. They’re also having a great deal to say about which team wins the world Tiampionship. If you need any proof, it was all there Sunday in Baltimore where the Baltimore Colts smothered the Minnesota Vikings, 24-14, for the NFL’s Western Conference title and in Cleveland Saturday where the Cleveland Browns grabbed the Eastern crown by downing the Dallas Cowboys, 31-20. Both games were decided on

defense.

Bud Grant, the Minnesota coach, was prophetic before his Vikings went out and valiantly but vainly tried to match the Colts’ imcomparabledefense. Wins Games “Offense sells tickets but defense wins football games,” Grant said. “We know before, hand the Baltimore defense has no visible weakness.” He was so right. After the opening kickoff, Carl Eller, the Vikings’ octupus-like, 6-foot-6 defensive end steamrollered over formidable Sam Ball, wrapped both arms around Baltimore’s new Golden Boy, Earl Morrall, and almost shipped him home air-mail for Christmas. Morrall was tossed for an eight-yard loss on that opening play so the fog, the mist and the mud weren’t the only reasons causing the 60,238 fans in the stands to frown. The Vikings kept on making it hot for Morrall, coming at him from all angles. Eller put the pressure on continuously but he wasn’t alone. Guys like Jim Marshall, Gary Larsen and Alan Page were right there to

help him.

Baltimore’s defensive unit wasn’t exactly standing around counting its change, either. Veteran Ordell Braase, Fred Miller and the two Smith’s, Bubba and Billy Ray, never gave Minnesota quarterback Joe Kapp enough time to blow his nose and on those rare occasions Kapp somehow managed to elude them there was one of the two linebackers, Dennis Gaubatz or Mike Curtis, eagerly waiting for him. The result was predictable enough. Through most of the first half nobody was able to score. The Vikings’ defense cracked first. On a rollout to the left, Morrall pitched 39 yards to spindly Willie Richard, son and shortly thereafter

Richardson made a catch Willie Mays would’ve been proud of when he basketed another long Morrall toss on Minnesota’s three. Three plays later, Morrall passed to Tom Mitchell for the first score of the game. Scores Clincher Curtis scored the clincher when he scooped up a Kapp fumble during a third period blitz and hot-footed it 60 yards. Curtis’ first impulse upon racing into the end zone was to toss the ball into the stands like so many of the flankers and running backs do after a long to

run.

On second thought, though, he decided to hold on to the ball and still cradled it in his arms upon reaching the sidelines. Linebackers don’t score touchdowns every day although the speedy Curtis, who used to be a fullback, did run back an interception for a score against the Rams last week. “Didn’t Curtis once play fullback for you?” the TV man asked Baltimore coach Don Shula. “Yes he did,” replied Shula, “but we’ve got him in the right position now.” The way he said it left no doubt how Shula feels about his tremendous defense, which tied

an all-time record by giving up only 144 points during the regular season. Nor was Cleveland’s victory over Dallas Saturday all Leroy Kelly and Bill Nelsen. Blanton Collier, the fine unexcitable coach of the Browns, had ample praise for both but said it was the defense which decided the game. Nelsen agreed with him. "They gave us the ball, and with the personnel we’ve got, we had to score,” pointed out the Cleveland quarterback. Now the Colts, with the best defense around, and the Browns, with one that gets better each week, go at it for the NFL championship next Sunday. Everybody knows what happens when the immovable object meets the irresistible

force.

What we’re all waiting to find out is what happens when one immovable object runs into another one.

THIS CHECK FOR $700--brings smiles to the faces of these officials of DePauw University and the Indiana Gas Company. Participating in the campus presentation ceremony are (left to right) Robert Crouch, vice president for development, DePauw University; William E. Falk. Jr., division

manager, Lafayette Division, Indiana Gas Company, Inc.; and Bill B. Baker, commercial manager, Greencastle-lndiana Gas Company. The gift to DePauw's unrestricted fund represents DePauw’s share of the company's annual contribution .to the fund campaign of the Associated Colleges of

Indiana.

Holiday tourneys begin

Only9major preps alive

INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Just nine Indiana high school basketball powers answered the roll

call of the major unbeatens today going into a dizzy round of holiday tourney action.

HAVE DATE IN MIAMI The Orange Bowl came up with one of the tastier games on the New Year’s Day schedule in undefeated Penn State (lO-Oi and once-beaten Kansas <9-1*. Heading the Penn State cast are All-American end Ted Kwalick, running back Charlie Pittman and linebacker Dennis Onkotz. Pittman ran for 950 yards and 14 touchdowns to lead the Nittany Lions. The Kansas attack is guided by quarterback Bobby Douglass, who gained 1,811 yards on offense, back John Riggins who picked up 866 yards rushing, and kicker Bill Bell, who scored 60 points.

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Minnesota Kentucky Indiana Miami

East W.

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14 .481 5V2 13 .400 8 17 .393 8I/2

Merry Christmas

TO EACH AND EVERY ONE Whether your

dreams be big or little, may they all come true!

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New York

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West

Nrthwstrn 77 Wash.

St. 61

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Ohio St. 74 Butler 71

Oakland

5 .321

Daton 83 Loyola Cal

Denver

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Michigan 111 Utah 74

Dallas

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Wichita St. 79 Tex. A&M 60

New Orleans

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Tulsa 81 Bradley 79

Los Angeles

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South

Houston

.250 15

Vndrblt 85 So Cal 75

Monday’s Results New Orleans 107 Houston 106 Miami 118 Indiana 109 (Only games scheduled) Tuesday’s Games (No games scheduled)

Scores

Wagner 93

East City Col NY

Union Ten 83 Mnmuth 111 62 Grambling 99 Bishop 69 W. Fla. 83 SE La. 72 Southwest Hous 91 Bowling Green 80 So Methdst 82 Yale 76 Okla. 65 SW Mo. 57 Tex. El Paso 70 New Mex 67 Arizona 68 Nebraska 63 West Brghm Young 77 Syracuse 73

Notre Dame gets test

By United Press International Notre Dame, beaten only by UCLA, gets its stiffest road test of the still young college basketball season Saturday at perennial power Kentucky while Purdue hopes for more luck at Honolulu than it enjoyed at Phoenix and Indiana headed for a holiday show at Philadelphia. The eighth, ranked Irish won their fifth game of the season Saturday from invading Indiana, 104-94, with sophomore Austin Carr sniping 26 points. Joe Cooke pumped in 31 for Indiana, but when Notre Dame put the ball in the deep freeze late in the game the Hoosiers were doomed.

Purdue was upset by host Arizona State in the title round of the Sun Devil Classic, 85-80, despite Rick Mount’s 32 points and a 45-37 halftime lead. The Boilermakers, ranked 12th last week, meet Arizona in the preliminaries of the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii Friday. Indiana takes on Niagara the same day in the first round of the Quaker City tourney at Philadelphia. Butler, beaten by towering Weber State of Utah at Indianapolis Saturday, 91-71, invades Ohio State tonight while Indiana Central hosts William Penn.

The merry-go-round started today with a four-team tourney at Evansville hosted by Rex Mundi and doesn’t really end until the middle of January, with the power-laden Indianapolis city tourney. High-ranking quintets risking their perfect records this week include No. 2 Marion, thirdseeded Vincennes, and seventhrated Michigan City, along with such unbeatens as Scottsburg, Evansville Harrison, Carmel and Greenfield. Other elite members in action include Indianapolis Shortridge and Richmond, both beaten but once, at Lafayette Thursday. Friday. Seven major quintets bit the dust for the first time last weekend but only one Saturday when Fort Wayne Catholic was Hurdler is NFL rookie DETROIT (UPI)—Small wonder that Earl McCullouch ran off with United Press International’s National Football League Rookie - of - the - Year award, he used to be the nation’s premier hurdler. The Detroit Lions' flanker was named on 17 of a possible 48 ballots by UPI’s voting panel of three writers in each NFL city. Runnerup to the 175-pound sprinter were defensive end Claude Humphrey of Atlanta with 12 votes; running back Terry Cole of Baltimore with seven; defensive end Larry Cole of the Dallas Cowboys (5); kicker Bobby Cockroft of Cleveland (3), and tight end Charlie Sanders of Detroit (2). “I told Earl just before he went home for the winter that he’d better not let the award go to his head,” said Russ Thomas, Lions’ general manager. “I told him he's got a lot of improving to do and he agreed with me.” The sports writers who cover the league teams named the former Southern California hurdler, rated the fastest man in the world for the first 20 yards, to succeed teammate Mel Farr as the NFL’s top freshman player. “Earl’s injury slowed him down,” explained Thomas since McCullouch was on his way to Hollywood and a winner of making movies and unavailable for comment. McCullouch, who passed up a shot at a possible Olympic gold medal to sign with Detroit for some spendable gold, was just released from the hospital last week after an operation to remove what was described as a bone cyst from between the third and fourth toes on his right foot.

Raiders, Chiefs in ‘agreement’ after showdown

whipped at Lima Catholic in Ohio, 80-65. State Champs Lose State champ Gary Roosevelt, No. 4 in last week’s UPI coaches’ board ratings, hit the skids Friday along with No. 9 Goshen, Cathedral and Mar. shall of Indianapolis, Bedford and Twin Lakes. That left the major unbeatens as follows: Eight games—Marion, Indianapolis Washington, Scottsburg, Terre Haute Garfield. Seven — Vincennes, Michigan City, Indianapolis Attacks, Muncie South. Six—Evansville Harrison. Marion, almost caught by Goshen Friday, may run into mo.’e stiff opposition next weekend, from both Valparaiso and host Elkhart. Vincennes, playing at home, is favored in its weekend show. But both Seymour and Evans ville Reitz could make it tough. Michigan City may have to be at its best to win East Chicago Washington’s Thursday - Friday show. Rounding out this foursome are Terre Haute Gerstmeyer and Hammond Morton. Harrison is entered in an allEvansville tourney Thursday. Scottsburg risks its record at Jeffersonville Thursday-Fri-day, Greenfield at Anderson and Carmel is favored at home, both in Friday-Saturday tourneys. The top tourney Saturday could be at Goshen, where East Chicago Roosevelt, Plymouth and DeKalb round out the foursome. Attucks Rolls Seven of eight “Big 10” members in action Saturday came through as winners. One of them had to fall since Attucks and Gary Roosevelt collided here, with the high-flying Tigers handing the state champs their second loss in as many nights, 80-68. Indianapolis Washington beat Southport, 87-74; Vincennes toyed with Linton, 89-44; Shortridge trounced suburban Brebeuf, 90-49; Michigan City ended Munster’s perfect string, 80-68; Richmond won at LaPorte, 65-52, and Muncie South outclassed South Bend Adams, 85-32. Another small-town power to lose for the first time was 9game winner Wapahani, 85-74 to Union City. Steve Handy set an all-time single-game record at Fort Wayne, pumping in 50 points in Elmhurst’s 86-65 triumph over South Bend Washington. Bill Tinkle hit 43 in Hagerstown’s 87-56 rout of Randolph Southern; Dick Proffitt hoooped 39 in Chatard’s 83-73 loss to Cathedral at Indianapolis, and Wes Miller 38 to lead Shelby, ville over Indianapolis Howe, 77-59.

OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI)— Most of the Oakland Raiders figured they had it all the way and after they got through roughing up Kansas City so, too, did the poor Chiefs. “We felt right along we could beat them,” said rookie linebacker Chip Oliver. “W'e were so charged up all week we just knew nothing could stop us.” Oliver was speaking Sunday moments after the Raiders had routed Kansas City, 41-6, to win their American Football League Western Division playoff and the right to play the New York Jets next Sunday for the league title. Daryle Lamonica, Fred Biletnikoff, Warren Wells, Charlie Smith and the entire defensive unit figured prominently in the one-sided victory, which saw the Chiefs, the AFL’s leading ‘defensive team, stopped cold in their tracks. Lamonica threw five touchdown passes, in what Oakland coach John Rauch called “perfect execution of our game plan.” Three of his scoring throws went to Biletnikoff, the slender flanker who gave the Kansas City defense fits trying to keep up with him. The other two scoring passes went to Wells, while Smith caught five passes for 52 yards and ran 74 more yards in 13 carries. “I can’t think of a game in which any team was able to follow its game plan as well as we did in this one,” said Rauch. “We figured we could throw against them and we went out and did it right at the start.” The Raiders scored the first two times they had the ball with Lamonica hitting Biletnikoff with a 24-yard flip for the first and Wells with a 23-yarder for the second. In the first scoring drive Lamonica threw the ball seven times in the nine plays it took to move the ball 80 yards. It became 21-0 by the end of the first quarter as Lamonica hit Biletnikoff again. The Chiefs were stopped twice within the 10 and had to settle for a pair of second quarter field goals by Jan Stenerud. As things turned out, they never scored again. Still, though, Kansas City coach Hank Strain felt his team had a chance if they could hold

off the Raiders the rest of the way. They couldn’t even do it for the rest of the first half as Lamonica connected with Biletnikoff for a third time 11 seconds before the intermission. “That’s the one that really hurt,” said Stram. “We had some momentum going until they got that one. It took us right out of the game.” The Raider defense picked off four Dawson passes and the interceptions came in each case just when it seemed the Chiefs might finally score a TD. Lamonica and Biletnikoff had a great game,” reminded Rauch. “But don’t forget our defense. This was a real team effort.” Clay ends jail term MIAMI (UPI) — Dethroned heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, known as Cassius Clay when he won the title, had but one complaint upon his release from the Dade County jail three days early. “The food is okay, not as good as you’d get outside, of course,” said Ali, who was turned out on Christmas amnesty Monday before he’d completed his 10-day jail term for a traffic violation. “But the dishwashing isn’t so good. “They don’t wash the food trays very well and bits of food stick on,” Ali explained. “That can cause poison, you know.” The former champ, stripped of his title for spurning induction into ■ the U.S. Armed Forces, turned himself in to serve the term for a two-year, old conviction of driving without a valid drivers’ license. He had remarked it would serve as “conditioning” for a possible five-year term for refusing to be drafted. His appeal on the draft charge is being taken to the U S. Supreme Court. He and 40 other persons serving time for traffic violations, public intoxication, disorderly conduct and other misdemeanors were released for Christmas, but he was the only one met by his wife in a limousine.

Archery Club holds meet

The Deer Creek Archery Club held its annual club championship shoot and election of officers for the coming year, Sunday afternoon, December 22. Top shooting honors went to Bill Simmons of Mt. Meridian for the Free Style division, while Jim Gooch of Greencastle won top Bare Bow division. A check of the members showed that several had scored during the recent open seasons on big game animals. A total of fifteen White Tail Deer, six Caribou, and two Moose were taken by members of the local club this year with the time honored Bow and Arrow.

Four of the club members, Fred Asbell, Bob Pitt, Bill Simmons, and Bill Davidson were lucky enough to take two deer each this year, one in Wisconsin and one in Indiana. Other archers taking one deer each were Irvin Simmons, Steve Winslow, Rudy Cooper, Paul Grove, Bob Allen, Reed Hennon, and Sheila Asbell. In addition to the deer Fred Asbell and Bob Pitt made a trip to Alaska where they each bagged a Bull Moose, and three Caribou. One of the Moose having over sixty inches of antler spread, will be a contender for the record books.

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