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Tuesday, December 31, 1968

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Recall 1968 top moments in sports

NEW YORK (UPI)—This is an old New Year’s Eve custom. It isn't nearly as much fun as partying and reveling but you can’t have everything. The nice thing about this old New Year’s Eve custom is that no hangover goes with it. And you can’t beat the price. Any number can play. What you do is put your nose right up against someone else’s and argue like the devil over which were the top 10 sports stories of the past 12 months. You never agree but that’s what puts all the fun in the custom. This seems as good a year as any to break away from tradition or custom. So what follows is not necessarily a compendium of the year’s outstanding happenings i n sports but rather those episodes ‘ and incidents I’ll personally remember best. For example: Vince Lombardi stood in front of a microphone 12 months ago. Not by choice but rather because he had been led there after his Green Bay Packers successfully defended their world title with a 33-14 win over Oakland in the Super Bowl. Now everybody wanted to know whether Lombardi was going to continue coaching the Packers or quit. Each place he went they pressed him for an answer. "I’m going to give Vince Lombardi a real hard look,” he said into the mike. It didn’t turn out to be that hard. He quit a few weeks later Right about that time the natives were getting restless. The NFL natives. Said Mike Pyle, the Chicago Bears’ center and then President of the NFL Players’ Association; "We are not out to strike or throw picket lines around the NFL arenas, but in our

bargaining we will not rule out any means needed to achieve our objective.” Some guys were a little late getting to camp. In the end they all showed up Early in April, Jim Clark, Scotland’s popular little world racing champ, was killed in West Germany when his car went out of control at 175 MPH and I remembered what he had once told me. Thinks About Death "You think about death when you race but it’s not something that worries you,” he said. "I know I don’t worry about it and I don’t think any of the others do, either.” That was right around the time of the Masters and who can ever forget unhappy Robert De Vicenzo, his hand on his chin and his forefinger against his cheek, sheepishly confessing, "I did a stupeed ” Remember Eddie S t a n k y walking with a bat all alone in the outfield after blowing a tough one? I do And then there was poor Peter Fuller, if you can call any millionaire poor. First his horse, Dancer’s Image, was disqualified after winning the Kentucky Derby and then a groom came by after the Preakness with word the stewards were charging the horse with bumping and moving him back in the order. "Oh, no,” wailed Peter Fuller, "not again.” It was May now and Oakland owner Charlie Finley got a little carried away after Jim "Catfish” Hunter pitched a perfect game against Minnesota. Charlie promised Hunter a $5,000 bonus. "Catfish says he’ll believe it when he sees it,” reported one of Hunter’s relatives

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Bow hunters hold winter championship The Indiana Bowhunters Association held its State Winter Small Game Championships at the Patoka State Fish and Game Area, located near Winslow, Indiana, Saturday, December 28. Three members of the Deer Creek Archery Club braved the cold temperatures and winter weather to compete in the tournament. Fred Asbell, of Greencastle, outshot some of the best bowhunters in the state to take second place. Once again a member of the local club has placed its: name among the top three in state wide competition. Versatile Coach DETROIT (UPI) — Joe Schmidt, Detroit Lions coach, played guard, fullback and linebacker at the University of Pittsburgh. Then, a seventh round draft choice of the Lions, he went on to play 13 seasons as linebacker, making the AllPro team eight times, and playing in 10 Pro Bowl games. Pass Catcher WACO, Tex. (UPI) — Lawrence Elkins caught 20 touchdown passes during his career at Baylor University from 1962-64, the Southwest Conference record.

St. John’s, Columbia move into top college poll

NEW YORK (UPI) — St. John’s, a New York school playing at home, and neighbor, ing Columbia, competing 5,500 miles away from the big city, made surprise moves into the major college basketball ratings today as the post-Christmas tournaments resulted in reshuffling of the rankings. St. John’s, a finalist in the Holiday Festival Tournament in New York, used an upset victory over second.ranked and

Nothing hurts, when you win

By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI)—There were blood stains on his uniform, mud stains all over his shoes and what looked suspiciously like tear stains around his eyes. Joe Namath was a mess. This was in the mad, frantic, babbling New York Jets’ dressing quarters only moments after they moved into the Super Bowl Sunday with a roller coaster-like 27-23 win over Oakland for their 'irst American Football League title ever. "What’s-a-matter, Joe, were you crying or something?” said a guy who had seen him duck into the privacy of the trainer's room and remain behind a closed door a few minutes. Joe Namath didn’t answer right away. "Nahh,” he said after awhile. "I’m just tired.” Then he laughed and looked at the guy who had asked him the question like a kid who had just been caught with his mitt in the cookie jar. He took a long swig from a

bottle labeled Cold Duck Champagne and furtively hid the bottle behind his back when a photographer tried mak’ng a picture of him gulping the amber liquid. "C’mon now,” he chided the lensman. "A lotta’ parents around the country will get on me if they see a picture of me doing this.” In all the excitement, Joe Namath didn’t realize it’s perfectly okay, even with a lot of parents around the country, to have some champagne on such special occasions as these. "Were you worried those last 30 seconds?” somebody put a question to the weary Jets’ meal ticket. "Damn right I was,” he came right back. “I remember ’he last one.” He referred to the last previous encounter with the Raiders during late October in which they scored twice within a span of nine seconds in the final minute against the Jets to pull out a 43-32 triumph. The electricity hadn’t worn off this one yet, however, Joe

The Long And The Short Of It

FAST (PEANUT BUTTER) BREAK was taken by Joey They* (who is 3 feet 6 inches tall) and Dave Newmark (who is 7 feet tall) when they met at a recent Chicago Bulls pro basketball team practice. The pair took time out to talk, eye to eye, about Dave’s pivot shots and to share Joey’s Peter Pan peanut butter for a highprotein snack. Joey, 6, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. They* of Skokie, III. Dave, former Columbia University star, is one of the Bull’s outstanding rookies of the 1968-69 season.

Namath didn’t quite know what to do with his hands now that they weren’t busy completing 19 of 49 pegs against Oakland for 266 big yards. Not knowing what to do with his hands, Namath employed them in a nervous reaction. He tugged at his long sideburns from time to time. Now somebody wanted to know what he considered the turning point of the ball game. Namath, who obviously was enjoying every second of the championship celebration, winced at this one question. "Geez,” he frowned, "that guy sounds like a broken record. You wanna know when the turning point was? I’ll tell you when it was. When (Jim) Hudson tackled (Hewritt) Dixon and there wasn’t any more time left.” He meant the final play of the game, of course. They were shoving microphones under Namath’s nose now and the questions came at him like machine gun fire. "What one dominant thought ran through your mind trotting into the dressing room just now?” he was asked. "We won, just we won,” he replied. "How do you compare Baltimore to Oakland?” "I haven’t seen enough of Baltimore to compare ’em with anyone. I think (Daryl) Lamonica throws better than (Earl) Morrall. Baltimore’s defense is better. I know they’ve got a terrific tight end, (John) Mackey.” "What do you think of the Super Bowl? Who’s gonna win?” "We’ll be there,” Namath laughed. "Do you remember any day of your life ever topping this one?” "I don’t guess.” "What did it for you guys?” "The defense . . . the defense.” "Gonna take a few days off?” "Yeah, until tomorrow.” Earl Christy, one of the Jets’ defensive backs, came over and threw an arm around Namath and hugged him. Namath hugged him back. Christy asked him if his knee hurt. "It never hurts,” laughed Namath, "when you win.” Namath held still for dozens of more questions, then walked rather absently into the shower with his uniform still on. The water hit his feet and he looked down at them, shaking his head without saying anything. He seemed numb. He didn’t seem to be feeling a thing. Water, pain or anything. Like Joe Namath said,nothing hurts when you win.

previously unbeaten North Carolina to vault into the No. 10 spot in the rankings. Columbia, also a finalist in the Rainbow Classic Tournament at Honolulu, climbed to the No. 14 position as the Lions carried an 8-0 mark into the Hawaiian meet. Middle positions in the ratings were reshuffled and two schools — New Mexico and Notre Dame — fell from the top 10 as the merry whirl of post-Christmas tournaments reached a climax. The first four places in the ratings remained the same as a week ago with UCLA, North Carolina, Davidson and Kentucky holding those positions. The 35-member UPI Coaches Rating Board once again gave UCLA a unanimous vote as the nation’s No. 1 team. The 35 first place votes gave Coach John Wooden’s Bruins a perfect total of 350 points based on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. North Carolina, a 72-70 upset victim to St. John’s in the Holiday Festival, managed to hang on to second place although the Tar Heels’ point total fell to 238—a drop of 67 from the previous week. The Tar Heels (7-1) held a

five point edge over Davidson (7-0), the No. 3 team with 238 points. Steady Kentucky, responsible for Notre Dame's exit from the ratings, held the No. 4 spot with 227 points. The Wildcats pushed their record to 6-1 by bouncing Notre Dame 110-90. Muscular Santa Clara, a finalist opposite Columbia in the Rainbow Classic, replaced Villanova in the No. 5 spot. The Broncos carried a 9-0 record into the Honolulu finale. Kansas, improving with every game and the favorite for the Big Eight championship, moved up two notches to sixth place with 107 points. Next in line was Villanova, a first-time loser this season, in the No. 7 spot with 92 points. The Wildcats suffered their initial loss of the campaign in the Holiday Festival, a 69-61 setback to North Carolina. Rampaging Illinois (9-0) was eighth with 81 points, followed by Cincinnati (7-1) with 74 points and St. John’s (8-1) with 71. New Mexico fell to Texas-El Paso 71-67 and the loss shoved the Lobos from eighth to 12th in the ratings.

Tiger Cublets defeat Brazil in tourney

A high spirited B-squad from Greencastle High School romped past the Devil team of Brazil in a holiday tourney held Friday and Saturday at the Clay County School. Scott Lor ing led both teams in scoring with 27 points. Second highest game scorer was Spencer of the Brazil team. Greencastle quickly pulled to a six point lead in the first quarter. Both teams fought hard through the first half, but then Greencastle started pulling away. A lot of fouls were committed by both teams. In the first preliminary contest of the holiday tournament, the Tiger Cublets clawed the Purple Eagles of Terre Haute Garfield. High scorer of the game was Leon Johnson. The cublet hit the bucket for 16 points. King of Garfield was second high with 14 points. Greencastle was behind by 6 when time was called in the first quarter. For the remainder of the first quarter both teams were

neck and neck. The other three quarters were dominated by 12 cublets who saw action. Big pointer Hutcheson proved the two meanings of that word, not only the name of the Bainbridge team but also his performance with 23 points against Garfield. In the last quarter the Pointer squad errored a few too many times and let the Purple Eagles of Garfield sneak past them by a score of 60 to 57. PlayofF King NEW YORK (UPD — Red Kelley, coach of the Los Angeles Kings, holds the record for most Stanley Cup playoff games at 152, which he accumulated playing for the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Larceny on the Bases PITTSBURGH (UPI) — Maury Wills was thrown out stealing only 13 times in 1962 when he set the major league record of 102 successful stolen bases in one season.

HOLIDAY TOURNEYTICKETS NOW ON SALE Complete Session $2 Jan. 3 7:00 P.M. Bain bridge vs. Madison 8:30 P.M. Greencastle vs. Warsaw Jan. 4 7:00 P.M. Consolation Game 8:30 P.M. Championship Donelson’s Pharmacy, lac. West Side of Square

Bowling

Putnam County, Dec. 19

Dewey’s Barber Shop

Bob’s Body Shop

Pepsi Cola

Ron & Kens Barber Shop

Atkins & Sons

American Zinc

Shetrone Real Estate

National Foods

Tipstar

Crawley Carpets

Edmonds

Hutchison Shell

Cash Concrete

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High Team Game, Atkins & Sons, 1032. High Team Series, ShetroneReal Estate, 2980. High Ind. Game, Ron Fisher, 244. High Ind. Series, Charles Alex, 592. Series over 550 C. Alex, 592, R. Fisher, 587, R. Crawley, 581, D. Garrett, 565, M. Brewster, 565, B. Toylor, 551.

Thurs. Night Dec. 26 Sutherlin Hendrich Jones Fellows Giltz Green

IBM Women’s 94 42 88 48 76 60 58 78 56 80 36 100

High Team Game, Fellows, 891. High Team Series, Giltz, 2608. High Ind. Game, Charotte Burnham, Evelyn Roach, 211. High Ind. Series, Betty Giltz, 569. 200 game, Gerry Lancaster (sub), 208. 500 Series, Gerry Lancaster (sub), 551. Series over 450 G. Lancaster, 551, A. McKeehan, 479, S. Nickerson, 459, B. Giltz, 452.

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SPUTTER I NGS By Walter L. Johns, Central Press Sports Editor

ITEMS OF SPORTS INFO picked up here und the n* and strung along the typewriter . . . The TV lineup for the NFL title game covered 98 per cent of the homes in the U.S. and the TV lineup for the AFL title game covered 90 per cent. . . . There have been six brother combinations who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the years, the most famed being the Waners, Paul and Lloyd . . . The Oakland Raiders closed out the season holding their opposition to 233 points, the same total they permitted last year . . . Rac e cars powered by steam engines may be in the starting lineup at Indianapolis 500 next May . . . That Penn State idea of using a computer to analyze scouting reports came from assistant coach Joe McMullen, who takes over as head football coach at San Jose State in California after the Penn State Orange Bowl appearance . . . Sam Jones, veteran Boston Celtic cage star, quits at the end of this campaign to become athletic director and basketball coach at Federal City College in Washington . . . Bart Starr, the Green Bay quarterback, was out of action this year for 28 quarters or four full games . . . They’re coming back with bloodless bullfights in Houston’s Astrodome January 15 and 18 . . . University of Kentucky has a fabulous winning percentage of 83.5 in 35 seasons of cage play in the Southeastern Conference ... It was in the 1954 Cotton Bowl classic that Dicky Moegle of Rice was tackled by a player who came off the bench while making a TD run . . . Moegle was credited with a 95-yard TD run, but was actually tackled on the Alabama 40 by Tommy Lewis, who came off the bench.

* * * THE NBA All-Star' cage game from Baltimore will be TVed Tuesday, January 14 . . . Hogging the spotlight for the Washington State cage team is, appropriately. Dennis Hogg . . . New candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame, added to the list this year, are Gil Hodges. Stan Musial. Red Schoendienst and Early Wynn . . . The Baseball Writers vote on the list in January . . . When Dr. Fager, the boss of the year, ar rived back in Florida for study duty in 1969. he was given quite a welcome including a gimmick where a deputy sheriff gave him a "speeding" ticket . . . The new Seattle Pilots of the major leagues have players born in many states, but none from Washington state . . . Joe Namath didn't get to spend Christmas with his family in Beaver Falls, Pa., because practice lasted too long and he blew his plane connection . . . The Orioles' Frank Robinson. who wants to be a major league manager, is handling the Santurce club in Puerto Rico this winter . . . Richie Allen, the Phils' slugger, is doing a night-club act now. . . . Fred Lindstrom. the former Giants' baseball star, is the postmaster at Evanston. 111.

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