The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 44, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 December 1970 — Page 14

THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., Dec. 2, 1970

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Marathon Touch Football Record Set In Pierceton

Let it up to the kids? Pierceton high school students found away to attract international attention without storming or burning any buildings, calling police officers “fascist pigs,” or taking part in any protest movements. And it was all good, clean (?) fun.

Football Marathon The boys — 76 of them — held a touch football marathon, and today are the world champions Principal Richard Reed sounded the gun at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the school football field to call the muddy marathon to a halt. Time: 1174 hours of constant play. The official world’s record

jt. i// , .|u| Hoftk w i» a, miL ■ (of/ ■r3By ■ r JS Egjßß»q j- -m f m T 1 MUD. MUD. EVERYWHERE — Anyone planning a marathon touch football game must be prepared for a certain amount of mud. This was the case, as shown here, with the Pierceton high school football team that set a world’s record with 1174 hours of constant play. Friday and Saturday rains made the field a sea of mud. but the game went on. players undaunted.

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is 100 hours of constant play, held by students of Ikenberry Hall, Manchester college. Score: The ”A" team won with 1,664 points, with the ’’B” team close behind with 1,586 points. Gave Up Vacation The whole idea started some time ago in a conversation between Mike Russell and Larry Loe, Pierceton seniors. They

thought the idea of a marathon touch football game had some appeal, so they wrote to Guiness Book and World Records of London, England, for rules governing the play. Convinced they could set a new record, the two boys polled other students and decided to give it a go. With a total of 76 boys volunteering to participate, two teams were selected — “A” and "B” teams — and play began at 3 p.m. last Wednesday, Nov. 25, under what appeared to be clear skies. The boys knew full well they would be giving up their Thanksgiving vacation in order

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to complete the task ahead. But this they were willing to do. Principal Reed, who insisted on a strict adherence to the rules set down by the London firm, said they beat the world record at 8 p.m. Sunday night of this week. Someone told school officials that New Castle (Ind.) high school had a marathon game that lasted 116 hours, but that they failed to record the game with the London firm. Taking no chances of a slip-up, then, the local players sought a continuous playrecord that was over the reported New Castle record. Then The Rains Things lobked good for a time, until a deluge of rain fell on Friday night, making the school football field a sea of mud. With the rain came cold weather. Then, on Saturday night more rain. At first the west end of the field was solid mud, but by Sunday the entire field was mud. Needless to say, players were covered with mud and many of them wore overshoes. Each player could play onlyfour hours at a time, then he had to rest. To provide comfort for the players, townsman Donnie Smith gave them his large Barth self-contained mobile unit. The boys used it to play cards, and otherwise spend the time they were not on the playing field. By Monday noon, when word got out that principal Reed was going to call the whole thing off at 12:30 — at which time the new world’s record was set —a crowd of students and townspeople gathered on the east end of the field. The boys had already gained wide publicity. On hand for the final gun were two reporters of WANE-TV Channel 15. Fort Wayne, who duly recorded the event. At times it looked like an eager bunch of players, who seemed to gain momentum as the final gun drew near, would stampede over the cameraman's tripod in their efforts for a last try at the east goal post. Then The Noise When it was all over, the boys had the rest of the day off, and they drove through the town’s business district with horns blowing. Were they muddy? Let their mothers answer that. The town is proud of them. Norm Reiff, whose son Doug was among the tired but happy players, plans to give them a dinner at his Lamp Lite one night this week. But here’s the good part of it all: They plan to set a volley ball marathon record during their Christmas vacation — they’ll try to beat the 93 hour record now standing! How about that? Cited For Failure To Yield Right-Of-Way Max Rosbrugh, 73. of Leesburg and Sid Sanderson, 19, of Warsaw collided Friday- afternoon at the intersection of north Buffalo street and Fort Wayne street in Warsaw. Damage was estimated at 1300 to the Sanderson auto and $250 to the Rosbrugh auto. Sanderson was cited far failure to yield the right-of-way by investigation patrolman Ardel Hanna

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B » J§ THEY HAD AN IDEA — Mike Russell and Larry Loe. Pierceton seniors shown here, got the idea of a marathon touch football game and the idea took ahold. During a Saturday afternoon rest period they submitted to an interview, explaining their endeavor which ended Monday at 12:30 p.m. with a new world’s record of 1174 hours of constant play.

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