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The Muncie Star SECTION SPORTS SECTION GARDENS, HOMES MUNCIE, INDIANA. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1963 STDfrT UVI the Ball The Whistle Was Worn Out Anyhow By Bob Barnet SOME BAD NEWS came out of Richmond, re-cently when Don McBride, one of the best of the Hoosier basketball officials, announced that his doctor had instructed him to hang up his whistle. A slight Butler Tops Ball State, aat imm coronary, if there is such a thing, was given as the reason. The happy-go-lucky McBride, a first-class guy as well as a first-class arbiter, worked his way up to the state prep finals, handled many college and was probably among the state's half-dozen best referees when he called it a career. His was a chancy profession, of of course, and there was that night at the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Badger Touchdown With Seconds Left i Brings 14-9 Win -x I ing a 55-yard punt return, and intercepted a pass.

Northwestern lost the ball five times on fumbles and interceptions and headed into the final period with a 21-21 score. Breaks Tie Staimson's 24 yard field goal broke the tie and quarterback Tom Myers, who earlier pitched a 55 yard scoring pass, guided the Wildcats to a touchdown. Steve Murphy scored from the three and Myers threw a two point conversion pass. Indiana's Fred Lussow was hit for a safety on the kickoff as the game ended. Myers directed the Wild cats to the game's first touch down with an 82 yard march which included his 54-yard pass to George Burman.

Bill Swingle scored from the three. Woodson tied the score for the Hoosiers with a two-yard run as the second period opened and he returned a kickoff 58 yards later AP Photofax SCORES FOR INDIANA Indiana fullback Ton Nowatzke (35) drivel across for a touchdown againsf Northwestern University in the second period of their game Saturday. Blocking for Nowatzke is end Bill Malinchak (84). At right is Northwestern end Chuch Logan. Northwestern won the contest, 34-21.

Northwestern Trims Dickens' Fighting Hoosier Squad, 34-21 EVANSTON, 111. (UPI)-North-western, in a last gasp rally, surged back in the fourth quarter Saturday on Pete Stamison's field goal and Steve Murphy's touchdown to trim Indiana, 34-21. The Northwestern comeback also included a safety in the final minute of play and saved the Statistics NO tnd Plrst downs 13 15 Rushing yardaga 178 165 Passing yardage 27 92 Passes 1126 10-22 Passes 1126 10-22 Passes Intercepted by 1 3 Punts 1S5 fr-30 Fumbles lost 3 jaras penalized 60 Wildcats from a tie which would have amounted to the first upset or the Big Ten season. Northwestern, favored to win the Big Ten title, was hard pressed by the underdog Hoosiers ana tneir speedy Marv Woodson. Woodson starred on offense and defense, gaining 125 yards includ 13-0 on the ground and 90 in the air compared to 134 rushing and 132 passing for the Badgers.

Kurek made 68. Notre Dame 2 9 9 Wisconsin 9 7 9 714 ND Snow 24 run (Huarte kick) ND Safety Ooberville Blocked Hendrlck- son's punt out of end aone Wis Jones passed from Brandt (Froj nek kick) Wis Kurek 1 phmse (Fronenk kick) Attendance: M.mn. Purdue 11 Falls, 3-0, to Miami MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Miami pounced on a Purdue fumble with less than four minutes to go, turned the break into a 24-yard field goal by Don Cifra and defeated Purdue 3-0 Saturday night in a tough defensive football battle. It was fullback Gene Donald son's fumble, the second by a Purdue player in a crucial situation, that set up Miami's victory.

Tony Saladino pounced on it at the Boilermaker 28. Bob Barth, a Hurricane sopho more, crashed 21 yards to the 7, then surged to the 4. Miami's All- Pt'RDUB MIAMI Flrsi downs 14 Vards rushing 1M US Yards passing 101 VI Passea 8-l 19-19 Passes Interoepted by A 1 Punts S-44 Vards penalised 44 73 Purdue 9 0 8 99 Miami 0 9 88 Mia FQ Clfra 4 Attendance) 49,838. America quarterback, George Mira, hit Nick Spinelli In the end zone, but illegal motion brought a penalty back to the 12. Mira then threw to Barth at the 8 and Cifra went in to kick the goal.

A short time later, Ron ti- Gravio directed Purdue from its own 36 to the Miami 9, only to see Hogan's boot from the 16 sail to the right. with a little more than three minutes to go after Cifra's kick, the Boilermakers made a valiant effort to pull the game out of the fire on DiGravio's passes to Bob Hadrlck, but a 54-yard surge died at the Miami 25. The first half saw an almost boring defensive battle, with neither team able to muster any kind of a threat. Race Driver Drops Dead at Anderson Track. ANDERSON Alva Lee (Red) Brooks, 39, Noblesville, slumped in the cockpit of his stock racer and died while awaiting the restart of a heat race at Anderson Sun Valley Speedway Saturday night.

Taken to Anderson St. John's Hospital, he was dead on arrival. Death apparently was due to a heart attack. The death was being investigated late Saturday by coroner Cecil Carmichael. The body was taken to Evans, God- by, and Trout Funeral Home, Noblesville.

Sun Valley officials said Brooks was involved in a multi-car wreck that caused the re-start of the heat race but said Brooks apparently was not hurt. The cars were being pushed into line for the second start when Brooks collapsed in his seat. Irvin Payne, Anderson, won the first of two figure-eight feature races, with Norm Miland, Anderson, second and John Keller, Elwood, third. Second feature went to Ray Podeski, Anderson, with Bob Fields, Ander son, finishing second and Dick Hinshaw, New Castle, third. Sue Deaton, Anderson, and Betty Cannon, Anderson, were one-two in a "Powder Puff race.

Monroe Central Wins Yorktown Tourney Monroe Central edged Bluffton to win the first annual Yorktown Invitational Cross-Country meet Saturday morning at Yorktown. Individual winner was Monroe Central's Ed Reece, who ran the course 150 yards short of two miles in 9:46.9. Team scores: Monroe Central 38, Bluffton 40, Anderson St. Mary's 65, Pennville 111, York-town 116. Finishing behind Reece were: P.

Captain, Bluffton, second; Huffman, Bluffton, third; Mo Guiness, St. Mary's, fourth; Wor- ley, Yorktown, fifth; Fields, Monroe Central, sixth; Smith, Monroe Central, seventh; Woppes, Pennville, eightlr Captain, Bluffton, ninth, I.IcCIam, St. Mary's, 10th. Cards Lose Chances in Late Drives INDIANAPOLIS Butler rammed over touchdowns in the first and third peri ods, then foiled a pair of late Ball State drives to beat the Cardinals in an Indiana Collegiate Confer ence game at Butler Bowl Saturday 13-0. Tony Hinkle's Bulldogs finished the contest with a 2-1 record for the season and a 1-0 league mark, STATE 1.1 18 55 8-1 1 I BUTLER Flrit downs Rushing yardaga Passing yardage Passes Passes Inter, by Fumbles lost IS 244 10 2 0 Yards penalised 40 Punting average (.21.7 The defeat was the first for Ray Louthen's Ball Staters, who beat Eastern Michigan in their opener.

The Cardinals ran out of time and luck in the 27th meeting of the two schools. They reached the five and the four-yard lines in the last nine minutes but lost the ball on downs. Butler has won 22 games in the series, with Ball State taking three and two ending in ties. Bob Downham got the first Butler touchdown on a four-yard slant in the opening period and Dick Dullaghan swept the Cardi nal left end on a 50-yard scoring ramble in the. third.

Ron Quigg kicked an extra point after the first touchdown. Cards on Defensive Ball State was on the defensive through much of the second period and stopped Butler drives on the 10 and 13. The Bulldogs recovered a fumble on the 10 early in the period but could not advance, When Larry Dreske attempted to punt out for Ball State the kick was blocked and Butler took over on the Cardinal 15. Halfback John Walker stopped this sally by intercepting on the two-yard line and returning to the eight Ball State's best offensive move in that period was executed by the Cardinal second unit, which moved from the Ball State 10 to the Butler 37, only to have But' ler's Ron Captain spoil things with a pass interception. Downham ran the opening kick off of the third period back 20 yards to the Butler 41 and two plays later Dullaghan ran for the second touchdown.

In the opening minutes of the fourth the potent Ball State second unit, with Jim Todd and Dave Reeves doing most of the carry' ing, moved the ball from the Cardinal 33 to the Butler five in 12 plays. Marv Rettenmund and Todd each lost a yard and when Merv Rettenmund threw a pass the man who caught it was spoiler Ron Captain of the blueclads. Flare Pass Hits Butler minted out to the Car dinal 40 and Walker ran the ball back to the Butler 49. Marv Rettenmund gained five and Terry Bonta then hit Merv with a two-yard flare pass and Rettenmund ran to the Butler seven, it was a pain nf 38 vards. Dean Howard failed to gain Walker reached the four, and Bonta tried two passes, both of which were knocked down.

Butler took over for the last time with 15 in nlav. An anticioated cassine show by Butler quarterback Ron Adams fai ed to materialize and the game was played principally on the eround. Bali State hit two oi Dasses for 55 yard and Butler two of eight for 10 yards. Downham was the best Butler runner, eettine-71 vards in 12 a i for a 5.9 average. Dul laehan gained 48 vards in five carries for a 9.6 mark and Jim Belden and Captain each gained 47.

Reeves led Ball State gainers with 56 vards in 11 tries for a 5.1 mark. Todd earned 46 in 10 car ries for a 4.6 average and Merv Rettenmund 31 in seven carries for a 4.4 mark. Walker, closely watched bv the Bui doe defense. gained only 18 yards in three car ries. Ball State will host DePauw in another ICC game Saturday.

Sum mary: BALL STATE Ends Ruber, Logan, Hammel, Ha-mscher. Tackles Meek, Bishop. Orban. Ouards Settx. Psikula.

GeUt, Outh. House. Centers Wlsley, Troth. Quarterback! Bonta, Marr Rettenmund. Halfbacks Walker, Merr Retten mund.

Todd, Howard. Fullbacks Cornelius. Reeves, oreice. BUTLER Ends Greene. Florence.

Tackles Hockett, Mltachelen, Krause. Jackson, Quisg. Guards Grimm, Wenzler, B. Adams, Center Barney. ouorterbaeki R.

Adams, Purlchla. Halfbacks Anderson. Captain, Doknham. McGlnley, Dullaghan, Fullbacks Belden, Enright. BALL STATS 8 8 89 BUTLER 813 Downham.

4 'run (Quigg). Dullaghan, SO run (kick tailed). game at Butler Fieldhouse when more than 14,000 aroused patrons pelted Donald with programs despite a stern "cease and desist" order hollered over the public-address mike by Brigadier General Howdy Wilcox, the game director. They didn't pay any attention to Howdy and just kept tossing programs and McBride looked like Eliza crossing the ice in the snowstorm. As the Pied Piper led the kids out of Hamlin-town with his merry notes, McBride often preceded bands, of irate citizens to the town limits and usually somebody in the party had a rope.

Happily, Don always reached the open countryside ahead of the lynch party. He won't have to run any more. Through the years certain disgruntled coaches "kept alive a rumor that Don once rode with the James boys but most right-thinking people, including coaches whose teams won when Don was the referee, refused to accept this as truth. I took the matter up on one occasion with Don's brother, Cy McBride, now a more-or-less trusted member of the sports staff 'of the Indianapolis Star and Cy said it was a dirty lie. "My brother," he said proudly, "Rode with the Daltons." "TIME TAKES NO PITY" Don mailed a sort of farewell letter to Hoosier newspapermen, coaches, and others and entitled the epistle "Good News for Hoosier Basketball Fans," which of course it wasn't because there aren't too many around capable of stepping into his shoes.

The letter follows: Dear Bob: Yep, after 28 years of (sometimes) running up and down hardwood floors of various sizes and descriptions In this and other states, "Old Father Time" has caught up with me. Last May I suffered a slight coronary attack, which will surprise a lot of you who didn't think I even had a i t' heart, but nevertheless caused my doctor to issue an ulti-" matum in regards to my future activities. I have been forced to give up many of the things that I have enjoyed in the past, including officiating, which had 1 become a way of life with me. I am very sorry to have to cancel all of my ball games, as I enjoyed being a part of each and every game I ever took part in and shall miss It very much. I am fortunate though, in the fact that I have many fond memories of my associations with you and many more other people such as you.

I wish to thank my many friends of the press, radio, and television who have been very kind to me over the past 28 years. I also owe a vote of thanks to many fine school officials as well as fans and my fellow officials that were such a pleasure to work for and with. I would enjoy telling some others exactly what I think of them but being a gentleman prohibits that, and besides I'm sure they would want equal time and space to reply. I regret having to disassociate myself from the things that have come to mean so much to me, but time takes no pity on anyone, and then I am fortunate to have many enjoyable memories to cherish. My very best wishes go to all of you, and my sincerest thanks for allowing me to partake of your friendship tag the years.

Sincerely, Don McBride STATE AMVET GOLF MEET HERE' Dr. R. W. Bumbleburg reveals that Muncie Amvets will be host to the 11th annual state Amvets golf tourney next Sunday, Oct. 6, at Crestview Golf Course.

Prizes will be awarded for five places in low gross and low net (Callaway). About 120 players are expected to show up at pro Bill Williamson's course for the event. Players may arrange their own foursomes and may sign up at the tee. A buffet dinner will be served at the nearby Amvets post home starting at 2 p.m. Committee members include Loren Alston, Tom McDonald," Lowell Justice, Dr.

Bumbleburg, and Gene Lee. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE It's mighty easy to get mixed up when you have a microphone in front of your face and you are looking at a guy who has learned that fact the hard way. But the man who did the commentary on the Notre Dame-Wisconsin game Saturday must have stirred up several thousand guffaws among knowledgeable Hoosiers when he said one of the players was from East Washington High School of Chicago, Ind. He meant, of course, that the lad got his diploma at East Chicago Washington I guess! WADE SMITH INAMATEUR SHOW Wade Smith, who won national Golden Gloves and national AAU welterweight championships last March as a member of The Muncie Star's squad, will appear in the main event of an amateur, boxing show at Indianapolis Friday night Jack Hall, Muncie Golden Gloves coach, will handle Wade in the fight, which is to be held in Marion County Coliseum Some of the best amateur talent in the midwest will be involved and a number of Muncie boxing fans will attend Carl Gentry, Trailways bus depot manager, will remember the summer of 1963 because of four days of extra-fine fishing in Canada's English River Carl and Mrs. Gentry, who is a fine angler in her own right, caught a number of big northerns, largest of which weighed 15 pounds, and several big walleyes Carl had, a northern practically whipped that the guide said would have gone 25 pounds, but the big fellow spit out the spoon as the guide tried to net him and rammed right through the strings to escape The Gentrys plan to go back next year The National Audubon Society has renewed its annual appeal to hunters in an effort to protect the last surviving flock of whooping cranes Only 15 wild cranes existed in the 1941-42 nesting year but the flock had grown to 38 when the whoopers reached the wintering area in Arkansas for the 1961-62 winter Last fall only 30 showed up in Arkansas but Canadian biologists who flew over the breeding grounds in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park this summer reported seeing at least three young cranes The Audubon Society asks that hunters refrain from firing at any large white bird The adult whooping crane has a wingspread of seven and one-half feet and flies with neck outstretched and with legs trailing full length behind Immature whooping cranes are rusty or brownish about the head and are easily confused with young sandhill cranes Hockey fans in the east-central Indiana area will be pleased to learn that the Indianapolis Capitols will open their season at home Wednesday, Oct.

9, against Omaha The team is a member of the Central Professional League, which also includes St. Louis, Minneapolis, and St. Paul Home games will be played on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday nights Game time Wednesday and Saturday is 8 p.m. and Sunday 7:30 p.m. The team again will play in the State Fair Coliseum East-central Indiana racing fans who have attended the autumn meeting at the new Latonia, track report that construction of new superhighway 1-75 makes it possible to drive from Cincinnati to the new track in only a few minutes Latonia, which runs through 4, is 10 miles from the Queen City The Cincinnati Reds again will be represented in the Florida Winter League, with the Reds to have a club based at Al Lopez Field, Tampa League play will open Oct.

8 and will include a 56-game schedule Houston, St. Louis, Baltimore, the White Sox, Detroit, Boston, Kansas City, Minnesota, and Washington also will be represented in the loop, which is designed to give experience to young players Don Heffner, manager of the Reds' San Diego farm club, will manage the Tampa outfit Final Score 14-14 SOUTH BEND. Ind. (UPI)- With 67 seconds left to play full back Ralph Kurek plunged one yard to a touchdown and brought favored Wisconsin oacK irom a two-point deficit to a 14-9 squeak er victory over Notre Dame The Badgers, trailing 9-0 at one point, were led to a triumph by a southpaw passer, Harold Brandt, a rookie pass-receiving end, Jim Jones, and Kurek Notre Dame dominated the first half, tallying a touchdown on Snow and then grabbing a 9-0 Statistics Wis. N.D First downs IS Rushing yarrtaw mi Passing yardaga 90 132 Passes 8-2112-21 Passes Intercepted by 1 2 Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalised 32 55 margin when end Tom Goberville blocked Don Hendrickson goal' line punt and the ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety.

Brandt Connects Wisconsin, inept In the opening 30 minutes, still put together one scoring drive of 56 yards when Brandt connected to Jones on two passes for 40 yards, the second covering five yards for the score. But In the second half, the Badgers started to work. One scoring try, failed when Tom Mac Donald intercepted Brandt pass in the Irish end zone Another time a field goal try by Dave Fronek from the 30 failed when the ball hit the up richt and bounced away. But for the finale Brandt had the formula to drive his trailing team. He took I4-time consuming plays and hit on four of six passes, for 12 yards to Bob John son, nine to Ron Smith, and twice to Jones for 25 yards.

Kurek, a rugged 205-pounder, carried the last three times mov ing 15 yards to the winning score. Fronek converted after both touchdowns. Brandt completed 12 of 21 passes for 132 yards and six of these went to Jones, a transfer from Trinidad, Colorado College, for 100 yards. Notre Dame, with sophomore quarterback Pete Duranko, the leader with 47 yards, gained 161 in Tie 1a iu next Friday night hosting MVC rival Fairmount. Summary: Winchester TOT 914 Royerton 9 714 Winchester Haviza, 1 run (Sum-wait, rum.

Royerton C. Taylor, 24 run (Dixon. Dass from C. Taylor). Winchester Haviza, i run (Hol dren, kick i.

Royerton C. Taylor, I run (Dixon, pass Irom C. Taylor). High School Scores Oary Andrean 37, Muskegon (Mich.) Catholic 9 Whiting 9. Hammond Morton 9 Battle Oround 13.

Mount Ayr 12 Toledo (Ohio) Maumee VaUey 19, Indpls. Park 14 Noblesvllle 20. IndDls. How EvansvUle North 63, Kvansvllle Bosse 7 Indpls. Arlington 13.

Indpls. Wood 7 wincnesier it, itoyenon it ttie) Cambridge City 27, Bern 27 ttie) Royertotfs Homecoming Ends ciilj in the period to set the stage for the Hoosiers' second touchdown which tied the score 14-14 at the half, The surprising 16-polnt under dogs took the lead in the third period when a 8-yard pass from Frank Stavroff to Bill Malinchak was good for a touchdown and Woodson kicked the point. Northwestern's Willie Stinson pulled off the most spectacular play of the game by returning a kickoff 91 yards which tied the score until the Wildcats' fourth period rally. Myers completed 11 of 25 passes for 227 yards. Northwestern 1334 Indiana 0 14 7 0-21 Scoring: NU Swingle i run (fltnmlson kick) Ind Woodson 2 run (Woodson kick) NU Crump 55 pass from Myers (Staml- son kick) Ind Nowatzke 1 run (Woodson kick) Ind Malinchak pass from Stavroff (Woodson kick) NU Stinson 91 run (Stamlson kick) NU-FO Stamlson 24 NU Murphy 1 run (Myers pass) NU Safety Lussnw tackled in end sons Attendance: tu.mu.

bud, the last one dying on the Royerton three-yard line when time ran out. Driver had taken a kickoff and marched from their own 11. with John Cox and Holdren gaining most of the yardage. The first drive was in the closing minutes of the first half. Driver moved to the Royerton eight, but Van Fleet crashed through to nail Haviza for a seven-yard loss on a third down situation.

The Redbirds took over on the next play as Haviza bobbled the ball and was dropped for a 13-yard loss. Royerton will be at home again By RON LEMASTERS Royerton's Homecoming was a qualified success Saturday night, at least from the football angle. The Redbirds battled Winches ter Driver's Golden Falcons for 48 minutes on the Redbird gridiron and didn't settle a thing. The game ended in a 14-14 tie. But it was the closest either team has been to a victory this season.

Both teams went into the game with 0-3 records and both now stand 0-3-1. Royerton is also 0-3-1 in Mississinewa Valley Con- Win. 1H S04 A -3 1 Boy. -M Iff t-28 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Intercepted by Fumbles lost Yards penalised Punts 1-33 ference competition while the Falcons are 0-2-1 in league action. Halfback Chuck Taylor and quarterback John Carter were the top performers for the Red-birds with Taylor scoring both touchdowns and passing to end Ted Dixon for both extra points.

Score Tying Marcher The Redbirds scored the tying touchdown with 5:30 remaining in the game as Taylor cracked over from one yard out, capping a 63-yard march. The bigger Falcons ran up 304 yards on the ground, but the Redbird defense tightened inside the 20-yard line on three different' occasions. Outstanding on defense for the 'Birds were tackle Rene Van Fleet and guard Carl Leach. Carter threw the ball well for the Redbirds, hitting on eight of 15 tosses for 77 yards, but was unable to hit for a scoring strike. In the Royerton drive for the tying TD, Carter clicked for two straight to move from the Driver 42 to the 17.

One was a fine 20-yard play to fullback Jeep Brock on a screen pass. Tossed to Dixon Chuck Taylor tosses the other Redbird completion to Dixon for nine yards to move to the eight Five plays later Taylor carried in for the score, then tossed to Dixon on an option play for the point that tied the score. Winchester's offense was built Star Photo by Mike Kelso THEY COT HIM FINALLY Winchester Driver halfback Mike Cox (1) is collared from behind by an unidentified Royerton gridder in Saturday night's battle at Royerton. Royerton's John Carter (16) sprawls on the ground trying to stop Cox. Moving in to help is Terry Taylor (11).

This action was in the final quarter of play in the 1414 tie. around brutish fullback Steve Sumwalt, who, along with Marv Holdren, ripped big holes in the Royerton defense. Pete Haviza, the Falcons' quar terback, scored both Driver touch downs on short dives, going three yards in the first quarter and one yard in the third. The game's only fumble accounted for Royerton's first touchdown. Terry Taylor fell on a Sum-wait bobble on the Driver 29 with two minutes left in the first quarter.

Carter moved the ball two yards to the 24, then sent Chuck Taylor 24 yards around left end for the score. The Golden Falcons had a pair of promising drives nipped in the.