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The Muncie Star SECTION SPORTS SECTION TV, THEATERS MUNCIE, INDIANA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1963 After the Ball Quinn Likely to Be mm State Fair Speed Boss By Bob Barnet JOE QUINN, a man who has been closer to automobile racing than to horse racing in recent years, is likely to replace the resigned Ed McNamara as superintendent of speed at the Indiana State Fair. MSU Drops Indiana 1 McNamara, who had been on the board eight years, reached the legal end of his tenure this year and Gov. Matt Welsh recently appointed Quinn to replace him on the board. A Terre Haute man, Quinn is widely known as director of safe- Late Rally Success 10 I ty at the Indiana Motor Speedway, I I where he has charge of all police I yA I and fire units and actually is Tony Pound Out 15-7 Homecoming Win for Record Crowd By RON LEMASTERS A sharp Ball State defensive effort Saturday afternoon dulled Indiana State's usually-fine ground game and gave the Cardinal Homecoming crowd of more than 11,000 thrill after thrill in posting a 15-7 win over the Sycamores at Ball State Field. The crowd was an all-time Ball State Homecoming record and was thought by Ball State officials to be the biggest in history.

The win, Ball State's fourth of the season against EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Joe also was placed in charge of Indianapolis Raceway Park this year and did a major-league job of bringing to life a costly plant that had been something of a white elephant. He, is an excellent promoter with plenty of enthusiasm and is well liked by news, radio, and television men. Michigan State came alive with three second half touch downs, featured by a scoring pass on a clever fake field goal Although he replaced McNamara. who was director of racing at the State Fair.

Quinn does not automatically take over the Nr. rY' 'PA m-v I f( play, to beat Indiana 20-3 in their Big Ten football battle in "oiu memoers are assigned to different departments by the board president in an organization meeting early in November. Spartan Stadium Saturday. ine apartans, bothered by a one loss, was tne urst overi This reporter has been led to believe that the job probably will go to Quinn. a man whose background includes harness racing experience.

Joe was director of racing at the wet ball, commited seven fum' logged as much time In the Indi bles in the first half and were ana State backfield as did the vauey rair at ierre Haute for a number of years, as behind 3-0 at the intermission wen as secretary-treasurer and president of that fair. He also served with distinction as president 0 the Indiana Association of Sycamore backs. The Ball State backs dived and battered for 227 yards on the ground behind fine offensive an inmana state team in five years. And it was a costly one as far as the Sycamores were concerned. It left them with a 1-2 Indiana Collegiate Conference mark and all but eliminated the Terre Haute lads from the league title.

uumy nnu district fairs ana as a director of that association. It was Quinn who sold the Indiana Fair Board on a sprint-car race that he called the hvywiW STATISTICS EAST LANSING. Mich. (tJPI) Statistic of the Michigan State-Indian game: Mica lad First downi ...17 9 Rushing yardage 195 77 Passing yardage .........74 77 Passes 7 10 413 Passes Intercepted by 2 1 Punts 441 4-32 Fumbles lost 4 2 Yard penalized 13 30 wMMk, hum i nuiu mvc fans know that this has become one of the most important racing INDIANA BALL STATE STATS 5 15 A S47 6 B-1S 1-4 1 1. IS tli First imii Ruihinf yardag Paulni yardage Punt Intercepted by Yard! penalties The Cards upped their ICC mark to 3-1 to stay just a step behind Butler's Buldogs, 3-0 aft fumble loal I 1 er Saturday's game.

following a Hoosier field goal. The picture play came in the third period, when Michigan State drove 80 yards to score. ine sycamores, sporting a Star Photo THE ONE THAT COT AWAY Had it not been for this play, Ball Stat would very likely have shut out Indiana State Saturday at Ball State Field. Sycamore end oe Mervar (right) takes pass over his shoulder from quarterback Clarence Reedy in the first quarter. He outran Ball State defender John Walker (40) to score on the 44-yard play.

It was a fake field goal with re rushing average of 268 yards per game at kickoff time, were held to just 60 yards on the ground by a fired-up Cardinal defense that serve quarterback Dave Mc-Cormick holding the ball for Lou Bobich, the sure footed cvcius in ine nation. It is obvious that Quinn, if he takes over the State Fair racing program, will bring a wealth of experience in many fields. He is a very capable guy. Certainly the job is a challenge to the new man, whomever It Is. Only three days of racing were scheduled last year in a meeting that once was one of the most important on the Grand Circuit.

Because of an unfortunate mixup, the card that included the rich Fox Stake for two-year-old pacers got under way at noon, with little publicity, and was witnessed by a corporal's guard. MORE HOOSIER RACING NEEDED Certainly the State Fair race program needs to be overhauled, and this writer is hopeful that the overhauling will include a shift to additional racing for Indiana horses and Indiana horsemen. Only one day was set aside for Indiana horses at the State Fair in 1963 and once again Saturday, poorest day of the week, was given over to the Hoosier trotters and pacers. Despite this handicap, attendance and gross gate for the Saturday program for half-mile track horses was larger than any of the Grand Circuit programs and $80 better than the gate for the Grand Circuit program of Labor Day, traditionally the "big day" at the Indiana State Fair! Certainly these figures should convince fair officials that Indiana folks want to see Indiana horses handled by Indiana drivers. kicker.

McCormick passed to Roger Lopes, who pulled down the throw on the 12 and went Texas Tops Arkansas in 17-13 Duel in on an 18-yard scoring play. Bobich then actually kicked, making the extra point with his LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) side-footed soccer style. Plunges Over Top-ranked Texas scored two touchdowns and a field goal in The second MSU score came on another legitimate drive, 75 the first half then put down 8 second-half uprising by Arkansas for an important 17-13 South yards in 18 plays. Lopes west Conference victory Satur plunged over from the 2, and The Grand Circuit is wonderful and should by all means be day night.

Bobich again converted. 'ante 4-SS charges from the Cardinal interior line. An indication of the stinginess of the Ball State defense was the fact that Indiana State was forced to punt nine times. The Cards booted only four times. Ball State, shaking off the Sycamore jinx that had seen the Terre Haute school throw shutouts the last two seasons, shook off a 7-0 first-quarter deficit by scoring twice in the second, quarter to take a 12-7 halftime" lead.

Dave Reeves popped through the Sycamore defense for three yards on the first play of the second quarter for the first one and Terry Bonta went in from four-yards out with 9:31 remaining in the half. John Shipley's third quarter field goal, a 25-yard boot, served as added insurance against the inept Indiana Staters. The lone Sycamore TD came on a surprise pass from quarterback Clarence Reedy to end Joe Mervar that covered 44 yards halfway through the first quarter. Pat Jones' conversion gave the Sycamores a 7-0 lead. Set Up TDs A blocked punt and a perfect pass play set up the Cards' two touchdowns.

Cardinal end Larry Hamell dove in to block a John Bush punt, then, tackled Sycamore back Pat Tuttle, who had picked up the ball, on the Indiana State 37. From there it took eight plays, Including a 16-yard jaunt by Turn to Page C-2 Indiana was handed its three Tailback Tommy Ford scored Texas' touchdowns on plunges of one and three yards. But the points by a fumble by MSU's little Sherm Lewis on his 18. On two extra points and one 29- a fourth down, with two yards yard field goal by barefoot kick to go for a touchdown, the Hoo er Tony Crosby provided the siers decided not to gamble, and winning points. Tom Nowatzke kicked a 20- Arkansas scored on a 12-yard yard field goal.

Gets Final Score pass from sophomore quarterback Jon Brittenum to wing- Except for that one Indiana back Stan Sparks in the second break, neither team pushed into quarter and on a one-yard plunge the other's territory in the de by Brittenum after a 90-yard fensive first half. drive in the third period. I The final MSU score, In the Aside from those two of Star Photo closing minutes, was set up by fensive moves, Texas' defense a punt return by Harry Ammon stilled the Hogs, and Arkansas' defense gave Texas no running from his 44 to the Indiana 19. Dick Proebstle passed the fi room after the intermission. It HEY, LEMME THROUGH HERE Ball Stare halfback John Walker (40) runs into trouble trying to get through the Indiana State defense in Saturday's Cardinal-Sycamore football battle.

Making the tackle are Indiana State's Don Pope (20) and Edgar Freese (behind Walker). Trying to block Freese is Cardinal quarterback Marv Rettenmund (21). Moving up to help is Ball State center Norm Troth (52). nal 19 yards to Doug Roberts was the fifth straight victory for in the end zone, and Bobich the unbeaten Longhorns. missed his only extra point Fullback Harold Phillipp gal- It was the fourth Big Ten loss lapoped for 135 'yards on 20 carries and ran 55 yards late in in succession for the Hoosiers.

Michigan State tied last week Admiral Vic Wins 7-7 with Michigan in its only the first quarter to set up Texas' second touchdown. a strong part of the State Fair racing program, but this writer feels that at least two days, perhaps Friday and Saturday before Labor Day, should be devoted to Indiana horses and horsemen, with one event for Hoosiers to be included also in each of the subsequent Grand Circuit programs. One doesn't have to be a promotional genius to know that Indiana residents are interested in seeing their neighbors race their horses. Gate and attendance figures at the 1963 meeting proved A mixture of big-time racing, represented by the Grand Circuit, and "hometown" racing, represented by events for Indiana owned horses, would seem to be the answer. NIGHT RACING ON THE WAY? The writer suspects that the Indiana State Fair soon will announce that racing will be shifted from daytime to nighttime In 1964, with the possible exception of the traditional Labor Day afternoon program.

Permanent lights are not now available but may be installed soon. Night racing is certain to increase attendance. Major-league baseball could not operate without night competition. Daytime harness racing has practically disappeared from the nation's county-fair tracks. Major harness racing centers such as Roosevelt Raceway and Yonkers Raceway in New York and Washington Park in Chicago operate solely under the lights.

The Indiana State Fair should have made the shift years ago. ROOM FOR ALL State Fair officials, in planning the 1964 program, should bear in mind that harness racing, a sport with a rich Hoosier heritage, should be given every opportunity to prove its right to retain a major place in the lineup of activities. Major-league stock car racing has been presented with impressive success at the fair during the past few years and it is to be expected that a stock-car race will be included in the 1964 catalogue. The Hoosier Hundred is held annually a few days after the fair closes. It is to be hoped that the success of the two automobile races will not cause the Fair Board to forsake or further curtail har-ness racing with the idea of replacing it with a steady diet of "UtTh0ebmnrawCho8have made the Indianapolis 500-mile race one of the world's great sports events have been wise enough to make It a once-a-year event, interest in which builds day by day and month by month.

They have never tS'J the Speedway and by this means have kept the Memorial Day "TlZ'oA 500-mile race, only one Ken- 'trt fckStrVy if it Is permitted to reach the siaUon int. There is room for both harness racing and utoSKfi at the Indiana State Fair Both fmt sports. One should never be permitted to crowd out the other. CHICAGO (AP) Sunny Blue other conference outing. Arkansas tailback Jackie Bra- Farms' Admiral Vic caught Do-nut King midway down the Mich.

St 7 W-M Indiana -3 Boilermakers Take Control Early, Down Michigan, 23-12 Scoring: stretch, gradually eased away suell returned Texas' field goal kickoff 89 yards to the Arkansas five to set up the Razorbacks' first touchdown late in the sec and won the 28th running of the Ind FO Nowatzk 2 MSU Lopes is pass from McCormick (Bobich kick) MSU Lopes 1 Blunge (Boblck kick) MSU Roberta 19 pau from ProebiUe (kick failed) Gold Cup Saturday by iyt lenghts. ond period. left in the first period before a ANN ARBOR, Mich. (UPI) Attendance: 32,297. Opportunist Purdue, captaliz- crowd of 45,557 and a regional television audience.

After jumping into the quick ing on a pair of fumble recov eries deep tn Michigan terri lead, the Biolermakers put up tory, struck for two first period a solid defense that stymied touchdowns within a two-minute Michigan and evened their span Saturday and went on to overall record at 2-2 and their record a 23-12 Big Ten victory over the Wolverines. Big Ten mark at 1-1. Michigan is now 1-2-1 overall and 0-1-1 in A Michigan gamble that back the Big Ten. fired was a key factor along Quarterback Di Gravio, who with the two fumbles as Purdue jumped to a 14-0 lead on touch out the game and tossed a 27-yard fourth period touchdown pass to Jim Morel besides scoring himself in the first period." Gary Hogan kicked a 31-yard ANN ARBOR, Mich. (TJPI) Statistics of the Michigan-Purdue game: M1 First downs 17 21 Rushing yardage 96 122 Passing yardage 117 198 PS5M lt-26 1425 Passes Intercepted by 0 1 Punts 4m j2j Fumbles lost 1 Yards penalized 14 70 third period field goal to account for the other Purdue points.

Michigan decided to gamble midway in the first period for a first down on a fourth and one play on its own 26. But halfback Chuck Dehlin bumped in quarterback Bob Chandler as he took the handoff and fumbled. Purdue's Gene Donald passed Purdue to a 37-0 win over the Wolverines last season, downs by Gene Donaldson and kept Purdue in charge through- Ron Di Gravio with 3:47 still Fighting Irish Demolish UCLA Eleven for Victory seven of 10 tries for 86 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI)-iOn Notre Dame's Hugh Devore yards. Redskins Star Might Soon Show His Stuff used his Irish Legions four Bill Wolskl, a surprising soph- son recovered on the Wolverine full teams of them Saturday 26.

nore sho shocked Southern and demolished UCLA 27-12. Michigan's Mel Rindfuss The Irish used 13 ball-car fumbled the next kickoff and Jim Hales recovered on the riers and Devore had his sec California last week, continued in the same vein, carrying for 63 yards in 12 tries and returning three kickoffs for 62 yards and two punts for 12. Michigan 16. Four plays later. ond and third teams in action in the second period when the Di Gravio plunged over from the 1-yard line and Purdue had Uclans scored for the first next day McPeak rallied to his defense, saying if Snead were placed on waivers 13 National Football League clubs would try to obtain him.

The Steelers are 2-2-1 and the Redskins have won two and lost three. Both teams lost their last two games and each should be rebounding at Pitt Stadium. a 14-0 lead. He got the other Irish tally nirrn bicntj. Ind.

rtJPI) Statistic! Purdue boosted Its lead to 23- of the Notre Dame-UCLA football game: on a lour-yara run. ND UC 0 before Michigan pentrated its 20-yard line. UCLA had Larry Zeno at iM First downs 22 17 Yards rushing 282 72 Yards passing 96 17B quarterback for most of the game, to both run and pass. Scores Two TDs Paasea 1S-27 Fullback Theron Sapp, ob Passes Intercepted ty 1 Punts 40 34 Bob Timberlake, the third But he gained only sporadical Fumbles lost 1 1 Michigan quarterback in the ly and then mostly through the Yards penalized 110 game, scored the two Michigan air. But without cracKerjacK end Mel Profit, even this might touchdowns late in the game on PITTSBURGH (UPI)-Wash-jngton Redskins quarterback Norman Snead has never been effective against the Steelers but Pittsburgh Coach Buddy Parker fears there always could be a first time.

"He's going to explode one of these afternoons," Parker said. "When he does, I hope it isn't against us." The Redskins, coached by former Steeler aide Bill McPeak, worked out in D. C. Stadium Saturday before boarding a plane for Pittsburgh where they have a date with the Steelers Sunday at Pitt Stadium. Snead sat out one of four Redskins games because of a shoulder separation suffered In the first four minutes.

His passing log for the season shows 36 completions out of 98 pass attempts for 523 yards and two touchdowns. Last week Snead was booed by Washington fans. But the time. Five Insh quarterbacks played on offense. a 1-yard plunge and 14-yard run.

Attempts for two point The Irish first team punched have failed for the Uclans, who took their fourth defeat in five starts. out a 14-0 lead in only 17 min conversions failed. Purdue rolled up 320 yards in tained two weeks ago from the Philadelphia Eagles, got the starting nod as fullback from Parker. If need be, Joha Henry Johnson, sidelined with an ankle game, may replace Sapp in limited duty. Wins Futurity Stakes LEXINGTON, Ky.

(UPI) -Faliborne Farm's Duel scored one of the year's big upsets Sunday by defeating previously unbeaten Golden Ruler and six utes of play and thereafter the Profit hauled in seven of the the game, 198 In the air on Di entire starting lineup was rare 27 passes tried by Zeno. Passes accounted for both UCLA Gravio's passing. The tough ly in action at the same time. Purdue line held Michigan to 98 Frank Budka, the starting scores, for 11 yards from Zeno yards rushing, but the Wolver signal caller, scored one touch ines did pick up 177 yards in to Mitch Johnson and 10 from Mike Haffner to Kurt Alten- down on a four-yard run and passed for two others for 11 berg. Star Photo BADAR RECOVERS BALL This two-picture combo shows Indiana quarterback Richard Badar (20) recovering loose ball which was batted from his hands by Michigan State end Matthew Snorton (84).

Top photo: Badar starting after ball as Snorton falls to ground. Bottom photo: Badar falls on ball as Michigan State's Buddy Owens (53) comes in for tackle. yards to Joe Kantor and for 18 other 2-year-olds in the 57,085 the air. Di Gravio hit on 14 of 23 passes while the three MichJ. Turn to Page C-3 It was the second straight to Jim Kelly.

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