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Two Crucial M-W Battles Are Slated Friday Night Battered Red Devils Travel To Ashland A battered crew of Ironwood Red Devils has been trying to recover this week from the effects of the hard hitting clash et Menominee last Saturday, and have been having a hard time finding themselves in practices this week, Coach Wayne Melchiori reports. Although they lost to superior forces on the field at Menominee, the Ironwood coaching staff feels that the Red Devils played a good game, holding the" better-manned Maroons to a 7-0 count until the final minutes. But the Red Devils paid a high price in accumulated injuries and bruises, and this week's practices have been ragged, Melchiori said this morning. Adding to the Ironwood woes as it prepares for its crucial meeting with the Ashland Ore- dockers tomarrow night on Ashland's Weikal Field is the possible loss of such vital cogs as John Miklesh and Bob Richards. MMesh has been trying to shake the effects of a concussion incurred at Menominee and Richards has a shoulder injury.

Melchiori said that he won't know whether MMesh can play until Friday. Richards injured his shoulder in practice yesterday and a report of a physician's examination was to be available today. Also injured and probably out of action for the Ashland battle is promising junior halfback Kim Newby. He sprained an ankle in practice this The former Riverside of Milwaukee athlete has been improving rapidlv and was counted on to bolster the Red Devils' running attack in the stretch run for the M-W title, Melchiori said. Newby picked up 18 yards in his only carry late in the Menominee game.

Ironwood is by no means out of the race for the conference championship, the Ironwood coach pointed out, although Hurley has a 4-1 league record, compared with 2-1 for the Red Devils. Should the Red Devils win over Ashland, Maple anc Wakefield in their three final games, and Hurley takes its league finale from Wakefield Friday night, the two clubs would be tied for the title at 5-1. Melchiori said that a decision had not been made, as yet, on the postponed Wakefield game, but that if the weather should prove favorable there is a chance it will be played. If not, the Red Devils would be awarded the victory on a forfeit, Melchiori said. It appears the decision on whether or not to play the Wakefield game depends on the result of Fridav night's clash with Ashland, as well as on the weather the last week of October.

Wakefield is to play its final scheduled contest Friday night at Hurley and would have to continue practice for an additional two weeks in order to play off the postponed Ironwood match. The Red Devils have a date to play at Maple on Oct. 24 Ashland, with a 3-2 league record, could still get a piece of the M-W championship by defeating Ironwood, if Hurley should be upset by Coach Bob Naslund's Oredock- ers have a dangerous open field runner in sophomore Larry Fischer, who has fine running help from veterans Dick Pufall Mike Paoli and Allan Hagen. The quarterback is John Hogan. also a veteran.

Bill Blake at end is a 6-0, 190-pound veteran who seems a sure bet for an all- conference berth this year If Miklesh and Richards can't play, the Red Devils would be in trouble Melchiori feels. Rich- Winless Red Wings Meet New York Rangers Tonight DETROIT (AP)--Even though baseball weather lingers, if the Detroit Red Wings aren't ready to play hockey tonight it won't be the fault of coach Bill Gadsby. The freshman coach has driven his charges harder in the last three days than ever before in Red Wing history, says Gen-1 eral Manager Sid Abel. The Wings almost lost 67 per cent of their scoring attack in one of the workouts when Gordie Howe owner of two of the club's three-goals reinjured his left knee. Prompt treatment prevented swelling and Howe will start tonight.

last three days than ever before The only lineup change to- jii Al ex Delvecchio playing for injured left wing The Wings, starts, meet winless in two the New York Rangers at Olympia tonight. I was disappointed and de- Dean Prentice, sidelined with a leg injury from Sunday's game. In goal, Gadsby will start Roger Crozier with Roy Ed- flated--especially after Sunday's wards as the backup man. game when some of them were gasping for breath so much they could hardly get off the ice in the third period," said Northern Drops To 8th in Poll By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Diego State retained the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press' small college football poll Wednesday after rolling to its fourth straight victory, but the Aztecs must be looking back at North Dakota State's fast- closing express.

San Diego State derailed Texas Southern 42-23 last weekend and collared 10 first-place votes and 278 points in the latest vote. North Dakota State, however, continued to gain ground on the front-runners after crushing Au- gustana, S.C., 70-18. The Bison received 224 points for a close second in the balloting by a regional panel of 15 sportswriters The Wings' third goalie, Terry Sawchuck, who recently came back to the club for the third time, can stand by but not dress for the game under league rules. Asked his plans for the 18-year National Hockey League veter- Jan goaltender, Gadsby said, "I'll play that by ear and I've got the ears for it. "Terry's looked real good in practice," added Gadsby.

"He's in shape, he's looked sharp and from what he's told me and from what has filtered back to me from other people, he's really happy to be with us. "But Roger has played well and there's no reason to change. Actually, I think we've done pretty well defensively the first two games. We made mistakes, sure, but the thing is that we haven't been getting any offense except from the first line. They've got all three goals.

and broadcasters. Last week, North Dakota State was 70 points behind the Azetecs, 278 to 208. Eastern Kentucky held on to third place with 209 points after whippng Middle Tennessee, 4921. After the first three, however, the standings got a face-lifting. Western Kentucky, the JOth ranked team last week, leaped to fourth place after clobbering Western Illinois, 66-0; Texas AI.

No. 6 last time, stepped up to fifth after beating Stephen F. Austin, 34-0, and New Mexico Highlands, No 5 a week ago dropped to sixth although they beat Westminster, Utah, 49-0. Rounding ou the Top Ten are, Weber State, which remained in the seventh spot; Northern Michigan, which dropped from fourth to eighth: Chattanooga, which bolted from 17th to ninth, and Arkansas State, which went from llth to 10th. Top Ten drop-outs were Lenoir Rhyne, the No.

8 ranked team last week which fell to Appalachian, 41-28 and Morgan State, which tumbled from ninth to llth although beating Maryland State, 19-18. The top 20, with first place votes, records and total points. Points awarded for first 15 picks on basis of 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7 I know the going to start said Gadsby. Tonight's game other guys are breaking out," against New York is the first meeting of the season between the Wings and the Rangers and the second of Sve home games in a row for Detroit. The Rangers last year finished second, only four points behind first-place Montreal.

The major change for the Rangers is their new coach, Bernie Goeffrion. New York has two player additions, left wing Dave Balon acquired from Minnesota and Allan Hamilton up from the farm system. 1. San Diego St 10 4-0 2. North Dakota St.

5-0 3. E. Kentucky 4-0 4. W. Kentucky 2 4-0 5.

Texas AI 1 4-0 6. N. Mex. Highlands 5-0 7. Weber St.

4-0 8. N. Michigan 4-1 9. Chattanooga 4-0 10. Arkansas St.

4-1 11. Morgan St 3-0 12. Texas-Arlington 3-2 13. Indiana, Pa. 1 5-0 14.

Tampa 3-1 15. Appalachian 1 4-0 16. Trinity, Tex. 3-1 17. St.

4-0 18. E. Michigan 4-1 19. Emory and Henry 5-0 20. Lenoir Rhyne 3-1 Bessemer Scores Win BESSEMER The Washington School Wolverines closed out their season on a winning note as they shut out their township rivals, the Ramsay Rams, 12-0, Wednesday afternoon in a game played at Massie Field in Bessemer.

The Wolverines finished with an impressive record of four wins, one loss and one tie. Dan Servia, who played a fine game, opened up Bessemer's scoring on a 20-yard dash early in the game. The conversion attempt failed, making the score 6-0 in Bessemer's favor in the first quarter. The lone tally held up throughout the first half as neither team could generate any momentum. After an exchange of punts 2 24 late in the third quarter, the 209 Wolverines began to roll.

A 140 155-yard punt by Tom Lagassa 15R of Ramsay, gave Bessemer the ball on its own 10. Dan Servia swept right end on second down, reeling off 30 yards. Two 91 i plays later, quarterback Kevin 88 1 Borseth ran a naked bootleg 74 I around left end and, with the 50 aid of fine open-field blocking, 278 138 126 123 98 lugged the ball down to Ramsay 20, for a 40-yard gain. Dave Forslund threw a beauti- 25 25 24 ards has been a standout linebacker and a dependable fullback on offense, while Miklesh has been a star at end both on 46 41 38 36 ful block at the R-30, enabling 29 i Borseth to pick up an added ten yards when it looked like he might be stopped. Three plays later, Bessemer executed a nifty double reverse, i with eighth-grader, Dennis Sli- I va, romping to paydirt from the 15.

The Wolverines' running at! tempt for the point-after failed, I making the score 12-0. MARQUETTE CAP) Sopho-' For the losing Rams, more halfback Johnny Hutton of Lagassa again played a fine Northern Michigan is sidelined game. Even though Bessemer for the season because of injur- was obviously keying on him, ics he suffered when he mistook fa made some nice gams run- NMU Back Suffers Cuts HAIR-RAISING LEAP--Jennifer Meldrum of Canada sends her braid flying as she leaps 1.48 meters in high jump event of women's pentathlon in Olympic Games at Mexico City. (AP Wirephoto) Starr, Eddy Questionable Starters in Sunday's Game DETROIT (AP)--As Sunday's i battle between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers draws near, the questions of starting Nick Eddy and Bart Starr remain unanswered. There were noises in the Lions camp earlier in, the week that Eddy, the All-American from Notre Dame sidelined with knee injuries for the last two years, will make his first appearance in a regular season game.

Cagers Start Drills at Tech HOUGHTON David "Dave" Cade, Michigan Tech's new head basketball coach, greeted 19 hopefuls Oct. 15 on his first day of practice. Included on the roster a seven lettermen and five additional squad members from Tech's 1967-68 club which posted a 4-17 record. Cade voiced guarded optimism about the Huskies 1968-69 chances by saying, "We will still he a relatively young club with sophomores and freshmen making up the bulk of squad. "However, we are hoping for a new outlook in basketball, and if the attitude shown during our pre-practice conditioning sessions continues to prevail, I'm certain Michigan Tech fans are in for an exciting basketball team this year.

"But keeping first things first, we will be starting from scratch. I have a lot of ideas about the game, but I'll have to be patient and hope our boys get used to my style of coaching. I hope we find a meeting of the minds in a hurry." Leading the veterans back are Tech's senior co-captains, guard Ted Wittig of Green Bay, Wis. and forward Bob Bohse of Merrill, Wis. Wittig has earned three varsity letters and Bohse two.

In addition, together they split up most post season honors last two seasons. Wittig was also captain of the Tech varsity last year. Other returning lettermen include junior guard Tom Waterman, Brecksville, Ohio, senior center Gary Storms Marion. and sophomore guard Ron Longley, Fort Wayne, Ind and Alan Morrison, Ishpeming. The other letterman, junior forward Dane Dominici of Iron River, is with the varsity football team.

However, his cage status is uncertain as he just suffered a bad knee injury that sidelined him the rest of grid season. Non-letter winning sophomores returning this year include; forwards Robert Fredrickson, L'Anse; Bernie Larson, Escanaba, and John Bergman, Charlevoix; center Mike Res- pet, Mt Clemens, and guard Russell Brittain, Amasa. Cade's Huskies play a 24- But Wednesday Coach Joe Schmidt was still taking a wait and see attitude on Eddy. "We'll have to see how Thursday's workout goes," said Schmidt. Meanwhile, in Green Bay, quarterback Starr was throwing Wednesday for the first time since injuring his right arm while warming up before last week's game against Los Angeles.

"I didn't throw very well," said Starr after the light workout, adding he really didn't know if he would be ready to go against the Lions in Detroit. "I'd like to be," said Starr, "but I just don't know. I just don't know. It's kind of frustrating. I don't even like to think about it.

"All we can do is wait on him," said Coach Phil Bengtson. "As things look now, Starr will not play Sunday." If Starr is not ready to go, then the Packers will turn to Zeke BratkowsM, who in 11 relief appearances, has won nine times--including last year's 2717 victory over the Lions. The Packers lost to the Rams 16-14 last week and need a victory to get back into the Central Division race which finds the Lions tied for the lead with Minnesota. Starr has been plagued at various times in his career by wrist, thumb, rib and shoulder ailments. But in the past he always bounced back quickly.

Most notable was an inury he suffered in the 1965 Western Conference playoff game against Baltimore. But the following week he led Green Bay to victory in the championship game over Cleveland. "I thought I had enough of those things last season," said Starr. "Luckily, I've been fast to heal." The arm, he said, "is feeling much better each day." In preparing for his return, Eddy has been working hard each day for the last three weeks. And until the last few days, the work always produced a fluid in the knee, a sign that recovery was not complete.

Michigan Continues To Work for Game ANN ARBOR (AP) Michigan football team continued to work Wednesday for its forthcoming showdown with Indiana in Bloomington Saturday. The two hour practice included work on general offense and defense with special emphasis on pass defense. Indiana currently leads the Big Ten with a 2-0 record. The Wolverines are tied for second with Ohio State and Minnesota at 1-0, Weitzman on Waivers BOSTON, Mass. (AP) The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association placed Rick Weitzman on waivers Tuesday.

severe to his real fine leadership on the field ning and was a constant pass- receiving threat Danny Qtugley and Jim Rooni game for Bessemer, with Rooni inter- Hurley Frosh Beat Ashland The Hurley High School freshman football team edged the Ashland Oredockers" frqsh in a league match on Memorial Field in Hurley Wednesday, 14-7, scoring two early touchdowns and dominating the contest most of the way, coaches reported. Scoring for Hurley were Dan Perlberg on a quarterback sneak, and Don Mattson on a 50-yard runback of a kickoff. Ashland scored in the contest. after the Midgets had controller! ths ball most of the playing time. rhe Hurley record Is now 2-1-2, all in league play, with the final contest slated to be played at Ashland next Tuesday afternoon a 4 p.m.

a plate glass window for a door and walked through it Hutton, who suffered cuts to severed a tendon in his lower right arm, walked through the window in a dimly lit hallway on the way to a dining hall. A breakway runner from Toledo, Ohio, Hutton had gained 235 yards in 37 carries and scored three touchdown in five games. He was not a starter but the No, 1 backfield replacement. Northern, which last week lost first its game four outings, SOLUNAR TABLES WHEN TO RSH OR HUNT The schedule of Solunar Periods, Associated Press small college football poll. In the 17-3 loss to North Texas, 1 1 I 1 fell from No.

4 to No. 8 in the ns printed below, has been taken Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. P'an your days so that you will be fishing In good territory or hunting In good cover during these times, if you wish to ilnd the best sport that each day has to offer. The Major Periods are shows In boldface type. These begin at the times shown and list for an hour and a half or two hours thereafter.

The Minor Periods, shown in regular tvpe, are of somewhat shorter duration the Wildcats lost starting back Kent Lcfebvre for full- this week's game against the Quantico Marines. Lefebvre injured a knee. Mickey Vernon Named Manager of Richmond ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Mickey Vernon, former manager of the Washington Senators, was Thurs. named Wednesday as manager Frid.

of the Atlanta Braves Richmond Sat. club io the Inter national League. I Sun. Use Central Daylight Saving Time. A.M.

P.M. Minor Major Minor Major m- In- game schedule this season eluding 12 in the Northern tercollegiate Conference. Prior to the regular season, opener Nov. 30 at home against! Northland College of Ashland, Cade will unveil his team in the annual intra-squad game scheduled Nov. 21 at Sherman Gym on the Tech campus.

Pro Basketball By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday's Results Cincinnati 125, Atlanta 110 Baltimore 124, Detroit 116 Chicago 89, Milwaukee 84 Thursday's Games Seattle at San Diego. 1:45 2:50 4:00 5:05 7:55 8:45 9:35 10:25 4:05 4:30 4:50 5:10 8:201 9:10 10:501 Do Studded Snow Tires Help? Tesling has proved they do. All sizes in tho best for traction and longer wear. Try usl LaBLONDES' STANDARD SERVICE U.S. 2 Greenbush Armory Road Midgets Can Clinch Share Of M-W Title Winning their first M-W foot- jail title since 1954 is the goal of the Hurley Midgets this week as they continue to work hard preparation for the invasion by the Wakefield Cardinals Friday night.

Carrying a 4-1 league record, compared with 2-1 by Ironwood and 3-2 by Ashland and Superior Cathedral, the first place Midgets have only to win over Cards on their own Memorial Field tomorrow night in order to clinch a share of the league championship. The men of Coach Jim Butterbrodt would have the title outright if they can couple a win in this final match with a defeat by Ironwood. So Hurley fans will be following the results of the Ironwood at Ashland battle, as well as the fortunes of the Orange Black gridders, Friday night. Coach Jim Butterbrodt said this morning that his ball club was suffering from several cases of flu this week, as well as from the hot weather. However, the Hurley mentor felt that their scrimmage Tuesday was the best of the season, with all members firing out in a spirited practice.

There is no tendency to take the Cardinals lightly in Hurley camp despite- the fact the young men of Coach Duane Lane will come into Friday night's important contest bearing a 1-5 season record overall, and are winless at 0-4 in the MW standings. Coach Butterbrodt a i "This game means so much to us that I'm sure we won't have trouble with over-confidence. I have heard a few remarks in the locker room that might indicate complacency, but I think our Tuesday workout stopped most of that talk. That attitude will never help you win, there are few better ways to lose a game than to take an opponent too lightly." The Orange and Black surprised Wakefield last year on Cardinal Field, 20-0, and will be trying for a repeat performance of that kind in their league finale tomorrow night. In that encounter, the Midgets won by staying on the ground a smashing out a perfect demonstration of ball control.

This year, the veteran Hurleyites have added a sparkling aerial attack to their sound ground game, with Gary Kurta and Ken Bluse shining in the receiving department and senior quarterback Jim Bertagnoli doing the firing at a 50 per cent completion rate. On the Wakefield side, Coach Lane has had trouble getting a potent attack organized. Injuries have hurt, but the inexperienced Cardinals have not been PAGE 10 Ironwood Daily Globe, Thursday, Oct. 17, 1968 Me Lain Makes His Major League Night Club Debut By MIKE DOAN Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -Denny McLain, who has already proven himself as a pitcher, pounded out hits on an electric organ Wednesday night in his Major League night club debut.

The 31-game winner was as nervous as a rookie at times as he led his quartet through 11 songs before an overflow crowd of 400 at the Riviera Hotel lounge. "A Frank Sinatra I'm not," the Detroit Tiger i at and -BEER Case 24-12 oz. bottles 025 Spot Poplar St. Hurley Grid Ratings Are Shuffled By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Defeats and idleness caused both the Big Ten and Little Ten high school football polls to undergo extensive shuffling this week, but Madison La Follette and Greenwood, last week's leaders, held on to the top spots. Milwaukee Tech was upset by Milwaukee Pulaski and dripped ffrom third to eighth in the Big Ten Poll, selected by the state's sports writers and broadcaster.

Ten points are awarded for a first place ballot, nine for second etc. Appleton Xavier also lost and fell from fifth to an also-ran. Oshkosh, however, held onto its No. 2 spot while Schofield advanced to third. Janesville Parker moved up from seventh to fourth, followed, in order, by Fond du Lac, Neenah, Anligo, Tech, Racine Horlick and Sauk Prairie.

In the Little Ten, Greenwood remained in No. 1, North Crawford stayed in second place and Thorp was third for the second straight week. Boscobel, the only team that holds a victory over North Crawford, is fourth, followed by Lemira, Gale-Ettrick, Waupaca, Mondovi, Denmark and a 10th- place tie between Mosinee and Westby. quipped as he sang an off-color version of "Bye, Bye Blackbird" that made even the Las Vegas audience blush. He decided to try singing, too, he said, when he learned that Mickey Lolich, who won three World Series games for Detroit, will open with a singing group Oct.

30 at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. The organ swayed at times as the hefty right-hander rambled thrugh "The Look of Love," "Sunny," and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in a pop but not rock 'n roll style. McLain, in bright blue slacks and white shoes, shed a $3,000 fur Nehru jacket for a sports coat, calling the Nehru a "hell- uva warmup jacket." McLain, who is trying to get a $100,000 salary from the Tigers next year, told newsmen he would consider quitting baseball if he got a really good music offer. "Going to the ball park daily can be a pain in the neck," he said. "Besides, if I make a mistake on the organ I can say to hell with it.

In baseball it's different." He got his best response when he played music rather than joked about baseball. Many of the entertainment critics agreed he showed talent on the par of many lounge shows but that the act needed a little polishing. McLain, whose father taught organ, has been playing for years with his quartet mainly in the Detroit area. He landed some big contracts after his winning season and estimates he will earn at least $250,000 this winter with his music alone. He has appeared on several nationwide TV shows since the World Series ended.

At a news conference he said he doubted the night club tour would put him out of shape for the baseball season. "The banquet circuit is worse," he said. "Some guys eat at four or five banquets a week." able to gain consistently either on the ground or in the air. Mike Schweig was the Wake- iield quarterback last week, and scored one touchdown running, while Bob Doney at halfback took a Schweig aerial for a touchdown. Pete Bruno is a dangerous runner in the open, along with fullback Ken Drier, who seems due to break loose on power runs sometime this year.

With all this ability, the Cards could be in line for a fine performance in this last scheduled match, Hurley fans are fearing. Game tune is 8 p.m. M. Andretti Moves to 2nd DETROIT (AP) --The United States Auto Club has upheld a protest by race car driver Mario Andretti and has declared him the official No. 2 finisher io Sunday's 250-mile race at Michigan International Speedway.

A track spokesman said in Detroit Wednesday that Andretti was moved from the No. 3 to the No. 2 spot on the basis of elapsed time. Bobby Unser moved down to the third position. Larry Dickson was moved from 10th to eighth place, while Bud Tmglestad dropped from eighth to ninth and Jigger Sirois moved down from ninth to 10th.

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