Evansville Press from Evansville, Indiana • 47

mwmmwm 1 rvy vrvrvr wrwTnryvyinrywrjrr i MARCH 2 1969 PAGE THE SUNDAY COURIER AND PRESS EVANSVILLE INDIANA Urn Murrau This Is It! Howard On Block Nothing Like Scliolz Will Become Greatest Illini Scorer Ever This Week POMPANO BEACH Fla (UPI) The Washington Senators Saturday placed Frank Howard their holdout home run champion on the trading block Owner Robert Short said in Minneapolis that he would not be reluctant" to deal off Howard whu reportedly outraged him at the size of his money demands Howard wants a long term contract at $100000 a year He received $55000 last season when he hit 44 home runs -to lead both major leagues Short said there had been for the slow-moving outfielder and he con-ider One of the feelers for Howard is believed to' be from the Cleveland Indians who are looking for batting strength and have a surplus of catchers Catching was one of Washington's many weaknesses last season The Senators also have one zther holdout third baseman Ken McMullen He flew back to his home in Los Angeles Safur-day after being turned down in his bid for a $40000 contract CofyrifM 1IM Tht Lm Aac(r Time When Abe Saperstein died a few years ago there was a brief almost laconic obituary released over the wires Abe would have had it any other way It was not that Abe was immodest although nobody ever caught him making any anonymous donations to anything respectable It was just that Abe would gnash his teeth at any loss of opportunity to publicize his own unique public monument the Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters are to put it simply the most extraordinary athletic team in the history of games The 1927 Yankees the 1930 Notre Dame football team the Australian Davis Cup no group no dynasty approaches the Globies either in durability skill or drawing power Part minstrel part sport part of their fascination is no one ever figured out how good they are They are a throwback to the days when we had such offenses to the American conscience as leagues" and when our greatest performers graced our shabbiest stages Abe Saperstein founded this gaudy group when he found them on the playgrounds of Chicago in 1927 school dropouts who put down their shoe shine boxes to perform feats with basketballs that magicians do with handkerchiefs Abe revelled in the title Jewish Abraham and while no one ever got the best of him in a contract fight he once packed his team off to London at his own expense to raise 400000 dollars for Prince Phillip's favorite charity The Globetrotters have helped heal the sick mend the maimed straighten the moral and of nearly every country on earth They were a bigger attraction in Moscow than those roller-skating bears or the biers of despots They were as powerful a lever at toppling prejudice as the constitutional amendment Using them as a base Abe (and Bill Veeck) came within one swipe of a pen in 1941 of buying the Philadelphia Phillies and fielding an all-Negro lineup Scholz had 1412 points 38 from Freeman's mark and 68 behind Johnny Big Ten record Dave must slightly surpass his early season pace to top Kerr Why the scoring decline? For one thing Scholz has not shot as well during the past 12 games as he did before nor as often And a few think the pressure of the record may be bothering him Schmidt disagrees So does Jack Kenny who coached Dave his junior and senior seasons at Decatur (III) High School think he is Kenny said think he is looking to hit Jackson with a pass underneath This has got to change his outlook and he trying to score as no Scholz said is improving all the time and almost a sure two points if I can find him open else is playing with more he added In the Iowa game (Denny) Pace got 21 points and he even Scholz pointed out that in one recent game he took only 10 shots and in anotiier nine won't score many points like that but the important thing is that we won both of those Kenny recalled that he took over as head coach at Decatur the year Scholz transferred from Mt Zion came to us as a junior During the first half of the season we play him much more than a quarter or a half Then I'd have to get him out of there "With each game he moved better and to progress" Kenny noted that he had decided early in the year to play Dave as much as possible knew he could be a good one By GEO GOSSARD Sunday Staff Writer CHAMPAIGN 111 Swiftly the Illini hustle downcourt and set up on offense Now the ball goes to 6-rf senior forward Dave Scholz who feints then deftly whips a pass underneath to burly sophomore center Greg Jackson Coach Harv cagers have racked up anoiner two points on the scoreboard And Scholz races back on defense Sometime this week either Tuesday when Michigan State visits the Assembly Hall or Saturday when it's turn Dave will shoot instead of passing off Or he will tip in a rebound Or convert a free throw When this happens the noisy partisan home crowd will go mad When the hysteria and tumult subsides the announcement will come: Scholz has scored 1450 points surpassing the III! nois career scoring record held by Don Freeman at What about this young man? What about Dave Scholz who is destined to become the most prolific scorer in the annals of UI basketball? "He does a great job for Schmidt declared enthusiastically- got to remember Dave has gone from a nonstarter prior to the slush fund his sophomore year and has developed into a super This season after nine games in December the Illini were unbeaten and Dave was hitting at a 226 point per game mark Both the all-time career and Big Ten scoring marks at the UI seemed safely in his grasp But during the first 12 games of the 1969 half of this season his scoring average dwindled to 174 points per game Going into battle at Indiana DAVE SCHOLZ Any Day Now Pesky In Then Out POMPANO BEACH Fla (ID-Former Boston Red Sox Manager Johnny Pesky accepted and then suddenly withdrew Friday an offer to join the coaching staff of new Washington Senators pilot Ted Williams Burt Hawkins publicity director of the Senators said Pesky had verbally accepted the offer from his one-time Red Sox teammate but later was informed by his lawyers that con-tractural obligations barred him from going through with it Pesky had resigned from a contract broadcast Red Sox games Hawkins said he accepted Williams' offer before consulting his Williams had announced Pesky would join the club at a news conference at the spring training camp Olympic Star Dies MOSCOW IB Albert Mok-eyev 32 gold medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the Soviet modern pen-thathlon team has died of a heart attack the Sports Daily Sovietsky Sport disclosed Saturday Mokeyev an army officer dropped dead Thursday while ice skating the paper said a COOL OFF THIS SUMMER with OQSSb call LEWIS SON 42S-094B SdNitfiM the end of the year we get along without him "And what can I say about his senior year He's the best we ever had A great team leader A little emotional at Kenny characterizes Scholz as a tremendous high school type a favorite of the teachers a valedictorian not surprised by his Kenny replied anything I thought he might do even better get me he added quickly is just that I am so biased that I felt Dave would be an all-time star like he was for us done a great job and it will be quite an honor to be the leading scoring of ail-time at the Scholz gives a great deal of credit to Kenny Coach Schmidt and Harry Combs tor any success he has had Combes who resigned in the wake of the slush fund scandal coached Dave his first two years at the UI Scholz got married before this season began His wife Jnlene is a former Decatur rhecr leader Recently it was reported the Kentucky Colonels in the Amer- I I a 1 Basketball Association would draft Dave on the first round Scholz noted feel pretty good want to try professional basketball and while I always leaned toward the NBA (National Basketball Association) and considered it more of a challenge it is important to me that I get a chance to Although hopes of an undefeated season and Big Ten title have long since vanished Scholz and his teammates continue to strive for the best record possible But then this is the mark of a true champion And that describes Dave Ccholz perfectly Scoring Records All GaiKHl I Don rimiM IMfrM DAVE SCHOLZ 1M7-U 1 Dim DowMy IMM Johnny Ktrr IUM4 1 Sun Thorn INHi Ri Tm) I Johnny Kerr I Dm rrrtmnn Dnvc Dowiwy DAVE SCHOLZ Ill I nr Brin oral IISI-U 7fi All Gnmca) I Don Irwmnn JIM 1 Johnny Kerr IIM I Skin Tkoren IMi I DAVE SCHOLZ INI Jim Daman INI Ml In) I Don Fireman IMS Johnny Kerr IM4 I Jim Dnwann IM7 DAVE SCHOLZ IMS i Georve lonSnlle IIM (SINGLE GAME) I Dnvc Downey IMS I DAVE SCHOLZ IMS 1 Andy Phillin IMS Johnny Kerr IIM 4 DAVE SCHOLZ IMS 1 Kerr yiavsd four aim conference Ranee one aeoson (Schotae (Mala da aid Include Salur-day'i ame al Indiaan) Last Shot For Rangy Las Vegas By DON WHITE Sunday Spoils Editor This will be the last chance for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas If the rangy Rebels from UNLV it was Nevada Southern at this time last year don't win the NCAA's College Division title this year never win it Next season be in the University Division A year ago Rollie Todd brought his Nevada gunners out East for the finals and they gave Indiana State just about all the eventual runnerup Syca mores could handle a good bet that be back this year The Rebels (19-7) Who close out their season Sunday with Albuquerque and the University of California at Irvine (186i were the only ones in the West Regional early Saturday They expect to be joined by the winner of San Francisco Went Regional AT LAS VEGAS NEV Novada-Las Vogai (19-7) vs to bo named California-lrvino (18-8) vi to bo named State-UC Davis game Saturday night and either Seattle Pacific (15-10) or Southern Colorado (H-9) No matter who fills out the four-team field Nevada Las Vegas will be favored in this tournament which it is hosting for the second year in a row Coach Rollie Todd who has won 77 games in the less than four years he's been in Las Vegas has one of the West Coast's most explosive offensive machines averaging 1014 points per game The Rebels have chopped down a list of majors including Oklahoma Texas Christian Creighton Denver Long Beach State Northern Michigan and Loyola of Los Angeles while losing to Southwestern Louisiana and majors Oklahoma City by seven Southern Illinois by three Centenary by 12 and Houston 118-97 go into the regional minus one of the mainstays 6-2 guard Tommy Watkins a junior college transfer whose credits failed to meet NCAA requirements been hitting 53 per cent and scoring 197 points per game But he's far from the whole show His backcourt running mate 6-1 Curtis Watson is averaging 205 just a shade behind team-leading Bruce Chapman 6-7 who is 206 Chapman teams up with Don Lyons a 6-5 senior with a 187 average and Cliff Findlay a 6-6 veteran wth a 126 average on the front line Sixth man for the Rebels has been 6-3 Robert Riley and he's been so effective as a fireman that he'll probably stay there with vacated starting job going to 6-2 Mark Larson Todd calls this club the all-around shooting team I've had they run better shoot better and score And that's saying a lot since this team last year had two of the best College Division performers in the country high-scoring 'Elburt Miller and big John Trapp now Eivin backup at San Diego in the NBA Hartman Not Sure THE WORLD'S LIGHTEST CHAIN SAW YET IT'S POWER-PACKED FOR LONG-LASTING PERFORMANCE I Cuts a year's supply of firewood in a couple of hourol Cufo through on I log In 6 seconds I Actually folic trooc up to 2-foot thick I Prunes trims doors brush dears land I Stares In cur trunk Cumpurs luvu HI Cleans up storm damage fasti Trims fence posts does any woodcutting jobl H's ia aaay ta usa It's roally funl Hartman said "This George Tinsley is as good as any individual we've faced all season a truly excellent player in every phase of the game "Bobby Smith (Tulsa) is another very good one but Tinsley doesn't have to take a back seat to him guard play (Tom Hobgood Steve Desk ins and Gene Smith) has become real good more aggressive than we expected" Southwest Missouri 8640 December loser to an Oklahoma team beaten 103-74 by Nevada Southern is "another well disciplined club that wins with tough rebounding especially on the offensive board This Curt Perry (6-foot-8 junior center) is a big tough kid said Hartman show well in that field They play that aggressive defense and when they have a good shooting night they're rough to handle They rely on momentum much as Nevada Southern got to slow Nevada Southern down The more they run the better they play say all four of those clubs are capable of beating anybody in the By PETE SWANSON Sunday Staff Writer Four College Division giants grace Southern Illinois University's basketball schedule So coach Jack Hartman was asked what he'd expect if Kentucky Wesleyan Nevada Southern Southwest Missouri and Evansville were to wind up in the same tournament Southern is the quickest and fastest team ever seen and I say that without Hartman replied the others all have qualities to overcome Southwest Missouri the Midwest Regional host is the only two-time conqueror winning 56-55 at home and 58-52 in Carbon dale Kentucky Wesleyan 6241 loser in Carbondaie got even with 71-64 win in Owensboro site of the South Regional West Regional host Nevada Southern fell 85-82 in the Las Vegas Invitational finals while Fvansville visited Carbondaie Saturday in hopes of avenging Southern's 82-77 win In Roberts Stadium Wesleyan match Nevada Southern in speed and quickness they overcome this with defense and organization" SOUSEFUL SO COMPACT IT BELONGS IN EVERY YARD AND HOME TOOL KITI Russians IF'i'n ZAKOPANE Poland IB -The Soviet Union won its third gold medal in the biathlon world chamnionships Saturday taking the junior relay event The Russians captured golds in the men's competition Friday and individual junior competition Thursday The POWER MAC 6 is hardly heavier than a hand saw I Pound for pound the Power-Mac-6 is the fastest safest most rugged chain saw on the market McCulloch has combined the feel and maneuverability of a hand saw with the power of a pro Result-wood cutting jobs are actually fun Come in and try it yourselfl Southwest In A Mess $16995 complete with 12" bar and chain MAC 10-10 AUTOMATIC The 16-inch saw with amazing QUIET POWER I AUTOMATIC IAI AND ness shooting 61 per cent and free throwing 87 per cent St Olaf has won seven eight since Dave Finholt 6-6 hometown sophomore who transferred from Harvard gained eligibility Finholt averaging 18 points and 125 rebounds teams with Tom Driscoll 6-3 senior averaging 165 points and 8 rebounds and Paul Meyers 6-7 sophomore averaging 122 points and 10 caroms The top frontline reserve 6-4 Mike Jacquat averages 10 points The guards six-footers Tim Smith and Jim Urish average II and 8 The Olcs averaging 75 points to 63 have lost to St Thomas Macalestrr Augsburg Carieton and Coe They're shooting 42 per cent (rcc throwing 73 a sutNctr MUFFlfl cun NOISE UP TO 73 Mftn In Hit Pill Thu Mac 10-10 Automatic puts you in tho professional woodman class Automatic oiling prolongs tho life of bar and chain 16 bar takes you into tho big timber but quitllyl itmdetd eenly tree mvfftpr jured All the Bears are shooting 455 per cent Loyalty keeps Jim Marking from saying this is South Dakota State's best team ever 1963 team (coached by Jim Iverson with Marking the assistant) gave me the gold watch I'm wearing And Dan Jacobsen my assistant was the star of our 1961 team that finished third in Evansville Besides I can't really say we're the best unless we win it The Jackrabbits have lost to Oklahoma State Iowa Slate North Kakota and Augustana They're averaging 90 points to opponents 71 and they're shooting 51 per cent Six players are in dual figures including Raul Ducrte 6-9ji 200-poundcr from Lima Peru by way of Inwa State played regularly two years at Iowa Stale" Marking said the Big Eight limits you to two varsity years if you're past 19 when you enter So the Iowa State people rcc-omended him to us because we have a good dairy science school reason Raul isn't a reg ular here is because our front line people have been together four Gene Zulk 6-5 205-pounder averages 19 points to 18 for 6-5 John Thomas and 16 for 6-7 Guy Mackner Thomas carries 200 pounds Mackner 210 Guards Denny Womeldorf and John Eidsncss average 11 each Eidv- llVb POUNDS LESS IARCHAJN Midwest Regional AT SPRINGFIELD MO St Thomas (18-6) vs South Dakota State (17-4) Southwest Missouri (19-4) vs St Olaf (16-5) record against Carieton in finale South Dakota Slate (17-4) will face St Thomas College of St Paul Minn St 18-6 record includes a win over St Olaf Even without Mess the host Bears are still imposing Foes must find a way to halt Curtis Perry 64 junior center averaging 205 points and 148 rebounds while shooting 474 per cent a percentage that has caused Thomas to move Perry to a wing position on offense Chuck Williams 6-2 sophomore averages 183 points while shooting 466 per cent from the field and 82 per cent on free throws Mert Bancroft 6-7 209-pound senior contributes 115 points and 95 rebounds while shooting 489 per cent Bancroft is brutish on the offensive board while Perry's long arms keep shooting rivals away from the middle Gee a 472 per cent shooter and 877 per cent free thrower averages 13 points Jenkins a 41 scorer and 442 per cent shooter hit 17 against Southeast Missouri after Mess was In- 'Ah Did Southwest Missouri lose the Midwest Regional for that matter the College Division championship on Feb 15? That's the day 5-foot-ll Greg Mess the Bears' dandy little floor general sprained his wrist against the University of Missouri Rolla branch Coach Bill team handled its next two opponents Southeast Missouri and Pittsburg (Kan) without its quarterback enabling the Bears to take 19-4 record against Indiana State in regular season finale But can they maintain the same precision against class opposition the next two weeks? be Thomas admits was the guy we looked to for leadership He didn't always score a lot of points (82 average) but he provided so many So Thomas was back where he was in December experimenting with a big-and-litlle guard combination Erstwhile regular Max Gee finds himself working with Willie Jenkins 6-3 crowd-pleaser whose last-second shot beat Southern Illinois 56-55 on Jan 30 The Bears later won at Carbondaie 58-52 giving them two-of-three in the Tri-State They lost 93-90 at Indiana State before wowing Evansville 101-74 Mess' injury causes Southwest to take a long over the shoulder look at South Dakota State (17-4) seeking a second national title to go with its 1963 rown That was when Tom Black's 50-foot shot heat Wittenberg 44-42 Southwest will open against St Olaf of Nnrthficld Minn The Olcs champions of the Midwest Conference took a 16-5 SPOT SHOOT MARCH 29162330 AT McCulloch manufacturers of a complete line of quality power saws for forest farm heme and industry Califomia-Irvine Coach Dick Davis says his club not physically big and strong but they're quick and good 1 Back from his team which lost to Nevada-Las Vegas by only 79-74 in last West Regional title game Davis has 6-7 center Mike Hickman a 157 scorer and a 103 rebounder also got 6-4 Jeff Cunning ham the team's leading scorer wtih a 223 average and a pair of top jumpers in 6-4 Steve Sabins an 119 scorer and Nick Sanden who gets 11 points per game Irvine's floor general is 5-9 Mike Barnes an Indiana high school product who made it to Irvine by way of Riverside Junior College Hands Reports To Cub Camp SCOTTSDALE Ariz IB Bill Hands 28 year old right-handed pitcher launched his fourth season with the Chicago Cubs Saturday Switched to regular starter status eariy in 1968 Hands fashioned a 16-10 record hitched to a 2R8 earned run average lowest for all of the club start-ors Hands reported for his first drill along with shortstop Don Kcssinger and three non-roster players pitchers George Sher iod and Dennis Gideon and catcher John Dudek dud the McCwNech dealers Nkted belew er check the Yellew Paget fer the deale it yew HAYWARD DISTRIBUTING CO 460 Neilston Columbus Ohio Evansville and Area Dealers DOGTOWN TAVERN OLD HENDERSON RD SOUTH OF HOWELL TIME: 1:30 TILL DARK HAMS AND CASH PRIZES HEATED SHELTER HOUSE FOOD AND DRINKS FREE COFFEE SPONSORED BY EVANSVILLE FIRE SIREN CLUB VOLUNTEER FIREMEN BOONVILLE Put Take Farm Supply Rt 5 EVANSVILLE Brown i Hubert Inc 306 7th Ave Ralph's Outboards Saw Shop 1335 Riverside HAUBSTADT Scotty's Lawn Garden Warrenten Rd JASPER Weidenbrenner Ford Tractor Sales RR 1 MADISONVILLE KY Stanley A San 404 McLeod Lane NAPOLEON Behlmer Hardware Co Hwy 421 ODON Knepp Sales Service Rt 1 PRINCETON Bob's D-X Service 810 Broadway VINCENNES Hamilton Sen 1002 15 Street Cmtch Resigns KENOSHA IB Larry Hamilton basketball coach al Carthage college since I960 has resigned following completion of the Rcdmrn's 1968-69 cage season SPACE HEATERS PLUMBING TOOLS WATER PUMPS GENERAL RENTALS 101 Kj- Ph 424 84V id Jk d- hdMa.