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PAGE SIX DHCATUR RKVlttW Decatur, Illinois, Wrilniwluy, September 19, 1973 Gain on Bucs Red Feels Birds Might 'Fall In' REVIEW BY FORREST R. KYLE Joe O'Brien Loves His Jug Problem By George Strode Of the Associated Press Delaware, Ohio Joe O'Brien may have to face tre problem of whether to drive Melvin's Woe or Armbro Nesbil in a Little Brown Jug raceoff. He'd love it. Millikin Sports Hall of Fame Committee Loses Two Members '4 Ae-j mWJ' ifbSOT other six times and the Mets and Pirates are playing each other three more times." The Cardinals did their own work Tuesday and Luis Melcndcz did most of it. Melendez belted his second homer of the season, doubled twice and ended up with three RBI and three runs scored.

Melcndcz also doubled and scored on Mike Tyson's sacrifice fly in the sixth and doubled and came around on Tim MeCarver's single in the eighth. Mets 6. Piratei 5 "It looked good enough to hit, so I swung at it," Dan Hahn said of his two-run single that capped a five run ninth, rallying the Mets to a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh. Indiana. Four boots, four between the uprights.

Beaver is the young man who learned to kick a soccer ball as a youth in Africa, where his father was a missionary, and whom Coach Bob Blackman happened on by chance while visiting in California this summer. Blackman had expressed some concern how Beaver would react under major college game conditions, since he had played only six-man football as a prep, but apparently he encountered no nerve "I wouldn't complain. I'd like to make a decision like that," said the 56-year-old veteran driver after the draw Tuesday for Thursday's Li tile Brown Jug. It's possible, too. Woe is the 3-1 co-favorite with Ricci Kcenie Time Armbro Ncsbi' is next at 7-2 for the final leg of pacing's Triple Crown.

Melvin's Woe is in the weaker first division of nine horses. Armbro Nesbil. is in Hie second division, considered nni'li toucher wild J. II. Steady Airliner mid (fieri Hemic Time.

I A field of 17 three year-old pacers, third largeiit in (lie 211 yearn, will contend for the! record during lie of four days of Crawl Circuit racing jit the Delaware County (airr.roiiiidH, Thi first four finlnhers in each division return for a rarcoll. If a different horse Iroin the find two winners the three victors rare in a fourth heat. A horse must capture two heats to win the Jug. "Melvin's Woe usually comes from behind although he can leave fast, too," said O'Brien of 7 nm i 4 i I Hern id ond Krvlew Photo By the Associated Press Leaners used to only count in horseshoes but now St. Louis Cardinal Manager Red Schocn-dienst is counting on a leaner in his sport.

"If we can keep on winning and if we're leaning the right way, maybe we can fall into first place," said Kchncndicnst after the Cardinals beat the Expos 7-4. The victory, coupled with the Pirates' R-5 lir to the Mets, pulled St. Iiuis to within Viz games of Pittsburgh's front-running pare in the National (ague East. TO four contenders would be fighting a brutal battle with Houston for possesion of fourth place in the Wp-sf. Tnfad, glory is just around the eoTnor for the learn that tO least.

"I think trie tiling that rny help us now," said W.ewJjpnsf. "is that the and Pittsburgh ore plsyiog ear-h MacArthur 9th in Prep Grid Poll By the Associated Press Helleville West, opening its season with a hard-earned 2Ji 2'J victory over powerful East St. Louis Assumption, was named tVin Mrt 1 ,1 Associated ress Downstate I I r-. sportscasters and compiled a total of 72 points on a basis of 10; points for first place, nine for second, eight for third, etc. Belleville West, coached by Bruce Arnold, got an iron-man performance from fullback Joe Holtgrewe in its victory over Assumption.

Holtgrewe gained 134 yards on 24 carries and scored three touchdowns. Moline, failing to get a first-place vote, still managed to nail down second place with a total i i i i I Lakeview quarterback Tim Cruz gets off pass ii Jamborca Blank All Three Opponents Generals Win Asrain ing score. Mark Meurlot then carried over for the touchdown. Weatherford made a brilliant catch on, the long pass. Fiala hit Weatherford from 15 yards out for the score against Lakeview with Weatherford making a diving catch in the end zone.

Fiala finished the evening with seven completions in 10 tries for 207 yards. Kelly Deardorff also had a good night for Eisenhower with three touchdown passes, two of them going to Clark Sanders on plays covering 50 and 30 yards. Deardorff also hit Tony Fluker 1111 SCIIOOI lOOLOail poll. Th Maroons received fnr wonLla TjJlT.l FIRST QUARTER Stephen Decatur 6, Lakeview 0 SO Joe Aroanbrlnhf 21 pass from Rick Moore SECOND QUARTER MacArthur 3, Eisenhower 0 FG 26 Rick Schroeder third quarter Elsenhowtr 20, Lakeview 8 Clark Sanders 50 pass from Kelly Deardorff Sanders 30 pass from Deardorff (Deardorfl kick) Scott Davis 18 fumble recovery (Deardorff kick) Mike McCoy 3 run (Joe Caputo pass from Tim Cruz) FOURTH QUARTER MacArthur 6, Stephen Decatur 0 Mark Meurlot 4 run FIFTH QUARTER MocArthur 7, Lakeview 0 BUI Weatherford 15 pass from Ron Fiala (Rick Schroeder kick) SIXTH QUARTER Eisenhower 13, Sfeohen Decatur 0 Tony Fluker 59 pass from Kelly Deardorff (Deardorff kick) Scott Davis 20 punt return AP COLLEGE DIVISION FOOTBALL POLL "WW Top Fifteen, with first-piece parentheses, season records and votes total 2M3- The 15-man committee, which each year elects additions to the Millikin Athletic Hall of Fame, lost two members the past few days with the deaths of Neil Arr-ington and Buryl Erjgleman. Committeemen, for the msot part, are selected in an effort to have each era of Millikin sports represented.

Neil and Buryl both were at Millikin in the early 1920s. Arrington was a basketball player of considerable note, being captain of the Big Blue in his junior year. A gimpy knee prevented him from playing much as a senior. I remember Neil mostly as a golfer, and a good one. I especially recall a day when I was playing a match with Hank Gill at South Side Country Club.

As we walked off the 12th tee (the old one, not the current one) a ball came floating down and hit me smack in the middle of the forehead. Arrington, playing the 11th, had hit the ball from below the crest of a hill and faded it so it came down on the 12th tee. Well, almost all the way to the ground Hitting me in the head obviously caused no more damage than raising a lump and -our match went on. Glee in the Millikin football camp over Saturday's 62-8 walloping of Elmhurst should be tempered after a little sober study of a statistic coming out of last Saturday's Carthage-North Park game. North Park is Millikin's foe this Saturday, in Chicago.

Carthage wracked up North Park pretty good, winning 34-14 after racing to a 27-0 halftime lead. An eye-popping statistic, however, is North Park's 416 yards total offense against the Redmen's defense traditionally tough. Quarterback Gary Duesenberg connected on 15 of 31 passes for 278 yards. It can be presumed that Carthage did not have its regulars in all the way but still 416 are a lot of offensive yards. The Blue, therefore, can expect to have its defense tested much more severely than last Saturday.

Millikin's 62-point splurge vas the No. 1 item in last Saturday's CCIW openers but really no more surprising than North Central's 30-22 upset of Augustana. This was a real stunner against a team rated in the coaches' pre-season poll third behind Carthage and Millikin. The victory ended North Central's 31-game CCIW losing streak. It last won over Elmhurst in 1968.

In case you didn't notice, Illinois's freshman soccer-style kicker, Dan Beaver, got off to a perfect start against on a 59-yard scoring play. A Rick Moore to Joe Arganbright pass covering 21 yards gave the Reds their triumph over Lakeview and Mike McCoy ran three yards for the lone Lakeview touchdown against Eisenhower. MacArthur substituted freely against the Reds and Lakeview and a fumble recovery against Eisenhower helped the Generals turn things around. The Panthers were driving against the Generals only to lose the ball inside the 10. 16-14-12-10-V-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1: W-L-T pts.

1. Delaware (23) 2-0-0 706 2. Grumbling (3) 2-5-0 536 3. Tennessee St. (1) 20 392 4.

South Dokoto (2 2-0-0 361 5. North Dokoto St. (4) 30 301 6. Eastern Michigan (2 2-0-0 251 7. Col Poly-SLO 1-0-0 242 8.

North Ookola 20 219 9. Ashland 2-0-0 183 10. Boise St. 1-O-0 180 11. tie, Hawaii (2) 1-0-0 159 11.

tie. Louisiana Tech (1) 1-1-0 159 13. McNeese St. 10 132 14. Carson-Newman 2-0-0 125 15.

Jackson St. (1) 2-0-0 107 of 58 points. Moline has a 2-0 that of any athlete, record including a 35-15 triumph And Chamberlain said, "I over East Moline last week. have nothing to say" concerning Peru St. Bede had one first- a story Tuesday in the San place vote and was third with 48 Francisco Examiner that he points followed bv East St.

Louis wouId sign a Assumption with 45 points, contract this week as player-Assumction received one first coach of the San Diego Con- Dl CI ridllUVUI. JVIUIVIII 5 year. "Armbro Neshit likes to leave fast," O'Brien continued. "But both have shown enough to warrant starts here." Ricci Reenie Time, driven by Harold (Sonny) Dancer has won four of his last five after failing to win his first nine starts this season. The probable odds and horses in order of post positions, with drivers in parentheses: First Division 7-2 Rob Ron Ritzar (Keith Waples), 12-1 Playboy Hanover (Terry Holton), 3-1 Melvin's Woe (O'Brien), 9-2 Valiant Bret (Lucien Fontaine), 10-1 Racing Knight (Dick Buxton), 8-1 Keystone Smartie (Billy Haughton), 8-1 American Skipper (Glen Garnsey), 8-1 Smog (Vernon Dancer) and 6-1 Gay Skipper (Jack Ackerman).

Second Division 10-1 Faraway Bay (Buxton), 9-2 J.R. Skipper (John Chapman), 8-1 Billy Joe Byrd (George Shelty), 8-1 Honey Cane (Bill Walters), 5-1 Otaro Hanover (Herve Filion), 6-1 Steady Airliner (Dick Farr-ihgtoni, 3-1 Ricci Reenie Time (Harold Dancer Jr.) and 7-2 Armbro Nesbit (O'Brien). NL OWNERS PONDER H.OVE BY PADRES Chicago (AP) National League owners are scheduled to meet in Chicago today to consider the proposed move of the San Diego Padres baseball franchise to Washington. Was hingtcn o'tsinessman Joseph Daniansky is leading a Washington group which has effered to bring the Padres franchise to Washington for a reported $12 million. rrl Woe, owned by Thurman Downing of Cleveland, has 14 of 20 starts and 103,030 this place vote and was the only defeated team to make the top ten.

Rounding out the list were Rockford West, Sterling, Peoria Manual, Danville, Decatur MacArthur and Pittsfield. All are undefeated and each received a first place vote except Manual, and Pittsfield which extended its streak to 64 Everyone who pays some attention to the PGA tour knows how tough it is for more than half the fairway gypsies to do much more than exist and usually with the financial help of a sponsor, at that. Knowledge of how tough it is to finish with a profit, especially by newcomers on the tour, apparently has no effect on ambitious amateurs who are confident they can make it big "out there" against J. Nicklaus and associates. A field of 373 applicants will compete next week in three regional 72-hole tryouts for the 1973 Qualifying School of the PGA Tournament Players Division.

Seventy-eight will advance to the qualifying school proper where they will play a 144-hole tournament to determine the final qualifiers for the tour. Last year there were 468 applicants, 81 qualified for the school and 25 earned tour privileges. Many who failed are back in this year's field. There are some surprising golfers trying far a tour ticket, including an optometrist, a doctor, and a lawyer. Their ages cover a span from 17 to 61.

Six are over 35. A surprise applicant is Harvie Ward, the North Carolina native who migrated to California and won the British Amateur in 1952 and the U.S. Amateur in 1955-56. Just when Ward appeared ready to dominate the amateurs as Bobby Jones had done, he received a not-too-severe disciplinary slap from the U. S.

Golf Association for expense irregularities. For snme- reason Harvie never played with much zest after that. So it's surprising, at this late date, he's trying to get b3ck in competition much tougher than he faced as a young amateur. Of course the new glamor golfer, Ben Crenshaw of Texas, is among the applicants. He will play in what the PGA calls the Midwest tryouts Midwest in this case being Irving, Texas.

Other applicants are British star Peter Oosterhuis, ex-baseballer Ken Harrelson (his second try), and Mike Ford, son of veteran pro Doug Ford. from me, I was stunned. "But let me tell you, you cannot imagine whatthat did for my confidence," said Madlock, who went two-for-four, scored twice and drove in a run as the Rangers cuffed Stan Bahnsen and Steve Stone for 10 hits. In his last five games, Madlock has 10 hits in 20 at-bats including a home run, two doubles and a triple. In his first 11 games in the majors, he has hit .341, scored 11 runs and driven in four.

"The kid swings a quick bat," said Martin. "So far, he's been terrific. He comes up there, takes his cuts and gets his hits. He's got excellent speed, too." Madlock, who hit .339 to lead Spokane to the Pacific Coast League playoffs, has frustrated every pitcher to face him so far. "They are all experimenting with him right now," said Martin.

"No one has figured him out and no team sees him for too many games at this point in the season, so they'll Drobablv start over in the spring." EXPOS BUY MORALES Montreal (AP) The Montreal Exdos have purchased catcher Jose Morales from the Oakland Athletics Padrci 9, Braves 4 Arlin held Atlanta to five iiiin and Hank Aaron to a single and a long out in hurling to San padres to a 9-4 vir try. Aaioti loftH a long fly in the zizHi that seemed destined to put No. 712 on the Atlanta in lights. But the ball died tin the warning track and Cene Jxrklear put it awav. Rcdi 1, Astros 0 Andy Kosco's run-scoring, pop fly single in the eighth drove in the game's only run and Don Gullett pitched a four-hitter- for his ninth straight victory, 1-0 over the Astros.

Dodgers 3, Giants 1 Joe Ferguson raced home with the tie-breaking run in the seventh on Roy Coy's infield grounder, sparking a three-run inning and the Dodgers beat the Giants 3-1. Wilt Still 'Negotiating' Los Angeles (AP) It was another in a long list ot reports that have made the basketball career of Wiit Chamberlain as controversial as quistadors of the American casKetDaii Association. "I'm negotiating with the Conquistadors as possibly being a player and coach but that's as far as I can say," the 7-foot-l Chamberlain told the Associated Press. The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association "keiy will sue if Wilt leaves tb season. "We expect Wilt to play this ranr on1 if Kzi nlnre nntmhoM he'll Dlav here." said Pete Newell, Lakers general manager.

PURDUE NAMES TRACK COACH West Lafayette, Ind. (AP) Mike Poehlein, a Highland high school instructor, was named Tuesday as head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Purdue University. Jean the Astrod me parking lot ana tare on all comers. When Riggs was unable 'to get a speaking engagement at noon Tuesday, Perenchio showed up with a substitute heavyweight champion George Foreman. Foreman, a Houston native who will present the $100,000 winner's check, figured Billie Jean should win easily.

"I don't know anything about tennis, but I know about sports and condtiioning and this guy is burnt out," Foreman said. Asked how he got involved with Riggs, Perenchio said the hardest part was just getting to talk to Riggs in the place. Perenchio said he finally contacted former tennis great Tony Trabert and offered him to place him in the same room with Riggs. "I had tried every way in the world to get in touch with Bobby and failed," Perenchio said. "Now tne- only thing I regret is paying Tony $10,000.

"After I paid Tony off, I found out Bobby was listed in the phone book all the time." victories with a 33-0 triumDhiclub because it holds his con-over White Hall North Green-tract option for one more Victory in Grid Jamboree Proves MacArthur Tough Again By Mac McGee The format didn't change for the 1973 public school's Varsity Jamboree football extravaganza as the MacArthur Generals won their third straight title with a 3- 0 record. The Generals, obviously under partial wraps with a meeting with Stephen Decatur coming up here Friday night, blanked Eisenhower 3-0 on a 26-yard field goal by Rick Schroeder. slipped past Stephen Decatur 6-0 and nailed it down with a 7-0 decision over Lakeview. Eisenhower finished second with a 2-1 mark, beating Lakeview 20-8 and Stephen Decatur 13-0, Stephen Decatur was third with its 6-0 decision over Lakeview. MacArthur didn't exactly roll up the points and all three opponents moved the ball well against the Generals at times.

But when it counted the Generals scored and the defense held and that's winning football in anybody's league. A pair of passes from quarterback Ron Fiala to Jerry Muse for 17 yards and ta Bill Weatherford for 25 set up ischroeder field goal. Against the Keds it was another pass from Fiala to Weatherford for 81 yards to the Reds' nine that set up the winn- Eisenhower's Liddell Wins Cross Country Stephen Decatur repeated as public school cross country jamboree champion Tuesday Robin Liddell of Eisenhower repeated as individual cham pion, covering the three mile course at Johns Hill in 16:30 minutes. Stephen Decatuir had 33 points, MacArthur 42, Eisenhower 73, Lakeview 84. Tom Reiter of MacArthur was runnerup to Liddell, followed by Tim Potts of Lakeview and Paul McCann and Dan Berg, both of Stephen Decatur.

Rounding out the top 10 were Herb Williams, of Mar-Arthur, sixth; Jeff Roth. SteDhen Decatur; Rolf a 1 1 btephen Decatur; Don Barr, Stephen Decatur, and Ken Williams, MacArthur. Robin Liddell distance champ Madlock Stunned When Given Third Base Job Match of Century' Thursday Bobby vs. Billie Sports PANORAMA BY MAC McGEE Fiala at the tight end, Mike Prycznski and Kevin Johnston at the tackles, Steve Meinhold and Bob Whitten at the guards and Pat Parsons at center. "I have to be satisfied with our running game as well," added Matheson.

"We're not very big, but we're quick and some kids have come through we didn't count on quite so soon. Pat Tosetti has been doing a good job at right halfback and Curt Miller, Rick Schroeder and Zanni Rawls have been doing a job beyond our expectations." Matheson also had high praise for quarterback Ron Fiala who justified it all with a great exhibition of coolness and chips-down play later in the Jamboree when he passed for 207 yards on seven completions in 10 attempts. Ron saw enough action behind Bruce Blaylock last season to gain the experience he needs this year and the gutty 170-pound senior made the most of his chances. "Now what we need is to get some experience for Ron Boehm," said Matheson. Boehm relieved Fiala in the Jamboree against both Lakeview and Stephen Decatur, so that problem was at least partially solved Tuesday night.

Friday night's test against the Reds will be the final non-conference game for the Generals. After that it will be always-tough Springfield Griffin here in the first of seven Capitol Conference games. The Generals are defending Capitol champs and it is going to take a very good conference team to change that around this season. last week. Belleville West 1-0 4 Moline 2-0 Pero-St.

Bede 2-0 1 East St. Louis Assumption 1-1 1 "ockford West 1-0 1 Sterling 1-C 1 Peoria Manual 2-0 Donvilie 1-0 1 Decatur MacArthur 2-0 1 Pittsfield 1-0 72! 4S Others receivinq vote Rockford East 0 Peoria Central (1). Hall (1). Rockford Boylan (l). Champaign Central, Pekin, Geneseo, Quincy, Normol Community, Urbana, Sloomington, Centralia, LaSalle- Peru, Ottawa-Marauette, Marion, Collinsville, Belleville East, Metamora, Decatur St.

Teresa, Belleville Althoft, Cahokia, Kewanee, Toulon, Centralia, Her-rin, Shelbyville, Peorio Central, Tomplco, Genoa, Rochelle. Wyanet, Granite City, Marquette-Alton, Peoria Woodruff. We're going to try to have some i fun "with this thing." Five-time Wimbledon champion Billie Jean has played all over the world. Riggs, who won the '1939 Wimbledon title, has played in some pretty bizarre matches. But it's unlikely either has ever played to the accompaniment of an entire marching band.

Adding to the noisy throng, expected to reach 40,000, will be the University of Houston marching band. Both Riggs and Mrs. King apparently will be laughing all the way to the bank regardless of who wins. Although billed as a winner-take-all match, the loser may net as much as $100,000, Perenchio said. After winning her first two matches in a women's tournament on Monday, Mrs.

King went into semi-seclusion to prepare for the match, leaving Riggs and Perenchio to the promoting. Riggs continued to work out in a huge plastic covered bubble on to MacArthur's Generals didn't exactly pulverize their opponents in the Varsity Jamboree last night at Pigott Field, but then who wants to argue with three shutouts and an offense which scored when it had to. There's also the distinct possibility the Generals were under wraps with the Reds coming up Friday night and scouts scattered through the crowd eyeballing not only MacArthur but the other three Decatur teams as well. There's also a distinct possibility the Generals were still in the clouds following a 45-20 victory over Mattoon last weekend in which they executed about as perfectly as any MacArthur team ever has. "We were real happy with the kids after that one," said Coach Bob Matheson prior to the Jamboree.

"Mattoon is a good ball club and we really did a job on them. "We beat them in the line" said Bob. "I expected our line to be pretty good, but these boys have really come along fast. Mattoon had a fine backfield and our line play was the difference." The Generals name a "hustler of the week" after each game and have for years. Rarely is the honor shared, but the coaching staff made a little history after the Mattoon game.

"We named the entire offensive line," said Matheson. "After we looked at the film there was just no other way to go." The offensive line is made up of Jerry Muse at split end and Bill Weatherford and Dale Arlington, Tex. (AP) Bill Madlock wasn't surprised when Texas Manager Billy Martin named him the Rangers' regular third baseman the other day he was stunned. "First of all," the 22-year-old rookie from Decatur, 111., said Tuesday night after the Rangers whipped the Chicago White Sox 7-2, "I was kinda surprised when he started me every day during his first week on the job. "Then, when he came up to me in Oakland over the weekend and told me that third base was mine until someone took it away Cross Country AT ARGENTA Argento Oreana 24, Blue Mound 31 t.

Randy Damery (BM), 14:33 min; 2. Fedie (A O): 3. Rlchors (A-O); 4. Rodney Domery (BM); 5. May (A-0).

(2.8-mlles course) AT PANA Pana 19, HMIsboro41 1. Nance (P). 15:50 2. Bowman (P); 3. McKenno IP); 4.

Savage (H); 5. Beyers (P). (2.75-fnlles course) AT MONTICELLO Monticello 20, St. Joseph Oaden 43 1. Johnson (SJ-O), 15:05 2.

Brewer (M); 3. Rlggins (M); 4. Swango (M); 5. Duck (M). (2.8-miles course) (Monticello has 5-0 record) AT TAYLORVILLE Shelbyvllle 26, Taylorvllle 29 1.

Curtis (T), 15:39 2. Reed (S); 3. Grass (S); 4. Marti (S); 5. Kennedy (T).

(2.85-miles course) AT CARLINVILLE Morrlsonviile 26, Cariinviile 37, Whit? Hall North Greene 63 1. Harris (M). 12:43 2. Simpson (C); 3. Montgomery (M); 4.

Boyd (C); 5. Malln (WH). (2.1-miles course) (Morrison-vllle hos 104 record) Houston (AP) The $100,000 winner-take-all tennis showdown between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in the Astrodome will be like no other tennis extravaganza ever held. Promotoer Jerry Perenchio has seen to that. "It's certainly going to be more fun than Wagergate," Perenchio said of the internationally televised battle of the sexes that has been tagged "The Match of the Century." To be sure, the match has captured the fancy of the nation and will have a wider audience than the Watergate hearings.

It'll be beamed into 40 countries and be' shown nationally by ABC. The" scene surrounding courtside for Thursday night's match on the floor of the Astrodome will look more like a college football rivalry than a tennis match. "We're going to have a cheering section for both of them," Perenchio said. "Bobby win have "Bobby Boosters and Billie Jean will have about 100 women players on her side..