Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 6

Friday, Sept. 1M7 Mattooa JOURNAL-GAZETTE 1 i I in. I Hf State Coach. Jerry Huntsman has listed probable lineups which include 12 lettermen. Leading the Panther veterans will be co-captains Dennis Bun-dy and Harold (Gus) 'Holly.

Both are scheduled for starting berths, with Bundy at the fullback slot and Holly one of the defensive halfbacks. The top returning player on the Sycamore squad appears to be quarterback Ron Overton who last year led the signal-callers of Indiana colleges and universities in touchdown passes with 15, jnd Randy Payne, an all-ICC halfback who scored one of the Sycamores' TD's against Eastern last year. Bundy, Overton and Payne will not be the only lettermen in the offensive backfields, lit -Ul i it i'VM m. i i. Eastern Illinois' Panthers will open their 19(7 football season Saturday.

At the far end of the field are two port 1 Home of the Sycamores This picture, taken from high where the host school and Astro Shoes Gus Holly, Eastern Illinois University defensive back and co-captain, slips into a pair of shoes furnished by Indiana State before Thursday's workout on the Astro-Turf. The required special-type shoe features unified construction of the cleats and sole. The rubber cleats greatly improved traction on the artificial grass. EIU battles the Sycamores Saturday in the opening game for both teams. It marks the first outdoor football game every played on Astro Turf.

(Journal-Gazette photo). On The By Jim Kimball Sox Open Crucial Series With Minnesota Tonight man and BillSmith at guard, and Frank Farr at right end. Both offensive guards for In-' dlana State, Jeff Rudolph and Dave Parkhurst, are also letter-men as are tackle Dan Bates and split end John Grimes. The probable starting lineups: EIU Pos. ISU 4 Farr LE Majewskl Taylor LT Matafin Coleman LG Parkhurst Allison Kendall Smith RG Rudolph Zulauf RT Bates Jensen RE Grimes Davis QB Overton Bundy FB Klink Leonard HB Lynch Angelo HB Payne Game Time: 8 p.m.

Place-Memorial Stadium. All Time Series: EIU leads 20-19-3. Game Will Be Broadcast CHARLESTON, 01. Eastern Illinois University's opening football game will be broadcast on five area radio stations. Stations planning to carry, play-by-play accounts are WBOW-AM (1230), WTR1-AM (1480), and WISU-FM (88.1) of Terre Hante, Ind.

Area listeners can tone in WEIC-FM (92.1) Charleston. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS National League W. L. Pet. G.B.

St. Louis .91 56 .619 San Fran. 80 66 .548 10 Cincinnati 80 67 .544 11 Chicago 79 70 .530 13 Phila'phia 75 69 .521 Atlanta 74 72 .507 16 Pittsburgh 73 74 .497 18 Los Angeles 66 79 .455 24 Houston 59 88 .401 32 New York 55 91 .377 35 Thursday's Results Atlanta 5, New York 4 Only game scheduled Saturday's Games Chicago at Atlanta, St. Louis at Cincinnati, New York at Houston, Los Angeles at San Francisco at Pittsburgh American League W. L.

Pet. G.B. Boston 84 63 .571 Minnesota 84 63 .571 Detroit 83 64 .565 1 Chicago 82 66 .554 2 California ..74 71 .510 9 Wash'n 69 77 .473 14 Cleveland 69 80 .463 16 New York 65 82 .442 19 Baltimore 64 81 .441 19 Kansas City 59 86 .407 24 Thursday's Results Chicago 4, Cleveland 0, 10 in nings Only game scheduled Saturday's Games Kansas City at California, Minnesota at Chicago, Washington at Detroit Cleveland at New York, Baltimore at Boston Cardinals' Magic Number Stewart, Lonnle Coffey, Rob bie PlnnelL Steve Anderson, Mike Prevo, Ed Ward, coach Frank Jarvls. To the right Is Jefferson, Front row, Harlan Hopgood, Dan 1 Chapman, Mike WiUingham, Bill Ras-mussen, Stere Greea, Rod CHARLESTON, 111.1 Eastern Illinois University football fans will get a look at the 1967 Panthers and the latest in playing surfaces this Saturday when the Clyde Biggers- coached squad travels to Terre Haute, or the opening contest against traditional rival Indiana State University. The game, to be played on ASTROTURF, A synthetic surface similar to that used in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, will be the first contest for both teams and will begin at 8 p.m.

in Memorial Stadium. Eastern, 1-6-1 last year, and second in the. II AC race with a 1-1-1 record will be out to protect a slim 20-10-3 edge the Panthers hold over Indiana State since the two teams first met on the gridiron. Indiana State, however, has won the last three contests and claimed victory in 1966 with a lop-sided 32-0 verdict in Char leston. The Sycamores went on to a 6-2 season and tied for second in the Indiana Collegiate Conference.

Both teams will be using line ups thoroughly sprinkled with returning veterans. Biggers has 14 of his 15 lettermen scheduled as starters on either the offen sive or defensive unit. Indiana In the only other major league game scheduled Thursday, Atlanta beat the New York Mets 5-4 in the National League. Chicago and Cleveland, who went 17 innings Wednesday be fore the White Sox won 1-0 seemed ready to do it again Thursday. Cisco Carlos, a rookie pitcher just Up from Indianapolis, was performing brilliantly on the mound, but the Chicago bats were silent, as is often the case.

Carlos didn't allow a single man past second base for the Indians and surrendered only five hits. Meanwhile, three Cleveland hurlers Steve Har-gan, Stan Williams and Orlando Pena stopped the Sox until the fateful 10th. Singles by Ron Hansen and Duane Josephson and an intentional pass to Smoky Burgess loaded the bases with one out. Ken Boyer struck out, but then Pena delivered a grand slam home run ball to Don Buford and that ended it. Chicago now is 2 games behind the front-runners, a difficult but hardly impossible situation to recover from.

The Braves beat the Mets on Mike de la Hoz' two-run single the sixth. Honk Aaris and Mack Jones homered for the Braves and Ed Kranepool hit a three-run shot for the Mets. Major League Stars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BATTING Don Buford, White Sox, hit a grand slam homer in the 10th inning, giving Chicago its 4-9 triumph over Cleveland. White Sox, handcuffed Cleve-White Sox, handcuffed Cleveland on five hits through 10 innings as Chicago bat Cleveland 4-0. Hawn, Mike Cochran, Duane Sharp, Gary Grafton, Roger Tipsword, Jim Seaman, Fred Leathers, Bill Belleau.

Second row, manager Lincoln Alexander, Randy Franks, Rodney Stone, DaveDailey, Steve Croy' Mike' Snapp, Todd Cis- By RON RAPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer The Chicago White Sox, whose ability to win with a minimum of runs is beginning to reach ridiculous have picked up a new and unexpected rooter. For the second time in as many days, the White Sox, in fourth place in the tight American League pennant scramble, went into extra innings in a scoreless tie with Cleveland Thursday, and for the second time, they came out winners. The score was 4-0. Today, the Sox open a three-game series with Minnesota, tied with Boston for the league and the heavy-hitting Twins aren't likely to give Chicago all those extra innings to get some runs. Somebody who hopes the Sox score early and often is Al Ka- Walt Bond Dies Of Leukemia HOUSTON, Tex.

(AP) Wal ter Bond, 29, former first baseman-outfielder for the Houston Astros baseball team, died of leukemia Thursday. Bond was traded to the Minnesota Twins in the spring of 1966. But his best year in the major, leagues Was with Houston in 1964 when he drove in 85 runs, a club record which stood for three years. The Race Twins 84-63 -Bosox 84-63 -Tigers 83-64 1 Chisox 82-66 2V4 however. Quarterback Joe Da vis and halfback Curt Leonard are lettermen Eastern's Biggers plans to start, while Indiana State lists veterans Randy Lynch and Dean Klink at halfback and fullback, re spectively.

Both offensive lines will feature returning lettermen at key positions. Eastern will have Ed Taylor at tackle, Marty Cole- Bands Will Play Dixie: Mrs. Wallace- By REX THOMAS MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -Gov. Lurleen Wallace and the legislature have spoken, so the Confederate flag will wave again and the bands will play "Dixie" at college football games in Alabama this fall.

At the predominantly white schools, that is. Official request or no official request, the two state-owned Negro colleges will stick with Old Glory and the National Anthem. The other state-supported center of learning will fly the U.S. flag at their home games, too, and salute the colors with "The Star-Spangled Banner." But, in response to a resolu tion adopted by the legislature and signed by the governor, they also will raise the Stars and Bars of the Old Confederacy and the Alabama State flag. And the bands, along with "Dixie," will try the state song, "Alabama," if they can find" the music.

Two schools say they're having trouble locating it: The legislature's resolution was addressed to all state-supported colleges, and that, of course, included the two Negro schools, Alabama State at Montgomery and Alabama A. M. at Huntsville. No one really expected them to go along, The whole thing started with a dispute over the absence of the Confederate flag at the Uni versity of Alabama during a visit by the governor last sum mer. State Sen.

Alton Turner of Crenshaw County, an adminis tration floor leader, got his dander up, he said, when Uni versity President Frank A. Rose told him the Confederate flag is "too controversial. Among with the resolution ask ing the state colleges to hoist the Stars and Bars at all home games, Turner put through an appropriation of $195.67 for the university to buy a flag and flagpole. Rose says he'll take the money. na, Charles Markley, Andy Henry, Jim Levingston, Steve Smith, Jeff Hubbard, manager Greg Sanders.

Third, row, coach Dick Consldine, Bill Tncker, Warren Hamilton, Curt Watts, Brad England, Gary Sanders, Steve able classroom buildings where the teams will take their halftime breather. (Journal-Gazette photo). Ball Jr. Below is Von lanken and he's slated to hold down the "monster" position tonight 09 defense against Taylorville. Sorry for the slipup Stan! Parnelli Jones recently gave a talk at a meeting in Springfield and most of it centered around the controversial turbine car he drove in this year's Indy 500.

Parnelli said, "The car did have an advantage, but not as great as everyone made it up to be. It should be restricted, but not that much. "Auto racing is at its greatest expansion ever; to ban the car was a mistake," Jones added. Today the following information was received over the AP wire: The U. S.

Auto Club has indirectly banned the controversial turbine car in next year's Indianapolis 500-mile race, but the car's owner and builder says it will be entered anyway. Anthony Granatelli told the Los Angeles Times: "I have no intention of running any other car. I will be there with the same car the same engine and the same chassis." Granatelli also indicated Thursday he might file a lawsuit against the USAC if it does not lift the restrictions. Illinois State University has a defensive end by the name of Jessie James. The 210-pound sophomore from Momence is no relation to the well-known outlaw.

Steve Shirley of Charleston has been hired as assistant basketball coach at Stew-ardson-Strasburg High School. Charles Walls also was appointed head track coach following a meeting of the school board Monday. At an earlier meeting Robert White had been named head basketball coach. Shirley graduated from East-tern Illinois University with a major in Physical Education. Walls is a graduate of Stew-Stras and Millikin University.

1 Keith ODay, Dave Mcflcnry, Bob Hoenes, Walt Egen-mairer, Charles Swank, Dave Crane, Robert McHenry, Jim Bach, Dong Myers, Chet Turner, student teacher Leonard Lyles. (Journal-Gazete photos by Dave Scholtz). up in the west grandstand at Indiana State University's Memorial Stadium, Stadium shows the Jtatro-Twf gridiron Sports Publicity Director Tom Hoppin accompanied Eastern's football Panthers Thursday to Terre Haute for their workout on the Astro-Turf prior to Saturday's opening clash against Indiana State. Coach Biggers put his team through several mobility drills giving his players a chance to make quick starts and stops," Hoppin said. "They all seem to adjust to it pretty good.

Only a couple guys fell down during the two hours the team worked out. "I'll tell you one thing, it's sure a beautiful field. It looks like a living room carpet." Hoppin said there hasn't been a total estimated cost of the Asro-Turf project released to the public. "I do know it cost $2,000 to just mark the field with white latex paint." Hoppin wished to point out that there will be no live tele vision coverage of the game as previously rumored. Segments of the game will be filmed in color to use at a future date in national television for advertising purposes," he said.

The game will be broadcas over radio. -JK-Sports In General: Taylorville coach Rick Le-Fort was a two-year football Ietterman at the University of Maryland during his collegiate days in the late 1940's. He played one year under coach Bear Bryant, before the latter switched to Alabama. LeFort has adopted some of Bear pre-game warmup drills. "Be sure you get out to the game early and watch my team warmup," LeFort commented Wednesday during a telephone conversation.

He didn't go in detail as to what takes place, but I'm going to be there to see. LeFort was looking forward to tonight's visit to Mattoon. "There's a lot of good people in Mattoon. I always look forward to coming down there. Harry Gaines and the rest always put Redfern, Ron Brown, Steve Hayes, Ed Fryman, Dave Janssen, Steve Elder, Ted Briseno, Ron Shook, Richard Moulton.

Second row; manager Kim MacTaggart, Ron Flake, Mark Myers, Robert Selleck, Perry James. Kim i i on a good show." Wave coach Chuck Oyler appeared Thursday at the local Lions Club meeting in the U. S. Grant Motor Inn and presented a talk on this year's football prospects. Want, a glowing report on Illinois' football team? Best place to look.

is the coach of the first opponent of "The Fighting Illini," and Florida's Ray Graves comes through as expected: "When you look at them on film you get startled by their size and strength. John Wright is one of the better ends in the country and Bob Naponic could play quarterback for most any college team I've seen lately. Frankly, we are quite worried about Illinois." The si ernious schedule of practice sessions being followed by Illinois' football team was interrupted Thursday. By request of the players, afternoon drills were cancelled to allow the team to attend funeral services for Bert Bertine, veteran sports editor of the Champaign-Urbana Courier and longtime friend of Illini athletics and athletes. Stan Von Lanken A mixup in pictures occurred Thursday on the Journal-Gazette sports page.

The Green Wave gridder pictured as Stan Von Lanken was Gary Jones, Davis, David Bridges, Mark Smith, Phil Braasch, Frank Kulze, Kelgley, Lowell Kelsey, coach Jim Waltrlp. Third row, coach Ray Worts-bangh, manager Ste vek Coleman, Lester Smith, Ken Tracey, Larry Lawrence, tg line of the Detroit Tigers, who are in third place, a game behind Boston and Minnesota. "This is the first time all year I'll be rooting for Stanky," said Kaline of Chicago Manager Eddie Stanky. The Tigers have no more games left with the Twins and must depend on the other clubs to help out by beating the front-runners. Fan Fare TWi PHILADELPHIA 60LF CLASSIC PlNMVTEP ON JACK NICKIAUS l-NO TIP-BUT ANUTOSSAf.

Freshman Football Teams three quarters (one against each opponent). Shown above are Mattoon's two frosh teams. To the left is Central Front row, left to right, manager Rodney Thompson, Jeff Gates, Greg Nelson, Andy Sparks, Kevin Jones, Wendell 1 in Central and Jefferson A four team freshman football carnival Is scheduled for Saturday at the Mattoon High School athletic field. The action starts at a.m. and com-, petlng In the affair will be Centra, Jefferson, Charleston and Sullivan.

Each team plays. j'.