Evening Express from Portland, Maine (2024)

November 15, 1966

Publication:

Evening Expressi

Location:

Portland, Maine

Issue Date:

Tuesday, November 15, 1966

Page:

17

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Portland Me Evening Expren Tuesday Nov I5? 1966 A Notre Dame 9s A ir Hub Bruins Attack One Of Best 42 Hutchins New Baseball Sweetan Balti Glenn Hutchins YOU BE THE QUARTERBACK plan Sentry reports good news (at last!) about 2 1 Answer 'Ji MACE MESSENGER COMPARE AGE! Smooth light mellow! COMPARE TASTE! SENTRYTUNSURANCE Extraordinary! COMPARE VAUfE! Hardware Mutuals Sentry Life I XPRtSS LEWISTON RACEWAY All whiskies at least 12 YEARS OLD blended with gram neutral spirits remained 11th the second 10 as Syracuse appearance of pass 10th just State for next at East the two powers Geor three clubs fifth al nine 3 4 gave the scouting report on Notre Dame to his first stringers in practice Mon day and the players did some running but no heavy work Assistant coaches Ed Ruther ford and Al Dorow scouted the Irish for MSU were very Daugherty said said this is a team that has everything size speed good coaching and a DAYS RACING Michigan State Coach Sees Team Underdog Ify Title Tilt NEW YORK The ma jor difference between Notre Dame and Michigan State appears to be a passing one When the two top ranked teams clash at East Lansing Mich' on Saturday with the national championship possibly at stake Notre Dame will boast a more deadly air game than the ground oriented Spartans Official statistics released Tuesday by the NCAA Service Bureau show Notre Dame ranks 16th in the country in passing offense while Michigan State is 61st The difference is even more noticeable on passing defense where the Irish rate 18th and the Spartans are 105th Notre Dame has allowed only one touchdown toss all season and a mere 42 yards per pass attempt Yet even these figures can be deceiving for in the last four games Michigan State has completed more passes for more yards and more TDs with fewer interceptions than have the Irish Notre Dame leads all major colleges in scoring offense with an average of 376 points per game and also is No 1 in scoring defense having permit ted only 35 points per game The Irish with five shutouts in eight games can become the first major school since UCLA in 1954 to lead the country in both scoring offense and de fense Michigan State rates fourth in scoring offense (314) and 16th in scoring defense (99) The Spartans have the second best running aggregation with an average of 2403 yards per game while Notre Dame is ninth in this category with 2261 Houston ranks ahead of Notre Dame in total offense with 4341 yards per game Tulsa leads in forward passing offense (2695 yards per game) and Harvard is tops in rushing offense (2754) Defensive leaders in clude Southern Mississippi in total defense (1310 yards per game) Toledo in forward pass defense (729) and Wyoming in rushing defense (350) MPtOO 8SXST8A1GHT WHISKY 12 YEARS OLD OSMOSE wMBMHunutsraiTS NEW YORK (UPD resurgent New York Rangers perennial tailenders now coast ing along in third place boast five men the largest team representation among the league's top scorers in figures released today by the National Hockey League Rangers Rod Gilbert and Phil Goyette share third place in the scoring statistics with 13 points Bernie Geoffrlon is in seventh with 11 and Donnie Marshall holds down ninth with 10 points Defenseman Harry Howell is in a six way tie for 10th with nine points Stan Mlklta and Norm Ullman of Detroit share the league scoring lead Mlklta has sparked the Black Hawks to a 7 2 record and first place with five goals and 11 assists for 16 points while Ullman has aided the Red cause with three goals and 13 assists Bobby Rousseau is tied for third with Gilbert and Goyette while Bobby Hull the league record holder for goals with 54 last season is lodged: in the 10th spot performance of his 1964 mouth Memorial Post which won the Cumberland" County playoff title In addition to his previous coaching at YH3 Hutchins has' also beep Greely Institute jun lor varsity basketball coach and Greely Junior High mentor and had a term as varslty jayvee hoop coach at North' Yarmouth Academy A resident of Cumberland married to the former Virginia Packard of that town They have three chil dren Geraldine 14 Jyle 6 and Jay 5 areas closed to hunters The meeting Is sponsored by the US Bureau of Sports ishing natural wildlife refuges and and Wildlife Management as big and Ewbank who brought more to the NL championship before joining the New York coiH takes time to put together a good defense Across the board the defenses in our league are Improved over last season And I rate that Buffalo front seven (linemen and line backers) as good as anything in pro football today" Points 338 316 275 223 206 135 116 99 84 46 12 io OVERCOAT MEET Lit NEW YORK (AP) Wally Lemm and Weeb Ewbank two former National ootball League coaches have come to the defense of the American ootball much mal igned defensive units It too long ago when comparisons between the de fenses of the two leagues brought a chuckle from propo nents of NL superiority But Lemm and Ewbank buy that anymore Lemm who left the St Louis Cardinals to take over at Houston said: I went to St Louis I always heard that the defensive backs were better When I got there I found that the case but I did find that the linemen were bigger and that was their strong point Now the linemen are just GO KING EDWARD Largest Selling Cigar Distributors: Candy Co 360 Cumberland Ave Portland Maine i You are the George Washington quarterback running an unusual offense against Villanova You split both ends to the sides of the field The Wildcats are playing a four man line and double covering your dangerous ends with a corner back opposite each one and defensive ends dropping off the scrimmage line With first dowipand 10 on your own 25 midway between sidelines what Is your call: 1 Belly play (you take snap fake to fullback off guard either carry off tackle or pitch to halfback wide)? End sweep with guards pulling out of line for inter ference? Quick pitchout around end? Long pass to whichever split end is open? MIAMI la (AP) ivA teams are being considered for the Orange Bowl football game Jan 2 but no decision will be made until Sunday The Orange Bowl Committee announced it will hold a meeting Sunday morning to consider Al abama Georgia Tech Nebras ka lorida and Georgia BALTIMORE (AP) rank Robinson of the Baltimore Ori oles the American Most Valuable Player in 1966 will undergo surgery on the car tilege in his right knee at ah un determined date in either Balti more or Los Angles ST LOUIS (AP) The St Louis Hawks extended Player Coach Richie contract for two additional years as soon as the present one runs out at the end of the current National Basketball Association season NEW YORK (AP) Charlie Messenger of Vlllanova set a meet record of 24:156 in win ning the 58th IC4A five mile cross country race at Van Cort landt Park Tuesday and led the Wildcats to the team title with a record low score of 26 points CONCORD NH (UPI) Un usually large crowds of hun ters trooped into New Hamp shire during the weekend and bagged more than 1000 deer the state ish and Game De partment reported yesterday One ish and Game officer woods were a little nol in the eastern part of the state Portland Maine 774 2121 COME EARLY ENJOY DINNER AND COCKTAILS IN THE CLUB HOUSE POST TIME EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY 7:30 PM Irish Spartans Keep Lofty Spots 5 th Week Southwestern Maine Harrier Champions right: Steve Kern Mike LaRoche Jeff Lowell Carl Hurley Greg Durgin and Mark allona Back row: Steve Holmes Dennis Webb Capt Don Barton Steve Bean Dan Boxer and Mgr John Conley Ab sent: Coach Gary Beckwith (By Staff Photogra pher Morrison) EAST LANSING Mich (AP) or the game of the year Michigan State Coach Duffy Daugherty came up with the understatement of the year: least this week we have the danger of looking by one game we have the prob lem of anyone saying much are you going to beat them The coach of the na No 2 ranked team said Monday five days before it plays the No 1 team Notre Dame assuume be the un he added He called the game a great opportunity remember once in the history of the polls that the No 1 and 2 teams met in the final game of the he said Daugherty was worried about stopping Notre running because he noted they can al ways pass And he was worried about the Irish passing because he added they disguise their pass plays by faking runs Michigan State should be in good health for the battle for the national championship Daught erly said ullback Bob Aplsa who missed two games with a knee sprain is expected to be ready to play even if he start Duffy too worried about the mental condition either think there are any limits to desire and exub he said think you run out of PRAISES SEYMOUR Notre star receiver 6 foot 4 205 pound Jim Seymour is an outstanding player Dau gherty said has height and such quick moves the same sure hands as (MSU end Al) Brenner and outstanding he said Daugherty said there be any special defensive for Seymour change your defense going into the he said have to do everything NEW YORK Notre Dame and Michigan formally set the stage showdown Lansing today when undefeated Midwest were ranked first and second respectively in the weekly United Press International board of coaches ratings It marked the fifth consecu tive week that the Irish and Spartans had ranked 1 2 in the ratings and intensified the belief that Notre Dame and Michigan State will be playing next week for the national championship won last year by the Spartans The Irish who rose to the top midway through the season received 26 first place votes and 338 points from the 35 man UPI board while Michigan State was awarded five first place nomin ations and 316 points The top 10 remained un changed from last ratings since no of the elite group suffered defeat Alabama Nebraska and gia Tech the other major undefeated ranked third through respectively SUGAR BOWL CONTENDERS Alabama and Nebraska' re portedly the top contenders for SUgar Bowl berths each drew two first place votes Arkansas was sixth followed in order by Southern California UCLA Georgia and lorida happy blend of running and Last year when MSU wa ranked No 1 and Notre Dams No 4 the Spartans scored a 12 3 victory and held the Irish to minus 12 yards rushing and jtist 25 yards passing But Notre Dame is better this year said Daugherty because got passing plus the same running GRANDVILLE Vt A 36 year old Narragansett I hunter accidentally shot and killed himself yesterday police said The body of Carl Anderson was found wounded In the head by other hunters near the intersection of Routes 100 and 125 Anderson was the first fatality of the hunting season LOS ANGELES (AP) gin Baylor Los Angeles Laker All star forward will remain here this week when his team plays in Dayton Ohio and De troit says Lou Mohs Laker general manager Baylor who strained the ligaments in his right knee last month is not expected to play until next game against the San rancisco Warriors NEW YORK (UPI) 100 yard run with an intercepted pass longest individual scoring effort of ths National ootball League season brought Henry Carr of ths New York Giants ths Miennen fastback of the week award Monday and it also could bring him a new sports car as the fastback of the year Warriors Win Barry HitsJ4 SAN RANCISCO (AP) Rick sophomore jinx seems only to have hexed the other clubs in the National Bas ketball Association The slender blond forward was the NBA Rookle of the Year last season for the San rancis co Warriors This season the Miami gradu ate is the leading scorer in the league His 44 points Monday night helped both his average and the Warriors who defeated the Detroit Pistons 115 104 for their fifth straight victory in the only NBA game of the night Barry hit 17 of 30 from the floor and all 10 of his free throw attempts The Warriors moved ahead to stay after the first five minutes of the game and were seriously challenged only once more The Pistons moved to 85 81 three minutes into the fourth quarter No 2 End sweep Three deep secondary should cover long pass Although defensive end is dropping' off quick pitch give time for split end to lure defenders away front play nor for strong interference to form Belly play wide could go but sweep gets everybody in front of the runner but the dean of women (Distributed by The Register and Tribune Syndicate) To Play Sunday DETROIT Rookie quar terback Karl Sweetan of the Detroit Lions will be ready to play when the Lions take aim at the league leading Baltimore Colts at Tiger Stadium Sunday a team physician said Monday Dr Richard A Thompson said Sweetan would play Sunday with a specially built fiberglass corset to protect his injured ribs took several rays Mon day and they showed Sweetan had suffered severe bruises but no said Thompson Sweetan guided the Lions to a come from behlnd 32 31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings Sun day SPRINGS BRAKES ALIGNMENT Waterfowl Talk Slated Tonight GOODWINS MILLS Hal manager of the Par ker River wildlife refuge in Massachusetts will be chief speaker here tonight when a meeting of waterfowl hunters will be held at Stickney Lodge starting at 7:30 Chief topic will be future i management of coastal Maine Purdue which clinched its first Rose Bowl appearance last Saturday with a 16 0 victory over Minnesota but the rest of was scrambled made its initial the season The Orangemen who have swept their last seven games since dropping their first two games of the season moved into a tie for 17th with Tennessee which dropped from 12th after being upset by Mississippi Ole Miss made the most of its victory climbing two notches to 13th behind prolific Houstonwhich crushed Kentucky 56 18 last weekend COLORADO HITS STRIDE Colorado finishing strongly after a slow start was 14th and Wyoming shared 15th with giant killer Miami (la) con queror of Colorado Southern Cal and Georgia There was a deadlock for 19th between resurgent Colorado State and Southern Methodist Soule Doughty Grid Co Caplains BRUNSWICK (AP) Half back Mort Soule of Portland and end Dave Doughty of Box ford Massi both sons of former Bowdoin football players will be co captains of the 1967 Polar Bear teams Soule although Injured much of the season still followed in the family tradition by leading the team in rushing and kickoff and punt returns His older brother Paul smashed virtually all Bowdoin rushing records as a halfback and captain of the 1965 eleven and their father former Portland School Superin tendent William Soule was also a standout in both football and track in his college days here Doughty who weighs only 178 pounds saw service all year as a tight end on offense and as an end and corner back on defense His father earned varsity letters in both football and hockey for the Polar Bears Graci Winner Against Perez WALPOLE Mass Ger ry Graci 145 of Arlington pounded out a unanimous de cision over Pedro Perez 149 of Brooklyn NY Monday night in a feature 8 round boxing bout at our Seasons Arena Deering High hill and dalers who posted a perfect 9 0 regular season record won the Southwestern Maine Cross Country League and area Class (major school) championships but were edged by Edward Little High of Auburn 99 to 102 in the State title run ront row left to NOW thru NOV 19th 5 MORE HNGS RtclWG 1966 Lemm Ewbank Say Defense Rates With Best 4 Newton St Phone Tardif Named All East NEW YORK (UPI) A pair of multi talented halfbacks Dennis Shank of West Chester and Norm Tardiff of Maine top this division All East Team the ECAC service bu reau announced Tuesday Shank returned four punts for over 100 yards recovered one fumble and Intercepted two passes as West Chester upended Cheyney State 42 0 Tardiff scored two touchdowns passed for another intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble as Maine rolled over Vermont 52 7 Dave Bennett of Springfield was named as this quar terback Dave Pond the fullback and Tom Cassese of Post and Dan Maurer ol Temple at the ends Tackles named were Tony Stonis of Drexel and Paul Mac zurak of Bucknell Herb Slattery of Delaware and Dick Williams of Bridgeport were named as guards and Chuck Germe of Southern Connecticut as the cen ter Sophomore of the week honors went to halfback Madison Nim mons of Amherst who gained 139 yards and scored two touch downs against Williams tofan" SPRINGVuCOMPANY Palmer Prop Merrill Lathe Mtn 355 OREST AVENUE IjUELROSE isr 1 By Duffy Daugherty Head Coach Michigan StateUnrversity Back In Play On Saturday BOSTON The reel hot Boston Bruins riding a three game unbeaten streak were in the second flay of a five day cooling off period today before returning to action Saturday night when they entertain New York at Boston Garden Coach Harry Sinden said Mon day he welcomed the rest be cause few of the boys are banged up a bit and this gives us a chance to catch our The current hot streak by the Bruins Includes two wins spark ling goal tending performances by Gerry Cheevers and a tie with Detroit for fourth place in the National Hockey League Among those on the Injured list are captain Johnny Bucyk the high Pit Martin and Wayne Connelly along with goalie Eddie John ston Bucyk played in Sunday 2 1 decision over Mon treal although he had a Charley horse in his left thigh Martin who leads the Bruins in goals with six has a lump on his forehead after a collision on the boards Connelly Bos high scorer with four goals and five assists took four stit ches to close a face cut No advertising' Just quality parts and workmanship Our guarantee means you must be satisfied why been able to serve New England travelers for 117 years If de pendability is important to you try us ree Estimates 2r I ir Budget Terms orget To Bring Your Car With You 772 0121 ive Rangers Among High Ice Scorers Coach At Yarmouth High YARMOUTH Glenn A Hutchins of Cumberland was approved by Yarmouth super intending school committee last night to replace resigned Wheaton Hudson as base ball coach at Yarmouth High school next year Hutchins 34 teacher of so cial studies and faculty advisor to the Student Council has coached freshman basketball and tennis at the high school but has long been active in Little League and Legion baseball The former Greely Institute athlete got into summer diamond coaching long before he matriculated at the Uni versity of Maine In Portland and graduated from the of Orono in 1963 with a BS in social studies He coached Little League Babe Ruth League and Ameri can Legion baseball for more than ten years Cumberland Chiefs won the Cumberland LL cham pionship In 1955 and the Su burban LL title in arid guided the Suburban all stars of that season to the state tourmament semifinals His Cumberland Cardinals of 1958 won the Casco Bay Babe Ruth League championship and he piloted the league all stars to the state tourney run ner up post His five summers of Legion coaching were crowned by the car insurance savings for young men If a man under 25 or have a son who is you know what a big extra premium you pay for car insurance Now Sentry Insurance 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Notre Dame warmed up for its joust with the Spartans by mauling Duke 64 0 for Its eighth straight triumph State Is 9 0 after routing Indiana 37 19f kind of game doesn't come along very said Michigan State Coach Duffy Daugherty means a lot to both teams because for the national 5l The game is the last of the season for State but Notre Dame should it win could hardly afford a letdown the following week when the Irish meet Southern Cal The Trojans also have a battle on their hands this week when they face UCLA for the right to represent the Pacific Eight in the Rose Bowl Teams 1 Notre Dame (26) (8 0) 2 Michigan St (51 (9 0) 3 Alabama (2) (8 0) 4 Nebraska (2) (9 0) 5 Georgia Tech (9 0) 6 Arkansas (8 1) 7 Southern Cal (7 1) 8 UCLA (8 1) 9 Georgia (8 1) 10 lorida (8 11 Second 10 Houston 19: 13 Mississippi 14 Colorado 4 (tie) Wyoming and Miami (la) 3 17 (tie) Syracuse and Tennessee 2 19 OvcLLiv tLUU lijvULllC! 4VXC VI iUvllD VvlUitlUU sjvavv which was bounced out of the Southern Methodist 1 K12s SpOrls tn Brief Majs fiL UrafflH Ini any xi IBB Ab tope ssfT 1 I I PAMliE LEWISTON RACEWAY.