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By CHARLES GAY
When former SHS grid star Bob Martin was picked in the
National Football League draft last week, he wasn't really
surprised. But only a year ago, he thought he was physically
incapable of playing pro ball.
Bob got a call from Bart Starr, the Green Bay Packers'
new head coach, at about 10:45 last Wednesday morning. He
was an 11 th round pick, the 269th player to go.
"When I was a junior in high school, I thought there was
a possibility of playing in junior college," said the youngster.
"Then when I got to junior college, I started thinking about
playing at a college like Washington. And up until last spring,
I never thought of playing in the pros because I didn't have
the size."
He has the size now. Bob arrived at the UW two years ago
as a little 225 pounder. He played at that weight as a junior,
then started putting on weight for his senior year. He played
last season at 250. He's 6'5".
Bob was expecting to be drafted, but not by the Pack. "I
had been told by enough people (that he would be drafted)
that 1 was convinced I would be," he said. The Packers hadn't
had as much personal contact with Bob as some teams had.
Green Bay reps hadn't talked to him since last spring.
Bob had been contacted by about a dozen teams,
knowing it.
He was just sitting around home in Seattle "waiting for
the phone to ring" on Wednesday when Starr called. Hc
didn't know what round it would be, but he figured it would
be the second day of the draft.
"He (Starr) didn't talk to me long," said Bob. "I
remember we talked about the weather." The coach didn't
talk business, but simply congratulated Bob. Then he told
Bob he had to get ready for the next round.
How did Bob feel after being drafted? "I was excited, but
it was a cautious excitement. There are still a lot of things
that can happen.
"It's something you always hope for when you're
playing, but you never let yourself believe it's going to
happen."
Bob will go to a rookie camp in Arizona during April.
He's expected to report at 255 pounds. And he's supposed to
be in good shape.
"They look at you (at the camp) and decide how you fit
into the program," said Bob. The Packers have indicated Bob
will try out at both defensive tackle and defensive end (his
college position). The Packers' regular pro-season camp starts
July 7.
Bob said he is also talking to a Canadian Football League
Black Hills League middle linebacker that season when the
(;limbers shared the league crown.
He played defensive end at Yakima Valley Community
College in his freshman and sophomore years (all league as a
soph) before transferring to the UW. He started a few games
as a junior, then became a regular starter and a co-captain of
the Huskies as a senior.
Bob broke a fibula (the little bone in the lower leg) in the
fourth game of the 1974 season against Texas. The next game
that Bob missed was the first game he had ever missed in his
life, which had been free of injury. He came back at the
season's end, but not at full strength.
Many thought Bob would be drafted later than the 1 l th
round because of the "risk factor" of his injury and the fact
that he played only three full games last season.
"If you break a bone, the scouts don't regard it as a
major injury. Bones heal. But if you have an injury to a joint,
the scouts will really dig into your medical history. Injuries
to the joints are usually really serious."
Whatever happens in the football career of Bob Martin,
it's not going to make or break him in his working life. He's
planning to finish school and become a certified public
accountant.
"I'd like to play for a few years in the NFL or CFL, then
including Dallas, Los Angeles, New England, Miami andteam, the Edmonton Eskimos, about playing in that circuit, come back and finish school, get my CPA certificate, and
_ __ : _ ........ Baltimore. Some teams scout players without the players The son of Tom and Peg Martin, residents of Potlatch, start,a, business in the Northwest," he said. 3
knowing about it, said Bob, so it is understandable how Bob came to Shelton for the 1970 football season. He had " I ve been playing football since I was nine. I don't want |
Green Bay kept its eye on the Shelton lad without himplayed two years previously at Lake Washington High School to play it to the point where I don t have any, knees left or !
'- before his family moved to Hood Canal. Bob was an All something like that I ve got other things to do.
Bob Martin
lie na Imm
• • I { Shelton High School's swim was 3.48, it looked like a difficuh varsity record was set by Wes second; Tracy Ridout 1:19.4,
SWim wins Tip~ c~J Tale team pulled off one of the major task for the young Climbers. Stockwell, Mike Dale, Brad third.
Shelton Swim Club sent six the lO0-yard freestyle. "~ I upsets of the season last week However, Shelton responded Lyman and Chris Jackson. 100 freestyle - Brad Lyman
~ ~mers to an AA swim meet on with a 90-81 victory over the to the task and turned in an Next action for the Climbers54.9,second;WesStockwel156.1,
| f.Urday at Lakes High School m Debbie Ragan also picked up
l rewood a first place in the girls 11-12 By HERB WILLIAMS Aberdeen Bobcats. unbelievable 3.39.4 to not onlYms TumwaterWill be FebruarYln Tumwater5 againStand third; Dan Cochran 1:02.3, fifth.
50-yard freestyle, along with a The amount of weight used when drifting rivers for steelhead is one This was the first time that beat one of the Aberdeen teanew February" 6 'at Sheiton against 500 freestyle - Chris Jackson
Shelton has ever defeated but beat both of them. The • " 5:2.7, first; Alan Eaton 5:58.7,
r| |"EriC Valley led the Sheltonites second place in the lO0-yardof the most critical things for success and one of the things many Aberdeen and the win could _ _ Lincoln and Mt. Tahoma of second; Scott Woodward 6:36.8,
r/ [,h three first-place finishes, freestyle, steelheaders get careless about, probably be attributed" to the ILlldlmL~ tacoma at 330: . The Climners fifth.
//r'°[ls ly ')nrStSwerein lathe the13"1450-yardbOys Carolyn Cuzick picked up a It s obvious that in fast or heavy water you need more weight to get Highcllmbers" ' excellent depth. • I1~ ~B recordResultsnOW standSforat6-2Shelt on" 100 back - Tony Benedict
fifth-place ribbon in the lO0-yard your gear down to the bottom than you do in slower or more shallow Although Shelton won only four . . 1 :l i, second ; Joe Simpson
c m.~,~... -.--~ ,f~ swimmers
] ~-{l~c, 200-yard freestyle and breaststroke along with three water. But what isn t so obvious is that you should use different out of 11 events, the se ends and ~-i[]llll~r||~l~, : 1:11.6, third; Grog Pavel 1:14,
// u'yard breaststroke. Eric sixth-place ribbons in the 50-yard amounts of weight in the same stretch of water for different lures or thirds" were the points" that made ~"~_ - ~ 200-yard medley relay. - fourth.
i.y freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and bait. , ......... e^ • ~,, it__ _11 1574, Shelton A first, Tony 100 breast - Mike Dale 1:09,
"~'ardfinishedbutterflySeC°ndand fourthin th3 200-yard freestyle in the girlslfyoure fishingbobbers, these are buoyant and tend to float up off me alrleren_c, rdswer ~l~tea-- Benedict," " Mike Dale, Joe second; Dave Wicken 1:13.5,
13-14 division, the bottom. They need more weight to pull them down. The weight Three varsity reco e set. • .^~v ....
• Simpson, G,v~ ...... third; Doug Coleman 1:19.5,
rllllllllllllllltitiittilltiiilllllllllllllllilllllll Karl Cuzick finished sixth in also acts to slow the bobber down to the right speed, for with the Frank Clark set a new record ~nThe Shelton City Basketball 200-yard freestyle -- Chris fourth.
ILittle with a total el
t he b o y s 11-12 200-yard bobber up in the current, it exerts a surprising amount of pull on your ......." , League will hold its fifth annual Jackson 2:00.0, second; Brad 400 free relay - Shelton A,
freestyle, line and can make it move too fast for what a fish prefers, points, beating me gin stanoaru ......... , ............
League
....... oe Rae of Shelto mv]tat,onal tournament reoruary ~,yman z:u.~.~, tmra; A,an ~aton Wes Stockwell, Mike Pavei, Brad
Winning heats for Shelton but The current flows faster a foot and a half off the bottom than it ot 1o3 points. J n
........... 1415 and 16. 2:12.3, fifth. Lyman, ChrisJackson, 3:39.4,
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total of 16630 ints Chris The eight-team tourney, 200 mdw,duai medley - Mike first.
oils & in the 50- and 200-yard freestyle off the bottom, it s in faster water which pullsit along faster. So if you . po . sponsored by Fir Cone TavernPavel 2:20, second; Grog Pavel
boys 11-12. don t have enough weight with a bobber, the problem compounds Jackson broke his own varsity ' - • - -
record in the 500 ard freest if wdl draw teams from Bremerton, 2:34.1, fifth; Tracy Ridout
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nulngs Lloyd German "also competed itself. Sometimes only a weight pull .. . Olympia, Aberdeen and Shelton. 2:45.3, sixth.
in the boys 13-14 division, where the ,fish are, right close to the bottom, wltlaatlmeof5:27. Games will start, at 7 p.m. in the 50 free - Mike Dale 25,
Y's HOtpointers 19 recording his best time in the if you re using eggs, you should use less weight in the very same The 400-yardfreestyle relay new high school s mini-dome and second; Wes Stockwel126, third;
rl.u IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 50-yard free. stret, ch of water. For the eggs tend more to settle down and thus you proved to be the key to the meet. the old Shelton gym. Doug Coleman 28, fifth.
Jperson 1 don t need as much weight to keep them down. Use too much weight, This was the last event andJess Mobil and Sound Diving - Frank Clark 169.30, I
IFri~n
'~tin 3 Bob Miller o, course, and your gear slows down too much and tends to hang up Aberdeen, knowing that it had to Lun, ber teams Will represent second; Joe Rae 166.30, third;
&L-!les 2 more. • • • have first and second, put in two Shelton in the competition. Barry Morgan 141.70, fifth. I
light 6 teams capable of going 3:42.Further infomtation will be 100 butterfly - Mike Pavel I I
n. ~[!ngton 1 leads team The more things you can use from nature when camping, the lighter Since the Shelton school record printed in next week's Journal. i:02.4, first; Joe Simpson 1:08.3,
IPt~tl 0
i~ 0 • ,, __ you can travel. One way to go lighter is to use the ashes in your
to V| ~]rO r~' campfire !o help wash greasy pans. ' ' ' ' '
" IEeicler-- l~n~an~son 000 Arnold & Smith and-- SoundThere s lye in the ashes, which combines with the grease in a frying ~DAe SlZl
~l~lie Realty - l Lumber squared off Sunday inpan to make soap. In fact, the pioneers made their own soap with these
two ingredients. ,
i~on -, ,nc. 51 Shelton City League play and the Sometimes the soap you make in your frying pan isn t the highest
~n.~n 10 game proved to be a thriller, grade, but it will still do the job and means you have that much less to ]Fire Sa/~
[Z' 12 Sound Lumber ended up on carry in your pack. If you re really particular, you can give a first wash
I[',')D~Is 2
11~~n 4 top 88-80 after a fourth-quarter with the ashes-grease soap, and then finish with some you brought
~OUng 8 charge by A&S fell short of doing along. Even that way, you 11 need less of your store-bought soap. Be
~ington l g the job. sure to add water to your camp-made soap.
If" 0 Bob Miller was the big gun for Using things of this type not only lets you travel lighter, it also adds
g the winners with 21 points. , to the fun of it to be able to use as many natural things as possible Save on, Tires For Your
In another Sunday game, Jess when out in the wilds.
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~'~°nt°ya~m' 481420 games, with a 101-66 conquest ~ -"" "-~'--~ Regul
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