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I BillDickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
Meet 1967's by a college pinnacle of 13'6", in te days
long before fibreglass poles.
Afhlefe-of-fhe-Year
Sometimes things come easy!
It hasn't always been so when that
time rolls around to point the finger at
Shelton's prep Athlete-of-the-Year. Usual-
ly the choice is tight and tough, but this
was one of the exceptions.
Decision reared its head in a matter
of moments, and came out Chief Clayton.
This well set-up, tow-headed senior was
one of an extremely skimpy crop of
3-sport varsity letter winners at Shelton
high this school term, a fact which simpli-
fied the choice considerably. Not that the
rules mandate a 3-sport choice, under-
stand, but everything else being equal it's
the telling advantage over a 2-sporter, who
would have to be somebody the likes of
Des Koch, for example, to rate above a
3-sporter. If memory serves rightly, Des
was the last 2-sport star to rate the choice•
But back to Walter G. Clayton III,
• our man-of-the-moment athletically.
At 5-fcot 8J-inches and 172 pounds, he
didn't make his mark in football, bas-
ketball and track all on muscle, al-
though he had it stacked in the right
places and it was tough and durable,
as attested by the fact that he missed
but one turnout during five years of
participation in his three sports in
junior and senior high despite living
all this while 20 miles away out at
Grapeview and rolled up an estimated
30,000 miles in that period getting to
and from turnouts and games.
None of this, of course, has anything
to do with his choice as 1967 Shelton high
school Athlete-of-the-Year. He earned the
nod on the basis of his performances this
school term only, in which he was: (1)
quarterback on offense and linebacker on
defense in football, earning unanimous
choice as Olympic League all-star line-
backer and the honorary captaincy of the
Climber team, (2) second high scorer and
floor-leader for the basketball team and
second team all-league choice at guard,
(3) third high scorer on the track squad
where his versatility as a point-maker in
the pole yault, shot put, broad jump, and
high juhap was of much value, and h¢ was
Olympic League high jump champion: : :
In football, Chief led the Highclimbers
in scoring with the aid of a highly-honed
kill at place-kicking, an ability he devel-
oped largely on his own, by kicking a ball
between two trees, once his father got him
started at it nearly a half dozen years ago.
.Chief's dad, incidentally, earned part of his
way through college with his foot, which
was instrumental in making him second
leading scorer one year even though he
made but one touchdown in the old North-
west College Conference when he attended
Western Washington at Bellingham.
Walt was all-conference end his junior
year, but a leg injury slowed him down
and confined him largely to a kicking role
his nior year. He was also state high
school pole vault champion at Hoquiam
with a state meet mark of 12'9", followed
All of which only shows Chief comes
by his athletic prowess honestly and is
only indirectly connected with his choice
as 1967 Athlete-of-the-Year. During the
prep career which closed with his gradua-
tion this week, Chief earned eight varsity
letters, missing only in basketball his soph-
omore year. Throughout that time he also
maintained a 3.0 grade point average in
the classroom, participated in several dra-
matic activities, was a staff member on the
school newspaper, was president and secre-
tary of the S Club, treasurer of the Key
Club, a member of the student body Sen-
ate, and just recently, in a non-school ac-
tivity, received his Acolyte Cross for the
seventh consecutive year at St. David's
Episcopal church. He will begin his high-
er education at Washington State Univer-
sity next fall, where he plans to turn out
for football.
The only serious competition to
Chief's choice for 1967 Athlete-of-the-
Year came from Dave Gunter, another
senior and the only ,other 3-sport let-
terman this year. The gargantuan
Gunter, in his three years of athletic
endeavor in Climberville, earned nine
letters, three each in football, wres-
tling and track. Dave led the track
squad in scoring this year with 77-2/3
points, throwing discus, shot and jav-
elin; was undefeated in wrestling until
the district meet; and earned all-league
honors as defensive tackle in football.
SPORTS SPLINTERS -- Had he not
been tied up with track, Chief Clayton
r.fight have l:en a letterman in tennis.
After track season was over, Chief filled
in on the junior varsity tennis squad one
day and won a match at Elma.
Ken Droscher, 1963 Highclimber base-
ball grad, has been named on the Oregon
College Conference all-star team as one of
it two pitchers along with five other team-
mates of his Southern Oregon College team
which won both the OCC and District 2
NAIA title. this spring. Ken joins anoth-
er member of the SOC pitching staff,
shortstop, third baseman ,and two outfield-
ers on the all-conference selections. Things
look pretty rosy for Southern Oregon for
next year, too, for three of the all-confer-
ence choices are juniors, including Ken,
and two others are sophomores. Droscher
had an illustrious career as a Highclimi;er
hurler.
Apologies to John Sells. Last week's
column incorrectly credited Gary Combs
with holding the Shelton school record in
the shot put. John Sells, the tiny Tiger of
the weights, set the 54' th,, mark in 1965.
Appearing in the Pacific Coast
League box scores this year for Van-
couver is pitcher Jim Dickson, whoso
father, Homer (now dead), was one
of the very first Shelton high school
track coaches, back in the early 1930s,
and had been Pacific Coast Conference
javelin champion prior to coming to
Shelton as coach.
Babe Ruth League Play Now Underway
• The newly-reorganized Babe
Ruth baseball league composed
of 13 to 15 year old boys has
started play. The league is com-
posed of six teams, listed be-
low with their sponsors:
Mr. View, Jim Pauley's; Hill-
crest, National Bank of Mason
County; Angleside, O. K. Reefers;
Southside, Lumbermen's of Shel-
ton; Hood Canal, Lake Cushman
Resort; McCleary McCleary
Simpson Recreation.
Games played thus far pro-
duced the following results:
MAY 29
McCleary 15
Mt. View 8
Winning pitcher-Tutland 5
strike outs; Losing Pitcher-- Den-
sley- 7 strike outs Turner- 10
strike outs (also pitched}
MAY 31
Southside 8
Htxxi Canal 7
Winning pitcher-- Bacon, el-
sen (also pitched); )sing pitch-
er-- Dean, Cush (also pitchedJ.
Southside completed a triple
play in the 3rd inning. A line
drive to Shortstop (Ferrisl to
In Tourney
first tilt 7-0, and coming right
back and blanking the Port An-
geles Comets 5-0.
The Oilers couldn't quite re-
tain their winning ways in the
final two evening encounters.
The Gott crew took a 5-2 loss
at the hands of the Nygard nine
of Bremerton-- the eventual
tournament winners-- and in the
final clash of the evening, the
Oilers were beaten by the Olym-
pia Carr 10-6.
Golfs Takes Fourfh
• In their first diamond action
of the year, Shelton's Gott Oilers
captured fourth place in an eight-
team tournament held last week-
end on Olympia's Stevens Field.
The Oilers won two and lost
two and finished behind the
tournament champs, Nygards of
Bremerton, and the second and
third place finishers, the Olym-
pia Cams and Bud Htggs' Lakers.
The Gott nine won their first
two games handily, shutting-out
the Astoria Merchants in the
THE
MONEY
8AVER
IS COMING SOON!
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1st base (Julian) to 2nd base
( Stites I.
JUNE I
Hillcrest 3
McCleary 0
Winning pitche .... Jim Corey
(missed a perfect game by two
walks in the 2nd inning. Struck
out 18); Losing pitcher- Greg
Joins (struck out 17); Corey
also had four of the five Hill-
crest hits.
JUNE 3
Hillcrest 24
Hood Canal 4
Wittenberg and Fredson pitch-
ed for Hillcrest. Hillcrest scored
7 runs in the 1st inning and 14
in the 4th. Mike Nutt scored the
only home run.
MAY 8
Hood Canal 23
O. K. Reefers 4
Winning Pitcher-= Dan Cush',
losing pitcher-- Roush; Hood Ca-
nal collected 17 hits to 3 for
the Reefers to gain the runaway
victory.
MIKLETHUN ELECTRIC'S team will face Gott
Oil, on Callanan Field Friday night, for the first
half season Little l,eague major league cham-
I)ionship. Team memhers bottom row 1 to r:
James Warren Earl, Steve Coleman, Bob Chris-
\\;
tensen, Danny Morgan, Leslie Greenfield, Rick
Miklethun. Set.ond row: Mike Sullivan, Steve
Simmons, Roland Starr, Steve Settle, Mark Tu-
son, Mike Coleman, John Eager and bat boy
Tom Wittenberg. In the back: Mark Witten-
berg, and Clyde Rains. q'le
Te(I Wittenberg and
time for the play off is
be served at the concession
Bordeaux School Takes City Elementary Track Title
The Bordeaux tracksters, led
by three first places finishes by
Jennie Nutt, garnered a total of
126 points while the other com-
peting grade schools, Evergreen
anti Mr. View, totaled 79 and
• As has been the case for
many years, a strong Bordeaux
squad once again ran away with
the honors in last week's Shelton
Rotary-sionsored City Elemen-
tary Track Meet.
Golf Club Calendar
VASHON'S MEN'S CLUB
HERE JUNE Ii
• June 11 is the day the Vashon
Men's Division will invade the
golf course in competition with
the Shelton Men's Division. If
you haven't signed up yet, do
so as soon as possible, or con-
tact. Tournament Chairman Jerry
Thompson•
FLACUS' TEAM
CLOSES IN ON BROMAN
A spectacular 12 out of 14
points performance by Flakus'
team put the pressure on the
first-place team of Broman's.
Broman's first-place team has
.606 while Flakus' team has a
close .600. The standings are as
follows : .
Bmman 9/16 57/94 .606
Flakus 12/14 48/80 .600
Archer 1/16 56/92 .587
Miller 9/12 37/72 .514
Olson 6/16 48/96 .500
Sienko 10/16 43/96 .447
Carl 2/14 34/78 .436
White 5/16 36/84 .428
Thompson 3/12 32/66 .,121
I)strom 6/12 26/82 .317
TEAM NO. I: Sonny Lowe 2,
Clint Willour 0, Clyde Brown 2,
Gary Nicloy 2, Bill Batstone 2,
George Hermes 2, A. C. Link-
letter 2.
TEAM NO. 2: L. L. McInelly 0,
Bob Kieburtz 2, Purl Jemison 0,
Oliver Ashford 2, Capt. Val
Sienko 2, Harry Cole 2, Bert
• Hoard 0, Glenn Sowers 2.
TEAM NO. 3: Heinie Hihier-
man 2, Don Pauley 0, Oliver
Kelly 2, Bob Coots 0, Frank
Heuston 0, Frosty Koch 2, John
Ragan 0.
TEAM NO. 4: Joe Holt 0, Mark
Fredson 2, Ray Rice 0, Iwm
Myers 0, Capt. Dan Carl 0, Del
Cole 0, Kurt Mann 0.
TEAM NO. 5: Guy Beckwith
2, Larry Larson 0, Jim McComb
2, Harry Peterson 0, Pop Hul-
bert I, Bud Knutzen 2, Cpt•
Kurt Broman 2, Joe Borek 0.
TEAM NO. 6: Phil Bayley 2.
Fred Stuller 0, Glen Robertson
2, Glen Ferguson 0, Capt. Gent,
White 0, Art Bennett 0, C. D.
Ries 1, Bob Wolden 0.
TEAM NO. 7: Rocky Hembroff
2, Jack Kimbel 0, Bob Turner 0,
Capt. Jerry Thompson 0, Geor,'
Valley 1, Roy Dunn 0.
TEA3I NO. 8: Tom West(m O:
TONEY'S AUTO REPAIR
1817 Olympic Hwy. No.- Mt. View
• Andy.Tuson 2, Capt• Jim Archer
0,, Buck Price 2, Bud Pauley 2,
Chub Nutt 1, Don Brown 2, Bob
Sund 2.
TEAM NO. 9: Bob Slettedahl
0, Frank Travis 2, Clyde Coots
0, Capt. Dick Bostrom 2, Ron
Sanford 0, John Long 2.
TF, AM NO. 10: Jack Jeffery
0, Capt. BOh Miller 2, Rudy Olt-
man 2, Jim Pauley 2, Bill Dickie
1, Elston Isbel 2.
LADLES DAY
TO BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M.
Now that school is out anti the
weather is getting warmer, the
ladies' play will begin at 9 a.m.
on' Tuesday throughout the sum-
mer. All members arc urged to
come out either for nine or 18
holes of play.
Last week 12 girls played for
Low Net. Mac Munro won the
ball.
TWO-BALL AND CRAB FEED
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
A combination two-ball four-
some and crab feed will take
place .on Saturday, June 24. The
tee-off time for the two-ball four-
some will be at 5:30 sharp. The
crab feed will begin at 7 p.m.
Co-chairmen for the crab feed
are the Kenny Fredsons and the
Jim Hilliers.
Tickets for the crab feed are
on sale now at McComb's Busi-
ness Service and the Hembroff
Agency. All social as well as
the golfing members are invited
to the crab feed, and all golfing
members are urged to participate
in the two-hall beforehand.
75 tfints respectively.
Individual winners were:
Boys' A - 50 yard dash: Albert
LeGault (B), Ron Singer (MV),
Steve Tabor tB), Larry Grant
tel
Boys' B 50 yard dash:
Ken Kingery tMV), Fred Riske
(B}, Gary Hurd tB, Bob Davis
(MV)
Boys' C - 50 yard dash: Mark
Lems (MVI, Mike Fox (M'V),
John Mallinger (MV), Charles
Earl (B)
Boys A 100 yard dash: Dick
Wilford (B), Terry Knight tB)
Ron Singer flY, V), Albert LeGault
(B)
Boys' B - 100 yard dash: Roy
Krumpols (MVi, Fred Riske (B,
Ken Kingery (MVi, Don Morgan
tEl
Boys' C 100 yard dash: Mark
Lems tMV), Mike Fox {MV),
David Bored I EL Warren Earl
(B)
Boys' 400-yard relay : Bor-
deaux, Evergreen, Mt. View
Boys' A Baseball Throw:
Terry Knight (B), Dick Wilford
(B), Charles BoringiBI, Randy
egg (El
Boys' B Baseball Throw:
Ken Kingery (1WV), Pat David-
son (B) Steve Hoosier (B),
Randy Howard (MV)
Boys' C Baseball Throw:
Larry Simlton (EL Danny Sewell
tB, Steve Sergeant (MV), Mike
Fox (MVi
A Broad Jump: Richard
Oltman (E). Duane Makoviney
(B}, Mike Wilson (B), Ron Sing-
er (MV
B Broad Jump: Roy Krum-
pols (MVI, Fred Riske (B),
Gary Hurd (B), Jimmy Hillier
C Broacl Jump: Mark Lewis
(MV), Ken Fagan (MVi, Charles
Earl (B), VCarren Earl (B)
A High Jump: Terry Knight
(B), and M.ike Coleman (MV)
tied for first, Brian Grinnell (E)
and Ty(, Hunter (MV) tied for
second
B High Jump: Steve Hoosier
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(B), Jimmy Hillier (E), Roy
Krumpols (MV), Sonny Vercher Denise
(E), and Steve Baze (MV) tied Girls
for fourth. Jeanne
C High Jump: Gene Rank (B),
(E), Warren Earl (B), Charles Ft
Earl (B), Ken Fagan (M'V)
green,
Girls' A 50 yard dash: Girls'
Becky Youngland (B), Nora Nel-
son iE), Amanda Wright (E),
Kay Howell rE) (MV),
Girls' B - 50 yard dash: Girls'
Michelle Drengson (E), Linda ShcrY
Cochran (B), Denise 'ai'dnel'vey
(B), Vicki Straike (El ....
Girls' C 50 yard dash: GwlS
Jeannie Nutt (B), Lorrie Johns- Jeanie
ton (B), Cindy Sund (El, Debbie schatt
Kieth (MV} Robie
Girls: A 75 yard dash:
Karen LeMagie (E), Becky
Younghmd (B), Nora Nelson (E),
Patty Dunbar (E}
Girls' B - 75 yard dash:
Miche]]e Drengson (E), Linda
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unfurnished. Watch for sign.
G 6/8
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Figures
Don't Lie...
And we don't either. Because
at 3/4 of one per cent per
month on the unpaid balance
--equivalent to a 4.5% bank
loan, we're the lowest in town
on a New Car loan. We even
throw in life insurance free.
See ua today and compare!
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Federal
Credit Union
Serving Mason County
Residents Except
Simpson Employees.
4th & Cedar 46-2202
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