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BillDickie's SIDELINE SLANTS
Where It All Goes!
As a sardine-like human among fans
jammed into the football stands at Loop
Field some Friday eve this (or any other)
fall, you could be excused, perchance, for
thinking Shelton high school was rolling in
the green stuff which keeps the wolf from
the door.
Think again friends! That green stuff
you shelled Out for admission into the ball
park rolls right out of the coffers again at
sprint-pace. You have only to run your
orbs over the price tags on the assorted
articles of gear which make up a complete
football uniform to reach the realization it
takes quite a few full grandstands each
season to keep that aforementioned wolf
away from the gridiron gate.
Some Highclimber football fans, accept-
ing Coach ,Jerry Mills' invitation to learn
some of the intricacies of the grid game.
discovered the hard facts of financing foot-
ball squads at Saturday evening's pre-game
clinic. On display, their functions and costs
explained by Mills, were the several separ-
ate specimens which meld into the armor
of a gridiron warrior . . . hard, heavily
padded, brightly colored plastic helmets at
$16 to $20 apiece, plus their face guards
(of various designs and purposes) an add-
cd $5 to $6; intricately padded, steel-rein-
forced, adjustable shoulder pads ranging
from $16 to $20 each; hip pads at $6-$10,
rib pads $6 I not necessarily used by all
players), thigh pads $5, knee pads $4, arm
pads $2-$6 depending on types I now per-
missabh without a court permit under a
new rule. this year), jersey and padded
pants $20- for a total tab of $85 to $100.
This is the personal equipment of each
player paid from non-tax, student body
funds. In addition, student body funds also
pick up $15.50 of the $24 total insurance
package, on each individual player. The
l)]ayer pays the balance, as well as buying
his own shoes ($12-$153, socks, supporters
and underclothes (another $5-$6).
Add this all up and your computer
shouhl come up with a total sum in the
neighborhood of $125 to $145 as the
cost of enveloping the body and pro-
viding for the safety of each individual
grid gladiator, of which student body ....
from being a red-ink operation, normally.
It also shows conclusively that those big
crowds which so frequently fill the grand-
stand at Loop Field don't connotate pros-
perity per se. Without them, several of
them annually, the red ink definitely would
flow.
And it still would, likely, if such addi-
tional expenses as field preparation and
maintenance, transportation for away-
from home-games, providing locker rooms,
washing equipment, coaches' salaries, and
scouting costs weren't borne by the school
district rather than the student body.
That's where you taxpayers do your part
to support football, whether you ever dig
down for a ducat to a game or not.
Next time you're party to a full
house at a Highclimber football game,
don't begrudge the bucks you've shell-
ed ,out for your seat in the grandstand.
Be glad you've helped keep the sport
from a red-ink bath.
SPORTS SPLINTERS In case you
care, a fully togged football player will
tote 12 to 15 pounds in uniform weight on
his torso when ready to do battle on the
>. i fLi'ds: pay $100 to $1"x a w I 't . so> • ....
Multiply that by at least 50 (the mini-
mum nmnber of boys normally turning out
f(,r foolbal]) and your answer sweeps past
the $5,000 mark. But you haven't reached
the end of the ('()st: line yet, not by some-
what. The Highclinlbers buy a dozen new
footballs a season at $13 apiece, another
$150; medical supplies such as tape, band-
ages, medications of wlrious kinds, disin-
feetant.% and a myriad of other items, runs
another $350; it costs $30 to $40 per game
($120 to $200 per season) for administra-
tive expenses such as ticket handling, l)O -
licing, and wlrious items of supervision;
armlh(,r $55 or so per game ($200 to $275
per seas(m) for officiating; $25 plus for
lighting the field ($100 to $150 per sea-
son); and (,very so often practice equip-
ment like tackling dummies must be ro-
t)laced, at $65 apiece for one type, $15 for
a n ()tiler.
During a normally successful season,
home game receipts will run between
$4,000 and $5,000. A probing mind quickly
detects a deficit in the figmres cited hereto-
fore. The saving factor is that the school
doesn't tmrchase 50 brand new outfits each
year. S()me of the equipment is used for
more than a single season, is passed down
to the B squad. This is what keeps football
gridiron•
Paul DeMiero, junior halfback turning
out for football for the first time, ran the
fastct mile required of Highclimber grid
candidates before they could draw equip-
ment prior to opening day. His time was
5:21, edging the 5:25 (:locked by Scott
Puhn, junior fullback letterman. Both ran
for the Climber track squad last spring•
Eldon Allen, senior letterman, topped the
interior linemen with a 6:00 flat timing.
Backs and offensive ends were required to
be under 6:00 while interior linemen had
to best 6:30 be.fore they c()uld draw uni-
forms.
Where did Bruce Schwarck spend the
first day of the new school term last week ?
Well, it wasn't at Shelton junior high,
where he put in 20 years as principal, you
can bet. No sir! The first school-ol)ening
day of his retirement was spent on the golf
course at Bayshore, exactly where I spent
the first press clay after retiring from the
editorial ranks of this news sheet a year-
and-a-half ago.
One of these weeks expect this col-
.... titfi"to bubble about BillR:bberts. For
now, suffice it to say you'd find it
tough to top him for sports fan avid-
ness, or doesn't making the trip to Win-
lock last Friday to see Castle Rock, the
Highclimbers' opponent next week,
take a 13-6 victory qualify him as a fil-
bert above and beyond the norm?
Larry t'ovell pointed his nose south
this week, heading for his junior year at
Pasadena City College and what he expects
to be a big basketball year. The ex-High-
climber 3-Sl)ort luminary, fresh off a sum-
mer of seasoning on one of Simpson's green
chains, is down to playing weight right
now and envisions a trip to Kansas City
next spring to the national small college
(NAIA) tournament, w h i c h Pasadena
missed by just one game last March. It's a
bit hard to imagine, but at 6'3" Larry will
be the smallest starter for Pasadena Col-
lege this year and will be a backcourt
playmaker in contrast to his role with the
Highclimbers as their biggest, ruggedest,
most effective rebounder and scorer. Inci-
dentally, the former Shelton athlete will
by-pass baseball next spring to concentrate
on phases of his ministry studies which
would suffer if he returned for another
season on the diamond, where he has let-
tered the past two years.
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JERRY MILLS, tlighclimber head ;foothall
(:each, used a l)rojet',tor an(] screen to illustrate
his remarks on the haste (tefense his Shelton
grid squad uses against standard T-formation
offenses as a feature of the public clinic held in
the Angle school multi-purpose room prior to
last Saturday evening's intl
scrimmage on Loop Field.
Strong Defense Holds In tra-Squad Game Score To 6.0
By JAN I)ONAI,I)SON
ll," 'rho Whites walked off with a
6-0 vi(.tor.v ()v(,r the Re(is in lhr
;mnual lligh(dimber Inlra-s(tuad
gam(, Saturday nighi.
The Whites, (.oach('d by ,lack
Wri/hl and Stev(, Jay, seemed h)
have th(' stronger offensive ;)l-
lack and b(!tlor all-around play.
The only score of lhe conh.sl
was riolch(.d by Fd Adams on
lho last l)lay of the firsl quarter.
A(larn,, a junior wilh the all)lily
1o fo[h)w his I,lorking, wont lhreo
yards for lhe s(:t)re. The extra
p(Jin! kirk by Mike Mi.IX)well
faih'(l.
Offensiv(' rushing was Ill(' key
h, th(, Vhit(,s' stlcc'('ss as lhl'y
rush('d a h)lal ()f 106 ylll'dS ('olll-
I)a)'e<l h) lh(' R('ds' 58 yards.
t';lssing sh()wod lhe Whiles ;ilk<)
ahead wilh 84 conllmred hJ Ill(,
H('(I's 78.
Oulsl;mding off(!nsive (>ff()r( w;ts
shown I)y I'M Adams, who gained
51 of his ll.arD's [)8 yltl'ds rush-
ilig in th(, firsl half.
,,'llilo (luarh'r back, la;ud 'l'tl-
Bud Tuson for the Reds. Mien This year'S
and Malloy looked particularly er
good in their defensive efforts, team
The game gave head coach will tell
Jerry Mills an idea of what his will surv
team will do under pressure, tion ahea(
to the Reds' 78 yards. The
Whites also had more first downs,
seven to the Reds two.
The victorious Whites' starting
line-up was: Doug Wright and
Dave Puhn at ends, Gone Pur-
vis and Mark Weston at tackles,
Eldon Allen and Bob McClana-
han at guards, Bill Anderson at
center, Mlen Tahja at: fullback,
Mary Wilson and Ed Adams at
halfbacks, and Bud Tuson
quarterback.
The Reds starling line-ul) was:
Dale Tahja and I)ave Steinberg
at ends, Greg HasBrouek and
Toni. Malh)y at tackles, Bill
Richards and Gary Miltenberger
al guards, Mike Timpani at cen-
ler, John Koch at fullhack, Scott
Puhn and Steve Wilcrafl. at half-
I)aeks and Bill Daniels al quart-
erhack.
Calilains for the game were
Eldon Allen an(I Dave Puhn for
the Whites and Toni Malloy an(l
son. passed for 60 yards in the
lirst half. tie c(,nlph,led four of
(,leven l)assos in that period.
The l{('ds, (.oa(:h(,d hy Bill
th'i(:kort an(1 Run Flits, were
Iwht 1o a rllore nine yards rust-
in in lh(' first half. Their pass-
ing game pr<)ved m()re eflective
as lhey gained 75 yards in this
t ;tshion.
Quarterback Bill Daniels dis-
I)laye(t a strong arm in coml)let-
ing a forty-six yard pass to end
Dave Sleinhurg. Daniels also hil
Steve Wilcrafl for sevonleen
yar(ls in the air.
Th(, Sol,end half diSl)hlye(l lho
second units of the t{('(ls and
,Vhilos. Althotigh Sciill Puhn,
slarlinR left half hack for lhe
Reds, did play in lhe lhird quart-
or. Puhn ('arri(,d the ball eight
limes for lhirly-four yar(Is in
lhis tlUarler. Pllhn ",,,,ill I)e a Iro-
lllenduous running threat during
tho upton]inK season.
Tolals show('d the Whites ()ut-
rtlshinl4 th(' t{e(ls 106 to rio yards.
The Whites liass('(I l()l' R'I yards
STEVE JAY, ()ne of (he now young asMstalil, f()()t,1)all
('oa('hes at Shelton high this year, wail'hod intently Its
the x, Vhites and Reds \\;vent after ()lie anolher in Salnrllay
nigill's si'rinllnage. ,lay assisled .lack \\;Vrighl with the vic-
Season 'rickets Fall Tennis Is Started For SHS Girls Wh.e..
II, Shelton tiigh school girls ten-
nis eoaeh Ruth Wilhu'd has in-
stituted fall tennis this year.
The spur! is for the henefi(
of all high school girls interesh,d
in improving lheir tennis game.
The f()llowing girls have shown
interest: IJn(hi Barrington. Be(sy
Wilhu'd, Anne Conn()lly, [k'lh
Quimhy. Pal McNeil, Sue tlem-
hi'off, 5[arilyn Ok'trlo. I,in(la Bar-
torn. and Sai)dy Pozorski.
COUPLES WANTED
for
Are Available
II Plenty ()f seas()n ti(.kots to
ttighclimher home f()thall games
are s(ill avaih:lhle, Prinoipal Che!
Dolrnt)roski announced this week.
Season t:ickels cost $5 and re-
serve for their holders a seat at
each of the four Highclimber
home games in a special section
of the grandstand opposite the
50-yard line.
Season ticket holders have the
advantage of not having to stand
in line for admission to each
game and are assured of having
one of the best vantage points
to see the games reserved for
them at each game. Tickets may
be secured at the high school
otlice,
FRIDAY, 7:30
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