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Bill Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS Climbers Lose.Squeaker To Wolves ,++
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No Aunt Kisser!
Maybe it cost the Highclimbers
undeserved defeat, but I, for one, am glad
Jack Stark elected to go for that two-point
conversion Friday night.
What good, what pleasure, can you wring
from stalemate? At times, granted,
scoreboard equality with a superior
opponent can be meaningful, possess the
taste of triumph, conceive joy for the
underdog; even, on odd occasions, equate
with victory where a tie can wrap up a
championship, defeat lose it. In that
instance, gambling on the longer chance is
foolhardy.
None of these elements bracketed the
situation at Loop Field Friday night. South
Kitsap was not a superior opponent; quite
the contrary. Neither team is a title threat,
by any stretch" of tile immagination, in this
year's Olympic League grid picture. A
standoff offered absolutely nothing to
either. The two teams were on the field of
combat to produce a winner, which they
accomplished. Jack Stark did his level best
to hoist his Highclimbers into that role. He
took the supposedly longer chance of going
for the two-point conversion against the
possibly surer (but is it in high school
tbotball?) one, point kick for the designless
deadlock.
In reality, were the odds actually longer
on the two-point effort? Argument rears
here. Even lhough the Climbers have a
reasonable reliable place-kicker in Curt
Stracke, who has a field goal to his credit
this season but mi,sed one Friday, it would
be difficult to mount a case for the kick any
stronger than for the running play the
Climbers were unable to consummate.
Shelton had been moving the ball well
against South on the ground, not at all in the
air. The Climbers needed two points to take
the lead. With the lead, that late in the game,
Stark could shift strategy, have his Climbers
play a protective technic. Behind, or
alongside, he had to be bolder, riskier.
His gamble (if it was that) was right, even
in failure. I cannot agree with the harping
hindsightcrs who would tie the knot. It
shows Jack Stark gets no joy out of kissing
his aunt, and I salute him for that.
" SPLINTERS ...... Speaking of Stark, here's
hoping the man has patience, it must be
djslJp+cfly discouraging for a new coach to
step into the kind of situation he discovered
ball rnentor b.... an extremely skimpy
ntlclctls o1 rehlrning letlermen, many of the
btrst athletes and potentially most helpful
material refraining from turning out,
compelling him to build his first Climber
tean around sophomores and 1968 B squad
reserves whose principa! asset, and it's a
good arm, is their desire.. t° play football. But
if .lack Stark has stJtHctent patience to wait
it ()tit. better days seem to lie dead ahead.
Fh+rlan Builenveld is grooming quite a passel
of fine looking football players down on the
junior high level, both on the freshman and
8th grade teams. In another couple of years
these kids may be transferring today's pain
in to the joys reminiscent of 1964.
Jim Pauley's 9th annual punt, pass and
k;ok party last Saturday proved two points
ratner clearly. First, entries who could place
kick best wound up at the top of their
divisions; second, those with coaching and
practice behind them did likewise. By far the
weakest point in the 3-pronged aspect of the
competition was the place kick. Four out of
five aspirants fell down woefully in this one
category. Time after time boys who got off
to splendid starts with a strong punt and a
long pass blew a prize ivinning score w/th a
weak place kick. Lack of practice was
readily evident in this case.
The benefit of knowledgeable coaching
and practice showed up in the performance
of Jeff Pill, whose 242 points in the
12-year,old division was the day's best
performance and far out-distanced the
winning effort in the 13-year-old group. Jeff
is the son of former Blazer football coach,
John Pill, now superintendent of Hood
Canal School district. Another 12-year-old,
• Larry Wood, with 238 points, was vastly
superior to the winning 13-year-old mark of
201 points, while the third place winner
among the 12s, Dave Whitener, had 200
points. Two of the I l-year-aids had better
marks than the third place trophy winner in
the 13-year-old group.
Tip for all kids still eligible for future
PP&K contests - work on that place
kicking. It will pay off in precious points.
Just when everyone thought Chief
Clayton's athletic career had been reduced
to such unstrained activities as golf and gin
rummy by that major knee injury inflicted
last year while he played for Olympic
College, up he comes with news that just
maybe he'll turn out at Washington State
next fall. Chief has been rtmning a lot
recently and playing much handball, to
which the damaged hinge seems to have
responded with remarkable recuperation. "If
it keeps on getting stronger I just might see
if they can use me as a kicking specialist,"
Chief told his dad, junior high counselor
Walt Clayton. The Cougars could have pulled
out that Oregon game two weeks ago with
someone like Chief kicking their
conversions. The !o66 Highclimber grad
(athlete of the year, football, basketball and
track letterman) had a remarkable place
kicking record his senior year with the
Climbers.
lllness has upset college sports and
education plans mapped by Jody Campbell,
Hood Canal Junior High's most illustrious
graduate to date. Jody enrolled at Treasure
Valley Junior College in Eastern Oregon in
September, where he had an athletic
grant-in-aid. He turned out for football
hoping to earn varsity playing time as a
quarterback. However, illness set him back
and he decided to drop out of school and
work, after his recovery, to preserve
eligibility for the future. He now is
employed in a sugar beet factory ai Nampa,
from Napa
Jody hit the sports scene here a half
dozen years ago, as an entry in the county
grade school track meet representing Hood
Canal as a sixth grader. After a spectacular
career at Hood Canal Junior high, he entered
Nampa Christian, where he earned varsity
letters in the school's four recognized sports
.... football (quarterback ), basketball (leading
scorer and play-maker), baseball (pitcher and
shortstop)+ and track (quarter mile, plus
other events), as well as an unofficial school
sport, boxing, where he was school
champion as a protege of his brother, Cecil,
a graduate of Shelton high in the early
1950's and a talented performer in the same
four sports. Cec has been a coach and
instructor at Nampa Christian for a number
By CHARLES GAY
South Kitsap's Wolves scored
on a 75-yard pass interception
return in the second quarter of
their game with the Sheiton
Highclimbers and were not
threatened pointwise for the rest
of the game as they went on to
win, 7-6.
The Climbers had plenty of
opportunities and threats, but
none materialized into points
except a touchdown in the third
quarter by senior halfback Mike
Neau on a seven yard run.
The Climbers went for the win
when they did score, but the two
point conversion attempt failed
and they were left with only six
points. Later in the quarter, a
field goal that could have put
HIGHCLIMBER DON COX (with ball) only pass completed in the entire game and
caught this Brad Bransford pass in last got the Climbers eight yards downfield.
Friday's game with South Kitsap. It was the
Blazers Continue Streak
With Conquest Of Reeves
Shelton Junior High gridders
continued their winning streak
last Thursday when they routed
Reeves Junior ttigh in Olympia,
22-8. The game was highlighted
for the Blazers by a 70-yard punt
return for a touchdown by Terry
Knight.
in the first quarter, the Blazers
drove to Reeves' six yard line, but
,led and ,tJae hosts recovered.,
"+'+ rftoeh re happend in the
first half until Shelton sustained a
long drive just before the end of
the half and scored on an eight
yard jaunt by Ace LeGault. The
extra polnt try failed, making it
6-0 in favor of the Blazers at
half-time.
It was in the third quarter that
Knight made his long runback of
a Reeves' punt to make the score
14-0 after the Blazers made the
extra points. Bob Crume made it
20-0 late in the third quarter
when he scored Shelton's other
touchdown. The two point
conversion was made again to
make it 22-0 at the end of the
of years and recently accepted the additional Hunters who plan to take guns
responsibilities of vice-principal. Jody played into Canada or to any other
American Legion baseball for Shelton the foreign country should be aware
past three summers. Jody and Cecil are Sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Campbell, life-long
residents of Mason County, mostly in
Skokomish Valley, but planned future
residents of Nampa when Keith retires from
a SimpsonTimber Company affiliation
spanning most of his adult life.
TERRY KNIGHT,
quarterback of the Shelton
Junior High Blazers, ran back
a punt 70 yards for a
touchdown against Reeves
Junior High last week.
third period of play.
The Blazers did not score any
more points in the last quarter,
but Reeves got on the scoreboard
with a touchdown against the
Blazers' reserves with about two
minutes to go in the game.
Bob Crume had another good
day of running as he has all year,
getting 101 yards on the ground.
Steve Settle got 14 more for the
Blazers as did Ace LeGault Dan
Morgan picked up 9 yards and
Terry Knight lost seven yards in
three attempts.
In the passing department,
Knight threw five times and
completed two for 20 yards.
Coach Harlen Buitenveld added
that Doug Long, a defensive back,
had his best day for the Blazers,
and that he had a tremendous
showing.
Buitenveld, who lost five games
and tied one in his first year of
coaching last season, finds himself
now in the middle of a very
successful season, having gone
three games without a defeat.
Gun Permit Needed To Cross Border
that, before leaving the United
States, they should fill out Form
4457 and display each gun to a
Customs officer at the time they
leave the United States.
To prevent delays at the
'border, hunters can obtain the
form in advance and fill it out
before they reach the border. The
form allows the registration of
three guns.
Ammunition for these guns
must also be registered on leaving
and re-entering the United States.
The number of rounds brought
into the United States for each
gun may not exceed the number
listed by the hunter when he left
the United States.
The Form 4457 is available
from any U.S. Customs Office.
There is no charge for the form or
the registration.
Failure ..to comply with these
requirements will mean automatic
confiscation of the guns upon the
owner's return to the United
States. This requirement is part of
the Gun Control Act that became
law last winter, and its purpose is
to prevent importation of guns
and ammunition into the United
States.
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Globe-Trotting Hunter Bags Big Bear Near Grisdale
MARSHALL JOHNSON of Wharton, Texas animals he has collected from all over the
:bagged this beauty last week north of globe.
Grisdale. It was one of more than 100
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age 10. Shelton.Mason County Journal- Thursday, October 16, 1969
By CHARLES GAY
A multi-millionaire Texan
found what he was looking for on
Big Creek north of Grisdale last
week.
Marshall Johnson, a hunter
who has been all over the world
collecting trophies for his huge
trophy room in Wharton, Texas,
shot a male black bear that
squared out to six feet, three
inches.
Johnson, who will be 70 next
month, bagged the animal with a
.300 Magnum Winchester from
200 yards. It was the second
black bear of his trip to the
Northwest. A few days earlier, he
got a smaller bear in Idaho on the
Kootenai River.
Johnson was the guest on the
trip of Bob Morton of World Wide
Trophy Outfitters of Spokane.
Morton, the brother of Richard
Morton of Shelton, arranges many
of Johnson's hunts and has the
official title of hunting +
consultant.
The bear will be sent to Boone
and Crockett in Spokane to be
officially measured for possible
publication in Knopp Brothers
Taxidermy, the official record of
the largest bears ever shot.. The
measurements of the monster
were six and a half feet from the
head to tail, and six feet from
elbow to elbow.
Johnson was impressed by the
ruggedness of the Olympic
Peninsula, as well as the scenery
and the vast timberlands. This isa
compliment to the Peninsula,
since Johnson has been to Africa
five times. Asia once, and Alaska
three times. He plans to go back
to Africa in April and to India in
March.
The purpose of this trili was to
get a black bear and black-tailed
deer, which would almost
complete his collection of North
American game.
lie has hunted all over the
United States, North America,
and Latin America, as well as
across the seas. His trophy room
is an entire building of eight sides,
with life size trophies of polar
bear, brown bear, stone sheep,
tiger, and ocelot, as well as trophy
,heads and rugs of over 100
animals collected throughout the
world.
The' trophy room has zebra
furniture, and a fireplace made of
brass. On either side of the
fireplace are elephant tusks of 64
and 66 pounds.
Also in the room is a collection
of Winchester rifles, 12 with
scopes and two without, which
represent all calibers of
Winchester rifles manufactured in
the last several years. He also
displays five Winchester shotguns
with the rifles.
The trophy room is visited by
school children around Wharton
- which is a small town about 60
miles southwest of Houston -
and other interested groups, as
well as tourists.
When not hunting, Johnson is a
ranchman, in his own words,
"Well, really retired, but actually
I'm just tired."
Johnson, who made his fortune
in real estate and oil, recently
donated nine million dollars to
the Lutheran Church.
There is only one thing in the
world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being
talked about.
-Wilde
them ahead was blocked, and in
the fourth quarter when they
started to move well offensively,
they were stopped by a fumble.
The Climbers moved the ball
better in this game than any
other, and were blessed with a
couple of good breaks that they
could not capitalize on.
Don Neth, sophomore fullback
of Sheltou, was smeared at his 22
yard line when he ran back the
opening kickoff. He followed this
with a good gain, but the
Climbers could not get moving
and Brad Bransford punted.
This was the beginning of one
of the Climbers' breaks. A penalty
against the Wolves put the ball
back on the 18 yard line. They
could not push the ball forward
for any first downs, either, so
they punted. It turned out to be
an eight yard boomer that ended
up on South's 28.
Despite excellent field position,
the Climbers could only muster
short gains and South Kitsap took
over on their 22 when the
Climbers went for it on Fourth
down. Craig Gibson, who gained
good yardage all night, carried for
seven yards on first down. On
several occasions during the game,
Gibson would run an end sweep,
running slowly behind his
blockers until there was a hole,
and jumped through it for a
sizeable gain.
On the next play, South made
a first down to their 39. llowever,
Shelton's Bill Gray recovered a
South fumble on the 43 of the
Wolves to give it to the Climbers.
Neth got five on first down,
Cox added four on second, and
Neth made the first down on his
second carry of the series. After
two plays made little yards, Neau
broke open for a big ten yard
gain. The quarter ended with a
scoreless tie.
On the first play of the second
quarter, the Climbers came out of
the huddle too late and when
the.y walked up to the line of
scrimmage, were penalized for
taking too much time. Bransford
wanted to get the yardage back
with a pass on first and fifteen,
but it was in this situation that he
threw his interception. It was run
all the way back for a touchdown
and the extra point kick was
good, making it 7-0.
Neth made it to his 25 on the
kickoff. He carried for a first
down, and then Neau made eight
yards. The attack sputtered there
and Bransford punted to South's
nine yard line. Gibson got the
Wolves out of the hole by running
to the 21. A penalty for clipping
put them back to the 11. The
Climbers' second break was to
come now. Tracy Armstrong, a
sophomore defensive back,
intercepted a South aerial nd
made it to the 3 I.
Bransford made his only
completion of the night to Don
Cox who ran out of bounds at the
23 yard line. It was not enough
for the first down and South took
over. A draw play got it to their
43 yard line as time was running
out. The next play was a halfback
option that turned into a bomb,
but the pass was underthrown.
Don Darling,'who ran the
previous draw, ran the same play,
which turned out to be the last
scrimmage of the half. South led,
7-0.
The Wolves got back to their
30 on Curt Stracke's kickoff.
They had one big gain to their 43,
but had to punt. The punter
dropped to one knee and the ball
was marked dead at the South 39,
, giving the Climbers another good
field position. This time they
made it, putting it all together for
the first offensive touchdown of
the Climbers' season. They made
it to the 29 for one first "down
and Neth made another when he
bulled his way to the 16.
Bransford made good on a
fourth and three situation to the
seven and on the next play, Neau
scored. At this point, they elected
to go for the go ahead points,
figuring that they could score
later with over a quarter to go.
They missed and were down, 7-6.
Bill Gray, a sophomore
defensive lineman, gave the
Climbers another break when he
recovered a South fumble on the
Wolves' 20. Neau got a first down
to the 10, and there'the Climbers
stayed until fourth down when
Stracke tried a field goal from the
15. It was blocked. South
recovered, but had to punt. They
made one first down, then a 15
yard penalty put them on South's
30; Bransford could not handle
the ball, and fumbled, only to
have a Wolf fall on it on his 30.
South could not move
offensively and punted it away to
the Climbers. Time was now
running out. The punt had to be
kicked over because of a penalty,
but even when they got it, the
Climbers could not move it. On
fourth down with about a minute
left, they had to go for it, but lost
possession because they didn't
mae the first down.
South took over on Shelton's
40 and two' plays later the game
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Highdimber
Of The
Senior Mike
of the Week,
Friday for 68
Climbers in yardag€
South
He is secant
to Don Cox.
has packed the
142 yards, for a
also places high
tackle charts.
Neau. a hall
linebacker, sc
touchdown for
the South Kitsal
was only the
Shelton has
broke loose
seven yard line
end zone for his
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Cox, 66 yards
• Neth, 52
and Curt
in one carry.
five timeS and
net.
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three times
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Climbers outpl
all categories.
downs to
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