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BilI Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS Climbers By JAN DONALDSON i I HARDWARE STORE? Sonny Lowe has acquired an imposing number of trophies during an illustrious athletic career during his 18 years as a Sheltonian. Something like 50 are shown in this picture, most of them earned in bowling and golf competi- tion. The huge trophy he holds is one of the 13 golf club men's championship awards he has won in the past 16 years A Monopolist Of Sorts What manner of man is this fellow who's virtually monopolized the Shelton Golf Club championship the past 15 years ? For one thing, he's tremendously and sincerely modest, quiet in demeanor, easy to know despite a tendency to stay in the background. A truly nice guy, a man's man. He's also an all-around athlete. Rolland B. "Sonny" Lowe won his tenth club championship in the past eleven years, his 13th in 15 tries, when he bounced a wedge shot off the pin to come within two feet of his third hole-in-one on No. 3 at Bayshore the other day for a birdie two which beat Larry Larson on the 30th hole of their title match. Golf is one of Sonny's ath. unac- quainted with both sports until after his arrival in Shelton 19 years ago, fresh out of college. Until then he'd expended his energies and talents on baseball, fastball, football, and track as a high chool and college student at Wolbach, Nebraska, and the Uni- versity of Nebraska. In high school he earned four varsity letters in track as a versatile competitor in the javelin, discus, pole vault, hurdles, relay and often other events, and three in football as a passer and kicker despite a frame packing less than 150 pounds. Quickness and speed, along with his pass- ing and kicking abilities, were the prin- cipal ingredients which earned him var- sity football attention at the University of Nebraska as a freshman in 1944 (frosh were eligible in those war-time years) and sophomore in 1945. He scored a touch- down for the Cornhuskers during a rout of South Dakota in that abbreviated colle- giate grid career, terminated voluntarily after his sophomore season when Sonny recognized his lack of size would doom him to a bench-role as a major college gridman, His high school did not sponsor basket- ball or baseball on its athletic agenda, but he became a talented devotee of the dia- mond, starting at age 12, on town teams and other sponsorships of baseball and fastball teams, often playing on several at a time. In both varieties of the diamond sport he was, primarily, a pitcher, although he was equally capable at facing a pitcher with his bat as he was a hitter with the roles reversed. His platework earn e! him a spot somewhere in the power section of the batting order on any team he played for. His baseball pitching days ended with arm trouble, but included one no-hit- ter. Fortunately, the difficulty which ter- minated the overhand throwing in hard- ball did not bother his underhand fastball delivery and Sonny continued to pitch with imminent success in the latter ranks for several more years, until a gland disorder brought a halt, somewhat prematurely, to his diamond play. But that's getting ahead of the story. Sonny began his fastball activity as a third baseman, was pressured into pitching. Reluctant because of wildness in practice, Sonny finally consented to try pitching in competi, tion andto his surprise had no control problem whatever. Good control,/in fact, proved to be one of his greatest assets. One of the early pinnacles of his career was pitching his house to (he didnt compete one year). Two plaques are for holes-in-one. Another ten or a doz- • The Shelton Highclimbers suf- fered a tough 7-6 defeat at the hands of the North Kitsap Vik- ings on Loop Field Friday night. At game time, the field was in near perfect condition, but con- tinual rain soon changed condi- tions and proved very harmful to Shelton. 'the first half of the game was one of strong defensive play on the part of both teams. North Kitsap started a drive on it's own 25 yard line. But 15 plays later, with the ball on the Shel- ton 21 yard line John Koch re- covered a North Kitsap fumble to halt the best drive of either team in the first half. In the first half, although the score at halftime was (N0, North Kitsap did have the upper hand as far as statistics go. North Kitsap ran a total of 31 plays, compared to Shelton's 22. North Kitsap rushed for 62 yards, while Shelton got only 17 yards. In passing Shelton completed two passes for eight yards, and North Kitsap completed one pass for four yards. North Kitsap had four first downs to Shelton's one first down. So the half time statistics showed North Kitsap with 66 yards and Shelton with only 25 en trophies were discarded after being total yards. But, fortunately for badly damaged in falls from the fireplac- Shelton, the score was 0-0. The second half kickoff was mantel during Shelton's last earthquake. Brad Lowe (left) keeps his dad's trophies shined up and neatly arranged around the fireplace. the University of Nebraska intramural fastball title one year. Sonny arrived in Shelton quite by ac- cident. He and his close friend, Dale Yost, headed West the day they graduated from Nebraska in 1948, intending only to attend Dale's sister's wedding in Olympia, then return home to teach school. They wound up, however, working in Simpson's wood- fiber plant for the summer, at wages which pushed teaching into the background. Son- ny joined the Kitsap Dairy fastball team that summer, but might not have pitched had not Dale informed manager Bud Knut- zen that he could (a bit of information Sonny neglected, in his modesty, to men- tion). The Dairymen promptly won the district title and a trip to the state tourna- ment, the first of five state tourneys the team and Sonny subsequently played in. scampering to Nebraska, but in 15 months they were back in Shelton convinced mid-west win- ters were worse. This time Sonny went to work for Kitsap Dairy and he's never left, continuing a warm relationship with Knut- zen which flourished when Bud was Son, ny's catcher. Dale returned to Simpson and likewise has stayed put in the many in- tervening years. In the meantime, the team switched to sponsorship by the Active Club and under the Activian banner became a power in state fastball competition, winning another district title and qualifying for state tour- nament every year, generally winning a couple before being eliminated. Ironman Lowe usually pitched every game. The team broke up after the 1953 'season, when gland trouble sidelined Sonny and a majority of the players reached the age when playing strain became more work than fun. Shortly before that, Sonny had introduced bowling and golf to his athletic reper- toire, and after his recovery concen- trated on them, with the same high plateau of success as his other sports endeavors he had enjbyed. Re bowled on two and three teams •a season, many of them champions, averaged from 184 to 189, occasionally led his league. And he golfed. During his first year, 1952, he and Heinie Hilderman played vir- tually every day, Sonny giving up his lunch hour to play, almost at a dead run, to get in nine holes. That year he entered the club championship tournament for the first time, and lost to Jack Jeffery on the 20th hole. The next year he won his first title, then sat out the following year with his gland disability while Heinie won the trophy. Since that time the only interrup- tion to Sonny's monopoly of the club title came in 1958, when Heinie beat him in the titular match. Just a couple months ago he bagged his second hole-in-one in slightly more than a year. Along his athletic highway Sonny Lowe has accumulated so many trophies there's scarcely room for them all on the fireplace wall of his home at 227 West Laurel street. Had it not been for the last earthquake to hit this area it might be straining things pretty hard to find spots for them all. Ten or a dozen were damaged so badly when knocked off the mantel that, Sonny had to dispose of them, but there's still some 40 or 50 to reckon with. A sight to turn any sports fan green with envy! received by Shelton on the 40 yard line. But Shelton was un- able to move the ball, and on fourth down Brad Bransford pun- ted 23 yards for Shelton. North Kitsap took the ball on its own 30 yard line, but Shelton's de- fense toughened, and after one first down and four more plays Shelton took the ball over on downs. Shelton took the ball on its own 41 yard line. Unable to get the ball moving, Shelton put Brad Bransford into punt forma- tion on fourth down with the ball on the 49 yard line. North Kit- sap's defensive end, Chris James, came across to block the punt, and Steve Coleman picked the ball up and raced 40 yards for the score. The extra point play was good, as quarterback Chris Madison hit Stan Swearington with a pass, which later proved to be the win- ning margin for North Kitsap. Shelton received the kickoff on its own 38 yard line. Bud Tuson hit Ed Adams with a nine yard pass play on first down. On sec- Ia'ge 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, October 26, 196"1 ond down Ed Adams then scram- bled 34 yards, putting the ball on.the North Kitsap 17 yard line. • After. three plays TuS6£ agaiff hit Adams with a pass, this time good for 14 yards, giving Shel- ton a first down on the one yard line. Tuson lost five yards on first down, but a five-yard pen- alty against North Kitsap put the ball on the Shelton three-yard line. After a time out, Shelton called Drop 7-6 Heartbreaker To The starting line-up for North Kitsap was: John Moore and Chris James at ends, Co.-capt. Tom Germaine and Jim M'alde at tackles, Greg Norbut and A1 Moore at guards, Jerry Yeager at center, Co.-capt. Steve Cole- man at fullback, Mike Dawson and Stan Swearington at half- North Kitsap's offensive attack was almost all rushing, as the Vikings attempted only four pass- es. Steve Coleman and Stan Swearingon were the predomin- ant North Kitsap ball carriers, and quarterback Chris Madison also carried the ball quite a few times for the Vikings. backs, and Chris Madison at quarterback. Shelton's league record is now one win, and two losses. Every game is now a must win for the Highclimbers. This Friday night Shelton trav- els to Port Angeles in another Olympic league contest. Shelton is playing at Port Angeles two years in a row because of a new schedule which started this year. This Shelton ballcarrier found a couple of North Kitsap Vikings in his path during Friday night's between the two schools on Loop Field. North Kitsap won the water-logged tilt 7-6. SHS Jayvees Lose I By JAN DONALDSON • Shelton's junior varsity foot- ball team was defeated by Cen- tral Kitsap's junior varsity 13-6 in a hard-fought battle at Shelton last Monday afternoon. Although Shelton was defeated, it did at times look very good, but had difficulty in completing vital pass plays. Central Kitsap scored its first touchdown midway in the first quarter. The Cougars started with the ball on their own 27 on iVarv Wilson, who bucked "0000-lForks' Passes Are Too Much way across the goaline for th score. For North Mason Bulldogs By RICK BURRELL • The North 1V[ason Bulldogs travelled to Forks Thursday for the Forks homecoming, only to be defeated 20-13 by an enthusiastic Spartan eleven. Forks finished off a 52-yard drive late in the first quarter with a three-yard plunge across the goal line by Mike Price, to open the scoring• Bob Richar.ds ran in the point after. On a 17-yard pass play from Larry Baker to Charles Keeley, the Spartans made the halftime score 13-0. In the second half, the Bull- dogs made a comeback. The de- fense held the Spartans to one TD, a 10-yard run by Bob Rich- ards. The Bulldog offense then picked up the pace, finishing a 71-yard drive with a 1-yard TD dive by Richard Hankinson. In the fourth quarter the Ma, son eleven scored with a 40-yard Tragedy struck for the High- climbers as their fine kicker, Dave Steinberg, had a wet foot- ball slice off his foot, missing the extra point and giving North Kit- sap a 7-6 lead. The big play of the game bad to be the blocked punt by North Kitsap's Chris James. Shelton's defense did a fine job on the North Kitsap offensive attack. Although Shelton lost, 7-6, the Highclimbers outplayed North Kitsap in the second half. Shel- ton rushed for 75 yards to North Kitsap's 56 yards. But in the passing department Shelton dom- inated North Kitsap by passing for 91 yards to the Viking's six yarls. The starting line-up for Shel- ton was : Co-capt. Dave Puhn and Doug Wright at ends, Mark Weston and Tom Malloy at tack- les, Bill Richards and Gary Mil- tenberger at guards, Bill Ander- son at center, John Koch at full- back, Ed Adams and Mary Wil- son at halfbacks, and Bud Tuson at quarterback. Allen Tahja was Shelton's other captain, he played at fullback on offensive, and line- backer on defense. Shelton was forced to play with- out its starting halfback Scott Puhn, and two-way man Eldon Allen. Puhn, who has been a very effective rusher for Shelton, was out with a badly bruised left leg. Allen, who is often a Shelton captain, is being hampered by rib injuries and an injured right arm. Ed Adams replaced Puhn as the starting halfback, and Bill Richards was Allen's substitute. NM Jayvees Are Victorious • The North Mason JV's beat a visiting Chimacum eleven last Monday by a score of 8-0. Scor- ing started with a first quarter safety for the Bulldogs. Bill Kort- man ran for a 45-yard TD in the second half to bring the Ma- son score up to its final 8-point total. YARDSTICK shelton 13 Pass attempts Pass completions 9 Pass yardage 92 Rushing yardage 191 Total yardage 8 First downs 5-24 Penalties 5.126 Punts ,i Shutout For SHS Girls pass play from Bill Landrum to broff won over Joanne Marcer 6-2, 6-1. The first doubles match had Shelton's Linda Barrington nd Anne Connolly winning over Kris Miser and Linda Watson 6-1, 6-2. In the second doubles match Shelton was again victoriou as Linda Barrom and Sue Stdnley defeated Julian Davidson and Vivian Bell 6-1, 61. 1VIike Graesch. Joe Turner ran in the point after. Then with the score 20-13, the Bulldogs ran out of time. Friday the Bulldogs travel to Vashon with hopes of continuing their illusive scoring power. THE WORLD'S largest ship, the nuclear-powered aricraft chrrier USS ENTERPRISE, was com- missioned Nov. 25, 1961 at. New- port News, Va. The ship i 1,102 feet long and displaces 89,000 tolls. By JAN DONALDSON • Shelton's girl tennis team con- tinued its domination over op- ponents with a 5-0 victory over North Kitsap in a match played at Shelton last Monday. With the season nearly com- pleted Shelton has a flawless rec- ord, and is a sure league win- ner. In singles competition, Betsy Willard won over North Kitsap's Kris iMser 6-1, 6-2. It took Beth Quimby three sets, but she fought back valiantly and won over North Kitsap's Linda Watson 4-6, 6-1, and 6-0. And in the third singles match Shelton's Sue Hem- To Central's yard line. Their first play was a 30 yard pass completion from quarter back Bill Wells to Paul Eckley, putting the ball on the Shelton 43 yard line. From there Eckley rambled 43 yards on the next play to put Central Kitsap ahead 6-0. The extra point run by Darryl Chris- tian and Central had a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Shelton drove 43 yards for it's only score. A pass interference penalty on a crucial third down kept the drive alive. Shelton's scoring play was a 13 yard pass from Brad Brans- ford to Curt Stimson. The extra point kick attempt by C u r ! Stracke was blocked, and Shel- ton trailed 7-6 at halftimc. Central Kitsap's final score was set up in the third quarter wtmn Shelton's quarterback Brad Brans ford his own 10 yard Central KltsaP again scored on lun e three plays P g -" a's Central Kts, v 1erupt was final score Shelton's jun]c Ron Ellis "and this starting un and Art tias Brouck a tackles, Bill Downer at at center, Terry Keane at halfbackS, ford at qum Paul game for played was the keY defense. The real beauty of the Trimline® phone s n what it can do. The dia is in the handset. So you can call f,om where VOU sit. There's a recall button n the handset too. so you can "hang up 'and call again without reaching over to the base. There's a onger cord. The handset rests face down on the base, doesn't collect dust. And the entire unit takes up about half as much space as a regular table model phone. 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