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BilI Dickie's SIDELINE SLANTS Climbers
By JAN DONALDSON
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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-
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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
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and Art
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tackles, Bill
Downer at
at center,
Terry Keane
at halfbackS,
ford at qum
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