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THE KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND 1966 CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TEAM

(Left ro Right) Front Row: Earl Jones, Jimmy Whitehouse, Dan Dickerson, Larry Crowe,

Virgil Ritchie, Joe Gary Flint, Edward iMyers, Joe Triplette. Second Row: Ass't Coach Will D. Evans, Richard Lewis, Grady Curlin, Larry Cook, James Earl Hardin, Earl Wayne

Moore, Larry Kerr, Coach W. Edward Murray, Jr.

Official Organ of (lie KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION March, 1986 : —

Modern Ides of March

Tilt ayni lij^hts yleam iikt a beacon beam And a million motors hum In a good will flight on a Fridaj night For basketball biJckons '•( ome!"

A r^harp-shooting mite is king tonight The Madness of March is running. The winged feet fly. the ball sails high And field goal hunters are gunning.

Tin toliu - clasl. u ->ih- un llci^li And race od a .•shimmering fiooi R('l>tes^i(ins die. and paiti-sans \\i' III a s>nal a( rlaimin!.' roai

Oil Championship Trail toward a hoi} grail All fans are birds of a feather. It's fiesta night and cares lie light When the air is full of leather.

SiiKt tiiiK began Uk iii.--liiu t.^ ot man Pro\e cave ;ind current men kin. On tournament night the sage and the wight Arc relatixp iindei the skin

It's festival time,—sans reason or rhyme But with nation-wide appeal. In a world of hate, our ship of state Rides high on an even keel.

AAiili «ai uti\e- lenM. tbt final defense Iv the courage, strength and will In a million lives where freedom thrives And libert^ linger.'- still

Let commies clash and empires crash 'Neath the wreck of a victory arch! Let our boys tread where hate is dead, In this happy Madness of March! —H. V. Porter The Kentucky High School Athlete Official Organ of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

VOL. XXVIII—NO. 8 MARCH, 1966 $1.00 Per Year

Emotions Sell Tickets Goals of Athletics The professionals strive to make the game exciting to attract more paying custo- By Rhea H. Williams mers. Altercations between players, coaches Editor's Note: The article below appeared in a and officials seem to promote ticket sales. recent issue of the Texas Interscholastic Leaguer. Dr. There is place in educational athletics Williams, who writes a "Postscripts on Athletics" no column, is State Athletic Director of the Texas Uni- for such conduct. The purpose of educational versity Interscholastic League. athletics is to train athletes, fans and Goals of professional athletics are not coaches to control their tempers, to accept the same as those of amateur athletics. Pub- decisions of game officials without protests, licity men of the professionals sell their to be good citizens and to demonstrate good product so strongly that they are causing sportsmanship. confusion of goals and philosophy in ama- The loss of these goals would make it teur educational athletics. impossible to justify scholastic athletics as There are three basic differences be- educational endeavors. tween the professional and the educational Administrators and coaches must never goals of athletic competition. First, the pro- lose sig'ht of the fact that games should be fessional's attitude toward game officials is played for the student, the school and the based on selling tickets. If protests arouse community in such a way as to develop de- fan interests, then they are condoned. sirable, ethical character traits. The educational attitude is based on The sale of tickets is a primary require- sportsmanship. Once officials are accepted ment of professional athletics. The high by both teams, their decisions are to be school athletic program is basically educa- respected, regardless of fan reaction. tional and should never be promoted or de- Second, the professional is concerned veloped as a commercial enterprise. The with creating a spectacle. The goal is to focus must be on the welfare of the student, excite fans to make them want to see more. the student body and the educational pro- Benefit to Players gram of the school. The amateur philosophy aims at the Athletics ai'e only a part of the school good accruing to the players. The fan is ap- program. True, they are an integral part, preciated, but the whole program is aimed but they should never receive more than due at creating a climate of optimum educational emphasis in the curriculum. benefit to players and to fans. The band, pep squad and other related Third, the profession! program is strict- activities of the athletic program are bona ly commercial. Its goals are all designed to fide educational activities, if properly direct- make more money. Player protection is of ed. Difficulties arise when student organiza- secondary interest. tions and athletes are u«ed to the detriment The amateur program places ultimate of the entire student body and the school value on player protection and benefits. program. This tendencv must be avoided Respect for Officials in high schools. There is no justifi- The participant in educational athletics cation for imitating professional athletics by is trained to play well and hard and to ac- prodncinie spectacular emotional events. cept rulings with good siDirit. He is tausrht to Profe«sional teams are fast selling their play to win, but to gain from the contest, very "soul" to television and other media for win, lose or draw. more monev. The mass media have insisted Rulings of game officials in Drofessional and directed that schedules and game breaks event are often greeted with wild emotional be rearranged for their convenience: that expressions of dismav or feiomed disbelief. exorbitant s^'lai'ies be paid to attract plavers There is seldom a professional football, bas- to ioin specific league teams in order to o-aui ketball, or baseball game where some unde- greater viewer prestiee, and are makine: sirable words are not srvoken, where fisti- other demands in order to obtain the best cuffs don't break out, where some plavers television contracts. are not ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. (Continued on Page Twelve) :

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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 8 M.\RCH. 196f some instances the coach of a particular sport may not have been assigned at the time the Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association statement form was filed, and in other in- Office of Publication. Lexington. Ky. 40501 stances the principal may have decided that Second clBiS postage paid at Lexingion Kentucky. Editor THKO. A. SANFORD a sport for which a coach was named will Assistant Editor J. B. MANSFIELD not be sponsored the school this year. Lexington, Ky. by BOARD 01 CON'lROl Principals should study the assignment President Foster J. Sanderi (1962 66 Louisville ol schools by districts and regions which Vice-President Preston Holland (1 9fi.i.691. Murray appears below to determine whether or not Directors—Morton Combi (1964-68 i. Can Creek; Don Davi (1963-67). .independence; Ralph C. Dorsej (1962-66), Horsi the listings for their schools are correct. The Cave; Sherman Gish (1963-67), Greenville; Don R. Rawlings (1965-69). Danville; Oran C. Teater (1964-68). Paintsville. State Office should be notified only if the Subscription Rate $1.00 Per Year name of the school should be added to or omitted from any of the lists eriven. RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP jt*iom the s Commissioned Dfflce Boone County, Bryan Station, Frankfort, Fort Camnbell. Heni-y Clay Lwisville Male, McKf^U, M. M. I., Oldham County, Owensboro, Paul G. Blazer, St. REPORTS NOW DIE Joseph Prep., Trinity, Western. BASEBALL 1. 1965-66 Ba.sketball Participation List Padueah Region 2. School'.s Repoi't on Basketball Official,^ Chritsian County District—Attucks. Christian Coun- 3. Official's Report on Schools ty, Dawson Springs, Fort Campbell, Hopkinsville, (Ba.sketball) Trigg County Murray District — Benton, Calloway County, Mur- ray. Murray College, Nirth Marshall. South Marshall Spring Meets Padueah District—Ballard Memorial, Heath, Lone Oak, Reidland, St. Mary. Tilghman Tentative dates have been set for the Mayfield District — Carlisle County, Fancy Farm, Fulton County, Hickman County, Lowes, MajrfieW, various spring: meets and tournaments in Symsonia rifle marksmanship, baseball, track, golf and Caldwell County District—Caldwell County, Crit- tennis. Thev are as follows tenden County, Fredonia, Livingston Central, Lyon April 30. State Rifle Championship County Lexington Owensboro Region May 9-11, district baseball tournaments Henderson District—Henderson County, Providence, (sites given below) St. Vincent, Union County, Webster County Leitchfield District — Butler County, Caneyville, 13-14, Ma.v regional track meets foi Clarkson, Edmonson County, Grayson County Catholic, boys and girls (sites given in February i.ssuc Leitchfield of ATHLETE) Ohio County District—Breckinridge County, Fords- May 17, regional golf tournaments for ville, Hancock County, Meade County, Ohio County Daviess County District—Calhoun, Daviess County, boys and girls (sites given below) Livermore, Owensboro, Owensboro Catholic. St. Mary May 21, State Track Meet (Classes A Madisonville District — Earlington, Madisonville, A A, and Girls), Lexington Rosenwald, South Hopkins, West Hopkins May 21, State Track Meet (Class AAA). Central City District — Bremen, Central City, Louisville Drakesboro, Graham, Greenville, Hughes-Kirk, Muh- lenberg Central May 24-25, Cxirl.s Statt (Jolf Tourna Bowling Green Region ment, Louisville Bowling Green District—Bowling Green, Bristow, May 24-25, Boys' State Golf Tourna- College, Franklin-Simpson, North Warren. Richards- ment, Fort Knox ville, Warren County May 27-28, regional baseball tourna- Auburn District, — Adairvllle. Auburn, Lewisburg, ments (sites given below) Olmstead, Russellville, Todd County Glasgow District — Allen County. Austin Tracy, May 27-28, regional tennis tournamenti- Glasgow, Hiseville, Park City, Scottsville, Temple Hill for girls and boys (sites given below) TompkinsviUe District — Clinton County, Cumber- June 3-4, Boys' and Girls' State Tennis land County, Gamaliel, Metcalfe County, Tompkins- Tournaments, Loui.sville viUe June 8-9. Statt Baseball Tournament Caverna District — Caverna, Cub Run, LaRue Lexington County, Memorial, Munfordville North Hardin District—East Hardin, Elizabeth- In assigning schools to districts and town, Elizabethtown Catholic, Fort Knox, North Har- regions for spring meets, the principal din, West Hardin source of information is the blue statement Campbellsville District—Adair County, Campbells- form filed by the school principal when he ville, Greensburg, Lebanon, St. Augustine, St. Charles, Taylor County enrolls his school in tht Association. If a St. Joseph District — Bardstown, Fredericktown, coach is listed for a sport, it is assumed that Lebanon Junction, Mt. Washington, St. Catherine, St. tht school sponsoi's a team in that sport. In Joesph Prep., Shepherdsvlile, Springfield, Williisburg THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 Page Three

Jefferson County Region Montgomery County District—Bath Coimty, George Rogers Clark, Menifee County, Montgomery County, Pleasure Ridge District — Bishop David, Butler, Mt. Steriing Pleasure Ridge Park, Valley, Western Morehead District—Breckinridge Training, Ezel, Central District—Ahrens, Central, Flaget, Shawnee Hitchins, Olive HUl, Prichard, Rowan County, Sandy Trinity District—duPont Manual, Louisville Country Hook, Morgan County Day, Louisville Male, Trinity Paintsville District—Blaine, Flat Gap, Inez, Meade Southern District — DeSales, Fairdale, Iroquois, Memorial, Oil Springs, Paintsville, Van Lear, Warfield Southern, Thomas Jefferson McDowell District—Garrett, Martin, Maytown, VIc- Eastern District — Aquinas, Eastern, Kentucky Dowell, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright MiUtary Inst., Seneca, Waggener, Westport St. Xavier District—Atherton, Durrett, Fern Creek, GOLF FOR GIRLS St. Xavier Bowling Green Region—Bowling Green, CampbelLs- Newport Region viUe, Clarkson, College, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Tompkinsville, Warren County St. Henry District — Boone County, Dixie Heights, Jefferson County Region—Eastern, Fern Creek, Lloyd, St. Henry, Simon Kenton Oldham County, Westport Covington District—Beechwood, Covington Catholic, Lexington Region—Beechwood, Frankfort, Clark Holmes, Holy Cross, Ludlow County, London, Somerset Silver Grove District — Bishop Brossart, Campbell Paintsville Region—Ashland, Hazard, Paintsville County, Highlands, Silver Grove, St. Thomas Walton-Verona District—Falmouth. Grant County, GOLF FOR BOYS Pendleton, Walton-Verona, Williamstown. Princeton Region—Benton, Caldwell County, Chris- Newport District — Bellevue, Dayton, Newport, tian County, Crittenden County, Ft. Campbell, Fulton, Newport Catholic Hopkinsville, Mayfield, Murray, North Marshall, Padu- Maysville District — Bracken County, Deming, cah, St. Mary Fleming County, Lewis County, Mason County, Mays- Bowling Green Region—Adair County, Allen Coun- ty, Bowling College, Elizabethtown, Ehzabeth- ville, St. Patrick, ToUesboro Green, town Catholic, Franklin-Simpson, Glasgow, RusseUville, Lexington Region Scottsville, Tompkinsville, Warren County Woodford County District—Anderson, Frankfort, Owensboro Region—Daviess County, GreenviUe, Franklin County, Georgetown, Scott County, Woodford Henderson County, Madisonville, Meade County, Owens- County boro, Owensboro Catholic, F^rovidence, St. Vincent, Bourbon County District—^Bourbon County, Harri- Todd County son County, Millersburg Military Inst., Nicholas Coun- Bardstown Region—Bardstown, Bloomfield, Boyle ty, Paris bounty, CampbellsvUle, Danville, Ft. Knox, Harrods- Garrard County District—Boyle County, Danville, )urg, Lebanon, Lebanon Junction, Old Kentucky Home, Garrard County, Harrodsburg, Jessamine County, Ken- it. Joseph, Shepherdsville, Springfield tucky School for the Deaf, Mercer County, Stanford Frankfort Region—Clark County, Frankfort, Frank- ShelbyviUe District—Lincoln Institute, Oldham lin County, Harrison County, Henry Clay, Jessamine County, Shelby County, ShelbyviUe, TaylorsviUe County, Lafayette, Millersburg JWilitary Inst., Mt. Ster- Liberty District—Brodihead, Casey County, Crab ling, Oldham County, Paris, ShelbyviUe Orchard, Liberty, McKinney, Memorial, Mt. Vernon East Jefferson County Region—Atherton, Durrett, Eminence District-Carroll County, Eminence, Gal- Eastern, Fern Creek, Kentucky Military Inst., Louis- latin County, Henry County, Owen County, Trimble ville Country Day, St. Xavier, Seneca, Thomas Jeffer- County son, Trinity, Waggener, Westport Lexington District—Bryan Station, Henry Clay, La- West Jefferson County Region—Ahrens, Bishop fayette, Lexington Catholic, Tates Creek David, Butler, DeSales, duPont Manual, Fairdale, Fla- Richmond District—Berea, Estill County, Irvine, get, Iroquois, Male, Pleasure Ridge Park, Shawnee, Madison, Madison Central, Model Southern, Valley, Western London Region Covington Region—^Beechwood, Campbell County, Somerset District-Burnside, Eubank, Ferguson, Covington Catholic, Dayton, Dixie Heights, Highlands, Pulaski, Somerset Holmes, Holy Cross, Lloyd, Ludlow, Mason County, Lee County District-Clay County, Lee County, Mc- Maysville, Newport, Newport Catholic, St. Henry Kee, Oneida Institute, Owsiley County, Powell County, Somerset Region—Berea, Cumberland, Foundation, Riverside Christian Garrard County, Harlan, Irvine, Knox Central, London, Harlan District—Cumberland, Evarts, Harlan, Hall, Lynch, Madison, Madison Central, McCreary County, Lynch Middlesboro, Model, Somerset Elkhorn City District—Belfry, Elldiorn Qty, Flem- Paintsville Region—Ashland, Boyd County, Breck- ing-Neon, Jenkins, Johns Creek, Phelps, Pikeville, inridge Training, Fairview, Hazard, Jenkins, Martin, Virgie Maytown, Paintsville, PikeviUe, Prichard, Prestonsburg, Hazel Green District—^Bush, Hazel Green, Lily, Russell London TENNIS FOR GIRLS Monticello District—^McCreary County, MonticeUo, Murray Region—Ft. Campbell, Henderson, Hender- Pine Knot, Russell County son County, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Murray Middlesboro District—Barbourville, Bell County, Bowling Green Region—Bowling Green, College, Corbin, Lone Jack, Middlesboro, Whitley County, Wil- Greensburg, Owensboro, Warren County liamsburg Memorial (HardyvUle) Region—CampbellsvUle, Ca- Hazard District—^Buckhom, Combs Memorial, Haz- verna, Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Catholic, LaRue ard, Leslie County, Letcher, M. C. Napier, Whitesburg County, Meade County, Memorial, Taylor Coimty Morehead Region West Jefferson County Region—Butler, Central, Ashland District—Ashland, Boyd County, Catletts- Fairdale, Holy Rosary, Loretto, Thomas Jefferson burg, Fairview, Louisa East Jefferson County Region—Eastern, Fern South Portsmouth District—Greenup, McKell, Race- Creek, Lady of Mercy Academy, Presentation, Shelby- Ismd, Russell, South Portsmouth, Wurtland viUe, Ursuline Academy, Waggener Page Four THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966

Belle\aie Region—Beechwood, BelleNoie. Highlands, from Ho Chi-Minh or even for the slightest Llo>-d, Notre Dame Academy relaxation of the built-in scowl of Mao Tse- Ashland Region — Ashland, Breckinridge Training, tung. Fairview. Russell for Rutgers has Richmond Region—Franklin County, Hazel Green, By comparison, dying Hennry Clay, London, McCreary Countj', Somerset, its points. The intellectual vials of wrath are Woodford County. constantly overflowing onto the hapless head TENNIS FOR BOYS of the athlete because of his hopeless Philis- Bowling Green Region—Bowling Green, Caldwell tinism and his alleged inability to communi- County, Caverna, College, Ft. Campbell, Franklin- cate with his peers save in monosyllable Simpson, Glasgow, Hopkinsville. Madisonville, Mem- grunts. orial, Russellville, Warren Countj' M'est Jefferson Region—Aquinas, Bishop David Yet the halls of Congress and the board Butler, Fairdale, Iroquois, Pleasure Ridge Park, Sou- rooms of giant industrial complexes are thern, Thomas Jefferson, Valley, Western alike populated by a striking number of ex- Fort Knox Region Campbellsville, EUzabethtown, — athletes who seem to have no difficulty Elizabethtown Catholic, Greensburg, Henderson, Hen- Phillis- derson County, LaRue County, Meade County, Owens- whatever in communicating, and the boro, St. Joseph Prep. tine mentality of such former contenders on East Jefferson Region—Durretl, Eastern, Fern the playing fields as Douglas MacArthur, Creek, Kentucky Military Inst., Louisville Country Day, John F. Kennedy and Justice Byron (Whiz- Seneca, Trinity, Waggener, \\'estport zer) White may be left safely for history to Louisville Region—Atherton, Central, DeSales, du- Pont Manual, Flaget, Male, Shawnee, Si. Xavier .I'udge. Bellevue Region—Beechwood, Bellevuo, Covington It is presently fashionable to condemn Catholic, Highlands, Holmes, Lloyd, Ludlow, Mason athletic scholarships as anti-intellectual, and County, Mays\'ille, Newport, Newport Catholic to demand that the alumni stop recruiting Lexington Region Danville, Franklin — County, burly sons of coal miners to advance the Georgetown, Harrodsburg, Henry Clay, Lafayette. old Saturday af- Montgomery County, Millersburg Military Inst., Shelby- colors of alma mater every ville ternoon. Richmond Region—Ashland, Breckinridge Training. Why? Foundation, Garrard County, Hazel Green, London. If an athletic scholarship will permit a McCreary County, Prichard, Somerset youngster who couldn't otherwise afford four years at Random U. to go there, what's Approved Official wrong with that? And as for coal miners' Since the lists of higher rated officials sons, we don't have enough of them in col- appeared in the January and February Is- lege either. sues of the ATHLETE, one additional offi- If I had my way I'd abolish all the cial has qualified for the Approved rating. hypocritical recruiting restrictions which He is Jim DowTiey, Paducah, Kentucky. furnish such regular and sensational fodder for our newspaper sports pages, and I would A Rah Deal For Athletic Students substitute instead the following very simple By Dr. Max Rafferty, Superintendent rules for athletes in our institutions of of Public Instruction, California higher learning: If there is one stereotype irrevocably 1. Any individual or organization which embedded in the great body of American wants to seek out muscular young men and folklore, it is that of the muscle-bound and pay their way through college is welcome to moronic campus athlete. He is today and has do so. been for many years the butt of so many 2. The muscular young men must pass "avant garde" jokes that he has become a the same entrance exams and meet the same permanent cliche, like the college widow and scholastic requirements as their less muscu- the absent-minded professor. lar classmates. The sophisticates claim the athlete is 3. The athlete's course of study must stupid. Yet in every high school where I'vf be of comparable status and difficulty with ever worked, the grade-point average of the that of the non-athlete. athletes was above that of the student body 4. Nobody gets any special considera- as a whole. tion in testing or grading, and flunk-out The lank-haired leaders of our current rules apply to evervone equally. literati sneer at the varsity letterman for These four little commandments would his .iuvenile enthusiasms and his willingness do the trick, I think. As the annual football to die for dear old Rutgers. But they them- season gets under wav, I have to confess a selves are quite openly and ardently guilty lifelong fondness for the gridiron gladiators. of enthusiasms over such strange causes as Over the vears, I have seen a remarkable the apotheosis of Joan Baez and the possible number of them fiorhting and even dvine for canonization of Mario Savio, and they seem their country, and remarkably few of them ready to die at a moment's notice for a smile ending up in jail or taking the Fifth Amend- : !

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ment before a Congressional investigating dishonest practices are condoned. However, committee. They seem to be conspicuously it is not a valid argument against programs absent from Communist-inspired demonstra- where these conditions do not exist. tions and filthy speech movements. There is a preponderance of research

RAH ! RAH ! RAH which refutes such objections. It seems rea- sonable to believe that many of the fears regarding elementary interscholastic sports Elementary School Sports are mere opinion, and are not supported bj'' By James Frank scientific research findings. The question of wfhen to begin organized Research Findings competitive sports has challenged educators G. Lawrence Rarick states: in the United States for a very long time. "The drive for physical activity is History tells us that the Greeks were vitally strong in the young. Free, unrestricted mus- concerned about the effects of competitive cula movement is believed by psychologists sports upon immature participants. In re- to constitute one of the great hungars of cent times, the argument has centered upon life, a hungar in the young equal in intensi- the desirability of conducting athletic com- ty to that of food and rest. Physiologists petition on the junior high school level, and recognize that human tissues and organs re- more recently, that certain selected sports spond positively to healthy use and that such as basketball, softball, volleyball, and with continued disuse these structures tend track should be initiated in the fifth or sixth to atrophy." grade. ' ' A logical interpretation would be that There are many individuals and organiz- this drive for physical activity should be ations who view with distaste and appre- satisfied. The growth pattern is progressive hension the idea of interschool competition and systematic. The rate and level of an in- below the high school level. Clyde Knapp and dividual's realization of potentials are form- Harry A. Combes listed the principal objec- ed during the early years of life. Evidence tions to elementary interschool basketball as indicates that the effects of participation follows upon growth has very little noticeable effect 1. Boys are in a period of rapid growth on height. However, activity tends to accen- and consequent bodily weaknesses and mal- tuate lateral growth, i.e., increase in breadth adjustments, partial ossification of bones, and girth measures. Most research studies emotional stresses, and physiological read- have shown that the children with stronger justments. and firmer muscles, with sturdier physiques 2. Interscholastics are likely to produce and less adipose tissue are those children over-stimulation and over-excitement; conr who lead an active and vio-orous childhood. seauently bovs may "push themselves too The imolication is umistakablv clear — what far" ohvsically and emotionally. a nerson "could be" and "hopes" to be is 3. A few boys are likelv to get more ultimately determined, to a large degree, by than their share of use of facilities, time, what he does during these formative elemen- and teacher services, thus deoriving others tary school years. of opDortunities for play. T^^lementary school In summarizing the effects of exercises, is not the olace for soecialization. Steinhaus lists three chief results" (1) gain in strength, (2) improvement in endurance, 4. While interschool competition under and perfection of movement. The inter- well-controlled conditions may be wholesome (3) school program offers an excellent oppor- for bovs of this age, programs that start tunintv for the achievement of these bene- with satisfactory controls 'have a way of fits, provided the program is well super- "getting out of hand" throue^h emulation of vised and controlled. In a well organized uro- high school and college practices. gram there should not be a sinele incident 5. A satisfactory time allotment for where a child is allowed to go beyond the physical education classes plus well-con- stage of healthful fatigue to harmful ceived intramural recreational programs and exhaustion. Accidents can and will occur can meet the needs for competi- and desires during competitive plav, but they should not tion. be the results of neo'lieence on the part of Other objections may be listed, but they the teac'her because of a lack of knowledge will generally fall within the categories or a desire to win the contest. Physical edu- listed above. These objections represent a cation teachers can prevent participants valid argument against interschool sports on from "pushinsr t'^em^selves too far" phvsical- the elementary and junior high: school level Iv and emotionally. Snffefestions as to hnw if such programs emphasize winning so this can be accomplished are included in the much that questionable and even unfair and (Continued on Page Ten) THP KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966

derson and Bob Swisher. Bob Swisher went The Flying Dutchman on the air to make the following statement

For sheei couragf . hnnosty and know for the people of western Kentucky: ledge of basketball officiating, the name.^ "Said Mr. Vettiner, 'If the horn sounded of Norman Hammonds and Jim Nixon oi while the batted ball was in the air then Hupkinsvillf top the Flying Dutchman's list. the decision was absolutely correct.' Mr. These two arbiters have won the admiratiorL Vettiner also commended the two officials, oJ the Dutchman and th( respect of all Norman Hammonds and Jim Nixon of Hop- Western Kentuckians because they proved kinsville, for possessing the knowledge of conclusively in a game between Paducah the rule and having the guts to enforce it. Tilghman and Lone Oak that they call the So, it all goes back now to whether or not it game by the rules without fear or favor. The was a controlled tip. It was ruled a slap, not morning after this game, which was decided a controlled tip. And since the slap did not by a last-second decision by the officials, enter the basket or clear the basket before the Dutchman started getting telephone the game ended the goal did not count. calls from newspapers throughout the Pur- "At the end of last night's program I chase, fans and officials, asking about the said that the rule was a bad one and the decision which Norman and Jim bad made only good thing that came out of it all was and which decided the game by one point. the fact that the game was a regular season My friend. Jack Anderson, Sports Edi- contest and not a tournament game. But tor of the Paducah Sun Democrat, called, maybe something else will come after all. followed by two more calls from Bob Swish- Mr. Vettiner himself agrees that the rule is er, Sports Announcer of Paducah's WPSD- a bad one. Ouotine Charlie, 'It seems to me TV, indicating that just about everybody in that anv time the ball is in the air when the western Kentucky wanted to know if Nor- game ends and it goes through the boon it man and Jim had ruled right on a situation should count . . . for the purnose of consis- which apparently no one 'had ever seen tencv. Frankly, I think the rules committee before. Not only were Norman and Jim should take a look at it.' Mr. Vettiner is sro- right in their call but it would have been ine to dispatch a letter to the Executive easier for them and few people would ever Secretary of the National Rules Committee have known the difference had they possess- in Chicago and suggest that the problem be ed less courage and sacrificed honesty — but placed on the agenda for the coming meet- there is where Norman Hammonds and Jim ing. Nixon set an example for every official in "So, that's it. It's fin^llv clear to everv- the United States to pattern from. They one. The srame is over and Lone Oak is still knew the rules and they knew that the the winner, but not without several internre- correct decision would be controversial but tations of one of the most confused rules they were there to call the game and, ever written. A"d while Mr. Vettiner com- brethren, they called it. mended the officials for t>iftir action. I

Here was the play : With only seconds would likp to commend the Tilo^hmnn time- left in the game, with one team trailing by keener, Mr. Glen Butler, for an honest ap- one point, the crowd saw the ball in the air nrai^al of a stickv situation. It mio'ht have as the signal went off ending the game and been inst as easv for Glen to have said that they saw the ball drop in the basket with the the ball was in the basket and e-iven Tilsrh- officials disallowing the field goal. Apparent- man a victory ... some miorht have. . . but ly nearly 100', of our fans and coaches Glen didn't. He said definitely the ball was think that, if the ball is in the air when the in the air which sealed the Tornados' doom. signal sounds to end the game, the basket Afterward. Glen made one comment: 'I have " will always count. The basket will always to live with myself.' count provided the ball is in the air on a The Corn Cob Pine of Honor for this legitimate try for the basket. In the case month goes to one of the ereatest Kentucki- being discussed, however, the ball was being ans ever to turn out a state chamnion. The rebounded and batted and it was a batted gentleman is Mavfield's Jack Storv. Otis ball which went in the basket. A bat or an Dinning recommends Jack for this award uncontrolled tap is not a legitimate try, and because of the manv bovs this coach trained therefore the ball becomes dead when the to be men and because he sets the type of signal sounded to end the game and with it examnle which all of us like to have yoimg in the air. Points cannot be scored with a American bovs nattern from. Over the vears dead ball. Norman and Jim knew this, called hundreds of Corn Cob Pine of Honor have it accordingly, and thereby set off the fuse gone out to manv neonle in manv sections to a controversy which 'had to be cleared up of the country each month hut none more with the help of the newspapers. Jack An- deserving than Coach Jack Story, who may THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 Page Seven have equals but no superiors in the job of courageous Game Guy will be presented as making men of boys. guest of honor at this dinner. While the Dutchman is usually on the In closing this column the following sending end of Corn Cob Pipes., Lionheart thought is dedicated to those officials who Awards, Abou Ben Adhem, etc., the order enforce all the rules of sports courageously: of things changed this month when a minia- The man who is "all wool and a yard wide" ture whistle with the engraving, "Kentucky doesn't shrink from doing his duty. High School Athletic Association Official," in the form of a tie tack came in the Dutch- ANNUAL MEETING SPEAKER man's mail from the Lafayette, Indian, Of- ficials Association. Jack Small, President of this group, sent a little note saying, "En- closed is a small token from the Lafayette officials for the job you always do in In- diana with the rules discussions." Thanks, Jack. The Dutchman will wear this with pride. This has been the busiest year for basketball ruling requests which we have exper- ienced in a long time. It is safe to estimate that more than 150 coaches, spectators, officials and sports writers have called or written to ask rulings on various plays. Bas- ketball clinic work doesn't end in October. It is completed with the final game of the State Tournament in March. The one ruling called for which caused not only the Dutch- man but members of the National Basketball Rules Committee to scratch their heads was from a gentleman who asked if a team could take time out before the game started. It seemed that somewhere in Indiana an official was getting ready to toss the ball to Dr. Irvin E. Lunger start a game When a player asked for time Speaker at the Dinner Meeting of the out. The ruling is that such a time out re- Kentucky High School Athletic Association, quest is not honored. A team is privileged to scheduled to be held in the Crystal Ballroom call time out immediately before the start of of the Brown Hotel, Louisville, on Thursday the second half or immediately before the evening, April 14, 1966, will be Dr. Irvin E. start of the second or fourth quarter but a Lunger, President of Transylvania College. team may not take time out until the game The subject of Dr. Lunger's talk will be is started. This precludes the possibility of a "The Play Maker." team taking time out until after the ball has Dr. Lunger has been president of Tran- been put into play for the start of the game. sylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky, since While we are on these rules and rulings, January 1, 1958. Before becoming the 23rd the Dutchman sends an S. 0. S. to Cliff president of the historic college, Dr. Lunger Fagan, Executive Secretary of the National served first as professor of religion and Federation of High School Athletic Associa- then as academic dean of the college. He tions, asking him to put on the agenda for joined the faculty of Transylvania in 1955. rule's study this March the Lone Oak-Padu- Dr. Lunger's leadership has brought cah situation when the game ended with a about many changes in the college. He has batted ball in the air. It would be much less reorganized the college both administrative- confusing to everybody involved if the rule ly and academically. He has raised the aca- stated that any time the game ends with demic level of the college by strengthening the ball in the air that the basket vdll be the faculty, establishing higher standards of counted if successful. student selection, exoanding library and lab- The next biof event scheduled by the oratory facilities and by securing new class- Kentucky High School Athletic Association room buildings and dormitories. Transyl- is the annual dinner at the Brown Hotel vania is now recognised as one of the finest during K. E. A. in Aoril. That is the time small liberal arts colleges in the countrv. when the Game Guy of the Year is honored. A popular speaker. Dr. Lunger is in de- The names of the nominees are even now in mand for educational, civic, church meetines the hands of the judges, and a brand new and conferences throughout the country and : ;

Page Eight THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 has made many appearances on radio and STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT television. He served from 1962-65 as presi- The 1966 State High School Wrestling dent of the board of directors of Lexington's Tournament was held at the Seneca High United Community Fund. He is a member of School, Louisville, on February 11-12. The the Lexington Kiwanis Club, the boards of Kentucky School for the Blind won the the Henry Clay Foundation, The Lexington- tournament with 68 points, one point ahead Fayette County Foundation, The Citizens of the Newport Catholic High School. KSB Association for Planning in Lexington, and also had the meet's "Most Outstanding Lexington's Sayre School. In February, 1961, Wrestler" in James Earl Hardin, who won in Dr. Lunger was named "Distinguished Bro- the 165-pound weight division. Hardin re- therhood Citizen" by the Lexington Chapter, ceived similar recognition in 1963 and 1965. National Conference of Christians and Jews. The tournament was managed by Wrest- Listed in Who's Who in America, Presi- ling Committee Chairman Orville Williams. dent Lunger is a member of the Governor's It was the third tournament sponsored by Commission on Higher Education in Ken- the K.H.S.A.A. Sixteen teams participated tucky and the Commission on Colleges and in the tournament. They finished in this Universities of the Kentucky Association of order: 1-Kentucky School for the Blind, 68; Colleges, Schools. Secondary and Elementary 2-Newport Catholic, 67 ; 3-North Hardin, 58 Chris- He has served on the Commission on 4-Bardstown St. Joseph, 53 ; 5-Seneca, 50 ; 6- tian Higher Education of the Association of Westport, 36; 7- (Tie) Hopkinsville and Fla- American Colleges, and is a former chair- get, 31; 9-Fort Campbell, 22; 10-Millersburg man of the executive committee of the Board Military Institute, 20; ll-Oldham County, of Higher Education of the Christian 15; 12-Caldwell County, 6; 13- (Tie) Fern Churches. Creek and Eastern, 4; 15-Bush, 0; 16-Trigg A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lunger County, 0. received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna The KSB team had been coached by W. cum laude from Bethany College, Bethany, Edward Murray, Jr., who was assisted by West Virginia, w'here he was a member of Will D. Evans, a member of the State Wrest- Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He earned the ling Committee. Mr. Evans had previously Master of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity and served as full-time coach for eight years. Doctor of the Univer- Philosophy degrees at The referees were Larry Quinn of New sity of Chicago, and had a year of special Albany, Indiana, and Gary Ingraham of in study at the University of Munich Ger- Louisville. many. Medals were awarded to the first three In 1959 Dr. Lunger was awarded the places in each class. These winners were as honorary Doctor of Literature degree by follows Bethany College, and in 1965 the honorary 95 lb.—Crawford, North Hardin; Bell, Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the Seneca; Kohn, Ft. Campbell University of Alabama. 103 lb.—Dickerson, KSB; Bragg, North STATE TOURNEY TIME Hardin ; Monti, Newport Catholic 112 lb.—^(^ibbons, Hopkinsville; Nie- The magic spell is in the air. porte, Newport Catholic; Flint, KSB The din of battle's near; The toss, the tip, the shout goes up, 120 lb.—McKay, St. Joseph; Hillerich,

State tourney time is here. Flaget ; Cook, KSB The "Sweet Sixteen" have made the trip 127 lb.—Crowe, KSB; Donlon, Flaget; In search of schoolboy fame. Catholic To grab the headline banners bold McGlone, Newport Of how to play the game. 133 lb.—Myledo, North Hardin; Myers, From goal to goal along the boards KSB; Howard, St. Joseph They bounce the leathered sphere. 138 lb.—Moore, St. Joseph; Schneider, Play man to man or in the zone. Newport Catholic; Eldridge, Oldham County Conserve the time so dear. 145 lb. Williams, Seneca; Chilton, They sight and fire and pray a bit — To hear the swish of net. Hopkinsville; White, Flaget Exult and smile when aim is true, 154 lb.—Fey, Newport Catholic; Tho- When not, break out in sweat. mas, St. Joseph ; Knopf. Oldham County It's madness, yes, but who would trade 165 lb.—Hardin, KSB; Shelton, North This scene for other clime? ; Void, There's none to rival old Kaintuck' Hardin Westport When its state tourney time. 180 lb.—Keal, Westport; Schneider, Newrvort Catbolic; Lawrence, Hopkinsville By Ehner Kelley WFMW Radio Heavyweight—Anderson, M.M.I. ; Karem MadisonviUe, Kentuclqr Seneca; Goetz, Newport Catholic THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 Page Nine

KAPOS NEWS in good standing in the Kentucky Associa- Sta?e Tournament Plans tion of Pep Organization Sponsors. On February 10 the members of the Scholarship applications may be ob- executive board of KAPOS met at the Ken- tained from Mrs. Stella S. Gilb, College of tucky Hotel to discuss plans for the week of Education, University of Kentucky. You will the State Tournament. It was decided to also be able to obtain them at the KAPOS have a welcome booth in the lobby of the booth in Freedom Hall during the state Kentucky Hotel. Please stop by to : register tournament. your squad, get your hotel room assignment, Governor Breathitt Declares Sportsmanship Week and pick up your envelope containing Being a good sport is part of being a KAPOS handlDook and tournament informa- good cheerleader, a good athlete, a good citi- tion. The handbook contains information zen. KAPOS doesn't believe that good citi- pertaining to the membership of KAPOS. zens need to be reminded to exemplify good basis for awarding of the trophies, events to sportsmanship. However, it is especially fit- be offered by the hospitality committee, ting at tournament time to remind all citi- brackets, and the times for the games, etc. zens that it is a privilege to be able to at- Perhaps you would like to have a part tend the games, and that they can contribute in making known to the public just what is to the success of the tournament if they will involved in being a cheerleader sponsor. If abide by the KAPOS Sportsmanship Creed so, we can use you for radio and possibly tele- proclaimed by Governor Breathitt: vision interviews. Mrs. Jane McCoy of Ft. PROCLAMATION will responsible for Knox High School be Whereas, The Kentucky Association of making the contacts for interviews. Please Peo Organization Sponsors upholds all stand- let her know if you will be available and will- ards of good sportsmanship as its aim; and ing to be interviewed. Whereas, KAPOS believes that good Trophies To Be Awarded sportsmanship contributes to the foundation Both a winner's and a runner-up cup of the democratic way of life through the will be given to the outstanding cheerleading application of the Golden Rule; and groups at the 1966 State Tournament. Third Whereas, KAPOS urges that the ideals place in the judging will be given honorable of good SDortsmanship be practiced not only mention recognition. Shelby County High during this week but throughout the year; School won the first place award last year. and Lexington Dunbar and Owensboro tied for Whereas, the Kentucky Hieh School second place. Ba'jketball tournament will be held during All cheerleaders are asked to wear their this week and the maioritv of Kentuckians cheerleader uniforms for the final Saturday vdll he following the games; and night game. Photographers will be present to take pictures of the winners, so be pre- Whereas, good sportsmanship is the ob- pared to represent your school in a fashion ligation of all citizens, and Kentuckians need to make them proud of you. to be made aware of this responsibility. The sponsors of the winner and runner- NOW, THEREFORE. I, Edward Breath- up schools are asked to come to the floor itt, Governor of the State of Kentucky, do with their cheerleaders. Besides getting the hereby proclaim this week as Good Sports- recognition you so well deserve, it is another mans'hip Week in Kentucky, and urge all way of letting the public know that cheer- citizens of this state to uphold all standards leading is important enough in the school's of good sportsmanshin rot only during curriculum to merit a "sponsor-coach". the tournament but at all times. Scholarship Award To Be Continued Attention, Principals! Miss Paula Gayle Davis, our second Included in the packet that will be given scholarship recipient, is a first year student to the winner in the regional tournament at the Kentucky Southern College in Louis- finals will be a letter pertaining to cheer- ville. We are proud to learn that she made leaders. The letter will contain the informa- the Dean's academic list for the first semes- tion concerning the basis of selecting out- ter, and that she is an alternate on the standing cheerleader sauads. and will request cheerleader squad. that the principal send written confirmation In order to be eligible for the scholar- that the c'heerleaders of his school are being shio the applicant must show evidence of chaperoned by a well qualified, school-ap- outstanding academic ability and indicated proved adult. The name of the sponsor need for financial assi=?tance. The applicant should be included in this confirmation letter must have been a cheerleader for at least and given to the KAPOS board member at two years, and the school must be a member the registration booth in the lobby of the !

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Kentucky Hotel. power in this area. But their failure to do so Dates To Remember often contributes to the possibility of losing March 19 — Saturday Morning Coffee. control of a game — and most assuredly it KAPOS extends a cordial invitation for ALL contributes to the delinquency of the coach. sponsors and cheerleaders to join them for Tournament-time is just around the cor- coffee and sweet rolls on Saturday morning ner, so this is a good time for reminders : To from 9:30' until 11:00 at the Kentucky Ho- the coach who should not merely be guided tel. Look for the room number on the day's by the rule but also by the spirit of the rule bulletin board in the lobby of the hotel. that calls for proper conduct on the sidelines, August 8-12 — Summer Cheerleader and to the official who should not hesitate Clinic. The Kentucky Chearleader Associa- -— for the sake of maintaining proper control tion announces the Sixth Annual Summer — to blow the whistle at an offending coach. Cheerleader Clinic. The clinic will be held on It just shouldn't be, not at all, that we the University of Kentucky Campus. Bro- have a problem like this! —WIAA Bulletin chures can be obtained at the KAPOS booth or by contacting: Mrs. Grace Fragstein, Mrs. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORTS Milly V. Rodes, or Mrs. Stella S. Gilb. (Continued from Page Five) NOTE TO ALL ADMINISTRATORS recommendations at the end of this paper. KAPOS needs judges, ho^el chaperones, and per- Concern has been voiced over the dan- sonnel to man booths at the hotel and at Freedom ger of injury to boys during this period of Hall. This Involves at least 12 to 16 people. It is also back-breaking, tiresome work. However, we have many rapid growth and consequent bodily weak- dedicated women who have indicated a willingness to ness such as partial ossification of bones. In help share these duties provided they get an **ok" one survey of orthopedic surgeons, 85 per from their administrators. Therefore, the KAPOS board cent recommended that participation in com- is seeking your understanding and cooperation; should petitive SDorts be limited to those who are you be asked to release a teacher from her duties to help carry on the work that KAPOS is doing to make physiologically mature. A later survey indi- cheerleading a worthwhile educational experience in dicated that orthopedic surgeons would not the State of Kentucky. recommend that there be any difference Stella S. Gilb between the sports program on the junior Executive Secretary-Treasurer high school level and that on the senior high school level. The question which probably comes to It Just Shouldn't Be mind is, what relevancy do these studies It shouldn't be but high school basket- 'have to competitive sports on the elemen- ball's biggest problem remains unchanged — tary school level? Regardless of what survey and unsolved. is selected to substantiate a particular point The problem: Attitude — particularly of view, the essential point is that the boys of coaches — toward officials. should be physioloeically mature. A study Basketball has no greater eyesore than by Williams and Scott, showed the imnort- a coach who doesn't know how to act like a ance of activitv during infancy. Two groups leader and an educator on the sidelines. of Negro infants from different socioeco- There is nothing in the game more distaste- nomic backgrounds were compared. ful than a coach — in complete violation of The low group displayed significant ac- the bench conduct rule — who rants and celeration in motor activities. The result was raves and, worst of all, incites. attributed to the absence of play pens, cribs, Nobody is asking a coach to be imper- and high chairs, which are c'hiaracteristic of vious to the excitement and suspense of an the low socioeconomic group. Research and important game or not to be frustrated by a experience have also shown that many boys call that could have gone either way. But in the fifth and sixth grade are physiologic- there is no place for a coach who jumps up ally mature to participate in a modified pro- and down — or strips off his coat and hurls gram of interscholastic sports. it into the bleachers Psychological and Sociological Effects We would like to be able to say that the The other aspect of this problem is the undisciplined coach draws all the blame for effect of competition in athletics upon the this key problem in basketball. But there is psychosocial development of the child. The a companion contributor in these critical (research) findings resolve to a large mea- situations. That "companion" is the official sure the issues of physiological harm or liimself — the man who has the authority, benefit to the pre-hieh school younester. but doesn't use it, to keep unrestrained But no onalitative assessment can be placed coaches in line. There is natural reluctance, on the effect of earlv interscholastic compe- of course, on the part of officials to use their tition on the psychosocial development of the THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 Page Eleven immature participant. The evidence from Competition is good or bad depending scientific investigations relative to behavior- upon the strategic position of the person al changes which accrue from sports partici- who contemplates it, upon its goals, and up- pation is far from conclusive. Most of the on the secondary attributes and cii'cum- arguments which have been advanced, either stances surrounding its manifestations. positive or negative, are perhaps based upon Thus, the task of the physical educator erroneous assumption or upon isolated cases. becomes one of properly guiding competition In summarizing this situation, Seymour in so that the many advantages of competition his study tated: can be achieved by the participant. "It would seem prudent to exercise cau- The interscholastic athletic program tion in ascribing with any degree of certain- starting at the fifth grade can be education- ty behavioral changes, whether desirable or al in nature; it can provide the opportunity undesirable, to Little League Baseball or to for participants with superior athletic skill any comparable program for youth." to fully develop and utilize this talent S'kubic made a similar statement on the through organized competition with students availability of the information relative to from other schools. The gifted should be- this topic. come more gifted, and the less gifted should "In order to completely solve the prob- receive the full benefits of an organized in- lem of highly organized competition, data tramural program. must be gathered relative to the physical, It would appear that an elementary sociological, psychological, and economic school program of interscholastic sports aspect of competition. Furthermore, to re- could operate within the framework outlined solve the specific controversy concerning below. emotional effects of competition, it is neces- 1. The school and community support sary that additional data be secured, particu- such a program and agree to the proposition larly in regard to the influence of emotion that no outside spectators be admitted to on personality now and later in life." the athletic contests. In view of the inconclusiveness of the 2. As a foundation, all students should available evidence, it appears quite feasible have broad, varied, and graded programs of to initiate competitive programs on the fifth physical education under competent instruc- and sixth grade levels within a specified tion through all grades. framework to see and test some of the reac- 3. Based upon a sound, comprehensive tions. For too long, we have assumed that instructional and intramural program; tea- the sports program on the elementary and chers of physical education should select the junior high school level will run into the more highly skilled to participate in the in- same pitfalls as some of our programs on terscholastic program. The participants the high school and college level. selected will participate only if they so de- We are reasonably sure that competi- sire. tive sports provide a chance for the child to 4. The development of desirable habits assess his reaction to development forces. of behaviour in all competitive situations This competitive sport provides a challenge, should be stressed. and a consequent early opportunity for the 5. A broad program of intramural activ- child to find indications of his pattern of ities should be provided for all. but especial- reaction to different situations and ultimately for those students not of interscholastic ly to life itself. caliber. Educational Values 6. The athletic contests should be play- The competitive element is important ed immediately after school, and no team at this stage of a child's life, and it should should be permitted to travel outside the not be minimized or shunted aside. So of- immediate neighborhood. ten, people tend to view competition and co- 7. Medical Examinations should be given operation as being inimical, but they are to all participants to insure they are physi- complementary, and development in both cally able to participate in the program. is part of the education of young people. 8. Some form of evaluation should be Rather than attempt to eliminate competi- used to measure the extent to which state tion, schools should seek to help young people objectives are being achieved. learn to compete without rancor in friendly Of course, the opponents of such a pro- situations. Children are going to play the gram will contend that the same educational popular seasonal sport in sandlots., in objectives could be orained in a well conduct- YMCA's, in vacant lots, in alleys and played physical education and intramural pro- gi'ounds — why not provide it for them in gram. We are reminded that there is no the intersoholastic program? Competition conclusive evidence available to support the constitutes the heart of athletics. claims that detrimental character changes Page Twelve THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR MARCH, 1966 SOUTHLAND SPORT SHOP

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