Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Heis a real iiNowhere,i man! After Steve Martinis visit here last fall, he remarked, in a Playboy interview, that Terre Haute was the most iinowhere,i place in America. Terre Haute was given a chance to prove itself, for bet- ter or worse, when the come- dian was brought to the city by Playboy Enterprises and Uni- versal Studiosx to promote his movie, iiThe Jerk? Martin was picked up at Hulman F ield in a 1957 Chevy and driven to the Shuffle Inn where he and Mayor Brighton dined. A chef, from MAxim,s de Paris of Chicago, was flown in to prepare the meal. The main dish consisted of lobster and was served by two Playboy bunnies. Over 2,000 anxious on-look- ers waited at City Hall for the guest of honor, where he re- ceived a key to the city. But 24 iiNowhere Martin that wasn,t the end of his tour. The comic was chauffeured to CF. Industries, makers of fertilizer. The plant manager, Bill James, presented him with a replica of a typical Midwest farm and a hardhat with a ar- row sticking through it, ia Mar- tin trademarki along with a tour around the plant. Martin,s next visit was Smileyis Jiffy Car Wash, and later Jones and Bezy Tractor Sales, where he was presented with a model tractor, a manure spreader and a iiPurple Mar- tinn bird house. After the exciting four hour tour of the City, Martin com- mented, iiltis one of the most interesting metropolitan areas I,ve ever seen in my whole life. I,ve been to Rome and Paris, but Terre Haute is better by far. I will encourage my friends to vacation here. w: C raig Johnson I The marquis around town presented catchy slogans portraying Martin as a nobody. The crowd had made banners insulting the comedian for his comment about the iinowherei, city. !. ' Steve Buchel! The wild and crazy guy, Steve Mar- tin, addressed the crowds of people with jokes about never being uno- whereu before. Craig Johnson Thousands were on hand at City Hall, including Mayor Wm. Brighton, to give Martin a warm welcome to Terre Haute.

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one-yard line, leaving the Sycamores in deep trouble. Runs by senior D.A. Daniels and Wash- ington gave ISU a first down. However, a blitzing Cardinal linebacker hit Allenis arm on a pass attempt, causing a wobbly throw and an interception that was re- turned for the first Louisville score. Nonetheless, Allen came back to lead a Sycamore march as he hcompleted three short passes. Louisvillds defense tightened up and caused ,ISU to go into punt formation. But to Louisville,s surprise, senior cen- ter Tunch Illkin snapped the ball to the short-man, Daniels, who handed off to freshman running back Larry Cross. Cross rambled 26 yards deep into Cardinal terri- tory before he was tackled. Despite ex- cellent field position, the Sycamores could not generate any offense. When a fourth down run failed the Cardinals took over. The Cardinals had two possessions and the Sycamores one before misfortune struck ISU again. Back to punt, freshman Mike Johannes dropped the snap from cen- ter, picked the ball up and tried to punt, but 3 Louisville defender broke through and blocked the kick. A Cardinal team- mate picked the ball up and ran in for the score, giving the visitors a 14-3 lead. To add to ISU,s troubles in the first half, Allen suffered a hip injury and was re- placed by sophomore Scott Bartel. But even with the loSs of Allen, the Sycamores were not to be kept from scor- ing. Senior Gerry Cluscic made an out- standing defensive effort from his end posi- tion, recovering an errant Louisville pitchout on the Cardinal 13 yard line. Three plays later, Bartel delivered a per- fect iinow-you-see-it, now-you-donitii fake in the backfield and lofted the ball to soph- omore Hubert Moore in the end zone for a score bringing the Sycamores to within 14- 10 at the half. Although trailing, ISU dominated the first half outgaining their toes 176 yards to 31 yards. But the second half was an entirely dif- ferent story. Allen, who completed 11 of Steve Buchelt ReggieI, Reggie!, Reggie!- Sophomore QB Allen led the Sycamores into the homecoming day battle with Louisville after the team had gotten off to one of their best starts ever, winning six of seven contests. Coming into the Louisville game, Allen had already broken the school record for total offense in a season by amassing 1,252 yards which surpassed Vincent Al- len,s old mark. 20 passes during the game, returned briefly in the second half only to throw his second interception of the contest to set up another Louisville score. After another ISU drive failed, Louis- ville,s offense put together its only sub- stantial effort of the game, moving the ball 69 yards for yet another score. Trailing 27-10, the Sycamores could muster nothing more than a 47 yard field goal attempt by Stellern which was wide. Later in the contest the Cardinals added another score making the final result 34- 10. Homecoming 23

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