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...baserunner who was involved in a home plate collision with Baltimore's Elrod Hendricks and umpire Ken Burkhart in the 1970 series...
...Burkhart, letter from...
...John J. Burkhart Grosse Pointe Park, Mich...
...Vittert had a compulsion to start from scratch. Shunning both the family bankroll and the business his late father had built, he went straight from college to Indianapolis to raise cash on his own for starting a company. Within days he persuaded a group headed by Insurance Executive John Burkhart, a wealthy DePauw alumnus whom he had never met, to put up $150,000. Burkhart also agreed to serve as board chairman. Vittert set up shop in a windowless cubicle, recruited five staff members and began searching for clients, traveling around the country on cut-rate "youth-fare" plane tickets...
...boys made a sound case for his claim. They intercepted Tiger Quarterback Terry McMillan five times. When Missouri Coach Dan Devine sent in another pitcher, Chuck Roper, the Penn State secondary responded by intercepting two more throws for a record total of seven. Penn State Quarterback Chuck Burkhart completed eleven passes for 187 yds. and a touchdown. Final score: Penn State 10, Missouri 3. Said Devine: "If I had to vote, I'd vote a tie between Penn State and Texas...