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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1985
Page
7
The schedule highlights two marquee games as the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Atlanta Braves at 7:35 p.m. on TBS with Bo Gray starting against Tinley at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
USC All American pitcher Mike Cook suffered a broken leg when a teammate drove a golf cart near a tree in Davenport Iowa. The California Angels first round draft pick will miss the Midwest League season. he hopes to rest his arm and return for fall instructional league.
Post 26 survived a Barnwell rally to edge Post 46 11 9 and clinch a League IV playoff berth. Mike Mahoney earned the win with nine strikeouts in six strong innings, while Ron Seigler provided key hitting. Aiken will meet the League III winner, likely Sumter, in early next week’s playoff start.
Mike Mahoney pitched seven innings for Post 26 and struck out 12 as Aiken Post 26 defeated Barnwell 11 to 9 to reach the American Legion playoffs. The Aiken high graduate, headed to Clemson, improved to 4 2 with the win and helped steady a team that had slumped midseason.
Rickey Henderson and Eddie Murray won starting spots for the American League in the All-Star game after leading vote totals. Henderson led AL outfielders with 820,338 votes, while Murray edged Rod Carew for the first base job with 778,477. The selections, announced by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, set the AL lineup for Minneapolis with five returning starters from 1984.
Joe Theismann former Redskins star quarterback will visit Aiken for a series of appearances at Car Country J B White's The Depot and other local businesses as part of the Sports Booster program. The booster group will award scholarships next spring and support local enterprises during the event.
EAST RUTHERFORD New Jersey AP The USFLs Stars meet the Invaders in the third championship game amid league uncertainty and talent defections Punter Sean Landeta amid Giants rumors and QB Bobby Hebert weighing NFL prospects while focusing on the game Hebert recalls 1983 draft buzz and later USFL salary shifts including a 1 million deal for Steve Young and Mike Rozier.
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