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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1971
Page
7
Giants beat Astros 5 2 as Houston hosts another loss inside the dome. Pirates edge Phillies 20 9 after trailing, Mets fall to Expos 7 2, Dodgers beat Padres, Cubs top Cards, Reds edge Braves. Yaz throws out Robbins on bases as Boston sinks Baltimore 3 1.
The column lists scheduled night games for Tuesday and results from across the majors, featuring matchups like Minnesota at Oakland and Chicago at Milwaukee. It includes league standings in East and West divisions, with team records, and notes on Monday results and upcoming twi night doubleheaders across cities such as New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Montreal Pittsburgh and Los Angeles Chicago.
Three Athens Track Club members earned ribbons at the first annual girls invitational meet at Worthington High School in Columbus. Carolyn Quatrocki aged 11 placed fourth in the 100 and 220 yard dashes in the 10 11 group. Patty Mullins aged 12 finished fourth in the 220 yard dash in the 12 13 group, and Karen Bleigh aged 13 placed fifth in the 100 and 220 yard dashes in the 12 13 group. Other Athens participants were Lisa Bradford and Peggy Bleigh.
Pickaway Country Club of Circleville won the 1971 Southeastern Ohio Golf Association team title in Gallipolis, finishing with 887 strokes and a 13-stroke margin over Lancaster. Individual medalist honors went to Cliff Rhein of Lancaster with 141. Circleville’s Dean McFadden was runner-up at 143.
Ohio State and Colorado will install Monsanto Astroturf surfaces for the 1971 season. Ohio State plans two installations at the stadium and a practice field, totaling about 170000 square feet, the largest single-site Astroturf area yet. Indiana previously added Astroturf in the Big Ten.
LaDell Anderson, Utah State University basketball coach, was named coach of the ABA champion Utah Stars. He replaces Bill Sharman who quit the Stars June 1 to coach the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA.
Athens American Legion and Newark split a doubleheader as Athens won 4-1 in eight innings and lost 2-1 in nine. Athens moves to 12-3, Newark to 9-9. Inbody pitched both ends of the first game win. Daft led Athens with two hits and one run, Brooks added two RBIs, while Good led Newark with three hits.
Marty Liquori of Villanova, running for the New York Athletic Club, wins the AAU mile in 3:56.5 despite rain, eyeing a world mark later with rival Jim Ryun. American records fall in events at Berkeley and Eugene as Sid Sink, Mike Manley, and Steve Savage post steeplechase times, while Link Leads in a 5000 or related events with 8:26.4.
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