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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1971
Page
17
Colbert and Gaston powered the Padres in a dramatic eight inning rally to edge the Braves 3 2. Gaston homered twice for the night and Colbert added a solo shot as San Diego seized the lead late.
In National League action the Mets edged the Cubs 2 1 as St Louis routed Philadelphia 7 3 Los Angeles stopped Cincinnati 2 0 and Pittsburgh crushed San Francisco 10 2 Rain postponed Houston at Milwaukee. Colbert hounded by new daughter and sleepless night amid busy week.
Federal Hocking Lancers win 8-3 over Glouster Tomcats behind a three pitcher no hit effort. Tim Mayle earned the win, Mitch Daugherty closed, and Danny Hall doubled twice to pace the Lancers who improve to 11-3. Gary Humphrey took the loss for Glouster with eight earned on ten hits.
Ohio University Bobcats were defeated by Ohio Wesleyan 1214 to 714 at Delaware Country Club. Gary Wilkins led OU with 76, followed by Cala 79 Impellittier 79 Castor 80 Daniels 81 Keenan 83. Wesleyan’s Bob Cute led with 74. OU drops to 9-4 and heads to Lafayette to face Purdue.
Ironton beat Gallipolis 6-2 to pull both teams to 4-2 in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Southern Division. Jackson could join in with a win over the Tigers as Tuesday’s games were postponed by sectional play. In the Northern Division Logan needs a win over Wellston to seal at least a share of the title.
The opening game of the best of seven ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtime periods. Chicago leads the series 1-0 with the next game set for Thursday in Chicago and Sunday in Montreal.
The Cleveland Indians suffer a crushing blow as pitcher Steve Hargan breaks his right ankle and will be out at least six weeks. In the same action, Kansas City defeats Cleveland 2-0 while Minnesota rallies past New York 6-5 in 10 innings on Jim Holt's game winning homer.
Logan defeats Athens 7-1 in the Class AAA sectional first round at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Pitcher Mark Shaw tossed a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts, lifting Logan to a finals date with Marietta. Marietta shut out Lancaster 5-0 behind Mike Beardmore’s two-hitter.
Portsmouth nipped Meigs 2-0 at Middleport on a five hitter by Jack Tackett as Rick Van Matre went the distance for the Marauders. Portsmouth added a seventh inning home run by Fred Myers to pull away.
Ohio University fell 4 5 to Cincinnati as Craig Kridel and Jim Carpenter snapped losing streaks. Don Bowen won for OU, while the doubles teams Kridel Carpenter and Smith Luchkowsky lost. Bowen and Singerman prevailed for OU in doubles as Portsmouth prepares for sectional play.
Arnold Palmer emphasizes extending the flight path by keeping knee flex and feeling the left knee slide laterally through impact. He warns that stiffening the left knee too soon makes the club head swing inside the target line, off the flight path. The guidance appears in 1971 NATL News syn.
Tom Weirich a 28 year old Mount Healthy native and 1966 Ohio University graduate is appointed assistant basketball coach at Xavier University. He played on two MAC championship teams including the 1963 64 NCAA Mid East Regional finalists and later coached at Anderson Indiana and Urbana College. He is married to Lisabeth Cline and they have two children.
The Majors results include Kansas City 2 Cleveland 0 and Baltimore 4 California 2. Thursday night games feature California at Baltimore with Marichal and St. Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at New York, Houston at Montreal, Atlanta at San Diego, Cincinnati at Los Angeles, and additional night matches.
Summary of AL games notes White Sox 4 3 over Detroit 6 5 win for Milwaukee 2 0 over Washington. Lindy McDaniel relieved for Yankees in ninth as Carew hit his first homer off him. Hot hit a 10th inning homer for his first 1971 blast. Hargan injured on a throw from Ken Harrelson as Cleveland game details emerge.
Ohio University altered its baseball doubleheader with Bowling Green to start at 11 a.m. Saturday due to the Green and White football scrimmage at 2 p.m. in Pe den Stadium. The second game will follow 15 minutes after the first. The Wrenmen travel to Cincinnati to face the Bearcats, who beat Cincinnati earlier this season 6-2 for one of their 21 victories.
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