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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1971

Page

9

Baseball scoreboard reports Friday games across leagues

A dense list of Friday matchups shows Detroit visiting Washington Cleveland at Baltimore Boston at New York and more. The schedule includes two night and twilight starts with numerous teams and pitcher records noted for notable games.

Detroit Coleman Washington Broberg Cleveland Dunning Baltimore Palmer Boston Peters New York Stottlemyre Mike Slaton Chicago Horlen Kansas City Hedlund Minnesota Perry California Oakland Blue Milwaukee Ballernle Pittsburgh SH. Louis Reece Philadelphia Montreal San Francisco M&m Los Angeles Houston Cincinnati San Diego Crech St. Coes Reuss Ton Renko Philia Atlanta Nash Brites Seaver Grimsley Hands Decker Bonham Roberts Arlin Marichal Osteen Associated Press Pecenteeepes

Burningtree Hosts Annual Ladies Invitational Golf Tourney

Burningtree Country Club stages a one day 18 hole ladies event with a shotgun start at 9 am. Defending champion Beverley Price of Turtlepoint leads a strong field including Shirley Bergeron Marty Webb Margaret Wicker and Shirley Hammon. The par 76 course measures 5 946 yards.

Burningtree Country Club Burningtree Beverley Price Beverley Turtlepoint Country Club Florence Willowbrook Shirley Bergeron Huntsville Country Club Marty Webb Margaret Wicker Shirley Hammon

Pirates and Braves Baseball Summary From Local League

In a local Athens Little League write up the Pirates beat the Dodgers with key plays by Boyes and Hightower while McElyea Ryberg and Chittam contributed. The Braves defeated the Phils as Liddie Bearden Conlon Pirtie and Dement led offensive output with multiple hits and runs batted in.

GT Braves Iphrsow J. Liddie R. Tinnon Braves Donnie Bearden Liddie Conlon Pirtie Bearden Dement J. Mitchell Phils Agee Hargrove Tiller

Thursday Fights TOKYO Zensuke Utagawa Stops Won Suk Lee

In Tokyo Zensuke Utagawa aged 127 from Japan stopped Won Suk Lee 127 percent from South Korea in six rounds. In Los Angeles Ernie Indian Red Lopez 149 stopped Danny Mio Perez 151 percent of Brooklyn in two rounds.

Tokyo Zensuke Utagawa Japan Won Suk Lee South Korea Los Angeles Ernie Lopez Danny Mio” Perez Brooklyn

College Basketball Today Schedules

Arkansas faces Dallas Fort Worth and Shreveport meets San Antonio while Amarillo plays Memphis Albuquerque hosts Birmingham Columbus visits Charlotte Asheville plays Savannah Montgomery travels to Jacksonville.

Arkansas Dallas-Fort Worth Shreveport San Antonio Amarillo Memphis Albuquerque Birmingham Columbus Charlotte Asheville Savannah Montgomery Jacksonville Dallas

Youth Baseball Recap From Decatur Leagues and Clubs

Readable fragments show multiple youth and senior league games in Decatur with teams Gresham ConAgra State National Bank Optimist Club Ala Oil Co First Nat Bank and R. C. Cola. Players named include Mike Free Tommy Newton Bill McNeese and Steve Black among others.

State Nat’! Bank Pe Garrett McNeese State National Bank Steve Black Keith Anderson Mickey Atkins Bill McNeese Danny Moses Keith Brister Keith Cole Optimist Club Tommy Newton Jimmy Jones David Denmark Mike Borer Dixie Senters Ala Oil Co Bank J.spiceland F.jordan Ala. Oil Co Hill Belew Kerry Standridge Nat’! Bank Jim Spiceland Lane Potter Burt Parks Tony Sharpe Earl Worley Loyd Potter

Local Tennis League Results Round 4 From West Town

Round four tennis matches show Team 3 defeating Team 5 and Team 2 edging Team 5 with multiple 6 3 and 6 4 results. Other pairings include Team 7 vs Team 4 and Team 6 vs Team 6 with numerous close sets and tiebreak-like scores.

T. Thom B. Terrell M. L Ae Ere Ay D. Shimp Og Nabors W. Harris Ay Ne Kirby H. Nabors Edgil R. Hill Ort Thom K. Henderson M. Long D. Shimp W. King C. Johns B. Farris L. T

Pirates Triumph Over Reds Behind Kison Breakthrough

Rookie Bruce Kison earned his first major league win with seven innings of one run baseball to fuel a 7-1 Pirates victory over Cincinnati. Bob Robertson homered and Dave Giusti closed out the win with an 18th save as Pittsburgh stretched its NL East lead to seven games.

Ken Rappoport Associated Press Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Bruce Kison Pirates Reds Kison Bob Moose Danny Murtaugh Pittsburgh New York San Francisco Houston Philadelphia Montreal Chicago Los Angeles Charleston Dave Giusti Bob Robertson Bobby Bonds

Stargell Seeks All-Star Return Amid Knee Strain

Pittsburgh Pirate left fielder Willie Stargell has been limited recently by a knee injury from last Saturday against the Cubs. He still leads the majors with 28 homers and is slated to play in the All-Star game Tuesday.

Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell Chicago Cubs Stargell

Hill blasts tour rules as Jackson visit calms golf fire

Dave Hill, 34, in Jackson Michigan, criticizes three tier rule system in golf after a tough year with no wins in 1971 and rising money list gaps. He retired to his boyhood home to work on his game and may play more events while filing a $3 million civil rights suit against the PGA and TPD over a $500 fine for tossing a ball at Colonial Invitational.

Jackson, Mich Dave Hill Gollf Hill Jackson Professional Golfers Association PGA Tournament Players Division TPD Fort Worth Tex Horsham Joanne Carter Hidden Springs Country Club Carter Carner Erie George Washington Ladies Professional Golf Association

Golf in the United States Surpasses Ten Thousand Courses

A historical note records that the United States hosts 10 188 golf courses, with a count of 5 691 courses documented in 1931, highlighting growth in the sport's availability across the nation.

United States

Pele stays with Santos as Paris offer is rejected

Santos president Vasco Faet confirms rejecting a 3 million dollar bid from Paris Saint Germain for Pele, with 2 million to Santos and 1 million to the player. He states Pele will not be transferred and will finish his career with Santos, pursuing future earnings on the team.

Sao Paulo Brazil Santos Pele Vasco Faet Paris Saint Germain Guy Crescent Faet

Rams Acknowledged Leader Bill Barnes Born in Australia

Bill Barnes, who followed the late Dan Reeves as Rams president, is a native of Australia.

Bill Barnes Dan Reeves Los Angeles Rams Australia

Yankees fall, Red Sox rally past Indians in tense finish

Bill Freehan drives in two for Detroit with a homer as Robby features a quick turn. Montgomery hits a two run homer in the ninth, lifting Boston over Cleveland after a 3-0 Indians lead on Eddie Leon and Chuck Hinton.

Yankees Bill Freehan Detroit Montgomery Boston Cleveland Indians Eddie Leon Chuck Hinton Rico Petrocelli Duane Josephson Phil Gagliano Chuck Dobson

Weaver names 11 reserves for squad amid foot injury

Weaver adds 11 reserve players led by Al Kaline of Detroit for the 17th time and Harmon Killebrew for the 13th as part of a roster build. Other named players include Bill Freehan Thurman Munson Leo Cardenas Cookie Rojas Bill Melton Bobby Murcer Amos Otis Don Buford. Orioles and Tigers each hold one more than the other.

Weaver al Kaline Detroit Harmon Killebrew Bill Freehan Tigers Thurman Munson New York Yankees Leo Cardenas Twins Cookie Rojas Kansas City Royals Bill Melton Chicago White Sox Bobby Murcer Yankees Amos Otis Kansas City Don Buford Orioles

Filion Extends Lead in Harness Racing Victories

New York AP Herve Filion widens his lead for most harness racing victories with 192 wins to 155 for runnerup Buddy Gilmour. Filion set a record with 486 winners in 1970 in the latest weekly US Trotting Association tabulation.

New York Herve Filion U.S. Trotting Association Buddy Gilmour Filion

Tassel conflict burdens TemOesale with tension

A fragment outlines a Tassel era dispute causing strain in TemOesale as communities grapple with competing claims and unresolved tensions amid limited context.

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