Rebels edge Vanderbilt in series opener for SEC win
Mississippi, now 22-13, beat Vanderbilt 5-3 as three Vandy errors and Jim Pittman’s eight strong innings fueled the win. Peeples hit a 330-foot homer in the ninth for Vanderbilt, but Pittman earned the decision. The series resumes Friday in Oxford with a potential third game Saturday if needed.
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Joe Edwards
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Jake Gibbs
Rebels
Commodores
Jim Pittman
Oxford
Gibbs
New York Yankee
Commodore
Larry Schmittou
Mississippi
Rodney Siedell
Jeff Peeples
Steve Dillard
Duane Donahoo
Chuck Boyett
Dollard
Morris Weese
Pittman
Rick Duncan
Peeples
Robert Hendrickson
Steve Estep
Lerft
Bill Winchester
Mike Park
Hendrickson
Georgia To Defend SEC Golf Crown
Georgia seeks a third straight SEC golf team title at Callaway Gardens as Florida, Tennessee, LSU and Auburn challenge. Defending champ Georgia relies on veterans Danny Yates and Billy Kratzert with Lott back from injury, while Florida’s Jimmy McQuillan and Andy North led last year’s medalists.
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Auburn
Callaway Gardens
Georgia
Florida
Mountain View
Jimmy McQuillan
Gators
Andy North
Tommy Valentine
Lyn Lott
Bulldogs
Lott
Danny Yates
Billy Kratzert
Tennessee
LSU
Mickey Mabry
Coy Mabry
Mike McCormick
Bobby Howerter
Howerter
James Mason
Duluth
Big 7 League Plans Meeting at Flint School Tonight
The Big 7 baseball league schedules a meeting tonight at Flint School at 7. The report notes that leaders from all teams spent 2.8 billion dollars on daily and Sunday newspapers in 1971.
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Big 7 Baseball League
Flint School
Local Softball Pitch Trail Teams Compete in Decatur
Decatur Daily reports on local softball action featuring teams such as Manning, Goodyear, Wolverine, and Slow Pitch. Players Tony Estes Bud Moore Bill Moore Glennines Sullivan Stone Widner and others contribute home runs, RBIs, and multiple hits across varied matchups.
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Decatur
State National Bank
W —Manning
Glennines
Tony Estes
Bud Moore
Bill Moore
Lowery
RB. Cr
G. Sulliven
Daniels
H. Rice
D. McMeans
Jim Ry
G. Sullivan
T. Davets
Ostean
Steve Glasscock
J.P
Glenman
Tommy West
M Putman
Glennae
Tommy Wright
Billween Wallace
Cockrell
T. Veal
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Seeces
A' An Park
Starr
Peeples Boyett
W—Wittman
L— Speels
Peeppies
Ship Messing
Alfido Hernandez
Mexico
San Francisco
Goodyear
Robert Taylor
Leon Cantrell
L. Cantrell
D. Blackman
Lockett
Clyde
Paul Knighton
T. Steadman
Bob Johnson
R. Chatman
Dennis Ryan
David
Donnie Black
B. Johnson
T. Hobbs
J. Hunter
A. Downs
Gene Ricks
D. Ryan
Stan Roberts
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