Umpiring a Dixon family affair for the Ruffins
The Ruffin brothers George Clyde and Lester have logged 97 years of ASA officiating in Dixon area softball. George at 36 leads with 18 years calling balls and strikes at Reynolds Ballou Park and league games. Clyde 34 has 12 years in Ponytail and Philly Leagues, while Lester 13 seasons enjoys the work and fans. They say it’s fun and keep doing it for love of the game.
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Ruffin Brothers
Dixon
Ruffins
George
Clyde
Lester
Reynolds Field
Ballou Park
Philly
Dixon High School
Hardware Wholesalers, Inc
Dixon Correctional Center
Ponytail
Philly League
Ted Trulock
Chuck Vail
Ron Smith
Don Leblanc
Roger Coleman
Ted
Mr. T
Trulock
Zmeskal Leads U S Olympic Festival Debut for Barcelona Hope
Kim Zmeskal, 13, from Houston, tops the four compulsory events scoring 37.550 as Amanda Uherek trails with 37.075 in the U S Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City. The event selects the national junior team for Barcelona 1992 with finals slated today and apparatus finals Sunday. Lenzi, Bradshaw, and Jeffrey lead diving pretensions as Greg Louganis retires, while Lance Ringnald earns the all around men’s gymnastics title.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Kim Zmeskal
Bela Karolyi
U.S
America
Zmeskal
Houston
Karolyi
Amanda Uherek
Livonia
Mich
United States
Mark Lenzi
Fredericksburg
Lenzi
Mark Bradshaw
Patrick Jeffrey
Columbus
Ohio
Bradshaw
Jeffrey
Greg Louganis
Lance Ringnald
Albuquerque
N.M
Davis, Howell pace Angels past White Sox 8 5
Angels slugger Chili Davis and Jack Howell hit three run homers as California beat Chicago 8 5 at Anaheim Stadium. Jim Abbott earned the win for California despite allowing 13 hits while Davis added his 14th homer and Howell his 15th.
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Anaheim
Calif
UPI
Anaheim Stadium
Angels
White Sox
Chili Davis
Jack Howell
California
Chicago
Doug Rader
Jim Abbott
Bryan Harvey
Abbott
Davis
Melido Perez
Howell
Wally Joyner
Brian Downing
Dave Gallagher
Fred Manrique
Harold Baines
Perez
Downing
Manrique
Baines
Greg Minton
Carlton Fisk
Hungry Bears open camp at Platteville Wisconsin
Chicago Bears quarterback hopeful Mike Tomczak arrived for training camp aiming to win the starting job as veteran holdouts and unsigned rookies linger. Several stars including William Perry and Dave Duerson were absent amid contract talks, while coach Mike Ditka touted a positive camp as the team eyes a Super Bowl run.
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University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Ohio State
Tomczak
Washington
Rob Bennett
Bears
William “Refrigerator
Perry
Dave Duerson
Shaun Gayle
Trace Armstrong
Donnell Woolford
Ted Phillips
Steve McMichael
Mike Ditka
Ditka
San Francisco 49Ers
al Harris
Philadelphia Eagles
Otis Wilson
Los Angeles Raiders
Mike Richardson
Bryan Wagner
Ron Rivera
Wilber Marshall
Washington Redskins
Dennis McKinnon
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Ruffin
Lester Ruffin
The
Amateur Softball Association
ASA
IHSA
Jerry
Jim Joyce
Boston
Mike Greenwell
Kansas City
Bob Boone
UPI Photo
Fenway Park
Barcelona
U.S. Oly
Ringnald
Chauncy Umphrey
Sox
Hungry Bears
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