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Cunningham wins in Pony League actionCunningham-Reilly defeated Oak Park Federal 11-1 Sunday to win the -First Half Championship of the Oak 1 Park Pony League.~ Cunningham, which finished the -first half with a record of 10-2, hit - Federal with 10 runs on seven hits in .. the first inning. John Wyman and Keith Gottschalk tripled for Cunningham, while Tom Kolzow and Mike ; Gorski had doubles. Wyman and Kol-■; zow also shone on the mound, holding Federal to two hits and striking out eight.Steady hitting, solid defense and a team earned run average of 0.57 helped manager Steve Hayward's team to win seven straight at the close of the first half.In the Oak Park Bronco League's American Division, Village Savings handed Suburban Bank its first loss, 7-2. Village thus drew within one game of first-place Suburban, whose -record now stands at 6-1. Refiners' “ Pride and Stelton Motors are tied for third in the American with identical 3-5 records.In the National Division, Wilson Foods, the only team over .500, holds ; first with a 4-2 mark. The Humanitar: ian Lions are second at 4-4, followed 1 by Oak Park Federal (2-4) and Breit Johnson (2-6).Leland-Fay leads the Oak Park Mustang League's North Division with a record of 3-2. Refiners* Pride and the Oak Park Optimists are tied for second with 3-3 records. Oak Park Fire Department (2-5) and Wilson Foods (1-4) trail.In the South, Suburban Bank sets the pace with a mark of 6-L Stelton Motors is second at 5-1. Suburban and Stelton have yet to conclude a suspended game. Team II Patrol (4-2), .Village Savings (3-3), Oak Park Police Department (2-4) and Oak Park Federal (2-5) follow the leaders.In Thursday’s action the Optimists parlayed 16 stolen bases and 17 Breit Johnson strikeouts into a 10-8 victory. Friday Refiners' Pride whipped the Fire Department behind the pitching of Dave Adams and Mike Keating. Refiners' Pride twice scored on suicide sqeeze bunts.Summer tipsThe Tom Meyer Sports Camp begins June 14 at Oak Park-River Forest High School. Seventh and eighth graders will meet from 9 to 11 a.m., and fourth, fifth and sixth graders will have their session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m Activities include basketball, gymnastics, softball and swimming. A registration fee of $35 must.be paid on opening day. For further information call the high school at 383-0700.Oak Park-River Forest Boys’ Football has announced its summer registration dates. Registration will begin Sunday, at Taylor Park from 1 to 5 p.m. Other registration dates are Saturday, June 26; Saturday, July 17, and Saturday, July 31, On-all three Saturdays, registration will be at the Oak Park-River Forest High School football field from 9 a.m. to l p.m. The first practice session for boys’ football will be Monday, August 2.Oak Park-River Forest Boys’ Football is open to all grade school boys in the two villages between the ages of 9 and 14. For further information about boys’ football, call Adele Donahue at 386-1875.The Oak Park Swim Associationwill hold try-outs for new members Saturday morning at 10 at the Ridge-land Common Pool. The Senior Group will be under the guidance of Oak Park-River Forest High School coach Jim Lock and, Hal White, Fenwick High School swimming coach.i 1
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Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Jun 09, 1976
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