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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1972
Page
11
The Mets rallied to a 4-3 victory over the Padres as Don Zimmer faced a managerial shakeup early in the season. Rusty Staub and Jerry Grote homered for New York, continuing their six-game win streak, while San Diego dropped to 6 losses in 7.
Friday rain delayed a baseball doubleheader with the Jays to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Capital City Relays are tentatively rescheduled for Monday afternoon, pending conditions.
The Cardinals host a game tonight in the Astrodome broadcast on Channels 5 and 8 at 8:30. Rain or shine the telecast will proceed with the sporting action drawing local interest.
Community Trojans moved within one win of the sub district crown by beating Madison 9 3 on Wednesday. Freshman Rod Willingham earned the win in relief after starter Bill Lower left with an arm injury. Terry Sutton took the loss for Madison as R 6 now prepares for a deciding game Saturday here against Hannibal.
Riva Ridge, trained by Meadow Stable, won the Blue Grass Stakes by four lengths as jockey Ron Turcotte guided the favorite through the rail to the front. Hold Your Peace eyes the next Derby prep, while Sensitive Music and Thurlow Square nab second and third. The article also covers local high school golf results with Mexico B topping Centralia and a JV close finish.
Missouri coach Al Onofrio will evaluate quarterback contenders Ed Johndrow, Tony Gillick, Jia Goble, Joh Cherry, Venturi, and freshman prospects in a largely rebuilt Tigers squad. With ten of eleven starting defenders missing, the spring game will feature split squads and mixed first string tackles to test depth.
Centralia area fans sold out the 60 reserved seats for the May 1 wrestling show at the high school gym. About a thousand general admission seats remain at the door as doors open at 6 30 p m and the first match begins at 8 p m. Kiwanis sponsorship funds the scholarship and community projects. Eight heavyweights compete in four matches including Rufus Jones Omar Atlas Harley Race Benny Ramirez and Japan's Yasu Fuji with Terry Martin Ray Duran also on the card.
Friday schedules show no games for some leagues while others list matchups such as Minnesota at New York and California at Baltimore. Key late results include Philadelphia over San Francisco and Kansas City beating California 4 to 1. Multiple divisions and teams are noted with records and night games.
Jefferson City reports estimate 16 820 20 dollars in damages after a fish kill in Salt River s south fork that killed about 222 000 fish. A 93 000 gallon fuel oil spill from Kaiser Mexico Refractories caused the loss over 30 miles of stream. Frank Ryck of the state Department of Conservation prepared the valuation and turned it to the Attorney General. The probe involved state and federal agencies and residents noted the kill mainly occurred in early April.
Jefferson City Missouri area reports show high muddy waters but overall good weekend fishing. Trout parks clear with fair to good fishing while farm ponds and community lakes are full and yielding fair to good catches. Individual lake notes include Taneycomo clear with trout fair to good, Table Rock clear with several species, and many others described as clear dingy or muddy with varying success.
Los Angeles opened the NBA Finals with a 114-92 loss to New York as the Knicks hit 72 percent of first half shots led by Bill Bradley and Jerry Lucas. Lakers coach Bill Sharman and assistant KC Jones vowed tougher scouting and better transition after a game that exposed New York’s team defense and versatile offense.
New York leads the best-of-7 series 1-0 as it hosts Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon for national TV. East Division finals show New York vs Virginia at Hampton on Saturday afternoon in a tied best-of- series 9-2? The schedule notes no other games Saturday with New York versus Boston after noon as the first game of a best-of-7 series.
Boston Herald Traveler reports new Celtics owners are San Diego businessmen planning to seek NBA approval to relocate the team from Boston to San Diego. Arnold Auerbach met with them, while Trans National Communications contends the sale was illegal and ownership reverts to the firm per a New York court ruling.
London AP reports a new open tennis formula ending nearly a year of quarrels. Top players may compete freely, with World Championship group Lamar Hunt planning four months of tournaments paying about 1.25 million dollars in prize money. ILTF president Allan Heyman foresees 3 to 4 million in yearly prizes and the ILTF to promote eight months of events. The ILTF must ratify the deal in Helsinki in July.
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