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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1971
Page
11
Bulldog coach Art Seals runs a summer camp for 90 players including 64 sophomores and up and 24 freshmen. Practice emphasizes fundamentals due to MHSAA limits on heavy equipment until mid August. Camp runs until July 30 with about 60 players attending each night.
Mexico’s Doug Rainey will appear on the TV series Let’s Go Hunting and Fishing with Woody Bledsoe at 10:30 tonight on Channel 1B. Rainey studies conservation at Central Missouri State and will discuss gentomology and snakes, showing tarantulas and various spiders and rattlesnakes. He is working in Sedalia for the summer.
Eighty area golfers qualified for the annual 18 hole City Golf Tournament at Mexico Country Club. They are divided into five flights with specific score ranges and start times from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday practice allowed for tournament players at the course.
Reggie Cleveland, a rookie right-hander for St. Louis, stopped Philadelphia 6-1 on five hits and earned his ninth win. Oscar Gamble hit his fourth homer for the Phillies, but Cleveland followed with 10 strikeouts and a 95-pitch effort. Lou Brock and Matty Alou fueled a Cardinal attack with multi hit games as Joe Torre scored on a fifth inning triple.
Lou Piniella, returning from a three day Ozarks trip to escape a slump, hit his second homer and a key triple as the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2. Amos Otis added a third single as Kansas City improved behind Jim Palmer’s tough night, handing him his sixth loss. Rojas drove in three with a homer and a triple, while Keough added a sacrifice fly for Baltimore’s scoring.
The Kansas City Chiefs opened training for the 1971 season at William Jewell College in Liberty Missouri. Coach Hank Stram faces a tougher passing attack and must fill the defensive end vacancy after Jerry Mays retirement with 46 veterans and 31 rookies reporting.
MEMPHIS Tenn AP bill to permit the merger of the nations two professional basketball leagues will be introduced in Congress. Sen Howard Baker Jr backed by co sponsors said the legislation would waive antitrust laws and allow the merger in both houses next week. Kuchel who represents club owners helped gather support. Baker expects Senate Judiciary Committee approval and passage in the Senate but did not judge House or Nixon prospects.
LAKE FOREST C ARIZ The St. Louis Cardinals opened training at Lake Forest College with a quarterback battle led by Pete Beathard, signed in January after a trade for Charley Johnson, as coach Bob Hollway seeks a more consistent offense and stronger pass rush. Rodger Bird returns as a fleet return specialist and Homer Jones is a veteran wide receiver added in off season moves.
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