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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1975
Page
15
Ledgerland previews show Mark Twain and Montgomery Co R 2 mired at 0 4 while Paris sits 3 1 after a loss. North Callaway idle at 3 1 7 and Centralia at 2 2 as Van Far eyes second win without star injury replacements.
Mexico Bulldog girls tennis routed Helias 8-1 to improve to 5-2 while Helias won the junior varsity match 7-2. Key matches featured Therese Rankin's 6-4 4-6 7-6 win in a nine-point tiebreaker over Vanessa Butter, and Maureen McCarthy and Barb James posting straight-set victories. Doubles went to Mexico 3-0, with the Bulldog Jayvees showing nerves but improvements on the court.
AP dispatch reports Freddie Lewis, guard for the St Louis Spirits, has agreed to a two year contract with management. The Mexico varsity tennis team saw Liz Hill and Julie Smarr win 8-6 in singles, with close losses for others, while doubles foes Borgmeyer-Krummen and Eck-Shimmens posted decisive wins. Archery opens with Whittaker and Seay recording first deer kills in Shelby County and Audrain County as season runs through Nov 14 and Dec 31 with one limit.
Baseball innovator Larry MacPhail, who installed the first major league night lights and started Old Timers Day, died at 85 in a Miami nursing home. He rebuilt Reds and Dodgers, led Yankees to power, and proposed future divisions and expansion. Survivors include widow Jean, sons Lee and William, and daughters Jeannie and Marian.
Montreal fans booed Gene Mauch on Fan Appreciation Night as the Expos tied for fifth in the NL East. Mauch, 49, was dismissed with all coaches after a seven season tenure marked by 499 wins and 627 losses, ending a Philadelphia connection that began in 1960.
Elsberry nipped Van-Far 27-28 in a midweek varsity cross country meet at Vandalia. Ron Kroeger won the 244 mile race in 11 40, with brother Mark Kroeger second in 11 46. Tommy Griggsby led Van-Far with third place in 11 56 as Doug Davis, Russell Reading and Lloyd Shaw followed. Van-Far hosts Missouri Military Academy Friday for its last home meet.
In Pittsburgh a lively exhibition between the Blues and Penguins ended 4-4. A late second-period bench-clearing brawl drew 86 penalties, with Barclay Plumer of St Louis and Colin Campbell and Bob Kelly of Pittsburgh getting game misconducts. Crosby, er Pronovost, Kehoe and Unger featured in scoring plays, while injuries sidelined Gilles Gratton and Vic Hadfield.
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