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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1977

Page

6

National League All Stars Named by Sporting News

Joe Morgan and George Foster of the Reds and Mike Schmidt of the Phillies join the NL team. Bud Carew of the Twins and Morgan head the voting. Morgan earns a fifth second base nod. Frank Tanana and Hal McRae are the lone repeat AL selections.

ST. Louis Joe Morgan George Foster Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Mike Schmidt Sporting News Bud Carew Minnesota Twins Morgan Carew California Angels Frank Tanana Kansas City Royals Hal McRae

Mexico Bulldogs and MMA Colonels face tough road ahead this weekend

The Mexico Bulldogs and Missouri Military Academy Colonels seek wins at home and on the road after recent losses. Mexico hosts Sedalia Smith-Cotton at 8 p.m. on Hawthorne Heights amid homecoming festivities while MMA faces Blair Oaks at 2:30 p.m. Dad's Day energy surrounds both teams as they try to halt skid.

Mexico Bulldogs Missouri Military Academy Colonels Mexico Bulldogs Sedalia Smith-Cotton Hawthorne Heights The Ledger MMA Cadet Corps Colonels Blair Oaks Centralia Louisiana Mark Twain Macon Clarence Cannon Marceline North Callaway Paris Slater Lewis & Clark Montgomery Co R-2 Bowling Green Missouri School For the Deaf Van-Far Missouri Fulton Kirksville Jim Valentik Sedalia Hannibal Tigers

Winless Chiefs Bench Livingston, Adams to Start

Kansas City 0-5 chiefs will start Tony Adams at quarterback against San Diego as Mike Livingston rides the bench. Coach Paul Wiggin stressed the move targets team improvement, not blaming one player, noting Adams previously led the World Football League in passing and joined the Chiefs with Wiggin three years ago.

Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers Paul Wiggin Tony Adams Livingston Chiefs Wiggin Mike Adams World Football League WFL

Area Pointer Club Holds Annual Fall Field Trial

Vandalia area pointer and setter club held its annual fall field trial at Idlewild Acres south of Vandalia with thirty four dogs competing. Winners included Tammy owned by Clarence Belcher and Daisy owned by Andy Huggins with trophies awarded to top four and dog food for all seven. The next trial is scheduled for March 19 at Idlewild Acres.

Vandalia Tri-County Pointer and Setter Club Idlewild Acres Buzzleshears Farm Wiley Melton George Schaaf Warren St. Louis Tammy Pointer Clarence Belcher Mexico Daisy Andy Huggins Truxton Rusty Brittany Francis Gowin Fulton Missy Lou Don Rogers Laddonia Dot Evert Shive Pleasant Hill Heidi Lady George Lieurance Hannibal

Wide sports scoreboard with varied results and trades

A compact recap lists hockey scores from Wednesdays and Thursdays with teams like Pittsburgh Montreal and Toronto, basketball results for NBA teams including Boston, and NFL roster moves including Bills and Browns signings. Publicized trades note Rangers assignments and Celtics contract signings while college lacrosse hires Charles Co key at Penn.

Pittsburgh New York Rangers Montreal Washington Atlanta Minnesota Cleveland Los Angeles Toronto Colorado Buffalo Chicago Boston St. Louis Philadelphia Detroit New York Islanders Steve Okoniewski National Hockey League Greg Holst New Haven American Hockey League Grad Becker Basketball National Basketball Association Boston Celtics Sidney Wicks Cal Norm Cook College University OF Pennsylvania Charles Co Key

Bowling results from Mexico Ladies league meet

Individual high single Susan Hill shot 213 and high series 534. First National Bank led team with single 844 and series 2335, while Commerce Bank and Central Loan also posted strong scores. Other notable marks included Wieberg Implement 3 and Busch 3 while Stephenson Motel 1 and Wanneman’s 1 contributed smaller totals.

Mexico Ladies Central Loan Smith Major & Implement Busch Stephenson Motel Wieberg Implement Commerce Bank First National Bank Wanneman’s Susan Hill Ww L Wonneman’s Stephenson Motet LJ Wieberg TA First National Bank Central Loan Smith Implement

Namath’s Starter Days Seen Ending as Haden Leads Rams

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Joe Namath appears headed to the bench for the Monday night NFL game against the Minnesota Vikings. Backup Pat Haden, the 24 year old Rhodes scholar, will handle play calling after starting last Sunday with Namath sidelined by a swollen knee. Namath can practice this week, but Haden remains the starter.

LOS Angeles Joe Namath Los Angeles Rams Minnesota Vikings Pat Haden Rams New Orleans Namath Haden

Missouri Hall of Fame to honor 1977 inductees

Missouri's M Men will repay a long standing debt at their annual luncheon in Columbia on Saturday November 12. Dr James Baker longtime team physician will be honored and three new Missouri Hall of Famers inducted ex Tigers Tom Botts John Hi Simmons and Forest DeBernardi. In Los Angeles Kareem Abdul Jabar suffered a broken right hand after a confrontation with Kent Benson and will be out indefinitely for the Lakers amid a fractured fourth metacarpal.

Missouri Columbia James Baker Milwaukee Kent Benson Los Angeles Laker Star Center Abdul-Jabbar Benson

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