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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1978
Page
24
Tim Willis reports on Dan Driessen, Cincinnati Reds first baseman, who grew up on Hilton Head Island and pursued tennis and golf before breaking into professional baseball. He recalls childhood efforts to start a school team and notes his off season home life with wife Bonne and daughter Dominique.
Veteran players like Mrs Snyder and Driessen highlight a town meet where the crowd heard Don Driessen lament limited exposure for local talent. Sparky Anderson planned an autograph stint at Recipe Fried Chicken on Strejel Blvd to promote The Main Spark co authored with Si Burick.
A brisk fishing outlook covers several lakes. Ware shows 76 degree clear water and mid level activity with bass and walleye on north and south shores. use white spinner, shad crank, or red worms. Rock Port and Rock Lake reports note muskies and walleyes hitting deep plugs along coves. fish around docks at night and test water around 24 Celsius.
Latonia track results list multiple pacing and trotting races with times and payouts. Notable entries include Tiny Lady Major pace times 2.07.7, Little Bonfire and Morano Golf in pace events, and a variety of purses such as doubles, quinelas, and the big quinella. Names include Renee's Butch, Moon Rush, Shatzie's Ledy, The Pusher, Honect Mir, Happy Skipper, and several others across seven-plus races.
The record lists individual scores for men and women including Brown, Roberts, Stacy, Montgomery, and Watts. Men's lines show series totals around 700s with high games in the 200s, while women’s entries show scores in the 190s and 530 total for the top bowler. The fragment reflects a scoring summary from a bowling event.
The NBA Board of Governors approved stricter wording to outlaw zone defenses and add penalties. The note bans guarding court areas after center line, with a technical foul for first offense and escalating penalties for subsequent violations. Officials acknowledge zone calls remain challenging but say the new language provides clearer enforcement with a commissioner review after repeated infractions.
Debra Davis and her father drove 21 hours to Cincinnati for a tryout and earned a place on the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team. The 5-foot-7 guard averaged 28.7 points per game in two seasons at Thomas Jefferson High School and chose UC over UCLA and Maryland to help build a program.
Tom Bigelow holds a 17 point lead over Billy Casella in the USAC sprint standings as they head to Eldora Speedway for a 30-driver race. Bigelow leads with 365 points, Casella 348, Gurney 270, Carter 267, Engelhart 257. Kinser sidelined by neck injury. The event marks the first USAC sprint car race at Eldora this season.
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