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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1978

Page

12

Track sectional meets set across area high schools

Sectional track events begin this afternoon at Princeton High for Class AAA with Middletown Lebanon Monroe Franklin Lakota and Talawanda. Finals Friday at Princeton determine district qualifiers. Welcome Stadium hosts Dayton Sectional for Class AA with Thursday prelims and Saturday finals. Fenwick competes in Cincinnati Sectional at Country Day. Class A runs 3:30 p.m start with finals Friday. Rain delayed events and rescheduled VFW meet to May 16. Baseball and softball sectionals also pushed back to 4 p.m. start with Fenwick facing Waynesville in Round 2 Wednesday.

Princeton High Middletown High Lebanon Monroe Franklin Lakota Talawanda Dayton Princeton Welcome Stadium Fenwick Cincinnati Country Day High School Edgewood High Waynesville

Monroe’s Evick signs with NKU baseball program

Left handed pitcher Bob Evick of Monroe signed a national letter of intent to play at Northern Kentucky University. Evick, 24, in his second varsity year, hit for a low batting average and also played for the Middletown Trojan amateur team this summer and on the Monroe basketball squad.

Bob Evick Monroe Northern Kentucky University Evick Middletown Trojan

Tornadoes Crush Brass Rail 4-0 in Cup Matchup

In a 67-8 Division Redding Ins 3 game, the Tornadoes dominated Brass Rail 0, while Assoc. 4 faced Redding Ins 3 in a high scoring matchup showing offense from both sides.

Redding Ins Tornadoes Assoc Brass Rail

Bellbrook Wins By Draw In Laughing Middletown Class AA Tourney

Middletown High uses a bye to secure Bellbrook as Class AA champion as three teams contend for titles with Carlisle and Valley View opening the tied bracket. Ed Skeeter Payne critiques the post season slow pitch switch amid a jumble of trophies and planned awards.

Carlisle Valley View Iddletown High Bellbrook Dayton Ed ‘‘Skeeter Payne Middletown High Athletic Department Mason and Kings Little Miami Middletown Centerville Kettering Alter Fairmont West Fairfield Princeton Miamisburg Ohio High School Athletic Association OHSAA

Secret weapon Elaine Busse helps Sonics in playoffs

Elaine Busse, a nationally known nutritionist and massage therapist, is credited by Seattle players and coachs with aiding Marvin Webster and others. Her regimen of vitamins, fruit juices, vegetables, breathing, massage, and exercise reportedly assisted Webster after hepatitis and aided Johnson, Fred Brown, and John Johnson during the playoff bout with Denver.

Seattle Denver Larry Brown Elaine Busse Sonic Marvin Webster Hepatitis Brown Webster Nuggets Marvin Dennis Johnson Fred Brown John Johnson

Go On TV Wins River Downs Feature Race

Go On TV captured the $4,500 allowance purse at River Downs on Monday, paying $5.00, $3.00 and $2.40. Flying Spark paid $3.60 and $2.60, with Cher A Mio at $3.20 as the show horse. The daily double 9-8 returned $26.20 for Roman Sunup and Echoeing Spirit from a pool of $368,589 across 3,063 wagers.

Cincinnati River Downs Flying Spark Cher A Mio

Rice and Rose named Players of the Week in MLB honors

Boston's Jim Rice led the American League with a .552 average 4 homers and 15 RBIs across seven games while Pete Rose joined majors with 3 000 hits as National League Player of the Week. Tennis notes from Dusseldorf and World Team Tennis update Navratilova of the Boston Lobsters named Player of the Week after two wins and doubles success.

New York Jim Rice Boston Red Sox Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds Rice Boston Rose Montreal Steveers Roberto Clemente Tennis Dusseldorf West Germany Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta Italy Chile Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol Panatta Fillol Heinz Gildemeister Bertolucci Manuel Orantes Jurgen Fassbender Jose Higueras Ali Pinner Fassbender Pinner Higueras Sr .Louis Martina Navratilova Boston Lobsters Navratilova Chris Evert Lobsters Los Angeles Strings Greer Stevens Evert Ann Kiyomura

Musial jokes about career and outs in Athens interview

Stan Musial, 57, jokes about holding the record for outs in a wide ranging Athens talk. He cites Ty Cobb, recalls wine extending his career, and names Curt Simmons and Warren Spahn as tough pitchers. He recalls nearly choosing Pitt on a basketball scholarship before baseball.

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