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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
9
The caption discusses tense baseball at bat with Cincinnati’s Bob Tolan and Chicago’s Jose Cardenal grimacing as Willie Davis scores for Los Angeles. Both Tolan and Cardenal were out.
Chicago used a rare free kick rule to set up Mack Percival for a 7 yard field goal with three seconds left, giving the Bears a 20 17 exhibition victory over the Houston Oilers. Bowden recovered a free kick at the Houston one to allow the play. Oilers coach Bill Peterson blamed the mishap on failure to discuss the rule.
The Morris Chamber of Commerce sponsors a bus trip to the Monday night Chicago Cubs versus Chicago White Sox game at White Sox Park. The $7 fee covers refreshments, transport in an air conditioned coach, and a reserved seat. Bus departs Morris Community High School lot at 6 p.m. Contact the chamber office at 942-0113 to sign up.
The NBA approved a 5.1 million sale of the Chicago Bulls to a nine or ten member group led by Lester Crown Joe Cook and Arthur M Wirtz securing a 10 year lease at Chicago Stadium and keeping the All Star game there on January 23 The move ends the year long trading saga and blocks shifts to other venues while confirming ownership through a broad Chicago based group.
Houston defeated Atlanta 9-4 as Cincinnati lost to Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2. manager Harry Walker cited inches and feet in the tight NL West race, with Dodgers 10 games back and still hopeful. Chicago Cubs blanked Montreal Expos 8-0 in the other NL game.
Werden's Tap beat Sanitary Barbers 7-1 to improve to 17-0 in the Morris 14 Inch Softball League. Greg Harper homered for Werden's in the third, Tom Talarico added a two run shot in the seventh, and Stangland sparked the rally with a homer in the sixth. Frank Gorman earned the win, allowing only two hits.
Kindelspire's defeated Betty's Big Bombers of Ransom 11 to 4 in a women's softball game at Ransom Thursday night. Donna Spiller earned the win with three hits while Brenda Kooiman Gail Muzzarelli Evelyn Ryder Judy Kramer and Karen Butz added two each. Doris Carter took the loss. Kindelspire's hosts Held's Angels Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Ransom Lions Club Celebration. Sunday they play Coal City at 3 p.m.
Marseilles beat Dwight No 1 5 3 in the bottom of the sixth to win the TCL tournament and claim regular season champion status. Dwight No 2 topped Morris Moose 6 1 for third place as pitcher details and standings wrap up the 1972 season with notices of a fall meeting and a Centennial Park picnic for Seneca Pony Leaguers.
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