Pro Football and Basketball and Baseball Transactions
United Press International reports a flurry of midweek moves across leagues. Detroit placed Larry Hand and Jim Yarbrough on injured waivers while cutting several players including Bruce Gibson and Dwight Hicks. Green Bay waived Bell Tipton. Kansas City traded John Brockington to Detroit for Eddie Payton. Minnesota added Frank Myers from Baltimore for an undisclosed pick. New England picked Harold Jackson from Los Angeles for two undisclosed picks. New York Jets acquired Andre Anderson from the Rams and waived Dodie Donnell. St. Louis signed Tom Wickert and waived Gary Jurczyk. In basketball Philadelphia traded George McGinnis to Denver for Bobby Jones and Ralph Simpson. In baseball Detroit waived Steve Foucault and added Dave Tobik. Houston recalled Reggie Baldwin. Kansas City claimed Steve Foucault. Toronto placed Dave Lemanczyk on the 21 day DL and activated Don Kirkwood.
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United Press International
Detroit
Larry Hand
Jim Yarbrough
J.D. Hill
Steve Mike-Mayer
Russ Bolinger
Dave Simonson
Howard Fast
Bruce Gibson
Fred Arrington
Dwight Hicks
Louis Gilbert
Larron Jackson
Green Bay
Bell Tipton
Kansas City
John Brockington
Eddie Payton
Minnesota
Frank Myers
Baltimore
New England
Harold Jackson
Los Angeles
New York Jets
Andre Anderson
Los Angeles Rams
Dodie Donnell
St. Louis
Tom Wickert
Gary Jurczyk
Philadelphia
George McGinnis
Denver
Bobby Jones
Ralph Simpson
Stag's win at Marseilles in Marseilles Tournament clash
The Morris Stag's defeated Joe's Place 7-2 to improve to 28-17 as Dave Matteson earned the win. Seneca, led by Duane Lockus and Craig Heath, kept within 3-2 through four innings before Stag's added runs in the fifth and sixth.
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Morris Stag’s
Greenoord Realty-Mazon Verona Bank
Marseilles
Joe
Stag’s
Gableson
Enger
Greg Harper
Lockus
Craig Heath
Boyd
Seneca
Realtors Golf Outing at Morris Country Club
The Grundy County Board of Realtors held its first golf outing and dinner at Morris Country Club on Monday with trophies awarded. Honors went to Low Gross Men Jay Heap, Low Gross Women Bernice Carnale, a three way Peoria Handicap tie among Bob Larson, Bill Gleason and Janice Perry, Longest Drive Men Jay Heap, Longest Drive Women Mary Beth Hayes, Closest to Pin Don Craft, and the Low Gross Average Office Award to Anderson Realty represented by Jerry Hunter and Elaine Johnson.
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Grundy County
Elaine Johnson
Morris
McGinnis Traded to Nuggets for Jones and Simpson
Philadelphia announces George McGinnis has been traded to Denver for Bobby Jones and Ralph Simpson. Jones signs a two year extension, giving the 76ers a five year deal with Erving joining a balanced attack. draft picks also exchange hands as the teams finalize terms.
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Bobby Jones
Julius Erving
76Ers
McGinnis
Denver Nuggets
Jones
Ralph Simpson
Denver
Philadelphia
Nuggets
Pat
Major League Baseball rejects bonuses and interleague changes
At the summer meeting in St Louis MLB executives rejected performance bonuses inter league play and designated hitters in the National League. They called for a review of umpiring and a study on three divisions per league while the NL proposed studying performance bonuses through the Players Relations Committee.
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ST. Louis
UPI
National League
Players’ Relations Committee
Bowie Kuhn
Meeting for MCHS golfers
A meeting for Morris Community High School golfers is planned for 9 a.m. Monday at the west end of the MCHS boys gym to discuss this fall’s program and participation.
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Morris Community High School
MCHS
GCYAA Softball: Team 3 dominates Team 2 in senior game
In senior play, GCYAA Team 3 crushed Team 2 22-5 with Laura Rudow hitting a homer among four hits. Dawn Sorenson 4-5, Cindy Peterson 3-4, Marcy Hauge 2-3, and Kassie Chronister homer as winning pitcher. Team 2’s Kim Enger homered. Lisa Olson took the loss. In junior action, Team 3 won 10-4 behind Cheryl Larsen’s homer and double, Laura Galloway 3-3 with a double, Mary Beth Gretencord 2 hits with a double, and two more from Stacey Magee and Lynette Shaw. Team 2’s Diana Sparrow, Trisha Shannon, Jamie Garling doubled. Sarah Borgstrom the loser. Team 3 improves to 3-5, Team 2 to 1-6.
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G.C.Y.A.A
Team
Laura Rudow
Dawn Sorenson
Cindy Peterson
Marcy Hauge
Kassie Chronister
Kim Enger
Lisa Olson
Cheryl Larsen
Laura Galloway
Larsen
Mary Beth Gretencord
Stacey Magee
Lynette Shaw
Diana Sparrow
Trisha Shannon
Jamie Garling
Sarah Borgstrom
Team 3
Softball Playoffs Set For Aug 25 27 At Roth Ballpark
Morris Men's Slow Pitch Softball League begins playoffs August 25 at John B. Roth Lighted Ballpark. Eight top teams from three divisions compete in a single elimination tournament with four games August 25 starting at 6 p.m. Winners play August 26 in a two out of three format for the championship to be decided by August 26. Awards include division and playoff trophies and individual honors for hitting and RBI leaders.
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Morris
John B. Roth
Tom Talarico
RBI
Baseball standings and schedules from the National League East and West
NL East standings show Philadelphia 63 53 543, Montreal 58 62 483, Pittsburgh 54 62 466, New York 49 70 412, St. Louis 49 71 408. West leaders Los Angeles 70 50 583, San Francisco 69 51 575, Cincinnati 68 52 567, San Diego 61 59 508. Results include Houston 4 St. Louis 2 and other daily games. listed are tonight's probable pitchers and Friday schedules with matchups and times.
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United Press International
Phila
Chicago
Montreal
Pittsbigh
New York
St.Louis
Los Ang
San Fran
Cincinati
San Diego
Houston
Atlanta
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Seaver
Reuschel
Richard
Lemongello
Kison
Bibby
Los Angeles
Hooton
Lonborg
Halicki
Grimsley
Perry
Berenguer
Hanna
Denny
Church League Tournament Sees First Presbyterian Edge Stavanger 8 7
In the Church League Softball Tournament at Saratoga School First Presbyterian beat Stavanger Lutheran 8 7 as Jack Ferguson earned the win and Jeff Wogen took the loss. DeLong and Breuning each had three hits and three RBIs for Presbyterian while Larsen Holman and Eike homered for Stavanger. Stavanger then defeated Immaculate Conception 10-5 for third place. Wogen won again with Prindiville losing. Jorstad Holman Eike and Moss homered. The final at 6 p.m. at Saratoga Seool features First Presbyterian vs Bethlehem Lutheran.
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Saratoga School
First Presbyterian
Stavanger Lutheran
Jack Ferguson
Jeff Wogen
Ray DeLong
Scott Breuning
RBI
The
Presbyterians
Scott Larsen
Dave Holman
Scott Eike
Stavanger
Immaculate Conception
T.J. Prindiville
Steve Jorstad
Ken Moss
Saratoga
All-Star Softball Doubleheader at Roth Park Tonight
The Morris-Aurora Women’s Softball All-Star double header starts at 6:30 p.m. at John B. Roth Lighted Ballpark. Coaches are Bob Phelps of Farmers Insurance and Duane McComas of State Farm Insurance.
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Morris-Aurora
John B. Roth
Morris
Sox clip Ranger in Arlington slipstream windup
Chicago White Sox rookie Ross Baumgarten pitched six innings for a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Arlington. Clau dell Washington, a former Ranger, supplied much of the offense as Texas saw its six game win streak end. Baumgarten allowed five hits and four walks, with Lerrin LaGrow earning the save. The Chicago rookie had dreamed of climbing from Appleton to Knoxville during the season.
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Arlington
Texas
UPI
Ross Baumgarten
Appleton
Wis
Knoxville
Baumgarten
Mike Hargrove
Chicago
Larry Doby
Lerrin LaGrow
Dolezal Wins Low Grass Championship Flight at Morris Club
Jeri Dolezal tallies a 43 to capture the Championship Flight title in the Low Grass Tournament at Morris Country Club. Fern Trucano and Jeanne Fox follow, with notable results in A B and C Flights including Jeanne Davenport, Louise Nelson, Atta Ferguson and others.
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Jeri Dolezal
Morris Country Club
Fern Trucano
Jeanne Fox
Jeanne Davenport
Louise Nelson
Alice Mulcahy
Jeanne Hanrahan
Betty Barger
Marilyn Wilder
Atta Ferguson
Berie Huht
Anne Davis
Shock's Rally Tops Cabaret In Softball Action
Shock's overwhelmed Cabaret 18-4 to improve to 10-9, Bill Cheshareck homered twice among three hits with a man on each shot. Cabaret suffered its 14th defeat after a late rally faded as Shock's pulled away. Steele's beat Weppler's 10-8 behind Jay Roth and George Dare in an 17-2 league lead. Murphy's defeated Minooka 12-6 on three homers led by Rick Olson and Dave Murphy. Minooka and Murphy's sit in third place in their divisions at 9-11 and 7-11 respectively. Newark and Northern Petrochemical forfeited in a double forfeit game.
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Shock
Tap
Minooka Businessmen
Steele's
Newark and
Northern Petrochemical
Cabaret
Steele
Weppler
Murphy's
Bill Cheshareck
Jeff Struck
Ken Enger
Jose Gonzalez
Jay Tibbot
Cheshareck
Jay Richardson
Steve Stangland
George Dare
Dan Darlington
Jay Roth
Ken Shultz
Dare
Rob Edmundson
Bob Cook
Tom Talarico
Braves shut out Cubs at Wrigley Field winds aid knuckler
Braves pitcher Phil Niekro used wind and strategy to blank the Chicago Cubs 9-0 at Wrigley Field, earning his 17th complete game in 31 starts, his fourth shutout and 15th win against 12 losses. Cubs hitters expected the knuckler but saw more fastballs and screwballs as wind helped certain pitches.
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Chicago
UPI
Wrigley Field
Atlanta Braves
Phil Niekro
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Niekro
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