Rough Shots Fox's Divots lead Twi-Lite League
Fox's Divots led the Twi-Lite League opener at Morris Country Club with 15 percent of possible points. Luck's Hookers earned 12 points, Marth's Slicers 12, Connor's Putters and Ventress' Bloopers 10 each, and others trailing in the standings. Individual leaders included Ben Ventress and Bob Anderson sharing Low Gross at 38, with Frank Connor Low Net at 29. Ladies and Prairie Lake notes follow with event results, upcoming tournaments, and community golf activity.
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Ken Remejes
Fox
Morris Country Club
Luck
Marth
Connor
Chamberlain
van Duyne
Creekies
Finfrock
Hynds
Erva Evans
Marge Conner
MCC
John
Mary Jane Luck
Ray
Bonnie Hecht
Prairie Lake
Jerry Chambliss
Dominic Doglio
Ora Fleetwood
Clint Peddicord
Bob Jordan
Morris Area Signups Open for Summer Baseball Leagues
The Morris Chamber of Commerce lists signup windows June 7 to 10 and June 19 for Boys Baseball. Little League registration is June 7 at Goodwill Park at 4 30 p.m. Pony League signup is June 8 at MCHS diamond at 4 30 p.m. Bobby Ciota directs the summer leagues with practices set for June 9 for Pony League and June 10 for Little League.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Goodwill Park
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Little League
McKinley Park
Atom League
Bob Ciota
Braidwood 2 Tops Gardner 2-0 In League Showdown
Keymon held Gardner to four hits as Braidwood 2 beat Gardner 2-0 in a Tri-County Senior League game. Gardner falls to 4-1, Braidwood 2 moves to 2-1. Dinnel and Cowie drove runs with steals and timely hits. Gardner visits Coal City Thursday to face the Yanks.
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Braidwood
Mark Keymon
Gardner
Keymon
Dale Lordi
Coal City
The
Yanks
Orioles slump continues as Twins edge them 3 2
Baltimore manages only five hits in a 3 2 defeat to Minnesota on Bobby Darwin’s sixth inning double. Brooks Robinson hits his first homer of the season, while Oakland tops Cleveland 3 2 on Campaneris’s 10th inning shot as Reggie Jackson leads A’s with 11 homers.
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Baltimore
Boog Powell
Minnesota
Orioles
Twins
Bobby Darwin
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Oakland Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Campo Campaneris
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Earl Weaver
Dick Woodson
Wayne Granger
Brooks Robinson
Detroit
Powell
Cleveland
Campaneris
Oakland
Indians
National League Standings and Todays Schedule Preview
National League standings show New York leading with 31 wins and 13 losses, Pittsburgh at 27-16, Chicago 24-18, Montreal 19-24, St. Louis 17-28, Philadelphia 16-28. Tonight’s schedule features Pittsburgh at San Diego in rain and other league matchups across cities, including Houston at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at New York with twi nights noted.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Montreal
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Houston
Atlanta
San Diego
San Francisco
Roberts
Fryman
Reed
McAnally
Nolan
McAndrew
Briles
Norman
Hands
Downing
Wise
Stone
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
Boston
Milwaukee
West Oakland
Minnesota
Chicago Ace
California
Texas
Kansas City
Oakland
Coal City Sweeps Morris in Legion League Doubleheader
Coal City won both ends of a Legion League doubleheader against Morris. In game one Coal City erased a 4-0 hole, scoring two runs in the seventh on Wharrie’s homer to prevail 7-6. In the nightcap Coal City exploded for six runs in the third inning to take control.
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Coal City
New Morris
Wharrie
Jon Siron
Morris
Wharfie
Neal Kukman
Tom Peters
Siron
Bill Cheshareek
Rick Olson
Dave Olson
Lockport
Joliet Harwood
Willie's Tap dominates Shel-Mar 11-5 in Morris league
Softball action sees Dale Fitch lead Willie's Tap with four hits while Dave Lund adds three. Keith Benson picks up the win as Willie's routs Shel-Mar 11 to 5. Other results include The Tavern 9 Ritter's 8 in eight innings and Stott's over Travel Lodge by forfeit after five innings.
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Willie’s Tap
Shel- Mar
Dale Fitch
Willie’s
Dave Lund
Keith Benson
The
Tavern
Ritter
Stott’s
Travel Lodge
Jaycees
Hexdall’s
Shel-Mar
Snead Fails in Open Prelims at Charlotte
Sam Snead shoots 69 morning round but carding 78 in the afternoon misses U S Open by two strokes after a 147 total at Charlotte Country Club. Sanders tops qualifiers with 135 and Snead laments a poor day despite long Open history.
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Sam Snead
Sanders
Associated Press
Charlotte
N.C
Snead
Philadelphia Country Club
Pebble Beach
J.C
Sam
USGA
Philadelphia
Moose A-Team routs St Charles in NI Moose Softball
Morris Moose A-Team exploded for 22 runs on 14 hits to crush St. Charles 22 six in a Northern Illinois Moose Softball League game. Don Peterson had four hits with a double and three RBIs. Sassenger, Kramer doubled, Sklut triple. St Charles committed 11 errors. Sassenger earned the win with relief from Cheshareck and Bunton. A-Team improved to 3-1 and hosts Naperville Sunday.
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Morris Moose
St. Charles
Northern Illinois Moose
Don Peterson
Ralph Sassenger
Carl Kramer
Bruce Sklut
G. Ronzheimer
Sassenger
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