Gardner Streator battle to 1 1 draw in 11 innings
Gardner and Streator stalemated 1-1 after 11 innings as darkness halted play. Dale Lardi fired a nine strikeout, one unearned run gem, while Gardner players Mooney Johnson and others produced key hits. The game resumes in July before a doubleheader.
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Streator
Gardner
American Legion
Dale Lardi
Lardi
John Cullick
Dale
Don Tjelle
Mazon
Mooney Johnson
Merchants Split Doubleheader Boosts Record to 6 3
Morris Merchants men’s fastpitch softball split a doubleheader with Mets 66 of Aurora at Morris lighted ballpark. In game one Mets 66 won 4 2 as Ed Serdar allowed five hits and struck out five. In game two Dick Parker pitched a 6 0 shutout for the Merchants with eight strikeouts and three hits allowed. Battersby 2 for 3 knocked in two in the nightcap.
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Morris Merchants
Mets
Aurora
Morris
Merchants
Dick Parker
Russ Battersby
Everett Poyner
Parker
Dean Siron
Bruce Sklut
Dutch Smith
Mets 66
Terry Lipcomb
Gary Huntley
Lipcomb
Ed Serdar
Battersby
Mick Severson
Siron
Mick Strum
Merchant
Powder Puffs Rally Past Firebirds In 14 12 Win
In MINOOKA, the Powder Puffs defeated the Firebirds 14 to 12 as seven runs in the bottom of the fifth erased an 8 7 deficit. Jennifer Foster earned the win in relief of Colleen Feeney, with Feeney and Ginger Norton each scoring three runs. Laura Ellen Wood hit a grand slam for the Firebirds. Both teams 1 1 in league play.
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Minooka
Firebirds
Jennifer Foster
Colleen Feeney
Feeney
Ginger Norton
Powder Puffs
Laura Ellenwood
Vicki Laurie
Henry Greenberg Wins 4th Tennis Crown at 64
At 64, Henry Greenberg defeats two top athletes in a Dewar's Sports Celebrity tennis match, finishing with a decisive victory after Barry and Rote fail to seal the win. The veteran star shared his simple methods for keeping the ball in play, getting first serves in, and exploiting opponents' weaknesses.
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Las Vegas
Nev
NEA
Henry Greenberg
Rick Barry
Rick
Greenberg
Hank
Bob Feller
Joe DiMaggio
DiMag
Bob Klein
Barry
Kyle Rote, Jr
Klein
Los Angeles Rams
Bob
United States
Cleveland Indians
Supreme Tennis
Bobby Riggs
Bobby
Henry Kissinger
Nastase Upset at Wimbledon by Stewart of Texas
Ilie Nastase, the number five seed, falls to Goose Creek Tex. star Stewart 8-6 6-8 6-2 1-6 6-3 on Center Court. Upsets hit five seeds as Connors defeats Amritraj 9-8 6-0 8-6 while crowds exceed previous records at Wimbledon with 37,081 on site.
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Wimbledon
England
UPI
Nastase
Sherwood Stewart
Goose Creek
Tex
Stewart
United States
Jimmy Connors
Belleville
Ill
Vijay
Connors
John Alexander
Australia
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Stan Smith
Vitas Gerulaitis
Gardnar Mulloy
Ted Schroeder
Notre Dame Conference Games Sold Out
Notre Dame announced that home games against Michigan State on October 4 and Southern California on October 25 are sold out.
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South Bend
Ind
UPI
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Southern California
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