Bobby Payne Wins Southern Illinois Amateur Title
Bobby Payne 18 of Mt. Vernon captured the 1962 Southern Illinois Amateur at Jackson County Country Club with a 141 total after rounds of 70 and 71. The King City high school captain and Southern Illinois University freshman represented Mt. Vernon’s Green Hills Country Club, outlasting 122 rivals in a tight field between Carbondale and Murphysboro.
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Robert
Bobby” Payne
Mt. Vernon
Jackson County Country Club
Southern Illinois
King City
Jackson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Payne
Southern Ilinois University
Green Hills
Southern Ilinois
Bobby Payne
Mt. Vernon Ram
New Champion Crowned in King City for 1929
Local champions and crown years list Mt Vernon golfers at Jackson County with scores for challengers Jerry Salamandier Gene Hancock Dean Filberth and others. Hancock tied for Class A crown with Bill Bluett of Carbondale. Dr. Glen Ozbourne Murphysboro won Class B with 166 while Marvin Muckelroy SIGA president from Jackson County won Class C with 169. Gene Hotdog Wilson of Carmi did not defend due to being in Florida.
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Reeder
Sky Vaughn
Pursie Pipes
Paul Smith
Hayne Hawkins
Bobby Payne
Mt. Vernon
Jackson County
Jerry Salamandier
Gene Hancock
Dean Filberth
Herb Downey
D. Arch Whitlock
Hancock
Bill Bluett
Carbondale
Glen Ozbourne
Murphysboro
Marvin Muckelroy
SIGA
Gene ‘Hotdog’ Wilson
Car‘mi
Florida
No Penalty When Dog Gets The Ball
Kirk and the rules group allowed Wayne Scranton to drop the ball near where a dog abducted it during the seventh hole in the Southern Illinois Amateur Golf Championship yesterday. Scranton led the tourney as Isie Pipes and Dutch Mitchell watched, with players including Gene Carello in the group at Mt. Vernon.
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Dim Kirk
Jackson County
Wayne Scranton
Centralia
Payne claims Southern Illinois title in tight finish at Mt. Vernon
Payne, from Mt. Vernon, rallied from five strokes down on the final 18 to finish one under par and win the Southern Illinois title. Pipes and Mitchell tied for second after a sudden-death playoff. Mitchell, now Salem High School coach, had started the final round one stroke behind Payne. Scranton of Centralia led early but faded to a 146, tying with Gherardini and Keeley as top finishers. Connie Connell and Jansco were close behind, as Mt. Vernon maintains its strong regional golf legacy.
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Young Payne
ReNo
Pipes
Jim Dutch
Mitchell
Salem
Mt. Vernon
Pursie
West Frankfort
Salem High School
Payne
Wayne Scranton
Centralia
Scranton
Onorio Gherardini
P. J. Keeley
St. Clair Country Club
Belleville
Connie Connell
Mounds
Jan Jansco
Johnston City
Two Juvenile Division Games Weekend Contests
Security Bank split two Juvenile Division games over the week end. First National routed Security 19 to 5 in five innings while Security bounced back to beat U C T 18 to 6. Frank Cook led First National with three hits as Kendricks worked five innings for the win.
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Security Bank
Security
First National
Frank Cook
Wilkey
Cullins
Williamson
Marvin Kendricks
Eddie Edwards
U.C.T. Security
Larry Webb
John Cox
Dale Hamment
Usc.t
Amvets
Garment Factory
Ace Grocers
Register-News
Probable pitchers listed for NL games across leagues
The Associated Press lists probable starters: Milwaukee Shaw or Piche against New York Hook. St Louis Gibson vs Koufax. Cincinnati Purkey and Jay vs Pittsburgh McBean and Francis or Friend, with two games tonight.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Shaw
Piche
New York
Hook
St. Louis
Gibson
Los Angeles
Koufax
Cincinnati
Purkey
Jay
Pittsburgh
McBean
Francis
Friend
Twinight
Reds Drop Cardinals Lead as Phils Rally in Philly
Reds stumble losing to Philadelphia 7-2, widening the Phils edge over the 1961 champions to 8-5 for the year. Roy Sievers and Don Demeter drive in five runs for Philadelphia while Cincinnati, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Chicago chase in a busy day of major league action.
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Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia
Phils
Cincinnati
Reds
San Francisco Giants
Roy Sievers
Don Demeter
Jim O'Toole
Gene Mauch
Los Angeles Dodgers
Houston
Walter O'Malley
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Lou Brock
Polo Grounds
Ron Santo
Jack Baldschun
Paul Brown
Connie, Mack Stadium
Baldschun
Leo Cardenas
Wally Post
Tom Davis
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Ken Johnson
Dean Stone
Bob Tiefenauer
Haller
University of Illinois
Giants
Ray Washburn
Cards
Red Schoendienst
Brock
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
Santo
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Cleveland Sweeps Four Games From New York
The Indians surge to the top of the American League by sweeping a four game set with the Yankees, 6-1 and 6-3 on Sunday, extending their lead to two games. The crowd of 70,918 marked a season high as Cleveland strengthens pennant chances with key homers and steady pitching.
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Cleveland
Indians
Tribe
New York Yankees
Bill Veeck and Co
Yanks
New York
Minnesota Twins
Los Angeles
Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
Boston
Purnal Goldy
Ike Delock
Twins
Dave Wickersham
Norm Siebern
Jack Kralick
Baltimore
Washington
Senators
Jerry Adair
Hoyt Wilhelm
Jerry Kindall
Bubba Phillips
Jim Mahoney
Bill Stafford
Dick Donovan
Willie Kirkland
Jim Coates
Pedro Ramos
Gary Bell
Leon Wagner
Bo Belinsky
Angels
Felix Tomes
Siebern
Joe Azcue
Wickersham
Moulin leads county fishing derby with six pounder
John C. Moulin of 16 North Brook Drive tops the Reg ister-News 1962 County Fishing Derby bass division with a six pound 2 ounce lunker caught at Tittle's Sporting Goods. Kenneth Shepard drops to runner up after his six pound leader, Troy Downs slips to third with a five pound 9 ounce bass from Waltonville mine pond using a Heddon scissor-tail plug.
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John C. Moulin
Northbrook Drive
Register-News
Moulin
Tittle’s
Sporting Goods
Kenneth Shepard
Bruford
Shepard
Troy Downs
North
Waltonville
Osuna Wins National Hardcourt Championship Title
Rafael Osuna of Mexico City ranked eighth in the world defeated Larry Nagler of North Hollywood 64 62 61 to win the National Hardcourt Championship. Carol Hanks of St Louis beat Marilyn Montgomery of San Antonio 7 5 6 3 to claim the women’s title.
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Seattle
Rafael Osuna
Mexico City
Larry Nagler
North Hollywood
Calif
Carol Hanks
St. Louis
Marilyn Montgomery
San Antonio
Tex
Khoury League Seeks Players for Kiwanis Minor Loops
All Khoury League boys of eligible age are asked to report to the league field Tuesday at 2 p.m. to express interest in playing in the Kiwanis Khoury minor loops.
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Kiwanis Khoury
Mt Vernon Legion Defeats Olney 9 1 in Weeekend Game
Danny Jones pitched five hitter and five strikeouts to earn his second win without a loss. Mike McClure led Mt Vernon with four hits in four at bats, driving in two runs as the Legion Post 141 totaled thirteen hits. Terry Gamber and Jones each added two hits, while several teammates added singles as Mt Vernon built a 3 0 lead after three innings and finished with four in the seventh to seal the win over Olney.
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Danny Jones
Mike McClure
Mt. Vernon Legion Post
Olney Legion
Jones
Danny
Olney
McClure
Vernons
Terry Gamberl
Roger Yates
Jim Newman
Eddie Edwards
Joel Jinkerson
Phil Puffer
Local Legion
Western Auto Edges Machinists In Softball Opener
Western Auto secured its first win of the Mt. Vernon Softball League season by defeating Machinists Local 1417 10 to 8 on Saturday night. Johnson had two hits in three trips for Western Auto while John Boyd led Machinists with three safeties. Schedule this week lists Ski against Mont Ward, Machinists vs Mendenall Ins, West Auto vs Mont Ward, and Ski vs Mendenall Ins.
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Western Auto
Mt. Vernon
Johnson
John Boyd
Mont
Ward
Mendenall
West
Auto
Dodson Wins Jefferson County Speedway Feature
Ivan Dodson of Mt. Vernon won the feature race at Jefferson County Speedway driving car No. 8. Jerry Withrow of Fairfield finished second and Wilbert Wood of Wayne City third. Wood led trials and won the trophy dash and first heat. Dodson took the second heat. John Prior of Centralia won the third heat and the semi feature. Bernie Smith of Mt. Vernon won the fourth heat.
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Ivan Dodson
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County Speedway
Jerry Withrow
Fairfield
Wilbert Wood
Wayne City
J. E. Wood
Jim Shreve
Wood
Dodson
John Prior
Centralia
Bernie Smith
Vernon
Nicklaus Wins Open in Playoff Over Palmer
Jack Nicklaus, at 21 the youngest U.S. Open champion since 1923, defeated Arnold Palmer by three strokes in an 18-hole playoff at Oakmont. The Ohio State student turned pro after a six-figure contract, and his calm precision and length reshaped golf’s future as Palmer lauded him as a great talent.
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Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Oakmont
Country Club
Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
U.S
Columbus
Ohio
Bobby Jones
Inwood
Hogan
Ohio State
New York
Carlos Hernan
stopdep-Pidez
Aidez
Enezuela
Parecord
Joli Ross
Got
Ladies Day Golf At MTV Homestead Tournament Results
The MTV Homestead Ladies Day Blind Partner tourney crowned Rose Hertenstein Iva Smith as low putts and Mildred Oakley Corinna Cluck as high gross. Joyce Gilfillian Gloria Sinclair tied for low net with Virginia Nelson Lois Gardiner. Tee times run every five minutes from 9:00 to 9:40 featuring Sinclair Duncan Cluck Gilfillan and others.
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Pat Cherry
Pack Henry
Homelstead
Joyce Gilfillian
Gloria Sinclair
Virginia Nelson
Lois Gardiner
Rose Hertenstein
Iva Smith
Mildred Oakley
Corinna Cluck
Ann Kyle
Polly Sylvester
Sue Nance
Clarice Pfarrer
Sinclair
Duncan
Cluck
Gilfilltan
Walls
Pickens
McKeever
Cherry
Campbell
Nelson
Davis
Moss
J. Hertenstein
Sylvester
Wimberly
Johnson
Prashun
Yeager
Kyle
Rogers
Heater
Simpson
Price
Bregenzer
Ellis
Randall
D. Smith
Anderson
Jones
M. Hertenstein
Pilson
Oakley
Gardiner
Lowry
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Bobby
Gren Hills Linksman
George Reeder
New Sou. IL
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Wilhelm
W. L. Pet. G.B
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San Francisco
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Youston
Thicago
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Pittshureh
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Panetelas
Favorita
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CLUB
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Bude
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Noad Test
Goodyear
Broadway
Khoury League
American Automobile Association
AAA
Guy UY
Automobile Club
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Orman L. Harmon
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Mt. Vernon Legion
MTV
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