Athletes threaten Olympic camp boycott over Champaign site
Olga Connolly and Martha Watson, American record holders in discus and long jump, urged the AAU to move the training camp from Champaign Illinois. Joined by nine fellow qualifiers, they argued heat humidity and wind would hinder training. Watson warned of pay loss and financial impact. Connolly and Watson hold the 185 ft 3 in discus record and a 21 ft 6 in long jump share respectively.
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Mt. Vernon Open Tennis Tourney Set
The Mt. Vernon Open Tennis Tournament is set for the weekend at Mt. Vernon City Park courts with five divisions including open and senior categories. Play starts Friday at 9 a.m. for juniors, 8 a.m. Saturday for open, 6 p.m. Saturday for seniors, and finals Sunday. Entry fees are $3 singles and $5 doubles. balls provided. trophies for winners and runners up. Defending champions include Bob Powless in men’s singles and Powless with Ben Harris in doubles.
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Bonds and Sixties Stars Shine In Home Run Parade
Doubles by Bonds and Maddox pair with a 16 14 14 tally, while Cardena Chi leads triples with 3 as Bowa Phi adds five. Bench Cin belts 18th homer, Kingman SF adds 16, highlighting a power display across the league.
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Ruth Fender Tops Qualifiers in Illinois Women’s Amateur Golf
Ruth Fender of De Kalb led qualifiers with a 3 over par 76 at Bloomington Country Club securing top seed in the 39th Illinois Women’s State Amateur. She outshot four-time champion Mrs. Paul Dommers who shot 77 as 16 players advanced to match play with first-round pairings set for opening today.
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Antique Auction in Fayetteville Illinois Aimed at Home Contents
Rain or shine sale of contents from a pre 1830 home along Illinois Route 460 Fayetteville featuring Roseback Chairs Marble Top Dressers Glass Top Cupboard and many more items. Auction by Leo R. Kramper Service for Ella Mense Meyer with ID required for checks. Clip ad repeats only once.
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Pirates explode past Dodgers in 13-3 rout
Roberto Clemente, Gene Alley and Al Oliver homered as the Pirates pounded 16 hits to beat the Dodgers 13-3 and move a half game up in the NL East. Oliver and Clemente drove in three runs each, adding to Pittsburgh’s 284 team batting and Clemente’s 1,275th RBI to top the Pirates list. Houston’s Larry Dierker followed a one-hitter by Jerry Reuss, tossing a 3-0 shutout of the Mets, backing a fifth straight Astros win as Montreal blanked Cincinnati 2-0 and Chicago edged San Francisco 7-6 in 11 innings.
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Baseball Standings and Tuesday Night Schedule Across Leagues
A summary of the National and American League standings, key results from Monday, and upcoming Tuesday games. Notable leaders include Pittsburgh and New York in the NL East, Detroit and Baltimore atop their leagues, with rain and N games affecting several scheduled matches.
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Ironmen Fall to DuQuoin in Curfew Shortened Game
Mt. Vernon loses 7 to 6 at Du Quoin after two runs by the home team in the sixth inning. Scott Griffin takes the loss after relieving Gerald Richard who struck out ten but walked nine. Ollie Jolson earns the win as Mt. Vernon outhits DuQuoin 9 to 3 led by Donnie Hill and Griffin with key extra-base hits. The Ironmen next face St. Louis in a Saturday doubleheader at Rend Lake College.
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Kris Strothmann
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Rend Lake College
Pitching Stats Snapshot for Blass Sut ton and Seaver
Baseball notes list 5 decisions for Blass of Pittsburgh with eight wins and one loss and an era of 2.69. Sut ton of Los Angeles has eight wins and one loss with an era of 1.25. Carlton of Philadelphia and Seaver of New York lead strikeouts. Morgan of Cincinnati and Brock of St Louis top steals.
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Amvet Cards and Moose Lodge Indians win in LL action
In two Little League games the Amvet Cards and Moose Lodge Indians claimed three run victories. Moose Lodge Indians won 9 6 after a late rally by First Bank and Trust Tigers. Vinnie Hughey pitched a complete game with 13 strikeouts to improve to 1 1. Alan Pierce lost for the third time. Mike Hawkins and Hughey led the Tribe with three hits each. Dudley Pierce and Lee Croom added multiple hits for the Bengals. In the National League Amvet Cardinals beat Elks Lodge Giants 6 3 behind Allen Patterson who struck out 13 to move to 2 0. Randy Detwiler took the loss. Don Verhines and Phil Kramer had two hits apiece for the Cardinals. Verhines homered off Detwiler in the third for his fifth long ball. Later Cubs face Dodgers and Orioles meet Yankees.
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Cepeda Happy Again In Atlanta
Atlanta slugger Orlando Cepeda returns after a tense weekend with the Braves. The former MVP walked out before Saturday's Montreal game and was suspended without pay by Manager Lyman Harris. Cepeda, 34, has played only 22 games this season due to a knee operation last August.
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Lyman Harris
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