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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1977
Page
8
Duane Bobick’s noted 38-0 streak ended in 58 seconds as Ken Norton dominated with a body shot and a high punch, stopping the fight when Bobick failed to beat the count. Norton earned 500000 to Bobick’s 300000 and heads toward a presumed Ali title clash.
Black River jumped ahead with two first inning runs and hit three homers, two by Todd Dennis, as they beat St. Paul 10 to 4. Soisson took the loss allowing nine hits. Hales homered for the Pirates and Grim doubled home a fifth inning run. Flyers face Sandusky St. Mary in Saturday 10 am invitational opener.
Norwalk Merchants Green beat Van Dresser 19 0 as Sharon Terpening and Viona Carey powered a 13 hit attack. Donna Leroux homered to lead Monroeville Merchants No 1 16 0 over Norwalk Merchants No 1 with Straub pitching a one hitter. Nancy Reineck fueled Huron County Bank No 1 with two triples in a 5 4 win over No 2.
Norwalk High School netters improved to 13-1 overall and 11-1 in the Northern Ohio League with a 5-0 win over Willard. Trapp, Hoffecker, and Schaechterle each won in straight sets, while Luce Hinckley and Griffiths Cunningham secured doubles victories to complete the sweep. Earlier, Norwalk beat Bellevue 3-2 Monday.
Wayne Garland earned his first win of the season as Cleveland defeated Milwaukee 4 3. Duffy scored the winning run on Dade's sacrifice fly in the eighth after a single, steal, and error sequence. Milwaukee took an early 1 0 lead, while the Indians rallied for three runs in the second.
Gilbert Paces Dauch's win with a 15-7 victory as Ken Gilbert homered and seven others contributed hits. Connie's Laundry tallies five in the fourth while John Meesig goes 3-for-3. Karen's Drive Inn improves to 9-5 with a 9-5 win over Bob White Builders. Gould-paced Jaycees rout with 18-2. Carl Chandler holds Jaycees to five hits. Bennett Electric extends streak to five with 26-8 over Area Merchants. Bob Pugh Motors wins 16-13 as Kevin McCoy stars. Joe Bibb Realty edges VFW 6-0 with Mike Carter two-run shot in ninth. Home Savings & Loan stays undefeated 15-0 after late rally.
Tryouts for the Norwalk American Legion team now start at 3 p.m. at McGuan Park diamond three due to a Norwalk High School reserve game earlier in the day.
National League East standings show Pittsburgh leading with 20 wins, St. Louis 17, Chicago 16, Montreal 13, Philadelphia 12, New York 10. West lists Los Angeles 23, San Francisco 13, Cincinnati 12, San Diego 13, Houston 12, Atlanta 8. Weekly results include San Diego defeating New York, Los Angeles beating Montreal, Pittsburgh edging Atlanta, Cincinnati over St. Louis, Houston over Chicago. Today’s matchups feature Atlanta at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati at St. Louis, Los Angeles at Montreal, San Diego at New York, San Francisco at Philadelphia. American League shows New York and Milwaukee atop, with Boston, Baltimore, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, Minnesota, Chicago, Oakland, Texas, Kansas City, California, Seattle in varying positions. Today’s schedule includes Chicago at Montreal, Los Angeles at New York, San Diego at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Atlanta, San Francisco at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Houston.
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