Opening Night Sparks City Slo-Pitch Action
Norwalk Park Board members attended as City Slo-Pitch began a new season. Huron County Bank defeated the Nite Life 9-5 while Midway Garage edged Suhr Kitchens 7-6 and Frankie's Bar routed Ed White Builders 12-1. Zadell went 4-for-4 with an inside the park homer as Midway and others posted early-season highlights.
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Norwalk Park
Don Coletta
Don Benedict
Jim Lewellen
Nite Life
Huron County Bank
Midway Garage
Suhr Kitchens
Frankie's Bar
Ed _ White Builders
Bankers
Juris Kangars
Andy Luxon
Finals in Men’s Volleyball League Spotlight at Glass Bar
Austin Shadle reports Glass Bar won two of three against Krupps and two of three against Dauchs in the league finals. Next week the Men’s City Slo Pitch season begins at McGuan Field, with several youth and school leagues starting across six diamonds.
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Austin Shadle
Glass Bar
Krupps
Dauchs
McGuan Field
Diamonds
Diamond
Daamonds
Hillsdale Rallies Past South Central for 6-3 Win
Hillsdale High School erased a 3 2 deficit with five runs in the fifth inning, aided by wild pitches and walks, to defeat South Central 6-3 in a Firelands Conference baseball game. South Central had opened with a home run by Bob Smith and later added in the sixth.
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Greenwich Hillsdale High School
South Central
Bob Smith
Hillsdale
Jim Lamoreaux
John Dendinger
Burton Lewis
John Lofland
Mapleton
Firelands
NEW London
New London High School
Amherst
Barry Jackson
Dave Youngless
Bob Pheifer
Jackson
Steve Fonden
Willard
Hughes 3rd In Tennis Sectional
Norwalk High School athlete Dave Hughes finished third at the Fremont Sectional Tennis Tournament after a three set loss to Bellevue’s Steve Krinke in the quarterfinals. Krinke went on to win the sectional, defeating Jim Wonderly of Tiffin Calvert in straight sets. Hughes earlier beat Steve Clay of Fremont Ross and upset Ebert of Sandusky St Mary’s to reach the quarterfinals. Other Norwalk entries included Paul Kistemaker in singles and the doubles team Steve Zureich and Bill Beck.
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Bob Spettle
Bob Burdge
Duane White
Bob Berry
Cise Hoffman
Ken Jameson
Bill Hoffman
Ken Brown
Midway
Larry Smith
Jim Gravenhurst
Tom Gravenhorst
Fremont
Dave Hughes
Norwalk High School
Bellevue
Steve Krinke
Krinke
Jim Wonderly
Tiffin Calvert
Hughes
Steve Clay
Fremont Ross
Ebert
Sandusky St. Mary’s
Norwalk High
Paul Kistemaker
Steve Zureich
Bill Beck
St. Paul doubles Amato Smith reach district final in tennis
Norwalk St. Paul doubles team Chris Amato and Norb Smith advanced to the Toledo District tournament by winning the lower bracket title at the Fremont sectional. They defeated Bellevue’s Evert Kistler 6-1 6-4 after earlier beating Sandusky Senior’s Johnson Herman and Huron’s McClain Delahart. They join Port Clinton’s Varga Johnson as Fremont area district qualifiers.
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Smith
Evert
Kistler
Bellevue
Johnson and Herman
Sandusky
Huron
McClain
Delahart
Flyer
Varga and Johnson
Port Clinton
Fremont
Redskins
Stinemann and Sons
Nighttime baseball slate features pennant contenders in AL and NL
In evening action the Boston at Oakland and New York at Seattle games highlight a busy program. Notable results include Seattle riding late runs to a 9-4 win over New York while Washington paces California 5-3.
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Nash
Washington
Moore
California
Messersmith
New York
Stottlemore
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Marshall
Cleveland
Ellsworth
Kan
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Cuellar
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Boswell
Chicago
Horlen
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Lolich
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Calif
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Minn
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St. Louis
Montreal
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Sanego
Houston
San Diego
Pitts
San Fran
Los Ang
Reed
Gentry
Houston Griffin
Wegener
Maloney
Johnson
Bolin
Moose
Blass
Kelley
Selma
Singer
Briles
Phila
Andretti Bids For Pole At Indianapolis
Mario Andretti declared himself a strong pole contender for the Indianapolis 500 as he posted a backup car speed past 170 mph on Monday. The fastest qualifier on Saturday earns the pole, with several rivals expected to reach the mark before then.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Mario Andretti
Andretti
Vanderpool Edges Wasiniak In 2-0 Edison Win
Edison pitcher Mark Vanderpool pitched five shutout innings and drove in a run as Edison defeated St. Paul’s Mike Wasiniak 2-0. Wasiniak allowed four hits and nine strikeouts but could not overcome the early rallies and key missed hits by his offense.
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Edison’s
Milan
St. Paul
Mike Wasiniak
Edison
Flyers
Wasiniak
Vanderpool
Sweden weighs ban on professional boxing in government bill
Stockholm reports the Swedish government proposed a bill to outlaw professional boxing while permitting amateur bouts under safety safeguards. The move aims to regulate ring sports while preserving nonprofessional competition.
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Stockholm
UPI
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