I Tried Coaching a Midget Legion Game Sunday Night
A sports writer fills in for Bill Willburn guiding a 14 to 16 year old team. The piece humorously details missteps from key loss to buying a hammer for a fence, a missing hat, and wrong coaching instincts. It ends with the author resigning, admitting self-doubt and dream dashed.
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Sidney
Mickey Mantle
Willburn
Vicory
Grant
Jim
Providence
Joe Namath
Leo Durocher
Casey Stengel
Legion
Midgets To Play Sidney Golfers In Pro Am Tourney
The Sidney Midgets face Sterling Cole and Babe Ruth teams in a 5:30 p.m. game at Legion Park replacing Kim ball due to lack of a Midget organization. Shons has played the most Big Ten games and Michigan has 207 wins since 1896.
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Sidney
Sterling
Cole
Babe Ruth
Legion Park
Kimball
Michigan
Shons
Big Ten
Michigan State
Carl Faddis
Bob Tobin
Mike Wilson
Ft. Collins Country Club
Ft. Collins
Colo
Juniors Beat Gering Legion 5-0 In Legion Park Tilt
The Fort Sidney Juniors defeated the Gering Legion 5-0 on Tuesday night at Legion Park. Monty Trobough pitched seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts, improving to 2-0 on the season. Tom OConnell and Mike Nienhuser fueled the offense with key hits as Sidney improves to 10-5.
Rushville Midgets blank Sidney 10-0 in five frames
Rushville midget legion defeated Sidney 10 to 0 as Rollie Gibson pitched a complete game win. Gibson fanned ten while allowing three hits and three walks. Reed Happold took the loss. Gary Hoffman and Mike Tallon led Rushville with two hits apiece, and Rod Glover drove in the first run.
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Sidney
Rushville
Brandt Glover
Bob Bollinger
Tim Schilreff
Gary Hoffman
Mike Tallon
T. Schilreff
B. Schilreff
I Q Young
Solano
M. Curless
McConnell
Runion
J. Curless
Rood
Brei
Happold
Ruybal
Totals
Rushville AB
R H
Gibson
Glover
Bickness
M. Tallon
Kearns
Tonak
V. Tallon
Girls T Ball Game Schedules Are Released
Sidney Girl's Softball Association releases the T ball schedule for Grabill Fields in south Sidney with Potter as the alternate site marked by a (T) notation. Starting times are 5 30 p m on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Sidney Girl’s Softball Association
Grabill Fields
South
Sidney
Gering Upsets Peetz Behind Sixth Inning Charge
Gering defeated the Fort Sidney Midget Legion 6 to 4 on Tuesday night as a five run sixth inning turned the game. Mark Curless sparked Sidney with a second inning score and Jay Curless added two runs in the seventh. Winning pitcher Mark Smeltzer allowed six hits with five strikeouts while Dean Reod absorbed the loss for Sidney after going the distance.
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Gering
Fort Sidney
Mark Curless
Sidney
Jay Curless
Sidney Basket
Sidney Midgets
Mark Smeltzer
Dean Reod
Gering AB
H Schulte
Seckinger
Roth
Mattihea
Ernest
Mai
Hesse
Kluttz
Smeltzer
Sidney AB
H T.schilreff
J. Curless
Solano
M. Curless
McConnell
T. Schilreff
Young
Brei
Rood
Ea Ree
Peetz Leads Sidney Men's Softball Standings With 8-1 Record
The Peetz team tops the Sidney Men's Softball Association after the first round, with an 8-1 mark. No games July 4, second-round action July 8. standings show Stag Tavern 7-2, Sportsman Liquor 4-?, Horseshoe Bar 6-2, Sidney National 5-4, Dixie Discount 4-5, Silver Dollar 1-7, Egging Company 7? Jaycees. Tuesday scores: Horseshoe Bar 11 Silver Dollar 8, Stag Tavern 30 Egging Company 10, The Mill 18 Jaycees 5, Sidney National 20 Dixie Discount 19, Peetz 18 Sportsman Liquor 13. DOGS’ MENU IMPROVES VIENNA AP The living standard of Vienna’s municipal watchdogs rises to state police-dog level. daily food allowance becomes 12 Schillings (48 cents) from 5 Schillings (20 cents).
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Peetz
Sidney Men’s Softball Association
Stag Tavern
Sportsman Liquor
Horseshoe Bar
Sidney National
Dixie Discount
Egging Company Om7 Jay
Vienna
Fort Sidney Teams Travel for Fourth of July Baseball Tourney
The Fort Sidney Midget and Junior Legion teams head to Alliance for a weekend tournament Friday through Sunday. Midgets use single elimination. Juniors run a double bracket with championship and consolation rounds. Midgets face Gering Friday at 11 am. potential Saturday 11 am game with Chadron or Scottsbluff. finals Sunday night. Juniors open vs Chadron at 6:30 pm. winners meet Morrill Alliance Saturday 8:30 pm. Junior final Sunday 8 pm with possible Saturday consolation and Sunday 1 pm bracket finals.
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Fort Sidney
Junior Legion
Alliance
Gering
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Alliance-Morrill
Morrill Alliance
Kentucky forms sixteen regional crime councils
Frankfort Kentucky six teen regional crime councils have been created to advise the state on dealing with major offenses and propose changes in the criminal justice system.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
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Mr. Faddis
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Gerald Thompson
Mike Nienhuser
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Rex Adams
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Lee Harder
Ken Nickless
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